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98,970 | Ok, I say *PC**s***... but I actually mean *PC*.
I am running a 1-player D&D 5e game for a friend (let's call her Jane), as a way of introducing them to the game. It was only meant to be a "non-canon", one-time-adventure that was supposed to peter out when the actual game started, (we are both PCs in the actual game,... | 2017/04/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98970",
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] | Do not introduce a twist. Just progress the plot
================================================
Your story structure is based on a villain hunting down the players. The benefit of having a villain is that they are people with dynamic plans. They will not wait until the players do something to thwart them, but they w... | I like [markovchain's answer](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/98976/33786). The bad guy can force the story to move forward, even if she isn't ready. In fact, a smart enemy would see that as the *perfect* time to advance their plots...
But I think there are a few things to add to that...
*If you're not the GM of the ... |
98,970 | Ok, I say *PC**s***... but I actually mean *PC*.
I am running a 1-player D&D 5e game for a friend (let's call her Jane), as a way of introducing them to the game. It was only meant to be a "non-canon", one-time-adventure that was supposed to peter out when the actual game started, (we are both PCs in the actual game,... | 2017/04/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98970",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | Precis
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The issue seems to be that you're playing two different games, or desire two different results from the game. You're playing 'cops and robbers' and she appears to be playing 'house.' (*Saying* that might be a *bit* impolitic, though. Just a touch (I recommend that you *don't*, in fact, say this or any pe... | I like [markovchain's answer](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/98976/33786). The bad guy can force the story to move forward, even if she isn't ready. In fact, a smart enemy would see that as the *perfect* time to advance their plots...
But I think there are a few things to add to that...
*If you're not the GM of the ... |
4,204,194 | I have read here <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5765d7a8-7722-4888-a970-ac39b33fd8ab> that to instal .NET 4.0 CP (client profile) you must have WinXP SP3 or above. This is somewhat worrying to me as there are many people on SP2 or below.
Is there any way I can run a .NET 4.0 app on any ve... | 2010/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4204194",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | * .NET 4.0 requires XP SP3, Win2k3 SP2, Vista, 7, or 2008(R2)
* .NET 3.5 requires XP SP2 or newer.
* .NET 2.0 requires Win2K SP(3?) or newer.
Incidentally, XP SP2 is no longer supported. (also; all versions of Win2K, and Vista XP1) | As far as I know, 3.5 was the last version to support WinXP SP2. |
4,204,194 | I have read here <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5765d7a8-7722-4888-a970-ac39b33fd8ab> that to instal .NET 4.0 CP (client profile) you must have WinXP SP3 or above. This is somewhat worrying to me as there are many people on SP2 or below.
Is there any way I can run a .NET 4.0 app on any ve... | 2010/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4204194",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/220064/"
] | .NET 3.5 will give you compatibility with XP SP2. If you want compatibility with any level of XP, you need to go all the way back to .NET 2.0.
.NET 3.5 requirements can be found here:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160717(VS.90).aspx>
.NET 3.0 requirements can be found here:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-... | As far as I know, 3.5 was the last version to support WinXP SP2. |
132,305 | At work we have two servers, one is running an application a lot of people use which has an SQL Server 2000 back end. I have been free to query this for a long time but can't add anything to it such as stored procedures or extra tables.
This has lead to us having a second SQL Server linked to the first one and me bui... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/132305",
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] | When you use linked servers for joins like this, it is important to have the server you are immediately connected to ("local") be the one with the most of the data, where the linked server is only providing a small part of the data, otherwise, yes, it will pull as much data as it needs to perform the join.
Alternative... | Its a very generous problem, which may have many solutions. But as we have witnessed so many user saying that they have tried everything.
What solved my problem is..
I upgraded sql server 2000 from sp2 to SP4 and if you already have sp4 on sql server 2000 then run Instcat.sql. As per my experience I can assure you th... |
132,305 | At work we have two servers, one is running an application a lot of people use which has an SQL Server 2000 back end. I have been free to query this for a long time but can't add anything to it such as stored procedures or extra tables.
This has lead to us having a second SQL Server linked to the first one and me bui... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/132305",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16989/"
] | **Royal pain**
We used to have several linked servers at our shop and it turned out to be *such a PITA*.
First of all, there were severe performance problems similar to what you describe. I was shocked when i saw network I/O stats. Despite all efforts, we failed to hint SQL Server into reasonable behavior.
Another p... | I would advise dynamic openqueries in a cursor loop instead of linked joins.
This is the only way i've been able to replicate MS Access' linked join performance (at least for single remote tables)
Regular linked joins in ms sql are too inefficient by pulling everything specially in humongous tables..
-- I would li... |
132,305 | At work we have two servers, one is running an application a lot of people use which has an SQL Server 2000 back end. I have been free to query this for a long time but can't add anything to it such as stored procedures or extra tables.
This has lead to us having a second SQL Server linked to the first one and me bui... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/132305",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16989/"
] | Queries involving semi-joins across a linked server tend not to be very efficient. You might be better off using [OPENQUERY](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa276848(SQL.80).aspx) to populate data into a local temporary table and then work on it from there. | I wrote a remote Linked Server application in SQL 2000 a couple of years ago and came across the same performance issues you describe. I ended up rewriting my stored procedures several times in order to obtain the best performance.
I used temporary tables extensively. I found that it was less expensive to retrieve lar... |
132,305 | At work we have two servers, one is running an application a lot of people use which has an SQL Server 2000 back end. I have been free to query this for a long time but can't add anything to it such as stored procedures or extra tables.
This has lead to us having a second SQL Server linked to the first one and me bui... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/132305",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16989/"
] | **Royal pain**
We used to have several linked servers at our shop and it turned out to be *such a PITA*.
First of all, there were severe performance problems similar to what you describe. I was shocked when i saw network I/O stats. Despite all efforts, we failed to hint SQL Server into reasonable behavior.
Another p... | Is there a possibility that you could set up a separate database on the server rather than using a linked server? |
132,305 | At work we have two servers, one is running an application a lot of people use which has an SQL Server 2000 back end. I have been free to query this for a long time but can't add anything to it such as stored procedures or extra tables.
This has lead to us having a second SQL Server linked to the first one and me bui... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/132305",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16989/"
] | Queries involving semi-joins across a linked server tend not to be very efficient. You might be better off using [OPENQUERY](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa276848(SQL.80).aspx) to populate data into a local temporary table and then work on it from there. | Dynamic SQL and a function can be used to get around the hard-coded name question. For instance, I'm trying an implementation where function ufn\_linkedDatabase(@purpose nvarchar(255)) with input 'cpi.cpi' (purpose CPI, sub-purpose default) returns
'[SERVER-NAME.DOMAIN.LCL,2000].[CPI]' in the production environment (w... |
132,305 | At work we have two servers, one is running an application a lot of people use which has an SQL Server 2000 back end. I have been free to query this for a long time but can't add anything to it such as stored procedures or extra tables.
This has lead to us having a second SQL Server linked to the first one and me bui... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/132305",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16989/"
] | Queries involving semi-joins across a linked server tend not to be very efficient. You might be better off using [OPENQUERY](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa276848(SQL.80).aspx) to populate data into a local temporary table and then work on it from there. | Is there a possibility that you could set up a separate database on the server rather than using a linked server? |
132,305 | At work we have two servers, one is running an application a lot of people use which has an SQL Server 2000 back end. I have been free to query this for a long time but can't add anything to it such as stored procedures or extra tables.
This has lead to us having a second SQL Server linked to the first one and me bui... | 2008/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/132305",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16989/"
] | I wrote a remote Linked Server application in SQL 2000 a couple of years ago and came across the same performance issues you describe. I ended up rewriting my stored procedures several times in order to obtain the best performance.
I used temporary tables extensively. I found that it was less expensive to retrieve lar... | Dynamic SQL and a function can be used to get around the hard-coded name question. For instance, I'm trying an implementation where function ufn\_linkedDatabase(@purpose nvarchar(255)) with input 'cpi.cpi' (purpose CPI, sub-purpose default) returns
'[SERVER-NAME.DOMAIN.LCL,2000].[CPI]' in the production environment (w... |
2,807 | I guess the title says it all. =) I'm planning to replace my kitchen sink faucet. What type of sealant should I use for the base of the new sink faucet? | 2010/11/14 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/2807",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
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] | Many facuets come with a rubber gasket, so you don't need any sealant, just install the gasket. | the old standard is plumber's putty. this can be used on most surfaces and laminates. If your counter top is a natural stone, especially marble, plumber's putty could stain it. Check with the stone vendor to be sure to use the proper sealant that will not stain the counters. |
2,807 | I guess the title says it all. =) I'm planning to replace my kitchen sink faucet. What type of sealant should I use for the base of the new sink faucet? | 2010/11/14 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/2807",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/722/"
] | the old standard is plumber's putty. this can be used on most surfaces and laminates. If your counter top is a natural stone, especially marble, plumber's putty could stain it. Check with the stone vendor to be sure to use the proper sealant that will not stain the counters. | Plumber's Putty. Read the manufacturer's instructions just in case. Plumbers Putty is less than 2 dollars at Home Depot so get it just in case (you won't be out much money either way). |
2,807 | I guess the title says it all. =) I'm planning to replace my kitchen sink faucet. What type of sealant should I use for the base of the new sink faucet? | 2010/11/14 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/2807",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/722/"
] | Many facuets come with a rubber gasket, so you don't need any sealant, just install the gasket. | Plumber's Putty. Read the manufacturer's instructions just in case. Plumbers Putty is less than 2 dollars at Home Depot so get it just in case (you won't be out much money either way). |
49,125,503 | In developing a Java based backend using the Google App Engine, it occurred to me that since I end up paying by the number of instances created, it obviously makes sense to design the code in such a way as to minimize the memory usage. This has made me wonder whether it makes sense to use static methods as much as poss... | 2018/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49125503",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Instance methods get created once only too. There is no clever optimization for you to do here, and basically you're deciding whether or not you'll be doing bad design by making everything static. There are no monetary savings to be had here.
You don't seem to quite understand how the internals work, so it's better th... | Where you go wrong here is that "the amount of instances" is not the same as the "amount of data". Let's say you crawl and process Wikipedia. What is important is how much data is in memory at any given time, not so much how it is distributed across instances. Obviously, doing stuff wrong is always possible, but static... |
187,685 | Suppose you're working on a lengthy text that you would like to publish as a book or a "research monograph". For example in mathematics stuff like Springer Lecture Notes, Memoirs of the AMS, or any other book series.
Then say you upload a preliminary version of the book somewhere, say arXiv (with the usual non-exclusi... | 2022/08/11 | [
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] | I "published" versions of my textbook on my personal website (with an explicit copyright notice) so that students and some faculty elsewhere could use it when it was under development. The feedback was very valuable. No potential publisher objected to this, even after the book was under contract.
When the published bo... | Every publisher has its own standards on whether it will be willing to consider publishing something that has already appeared in some form, including ArXiv. You will need to check their websites and/or editors to see what is acceptable. I suspect that for books, they tend to be a bit more conservative than for article... |
7,463,694 | I am trying to create a chat application. The communication is based on RESTful web services(Jersey). The client communicates with the server sending HTTP requests. My problem is how to send messages from server to client without the client send a request first. I read about C2DM notifications, I suppose using this way... | 2011/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7463694",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/845529/"
] | C2DM has been officially deprecated as of June 26, 2012 by google. Existing C2DM developers are encouraged to migrate to the new version of C2DM, called Google Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM).
Check out this link for more info
<http://developer.android.com/guide/google/gcm/index.html> | The scenario you describe sounds ideal for C2DM. If you build your own sockets set up you will drain battery and CPU resources doing something the phone is already doing - maintaining an open socket to receive messages.
C2DM is relatively straightforward to set up, and in my experience is pretty reliable.
This is the... |
59,615 | In the usual aircraft configuration, the center of lift is located behind the CG producing negative pitch moment (the horizontal stabilizer counteracts it by producing downforce - positive pitching moment). If the aircraft rolls to one side the vertical component of lift on the wings would decrease, so by that logic th... | 2019/01/30 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/59615",
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] | The answer is that the aircraft doesn't actually *pitch down*. When banking (or rolling) into a turn, the angle of attack (or the angle between the center of the wing and the flight path of the aircraft) stays the same. Assuming no correction to maintain altitude is made, the aircraft will continue on the same angle of... | Darjan, first the basics. An aircraft in straight and level flight has the center of all lifts balanced with the center of gravity. A plane with the center of gravity set forward of the WING center of lift requires down force on the tail to balance it.
Now roll 45 degrees. Gravity vector is no longer aligned with elev... |
59,615 | In the usual aircraft configuration, the center of lift is located behind the CG producing negative pitch moment (the horizontal stabilizer counteracts it by producing downforce - positive pitching moment). If the aircraft rolls to one side the vertical component of lift on the wings would decrease, so by that logic th... | 2019/01/30 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/59615",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
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] | The answer is that the aircraft doesn't actually *pitch down*. When banking (or rolling) into a turn, the angle of attack (or the angle between the center of the wing and the flight path of the aircraft) stays the same. Assuming no correction to maintain altitude is made, the aircraft will continue on the same angle of... | But tail cannot produce pitch down moment as well. Now tail has to push agains centrifugal force. But gravity is still pulling nose if the flight is not coordinated so it will go down. |
9,183,870 | Is it possible in EE2 to have 2 URL's to map to a template group?
E.g: I have a template called "multi\_template" - Could I map multiple segment 1's to this like (/url1 , /url2...).
Thanks
James | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9183870",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/413436/"
] | You can use the Page module to do that. See the doc for details: <http://expressionengine.com/user_guide/modules/pages/index.html> | I build all my EE sites with Structure (www.buildwithstructure.com), and it allows you to map any URL to any template group and template.
I think there is similar capability in Pages, but I've never used it.
Another option, though it may drag performance, would be to make templategroup2/template2 contain an embed tha... |
12,805,529 | I'm testing the new request access requirement for calendar (EventKit) integration in iOS 6. The problem in testing is that once the prompt occurs it will never occur again, not even in the iOS simulator or deleting the app from the device. There are other issues in the iOS simulator in that you never see an entry in S... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12805529",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/167451/"
] | I see where to reset them on the device (not sim) - go to Settings / General / Reset / Reset Location & Privacy and that works.
Thank you @poupou on the sim info. | You can try to reset the simulator itself. You can do so from the **iOS Simulator** menu and select **Reset Content and Settings...**
Note that will remove every application, data (and settings) for the currently executing version of the simulator.
OTOH that might not work as the privacy checks are incomplete on the... |
267,468 | I remember a story read to me as a child, but remember very few of the actual details. I remember that it involves some type of reaction that has to proceed once it is started, and the reaction involves something coming into contact with water. This means even if water isn't initially present when a scientist starts th... | 2022/09/06 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/267468",
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] | This is likely one of Isaac Asimov's [Thiotimoline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiotimoline) stories.
They describe a chemical that dissolves slightly *before* it is added to water, with the consequences you describe if it ends up not getting added (because the universe acts to restore causality).
The particular s... | It remembers me Vonnegut's [Cat's Cradle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_Cradle), where the heirs of a scientist are given some ice-nine, which is a form of ice stable at room temperature.
When accidentally the fragment of ice-nine gets in touch with the water of the ocean, it turns all the water of the planet ... |
16,366,331 | I'm trying to predict the sentiment of the next tweet posted by a twitter user. Right now I have the following steps (step 1 and 2 are already implemented in python):
1. Learn how to classify a tweet as postive (1), neutral (0), or negative (-1). I use a naive bayes classifier for this and it works pretty well.
2. Cla... | 2013/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16366331",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | I think one appealing way to think about this is in terms prior and likelihood for sentiment. Naive Bayes is a likelihood model (how probable am I to see this exact tweet, given that it's positive?). You're asking about the prior probability of a the next tweet being positive, given that you've observed a certain seque... | On the machine learning side, you could consider sequential associations:
<http://web.mit.edu/rudin/www/RudinEtAlCOLT11.pdf>
This site has some java libraries:
<http://www.philippe-fournier-viger.com/spmf/>
A Hidden Markov Model should also work. An HMM is a special case of a Conditional Random Field, which lets yo... |
47,530 | According to [this webpage](http://lecdial.eklablog.com/lettre-de-madame-de-sevigne-a-madame-de-grignan-a186487990), Madame de Sévigné wrote the following letter to her daughter (Madame de Grignan).
>
> Surtout, ma chère enfant, ne venez point à Paris !
>
>
> Plus personne ne sort de peur de voir ce fléau s’abattre... | 2020/05/02 | [
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] | It's hard to prove a negative, but here are some points against its authenticity:
* [This 12-volume edition of Madame de Sévigné's letters](https://archive.org/details/lettresdemadamed08sv/page/n8/mode/2up) doesn't have any letter dated 30 April 1687 (the date given in the link). My French isn't so good, but I didn't ... | A similar text was [published on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/B_krMgLHLA8/) on April 29, 2020 by [Véronique de Bure](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9ronique_de_Bure), a French author and one of the directors for [Flammarion](https://editions.flammarion.com/), a well-known French publishing house.
Un tex... |
47,530 | According to [this webpage](http://lecdial.eklablog.com/lettre-de-madame-de-sevigne-a-madame-de-grignan-a186487990), Madame de Sévigné wrote the following letter to her daughter (Madame de Grignan).
>
> Surtout, ma chère enfant, ne venez point à Paris !
>
>
> Plus personne ne sort de peur de voir ce fléau s’abattre... | 2020/05/02 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/47530",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's hard to prove a negative, but here are some points against its authenticity:
* [This 12-volume edition of Madame de Sévigné's letters](https://archive.org/details/lettresdemadamed08sv/page/n8/mode/2up) doesn't have any letter dated 30 April 1687 (the date given in the link). My French isn't so good, but I didn't ... | This is a hoax.
>
> In 1687, there was no epidemic in France. The only one recorded at that date was that of measles in the "Thirteen Colonies" which were the colonies of the British Empire in North America that gave birth to the United States of America.
>
>
>
*Translated from Belgium's [Hoax-Net](https://hoax-n... |
47,530 | According to [this webpage](http://lecdial.eklablog.com/lettre-de-madame-de-sevigne-a-madame-de-grignan-a186487990), Madame de Sévigné wrote the following letter to her daughter (Madame de Grignan).
>
> Surtout, ma chère enfant, ne venez point à Paris !
>
>
> Plus personne ne sort de peur de voir ce fléau s’abattre... | 2020/05/02 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/47530",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/16332/"
] | A similar text was [published on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/B_krMgLHLA8/) on April 29, 2020 by [Véronique de Bure](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9ronique_de_Bure), a French author and one of the directors for [Flammarion](https://editions.flammarion.com/), a well-known French publishing house.
Un tex... | This is a hoax.
>
> In 1687, there was no epidemic in France. The only one recorded at that date was that of measles in the "Thirteen Colonies" which were the colonies of the British Empire in North America that gave birth to the United States of America.
>
>
>
*Translated from Belgium's [Hoax-Net](https://hoax-n... |
5,031 | One thing I know about black holes is that an object gets closer to the event horizon, gravitation time dilation make it move more slower from an outside perspective, so that it looks like it take an infinite amount of time for the object to reach the event horizon. It seems like a similar process should slow the forma... | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/5031",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | To begin with, there is a connected solution of 3+1 GR in which particles fall to the singularity in finite time. In particular, Gullstrand-Painleve coordinates do this. The big difference with Schwarzschild coordinates is that the speed of light depends on direction: light moves into a black hole faster than it moves ... | I wouldn't know that any of the answers above has shown that, from an outsider's perspective, anything can ever reach the horizon, which was essentially the question of the OP. From an in-falling observer's point of view, there is no problem because kinematic time dilation and gravitational time contraction of the rest... |
5,031 | One thing I know about black holes is that an object gets closer to the event horizon, gravitation time dilation make it move more slower from an outside perspective, so that it looks like it take an infinite amount of time for the object to reach the event horizon. It seems like a similar process should slow the forma... | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/5031",
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] | To begin with, there is a connected solution of 3+1 GR in which particles fall to the singularity in finite time. In particular, Gullstrand-Painleve coordinates do this. The big difference with Schwarzschild coordinates is that the speed of light depends on direction: light moves into a black hole faster than it moves ... | Ben's answer did not show that black holes/event horizons can ever form from a distant observer's (e.g. our) perspective. In our frame of reference, strictly according to GR, no event horizon could ever have formed. For us, it doesn't matter what happens in the reference frame of collapsing matter of a star that went s... |
5,031 | One thing I know about black holes is that an object gets closer to the event horizon, gravitation time dilation make it move more slower from an outside perspective, so that it looks like it take an infinite amount of time for the object to reach the event horizon. It seems like a similar process should slow the forma... | 2011/02/12 | [
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] | What astronomers claim to be black holes are objects that "progressively make themselves more similar to [a black hole] without actually reaching the stage of having an event horizon", *as they reckon*. That's assuming that GR is valid, since all such claims depend on GR's equations. Plenty of books on GR note that bla... | It seems like, if there is a sufficient amount of matter localized during the Big Bang, then a Black Hole could form. But after that, a massive star, as seen by the rest of the universe could never shrink to the size of the event horizon.
In other words, a Black Hole would have to preexist in the universe to be an act... |
5,031 | One thing I know about black holes is that an object gets closer to the event horizon, gravitation time dilation make it move more slower from an outside perspective, so that it looks like it take an infinite amount of time for the object to reach the event horizon. It seems like a similar process should slow the forma... | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/5031",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/1859/"
] | You are simply looking at it from an observer's viewpoint. Yes, looking from outside, matter tends to asymptotically approach but never reach the event horizon. If you were part of that matter spiraling into a black hole, there would be no problem reaching the horizon, crossing it, and going right down to the singulari... | Ben's answer did not show that black holes/event horizons can ever form from a distant observer's (e.g. our) perspective. In our frame of reference, strictly according to GR, no event horizon could ever have formed. For us, it doesn't matter what happens in the reference frame of collapsing matter of a star that went s... |
5,031 | One thing I know about black holes is that an object gets closer to the event horizon, gravitation time dilation make it move more slower from an outside perspective, so that it looks like it take an infinite amount of time for the object to reach the event horizon. It seems like a similar process should slow the forma... | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/5031",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/1859/"
] | To begin with, there is a connected solution of 3+1 GR in which particles fall to the singularity in finite time. In particular, Gullstrand-Painleve coordinates do this. The big difference with Schwarzschild coordinates is that the speed of light depends on direction: light moves into a black hole faster than it moves ... | It seems like, if there is a sufficient amount of matter localized during the Big Bang, then a Black Hole could form. But after that, a massive star, as seen by the rest of the universe could never shrink to the size of the event horizon.
In other words, a Black Hole would have to preexist in the universe to be an act... |
559,857 | I plan a new fileserver with 20 concurrent users and 2 TB of online storage. I plan to divide this data volume over 3-4 separate disks. I plan to buy 10k rpm disks. Implementing RAID-1, this would mean that i need 6-8 diks.
Should i go for sas disks or would sata disks be sufficient? | 2013/12/07 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/559857",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/201675/"
] | SAS drives are your best approach. Use enterprise SAS disks for speed and nearline SAS disks for capacity.
There's no reason to buy SATA drives these days if you have a choice (unless they're SSDs). Can you elaborate on the server hardware make/model, RAID controller, etc. | SATA - no need to go SAS. Heck, if you have a decent Raid controller you do not even need 10k RPM discs - 5400 RPM discs are fine, with some SSD as caches.
This smells like you could use one of the SUperMicro storage cases - 24 x 2.5" front loaded SAS slots (+2 back loaded for the IS), a Adaptec 71605Q and 2 smaller S... |
55,934 | I looked around for NC symbols etc. and off course, leaving pins hanging will throw errors when doing a design rules check. So what would be the best practice for indicating NC pins in Eagle CAD? | 2013/01/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/55934",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/15299/"
] | I asked the same question of Cadsoft support only last week. I mentioned that I prefer to have a symbol on the schematic so that I know that I've properly reviewed that the pin in question can be left unconnected, the response I received was:
>
> We don't have an equivalent 'X' symbol in EAGLE. You could create your
... | There is no need for a explicit not-connected symbol. Don't connect anything to it, and nothing will be connected to it, and that will be obvious in the schematic. There really is no need to do anything more.
No, the DRC (Design Rule Check) doesn't care at all whether pins are connected. The ERC (Electrial Rules Check... |
55,934 | I looked around for NC symbols etc. and off course, leaving pins hanging will throw errors when doing a design rules check. So what would be the best practice for indicating NC pins in Eagle CAD? | 2013/01/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/55934",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/15299/"
] | There is no need for a explicit not-connected symbol. Don't connect anything to it, and nothing will be connected to it, and that will be obvious in the schematic. There really is no need to do anything more.
No, the DRC (Design Rule Check) doesn't care at all whether pins are connected. The ERC (Electrial Rules Check... | NC symbol can be very useful when Net classes are used. It is way how to create net with different net class (e.g. clearance matrix) for not-connected pin. General NC pin has default net class. |
55,934 | I looked around for NC symbols etc. and off course, leaving pins hanging will throw errors when doing a design rules check. So what would be the best practice for indicating NC pins in Eagle CAD? | 2013/01/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/55934",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/15299/"
] | I asked the same question of Cadsoft support only last week. I mentioned that I prefer to have a symbol on the schematic so that I know that I've properly reviewed that the pin in question can be left unconnected, the response I received was:
>
> We don't have an equivalent 'X' symbol in EAGLE. You could create your
... | NC symbol can be very useful when Net classes are used. It is way how to create net with different net class (e.g. clearance matrix) for not-connected pin. General NC pin has default net class. |
526,530 | My sentence is:
"Cars kill people; a lot of people."
I'm keeping the language brutally simple for crude emphasis.
Do you guys think this is a good way to use the semicolon? | 2020/03/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/526530",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/376421/"
] | To me, using a semicolon fails on many levels. It fails grammatically (which is already understood), it fails conceptually (the two clauses are not tied together closely enough to warrant a semicolon), and it fails to deliver the desired level of emphasis.
For emphasis, use a separate sentence (or, as the case may be,... | While there are multitudinous proper uses
Of a semi-colon, its primary function is circumscribed by the type of punctuation the writer is assigning to the semi-colon. 1) the semi colon is a substitute for a period meaning that independent clauses must appear before and after the semi-colon. Hence your example may be ac... |
526,530 | My sentence is:
"Cars kill people; a lot of people."
I'm keeping the language brutally simple for crude emphasis.
Do you guys think this is a good way to use the semicolon? | 2020/03/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/526530",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/376421/"
] | To me, using a semicolon fails on many levels. It fails grammatically (which is already understood), it fails conceptually (the two clauses are not tied together closely enough to warrant a semicolon), and it fails to deliver the desired level of emphasis.
For emphasis, use a separate sentence (or, as the case may be,... | If you mean how would I rephrase the clause you originally posited, it's simply a matter of profiler punctuation and economy of language, as you already employed. Although your subject doesn't make sense since Cars don't kill people, rather other people driving cars.
My edit: Cars don't kill people; people driving ca... |
526,530 | My sentence is:
"Cars kill people; a lot of people."
I'm keeping the language brutally simple for crude emphasis.
Do you guys think this is a good way to use the semicolon? | 2020/03/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/526530",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/376421/"
] | To me, using a semicolon fails on many levels. It fails grammatically (which is already understood), it fails conceptually (the two clauses are not tied together closely enough to warrant a semicolon), and it fails to deliver the desired level of emphasis.
For emphasis, use a separate sentence (or, as the case may be,... | If you want to keep the original wording, I think an [em dash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Em_dash) is the most natural choice:
>
> **Cars kill people—a lot of people.**
>
>
>
Em dashes are a good general-purpose way to introduce a pause (like a colon) or offset a phrase (like parentheses) where no other p... |
42,267,604 | I am implementing DocuSign's OAuth flow by following their [OAuth2 doc](https://docs.docusign.com/esign/guide/authentication/auth_overview.html).
With demo developer account is it normal that only users specified in the Admin Dashboard are able to complete the OAuth flow?
I'm assuming so but no reference is made on t... | 2017/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42267604",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3933324/"
] | Re:
>
> With demo developer account is it normal that only users specified in the Admin Dashboard are able to complete the OAuth flow?
>
>
>
Yes, that is normal. Perhaps you are thinking of Single Sign On (SSO). That feature uses OAuth too, and it includes dynamic account creation as needed.
The OAuth part is ... | I have a working integration with docusign, any docusign account should probably work. I have a demo app and I'm using a live docusign account to complete the Oauth flow. But anyway, have you done some test? |
69,985,236 | I feel comfortable working with 4-space indentation. However, most of my colleagues want 2 spaces. The linter is set up for 2 spaces.
Is there any way to make WebStorm displays 2 spaces the same size as 4 spaces? So when the code on my local machine would display the way I want and the way the others want on other mac... | 2021/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/69985236",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16833961/"
] | Currently, there is no way to achieve that. Feel free to vote for "Virtual indents" feature on YouTrack: <https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-237957> | The [Elastic Indents plugin](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/14849-elastic-indents) seems to do what you want (I haven't tried it myself). |
230,177 | I would like to use Stack Overflow as a search engine in my browsers.
>
> 
>
>
>
Most of the time when I have a programming problem, I would like to search only on Stack Overflow, or Stack Exchange sites. So, I need to bookmark Stack Exchange sit... | 2014/04/22 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/230177",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/222928/"
] | We already insert OpenSearch metadata in every page. Since your screenshot looks like Firefox, and Firefox supports OpenSearch by default, all you have to do is go to <http://stackoverflow.com>, and then open the very popup that's in your screenshot – it will display the option *Add "Stack Overflow"*. | The query string for **Stack Overflow** is <https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s>
**How to set it:**
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines
3. On "Site search" section click "Add" button
4. Fill the form like on the picture with URL=https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s and click "Add"
5. Use... |
35,021,210 | I'm building an SDK to be used in a hosting app. This SDK includes working with DB using SQLite.
One of the requirements, is that the DB will be encrypted in order to prevent
pulling the SQLite database from the device and using the user private information.
I started to work with [SQLCipher](https://www.zetetic.net... | 2016/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35021210",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556011/"
] | >
> there is no support for 64bit architecture devices
>
>
>
SQLCipher works fine on the 64-bit devices that I have used it on. I seem to recall some issues with some apps that had multiple NDK libraries/code, where some had 64-bit libraries and some did not, where there were issues. I would suggest that you open ... | You need to use the latest version of android-database-sqlcipher [here](https://github.com/sqlcipher/android-database-sqlcipher/releases). Am using 3.5.4 it solved "java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: library "libutils.so" not found". Please check it [here](https://github.com/ResearchStack/ResearchStack/issu... |
1,036,981 | I am a user of [Programmer's Dvorak](http://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/) and had it installed on windows 8.1. I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and am unable to use the instructions on the site to install programmer's dvorak.
I install it (the installation runs) but it does not show up in the kepboards section afte... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1036981",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/369459/"
] | I just took the layout and created it using the [Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=22339) and following the instructions at [littletinyfish](http://littletinyfish.com/create-a-new-keyboard-layout-with-the-microsoft-keyboard-layout-creator/).
1. Go to File > Lo... | One thing not mentioned by [Siamore's answer](https://superuser.com/a/1036982/86708) is how to get CAPS LOCK behavior to match Programmer Dvorak (e.g. for underscore and numbers) when using Keyboard Layout Creator. Here's how:
1. First, open the edit dialog for a key by clicking on it. In this case, I chose `[` to edi... |
1,036,981 | I am a user of [Programmer's Dvorak](http://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/) and had it installed on windows 8.1. I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and am unable to use the instructions on the site to install programmer's dvorak.
I install it (the installation runs) but it does not show up in the kepboards section afte... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1036981",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/369459/"
] | I just took the layout and created it using the [Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=22339) and following the instructions at [littletinyfish](http://littletinyfish.com/create-a-new-keyboard-layout-with-the-microsoft-keyboard-layout-creator/).
1. Go to File > Lo... | Microsoft has a tool called [Power Toys](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/) which supports key mapping.
1. Install [Power Toys](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/)
2. Run it
3. Select "Keyboard Manager" on the nav bar on the left
4. Click "Remap a Key"
You'll get to a screen that is... |
1,036,981 | I am a user of [Programmer's Dvorak](http://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/) and had it installed on windows 8.1. I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and am unable to use the instructions on the site to install programmer's dvorak.
I install it (the installation runs) but it does not show up in the kepboards section afte... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1036981",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/369459/"
] | One thing not mentioned by [Siamore's answer](https://superuser.com/a/1036982/86708) is how to get CAPS LOCK behavior to match Programmer Dvorak (e.g. for underscore and numbers) when using Keyboard Layout Creator. Here's how:
1. First, open the edit dialog for a key by clicking on it. In this case, I chose `[` to edi... | Microsoft has a tool called [Power Toys](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/) which supports key mapping.
1. Install [Power Toys](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/)
2. Run it
3. Select "Keyboard Manager" on the nav bar on the left
4. Click "Remap a Key"
You'll get to a screen that is... |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | I think I found an answer to my own question:
>
> **Pithy** adjective
>
>
> brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor,
> substance, or meaning
>
>
> | ***Epigram*** — [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/epigram)
>
> 1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
> 2. epigrammatic expression:
> *Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.*
> 3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a wit... |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | Many good answers here. In some situations the word you might be looking for is:
***nuanced***
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nuanced>
>
> Adjective[edit]
> nuanced (comparative more nuanced, superlative most nuanced)
>
>
> Having nuances;
>
>
> possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning
>... | ***Epigram*** — [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/epigram)
>
> 1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
> 2. epigrammatic expression:
> *Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.*
> 3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a wit... |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | ***Deep*** — [ODO](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/deep)
"you have to think about it, that page is really deep (or thought-provoking)."
>
> 2.2 **Profound** or penetrating in awareness or understanding
>
> 2.3 Difficult to understand: *"this is all getting too deep for me"*
>
>
>
***Thought-prov... | ***Epigram*** — [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/epigram)
>
> 1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
> 2. epigrammatic expression:
> *Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.*
> 3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a wit... |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | ***Deep*** — [ODO](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/deep)
"you have to think about it, that page is really deep (or thought-provoking)."
>
> 2.2 **Profound** or penetrating in awareness or understanding
>
> 2.3 Difficult to understand: *"this is all getting too deep for me"*
>
>
>
***Thought-prov... | I think I found an answer to my own question:
>
> **Pithy** adjective
>
>
> brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor,
> substance, or meaning
>
>
> |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | Many good answers here. In some situations the word you might be looking for is:
***nuanced***
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nuanced>
>
> Adjective[edit]
> nuanced (comparative more nuanced, superlative most nuanced)
>
>
> Having nuances;
>
>
> possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning
>... | I think I found an answer to my own question:
>
> **Pithy** adjective
>
>
> brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor,
> substance, or meaning
>
>
> |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | you might be looking for the word **[overloaded](https://www.wordnik.com/words/overloaded)**:
>
> adj. of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context
>
>
>
or you can use **[polysemantic](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polysemantic#English)**,
>
> Having multiple meanings.
>
>
>
or [**polysemic**]... | ***Epigram*** — [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/epigram)
>
> 1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
> 2. epigrammatic expression:
> *Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.*
> 3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a wit... |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | [*Meaty*](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/meaty), perhaps?
>
> **meaty** adjective (INTERESTING)
>
>
>
> having a lot of important or interesting ideas:
>
>
> * a meaty book/letter/report
> * She has written some wonderfully meaty parts for older actresses.
>
>
>
Cambridge Dictiona... | I think I found an answer to my own question:
>
> **Pithy** adjective
>
>
> brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor,
> substance, or meaning
>
>
> |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | Many good answers here. In some situations the word you might be looking for is:
***nuanced***
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nuanced>
>
> Adjective[edit]
> nuanced (comparative more nuanced, superlative most nuanced)
>
>
> Having nuances;
>
>
> possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning
>... | you might be looking for the word **[overloaded](https://www.wordnik.com/words/overloaded)**:
>
> adj. of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context
>
>
>
or you can use **[polysemantic](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polysemantic#English)**,
>
> Having multiple meanings.
>
>
>
or [**polysemic**]... |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | ***Deep*** — [ODO](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/deep)
"you have to think about it, that page is really deep (or thought-provoking)."
>
> 2.2 **Profound** or penetrating in awareness or understanding
>
> 2.3 Difficult to understand: *"this is all getting too deep for me"*
>
>
>
***Thought-prov... | Sounds like a ***profound*** sentence.
ODO:
>
> **[profound](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/profound)** *ADJECTIVE*
>
> **2** (of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight
>
>
> ‘The answer by one student was so profound that the professor shared
> it with colleagues, vi... |
367,413 | I was wondering what the correct word would be for a sentence that is tightly packed with meaning. For example, a good aphorism. An aphorism is short, but has a lot of meaning behind it and requires considerable thought in order to understand it.
I thought of the word *dense* (as in "this is a very dense passage that ... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367413",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/212551/"
] | [*Meaty*](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/meaty), perhaps?
>
> **meaty** adjective (INTERESTING)
>
>
>
> having a lot of important or interesting ideas:
>
>
> * a meaty book/letter/report
> * She has written some wonderfully meaty parts for older actresses.
>
>
>
Cambridge Dictiona... | Sounds like a ***profound*** sentence.
ODO:
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> **[profound](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/profound)** *ADJECTIVE*
>
> **2** (of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight
>
>
> ‘The answer by one student was so profound that the professor shared
> it with colleagues, vi... |
22,526,405 | I've few excel source files in one folder in SSIS. I want to pull data from these excel files and load in to SQL tables.
My problem is I want to save all the files names one by one and want to create SQL table with exactly same name as filename
and then want to load each excel file in corresponding table.
Please help m... | 2014/03/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22526405",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3220846/"
] | Jayvee has presented the high level view which is good enough! Let me add in bit detail.
I am assuming that you have dynamic Excel file connection.
1. Declare a variable and named it as **FileName**. And assign it the first file name which is available in the folder.
2... | your control flow should look like this:
 |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/52469/"
] | **It might be scientifically correct but it is linguistically misleading**
The sentence "diamond is an element" can be seen to be misleading when compared to the sentence "diamond is an allotrope of the element carbon". Or even "diamond consists of the element carbon".
The issue is that clear language should disting... | Technically Yes, but Scientifically No.
=======================================
Diamond is made of pure Carbon, so yes. However, it is not on the periodic table nor is it classified as an element by **most** scientists, so on that case, no. It really depends what you think. |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/52469/"
] | **It might be scientifically correct but it is linguistically misleading**
The sentence "diamond is an element" can be seen to be misleading when compared to the sentence "diamond is an allotrope of the element carbon". Or even "diamond consists of the element carbon".
The issue is that clear language should disting... | Diamond is a form of *pure carbon* (which is an element). Logic may lead you to believe that diamond is, therefore, an element. However, this is a bit circular because if you say that diamond is an element, then every allotrope of every element also falls under the same consideration.
Also, in order for diamond to be... |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
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] | **It might be scientifically correct but it is linguistically misleading**
The sentence "diamond is an element" can be seen to be misleading when compared to the sentence "diamond is an allotrope of the element carbon". Or even "diamond consists of the element carbon".
The issue is that clear language should disting... | No. Diamond is not an element.
It is a name for a gemstone, a particular occurence of an allotropic form of carbon that may or may not contain other elements in addition to carbon.
And while "pure" diamond is an allotropic form of the element carbon, diamonds that are actually pure carbon are usually synthetically ma... |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/52469/"
] | **It might be scientifically correct but it is linguistically misleading**
The sentence "diamond is an element" can be seen to be misleading when compared to the sentence "diamond is an allotrope of the element carbon". Or even "diamond consists of the element carbon".
The issue is that clear language should disting... | The IUPAC definition of element is as follows:
>
> A pure chemical substance composed of atoms with the same number of protons in the atomic nucleus. [IUPAC Goldbook definition of element](https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01022)
>
>
>
This seems to allow diamond to be called an element. But it's not a good ... |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
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] | Technically Yes, but Scientifically No.
=======================================
Diamond is made of pure Carbon, so yes. However, it is not on the periodic table nor is it classified as an element by **most** scientists, so on that case, no. It really depends what you think. | Diamond is a form of *pure carbon* (which is an element). Logic may lead you to believe that diamond is, therefore, an element. However, this is a bit circular because if you say that diamond is an element, then every allotrope of every element also falls under the same consideration.
Also, in order for diamond to be... |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/52469/"
] | Technically Yes, but Scientifically No.
=======================================
Diamond is made of pure Carbon, so yes. However, it is not on the periodic table nor is it classified as an element by **most** scientists, so on that case, no. It really depends what you think. | No. Diamond is not an element.
It is a name for a gemstone, a particular occurence of an allotropic form of carbon that may or may not contain other elements in addition to carbon.
And while "pure" diamond is an allotropic form of the element carbon, diamonds that are actually pure carbon are usually synthetically ma... |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/52469/"
] | The IUPAC definition of element is as follows:
>
> A pure chemical substance composed of atoms with the same number of protons in the atomic nucleus. [IUPAC Goldbook definition of element](https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01022)
>
>
>
This seems to allow diamond to be called an element. But it's not a good ... | Diamond is a form of *pure carbon* (which is an element). Logic may lead you to believe that diamond is, therefore, an element. However, this is a bit circular because if you say that diamond is an element, then every allotrope of every element also falls under the same consideration.
Also, in order for diamond to be... |
102,078 | Is it scientifically correct to call Diamond an element? Carbon has a wide range of allotropes, so would it be correct to actually just call graphite, diamond etc an element. For that matter, could we call any molecule containing only one type of atom, an element? | 2018/09/24 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/102078",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/52469/"
] | The IUPAC definition of element is as follows:
>
> A pure chemical substance composed of atoms with the same number of protons in the atomic nucleus. [IUPAC Goldbook definition of element](https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01022)
>
>
>
This seems to allow diamond to be called an element. But it's not a good ... | No. Diamond is not an element.
It is a name for a gemstone, a particular occurence of an allotropic form of carbon that may or may not contain other elements in addition to carbon.
And while "pure" diamond is an allotropic form of the element carbon, diamonds that are actually pure carbon are usually synthetically ma... |
4,176 | Recently I received some **very** negative feedback after editing [a question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64777/what-would-happen-if-a-bacterium-hijacked-human-gender-determination) (see comments and edit history). To me, parts of the question were unstructured, and needed clarification, but to t... | 2016/12/16 | [
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"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | TL;DR: Unfortunately, you can't. Sorry. Some people will always dislike something.
Each question and answer on here is ultimately someone's baby. They may have just banged it out quickly without much thought or they may have conceived it with love and molded it into the exact perfect shape they desire. Whichever is th... | My two cents is that the original post was readable. Your edits were more readable, and didn't really alter the meaning of anything. So on sum, your edits were good. Except that, they weren't really needed in the first place.
So the question is: is it worth tweaking a decent question to make it read a little better?
... |
4,176 | Recently I received some **very** negative feedback after editing [a question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64777/what-would-happen-if-a-bacterium-hijacked-human-gender-determination) (see comments and edit history). To me, parts of the question were unstructured, and needed clarification, but to t... | 2016/12/16 | [
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"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | TL;DR: Unfortunately, you can't. Sorry. Some people will always dislike something.
Each question and answer on here is ultimately someone's baby. They may have just banged it out quickly without much thought or they may have conceived it with love and molded it into the exact perfect shape they desire. Whichever is th... | When I am approving or rejecting edits made by others to posts made by others, I reject about two-thirds of them and only approve them if they are either absolutely necessary, or if correct a typo or formatting issue that is clearly inadvertent.
Editing for style is IMHO almost always ill advised, and when I edit, I a... |
4,176 | Recently I received some **very** negative feedback after editing [a question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64777/what-would-happen-if-a-bacterium-hijacked-human-gender-determination) (see comments and edit history). To me, parts of the question were unstructured, and needed clarification, but to t... | 2016/12/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4176",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/28639/"
] | TL;DR: Unfortunately, you can't. Sorry. Some people will always dislike something.
Each question and answer on here is ultimately someone's baby. They may have just banged it out quickly without much thought or they may have conceived it with love and molded it into the exact perfect shape they desire. Whichever is th... | You asked:
>
> What should I do better if I am at fault so I don't receive such negative feedback in the future?
>
>
>
**Do better. Make fewer mistakes.**
First, only try to improve things where you are sure that you are making them better.
Second, try not to change an author's meaning. If you have trouble disc... |
4,176 | Recently I received some **very** negative feedback after editing [a question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64777/what-would-happen-if-a-bacterium-hijacked-human-gender-determination) (see comments and edit history). To me, parts of the question were unstructured, and needed clarification, but to t... | 2016/12/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4176",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/28639/"
] | My two cents is that the original post was readable. Your edits were more readable, and didn't really alter the meaning of anything. So on sum, your edits were good. Except that, they weren't really needed in the first place.
So the question is: is it worth tweaking a decent question to make it read a little better?
... | When I am approving or rejecting edits made by others to posts made by others, I reject about two-thirds of them and only approve them if they are either absolutely necessary, or if correct a typo or formatting issue that is clearly inadvertent.
Editing for style is IMHO almost always ill advised, and when I edit, I a... |
4,176 | Recently I received some **very** negative feedback after editing [a question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64777/what-would-happen-if-a-bacterium-hijacked-human-gender-determination) (see comments and edit history). To me, parts of the question were unstructured, and needed clarification, but to t... | 2016/12/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4176",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/28639/"
] | My two cents is that the original post was readable. Your edits were more readable, and didn't really alter the meaning of anything. So on sum, your edits were good. Except that, they weren't really needed in the first place.
So the question is: is it worth tweaking a decent question to make it read a little better?
... | You asked:
>
> What should I do better if I am at fault so I don't receive such negative feedback in the future?
>
>
>
**Do better. Make fewer mistakes.**
First, only try to improve things where you are sure that you are making them better.
Second, try not to change an author's meaning. If you have trouble disc... |
4,176 | Recently I received some **very** negative feedback after editing [a question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64777/what-would-happen-if-a-bacterium-hijacked-human-gender-determination) (see comments and edit history). To me, parts of the question were unstructured, and needed clarification, but to t... | 2016/12/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4176",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/28639/"
] | When I am approving or rejecting edits made by others to posts made by others, I reject about two-thirds of them and only approve them if they are either absolutely necessary, or if correct a typo or formatting issue that is clearly inadvertent.
Editing for style is IMHO almost always ill advised, and when I edit, I a... | You asked:
>
> What should I do better if I am at fault so I don't receive such negative feedback in the future?
>
>
>
**Do better. Make fewer mistakes.**
First, only try to improve things where you are sure that you are making them better.
Second, try not to change an author's meaning. If you have trouble disc... |
9,901,885 | I want to convert Notes Richtext into PDF in a server program (preferably Java). Is there any sample code how to do that. Converting to HTML/MIME isn't an option since the conversion process is too lossy. | 2012/03/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9901885",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/131021/"
] | I did some tests with DXL, some XSLT code and XSL:FO, via FOP. It produced some PDF output. Project abandoned due to lack of funding (read: no customer).
The basics, in a recent document: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xslfo/> | You'll need to find some third-party software to help, as this isn't possible out of the box. Here's one that looks promising: [SWING Software's Lotus Notes Export to PDF](http://www.swingsoftware.com/pdf-converter/overview?gclid=CMnvuZ6xia8CFUXc4AodyGCa_Q) |
10,643,313 | I am trying to send email to a Lotus Notes group from a Lotus Notes application, But email is sent to Outlook group with same name. Is there any way that email be sent to LN group not to exchange group.
Here LN is not used for mailing anymore. It is done by Exchange. | 2012/05/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10643313",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/486289/"
] | Yes this is possible. Making a few assumptions about your setup it sounds like at one of our clients. Domino is used for apps but exchange for email, with domino routing mail via exchange.
The the domain is something like xyz.com then sending a mail to "MyGroup" will go to MyGroup.xyz.com and via exchange.
To send just... | Set your Notes group's type as 'Access Control List' only, so it won't be considered a mailable name. |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | Please, use MySQL.
There is almost no excuse to use Access backend.
Like you said, Access has very poor connection abilities (every time the database is open, a connection is created as long as the program is still opened). Also, it has poor backup options (do you really want to make copies of the file every day?).
... | If you are the one that has to maintain the application also in future then drop the idea of Access and change into MySQL.
Access is only for personal use (or maybe with some small number of co-users) |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | Please, use MySQL.
There is almost no excuse to use Access backend.
Like you said, Access has very poor connection abilities (every time the database is open, a connection is created as long as the program is still opened). Also, it has poor backup options (do you really want to make copies of the file every day?).
... | the number of users for your app shouldnt matter, u should use mysql simply because it's free. robust, can handle heavy traffic and very professional. it has pretty much clients for any programming language and there are tons of documentation in the internet.
i hope this will help |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | Please, use MySQL.
There is almost no excuse to use Access backend.
Like you said, Access has very poor connection abilities (every time the database is open, a connection is created as long as the program is still opened). Also, it has poor backup options (do you really want to make copies of the file every day?).
... | I have seen Access database have real poor security and which is terribly slow. If at all you intend to open your access database after a few days of running in production, you will see the how slow it can be.
Though it looks like you are new to MySQL, you will not need much of a learning curve to work with it. MySQL... |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | MySql can handle very large projects, it's stable, updated and free, so I think you shouldn't think to go on with Access.
Connecting to MySql will be quite easy: include MySql.Data.dll and change db connection string, it's easy and you'll find a lot of examples on internet.
If your app should only talk with db in... | If you are the one that has to maintain the application also in future then drop the idea of Access and change into MySQL.
Access is only for personal use (or maybe with some small number of co-users) |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | I have seen Access database have real poor security and which is terribly slow. If at all you intend to open your access database after a few days of running in production, you will see the how slow it can be.
Though it looks like you are new to MySQL, you will not need much of a learning curve to work with it. MySQL... | If you are the one that has to maintain the application also in future then drop the idea of Access and change into MySQL.
Access is only for personal use (or maybe with some small number of co-users) |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | MySql can handle very large projects, it's stable, updated and free, so I think you shouldn't think to go on with Access.
Connecting to MySql will be quite easy: include MySql.Data.dll and change db connection string, it's easy and you'll find a lot of examples on internet.
If your app should only talk with db in... | the number of users for your app shouldnt matter, u should use mysql simply because it's free. robust, can handle heavy traffic and very professional. it has pretty much clients for any programming language and there are tons of documentation in the internet.
i hope this will help |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | MySql can handle very large projects, it's stable, updated and free, so I think you shouldn't think to go on with Access.
Connecting to MySql will be quite easy: include MySql.Data.dll and change db connection string, it's easy and you'll find a lot of examples on internet.
If your app should only talk with db in... | I have seen Access database have real poor security and which is terribly slow. If at all you intend to open your access database after a few days of running in production, you will see the how slow it can be.
Though it looks like you are new to MySQL, you will not need much of a learning curve to work with it. MySQL... |
7,511,271 | I know this is not a technical related question.But i do not have any idea.I am going to develop a project which should be supported in both phone and tablet.Is it possible having one project working for both tablet and phone ? | 2011/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7511271",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/861679/"
] | I have seen Access database have real poor security and which is terribly slow. If at all you intend to open your access database after a few days of running in production, you will see the how slow it can be.
Though it looks like you are new to MySQL, you will not need much of a learning curve to work with it. MySQL... | the number of users for your app shouldnt matter, u should use mysql simply because it's free. robust, can handle heavy traffic and very professional. it has pretty much clients for any programming language and there are tons of documentation in the internet.
i hope this will help |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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> The charges obviously lose energy in the lamp and so become SLOWER
>
>
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The charges lose potential energy, not kinetic energy. Since they're not slowing down, it's not a problem.
Imagine that I let my car drift down a mountain. The engine isn't running, but I'm in control with the brake pedal. And I'm going ... | @Farcher answer, particularly the last paragraph, sums it up perfectly. The positive work done by the electric field on the charge giving the charge kinetic energy equals the negative work done by the lattice structure that takes away the kinetic energy of the charge increasing the internal energy of the structure. Ult... |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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>
> The charges obviously lose energy in the lamp and so become SLOWER, which should mean current decreases, right?
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shows that you have a misconception about the motion of the conduction electrons.
If you were correct then to maintain the same current around a circuit by a miracle more cond... | Ok , so I think that confusion lies in the concept of current. When we apply potential difference through a circuit having resistance, a single electron does not move from one end to the other. What actually happens is that it replaces electron next to it which in turn replaces the electron next to it and this happens ... |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/253144/"
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If you were to shoot a very short pulse of electrons through your lamp, then indeed, the current would decrease right after the lamp.
But if you have a constant flow, then, as another user illustrated, you'd have electrons bunch up right before the lamp, ... | @Farcher answer, particularly the last paragraph, sums it up perfectly. The positive work done by the electric field on the charge giving the charge kinetic energy equals the negative work done by the lattice structure that takes away the kinetic energy of the charge increasing the internal energy of the structure. Ult... |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/529224",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/253144/"
] | The circuit in its whole will settle into an equilibrium state.
If you were to shoot a very short pulse of electrons through your lamp, then indeed, the current would decrease right after the lamp.
But if you have a constant flow, then, as another user illustrated, you'd have electrons bunch up right before the lamp, ... | Here is why the current stays the same going through the bulb:
Think of current as water flowing downstream in a river. The water comes to a dam, and flows over the top, and then falls all the way down to the bottom of the dam, then resumes flowing downstream. Every gallon of water that was flowing in the river will g... |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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> The charges obviously lose energy in the lamp and so become SLOWER
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The charges lose potential energy, not kinetic energy. Since they're not slowing down, it's not a problem.
Imagine that I let my car drift down a mountain. The engine isn't running, but I'm in control with the brake pedal. And I'm going ... | Ok , so I think that confusion lies in the concept of current. When we apply potential difference through a circuit having resistance, a single electron does not move from one end to the other. What actually happens is that it replaces electron next to it which in turn replaces the electron next to it and this happens ... |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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Think of current as water flowing downstream in a river. The water comes to a dam, and flows over the top, and then falls all the way down to the bottom of the dam, then resumes flowing downstream. Every gallon of water that was flowing in the river will g... |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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] | The circuit in its whole will settle into an equilibrium state.
If you were to shoot a very short pulse of electrons through your lamp, then indeed, the current would decrease right after the lamp.
But if you have a constant flow, then, as another user illustrated, you'd have electrons bunch up right before the lamp, ... | There's a lot of overly complicated answers here. I will keep it as simple as possible, and try to address your points.
Current is the movement of Electrons. Protons don't move.
A power supply does not "produce current" as such. Current is caused by Voltage (which is a difference in electrical potential.)
The best anal... |
529,224 | I understand when we say current, we mean charge (protons/electrons) passing past a point per second. And the charges have energy due to the e.m.f. of the power supply.
Now tell me, if a lamp has resistance and you hook it in the circuit, how will the current stay the same? The charges obviously lose energy in the lam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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> The charges obviously lose energy in the lamp and so become SLOWER, which should mean current decreases, right?
>
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shows that you have a misconception about the motion of the conduction electrons.
If you were correct then to maintain the same current around a circuit by a miracle more cond... | @Farcher answer, particularly the last paragraph, sums it up perfectly. The positive work done by the electric field on the charge giving the charge kinetic energy equals the negative work done by the lattice structure that takes away the kinetic energy of the charge increasing the internal energy of the structure. Ult... |
553,615 | I came across the term 'everyday people' in an unpublished essay. It strikes me as derogatory just because it is referring to people rather than to things and makes them appear common. But then there is 'common people' or 'commoners' to contend with, so I'm not very sure.
It was used like this:
>
> Everyday people t... | 2020/12/04 | [
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] | I guess context is the only thing that can really give the answer. *Everyday people* can also be used as an opposite of *pretentious people* or *snobs*, in which case it is anything but derogatory I would say.
If you really want to avoid 'everyday', you could replace it by expressions like, *Normally/in normal circums... | Mm, you see *everyday people* next to *trooped* does give you the hint of a trace of contempt or irony. Could it be that it is intended to be so? If you want to make it more neutral I would find a synonym of *trooped* (like *gathered, crowded in*, etc). Or how about
>
> All kinds of people trooped to the theatre to s... |
553,615 | I came across the term 'everyday people' in an unpublished essay. It strikes me as derogatory just because it is referring to people rather than to things and makes them appear common. But then there is 'common people' or 'commoners' to contend with, so I'm not very sure.
It was used like this:
>
> Everyday people t... | 2020/12/04 | [
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] | I guess context is the only thing that can really give the answer. *Everyday people* can also be used as an opposite of *pretentious people* or *snobs*, in which case it is anything but derogatory I would say.
If you really want to avoid 'everyday', you could replace it by expressions like, *Normally/in normal circums... | A word will be derogatory if either the speaker (or writer) uses the word with the intent of being derogatory, or the hearer (or reader) interprets it in a way they see as derogatory. If a person sees him or herself as being above others in value or quality they would use “everyday people” as a derogatory phrase.
One ... |
553,615 | I came across the term 'everyday people' in an unpublished essay. It strikes me as derogatory just because it is referring to people rather than to things and makes them appear common. But then there is 'common people' or 'commoners' to contend with, so I'm not very sure.
It was used like this:
>
> Everyday people t... | 2020/12/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/553615",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/191110/"
] | A word will be derogatory if either the speaker (or writer) uses the word with the intent of being derogatory, or the hearer (or reader) interprets it in a way they see as derogatory. If a person sees him or herself as being above others in value or quality they would use “everyday people” as a derogatory phrase.
One ... | Mm, you see *everyday people* next to *trooped* does give you the hint of a trace of contempt or irony. Could it be that it is intended to be so? If you want to make it more neutral I would find a synonym of *trooped* (like *gathered, crowded in*, etc). Or how about
>
> All kinds of people trooped to the theatre to s... |
13,019,140 | I'm working on a system which allows imported files to be localized into other languages.
This is mostly a private project to get the hang of MVC3, EntityFramework, LINQ, etcetera. Therefore I like doing some crazy things to spice up the end result, one of those things would be the recognition of similar strings.
Im... | 2012/10/22 | [
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] | You could look into the [Levenshtein Distance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance). Those below a certain threshold will be considered similar. Two strings that are identical will have a distance of zero.
There's a C# implementation, amongst other languages, on [Rosetta Code](http://rosettacode.org/wiki... | This will depend on the size of the data and how rich the vocabulary is.
Here's the first thought:
build a map of words to strings
then another map of word pairs to strings
and perhaps if data is not huge map of string triplets to strings.
Remove mappings that point at a single string (this will dramatically reduce the... |
189,416 | I've heard people sarcastically respond with sentences of the form "then [effect of persons actions]" even though the person was not soliciting for advice.
For example
Joe: "I wrote my paper on why George Bush was a good prime minister for Canada"
Jane: "Then you are going to get a bad mark"
Should it be "then... | 2014/08/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/189416",
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] | "Then".
"Then" refers to the sequence of actions. "Than" refers to a comparison between two things. In your example, "you are going to get a bad mark" follows, and is the effect of, "I wrote my paper on why George Bush was a good minister for Canada".
Since the second action results from the first, we are dealing wi... | In this case, you are looking for "Then" because "then" is a transition word that helps communicate a sequence of events. In this particular example though, I might suggest the word "consequently" or even the phrase "in that case," as they may be more clear. |
91,802 | The scenario: a level 11+ Fighter has the Feats:
* Two-Weapon Fighting
* Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
* Greater Two-Weapon Fighting
* Quick Draw
* Point Blank Shot
* Precise Shot
* Rapid Shot
How many weapons do they need in a Blinkback belt to perform his full 7 (Main, Iterative -5, Iterative -10, Rapid, TWF, ITWF, ... | 2016/12/16 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91802",
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] | The correct answer is 2.
The Two Weapon Fighting feat explicitly requires you to use two weapons to gain the additional offhand attack (italics mine):
>
> **Benefit:** Your penalties on attack rolls for fighting with two weapons are reduced. The penalty for your primary hand lessens by 2 and the one for your off han... | As spec'd out, the fighter could have all 4 light weapons on the belt and would still be limited to 2 attacks: the blinkback effect only happens when the "wearer draws a weapon attached to this belt and throws it before the end of her next turn" after which the weapon returns "to its strap or sheath", which necessitate... |
659,417 | Is it possible that the universe does have a center after all, but we just cannot see it because it already fell beyond the event horizon of our observable universe?
If not, how do we know this for sure if we cannot observe it? | 2021/08/15 | [
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] | Science is all about predictive power. It is entirely possible that the laws of physics are completely different from the ones we know. The universe could be managed by tiny deamons and are just waiting for someone to sound a trumpet before the walls come down. However, there's no evidence to suggest we can make predic... | There are things we can observe with great precision which furnish evidence that your scenario is incorrect, as follows.
If it were true that the universe has an expansion center, then the part of the universe we inhabit would look different to us in different directions: we would see younger structures in one directi... |
659,417 | Is it possible that the universe does have a center after all, but we just cannot see it because it already fell beyond the event horizon of our observable universe?
If not, how do we know this for sure if we cannot observe it? | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/659417",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | There are things we can observe with great precision which furnish evidence that your scenario is incorrect, as follows.
If it were true that the universe has an expansion center, then the part of the universe we inhabit would look different to us in different directions: we would see younger structures in one directi... | The universe [doesn't have a center](https://www.livescience.com/62547-what-is-center-of-universe.html), so this question is not well-posed.
If your question is "can the universe have a center anyway?" then you would be challenging the Big Bang, which is something that (as of 2021) is very much in the fringe. |
659,417 | Is it possible that the universe does have a center after all, but we just cannot see it because it already fell beyond the event horizon of our observable universe?
If not, how do we know this for sure if we cannot observe it? | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/659417",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/310722/"
] | We cannot know “for sure” that the universe beyond the observable universe is the same as the part of the universe that we can observe. But “for sure” is not a benchmark that science tries to achieve (or, indeed, can achieve).
The principle of [Occam’s razor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor) tells us tha... | There are things we can observe with great precision which furnish evidence that your scenario is incorrect, as follows.
If it were true that the universe has an expansion center, then the part of the universe we inhabit would look different to us in different directions: we would see younger structures in one directi... |
659,417 | Is it possible that the universe does have a center after all, but we just cannot see it because it already fell beyond the event horizon of our observable universe?
If not, how do we know this for sure if we cannot observe it? | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/659417",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/310722/"
] | Science is all about predictive power. It is entirely possible that the laws of physics are completely different from the ones we know. The universe could be managed by tiny deamons and are just waiting for someone to sound a trumpet before the walls come down. However, there's no evidence to suggest we can make predic... | The universe [doesn't have a center](https://www.livescience.com/62547-what-is-center-of-universe.html), so this question is not well-posed.
If your question is "can the universe have a center anyway?" then you would be challenging the Big Bang, which is something that (as of 2021) is very much in the fringe. |
659,417 | Is it possible that the universe does have a center after all, but we just cannot see it because it already fell beyond the event horizon of our observable universe?
If not, how do we know this for sure if we cannot observe it? | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/659417",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/310722/"
] | Science is all about predictive power. It is entirely possible that the laws of physics are completely different from the ones we know. The universe could be managed by tiny deamons and are just waiting for someone to sound a trumpet before the walls come down. However, there's no evidence to suggest we can make predic... | We cannot know “for sure” that the universe beyond the observable universe is the same as the part of the universe that we can observe. But “for sure” is not a benchmark that science tries to achieve (or, indeed, can achieve).
The principle of [Occam’s razor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor) tells us tha... |
659,417 | Is it possible that the universe does have a center after all, but we just cannot see it because it already fell beyond the event horizon of our observable universe?
If not, how do we know this for sure if we cannot observe it? | 2021/08/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/659417",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/310722/"
] | We cannot know “for sure” that the universe beyond the observable universe is the same as the part of the universe that we can observe. But “for sure” is not a benchmark that science tries to achieve (or, indeed, can achieve).
The principle of [Occam’s razor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor) tells us tha... | The universe [doesn't have a center](https://www.livescience.com/62547-what-is-center-of-universe.html), so this question is not well-posed.
If your question is "can the universe have a center anyway?" then you would be challenging the Big Bang, which is something that (as of 2021) is very much in the fringe. |
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