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92,780 | The site: <https://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>
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> If God is real and if God inspired the Bible, then we should worship God as the Bible demands. We... | 2022/09/27 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/92780",
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] | Similar arguments could/have been made about other groups in other bad situations, so this really boils down to **Why doesn't God answer prayers** (in this case amputees, but there are plenty of other groups in worse conditions that similar questions could be asked).
This [answer](https://christianity.stackexchange.co... | The question assumes that there is no positive value to be mined in being an amputee, but that would privilege it as suffering, which I am sure is not the intent of the person asking. What amazes me in this is that someone would think this is a harder situation than the resurrections of dead people like Lazarus. Now, t... |
92,780 | The site: <https://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>
Relevant quotes:
>
> #### Is God real, or is he imaginary?
>
>
> Is God real, or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.
>
>
> If God is real and if God inspired the Bible, then we should worship God as the Bible demands. We... | 2022/09/27 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/92780",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The question given wasn't why won't God heal amputees, but "Have any Christian apologists published refutations to the objections posited by the site "Why Won't God Heal Amputees?"?"
The answer is yes. Here are a few.
* [Why won’t God heal amputees?](https://www.gotquestions.org/God-heal-amputees.html) from GotQuesti... | One Christian apologetics site I frequently use has published an article that refutes the arguments made by the anti-Christian website articles you refer to. The articles suggest that because God does not heal amputees this is proof that God does not exist, that prayer is useless, that so-called healings are coincidenc... |
92,780 | The site: <https://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>
Relevant quotes:
>
> #### Is God real, or is he imaginary?
>
>
> Is God real, or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.
>
>
> If God is real and if God inspired the Bible, then we should worship God as the Bible demands. We... | 2022/09/27 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/92780",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The question given wasn't why won't God heal amputees, but "Have any Christian apologists published refutations to the objections posited by the site "Why Won't God Heal Amputees?"?"
The answer is yes. Here are a few.
* [Why won’t God heal amputees?](https://www.gotquestions.org/God-heal-amputees.html) from GotQuesti... | The question assumes that there is no positive value to be mined in being an amputee, but that would privilege it as suffering, which I am sure is not the intent of the person asking. What amazes me in this is that someone would think this is a harder situation than the resurrections of dead people like Lazarus. Now, t... |
92,780 | The site: <https://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>
Relevant quotes:
>
> #### Is God real, or is he imaginary?
>
>
> Is God real, or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.
>
>
> If God is real and if God inspired the Bible, then we should worship God as the Bible demands. We... | 2022/09/27 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/92780",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This question is but a specific case of *the problem of evil*, a matter which Christian apologists have responded to many times. I won't offer a lengthy discussion of the problem of evil here, but I'll offer a brief logical & theological refutation of this specific argument.
**Logical argument**
The argument is at it... | One Christian apologetics site I frequently use has published an article that refutes the arguments made by the anti-Christian website articles you refer to. The articles suggest that because God does not heal amputees this is proof that God does not exist, that prayer is useless, that so-called healings are coincidenc... |
92,780 | The site: <https://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>
Relevant quotes:
>
> #### Is God real, or is he imaginary?
>
>
> Is God real, or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.
>
>
> If God is real and if God inspired the Bible, then we should worship God as the Bible demands. We... | 2022/09/27 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/92780",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | One Christian apologetics site I frequently use has published an article that refutes the arguments made by the anti-Christian website articles you refer to. The articles suggest that because God does not heal amputees this is proof that God does not exist, that prayer is useless, that so-called healings are coincidenc... | The question assumes that there is no positive value to be mined in being an amputee, but that would privilege it as suffering, which I am sure is not the intent of the person asking. What amazes me in this is that someone would think this is a harder situation than the resurrections of dead people like Lazarus. Now, t... |
92,780 | The site: <https://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>
Relevant quotes:
>
> #### Is God real, or is he imaginary?
>
>
> Is God real, or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.
>
>
> If God is real and if God inspired the Bible, then we should worship God as the Bible demands. We... | 2022/09/27 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/92780",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This question is but a specific case of *the problem of evil*, a matter which Christian apologists have responded to many times. I won't offer a lengthy discussion of the problem of evil here, but I'll offer a brief logical & theological refutation of this specific argument.
**Logical argument**
The argument is at it... | The question assumes that there is no positive value to be mined in being an amputee, but that would privilege it as suffering, which I am sure is not the intent of the person asking. What amazes me in this is that someone would think this is a harder situation than the resurrections of dead people like Lazarus. Now, t... |
33,792 | I deleted an old answer that had a -3 score, and didn't get a peer pressure badge.
If it's not intended to be awarded more than once, it loses its reason to be, that is encouraging people to delete (what the community considers) bad posts.
Should it be awarded more than once or not? If it is, could it become like the... | 2009/12/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33792",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/1782/"
] | It's awarded just once. I'm tempted to say it should be awarded for each -3 post you delete, but I'm not so sure that's something we want to celebrate more often. | [It's not awarded more than once](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10026/which-badges-are-awarded-only-once). It's also one of those badges that aren't awarded instantly, but rather seem to be awarded on a batch basis some minutes to hours later.
I don't really see the value in awarding this one more than once... |
33,792 | I deleted an old answer that had a -3 score, and didn't get a peer pressure badge.
If it's not intended to be awarded more than once, it loses its reason to be, that is encouraging people to delete (what the community considers) bad posts.
Should it be awarded more than once or not? If it is, could it become like the... | 2009/12/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33792",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/1782/"
] | [It's not awarded more than once](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10026/which-badges-are-awarded-only-once). It's also one of those badges that aren't awarded instantly, but rather seem to be awarded on a batch basis some minutes to hours later.
I don't really see the value in awarding this one more than once... | This would encourage some users to try and rack up the most Peer Pressure badges on the site. No thanks. |
33,792 | I deleted an old answer that had a -3 score, and didn't get a peer pressure badge.
If it's not intended to be awarded more than once, it loses its reason to be, that is encouraging people to delete (what the community considers) bad posts.
Should it be awarded more than once or not? If it is, could it become like the... | 2009/12/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33792",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/1782/"
] | It's awarded just once. I'm tempted to say it should be awarded for each -3 post you delete, but I'm not so sure that's something we want to celebrate more often. | This would encourage some users to try and rack up the most Peer Pressure badges on the site. No thanks. |
52,059 | I'm at a loss for where to get the best information about the meaning, likely causes, and possible solutions to resolve COM errors when all you have is the HRESULT.
Searching Google for terms like '80004027' is just about useless as it sends you to random discussion groups where 90% of the time, the question 'What doe... | 2008/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52059",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1341/"
] | I always use WinError.h. That has the vast majority of Windows error codes of all sorts.
A key indicator to look out for is the Facility part of the code: the second most-significant byte. That is, 0x80nnmmmm, where nn is the Facility. That tells you which component generated the code. Anything with a facility of 7 is... | [Structure of COM Error Code](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms690088.aspx)
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Second in Google results for COM Error Code. |
52,059 | I'm at a loss for where to get the best information about the meaning, likely causes, and possible solutions to resolve COM errors when all you have is the HRESULT.
Searching Google for terms like '80004027' is just about useless as it sends you to random discussion groups where 90% of the time, the question 'What doe... | 2008/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52059",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1341/"
] | I always use WinError.h. That has the vast majority of Windows error codes of all sorts.
A key indicator to look out for is the Facility part of the code: the second most-significant byte. That is, 0x80nnmmmm, where nn is the Facility. That tells you which component generated the code. Anything with a facility of 7 is... | Good link from Prakash (I wasn't aware of the RCNr stuff - I thought those bytes were part of the facility - but that's only true in 16 bit Windows it seems.)
Often these unknown codes are specific to the interface/component you're using. The facility would be set to FACILITY\_ITF. I have an old program HRPlus ([link... |
33,286,725 | I've been browsing through the GCC source code and I've been stumped on how to extract these. Can anyone provide a list or information on how to extract these peepholes (assembly rewrite optimizations)?
GCC code: <https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc>
**Edit**: To clarify, a "peephole" is defined to be a find and replac... | 2015/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33286725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/814454/"
] | You need to authenticate with the Gmail SMTP server in order to send mail.
This means either using your Google account password (or better - a Google account password for a new account with no sensitive information in it), or an app password if you have 2FA enabled on your Google account. | The Google account password does not work anymore. For Gmail personal users, you have to use the "App password". For paid Google Workspace users, there are more options, such as "Less secure apps" or "Google SMTP relay service". See <https://www.cubebackup.com/blog/how-to-use-google-smtp-service-to-send-emails-for-free... |
33,286,725 | I've been browsing through the GCC source code and I've been stumped on how to extract these. Can anyone provide a list or information on how to extract these peepholes (assembly rewrite optimizations)?
GCC code: <https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc>
**Edit**: To clarify, a "peephole" is defined to be a find and replac... | 2015/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33286725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/814454/"
] | You need to authenticate with the Gmail SMTP server in order to send mail.
This means either using your Google account password (or better - a Google account password for a new account with no sensitive information in it), or an app password if you have 2FA enabled on your Google account. | [Since May 2022, Google stopped providing access to less secure apps](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en)
Steps to generate an app password to integrate programmatically
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1. Go to the Google account.
2. On the left navigation panel, ... |
33,286,725 | I've been browsing through the GCC source code and I've been stumped on how to extract these. Can anyone provide a list or information on how to extract these peepholes (assembly rewrite optimizations)?
GCC code: <https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc>
**Edit**: To clarify, a "peephole" is defined to be a find and replac... | 2015/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33286725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/814454/"
] | [Since May 2022, Google stopped providing access to less secure apps](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en)
Steps to generate an app password to integrate programmatically
---------------------------------------------------------------
1. Go to the Google account.
2. On the left navigation panel, ... | The Google account password does not work anymore. For Gmail personal users, you have to use the "App password". For paid Google Workspace users, there are more options, such as "Less secure apps" or "Google SMTP relay service". See <https://www.cubebackup.com/blog/how-to-use-google-smtp-service-to-send-emails-for-free... |
9,261 | What is the earliest block in the blockchain that has a spent coinbase? I have manually looked at the first dozen or so but they are all unspent. | 2013/04/06 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/9261",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/3997/"
] | The first transaction, [Satoshi sending 10 BTC to Hal Finney](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0), was recorded in [block 170](https://blockchain.info/block-index/171/00000000d1145790a8694403d4063f323d499e655c83426834d4ce2f8dd4a2ee). | As Dust noted above, it does appear that 10 coins that were generated in Block 9, were sent to someone in [Block 170](http://blockexplorer.com/address/12cbQLTFMXRnSzktFkuoG3eHoMeFtpTu3S), transaction [f4184fc596403b9d638783cf57adfe4c75c605f6356fbc91338530e9831e9e16](http://blockexplorer.com/tx/f4184fc596403b9d638783cf5... |
108,818 | If I use diodes in a switched DC-DC converter like the output diode on a Buck converter, and the converter switching rate is 50KHZ, how do i choose the right diode? what do I have to look for in the diode DataSheet? | 2014/05/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/108818",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/41246/"
] | Current capability (which will depend on temperature), reverse recovery time, forward voltage at the expected currents, reverse leakage (heavily dependent on temperature). PIV (Peak Inverse Voltage) rating.
Generally you'd use a Schottky diode for 50kHz unless it was relatively high voltage, then you'd use an ultra-f... | For step down converters, choose max V from 40 to 100V then max Iavg, package ... SMT preferred over THT, low voltage drop at peak I x Thermal Resistance (deg C/W) < 50'C and fast recovery time <500ns. This reduces options from thousands to hundreds. Then choose stock on hand and price. For 50kHz anything <500ns is goo... |
2,206,454 | I've created a pdf with a table using itextsharp. I found an example at <http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ch05.html>. Now I'd like to read data from the table again using itextsharp. I can't find any documentation on how to read this data. Can someone give me an example? | 2010/02/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2206454",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/159153/"
] | Unfortunately you can't do this in iTextSharp. The section entitled ["Advanced: reading PDF" on the iTextSharp page](http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ch01.html) at SourceForge says:
>
> The pdf format is just a canvas where
> text and graphics are placed without
> any structure information. As such
> the... | I also need to read the data from the PDF. What I ended up doing was converting the PDF to text and then string parse the result to get to the data.
In my scenario I wanted to take the data in the tables and convert them to Excel. |
12,558 | I'm a Tor newbie that wants to use Tor to log in to a few communities online, and I have a few questions about the safety of it. Before you say anything, I won't use sites like Facebook that know my real life identity, or sites that are very important (like online banking). I'm generally not doing anything too interest... | 2016/09/07 | [
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/12558",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/users/14257/"
] | Welcome to Tor community! So - step by step to your questions:
* No information, *including* login and password can be stolen if it's transferred via HTTPS **and** the certificate genuinity is verified. Use Perspectives project and/or Convergence to check it all up locally and in decentralised manner - it will save yo... | I would like to add 1 tiny part in this and that is about storing passwords. I might be old fashion but i never ever ever store passwords anywhere everything can be hacked. I simply write them down in a book. You have to break into my house to search for it to get the passwords. :) |
45,866 | In Visual Studio I have a solution containing two features with their Scope set to "Web". These two features work as expected but the only thing that is going "wrong" is that they are activated when I deploy the solution. This shouldn't be happening since I set the property "Activate On Default" to "False.
At first I ... | 2012/09/18 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/45866",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/10675/"
] | Activate On Default only works when the feature scope is set to Farm or Web Application.
[Here's a blog with a solution.](http://devramblings.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/activate-on-default/) | Be aware that Visual Studio is doing the activation for you. The Visual Studio behavior is controlled via the "Active Deployment Configuration." There is a configuration named "No Activation" that will only deploy the solution, allowing you to activate as needed. |
52,846,338 | Is there any way I can **stop the whole robot test execution** with **PASS** status?
For some specific reasons, I need to stop the whole test but still get a GREEN report.
Currently I am using *FATAL ERROR* which will raise a assertion error and return FAIL to report.
I was trying to create a user keyword to do this, ... | 2018/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52846338",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9466840/"
] | There is nothing built-in to support this. By design, a fatal error will cause all remaining tests and suites to have a FAIL status.
Just about your only choice is to write a keyword that sets a global variable, and then have every test include a setup that uses [pass execution if](http://robotframework.org/robotframe... | If I understood you correctly, you need to pass the test execution forcefully and return green status for that test, is that right? You have a built in keyword "Pass Execution" for that. Did you try using that? |
4,899 | I read this comment on [Mount Everest climb cost and total time](https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/65756/1810):
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> If you are asking this question on a generic travel forum like this, one has to wonder if you have enough climbing experience for such an expedition. – user13044 ↵ Mar 27 '16 at 14:38
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I flagg... | 2018/12/16 | [
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4899",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1810/"
] | I handled that flag and I did not think that comment an personal attack.
And seeing the 47 upvotes on the comment, I would be doing a bad service to remove it on a flag which is not clear.
To tell you truth, if I had seen the question when it was newly posted, I might have posted a comment like the one we are talki... | I agree with you that this was "too personal" comment.
But moderators agree with comment's author on the comment's meaning. For this case we know that "meta consensus" is to defend the comment.
The same would be expected with good joke. Every joke harms somebody, but would it be removed depends on moderator's sense o... |
337,069 | A gentle yet comprehensive introduction to the concept of abelian and non-abelian statistics will be much appreciated. | 2017/06/02 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/337069",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/117097/"
] | Abelian
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* According to [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyon#Abelian_anyons), quasiparticles whose statistics range between Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics are called anyons; these particles may only exist in two dimensions. These particles obey fractional statistics, so called because they ... | I'll give you what resources I have on this topic:
**General Reviews**
1. [Lecture Notes on Anyonic Defects in Condensed Matter](http://theory.fi.infn.it/SFTschool/SFT_2015/LectureNotes/Berg1-2.pdf)
Lecture notes from a summer school in Florence. A good reference for Majorana zero modes and anyonic defects in conden... |
3,498,494 | i just need to know what happens when you create a RSS feed in Liferay?
Is the configuration data for the feed (Structure, template, friendly url of the portlet...) stored on the DB or in a file?And, in both cases, where the data is stored exactly? | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498494",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/397861/"
] | they are stored in the DB, if anyone is interested!
Update: i will detail the answer more if anyone is interested. They are stored in the table JournalFeeds. | In liferay RSS feed are stored under **web content** in a **feed** tab You can display these feeds using rss portlet. |
163,907 | I have a smoke animation in blender.
I wonder if it is possible to split the baking process of Physics / Smoke Simulation on several machines.
Can I run part of the simulation like Frame 1 to 100 on one machine and Frame 100 to 200 on another machine while combining both caches to one simulation from 1 to 200 later ... | 2020/01/15 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/163907",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/87047/"
] | As far as I know this is fundamentally impossible.
Physics simulations are sequential data, that means each frame depends heavily on the previous one.
To calculate what happens at any given moment you need to know what happened before, so you must have position and status information about every intervening element i... | Sorry, but I'm afraid not with Blender, either in the old Smoke sim or in Mantaflow.
Here's what happens if you attempt to split the frame range-
<https://youtu.be/GME_JfkQ9UY>
Fluid sims (in my limited understanding) are based around vector fields, as you can see when you bake they seem to get slower as they progres... |
5,721,857 | We use iReport to enable our customers to generate catalogs for print for their products. This process works GREAT. One of the things we've struggled with is how to create a table of contents for these product catalogs.
I decided to use the Scriptlet functionality to give this a shot. Note that our reports are all mas... | 2011/04/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5721857",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/465986/"
] | I found an approach that worked, similar to one of my ideas above. First of all, I could NOT get a subreport to return a value to the calling report, and then retrieve that value using getVariableValue from inside a scriptlet. I tried forever, and I just could not get that to work.
Instead, I went with the approach wh... | There is an example of **tables of contents** (with subreport) in project folder **jasperreports-x.x.x/demo/samples/tableofcontents**.
And see the hyperlink example also.
**Hyperlinks, Anchors and Bookmarks**
>
> JasperReports allows you to create drill-down reports, which introduce tables of contents
> in your ... |
12,049 | How do I change light bulbs that are 20 feet off the ground and pointing up (in a vanity fixture)? Does anyone know of a bulb changing kit that has some kind of arm attachment that will allow me to reach down inside and unscrew the bulb? | 2012/02/06 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/12049",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/5181/"
] | If you don't want to get an 20' extension ladder (which can be very difficult to transport home from the store), then you can get one of the [Little Giant](http://www.littlegiantladder.com/) or [Werner](http://us.wernerco.com/products/climbing-equipment/multi-purpose-ladders) multi-ladders:
![Multi-ladder](https://i.s... | If you are unable to access them yourself, using a ladder or lift for instance, you can hire an electrician or lighting service to change them for you. They will bring the necessary equipment to your home and perform the lightbulb maintenance. Some have annual maintenance plans which will take care of one or more fixtu... |
182,989 | Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences? What are the advantages and disadvantages of de-fragmenting. Is it possible to resume de-fragmentation of a disk after a few days? Can de-fragmentation of large disks be simplified as it takes lot of time to complete? Is i... | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/182989",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/46669/"
] | " Is it Safe to De-fragment your Disk when you have low disk space, what could be the consequences?"
The defragmenter will not complete the defrag efficiently if you have low free space if you use the Windows defragger. But you can run a third party automatic defragger which defrags under less than 5% free space and g... | I only had defrag data loss one time in my life, it was because I had low disk space and tried to cancel the defrag because it was so slow, unfortunately it corrupted a critical system file, but like I said this only happened to me once in thousands of defrag routines. Defrag does not reclaim any disk space, it just co... |
182,989 | Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences? What are the advantages and disadvantages of de-fragmenting. Is it possible to resume de-fragmentation of a disk after a few days? Can de-fragmentation of large disks be simplified as it takes lot of time to complete? Is i... | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/182989",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/46669/"
] | >
> Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences?
>
>
>
It depends on the drive. Defragmenting with low space will cause it to take exponentially longer to finish because there is less room to move files around. This is usually not *harmful*, only inconvenient be... | As i understand..... Defrag has no risk.Yes it takes hell a lot of time.while you save a file datas are written here and there over the spinning media where it finds empty space.so when you read that particular file data has to retrieved from so many places as it was not written in sequence which makes the program cons... |
182,989 | Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences? What are the advantages and disadvantages of de-fragmenting. Is it possible to resume de-fragmentation of a disk after a few days? Can de-fragmentation of large disks be simplified as it takes lot of time to complete? Is i... | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/182989",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/46669/"
] | " Is it Safe to De-fragment your Disk when you have low disk space, what could be the consequences?"
The defragmenter will not complete the defrag efficiently if you have low free space if you use the Windows defragger. But you can run a third party automatic defragger which defrags under less than 5% free space and g... | >
> Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences?
>
>
>
It depends on the drive. Defragmenting with low space will cause it to take exponentially longer to finish because there is less room to move files around. This is usually not *harmful*, only inconvenient be... |
182,989 | Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences? What are the advantages and disadvantages of de-fragmenting. Is it possible to resume de-fragmentation of a disk after a few days? Can de-fragmentation of large disks be simplified as it takes lot of time to complete? Is i... | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/182989",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/46669/"
] | The most annoying consequence will be that defragmenting (since there will be files moved around) will be very slow and take a horrable amount of time. Advantages are, that your files are not fragmented on the harddisc and this will lead to a speedup unfortunatly with very low disk space the fragmentation effects incre... | As i understand..... Defrag has no risk.Yes it takes hell a lot of time.while you save a file datas are written here and there over the spinning media where it finds empty space.so when you read that particular file data has to retrieved from so many places as it was not written in sequence which makes the program cons... |
182,989 | Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences? What are the advantages and disadvantages of de-fragmenting. Is it possible to resume de-fragmentation of a disk after a few days? Can de-fragmentation of large disks be simplified as it takes lot of time to complete? Is i... | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/182989",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/46669/"
] | " Is it Safe to De-fragment your Disk when you have low disk space, what could be the consequences?"
The defragmenter will not complete the defrag efficiently if you have low free space if you use the Windows defragger. But you can run a third party automatic defragger which defrags under less than 5% free space and g... | As i understand..... Defrag has no risk.Yes it takes hell a lot of time.while you save a file datas are written here and there over the spinning media where it finds empty space.so when you read that particular file data has to retrieved from so many places as it was not written in sequence which makes the program cons... |
182,989 | Is it safe to de-fragment your disk when you have low disk space? What could be the consequences? What are the advantages and disadvantages of de-fragmenting. Is it possible to resume de-fragmentation of a disk after a few days? Can de-fragmentation of large disks be simplified as it takes lot of time to complete? Is i... | 2010/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/182989",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/46669/"
] | The most annoying consequence will be that defragmenting (since there will be files moved around) will be very slow and take a horrable amount of time. Advantages are, that your files are not fragmented on the harddisc and this will lead to a speedup unfortunatly with very low disk space the fragmentation effects incre... | I only had defrag data loss one time in my life, it was because I had low disk space and tried to cancel the defrag because it was so slow, unfortunately it corrupted a critical system file, but like I said this only happened to me once in thousands of defrag routines. Defrag does not reclaim any disk space, it just co... |
7,110,720 | In Groovy++ I often hear of the term Annotations. Can anyone explain me what is that in simple terms? | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7110720",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/576682/"
] | In short **It's a way to label a piece of code.** But it's not Groovy specific thing.
These labels can be used as meta-data by other applications to perform tasks like identifying unit test, dependency injection, or just a way to tell someone that a method is deprecated.
[Here](http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutor... | Some basic info to get you started.
<http://groovy.codehaus.org/Annotations+with+Groovy> |
58,636 | I am trying to install Windows 2008 server on a HP Proliant DL180 G5. There is no built-in DVD reader so I need to use my LaCie USB one.
When I put the CD in and boot from the USB DVD on the server, I get the error message:
Boot Failed! Please insert boot media in selected boot device.
So I tried with another Window... | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/58636",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18316/"
] | You'll probably need to go into the BIOS and enable it to boot off the USB drive. | I suspect Mr. Denny's nailed it.
Also look for a bootup message about a boot menu (F12 is popular) to see if you can pop up a menu of available boot devices.
Not trying to be a jerk, but did you boot another computer from that DVD or USB to make sure it's happy? I only say this because I've spun my wheels in this man... |
58,636 | I am trying to install Windows 2008 server on a HP Proliant DL180 G5. There is no built-in DVD reader so I need to use my LaCie USB one.
When I put the CD in and boot from the USB DVD on the server, I get the error message:
Boot Failed! Please insert boot media in selected boot device.
So I tried with another Window... | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/58636",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18316/"
] | You'll probably need to go into the BIOS and enable it to boot off the USB drive. | Have you made your USB key bootable? I usually use [mkbt](http://www.nu2.nu/mkbt/). You'll also need to ensure the BIOS is set to allow boot from USB |
58,636 | I am trying to install Windows 2008 server on a HP Proliant DL180 G5. There is no built-in DVD reader so I need to use my LaCie USB one.
When I put the CD in and boot from the USB DVD on the server, I get the error message:
Boot Failed! Please insert boot media in selected boot device.
So I tried with another Window... | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/58636",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18316/"
] | You'll probably need to go into the BIOS and enable it to boot off the USB drive. | You need to make the USB key bootable first.
You can do this by following these steps:
--please note that this process will format the USB key
1. Open a command prompt (an administrator command prompt if using Vista/Win7/Server 2008)
2. enter diskpart by typing in the following command: diskpart
3. find o... |
58,636 | I am trying to install Windows 2008 server on a HP Proliant DL180 G5. There is no built-in DVD reader so I need to use my LaCie USB one.
When I put the CD in and boot from the USB DVD on the server, I get the error message:
Boot Failed! Please insert boot media in selected boot device.
So I tried with another Window... | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/58636",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18316/"
] | You'll probably need to go into the BIOS and enable it to boot off the USB drive. | When you boot from the USB drive does it say **no boot media**. What software are you using to create the DVD image installed on the USB drive ?.
This might help
1. Set BIOS to boot from removable
media *ie: USB drive.*
2. Create an ISO of the DVD/CD with a
tool like [InfraRecorder](http://infrarecorder.org/) using t... |
58,636 | I am trying to install Windows 2008 server on a HP Proliant DL180 G5. There is no built-in DVD reader so I need to use my LaCie USB one.
When I put the CD in and boot from the USB DVD on the server, I get the error message:
Boot Failed! Please insert boot media in selected boot device.
So I tried with another Window... | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/58636",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18316/"
] | I suspect Mr. Denny's nailed it.
Also look for a bootup message about a boot menu (F12 is popular) to see if you can pop up a menu of available boot devices.
Not trying to be a jerk, but did you boot another computer from that DVD or USB to make sure it's happy? I only say this because I've spun my wheels in this man... | When you boot from the USB drive does it say **no boot media**. What software are you using to create the DVD image installed on the USB drive ?.
This might help
1. Set BIOS to boot from removable
media *ie: USB drive.*
2. Create an ISO of the DVD/CD with a
tool like [InfraRecorder](http://infrarecorder.org/) using t... |
58,636 | I am trying to install Windows 2008 server on a HP Proliant DL180 G5. There is no built-in DVD reader so I need to use my LaCie USB one.
When I put the CD in and boot from the USB DVD on the server, I get the error message:
Boot Failed! Please insert boot media in selected boot device.
So I tried with another Window... | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/58636",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18316/"
] | Have you made your USB key bootable? I usually use [mkbt](http://www.nu2.nu/mkbt/). You'll also need to ensure the BIOS is set to allow boot from USB | When you boot from the USB drive does it say **no boot media**. What software are you using to create the DVD image installed on the USB drive ?.
This might help
1. Set BIOS to boot from removable
media *ie: USB drive.*
2. Create an ISO of the DVD/CD with a
tool like [InfraRecorder](http://infrarecorder.org/) using t... |
58,636 | I am trying to install Windows 2008 server on a HP Proliant DL180 G5. There is no built-in DVD reader so I need to use my LaCie USB one.
When I put the CD in and boot from the USB DVD on the server, I get the error message:
Boot Failed! Please insert boot media in selected boot device.
So I tried with another Window... | 2009/08/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/58636",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18316/"
] | You need to make the USB key bootable first.
You can do this by following these steps:
--please note that this process will format the USB key
1. Open a command prompt (an administrator command prompt if using Vista/Win7/Server 2008)
2. enter diskpart by typing in the following command: diskpart
3. find o... | When you boot from the USB drive does it say **no boot media**. What software are you using to create the DVD image installed on the USB drive ?.
This might help
1. Set BIOS to boot from removable
media *ie: USB drive.*
2. Create an ISO of the DVD/CD with a
tool like [InfraRecorder](http://infrarecorder.org/) using t... |
304,989 | See the title. You could imagine that I am asking about an AM radio, but I will use a simpler example with a lock-in amplifier.
Let's say that I have a lock-in amplifier with a reference frequency of 330 Hz. If I take that signal and modulate it at 0.01 Hz and connect that to the input of the lock-in, then look at the... | 2017/05/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/304989",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/148981/"
] | In the frequency domain, AM modulation ("multiplication") is the convolution of the modulated signal with the carrier. Thus, the Fourier Transform energy is at the carrier frequency, and has the bandwidth of the original signal.
So, as long as the width of your lock-in filter is as wide as the bandwidth of the origina... | >
> Let's say that I have a lock-in amplifier with a reference frequency
> of 330 Hz. If I take that signal and modulate it at 0.01 Hz and
> connect that to the input of the lock-in, then look at the DC output
> of, say, the X channel, I can see that modulation, even if the lock-in
> is AC coupled, with a cutoff f... |
304,989 | See the title. You could imagine that I am asking about an AM radio, but I will use a simpler example with a lock-in amplifier.
Let's say that I have a lock-in amplifier with a reference frequency of 330 Hz. If I take that signal and modulate it at 0.01 Hz and connect that to the input of the lock-in, then look at the... | 2017/05/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/304989",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/148981/"
] | >
> If you have a 500 kHz carrier frequency modulated by your signal, if
> you connect that to a bandpass filter, you still get your signal out,
> right?
>
>
>
No. The original modulating waveform is filtered out. However the Amplitude Modulation process creates *sidebands* above and below the carrier frequency.... | >
> Let's say that I have a lock-in amplifier with a reference frequency
> of 330 Hz. If I take that signal and modulate it at 0.01 Hz and
> connect that to the input of the lock-in, then look at the DC output
> of, say, the X channel, I can see that modulation, even if the lock-in
> is AC coupled, with a cutoff f... |
242,493 | I'm considering a metal hip roof for a new build with a rectangular footprint (no valleys) and the wider sides will face north and south.
There doesn't seem to be much of a consensus among home builders on the internet, except perhaps a recommendation for moderately pitched roofs in the range 4/12 (18.43 degrees) to 6... | 2022/01/08 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/242493",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/146895/"
] | 0.6° or 1% (1:100 slope) (normally considered "flat" but you need some slope for water to run off) would be "best" for winds (least exposed area to wind pressure) and indeed you'll find plenty of flat concrete roofs in the tropical hurricane belt.
Flat roofs are less than ideal on other considerations - as with most t... | Structural engineers base their calculations on the “exposed side” of a building. That is to say, the higher the roof, the stronger the building (material and connections) need to be.
Also, most roofing manufacturers require additional membrane protection under metal roofing or shingles when the roof slope is less tha... |
242,493 | I'm considering a metal hip roof for a new build with a rectangular footprint (no valleys) and the wider sides will face north and south.
There doesn't seem to be much of a consensus among home builders on the internet, except perhaps a recommendation for moderately pitched roofs in the range 4/12 (18.43 degrees) to 6... | 2022/01/08 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/242493",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/146895/"
] | 0.6° or 1% (1:100 slope) (normally considered "flat" but you need some slope for water to run off) would be "best" for winds (least exposed area to wind pressure) and indeed you'll find plenty of flat concrete roofs in the tropical hurricane belt.
Flat roofs are less than ideal on other considerations - as with most t... | I am not an expert but the optimum pitch to minimize uplift (for a single storey dwelling with a hip roof) would likely be around 20 degrees (e.g. <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40091-019-0227-3> ; <http://web.mit.edu/parmstr/Public/NRCan/CanBldgDigests/cbd068_e.html>). A steeper slope like the 35 degrees ... |
26,623,595 | I want to configure Python/Jython in IBM BPM, so that these files can directly executed from process app. How can I do that?
How to setup this entry in WebSphere Application Server? | 2014/10/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26623595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3978364/"
] | You can use the same key and then just insert the new bin. This will update the existing record with the new bin. The way you are proceeding about it is correct. | As per Aerospike [documentation](https://www.aerospike.com/docs/guide/single.html), behaviour of update and replace is mentioned below:
**update** : If the record exists, then add or update the specified bins. Bins that are not specified, will remain intact.
**replace** : If the record exists, then write the specifie... |
165,126 | How can I find the GUID of an MSI package? I would like to script the removal of a program on a large number of desktops by using:
>
> msiexec.exe /x *ProductCode*
>
>
>
Any reason why this would not work for any applications listed in "Add/Remove Programs?" | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/165126",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/49571/"
] | There is also a very helpful GUI tool called Product Browser which appears to be made by Microsoft or at least an employee of Microsoft.
It can be found on Github here [Product Browser](https://github.com/suyouquan/SQLSetupTools)
The latest version as of (10/9/20) is available [here](https://github.com/suyouquan/SQLS... | [Revision Number Summary Property](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371255%28VS.85%29.aspx):
>
> [T]he Revision Number Summary property
> lists the product code GUIDs [...]
>
>
> |
165,126 | How can I find the GUID of an MSI package? I would like to script the removal of a program on a large number of desktops by using:
>
> msiexec.exe /x *ProductCode*
>
>
>
Any reason why this would not work for any applications listed in "Add/Remove Programs?" | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/165126",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/49571/"
] | A light-weight freeware tool like [InstEd](http://www.instedit.com) can be used. Just open the MSI, on the "Tables" tab, click on "Property" on the left, then on the right, locate "ProductCode". | [Revision Number Summary Property](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371255%28VS.85%29.aspx):
>
> [T]he Revision Number Summary property
> lists the product code GUIDs [...]
>
>
> |
113,498 | What do people think about having a tag called something like 'basic'? This tag would encompass questions that can be answered quickly/simply by someone familiar with the language/technology. Perhaps the nature of the tag itself means it would be a big fail as it's so subjective....but it might allow responders to quic... | 2011/11/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/113498",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/173166/"
] | I don't think this is beneficial.
* From my experience, the easy questions get answers fairly quickly anyway, so it won't help the one asking.
* For people looking to answer, I think that only they can know what they know, and expecting someone else, specifically a user who doesn't know the answer to his own question,... | We already have a [basic](/questions/tagged/basic "show questions tagged 'basic'") tag for a language called [BASIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC), if this means anything.
But seriously, for the purposes you propose it'd be too much of a meta tag to be useful enough to the question. A beginner question is as de... |
113,498 | What do people think about having a tag called something like 'basic'? This tag would encompass questions that can be answered quickly/simply by someone familiar with the language/technology. Perhaps the nature of the tag itself means it would be a big fail as it's so subjective....but it might allow responders to quic... | 2011/11/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/113498",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/173166/"
] | I don't think this is beneficial.
* From my experience, the easy questions get answers fairly quickly anyway, so it won't help the one asking.
* For people looking to answer, I think that only they can know what they know, and expecting someone else, specifically a user who doesn't know the answer to his own question,... | There is a programming language called Basic, this would lead to confusion
As @Mr.Wizard says it is not beneficial to say it is a basic question, if it is a basic question it will be answered quickly anyway. |
113,498 | What do people think about having a tag called something like 'basic'? This tag would encompass questions that can be answered quickly/simply by someone familiar with the language/technology. Perhaps the nature of the tag itself means it would be a big fail as it's so subjective....but it might allow responders to quic... | 2011/11/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/113498",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/173166/"
] | I don't think this is beneficial.
* From my experience, the easy questions get answers fairly quickly anyway, so it won't help the one asking.
* For people looking to answer, I think that only they can know what they know, and expecting someone else, specifically a user who doesn't know the answer to his own question,... | The entire concept is deeply flawed. Presumably, the person asking the question isn't familiar enough with the subject matter to answer it, so how are they familiar enough with the subject matter to know whether it's a basic question?
If the person asking a question knows enough to consider it "basic", they should pro... |
113,498 | What do people think about having a tag called something like 'basic'? This tag would encompass questions that can be answered quickly/simply by someone familiar with the language/technology. Perhaps the nature of the tag itself means it would be a big fail as it's so subjective....but it might allow responders to quic... | 2011/11/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/113498",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/173166/"
] | We already have a [basic](/questions/tagged/basic "show questions tagged 'basic'") tag for a language called [BASIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC), if this means anything.
But seriously, for the purposes you propose it'd be too much of a meta tag to be useful enough to the question. A beginner question is as de... | There is a programming language called Basic, this would lead to confusion
As @Mr.Wizard says it is not beneficial to say it is a basic question, if it is a basic question it will be answered quickly anyway. |
113,498 | What do people think about having a tag called something like 'basic'? This tag would encompass questions that can be answered quickly/simply by someone familiar with the language/technology. Perhaps the nature of the tag itself means it would be a big fail as it's so subjective....but it might allow responders to quic... | 2011/11/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/113498",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/173166/"
] | We already have a [basic](/questions/tagged/basic "show questions tagged 'basic'") tag for a language called [BASIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC), if this means anything.
But seriously, for the purposes you propose it'd be too much of a meta tag to be useful enough to the question. A beginner question is as de... | The entire concept is deeply flawed. Presumably, the person asking the question isn't familiar enough with the subject matter to answer it, so how are they familiar enough with the subject matter to know whether it's a basic question?
If the person asking a question knows enough to consider it "basic", they should pro... |
623,784 | I am contemplating doing something barbaric.
A computer, with obsolete / discontinued software that requires a Windows XP 32 bit environment, lost it motherboard. As a short term fix a Windows 7 64 bit machine running a virtual machine of XP is running the software; but the software disconnects / crashes from the serv... | 2013/07/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/623784",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/8982/"
] | I would try these steps:
1. Is there a native version which will run on win 7 - x64?
Since you wrote *obsolete/ discontinued software* the answer is most probably no, but this would be the best solution as [XP will no longer be supported in a year](http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/endofsupport.aspx). (So you e... | Just plug it in and see if it boots. That's the true barbaric way to do it.
Chances are though that xp just doesn't have drivers that support the hardware and you're completely hosed. |
17,773 | When I'm playing as the gunner of my team in [Harm's Way](http://www.giantbomb.com/harms-way/61-33354/), a free XBLA title, I routinely get a notification on my screen that says:
>
> ***Your Driver Needs Help!***
>
>
>
What kind of trouble is my driver in? Is he under fire? Or has he merely been bumped? Gone off... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/17773",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3114/"
] | You get the notification when your driver is under fire from another turret.
Be sure to position yourself so that you can shoot players in other turrets and stop them from hurting your driver. You will be able to see other players controlling turrets marked with their screen name:
 since **I do not know the pattern beforehand***
Suppose I have a big image... | 2015/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34310914",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3834459/"
] | You can try to use described keypoints (Sift/SURF/ORB/etc.) to find features in the image and try to detect the same features in the image.
You can see such a result in [How to find euclidean distance between keypoints of a single image in opencv](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26543880/how-to-find-euclidean-dista... | For such a clean image, it suffices to segment the patterns by blob analysis and to compare the segments or ROI that contain them. The size is a first matching criterion. The SAD, SSD or correlation similarity scores can do finer comparison.
[](https:... |
34,310,914 | *Edit: this is not a duplicate of [Determine if an image exists within a larger image, and if so, find it, using Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29663764/determine-if-an-image-exists-within-a-larger-image-and-if-so-find-it-using-py) since **I do not know the pattern beforehand***
Suppose I have a big image... | 2015/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34310914",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3834459/"
] | For such a clean image, it suffices to segment the patterns by blob analysis and to compare the segments or ROI that contain them. The size is a first matching criterion. The SAD, SSD or correlation similarity scores can do finer comparison.
[](https:... | The goal is to find several equal or very similar patterns which are not known before in a picture. As it is this problem is still a bit ill posed.
* Are the patterns exactly equal or only similar (added noise maybe)?
* Do you want to have the largest possible patterns or are smaller subpatterns okay too or are all po... |
34,310,914 | *Edit: this is not a duplicate of [Determine if an image exists within a larger image, and if so, find it, using Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29663764/determine-if-an-image-exists-within-a-larger-image-and-if-so-find-it-using-py) since **I do not know the pattern beforehand***
Suppose I have a big image... | 2015/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34310914",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3834459/"
] | You can try to use described keypoints (Sift/SURF/ORB/etc.) to find features in the image and try to detect the same features in the image.
You can see such a result in [How to find euclidean distance between keypoints of a single image in opencv](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26543880/how-to-find-euclidean-dista... | The goal is to find several equal or very similar patterns which are not known before in a picture. As it is this problem is still a bit ill posed.
* Are the patterns exactly equal or only similar (added noise maybe)?
* Do you want to have the largest possible patterns or are smaller subpatterns okay too or are all po... |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | Here's an alternative perspective on it. Not an absolute rule, but a thing to keep in mind.
**It depends on what the image is for. Content, or decoration?**
If it's a background or other design element, use progressive, so the page looks okay-ish as soon as possible. If it's an element that moves stuff around, it nee... | I'm having trouble finding a definitive, recent answer but from what I can tell, Mobile Safari, to pick just one mobile browser, supports progressive JPGs, but doesn't actually load them progressively--meaning it just waits for it to download entirely, then displays it.
So it seems that the visual progressive loading ... |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | Let's start with the difference between progressive and non-progressive JPEG files.
Non-progressive JPG files ar not by definition smallers than progressive JPEG files. A rule of thumb found by Stoyan Stefanov is that JPEG files smaller than 10K are best compressed non-progressive JPEG, but that bigger JPEG files becom... | I'm having trouble finding a definitive, recent answer but from what I can tell, Mobile Safari, to pick just one mobile browser, supports progressive JPGs, but doesn't actually load them progressively--meaning it just waits for it to download entirely, then displays it.
So it seems that the visual progressive loading ... |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | I'm having trouble finding a definitive, recent answer but from what I can tell, Mobile Safari, to pick just one mobile browser, supports progressive JPGs, but doesn't actually load them progressively--meaning it just waits for it to download entirely, then displays it.
So it seems that the visual progressive loading ... | The main difference is that when the picture (jpeg file) is export as "progressive" is going to load the full size image with reduced quality, while if it's export as "optimize" is going to load section by section from top to bottom. |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | Here's an alternative perspective on it. Not an absolute rule, but a thing to keep in mind.
**It depends on what the image is for. Content, or decoration?**
If it's a background or other design element, use progressive, so the page looks okay-ish as soon as possible. If it's an element that moves stuff around, it nee... | +1 to DA01
If OP is referring to reduced file size as "optimized" then here are some standard practices when saving as JPEG.
1. Don't embed color profiles. Browsers these days have better ICC
profile support.
2. Export image as sRGB
3. Set metadata to none
4. [Set quality at 65%](http://laurashoe.com/2011/10/18/jpeg-... |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | Let's start with the difference between progressive and non-progressive JPEG files.
Non-progressive JPG files ar not by definition smallers than progressive JPEG files. A rule of thumb found by Stoyan Stefanov is that JPEG files smaller than 10K are best compressed non-progressive JPEG, but that bigger JPEG files becom... | +1 to DA01
If OP is referring to reduced file size as "optimized" then here are some standard practices when saving as JPEG.
1. Don't embed color profiles. Browsers these days have better ICC
profile support.
2. Export image as sRGB
3. Set metadata to none
4. [Set quality at 65%](http://laurashoe.com/2011/10/18/jpeg-... |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | +1 to DA01
If OP is referring to reduced file size as "optimized" then here are some standard practices when saving as JPEG.
1. Don't embed color profiles. Browsers these days have better ICC
profile support.
2. Export image as sRGB
3. Set metadata to none
4. [Set quality at 65%](http://laurashoe.com/2011/10/18/jpeg-... | The main difference is that when the picture (jpeg file) is export as "progressive" is going to load the full size image with reduced quality, while if it's export as "optimize" is going to load section by section from top to bottom. |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | Let's start with the difference between progressive and non-progressive JPEG files.
Non-progressive JPG files ar not by definition smallers than progressive JPEG files. A rule of thumb found by Stoyan Stefanov is that JPEG files smaller than 10K are best compressed non-progressive JPEG, but that bigger JPEG files becom... | Here's an alternative perspective on it. Not an absolute rule, but a thing to keep in mind.
**It depends on what the image is for. Content, or decoration?**
If it's a background or other design element, use progressive, so the page looks okay-ish as soon as possible. If it's an element that moves stuff around, it nee... |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | Here's an alternative perspective on it. Not an absolute rule, but a thing to keep in mind.
**It depends on what the image is for. Content, or decoration?**
If it's a background or other design element, use progressive, so the page looks okay-ish as soon as possible. If it's an element that moves stuff around, it nee... | The main difference is that when the picture (jpeg file) is export as "progressive" is going to load the full size image with reduced quality, while if it's export as "optimize" is going to load section by section from top to bottom. |
81,073 | I know that progressive jpegs download in multiple passes, and optimized are smaller (and thus faster to finish downloading), but does anyone have any hard data or best practices on *which type users actually prefer*? | 2015/07/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81073",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68259/"
] | Let's start with the difference between progressive and non-progressive JPEG files.
Non-progressive JPG files ar not by definition smallers than progressive JPEG files. A rule of thumb found by Stoyan Stefanov is that JPEG files smaller than 10K are best compressed non-progressive JPEG, but that bigger JPEG files becom... | The main difference is that when the picture (jpeg file) is export as "progressive" is going to load the full size image with reduced quality, while if it's export as "optimize" is going to load section by section from top to bottom. |
133,292 | What does "school lunch" mean in American English? Is it ambiguous between a lunch provided by a school and a lunch prepared at home like a bag lunch? | 2017/06/22 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/133292",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | A school lunch can either be:
* a lunch prepared and served in the school cafeteria, or
* a lunch prepared at home and taken to school to be eaten there.
When I hear the term "school lunch," I typically think of the former meaning first. However, as was stated in a comment by @userr2684291, the latter meaning is stil... | I'm not American but "**[school lunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_meal)**" is a meal, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day, provided to students at school. That's what Wikipedia says.
Your second description "*lunch prepared at home like a bag lunch*" is actually a "**[packed lunch](https:/... |
133,292 | What does "school lunch" mean in American English? Is it ambiguous between a lunch provided by a school and a lunch prepared at home like a bag lunch? | 2017/06/22 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/133292",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | I'm not American but "**[school lunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_meal)**" is a meal, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day, provided to students at school. That's what Wikipedia says.
Your second description "*lunch prepared at home like a bag lunch*" is actually a "**[packed lunch](https:/... | To add on to the other answers: "School lunch" is ambiguous. It could be provided by the school for the midday meal, or one that you bring with you to eat at school. Without context, you don't know for sure which is meant, or even if there is any relevant difference.
In addition, "school lunch" (commonly "lunchtime") ... |
133,292 | What does "school lunch" mean in American English? Is it ambiguous between a lunch provided by a school and a lunch prepared at home like a bag lunch? | 2017/06/22 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/133292",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | A school lunch can either be:
* a lunch prepared and served in the school cafeteria, or
* a lunch prepared at home and taken to school to be eaten there.
When I hear the term "school lunch," I typically think of the former meaning first. However, as was stated in a comment by @userr2684291, the latter meaning is stil... | ***School lunch is the meal eaten at school.***
Now here in this sentence it doesn't say anything if the lunch is provided by the school authority or prepared at some other place with the objective of eating it at school.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yf7tW... |
133,292 | What does "school lunch" mean in American English? Is it ambiguous between a lunch provided by a school and a lunch prepared at home like a bag lunch? | 2017/06/22 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/133292",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | ***School lunch is the meal eaten at school.***
Now here in this sentence it doesn't say anything if the lunch is provided by the school authority or prepared at some other place with the objective of eating it at school.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yf7tW... | To add on to the other answers: "School lunch" is ambiguous. It could be provided by the school for the midday meal, or one that you bring with you to eat at school. Without context, you don't know for sure which is meant, or even if there is any relevant difference.
In addition, "school lunch" (commonly "lunchtime") ... |
133,292 | What does "school lunch" mean in American English? Is it ambiguous between a lunch provided by a school and a lunch prepared at home like a bag lunch? | 2017/06/22 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/133292",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | A school lunch can either be:
* a lunch prepared and served in the school cafeteria, or
* a lunch prepared at home and taken to school to be eaten there.
When I hear the term "school lunch," I typically think of the former meaning first. However, as was stated in a comment by @userr2684291, the latter meaning is stil... | To add on to the other answers: "School lunch" is ambiguous. It could be provided by the school for the midday meal, or one that you bring with you to eat at school. Without context, you don't know for sure which is meant, or even if there is any relevant difference.
In addition, "school lunch" (commonly "lunchtime") ... |
28,382 | [Vastu shastra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastu_shastra) (*vāstu śāstra*) is "a traditional Hindu system of architecture".
Did Lord Buddha debunk vasthu shastra? If not, what are some teachings made by Lord Buddha on the same? If Buddhism does not have an opinion on the topic, opinions of members are appreciated | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/28382",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/3597/"
] | **Did Lord Buddha debunk vasthu shastra?**
Vastu Shashtra is set of instructions on how to build your house or buildings, it has nothing to do with anything the Buddha dealt with, the Buddha lived in open air and if at all anything was built for Him, the Buddha was gifted parks for His monks, so I don't know if He wou... | Vatthu-vijja is the pali equivalent of Vastu-vidya (or shastra) and, as mentioned above, refers to “architecture” as both science and a means of livelihood. It is well-known that in ancient India numerous ‘guilds’ of various crafts and arts exists. They travelled around the country, and possibly the world, in order to ... |
28,382 | [Vastu shastra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastu_shastra) (*vāstu śāstra*) is "a traditional Hindu system of architecture".
Did Lord Buddha debunk vasthu shastra? If not, what are some teachings made by Lord Buddha on the same? If Buddhism does not have an opinion on the topic, opinions of members are appreciated | 2018/07/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/28382",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/3597/"
] | The Indian Vasthu Shastra and the Chinese Feng Shui are known as geomancy in English.
In DN 2, this is known as "[vatthuvijjā](https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vatthuvijja#pali)" in Pali, which in Sanskrit is presumably, "vasthuvidya" or, knowledge or science of vasthu (the science of building sites).
The Buddha ... | Vatthu-vijja is the pali equivalent of Vastu-vidya (or shastra) and, as mentioned above, refers to “architecture” as both science and a means of livelihood. It is well-known that in ancient India numerous ‘guilds’ of various crafts and arts exists. They travelled around the country, and possibly the world, in order to ... |
346,455 | I have to open an .asp file to print it. I have tried renaming it to .pdf but that didn't work. Is there a work about on Ubuntu 13.04 for opening these files? | 2013/09/16 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/346455",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/42094/"
] | It looks like `.asp` is a special type of webpage. You should be able to open it through a web browser to view it and be able to print from there.
[reference](http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/asp "fileinfo.com") | .asp is a plain text file, you can open it in gedit without any problem. |
187,330 | I am constructing a signal generator using a kit. Upon soldering it together, I have encountered a problem. The board is marked with two potentiometer slots, identical except for the values named on the board: 50K for the amplitude control and 1K for the offset control. I have two potentiometers, nearly identical. One ... | 2015/08/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/187330",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/84047/"
] | It won't work as you wish - the ground in the circuit must be connected to the most negative supply rail i.e. the -5V rail. You might be able to couple your audio to the circuit thru a capacitor but it could be quite noisy. This could be overcome with an audio coupling transformer but, maybe just try running it from a ... | I've seen this amp operating with positive and negative rail supply
I've seen this amp operating with positive and negative rail supply
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zRamh9HMQc>
which should be no surprise really. Then you don't need the output capacitor. |
7,357,548 | I have an application developed using the 2.0 framework, then I need to migrate it into 3.5 framework? is there any fastest way and best approach to do this? | 2011/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7357548",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/335160/"
] | There is no migration. .NET 3.5 is .NET 2.0 SP2 plus some new assemblies. | Open your project in Visual Studio (keep a backup) then goto project properties and set the target .net framework to 3.5.
save your settings and then compile the project, if you find any errors resolve them and you are good to go. |
7,357,548 | I have an application developed using the 2.0 framework, then I need to migrate it into 3.5 framework? is there any fastest way and best approach to do this? | 2011/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7357548",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/335160/"
] | There is no migration. .NET 3.5 is .NET 2.0 SP2 plus some new assemblies. | I think you have to use the VS IDE to change the .NET edtion,if you change the .net edition,it may cause some bug,so,after you changed it,you'd better rebuild the solution at first. |
155,432 | I am looking to use a piece of wood to lay under my sofa cushions because it sinks to much when you sit on it. I can't afford a new sofa so I was told I could use a piece of wood under the cushions. I need it to support a person 300 lbs- 400 lbs. They are disabled and do a lot of sitting. | 2019/01/21 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/155432",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/95956/"
] | I would keep the WD40 as far away from food and food preparation equipment as possible. The [MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)](https://www.wd40.com/files/pdf/msds-wd453764182.pdf) for WD-40 as published by the manufacturer states:
**Emergency Overview:**
DANGER! Harmful or fatal if swallowed. May cause eye irritatio... | I use barbeque cleaner and it works wonders especially if you let it soak for few hours.
After you clean off the barbeque cleaner, wash the hobs of with soapy water.
Just make sure you rinse it out very well before you turn the hobs on again. |
155,432 | I am looking to use a piece of wood to lay under my sofa cushions because it sinks to much when you sit on it. I can't afford a new sofa so I was told I could use a piece of wood under the cushions. I need it to support a person 300 lbs- 400 lbs. They are disabled and do a lot of sitting. | 2019/01/21 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/155432",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/95956/"
] | I would keep the WD40 as far away from food and food preparation equipment as possible. The [MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)](https://www.wd40.com/files/pdf/msds-wd453764182.pdf) for WD-40 as published by the manufacturer states:
**Emergency Overview:**
DANGER! Harmful or fatal if swallowed. May cause eye irritatio... | WD40 is a good product but it's nothing special for removing rust. There are similar lubricants sold that are labelled "food safe" for use in commercial kitchens. (You're going to wind up washing off whatever you use, and I doubt traces of WD40 would be dangerous at all, but why even take a chance.)
A lot of food saf... |
155,432 | I am looking to use a piece of wood to lay under my sofa cushions because it sinks to much when you sit on it. I can't afford a new sofa so I was told I could use a piece of wood under the cushions. I need it to support a person 300 lbs- 400 lbs. They are disabled and do a lot of sitting. | 2019/01/21 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/155432",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/95956/"
] | WD40 is a good product but it's nothing special for removing rust. There are similar lubricants sold that are labelled "food safe" for use in commercial kitchens. (You're going to wind up washing off whatever you use, and I doubt traces of WD40 would be dangerous at all, but why even take a chance.)
A lot of food saf... | I use barbeque cleaner and it works wonders especially if you let it soak for few hours.
After you clean off the barbeque cleaner, wash the hobs of with soapy water.
Just make sure you rinse it out very well before you turn the hobs on again. |
2,573 | I'm not per say a GIS guru, I'm more of a user of the technology. On a recent project we were asked to analyze, provide, and submit all our analysis using a [Double Stereo projection](http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Double_Stereographic). What are the main advantages of using it vs. UTM, o... | 2010/10/14 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/2573",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/127/"
] | As far as I can tell, "Double Stereographic" is identical to stereographic. Stereographic projections are favored for work around the poles because the meridians radiate in straight lines around the projected pole. The projection is conformal, implying the meridians also have the correct relative directions, too.
In t... | Double Stereographic vs Stereographic.
Mathematically a stereographic projection is directly projecting the sphere to the plane. A double projection is projecting to another mathematical spheroid first (Guassian Spheroid). Both projection centers are located on opposite the tangent point of the plane (ie on the other ... |
122,523 | I'm about a year and a half out of college, and in that year I've worked for and left an insurance company through which I got my Series 63 and my Life, Health, and Annuities license. Like most life insurance companies, this company paid me only commission, and so I had to leave it for a teaching position because of th... | 2018/11/12 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/122523",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/72856/"
] | You don't write where you are. I am sure the situation is different in many countries.
But in my experience there must be something seriously wrong with you or with the way you present yourself, or maybe with records about you.
In many countries almost anybody can get a job as a financial advisors - just with commissi... | There's several factors at play I can see here.
You have one financial-related position, and it's at best tangentially related to more general finance jobs and it's hard to see that offering much in your favor. You were there less than 18 months, had to leave because (forgive me if this sounds harsh, I'm just trying t... |
9,791 | What are reasons for someone to do Pilates as his or her main fitness activity (like how other people do strength training, yoga, or running)? What does doing Pilates entail? | 2012/11/21 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/9791",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/2094/"
] | The overall number 1 reason to choose ANY activity for fitness:
***You Enjoy It***
Nothing is more important than finding an activity that you discover you like doing and are eager to come back to each week. You won't make a permanent positive change in your life otherwise.
Now, reasons you might choose to try out... | The overall number 1 reason to choose ANY activity for fitness:
***It causes the desired adaptation in your body***
Nothing is more important than finding an activity that causes the adaptations that move you toward your goals. You won't make a permanent positive change in your life otherwise.
There is no good rea... |
56,455 | I want to assemble several cameras, triggered by a single remote. Is this possible?
The trigger doesn't have to be wireless, because the cameras will be very near to each other. The cameras need to be very cheap, because I'll be needing 50 of them. | 2014/11/05 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/56455",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/22343/"
] | This is the product recommended by Chris Breeze and Eric Pare at Xangle amongst others - the Esper Triggerbox <https://www.esperhq.com/product/triggerbox/>
The ESPER TriggerBox is the world’s leading programmable multi-camera shutter release controller. Up to 6 cameras can be connected to each TriggerBox and it allows... | It can be done with GoPro cameras, and the [GoPro wifi remote](http://shop.gopro.com/accessories/smart-remote/ARMTE-002.html). You can pair one remote to multiple cameras, apparently you can control up to 50 cameras at once. See [Controlling Multiple Cameras with One Wi-Fi Remote](http://gopro.com/support/articles/cont... |
56,455 | I want to assemble several cameras, triggered by a single remote. Is this possible?
The trigger doesn't have to be wireless, because the cameras will be very near to each other. The cameras need to be very cheap, because I'll be needing 50 of them. | 2014/11/05 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/56455",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/22343/"
] | If cost is a central concern, then you might want to investigate a DIY route. Using a platform such as [Arduino](http://www.adafruit.com/category/17), you can [purchase basic cameras](http://www.adafruit.com/search?q=camera&b=1), and using the Arduino board, trigger them together in a variety of ways...really only your... | It can be done with GoPro cameras, and the [GoPro wifi remote](http://shop.gopro.com/accessories/smart-remote/ARMTE-002.html). You can pair one remote to multiple cameras, apparently you can control up to 50 cameras at once. See [Controlling Multiple Cameras with One Wi-Fi Remote](http://gopro.com/support/articles/cont... |
56,455 | I want to assemble several cameras, triggered by a single remote. Is this possible?
The trigger doesn't have to be wireless, because the cameras will be very near to each other. The cameras need to be very cheap, because I'll be needing 50 of them. | 2014/11/05 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/56455",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/22343/"
] | If cost is a central concern, then you might want to investigate a DIY route. Using a platform such as [Arduino](http://www.adafruit.com/category/17), you can [purchase basic cameras](http://www.adafruit.com/search?q=camera&b=1), and using the Arduino board, trigger them together in a variety of ways...really only your... | Breeze Systems makes [software for controlling multiple cameras](http://breezesys.com/MultiCamera/psr_index.htm) at once. It's worth looking at their site if only for inspiration.
Keep in mind that cheap cameras may not have a remote shutter release option; if this is for a one-time event, you might be better off rent... |
56,455 | I want to assemble several cameras, triggered by a single remote. Is this possible?
The trigger doesn't have to be wireless, because the cameras will be very near to each other. The cameras need to be very cheap, because I'll be needing 50 of them. | 2014/11/05 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/56455",
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] | If cost is a central concern, then you might want to investigate a DIY route. Using a platform such as [Arduino](http://www.adafruit.com/category/17), you can [purchase basic cameras](http://www.adafruit.com/search?q=camera&b=1), and using the Arduino board, trigger them together in a variety of ways...really only your... | This is the product recommended by Chris Breeze and Eric Pare at Xangle amongst others - the Esper Triggerbox <https://www.esperhq.com/product/triggerbox/>
The ESPER TriggerBox is the world’s leading programmable multi-camera shutter release controller. Up to 6 cameras can be connected to each TriggerBox and it allows... |
56,455 | I want to assemble several cameras, triggered by a single remote. Is this possible?
The trigger doesn't have to be wireless, because the cameras will be very near to each other. The cameras need to be very cheap, because I'll be needing 50 of them. | 2014/11/05 | [
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] | This is the product recommended by Chris Breeze and Eric Pare at Xangle amongst others - the Esper Triggerbox <https://www.esperhq.com/product/triggerbox/>
The ESPER TriggerBox is the world’s leading programmable multi-camera shutter release controller. Up to 6 cameras can be connected to each TriggerBox and it allows... | Breeze Systems makes [software for controlling multiple cameras](http://breezesys.com/MultiCamera/psr_index.htm) at once. It's worth looking at their site if only for inspiration.
Keep in mind that cheap cameras may not have a remote shutter release option; if this is for a one-time event, you might be better off rent... |
56,455 | I want to assemble several cameras, triggered by a single remote. Is this possible?
The trigger doesn't have to be wireless, because the cameras will be very near to each other. The cameras need to be very cheap, because I'll be needing 50 of them. | 2014/11/05 | [
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] | If cost is a central concern, then you might want to investigate a DIY route. Using a platform such as [Arduino](http://www.adafruit.com/category/17), you can [purchase basic cameras](http://www.adafruit.com/search?q=camera&b=1), and using the Arduino board, trigger them together in a variety of ways...really only your... | If you want to go the low cost route Mike's Cool Stuff shows a design for doing this. It is fairly complex and requires detailed elecronics knowledge to create. He avoids using costly modules such as wifi, uses low cost camera modules and tackles subtle issues such as power drain, sequence triggers etc. <https://m.yout... |
5,740 | I have a rather large balcony and love onions. Is it possible to grow bulb onions in a container? What would the minimum dimensions of a container have to be to grow them? Could they be co-planted with something else to maximize space? | 2013/02/02 | [
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] | Yes you can grow onions in containers. You can usually buy onion sets from local stores which will produce a good size onion much faster than starting from seed. Garlic works as well. We are currently growing it in 2 inch diameter pots from a clove bought from the store.
With containers, bigger is better subject to so... | I've been container gardening for a number of years, as I'm limited in the available space I have at my town center terraced house. The containers are all at the back of my south-facing house. I also have a small plastic green house. In the containers I grow onion sets, spring onions, lettuce, beetroot, asparagus, pota... |
5,740 | I have a rather large balcony and love onions. Is it possible to grow bulb onions in a container? What would the minimum dimensions of a container have to be to grow them? Could they be co-planted with something else to maximize space? | 2013/02/02 | [
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] | Yes you can grow onions in containers. You can usually buy onion sets from local stores which will produce a good size onion much faster than starting from seed. Garlic works as well. We are currently growing it in 2 inch diameter pots from a clove bought from the store.
With containers, bigger is better subject to so... | I've grown onions in containers for several summers. They do grow quite well, but I have noticed that they don't grow near as large as they do if grown in the ground. The pots I've used are about 15" in diameter, and I've grown about 4 -5 onions in them, depending on how large you want the onions to get. It's nice too,... |
66,436,356 | I would like to export all the data from a database to a new one with SQL Server Manager studio.
I used import and export assistant (taks -> export data) but after the import when I try to save new data
I have insertion error due to identity column error when I try to insert data:
>
> com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.S... | 2021/03/02 | [
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] | If you want to move all data completely from a database. Task->Export is one Option(since the issue which you face is not clear) you can try other option to take backup(.bak file) and restore it to the new database.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BxmSR.... | Thank you for your help, the problem wasn't clear.
I actually needed to export an azure database to a SQL server database.
I used another export process : microsoft.github.io/AzureTipsAndTricks/blog/tip140.html and now the exported local database is working |
33,551 | I'm about to enter a role as project manager. I have attended a lot of projects with quite a span of aspects, constraints, contents, parties and whatever and also had some technical leadership tasks but this time it would be the very first time to receive the label "project manager".
While I'm thinking about it (I hav... | 2021/12/27 | [
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] | No project has a 100% chance of success. So there's that.
For R&D, the project itself is not the product. It is research and development. It's a service-oriented project. Therefore, you would be reimbursed for the service, not what is produced or not produced. The output for a service-oriented project is a change in s... | Good answers; I thought I might provide a different view.
I'd write my project as to test one (or more) hypothesis.
>
> At the end of this project, we will verify or refute the hypothesis that it is possible to X (e.g. spawn a root shell using CVE-YY-xxxx).
>
>
>
I guess at a basic level, I'm challenging the val... |
33,551 | I'm about to enter a role as project manager. I have attended a lot of projects with quite a span of aspects, constraints, contents, parties and whatever and also had some technical leadership tasks but this time it would be the very first time to receive the label "project manager".
While I'm thinking about it (I hav... | 2021/12/27 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33551",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
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] | No project has a 100% chance of success. So there's that.
For R&D, the project itself is not the product. It is research and development. It's a service-oriented project. Therefore, you would be reimbursed for the service, not what is produced or not produced. The output for a service-oriented project is a change in s... | Can you divide the project into phases and tasks?
Can you provide a report, a review, prototype software and its code or some other deliverables of value for the customer?
You may be able to mitigate the risks by doing that.
Are you supposed to be an expert with the domain knowledge? Or you are expected to carry out r... |
33,551 | I'm about to enter a role as project manager. I have attended a lot of projects with quite a span of aspects, constraints, contents, parties and whatever and also had some technical leadership tasks but this time it would be the very first time to receive the label "project manager".
While I'm thinking about it (I hav... | 2021/12/27 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33551",
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] | In addition to the good answers already given (T&M is the way to go) you should also put emphasis on customer expectation management. From the beginning, make it clear that you promise knowledge gain, not a finished product.
If the problem is one where it is known that solutions exist (for example because the big play... | I would expect any research project to be done on a daily or hourly rate. It's implicitly the nature of R&D that the work is what matters and the outcome is uncertain, so the work is what you should be paid for. A Kanban-style, continuous delivery approach makes sense for R&D: prioritise the items of value, inspect and... |
33,551 | I'm about to enter a role as project manager. I have attended a lot of projects with quite a span of aspects, constraints, contents, parties and whatever and also had some technical leadership tasks but this time it would be the very first time to receive the label "project manager".
While I'm thinking about it (I hav... | 2021/12/27 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33551",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/42335/"
] | Good answers; I thought I might provide a different view.
I'd write my project as to test one (or more) hypothesis.
>
> At the end of this project, we will verify or refute the hypothesis that it is possible to X (e.g. spawn a root shell using CVE-YY-xxxx).
>
>
>
I guess at a basic level, I'm challenging the val... | Can you divide the project into phases and tasks?
Can you provide a report, a review, prototype software and its code or some other deliverables of value for the customer?
You may be able to mitigate the risks by doing that.
Are you supposed to be an expert with the domain knowledge? Or you are expected to carry out r... |
33,551 | I'm about to enter a role as project manager. I have attended a lot of projects with quite a span of aspects, constraints, contents, parties and whatever and also had some technical leadership tasks but this time it would be the very first time to receive the label "project manager".
While I'm thinking about it (I hav... | 2021/12/27 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33551",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/42335/"
] | In addition to the good answers already given (T&M is the way to go) you should also put emphasis on customer expectation management. From the beginning, make it clear that you promise knowledge gain, not a finished product.
If the problem is one where it is known that solutions exist (for example because the big play... | Can you divide the project into phases and tasks?
Can you provide a report, a review, prototype software and its code or some other deliverables of value for the customer?
You may be able to mitigate the risks by doing that.
Are you supposed to be an expert with the domain knowledge? Or you are expected to carry out r... |
33,551 | I'm about to enter a role as project manager. I have attended a lot of projects with quite a span of aspects, constraints, contents, parties and whatever and also had some technical leadership tasks but this time it would be the very first time to receive the label "project manager".
While I'm thinking about it (I hav... | 2021/12/27 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33551",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/42335/"
] | No project has a 100% chance of success. So there's that.
For R&D, the project itself is not the product. It is research and development. It's a service-oriented project. Therefore, you would be reimbursed for the service, not what is produced or not produced. The output for a service-oriented project is a change in s... | I would expect any research project to be done on a daily or hourly rate. It's implicitly the nature of R&D that the work is what matters and the outcome is uncertain, so the work is what you should be paid for. A Kanban-style, continuous delivery approach makes sense for R&D: prioritise the items of value, inspect and... |
33,551 | I'm about to enter a role as project manager. I have attended a lot of projects with quite a span of aspects, constraints, contents, parties and whatever and also had some technical leadership tasks but this time it would be the very first time to receive the label "project manager".
While I'm thinking about it (I hav... | 2021/12/27 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33551",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/42335/"
] | Good answers; I thought I might provide a different view.
I'd write my project as to test one (or more) hypothesis.
>
> At the end of this project, we will verify or refute the hypothesis that it is possible to X (e.g. spawn a root shell using CVE-YY-xxxx).
>
>
>
I guess at a basic level, I'm challenging the val... | I would expect any research project to be done on a daily or hourly rate. It's implicitly the nature of R&D that the work is what matters and the outcome is uncertain, so the work is what you should be paid for. A Kanban-style, continuous delivery approach makes sense for R&D: prioritise the items of value, inspect and... |
4,541 | Romans 8:11 appears in the following context:
>
> 9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive becau... | 2013/03/28 | [
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] | I think Paul is talking about the future resurrection, but with a very real sense of that future resurrection being something inevitable - giving us certainty, purpose, and hope in the present time.
A few verses later we read about having been adopted as sons:
>
> 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to ... | From the verse itself, it appears that the apostle is referring to the future resurrection: If the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, then this same Holy Spirit who raised Christ [II Cor.4:14; Eph.1:20] *from the dead* *also will make alive* [Rom.4:17; Jn.5:21; I Cor.15:22; or, give life to] your *mor... |
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