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340,993 | I have a Flash app made up of AS3 components that I am trying to run in Flex.
In Flash, after the main component is added to the stage, the loader object (loaderInfo.loader) is null which is fine and I handle that.
In Flex, on the applicationComplete event I add the the main component to the stage and the loader obj... | 2008/12/04 | [
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] | As the first try, you should download and install Emacs 22.3 for your Windows box and then compare the speed.
Speed difference shouldn't be that big after upgrade. | Perhaps it is the big value you assign to fill-column (they suggest less than 80). |
520,832 | I just started studying electrical engineering. So far I'm trying to figure things out by visualizing the electron flow and density in different scenarios. But I'm having a hard time when it comes to this particular case.
For example, in this configuration the capacitor is fully charged, and the voltage difference bet... | 2020/09/10 | [
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] | >
> So far I'm trying to figure things out by visualizing the electron flow and density in different scenarios.
>
>
>
I believe this is a tempting but often misleading way to learn; electrons themselves do lots of counter-intuitive things, and for most circuit analysis problems you're better off thinking simply in... | If the capacitor is charged to 5V over its terminals and you flip the switch, it will still have 5V over its terminals and it starts discharging. What might confuse you is that the switch sets the absolute voltage of the capacitor positive terminal to either 5V or 0V, which will also change the absolute voltage of capa... |
520,832 | I just started studying electrical engineering. So far I'm trying to figure things out by visualizing the electron flow and density in different scenarios. But I'm having a hard time when it comes to this particular case.
For example, in this configuration the capacitor is fully charged, and the voltage difference bet... | 2020/09/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/520832",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/262672/"
] | [There are two closely related notions of capacitance: self capacitance and mutual capacitance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance). The capacitor's mutual capacitance arises because its two plates, separated by a dielectric material, can store electrical charges, each plate store charges of opposite signs. Besi... | If the capacitor is charged to 5V over its terminals and you flip the switch, it will still have 5V over its terminals and it starts discharging. What might confuse you is that the switch sets the absolute voltage of the capacitor positive terminal to either 5V or 0V, which will also change the absolute voltage of capa... |
520,832 | I just started studying electrical engineering. So far I'm trying to figure things out by visualizing the electron flow and density in different scenarios. But I'm having a hard time when it comes to this particular case.
For example, in this configuration the capacitor is fully charged, and the voltage difference bet... | 2020/09/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/520832",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/262672/"
] | >
> So far I'm trying to figure things out by visualizing the electron flow and density in different scenarios.
>
>
>
I believe this is a tempting but often misleading way to learn; electrons themselves do lots of counter-intuitive things, and for most circuit analysis problems you're better off thinking simply in... | [There are two closely related notions of capacitance: self capacitance and mutual capacitance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance). The capacitor's mutual capacitance arises because its two plates, separated by a dielectric material, can store electrical charges, each plate store charges of opposite signs. Besi... |
24,793,663 | It seems counter intuitive that calculating more vertices instead of just reading more from vram would be faster. But if memory bandwidth is the issue that makes tessellation worth it, then why do things like displacement mapping exist? In the tessellation shader, if you read from a texture, you accessing vram more any... | 2014/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24793663",
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] | There is no single point that gives tessellation better performance in every possible instance. Different benefits and trade offs apply in every use case. Some things that might contribute to making tessellation faster than alternatives:
* **Memory Bandwidth:** Modern computers are largely limited by memory speeds. Ev... | The point of tessellation is that you use more vertexes where it is useful (close to the camera) and fewer vertexes where it is less useful (distant from camera). So you can get the effect of much more detailed geometry without having to use it everywhere in the scene. |
24,793,663 | It seems counter intuitive that calculating more vertices instead of just reading more from vram would be faster. But if memory bandwidth is the issue that makes tessellation worth it, then why do things like displacement mapping exist? In the tessellation shader, if you read from a texture, you accessing vram more any... | 2014/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24793663",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1525061/"
] | There's always a trade off between processor and memory. Tessellation is a way that you can save memory and bandwidth but at the cost of GPU performance.
**Why you should use tessellation:**
Tessellation with displacement maps significantly reduces memory bandwidth for animated or multi-instance objects in the scene.... | The point of tessellation is that you use more vertexes where it is useful (close to the camera) and fewer vertexes where it is less useful (distant from camera). So you can get the effect of much more detailed geometry without having to use it everywhere in the scene. |
24,793,663 | It seems counter intuitive that calculating more vertices instead of just reading more from vram would be faster. But if memory bandwidth is the issue that makes tessellation worth it, then why do things like displacement mapping exist? In the tessellation shader, if you read from a texture, you accessing vram more any... | 2014/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24793663",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1525061/"
] | There is no single point that gives tessellation better performance in every possible instance. Different benefits and trade offs apply in every use case. Some things that might contribute to making tessellation faster than alternatives:
* **Memory Bandwidth:** Modern computers are largely limited by memory speeds. Ev... | There's always a trade off between processor and memory. Tessellation is a way that you can save memory and bandwidth but at the cost of GPU performance.
**Why you should use tessellation:**
Tessellation with displacement maps significantly reduces memory bandwidth for animated or multi-instance objects in the scene.... |
24,793,663 | It seems counter intuitive that calculating more vertices instead of just reading more from vram would be faster. But if memory bandwidth is the issue that makes tessellation worth it, then why do things like displacement mapping exist? In the tessellation shader, if you read from a texture, you accessing vram more any... | 2014/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24793663",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1525061/"
] | There is no single point that gives tessellation better performance in every possible instance. Different benefits and trade offs apply in every use case. Some things that might contribute to making tessellation faster than alternatives:
* **Memory Bandwidth:** Modern computers are largely limited by memory speeds. Ev... | (In the context of OpenGL)
As others have already stated, the use of tessellation can be thought of as a trade between gpu compute time being increased, and a reduction in bandwidth between the application and OpenGL.
Which makes sense when you think about it right? If you're not sending all of the vertices over, the... |
24,793,663 | It seems counter intuitive that calculating more vertices instead of just reading more from vram would be faster. But if memory bandwidth is the issue that makes tessellation worth it, then why do things like displacement mapping exist? In the tessellation shader, if you read from a texture, you accessing vram more any... | 2014/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24793663",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1525061/"
] | There's always a trade off between processor and memory. Tessellation is a way that you can save memory and bandwidth but at the cost of GPU performance.
**Why you should use tessellation:**
Tessellation with displacement maps significantly reduces memory bandwidth for animated or multi-instance objects in the scene.... | (In the context of OpenGL)
As others have already stated, the use of tessellation can be thought of as a trade between gpu compute time being increased, and a reduction in bandwidth between the application and OpenGL.
Which makes sense when you think about it right? If you're not sending all of the vertices over, the... |
315,037 | we have a multi brand shop with 60K+ of products.
Every brand has it's own way of dimensions.
Which results in an attribute list of 500+ entries.
Attribute: POS-size
Here is a screenshot of this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WklZK.png)
But this list... | 2020/06/14 | [
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/315037",
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] | This sounds like its fairly easily solvable with a custom module, I don't think there is anything available off the shelf that will relate one set of attributes to another set.
What you could do is build a module that triggers off a product being saved and then updates the customer facing sizes based on a relationship... | I have updated one of my free modules to cater for your use case. The script has 3 parameters and the first 2 parameter are the attributes to sync.
The script fetches all the products for which theirs values for both attributes differ. In your case, although your catalog is big, the query may return at a time 500 prod... |
227,483 | I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and want to upgrade it to 12.10. Please send me step by step info for this process. Will my personal data be lost? If yes, then how to protect it? | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/227483",
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] | <http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade>
This has the step by step instruction for using the graphical Software Update. Very easy to use. | use this command:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
your home directory will remain the same with current (before update), also your program/software installed. So, you do not worry about loss your data. |
2,591,985 | My java application functionality is to provide reference data (basically loads lots of data from xml files into hashmap) and hence we request for one such data from the hashmap based on a id and we have such multiple has map for different set of business data. The problem is that when i tried executing the java applic... | 2010/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2591985",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | There could be many causes:
* Is your Java application restarted for each run? If not, it could be that the garbage collector kicks in at an unfortunate time. If so, the JVM startup time could be responsible for the variations.
* Is anything else running on that machine?
* Is the disk cache "warmed up" in some cases, ... | If you don't run a real-time system, then you can't be sure it will execute within a certain time.
OSes constantly do other things, mostly housekeeping tasks, and providing the system other services. This easily will slow down the rest of your system for 50ms.
There also might be time that you need to wait for IO. ... |
19,831,816 | for developing I use IntelliJ. Is here anybody who knows if is there configuration how to wrap the division of the text to new line (press enter) that'+' operator will be placed on **the new line**?
I have also next question.
Is there configuration how to freeze my tabs in code? Because when I used it and after that ... | 2013/11/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19831816",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2596932/"
] | The StackoverFlow answer link in @Viliam comment is the correct answer, at least in theory... there is a bug that prevents this from working for Strings: [Settings "Operation sign on next line" does not work for automatically breaking strings](http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-80495). I recommend you vote for it... | For tab/space:
open Settings (Ctrl + Alt + S), go to:
Code Style / Java under Tabs and Indents you have "Use tab character".
For String with + on new line, I searched also this one few weeks ago and didn't find it! |
1,722,490 | I have a new laptop which happily updated to Windows 11 and an older Lenovo stationary whose Xeon E3-1241 processor is not supported by Windows 11 so it has to happily keep running Windows 10 (except that Windows update nags me).
What is the criteria that my CPU fails so I cannot upgrade? | 2022/05/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1722490",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/7401/"
] | The requirements as given by Microsoft are at [Windows 11 specs, features, and computer requirements](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications).
For the CPU requirements they state:
>
> 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a [compatible 64-bit processor](http://aka.ms/CPUlist)... | If you want to know exactly what criteria is missing in your computer,
download [WhyNotWin11](https://www.whynotwin11.com/download/).
This utility analyzes each requirement for Windows 11 :
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exFU0.png) |
122,977 | Why can't maximum zoom (ie the change in size of an object on screen) consistently be stated on compact cameras? I am aware of the complications with focal length and lens size but I am only interested in how much the camera can magnify. | 2021/03/14 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/122977",
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] | The most useful specification for comparing how much of the image frame you can fill with a distant subject is a normalised maximum focal length. For historical reasons we consider an image sensor the size of a 35mm film frame to be "normal", so this specification is quoted as the "35mm equivalent" focal length.
For e... | Likely what you are after is to cause the software of the camera display magnification as you zoom. Further, you would like this value to be equal with the power as related to binocular or telescope. However, you need to know that most authorities deem such a value valueless. This is because our modern cameras are mini... |
3,118 | In many fantasy stories, there are creatures called Dire Wolves. What's a Dire Wolf, how is it different from existing wolves? | 2011/04/27 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/3118",
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] | [Wikipedia says](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Wolf) they're not fictional, although some stories may give them supernatural properties. They're an extinct species that existed from the [Early Pleistocene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Pleistocene) to [Late Pleistocene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleist... | Generally, "Dire" animals are larger, more vicious versions of existing animals. They're common in RPGs like D&D and other games or fiction with similar fantasy themes. In D&D (at least in more recent editions), in addition to being larger dire animals also tend to have bony plates and spikes. |
207,503 | During the SSL/TLS handshake we are checking the authentication of the client and the server.
During this process certificate chain also comes into the picture to trust/complete the certificate chain.
The question is, **Why we need to trust the CA ? what are the things justifies that we should trust that CA ?**
Than... | 2019/04/16 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/207503",
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] | >
> Why we need to trust the CA
>
>
>
We don't need to trust the CA but we could try to explicitly contact the owners of each website we visit to check if the certificate we get is the certificate they actually serve or if there is some man in the middle in between (which would result in a different certificate).... | That is equivalent to saying 'how can we trust police ?'.
Everything works hierarchically. Browsers and devices trust a CA by accepting the Root Certificate into its root store – essentially a database of approved CAs that come pre-installed with the browser or device. Windows operates a root store, as does Apple and ... |
743,472 | The National Ignition fusion recently [announced](https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-ignition-facility-achieves-fusion-ignition) the achievement of nuclear fusion "ignition", i.e. more energy released from a sample undergoing nuclear fusion reactions than was directly input into the sample by lasers (*not* the total en... | 2023/01/02 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/743472",
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"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/92058/"
] | You have a loop composed entirely of wire from the positive to negative battery terminal. A "short circuit". A large current will flow. Neither the bulb nor the Earth connection are involved. | The earth connection is meaningless. You are putting a direct short across the battery so the potential will be essentially zero.
Now if you had connections to earth at two locations, as in the diagram below, then there would be a potential difference across the bulb, the amount depending on the relative resistance of... |
7,350,129 | I have a split view form with a subform in it. In the datasheet part of the split view Access displays a plus (+) that allows the user to display the subform for that record.
I want to prevent this behavior. How can I hide the subform from the datasheet section, but not the form section?
Even when all the subform col... | 2011/09/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7350129",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/359964/"
] | Try changing the table (split form's recordsource) properties (see picture below).
This may not be ideal solution since it will affect all forms (with datasheet views) that are based on the underlying table, though.
 | 1. insert new (blank) subform (set visible NO)
2. set it lowest Tab Order among subforms (must be the first)
plus sign disapears |
210,939 | As far as I know a pronoun "I" is usually omitted when personal achievements are being described (writing in "First person implied"). For example it's better to write:
>
> Performed a review of the project's source code.
>
>
>
than:
>
> I performed a review of the project's source code.
>
>
>
But the seco... | 2019/05/16 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/210939",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/88608/"
] | This is a [zeugma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma_and_syllepsis): "I had" refers to the meaning of "perambulator" as a baby carriage (from which te word "pram" is derived"). "I was" refers to its meaning of "someone who walks". | I'm not sure if it's technically a pun or just some wordplay, but you are definitely interpreting it correctly, yes. |
182,899 | Similar to [this question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/99468/which-star-trek-character-appeared-on-screen-with-the-most-different-ranks) on ranks, and [this question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/31810/which-actor-has-portrayed-the-most-distinct-roles-in-the-star-trek-universe) on roles, I wo... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/182899",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | Worf would be the logical guess. He appears in more episodes than anyone else, over two different series, and also has a tendency to briefly take on positions in the Klingon Empire during episodes that focus on it. I can find at least 10 or 11 positions for him that fit your requirement:
* Bridge officer on the 1701-D... | This answer contains spoilers for multiple episodes.
I would think someone more qualified than me could make a good argument for Picard. However, I will give this a start to mention some of the more unique assignments. There's...
1. Captain
* (surprise! Picard's been a captain of a starship!)
* Assigned by Rear Adm... |
182,899 | Similar to [this question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/99468/which-star-trek-character-appeared-on-screen-with-the-most-different-ranks) on ranks, and [this question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/31810/which-actor-has-portrayed-the-most-distinct-roles-in-the-star-trek-universe) on roles, I wo... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/182899",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/12305/"
] | Worf would be the logical guess. He appears in more episodes than anyone else, over two different series, and also has a tendency to briefly take on positions in the Klingon Empire during episodes that focus on it. I can find at least 10 or 11 positions for him that fit your requirement:
* Bridge officer on the 1701-D... | The [Dax symbiont](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dax_(Star_Trek)) seems worth mentioning, though it's in a grey area. It is at once several distinct characters yet also one continuous character. In [one episode](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Dax_(episode)) there was a trial concerned with whether or not a curren... |
182,899 | Similar to [this question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/99468/which-star-trek-character-appeared-on-screen-with-the-most-different-ranks) on ranks, and [this question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/31810/which-actor-has-portrayed-the-most-distinct-roles-in-the-star-trek-universe) on roles, I wo... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/182899",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/12305/"
] | This answer contains spoilers for multiple episodes.
I would think someone more qualified than me could make a good argument for Picard. However, I will give this a start to mention some of the more unique assignments. There's...
1. Captain
* (surprise! Picard's been a captain of a starship!)
* Assigned by Rear Adm... | The [Dax symbiont](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dax_(Star_Trek)) seems worth mentioning, though it's in a grey area. It is at once several distinct characters yet also one continuous character. In [one episode](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Dax_(episode)) there was a trial concerned with whether or not a curren... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
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] | This generally occurs because of a perverse incentive - the salespeople are being paid on commission, while the production staff is paid on salary. The salespeople have several levers to work with: features, cost, and delivery date. They have a strong disincentive to lower the cost, because this generally lowers their ... | Quit
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There are lots of sensible suggestions in the answers already, which hopefully can help work out this dysfunctional relationship. But in the end, **you** decide how much you want to work.
It's easy to get pressured by coworkers into overworking. But you're **sacrificing your personal life** when you do that... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
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] | I've worked both sides of the house. Remember without sales people there would be no downstream jobs or projects.
**How to battle sales over-commitment**: Estimate, then take at least a 130% multiple (always plan a minimum 30% contingency). Provide and document said estimate. Realize that your effort estimates will be... | There are lots of strategies you can use, but you'll usually need approval or buy-in from management.
1. Pay developers overtime at an increased rate. Working extra hours isn't so bad when you're making a lot of extra money doing it. And if it starts to affect the company's bottom line management will apply pressure t... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is something you need to take to your manager (there is development managers, right?) and explain the problem. It's a change that needs to happen on an organizational level - sales needs to get buy in from development before making commitments, and before that will happen, they need to get that direction from thei... | There is absolutely no way to combat this entirely. The very nature of sales is over-committing. As a sales rep you are there to make the prospective customer's problems magically disappear. Good sales reps will only slightly exaggerate, bad ones will cause themselves big embarrassment.
Anything you do will only cause... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
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] | This is almost a universal thing in smaller companies as they have a greater need to close a deal. Until I was brought into sales meetings at my company I was bitter about this but I can at least understand how and why it happens a little more.
Clients want it fast and many will play hard to get. This encourages sales... | No
I tried to make this a two letter answer and the stack wouldn't let me ... but the answer is
No
Which, isn't completely true if you own / run the company, of course. If you're in *that* position you can drag the sales team in by the ears and "have the talk". If, however and as I suspect, you are just a "lowly" t... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32502/"
] | >
> **In general, is there a way to push back on this?** If not for this release, what about in future?
>
>
>
Of course, there is: Let them ***fail*** badly with this approach. ***Nothing teaches as well as failing.***
Make an ***estimation*** yourself before you start and ***show it*** to them. Then do your be... | I've worked both sides of the house. Remember without sales people there would be no downstream jobs or projects.
**How to battle sales over-commitment**: Estimate, then take at least a 130% multiple (always plan a minimum 30% contingency). Provide and document said estimate. Realize that your effort estimates will be... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/32502/"
] | >
> **In general, is there a way to push back on this?** If not for this release, what about in future?
>
>
>
Of course, there is: Let them ***fail*** badly with this approach. ***Nothing teaches as well as failing.***
Make an ***estimation*** yourself before you start and ***show it*** to them. Then do your be... | This generally occurs because of a perverse incentive - the salespeople are being paid on commission, while the production staff is paid on salary. The salespeople have several levers to work with: features, cost, and delivery date. They have a strong disincentive to lower the cost, because this generally lowers their ... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
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] | I've worked both sides of the house. Remember without sales people there would be no downstream jobs or projects.
**How to battle sales over-commitment**: Estimate, then take at least a 130% multiple (always plan a minimum 30% contingency). Provide and document said estimate. Realize that your effort estimates will be... | Spec the job after they give it to you and let them know how long it will take. Then when they crow about it tell them.
"I'm sorry you made that commitment but given the resources at my disposal It will take X hours to complete"
Do this every time...it worked for me.
Basically tell them they can have it Fast, Chea... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Quit
====
There are lots of sensible suggestions in the answers already, which hopefully can help work out this dysfunctional relationship. But in the end, **you** decide how much you want to work.
It's easy to get pressured by coworkers into overworking. But you're **sacrificing your personal life** when you do that... | Some very good answers here already. I will just add that you should not be driven to meet his deadlines to your own detriment. Also, I would definitely have a word with the sales person and remind him that if he over-promises and the company cannot deliver on his promises then he (and the company) will not be trusted ... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
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] | One suggestion that hasn't come up yet: **retrospectives**.
Don't say "no, I'm not doing overtime," that always encourages other developers to swoop in and make you look bad.
But do say very clearly to your management that every time you have to do more than 40 hours a week to get a job done, everyone involved in the... | Disagreements like this are normally caused by a lack of communication. Either they don't understand the pressure they are putting on you or you don't understand what they are really asking for. Either way, to solve the issue, you need to understand the situation from the other point of view.
Have you ever tried selli... |
117,243 | I seem to be repeatedly stuck in a situation where release dates are set not based on anything technical, but because someone in Sales has committed to a customer by then. Based on discussions with friends in development at other companies, the same thing seems to happen.
"Here is the committed feature set and here is... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/117243",
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] | This generally occurs because of a perverse incentive - the salespeople are being paid on commission, while the production staff is paid on salary. The salespeople have several levers to work with: features, cost, and delivery date. They have a strong disincentive to lower the cost, because this generally lowers their ... | It's hard to answer without knowing your company structure.
Some general tools to help are:
* Have agree upon (but those in charge, not sales) quality controls
* Have a product roadmap (internal and external)
By having agreed upon **quality controls**, you have a business-driven reason for not being able to release ... |
36,402 | I'm an old GM, new to DFRPG. How would you create an empath or mind reader minor talent?
I was thinking:
* *Empath*: You can use your empathy skill to roll an assessment check and reveal a character's emotion. This can be done as soon as you can see the character and is rolled against the subject's Discipline. If you ... | 2014/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/36402",
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] | Hopefully, Paranet will give some more guidelines on creating powers in a more concrete manner, but this is how I framed psychic phenomena in my game.
One of the characters is a shadow of the Archive- a failed experiment in creating the same sort of entity. At the beginning, he had some minor psychic abilities- diffe... | *In a word:* **No.** (for the Telepathy one at least, empathy is a lot more forgiving)
From the viewpoint of the base canon (Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels), **I'd say that staying away from things that "Reveal Surface Thoughts" would be best.**
Neuromancy to reveal thoughts gets into the dark gray area of **The ... |
10,601 | There is a computer on my network running *Windows 7 Professional* with a bunch of shared folders and printers available on the default *WORKGROUP* domain. There is no password for any of these shares and they can be happily accessed from Windows on any other computer on the network. (And all the Windows computers can ... | 2010/10/31 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/10601",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/2992/"
] | Last time I checked (some months ago), I explicitly had to add a permission for "Guest" to the Windows 7 share (Advanced Sharing > Permissions) to allow password-free connections. "Everyone" alone didn't work for whatever reason. Maybe this has changed in the meantime, but it's worth a try. | The problem here is most likely the fact that samba is not perfect and sometimes has problems with newer versions of windows.
Samba actually has to play a kind of catch up game with windows, so sometimes thinks break between windows versions. If you need to configure samba (it might not fix the problem NB) try GADMIN-... |
210,891 | Is there a firefox addon for quick comment, because I don't want to input name ,email.. etc for every page Which I want post a comment. | 2010/11/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/210891",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/14547/"
] | You need a form filler addon like [Sxipper](http://www.sxipper.com/) / [AutoFill Forms](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4775/) / [FormFiller](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1882/) | [LastPass](https://lastpass.com/) is a program you can use across Chrome/FF/IE and while it's mainly for Passwords, it also gives you the ability to create profiles to fast fill forms automatically.
I've been using it for a couple of years now and I've found it to be one of the best extensions out there. |
1,258,089 | I have an Adaptec 81605ZQ RAID Controller currently connected to:
* 2 x 8 TB HGST HDD in RAID-1
* 2 x 1 TB Samsung 850 Pro SSD in RAID-0 (separate array)
* 1 x 128 GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD as "MaxCache" (read cache for RAID-1 HDD array)
On Windows 10, with the latest Adaptec firmware and drivers, I get these *long* han... | 2017/10/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1258089",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/144607/"
] | Here are the steps I take to move from one array to another using existing disks (generic).
1. Degrade the array by manually failing/removing a disk from the old array.
2. Start a new degraded array on newly available disk.
3. Copy files from the old degraded array to the new degraded array.
4. After verifying the fil... | Migrating to software RAID won't help you.
I'm afraid, the described behaviour is "feature" of archive disks based on SMR. The disk has some part of its capacity in normal format (in your case probably those 600 GB). This area serves as cache for writing. But the problem is, that data in SMR disks must be written at o... |
53,330 | How can I move just one email within a conversation (a response from one person within a conversation for example) into a label/folder without moving the entire conversation? | 2013/12/18 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/53330",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
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] | You can't, really. When you're looking at the conversation it shows all the labels on all the messages.
The only way to *really* do that is to turn off conversation mode, but that's like using TNT to kill a fly.
One hack-y thing you could do is forward the message to yourself (and be sure to change the subject line).... | So far I have not found a way to do this, very annoying especially when I get emails with the same subject that I don't want to be threaded.
The only way I have found out how to do this is use an IMAP client (e.g. Mail app on iPhone) and then you can move any emails you like, threaded or not. |
1,385,499 | I need the XSD of junitReport.xml recognized by Hudson.
Does anyone know where can it be found?
Thanks. | 2009/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1385499",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/80002/"
] | At [this link](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ant-dev/200902.mbox/<dffc72020902241548l4316d645w2e98caf5f0aac770@mail.gmail.com>), someone has already tried to analyse the JUnit code to check for any references for it's XML schema. But an XSD is no requirement to create XML and apparently, it doesn't use one. | I've create a [junit.xsd](http://windyroad.org/2011/02/07/apache-ant-junit-xml-schema/) for [Ant's `junit` task](http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/junit.html). It was created by examining the relevant Java code in Ant 1.8.2 |
166,065 | I have a list where for most users they will have read access to the list. The list has URL links to pages outside of SharePoint on our Company intranet. These pages on the intranet are available to everyone. My assumption is if a user has read only to a list that contains hyperlinks then they should be able to click o... | 2016/01/04 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/166065",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
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] | If a user has Read access to the List (and subsequent List items, if the items do not have inheritance broken), yes they would be able to click on the links to the sites within the List. It would be up to the target system to enforce any sort of authentication/authorization. | Yes, with 'Read' or 'View', your User can click on the Hyperlink. The page won't render it to be disabled based on the user's read/view permissions. |
166,065 | I have a list where for most users they will have read access to the list. The list has URL links to pages outside of SharePoint on our Company intranet. These pages on the intranet are available to everyone. My assumption is if a user has read only to a list that contains hyperlinks then they should be able to click o... | 2016/01/04 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/166065",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
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] | If a user has Read access to the List (and subsequent List items, if the items do not have inheritance broken), yes they would be able to click on the links to the sites within the List. It would be up to the target system to enforce any sort of authentication/authorization. | users can see the URLs in the list, but if the URLs formatting is just text and not a hyperlink they will not be able to click on it.
Regards |
166,065 | I have a list where for most users they will have read access to the list. The list has URL links to pages outside of SharePoint on our Company intranet. These pages on the intranet are available to everyone. My assumption is if a user has read only to a list that contains hyperlinks then they should be able to click o... | 2016/01/04 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/166065",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/40859/"
] | If a user has Read access to the List (and subsequent List items, if the items do not have inheritance broken), yes they would be able to click on the links to the sites within the List. It would be up to the target system to enforce any sort of authentication/authorization. | To be more precise, in this case it is nothing to do with permission level.
If item from the list is visible to user then he can click it. |
257 | From what I see [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning), it seems kerning is just rearranging the space between letters. However, the comments [here](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1924/graphic-design/1929#1929) lead me to believe there's more to the story. Is kerning really that simple? Is the only pur... | 2011/01/06 | [
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] | I think the [Wikipedia kerning article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning) essentially covers it, but the bulk of the article is about adding kerning information to a font during its design, or applications automatically using this built-in information to improve composition of a font's characters -- rather than the... | Yes, that is essentially it. [From Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning):
>
> In typography, kerning (less commonly mortising) is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. In a well kerned font, the two-dimensional blank s... |
257 | From what I see [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning), it seems kerning is just rearranging the space between letters. However, the comments [here](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1924/graphic-design/1929#1929) lead me to believe there's more to the story. Is kerning really that simple? Is the only pur... | 2011/01/06 | [
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] | Yes, that is essentially it. [From Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning):
>
> In typography, kerning (less commonly mortising) is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. In a well kerned font, the two-dimensional blank s... | The main reason to pay close attention to kerning is for readability. Visual appeal is also very important. Another reason is that a properly kerned word will typically take up less horizontal space than an unkerned word, therefore allowing larger type sizes (this is useful for book cover design and poster design).
F... |
257 | From what I see [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning), it seems kerning is just rearranging the space between letters. However, the comments [here](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1924/graphic-design/1929#1929) lead me to believe there's more to the story. Is kerning really that simple? Is the only pur... | 2011/01/06 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/257",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think the [Wikipedia kerning article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning) essentially covers it, but the bulk of the article is about adding kerning information to a font during its design, or applications automatically using this built-in information to improve composition of a font's characters -- rather than the... | (via [Ironic Sans](http://www.ironicsans.com/)):
 |
257 | From what I see [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning), it seems kerning is just rearranging the space between letters. However, the comments [here](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1924/graphic-design/1929#1929) lead me to believe there's more to the story. Is kerning really that simple? Is the only pur... | 2011/01/06 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/257",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/140/"
] | I think the [Wikipedia kerning article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning) essentially covers it, but the bulk of the article is about adding kerning information to a font during its design, or applications automatically using this built-in information to improve composition of a font's characters -- rather than the... | The main reason to pay close attention to kerning is for readability. Visual appeal is also very important. Another reason is that a properly kerned word will typically take up less horizontal space than an unkerned word, therefore allowing larger type sizes (this is useful for book cover design and poster design).
F... |
257 | From what I see [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning), it seems kerning is just rearranging the space between letters. However, the comments [here](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1924/graphic-design/1929#1929) lead me to believe there's more to the story. Is kerning really that simple? Is the only pur... | 2011/01/06 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/257",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/140/"
] | (via [Ironic Sans](http://www.ironicsans.com/)):
 | The main reason to pay close attention to kerning is for readability. Visual appeal is also very important. Another reason is that a properly kerned word will typically take up less horizontal space than an unkerned word, therefore allowing larger type sizes (this is useful for book cover design and poster design).
F... |
11,570 | I am lucky (or potentially unlucky) enough that a grant applications that I am working on does not have any formatting specifications and instead just has a limit of 5000 words. There are some suggested sections, that will be be variable in terms of length (some will have 200 words and others over 1000), and it is like... | 2013/08/01 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11570",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | I envy you the fact that it is only a word count that counts. I am in a system where everything has to fit a certain number of pages with 12pt Times-Roman and 2.5 cm margins.
With the word limit as your main limitation you have the possibility to illustrate your application more freely. If suitable, I strongly sugges... | By submitting a grant proposal you're asking the funding agency to give you some resources (funding) to investigate some problem. Very early in the proposal you should make the case, clearly and succinctly, why you --- and not someone else --- should be given those resources:
* *The problem*:
+ what is the issue you ... |
3,465 | In *The Dark Knight Rises*, Bane publicly reveals the cover-up of Dent's death and disclosed all the crimes were made by Harvey Dent. Further, he reveals the role of Commissioner Gordon to cover-up Dent's crime by his letter, at that moment ***why didn't he reveal Bruce Wayne is Batman?*** Instead of that, he helped Br... | 2012/07/24 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3465",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/556/"
] | In the movie Bane was trying to cause chaos in the city by pitting the rich against the poor. You see those judgements passed for the rich people who lived their life so luxuriously given by Crane. Revealing the fact that Bruce Wayne (who is one of the richest people in the gotham) to be Batman might create the idea th... | I think this is probably because in the bid that he can convince the people to go against the law that imposed the 'Dent Act' and realize they have "worshipped a false idol" Two-Face, he re-enforces his plea with the letter that Gordon wrote expressing how the true hero was the Batman:
Here is the speech:
>
> I pres... |
79,418 | I have been thinking about upgrading my audio equipment to a rack system.
It is going to be nothing crazy, just a
* Audio Interface
* Guitar Interface (multi-FX processor)
* Power Conditioner
Here are ones I've been looking at:
**Audio Interface**
[Focusrite Clarett 18i20](https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/... | 2019/01/31 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/79418",
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] | All the powered devices in your rack will be powered by the Power Conditioner - it's basically a rack mounted power-strip.
The Guitar Interface takes a guitar input and modifies it with guitar effects. It then supplies the output to any of it's output ports - quarter inch, USBMidi, etc.
The Audio Interface takes a g... | The power conditioner supplies power to all your audio gear. It isn't in the audio signal chain though.
The Helix, apart from it's other functions, seems to BE an 8-in 8-out audio interface. So you maybe don't need another one. |
4,294,147 | I'm building an iPhone app that, among other things, allows the user to take and store photographs associated with locations. I am currently using the ALAssetLibrary to allow the photographs to be stored in Photos and be accessible outside the app (on a computer for instance via the built-in mechanisms). There is not a... | 2010/11/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4294147",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/522563/"
] | I've been looking over the documentation and I dont think it is possible to tack on additional fields to the ALAsset object, well you can create your own object or extend theirs but that wont help you when your pulling back assets because you'll need to init yours and populate it then.
Look I know this falls short of ... | The ALAsset class documentation describes a property - customMetadata. This is documented to be an NSDictionary of whatever custom tags you want. Currently, however, it is not implemented in the class (I've raised a bug on Apple's developer site to bring the issue up). |
30,045 | I have noticed "Edit Widgets" under the Quantum GIS and would like to know in detail the use case and usage of this widget.
For any opened vector file, under the Properties -> Fields Tab, for every attribute feature there is a Edit Widget shown. Can someone explain in detail, the the use of these widgets?
If the answ... | 2012/07/22 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/30045",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
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] | Users can choose from one of the following editing widgets:
* Line edit – a simple edit box
* Classification – displays a combo box with the values used for “unique value” classification (symbology tab)
* Range – allows numeric values within a given range, the widget can be either slider or spin box
* Unique values
+... | The edit widgets are used to control which UI control is used when the edit form (feature form) is shown to the user. These can be used to better control the input from the use, or aid in data collection, e.g Selecting `Checkbox` will show a tick box to the user for the field in the form.
These two posts cover a simpl... |
11,004 | Recently two friends of mine have come back to Australia after having done 2 semesters of 3rd and 4th year subjects (about half mathematics) at different branches of the University of California.
They said that the tests would only ask questions directly from or similar to material covered in lectures and example shee... | 2013/07/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11004",
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] | Repeating a bit other remarks: in the U.S., exams in upper-division courses are usually designed by the individual instructor, and vary widely.
There *is* a tradition in top-tier places in the U.S. to "challenge" students on exams, and students seem to expect this, while, yes, in some local cultures students expect/de... | >
> The rest are questions that we learned enough theory to feasibly do, but we hadn't seen that type of question before so it requires some level of cleverness to get it within the time limits of the exam.
>
>
>
The math and science classes I have taken at top tier universities in the U.S. have had these types of... |
11,004 | Recently two friends of mine have come back to Australia after having done 2 semesters of 3rd and 4th year subjects (about half mathematics) at different branches of the University of California.
They said that the tests would only ask questions directly from or similar to material covered in lectures and example shee... | 2013/07/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11004",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/7665/"
] | >
> Can anyone corroborate that the maths tests at american universities are actually like this?
>
>
>
Some are, some aren't. Grading standards are heavily influenced by national and departmental culture, but ultimately they're entirely up to the instructor, **just as they are in Australia.**
But I expect that mo... | >
> The rest are questions that we learned enough theory to feasibly do, but we hadn't seen that type of question before so it requires some level of cleverness to get it within the time limits of the exam.
>
>
>
The math and science classes I have taken at top tier universities in the U.S. have had these types of... |
327,897 | I had created a .vsd file in Visio Premium 2010, saved it, emailed a copy to my colleague. Couple of days later, I reopen it, only to find that for some reason, it no longer treats the the document as a UML template-based document.
As a result of this, I cannot do *any* edits on the file. Any ideas as to why the UML i... | 2011/08/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/327897",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4377/"
] | First step : Go to Photoshop –> Preferences –> File Handling settings, and set both Maximize Compatibility and Image Previews to checked.
If that does not help, the article [FIX: Quick look on OSX not working (black box)](http://www.hamleshmotah.com/index.php/2010/01/14/fix-quick-look-on-osx-not-working-black-box/) su... | This worked for me. In Photoshop - Preferences - File Handling - DISABLE COMPRESSION OF PSD AND PSB FILES. I guess Finder doesn't like decompressing saved files to make a preview. It's funny though, I already do save with all preview images. But they barely work and usually fade out right after they appear. |
7,306,540 | We are developing an application integrator which sends requests to various webservices simultaneously, aggregate data return by each webservice and format it to display on UI. Each webservice may have proprietary xml format. Also we don't wont to compromise user experience.
We identified ESB(Servicemix/Mule) and Asyn... | 2011/09/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7306540",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/398863/"
] | you can also just use [Apache Came](http://camel.apache.org)l for this...
It supports a wide range of [components](http://camel.apache.org/components.html) and [messaging patterns](http://camel.apache.org/enterprise-integration-patterns.html), is lightweight and has a flexible deployment model (standalone, spring, mav... | You have answered your own. Yes ESB is good option. You can use [**Mule**](http://www.mulesoft.org/).
Second option is Asynchronous messaging but it will be complicated, because You have to orchestrate the services properly. |
7,306,540 | We are developing an application integrator which sends requests to various webservices simultaneously, aggregate data return by each webservice and format it to display on UI. Each webservice may have proprietary xml format. Also we don't wont to compromise user experience.
We identified ESB(Servicemix/Mule) and Asyn... | 2011/09/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7306540",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/398863/"
] | you can also just use [Apache Came](http://camel.apache.org)l for this...
It supports a wide range of [components](http://camel.apache.org/components.html) and [messaging patterns](http://camel.apache.org/enterprise-integration-patterns.html), is lightweight and has a flexible deployment model (standalone, spring, mav... | As per your requirement, I would suggest you to go with WSO2 ESB. Its and 100% free and open source ESB (Apache License 2) and unlike other ESBs, with wso2 you don't have the commercial and community versions. So, what you [download for free](http://wso2.org/downloads/esb) from WSO2, comprises of all the features that ... |
7,306,540 | We are developing an application integrator which sends requests to various webservices simultaneously, aggregate data return by each webservice and format it to display on UI. Each webservice may have proprietary xml format. Also we don't wont to compromise user experience.
We identified ESB(Servicemix/Mule) and Asyn... | 2011/09/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7306540",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/398863/"
] | you can also just use [Apache Came](http://camel.apache.org)l for this...
It supports a wide range of [components](http://camel.apache.org/components.html) and [messaging patterns](http://camel.apache.org/enterprise-integration-patterns.html), is lightweight and has a flexible deployment model (standalone, spring, mav... | eh, we did a productivity test on coding pure java vs. ESB (mule and spring integration). We had 3 developers do the same thing in all 3 versions (mule, SI, and just pure java with no ESB). They finsihed 6 times faster when not using an ESB and we gave alot of things in the problem that would leverage the ESB, but in t... |
9,735,418 | Has anyone tried to test databases with roboelectric? I have to pass the context to create the database but I don't know how to inject it!
Thanks! | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9735418",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/506712/"
] | It wont work easily since the db is on device... and robolectric runs on the jvm mocking all device related stuff out. I would recommend to use Robotium for that instead.
If you still want to somehow do this with Robolectric you will have to get a sqlite db running and connecting to it on the jvm from the robolectric... | <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/robolectric/gSeC9r5zqr0>
Good one for testing the content provider with robolectric, but we have to call the content provider queries directly as content resolver wont be there. |
68,624,248 | I'm looking for a possibility to generate a live reporting in tableau from Jira source data. I can't use the Tableau connector in Jira, cause of company restrictions. Currently i read out data from the Jira API and don't to were to store them correctly and access them nicely in Tableau.
I expect that i have to use a e... | 2021/08/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/68624248",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16452810/"
] | You need to css grid system
See the example:
<https://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/bootstrap_grid_system.asp> | Tables don't work that way. Have you tried [grids](https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/) |
112,214 | I'm puzzled by how the results that "The Digital Picture" have received while testing the new Tamron 100-400 telephoto zoom lens contrast the positive reviews by the actual users all over the Internet.
Samples from "The Digital Picture" indicate that the lens is incredibly soft in the corners and on the sides at 100mm... | 2019/09/23 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/112214",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/85328/"
] | >
> Now we know that Tamron may have autofocus issues right out of the box, and may require tweaking via the tap-in console...
>
>
>
The-Digital-Picture does their lens tests using careful manual focus, so AF performance does not affect the image quality samples at TDP. How much coffee Bryan has had before testing... | They may have had a bad copy of the lens.
Consider, for example, the Canon EF 35mm f/2 non-IS non-USM lens.
TheDigitalPicture says [this](https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=122&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=0&API=2&LensComp=0&CameraComp=0&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0).
Whereas... |
112,214 | I'm puzzled by how the results that "The Digital Picture" have received while testing the new Tamron 100-400 telephoto zoom lens contrast the positive reviews by the actual users all over the Internet.
Samples from "The Digital Picture" indicate that the lens is incredibly soft in the corners and on the sides at 100mm... | 2019/09/23 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/112214",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/85328/"
] | >
> Now we know that Tamron may have autofocus issues right out of the box, and may require tweaking via the tap-in console...
>
>
>
The-Digital-Picture does their lens tests using careful manual focus, so AF performance does not affect the image quality samples at TDP. How much coffee Bryan has had before testing... | **The camera used to test a lens affects image quality.** The *exact* same lens can be moved from one body to another with very different results.
The Digital Picture prefers to use Canon bodies, but Tamron makes lenses for multiple camera mounts. Reviews from multiple sources, using different bodies and copies of the... |
15,710 | I read that multiplication is convolution in frequency domain. I also understand that convolution is just polynomial multiplication. Can somebody explain what are the advantages of doing convolution in frequency domain? Also, i would like to know how to multiply two signals in time domain and what is the significance o... | 2014/04/17 | [
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/15710",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/users/8435/"
] | It is significant that you can do *time domain convolution* via *frequency domain multiplication*. This can be done in less time due to existence of *highly* optimized [Fast Fourier Transformation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Fourier_transform) algorithms.
Time domain convolution has great significance in DSP at... | The convolution operation can be imagined as swiping a credit card ,each instance of both the signals are multiplied with each other.
In which case a bar code scanner is more like multiplication ,only two instances of each signals are multiplied . |
142,871 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aEWT7.jpg)
I'm looking to replicate this spiral pretty much exactly, but with perfect curves etc. using Illustrator. I've tried a few different methods including twist and also just the spiral tool but can't seem to get this exact shap... | 2020/11/08 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/142871",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/157865/"
] | I would redraw over the top of the image manually using the Curvature Tool. You can use extra anchors to try to achieve a more accurate curve as the spiral gets tighter in the middle. It could also be done with the Pen Tool if you are familiar with it.
For example
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrNp5_08wo) for creating the design you seek may be helpful.
Effectively, one creates a duplicate of the first spiral, shrinks it (or expands it) as desired, then jo... |
142,871 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aEWT7.jpg)
I'm looking to replicate this spiral pretty much exactly, but with perfect curves etc. using Illustrator. I've tried a few different methods including twist and also just the spiral tool but can't seem to get this exact shap... | 2020/11/08 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/142871",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/157865/"
] | I would redraw over the top of the image manually using the Curvature Tool. You can use extra anchors to try to achieve a more accurate curve as the spiral gets tighter in the middle. It could also be done with the Pen Tool if you are familiar with it.
For example
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgu... | You have already got another answer that says "draw it" and that's the way to quite close replica. Illustrator's spiral isn't an exact replica but with careful settings and gradually widening custom stroke (=art brush) you can make something which can be near enough.
An example: Draw a spiral with the spiral tool:
[!... |
142,871 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aEWT7.jpg)
I'm looking to replicate this spiral pretty much exactly, but with perfect curves etc. using Illustrator. I've tried a few different methods including twist and also just the spiral tool but can't seem to get this exact shap... | 2020/11/08 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/142871",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/157865/"
] | I wasn't aware that AI had a spiral tool, and if it's similar to the same tool in Inkscape, this [tutorial video (3:38)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrNp5_08wo) for creating the design you seek may be helpful.
Effectively, one creates a duplicate of the first spiral, shrinks it (or expands it) as desired, then jo... | You have already got another answer that says "draw it" and that's the way to quite close replica. Illustrator's spiral isn't an exact replica but with careful settings and gradually widening custom stroke (=art brush) you can make something which can be near enough.
An example: Draw a spiral with the spiral tool:
[!... |
44,258 | I've just started learning Buddhism, and currently investigating 6 realms of rebirth. What confuses me is that it seems different sources give inconsistent ordering of the realms.
For example, in the book [Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B00BHXVWSS) the 6 realms of re... | 2021/03/07 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/44258",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/19750/"
] | The Pali scriptures say:
>
> Mendicants, there are five destinations. What five? Hell, the animal
> realm, the ghost realm, humanity and the gods. Nirayo, tiracchānayoni,
> pettivisayo, manussā, devā—
>
>
> [AN 9.68](https://suttacentral.net/an9.68/en/sujato)
>
>
> And what is the diversity in kamma? There is kam... | I suspect that both the ones you quoted are correct -- the thing is that, you're assuming that "titan" and "demi-god" are the same, but I don't think they are -- according to this reference to [The Thirty-one Planes of Existence](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html), a "demi-god" is presumable a ... |
72,693 | I have come across a lot of infinite scrolls browsning the web but I have yet to find one that does not break when returning back to the list from for example looking at a newsarticle. What is the appropriate way to deal with the "back" button going back to the list?
In most cases I get to the top of the list and I ha... | 2015/01/28 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/72693",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/43483/"
] | I think the forum software discourse has a good solution for this.
They are updating the url while you are scrolling down. If you goto to another page from the list and return using the back button, you are at the same position you have left the page.
Try it yourself:
<http://try.discourse.org/>
This blog article ha... | You pretty much answer your own question:
* Update the URL to reflect whatever content is being shown
Here's an example: <http://blog.rnf.me/ux-of-urls/#/>.
As you press space bar to move through slides, the URL updates: <http://blog.rnf.me/ux-of-urls/#/19>.
The URL update is also a little delayed so that you don't... |
62,246 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What does “Thundering typhoons” mean?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/60801/what-does-thundering-typhoons-mean)
>
>
>
What does "you blue blistering barnacles" or "Billions of blue blistering barnacles" mean? | 2012/03/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/62246",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/14211/"
] | *Blistering barnacles* is a "euphemistic oath" used by [Captain Haddock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Haddock), a fictional character in [The Adventures of Tintin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin), who sometimes extends the alliteration to *"Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!"*... | More specifically, barnacles are a kind of crustacean that lives on the bottom of ships and boats, and are usually considered vermin that get in the way of steering the boat. Captain Haddock, being a seaman, uses this as an expletive. |
254,689 | My hydronic natural gas boiler came with a Armstrong S25 circulator. I will replace the Armstrong S25 circulator with a TACO 0010-F3 IFC (the closest equivalent). The Armstrong does not have a flow check, but TACO does. Should I use the flow check in the TACO circ, or not? My system has a backflow preventer on the inta... | 2022/08/14 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/254689",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/79154/"
] | A backflow preventer and a flow check do different things.
The backflow preventer prevents boiler system water from being sent into your domestic water supply, while allowing your domestic water supply to fill the boiler system. It has nothing to do with system circulation.
The flow check prevents circulating system ... | I see no reason for you to remove the check valve if is installed it will not hurt anything. The check valve needs a small amount of pressure to open; that will generally have a minimal effect on the pump until it is near end of life and can no longer generate the required pressure. You are actually replacing your exis... |
81,209 | Is there a way to call an external script or program from Flash CS3 every time it builds a SWF file? I'd like to add subversion information using subwcrev - the SVN keywords don't work because they only update when the version class file is updated. | 2008/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/81209",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15371/"
] | I'm not sure what are JSFL capabilities these days, but I'd say inside Flash IDE is your only bet. JSFL is a language to extend the Flash IDE, but I'm not sure you can do this.
On a related note, adding SVN information to your SWFs is not trivial. You'd probably need SVN hooks to put the information *before* actually ... | lessen i do this
may it's us full for you're too
var fileURL = fl.browseForFileURL("open", "Select file");
fl.openDocument(fileURL);
var documentDom = fl.getDocumentDOM();
documentDom.exportSWF("movie.swf",true);
documentDom.close(false); |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | Not if you just plant a whole fruit, no, very unlikely. There is a way to do it, but you need to extract the seeds from the fruit in autumn by cutting it open, lifting the seeds out carefully, then removing any remaining pulp by flushing with water. After drying, they need cold stratification for up to 120 days - a des... | Yes. You can learn a lot from this extensively reworked and thought-out answer to a similar question about roses: [How do I grow roses from seed?](https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/5548/how-do-i-grow-roses-from-seed)
Fruits of all kinds are attractive to wildlife, and are presumably picked up and eaten or ... |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | I don't really know for crab apples, but I can tell you my experience with germinating regular apples (not necessarily on purpose).
Anyway, I've found that if the ground is bare (has no grass, weeds, or anything on it), and if I squash the fallen apples on the ground, the next year I tend to get a lot of apple tree se... | Yes. You can learn a lot from this extensively reworked and thought-out answer to a similar question about roses: [How do I grow roses from seed?](https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/5548/how-do-i-grow-roses-from-seed)
Fruits of all kinds are attractive to wildlife, and are presumably picked up and eaten or ... |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | Yes. You can learn a lot from this extensively reworked and thought-out answer to a similar question about roses: [How do I grow roses from seed?](https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/5548/how-do-i-grow-roses-from-seed)
Fruits of all kinds are attractive to wildlife, and are presumably picked up and eaten or ... | If you think about the reason why fruit exist, it is to employ animals to disperse the seeds far away from the parent tree. So if this works (which we can assume it does based on the principles of evolution) one might expect that not many of the seeds will remain near the parent for the requisite amount of time (the co... |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | Yes. You can learn a lot from this extensively reworked and thought-out answer to a similar question about roses: [How do I grow roses from seed?](https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/5548/how-do-i-grow-roses-from-seed)
Fruits of all kinds are attractive to wildlife, and are presumably picked up and eaten or ... | The short answer is yes. There's a lot of nuance to this though. If you select a fruit from the nearby tree that's ripe enough to have viable seeds (black or brown not white) AND they are harvested correctly from within the apple AND they go through the proper stratification process AND they get the right conditions to... |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | Not if you just plant a whole fruit, no, very unlikely. There is a way to do it, but you need to extract the seeds from the fruit in autumn by cutting it open, lifting the seeds out carefully, then removing any remaining pulp by flushing with water. After drying, they need cold stratification for up to 120 days - a des... | If you think about the reason why fruit exist, it is to employ animals to disperse the seeds far away from the parent tree. So if this works (which we can assume it does based on the principles of evolution) one might expect that not many of the seeds will remain near the parent for the requisite amount of time (the co... |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | Not if you just plant a whole fruit, no, very unlikely. There is a way to do it, but you need to extract the seeds from the fruit in autumn by cutting it open, lifting the seeds out carefully, then removing any remaining pulp by flushing with water. After drying, they need cold stratification for up to 120 days - a des... | The short answer is yes. There's a lot of nuance to this though. If you select a fruit from the nearby tree that's ripe enough to have viable seeds (black or brown not white) AND they are harvested correctly from within the apple AND they go through the proper stratification process AND they get the right conditions to... |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | I don't really know for crab apples, but I can tell you my experience with germinating regular apples (not necessarily on purpose).
Anyway, I've found that if the ground is bare (has no grass, weeds, or anything on it), and if I squash the fallen apples on the ground, the next year I tend to get a lot of apple tree se... | If you think about the reason why fruit exist, it is to employ animals to disperse the seeds far away from the parent tree. So if this works (which we can assume it does based on the principles of evolution) one might expect that not many of the seeds will remain near the parent for the requisite amount of time (the co... |
30,636 | In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 of these were destroyed by some ignorant house owners. However in my 83 years of living within 50 yards of these three t... | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30636",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16603/"
] | I don't really know for crab apples, but I can tell you my experience with germinating regular apples (not necessarily on purpose).
Anyway, I've found that if the ground is bare (has no grass, weeds, or anything on it), and if I squash the fallen apples on the ground, the next year I tend to get a lot of apple tree se... | The short answer is yes. There's a lot of nuance to this though. If you select a fruit from the nearby tree that's ripe enough to have viable seeds (black or brown not white) AND they are harvested correctly from within the apple AND they go through the proper stratification process AND they get the right conditions to... |
3,062,242 | Every time I build my C# Solution, I get a handful of warnings about interfaces that I've never seen or written. I tried Googling for some of them, but get no hits. Could these possibly be buried in an assembly I'm referencing? If so, is there any way to make these warnings go away?
>
> Interface 'IAlertable' is mark... | 2010/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3062242",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/38743/"
] | They must come form a COM assembly you are referencing. You could try to find out which one. It looks like the wrapper code was written/generated incorrectly.
And Visual Studio does have a "suppress warnings: " text box but I am at a loss as to what to type there.
Project Properties, Build | These are interfaces to HP Quality Center OTA-API "Interop.TDAPIOLELib", an ActiveX COM Type Library.
Check your references. |
74,339 | I'd like to achieve something similar to this (the mesh shown in the picture. I don't need it to be rendered as wireframe. Just need the mesh):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/A1ZoZ.jpg)
What I have in mind is that I have a plane, and I subdiv and deform... | 2017/02/24 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/74339",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/2009/"
] | Are you making the letter hollow to reduce print material? I think some slicers have a setting for that though. If that is the case it may not be critical to be over picky about the internal dimensions of the hollowed volume. If this is your actual objective, consider placing a cube in the midst of your 'solid' text, a... | I have seen some tutorials for cleaning up the mesh on converted text by using the Remesh modifier to create an even grid mesh. Might be worth a try at one of the earlier stages after converting the font. Be sure to uncheck "Remove disconnected parts" and play with the octree depth to see if you can get something worka... |
6,551 | I'm looking to brush up on SAT math. (That's basic algebra, probability and trigonometry.)
I'm interested in books and websites. | 2010/10/11 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/6551",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/2414/"
] | I highly reccomend the Princeton Review series of prep books, they have worked wonders for me. The College Board website also has a lot of useful tools, such as a complete free test that you can take online, and sample questions.
<http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice> | Check out the new kid on the block: <https://lemmaprep.com>. All substantive content matter questions are answered directly by the Lemma staff. |
6,551 | I'm looking to brush up on SAT math. (That's basic algebra, probability and trigonometry.)
I'm interested in books and websites. | 2010/10/11 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/6551",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/2414/"
] | I'm not familiar with SAT, as I'm not from USA, but you might find this useful: <http://www.khanacademy.org/>
My guess is that this guy explains all of the subjects you might need. It might lack exercises though, but it might be worth checking it out if you need to review a subject. | Check out the new kid on the block: <https://lemmaprep.com>. All substantive content matter questions are answered directly by the Lemma staff. |
179,688 | I am trying to use my camera to record some videos. I have it set up on the tripod and then go and set up whatever I'm shooting and after 2 minutes, the camera always exits and goes back to the launcher screen. So I have to restart the camera again, and then re-do whatever settings I had (like zoom in again). Is there ... | 2017/07/18 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/179688",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/229033/"
] | As an alternative to [this answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/179689/96277) from beeshyams, if you cannot afford to replace your preferred camera app than try [screen pinning](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6118421) that app.
>
> You can pin an app's screen to keep it in view until you unpin it.
>
... | Thanks to Izzy's list of [camera apps](https://android.izzysoft.de/applists/category/named/foto_camera)
[Open Camera](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera) is an excellent *ad - free (FOSS), open source* camera app which has a timer that can be set from **upto 5 minute delay** for b... |
1,362,984 | The title says it all and I've never came across such an issue on Windows ever.
Am running Windows 8.1 Pro. I've downloaded a few Cartoon episodes recently and they are located in the **Downloads** folder.
Whenever am trying to **Move** it to my External Hard Disk, it throws me the below error.
[![Could not find th... | 2018/10/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1362984",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/178913/"
] | Figured it out. The issue was the External Hard Disk USB. Not sure if was not functioning well or loose but re-attaching it to the Hard Disk fixed the issue. Also, it's worth noting that I had started the Hard disk after a few months.
**How did I figure out the above?**
After it failed to Copy, I accessed the files o... | In my case, it's because of I copy the files from Linux operating system which filename allows character colon `:` but this is not a valid character in Windows filename.
I have to go back to Linux system to rename that files, then copy/paste again to windows, problem solved.
I just don't understand why Windows give m... |
13,620 | I found the phrase in this sentence,
>
> There are way over 10,000 numbered examples in The Cambridge Grammar, and thousands more **given in passing in the text**.
>
>
>
I couldn't parse this last part at first. Not sure if it is *"to give in"* (which sounds quite wrong), or *"in passing"* (meaning casually, soun... | 2013/11/25 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/13620",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> There are way over 10,000 numbered examples in The Cambridge Grammar, and thousands more given in passing in the text.
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>
There are over 10,000 numbered examples in the Cambridge Grammar. These examples are given explicitly. They are defined, they are intended as the primary examples.
In addition to those 1... | It is, in my opinion, a little confusing to phrase it that way. But I would read it as:
>
> (given) (in passing) (in the text)
>
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>
Broken down:
* given : there are many examples **specified or stated** within the text
* in passing : there are many examples **briefly and casually** mentioned in the text
* In t... |
13,620 | I found the phrase in this sentence,
>
> There are way over 10,000 numbered examples in The Cambridge Grammar, and thousands more **given in passing in the text**.
>
>
>
I couldn't parse this last part at first. Not sure if it is *"to give in"* (which sounds quite wrong), or *"in passing"* (meaning casually, soun... | 2013/11/25 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/13620",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3281/"
] | It is, in my opinion, a little confusing to phrase it that way. But I would read it as:
>
> (given) (in passing) (in the text)
>
>
>
Broken down:
* given : there are many examples **specified or stated** within the text
* in passing : there are many examples **briefly and casually** mentioned in the text
* In t... | I'd say that a better interpretation of "in passing" would be "[said or mentioned as an aside](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+passing)".
So the sentence should read:
>
> There are way over 10,000 numbered examples in The Cambridge Grammar, and thousands more **given *as an aside* in the text**.
>
>
>
Hop... |
13,620 | I found the phrase in this sentence,
>
> There are way over 10,000 numbered examples in The Cambridge Grammar, and thousands more **given in passing in the text**.
>
>
>
I couldn't parse this last part at first. Not sure if it is *"to give in"* (which sounds quite wrong), or *"in passing"* (meaning casually, soun... | 2013/11/25 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/13620",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3281/"
] | >
> There are way over 10,000 numbered examples in The Cambridge Grammar, and thousands more given in passing in the text.
>
>
>
There are over 10,000 numbered examples in the Cambridge Grammar. These examples are given explicitly. They are defined, they are intended as the primary examples.
In addition to those 1... | I'd say that a better interpretation of "in passing" would be "[said or mentioned as an aside](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+passing)".
So the sentence should read:
>
> There are way over 10,000 numbered examples in The Cambridge Grammar, and thousands more **given *as an aside* in the text**.
>
>
>
Hop... |
20,966,927 | I have noticed a strange problem in Access 2010: when a user creates a new object (table, form, query, ...), this object does not show up in the navigation pane. It only does so after manually refreshing the navigation pane (F5) or after closing and reopening the access file. Furthermore, when previewing a report, the ... | 2014/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20966927",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1932987/"
] | The problem was indeed solved by repairing Office 2010 | I was having the same issues with imported tables not showing up in the tables list and new queries also not showing up in the queries list. Re-installing Access fixed my issues. |
9,366 | I don't have perfect pitch and badly trained and imprecise relative pitch. I only started two years ago to learn musical notation as a hobby and writing little stuff for myself and friends ([For example](https://www.youtube.com/user/franklinvp?feature=mhee)). I said this just to give a context that I am not a musician ... | 2013/01/15 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/9366",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/5554/"
] | I think that you probably mean ["whinnying" of a horse.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCkSJhCD6SA)
With brass instruments, it's typically done with a valved instrument, such as a trumpet or a tuba (or valve trombone if you have one.) The sound is typically produced by pressing the valves halfway down and either shak... | You may find that, unfortunately, the best technology can do at this point is going to be somewhat below your expectations. Transcription is something even humans struggle with, and the more complicated a piece of music (audio) is, the trickier it is to transcribe--either for human OR computer, but the limit of a compu... |
82,532 | I have enough rep to access moderation tools on Stack Overflow. One of the great things about it is that I can view the digest of the most notable and interesting questions for a certain time. I check this list everyday! But I can't view it for other Stack Exchange sites, and it is very disappointing. Shouldn't this fe... | 2011/03/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/82532",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/144263/"
] | >
> I check this list everyday! But I can't view it for other StackExchange sites, and it is very disappointing.
>
>
>
What you are referring to is at
<https://stackexchange.com/>
e.g. the top questions across the whole network at any given time. | Though they do sometimes make for good browsing they are there for the purpose of quality monitoring.
On the other hand, all users do have the [StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19478/the-many-memes-of-meta/66838#66838), so that's something. |
694,950 | I'ved developed a c# application that captures screens using bitblt and sends keyboard and mouse events using calls to keybd\_event and mouse\_event.
According to Microsoft I needed to modify the app.manifest with:
requestedExecutionLevel level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="true"
Sign the application and place it in ... | 2009/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/694950",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | UAC runs on the secure desktop, only trusted processes running on the system account are allowed to run in that context.
This is to prevent exactly what you are trying to achieve - processes spoofing or capturing user input. | You cannot. The UAC desktop is secure because it doesn't allow anyone to access it.
To detect the desktop switch event, I would try to use [SENS](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383841(VS.85).aspx) or [WTSRegisterSessionNotification](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383841(VS.85).aspx). But it doesn'... |
185,363 | In the field of web development, is it good practice to do a [POST/Redirect/GET](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get) when fields in a form submission are invalid, as well?
Typically, no sensitive transaction would have taken place, in this event. However, can an argument be made that, nonetheless, it is st... | 2013/01/31 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/185363",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/21386/"
] | From a REST perspective the web conversation should go like this
>
> GET /example
>
>
> 200 OK - contains empty form HTML
>
>
>
The user fills in the form
>
> POST /example
>
>
> formfield1=ok
>
>
> formfield2=bad
>
>
> 400 BAD REQUEST - contains populated form HTML with errors
>
>
>
The user identi... | I would say generally not, on the grounds that when a form is POSTed with invalid fields, what you normally want to serve in response is the same form with the same field population, plus some error messages. This would be onerous to perform via POST/Redirect/GET - how would you ensure that the page returned by the GET... |
11,954,618 | Im trying to use installshield to mak an installer for my applicatoin but when I add my icon to it then when i try and build it i get the error message InstallShield: cannot extract icon with index 0
Any ideas? | 2012/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11954618",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1244772/"
] | Sure. InstallShield is trying to extract the embedded resource (icon) for Add/Remove Programs and/or a shortcut. Recompile your EXE to include an icon and the message will go away. | I faced something similar.
You need to check that the exe from which the icon will be extracted is present on the path specified in Shortcut/Folder of Install Shield |
11,954,618 | Im trying to use installshield to mak an installer for my applicatoin but when I add my icon to it then when i try and build it i get the error message InstallShield: cannot extract icon with index 0
Any ideas? | 2012/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11954618",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1244772/"
] | Sure. InstallShield is trying to extract the embedded resource (icon) for Add/Remove Programs and/or a shortcut. Recompile your EXE to include an icon and the message will go away. | The reason I get this message is usually because I have not selected the icon file on the Shortcuts/Folders dialogue:
 |
87,354 | I've been looking at various RF power detectors for a project I'm working on, but I don't quite understand what the manufacturers mean by "dB range".
For example, the [LT5534](http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/datasheet/5534fc.pdf) Log RF Power Detector has a frequency range of 50 MHz - 3 GHz; the minimum it can detect is... | 2013/11/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/87354",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/31218/"
] | The minimum and maximum levels are determined by the linearity and noise floor of the amplifier. Anything under -63 dBm in this case isn't reliably detectable because the amplifier generates noise on its output that looks like -63 dBm on its input. Anything over -2 dBm gets clipped or distorted, so it can't be measured... | It is actually -63dBm and 2dB , depending on the frequency. It means the range of RF signal to which there is a linearly related output voltage. This detector is equivalent to an anti logarithmic function. |
87,354 | I've been looking at various RF power detectors for a project I'm working on, but I don't quite understand what the manufacturers mean by "dB range".
For example, the [LT5534](http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/datasheet/5534fc.pdf) Log RF Power Detector has a frequency range of 50 MHz - 3 GHz; the minimum it can detect is... | 2013/11/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/87354",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/31218/"
] | -63 dBm is roughly equivalent to 1 nano Watts
while
-2 dBm is equivalent to 0.6 milliwatts
All it says is that the device has 61dB (-63dbm minus -2dBm) dynamic range (power range where it will provide linear and correct measurements) and it overloads once you feed it above -2dBm or 0.6 milliwatts.
here is the transf... | It is actually -63dBm and 2dB , depending on the frequency. It means the range of RF signal to which there is a linearly related output voltage. This detector is equivalent to an anti logarithmic function. |
87,354 | I've been looking at various RF power detectors for a project I'm working on, but I don't quite understand what the manufacturers mean by "dB range".
For example, the [LT5534](http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/datasheet/5534fc.pdf) Log RF Power Detector has a frequency range of 50 MHz - 3 GHz; the minimum it can detect is... | 2013/11/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/87354",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/31218/"
] | The minimum and maximum levels are determined by the linearity and noise floor of the amplifier. Anything under -63 dBm in this case isn't reliably detectable because the amplifier generates noise on its output that looks like -63 dBm on its input. Anything over -2 dBm gets clipped or distorted, so it can't be measured... | -63 dBm is roughly equivalent to 1 nano Watts
while
-2 dBm is equivalent to 0.6 milliwatts
All it says is that the device has 61dB (-63dbm minus -2dBm) dynamic range (power range where it will provide linear and correct measurements) and it overloads once you feed it above -2dBm or 0.6 milliwatts.
here is the transf... |
236,064 | I've found [the obvious question](https://superuser.com/questions/14795/windows-swap-page-file-enable-or-disable) and also [it's bigger brother over at ServerFault](https://serverfault.com/questions/23621/any-benefit-or-detriment-from-removing-a-pagefile-on-an-8gb-ram-machine).
But my question is quiet different: If ... | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/236064",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/12567/"
] | A little old, but check out [this](https://web.archive.org/web/20140423135407/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/greggm/archive/2004/01/21/61237.aspx) MSDN article.
It describles the two types of page faults.
**Hard faults** are what you are thinking of - these are where data is not in RAM and has to pulled in from the swap fil... | The point you are missing is that a page fault does not necessarily involve a swap file. You can also memory-map arbitrary files; that is, tell the OS to back a memory region with (a portion of) a given file. That means that when the program accesses a memory page in that region which has not yet been loaded, it is rea... |
221,651 | I plan to add some lighting in positions on the ceiling that doesn't have nearby wire available.
The there is no free space between the ceiling/roof in which to run a wire (there's the wood, then solid foam block insulation, then weather barrier, then the shingles). So, I would need to run wire (12/2 or 12/3) to that ... | 2021/04/07 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/221651",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/128788/"
] | Yes it's possible but it wouldn't be code compliant if it's 120v. Wires must be 1-1/2 inches from the surface so that you won't hit them by mistake with a screw or nail. If you had some sort of metal conduit you could do it. Low voltage wiring is fine. | Can't say 100% certain with respect to code, but I did something very similar, with agreement of my electrician. He fished NM cable from bathroom lighting up to attic and through a hole to peak of ceiling between kitchen and dining room, around 8 feet along ceiling, then into ceiling to get to middle of dining room for... |
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