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318,005 | When you actually read what's written in the [Help Center](https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/referencing), it strongly implies that only *answers* need to give attribution (see added emphasis):
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> Plagiarism - posting the work of others with no indication that it is not your own - is frowned on by our community, and may result in your **answer** being down-voted or deleted.
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> When you find a useful resource that can help **answer** a question (from another site or in an answer on Stack Overflow) make sure you do all of the following
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Can this be changed to be more inclusive of questions (and perhaps tag wikis)?
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My best suggestion:
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> Plagiarism - posting the work of others with no indication that it is not your own - is frowned on by our community, and may result in your **post** being down-voted or deleted.
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> When you use a resource in your post (e.g. from another site or in an answer on Stack Overflow) make sure you do all of the following
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> | 2018/11/08 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/318005",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/323179/"
] | This was finally changed, though the help page still lives under the "answering" category. To quote (emphasis added):
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> Plagiarism - posting the work of others with no indication that it is not your own - is frowned on by our community, and may result in your **content** being down-voted or deleted.
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> If you copy (or closely rephrase/reword) content that you did not create into **something you post** on Meta Stack Exchange (e.g. from another site or elsewhere on Meta Stack Exchange) make sure you do all of the following
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And since I must reference the author, [shoutout to Catija](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/416676/6083675). | I can't imagine any possible reason for disallowing plagiarism in answers but not in questions. Whatever the reasons are for not allowing it in the one should apply equally to the other. It doesn't matter where you post something—if it's obvious it's from somebody else, but you haven't provided attribution, then that's not right.
The Help Center article ["How to reference material written by others"](https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/referencing) does indeed refer to answers specifically. I'll note that it seems to located in a section of the Help Center *for* answers (if I go by the navigation breadcrumb of *Meta Stack Exchange > Help center > Answering* at the top of the page), which might explain the specific focus. However, I find it odd that anybody would be interpreting it so strictly that they would only consider it valid policy for answers. The *intent* behind the policy is the same, regardless of where unattributed material is found. However it's handled in answers, it should be handled in the same way in questions.
I know that in the specific sites I follow, people who post quotations in questions—especially those that are obviously from another author—are very frequently asked to provide proper attribution, if not actual links, so that the validity and context of the quotations can be determined. Frequently, at least on those sites, context is quite important, and the simple text itself isn't necessarily sufficient to provide an answer. (Let alone the other issues surrounding plagiarism in general.)
In my opinion, the text should be changed from its reference to answers specifically to a reference to posts in general. Then, it should be linked to from the *Asking* section in addition to the *Answering* section—assuming that the Help Center navigation works that way. |
336,692 | I'm having a lot of trouble to find lore.
I exhausted the bookstore, the auction, Mansur until the Stag door and the expeditions I could find. Where else can I find lore? | 2018/07/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/336692",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/116230/"
] | This is the way I see to be the quickest path to acquire Lore:
1. Keep buying everything from Morland's Shop. It will keep bringing books to study that will become Lore.
2. When Morland's shop closes, start buying books at Oriflamme's Auction House until it doesn't have any more books to sell. Oriflamme can also be found by a believer **Exploring**.
3. If you **Explore** with Secret Histories Lore, they will convert into Aspect: Location+Vault. Those might bring back more Lore. [Here is](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1402554171) a comprehensive description and requirements for all expeditions.
4. **Dream** with Passion and in the slot add a Lantern or Knock Lore. It will bring you **Way: The wood**. [This guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/weatherfactory/comments/8ohdsw/a_mostly_comprehensive_guide_to_cultist_simulator/) at *The Mansus* section has a great explanation on how to open each location further and what you will find there. The idea here is to grab all the Secret Histories you can find and transform them into expeditions (as commented above). Expeditions bring a lot of Lore.
5. If you already made/have all the expeditions of a certain level (they start to repeat the location), start to "merge" the same Secret Histories to get advanced levels of them.
6. Some Lore books need to be translated. Some Patrons can translate those books if you pay them with Spintria. Patrons pays their commissions with Spintria or you can get it from expeditions. [You will have to summon](https://cultistsimulator.gamepedia.com/Spirits) Teresa, King Crucible and Ezeem to learn Fucine, Deep Mandaic and Phrygian respectively. | maybe this will help:
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> Lore Fragments are a resource that can be obtained from studying some books, and some interactions. They can be upgraded by studying it with a fragment same aspect and level(or, for knock fragments, upgraded with any same level fragment except for secret histories). All fragments(except Secret Histories and Knock) can be subverted into another type of lore.
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[source](https://cultistsimulator.gamepedia.com/Lore) |
725,261 | I have a word doc where when you look at the file preview in the Finder window on a mac (osx), it shows the first page and on the upper right corner of the page, theres a Qlikview logo (im guessing Qlikview contributed to the creation of the document). However when you open the document itself, the logo is not there and the document is in the correct/desired formatting.
I've tried
-saving it as a new file
-saving it as a .doc instead of .docx
-converting to google doc then downloading as .docx but the formatting is affected
-changing security settings on MS Word to "remove personal information from this file upon saving"
-checking for water marks/settings
-copy/pasting entire doc onto a new doc and saving
and none of these got rid of the mark.
Anyone know how to fix this or get around it? Or how to disable doc preview for this file only? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! | 2014/03/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/725261",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/305427/"
] | I found this page after having the same issue. Solution:
Click into your header /footer. Click > Different First Page.
The logo and header will come up from an old source.
Delete it, and then unselect Different First Page.
Problem solved! | This is not proper answer using MS Word, but Works.
Open your Document with LibreOffice.org (I have Cent OS 7 in another machine), You will see the "watermark" select it and delete. |
381,611 | Multiple questions on meta indicate, that code-only answers, if they are self-explanatory and, what's more important, correct, do not fall into *low quality*: [1](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/303772/failed-audit-when-commenting-on-code-only-answer), [2](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/258676/7606764).
Meanwhile I failed the audit when I accepted a code-only answer:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5mIm3.png)
What is wrong with that?
Edit: I think this question is more specific, than duplicate candidate as it limits itself to code-only answers. | 2019/03/21 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/381611",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/7606764/"
] | >
> *"if they are self-explanatory"*.
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That answer is not self-explanatory.
It's a code dump where the OP has to figure out what changed, and more importantly: *why*. It doesn't explain why the changes make the code work.
Answers like that *are* of low quality. Maybe not enough to flag or delete them, but they definitely don't look "Ok". (I usually downvote cases like that)
When in doubt, `Skip` the review. | The failure here seems to be due to two misconceptions:
1. That your only options on the first post queue are, No action
needed, Edit, Flag and Skip.
In actuality, there are several other options including upvote, downvote, and commenting. These options are conspicuously present in this queue as opposed to others like triage.
2. That the first post queue is just for checking for correctness, like triage or low quality queue.
Like Servy pointed out in the comments, action is expected as part of this queue even if the answer is not bad enough to flag. The bar is higher than triage. The whole point of it is to help others improve the quality of their posts.
In summary, I think the correct actions would have been:
* Edit: If you know about the technology, you could edit the answer yourself to provide context.
* Comment: If you don't know about the technology, you can comment and ask OP to provide context
* Downvote: You can downvote if you're inclined.
* Skip: You can skip if you're not inclined, or not sure. |
80,990 | There doesn't seem to be a weight limit on [teleport](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/teleport) anymore but, for the purposes of looting a dungeon, what is an object?
I can see how you can fill a chest and then teleport the chest and its contents. It is container and so all its contents are also teleported.
How about a 10' long table stacked with gear? Is the table also a container in the same way or would teleporting a table not teleport the tablecloth? | 2016/05/31 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/80990",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26539/"
] | ### By RAW, an object is a single designated thing that isn't alive. In my opinion RAI extends to obvious containers.
The teleport spell states (emphasis mine):
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> This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures of your choice that you can see within range, or a single object that you can see within range, to a destination you select. If you target **an object**, it must be able to fit entirely inside a 10-foot cube, and it can’t be held or carried by an unwilling creature.
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This wording indicates it only applies to a single object since it does not say all objects. It also makes no exceptions for containers and their contents.
For example, if you could transport anything in a container all you would have to do is build a makeshift 10 X 10 X 10 wooden cage and call it a large box. Then you could teleport 1000 cubic feet of whatever you want because you targeted the container.
Personally, I would allow transporting obvious containers like chests, bags of holding, boxes, jars, etc because that seems in keeping with the intent of the game mechanics. It also avoids the unnecessary confusion and ceaseless arguing over just how many separate objects make up a single carriage.
I would say that common sense needs to prevail. If the contents of a table would fit in a standard chest, there's no real reason to prevent players from designating the table or shelf as a container for the purpose of transport. Especially if you're willing to let them just throw it in a Santa Claus bag and transport that anyways.
Now, if the players were trying to be deliberately game breaking with it, you can always have fun. Let's say they stack the treasure eight feet tall on a small bench and transport it. When they arrive, the mound of treasures topples, and riches are scattered everywhere. Small street urchins, poor folk, homeless beggars and Paul's girlfriend are all seen sprinting in to scoop up as much as possible. The player's are able to recover X % of the treasure before the rest disappears, and the guards come by and fine/imprison them for starting a riot.
That's just my opinion though. I don't mind people bending the rules a bit to do some ridiculous stuff, but I bend back a bit to show them I'll be just as ridiculous in response. | Make the table into a shipping container -- problem solved
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### Preface
The rules don't specify where the line is between "an object" and "not an object." Frankly, that's a good thing. This alleged imprecision gives both the DM and players room to work, to be creative, or to be imaginative. (Or, to not worry about it if that level of granularity / simulation / pedantry isn't where the players at the table gets their fun)
### To solve your specific problem (a table loaded with loot)
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> How about a 10' long table stacked with gear? *Is the table also a container* in the same way or would teleporting a table not teleport the tablecloth?
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From the spell description: (SRD, p. 183)
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> This spell instantly transports ... a single object that you can see within range, to a destination you select. If you target an object, it must be able to fit entirely inside a 10-foot cube, and it can’t be held or carried by an unwilling creature.
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1. Turn the table upside down, pile the stuff on the bottom of the
table. The legs define the four corners of a container.
2. Cover the pile of stuff/loot with the table cloth (and if needed, capes/blankets, etc).
3. Using the 50' of rope that one of your party carries, and adding a shield
on each long side of the table to stiffen and give shape to this
pile, strap it all down. As necessary, use ten-foot poles1 to support the top of the two long sides further. Viola! You have one object: an improvised shipping container.
4. Teleport it to your selected destination (to save on postage2).
### A weight limit (if you want one)
The weight limit can be estimated in a variety of ways. The rules give room to work, and ***D&D 5e is "rulings over rules"*** in intent.
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> This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures of your choice that you can see within range
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### Conservative estimate:
Whatever you and eight people like you weigh and can carry, based on the 15 x STR carrying capacity. (SRD pp. 79-80. Same as Basic Rules).
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> Lifting and Carrying
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> Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear. The following terms define what you can lift or carry. Carrying Capacity. Your carrying capacity is your Strength score multiplied by 15. This is the weight (in pounds) that you can carry, which is high enough that most characters don’t usually have to worry about it.
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> Push, Drag, or Lift.
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> You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity (or 30 times your Strength score). While pushing or dragging weight in excess of your carrying capacity, your speed drops to 5 feet.
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While the limit would vary depending on each creature's STR score, you can use an average for your ruling. If you use 11 STR as average, then 165 x 9 for 9 human sized creatures. Add the weight of 9 human sized creatures themselves. For ease of calculation we'll say each weighs 165 pounds (*sans* gear).
165 x 18 = 2970 pounds or just under a ton and a half.
Substitute in different values for average load on a creature and average weight, and you'll get a different max weight, but that's your ballpark figure *if you want to define a weight limit*. Since movement isn't an issue here, using the 30 x STR (encumbered) would make some sense, so the above would be 165 x 27 for 4455 pounds: about two and a quarter tons.
### Liberal estimate that pushes RAW a bit
Whatever you and eight creatures that you can fit within a 10' radius circle weigh and can carry, per above. (8 horses? 8 oxen?) The limit there is how big a creature you think you can pack into that area, what it's STR score is, and thus what it can carry. Play around with creatures until you get a number you like.
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1 Iconic dungeoneering gear. What do you mean you didn't bring a ten-foot pole? You're playing D&D, right?
2 Side effect: FedEx and UPS share prices on the Waterdeep Stock Exchange drop a bit in response to your brilliant problem solving. Agents form *Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog* contact you about trade rights infringement, through their solicitors. |
80,990 | There doesn't seem to be a weight limit on [teleport](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/teleport) anymore but, for the purposes of looting a dungeon, what is an object?
I can see how you can fill a chest and then teleport the chest and its contents. It is container and so all its contents are also teleported.
How about a 10' long table stacked with gear? Is the table also a container in the same way or would teleporting a table not teleport the tablecloth? | 2016/05/31 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/80990",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26539/"
] | ### By RAW, an object is a single designated thing that isn't alive. In my opinion RAI extends to obvious containers.
The teleport spell states (emphasis mine):
>
> This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures of your choice that you can see within range, or a single object that you can see within range, to a destination you select. If you target **an object**, it must be able to fit entirely inside a 10-foot cube, and it can’t be held or carried by an unwilling creature.
>
>
>
This wording indicates it only applies to a single object since it does not say all objects. It also makes no exceptions for containers and their contents.
For example, if you could transport anything in a container all you would have to do is build a makeshift 10 X 10 X 10 wooden cage and call it a large box. Then you could teleport 1000 cubic feet of whatever you want because you targeted the container.
Personally, I would allow transporting obvious containers like chests, bags of holding, boxes, jars, etc because that seems in keeping with the intent of the game mechanics. It also avoids the unnecessary confusion and ceaseless arguing over just how many separate objects make up a single carriage.
I would say that common sense needs to prevail. If the contents of a table would fit in a standard chest, there's no real reason to prevent players from designating the table or shelf as a container for the purpose of transport. Especially if you're willing to let them just throw it in a Santa Claus bag and transport that anyways.
Now, if the players were trying to be deliberately game breaking with it, you can always have fun. Let's say they stack the treasure eight feet tall on a small bench and transport it. When they arrive, the mound of treasures topples, and riches are scattered everywhere. Small street urchins, poor folk, homeless beggars and Paul's girlfriend are all seen sprinting in to scoop up as much as possible. The player's are able to recover X % of the treasure before the rest disappears, and the guards come by and fine/imprison them for starting a riot.
That's just my opinion though. I don't mind people bending the rules a bit to do some ridiculous stuff, but I bend back a bit to show them I'll be just as ridiculous in response. | Everything that is not separable is part of the object
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You can teleport any single object that fits into a 10-foot cube and is not held or carried, there is no weight limit. So what is an object? The [definition of object](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/95532/what-is-considered-an-object) (DMG, p. 246) is:
>
> For the purpose of these rules, an object is a discrete, inanimate item like a window, door, sword, book, table, chair, or stone, not a building or a vehicle that is composed of many other objects.
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What you consider part of an object is not more explictly defined, and it will be up to the DM to adjudicate, but the examples in the DMG provide support that loose parts that cannot be easily separated from the object are part of the object.
First, the part about not being composed only applies to large objects, such as a ship or house, that you would want to divide into components for purposes of attacking and damaging. This is therefore not a hinderance for having small, composed objects.
Second, example objects listed in a table on p. 247 DMG about object sizes include a *lock* and, explicitly, a *chest*. That means, these must be *bona fide* objects, and attributes they have cannot be attributes that exclude something from being an object.
**Both of these items have, moving, separate components**. The lock will include tumblers and other, internal moving parts of the locking mechanism. The chest will have a lid with hinges, handles, and may even have it's own lock in turn. All these are lose, in a similar way coins in a locked chest or tied up sack are loose: they can move, and there can be air, oil or other substances in between them and other parts of the object. In all these examples, the components however are interlocking and not easily separated from the main bulk of the object. This gives us a baseline for judging what should be transported.
#### Table
It seems pretty clear that a table with stuff lying on it is not an integral thing in the same way, and only the table would be teleported. All the other items are loose and unconnected to it. If you however fastened all the items to the table with 50 feet of rope wrapped around (or built a parcel as suggested in Korvin's excellent answer), it would qualify as a single object.
#### Chest
A chest by itself is clearly an object, it is even in the given examples. The items within a locked chest can not be separated from the chest and would count as part of the object. However, if you hacked the chest open, or unlocked and opened it, then they could easily fall out, and would not be part of it any more nor be teleported along with it.
One side consequence is that if you target a locked chest with [disintegrate](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/disintegrate), all the (non-magical) items in the chest would likewise disintegrate. This has the added benefit that *disintegrate* cannot be used as a pseudo-masterkey for potentially trapped treasure chests. Unless you prefer your treasure in the form of a pile of grey dust. |
80,990 | There doesn't seem to be a weight limit on [teleport](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/teleport) anymore but, for the purposes of looting a dungeon, what is an object?
I can see how you can fill a chest and then teleport the chest and its contents. It is container and so all its contents are also teleported.
How about a 10' long table stacked with gear? Is the table also a container in the same way or would teleporting a table not teleport the tablecloth? | 2016/05/31 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/80990",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26539/"
] | Make the table into a shipping container -- problem solved
----------------------------------------------------------
### Preface
The rules don't specify where the line is between "an object" and "not an object." Frankly, that's a good thing. This alleged imprecision gives both the DM and players room to work, to be creative, or to be imaginative. (Or, to not worry about it if that level of granularity / simulation / pedantry isn't where the players at the table gets their fun)
### To solve your specific problem (a table loaded with loot)
>
> How about a 10' long table stacked with gear? *Is the table also a container* in the same way or would teleporting a table not teleport the tablecloth?
>
>
>
From the spell description: (SRD, p. 183)
>
> This spell instantly transports ... a single object that you can see within range, to a destination you select. If you target an object, it must be able to fit entirely inside a 10-foot cube, and it can’t be held or carried by an unwilling creature.
>
>
>
1. Turn the table upside down, pile the stuff on the bottom of the
table. The legs define the four corners of a container.
2. Cover the pile of stuff/loot with the table cloth (and if needed, capes/blankets, etc).
3. Using the 50' of rope that one of your party carries, and adding a shield
on each long side of the table to stiffen and give shape to this
pile, strap it all down. As necessary, use ten-foot poles1 to support the top of the two long sides further. Viola! You have one object: an improvised shipping container.
4. Teleport it to your selected destination (to save on postage2).
### A weight limit (if you want one)
The weight limit can be estimated in a variety of ways. The rules give room to work, and ***D&D 5e is "rulings over rules"*** in intent.
>
> This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures of your choice that you can see within range
>
>
>
### Conservative estimate:
Whatever you and eight people like you weigh and can carry, based on the 15 x STR carrying capacity. (SRD pp. 79-80. Same as Basic Rules).
>
> Lifting and Carrying
>
> Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear. The following terms define what you can lift or carry. Carrying Capacity. Your carrying capacity is your Strength score multiplied by 15. This is the weight (in pounds) that you can carry, which is high enough that most characters don’t usually have to worry about it.
>
> Push, Drag, or Lift.
>
> You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity (or 30 times your Strength score). While pushing or dragging weight in excess of your carrying capacity, your speed drops to 5 feet.
>
>
>
While the limit would vary depending on each creature's STR score, you can use an average for your ruling. If you use 11 STR as average, then 165 x 9 for 9 human sized creatures. Add the weight of 9 human sized creatures themselves. For ease of calculation we'll say each weighs 165 pounds (*sans* gear).
165 x 18 = 2970 pounds or just under a ton and a half.
Substitute in different values for average load on a creature and average weight, and you'll get a different max weight, but that's your ballpark figure *if you want to define a weight limit*. Since movement isn't an issue here, using the 30 x STR (encumbered) would make some sense, so the above would be 165 x 27 for 4455 pounds: about two and a quarter tons.
### Liberal estimate that pushes RAW a bit
Whatever you and eight creatures that you can fit within a 10' radius circle weigh and can carry, per above. (8 horses? 8 oxen?) The limit there is how big a creature you think you can pack into that area, what it's STR score is, and thus what it can carry. Play around with creatures until you get a number you like.
---
1 Iconic dungeoneering gear. What do you mean you didn't bring a ten-foot pole? You're playing D&D, right?
2 Side effect: FedEx and UPS share prices on the Waterdeep Stock Exchange drop a bit in response to your brilliant problem solving. Agents form *Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog* contact you about trade rights infringement, through their solicitors. | Everything that is not separable is part of the object
------------------------------------------------------
You can teleport any single object that fits into a 10-foot cube and is not held or carried, there is no weight limit. So what is an object? The [definition of object](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/95532/what-is-considered-an-object) (DMG, p. 246) is:
>
> For the purpose of these rules, an object is a discrete, inanimate item like a window, door, sword, book, table, chair, or stone, not a building or a vehicle that is composed of many other objects.
>
>
>
What you consider part of an object is not more explictly defined, and it will be up to the DM to adjudicate, but the examples in the DMG provide support that loose parts that cannot be easily separated from the object are part of the object.
First, the part about not being composed only applies to large objects, such as a ship or house, that you would want to divide into components for purposes of attacking and damaging. This is therefore not a hinderance for having small, composed objects.
Second, example objects listed in a table on p. 247 DMG about object sizes include a *lock* and, explicitly, a *chest*. That means, these must be *bona fide* objects, and attributes they have cannot be attributes that exclude something from being an object.
**Both of these items have, moving, separate components**. The lock will include tumblers and other, internal moving parts of the locking mechanism. The chest will have a lid with hinges, handles, and may even have it's own lock in turn. All these are lose, in a similar way coins in a locked chest or tied up sack are loose: they can move, and there can be air, oil or other substances in between them and other parts of the object. In all these examples, the components however are interlocking and not easily separated from the main bulk of the object. This gives us a baseline for judging what should be transported.
#### Table
It seems pretty clear that a table with stuff lying on it is not an integral thing in the same way, and only the table would be teleported. All the other items are loose and unconnected to it. If you however fastened all the items to the table with 50 feet of rope wrapped around (or built a parcel as suggested in Korvin's excellent answer), it would qualify as a single object.
#### Chest
A chest by itself is clearly an object, it is even in the given examples. The items within a locked chest can not be separated from the chest and would count as part of the object. However, if you hacked the chest open, or unlocked and opened it, then they could easily fall out, and would not be part of it any more nor be teleported along with it.
One side consequence is that if you target a locked chest with [disintegrate](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/disintegrate), all the (non-magical) items in the chest would likewise disintegrate. This has the added benefit that *disintegrate* cannot be used as a pseudo-masterkey for potentially trapped treasure chests. Unless you prefer your treasure in the form of a pile of grey dust. |
48,204 | My website is in PHP, running on Apache.
One of my users is on a WAN with 2 IPs and his connection gets routed to our server by any one of them.
PHP seems to log out the user out, if it detects change in IP.
It is an open source app and I think some common popular file must have been used.
Any way to prevent it? | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/48204",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15055/"
] | I don't think apache has anything to do with that. The problem is most likely in php session although I don't think php checks the client ip by default. Are you sure there's nothing in your code checking the ip for a session? | I think it would be in PHP, not Apache. You might want to look see if the REMOTE\_ADDR is being used with $\_SERVER in generating the sessions. See [this PHP reference](http://us3.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php), and [here is a whole thread](http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread49898.html#) on the topic.
You might have better luck on stackoverflow. |
48,204 | My website is in PHP, running on Apache.
One of my users is on a WAN with 2 IPs and his connection gets routed to our server by any one of them.
PHP seems to log out the user out, if it detects change in IP.
It is an open source app and I think some common popular file must have been used.
Any way to prevent it? | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/48204",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15055/"
] | I don't think apache has anything to do with that. The problem is most likely in php session although I don't think php checks the client ip by default. Are you sure there's nothing in your code checking the ip for a session? | This is not PHP, or Apache -- it is a security 'option' of whatever FOSS package you are using. PHP sessions have no inherent security.
If *Joe* with IP 192.168.0.1 logs into your site, he might get a session token of **ABC123**. If *Jane* then goes to her workstation, manually creates the cookie that contains the session ID **ABC123** and then goes to <http://yoursite>, she will appear as if she is *Joe* to your system. This is critically important when users are using a proxy (users from the UAE for example are routed out via a series of 3 regional routers) that can change -- AOL is another example.
There should be a configuration option to turn this security feature off. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | *De gustibus non est disputandum* applies. What is tasteless, like what is humorous (or not), varies with culture, fashion, sensitivities and the prevailing political climate. It is also a personal matter, so my answer is personal.
Like anyone, I have my own views on what is acceptable. This isn't a matter of being snobbish; it's that I want to hang onto my enthusiasm. In marketing, as in anything, working hard to produce stuff that is actively harmful (and spreading upset *is* harmful) is a fast route to burnout. On the other hand, I won't hold back on an effective and worthwhile message just because someone, somewhere might get hurt feelings.
As Emilie says, it's almost a certainty that someone will be offended by anything one puts out. (The mayor of a city I lived in used to talk about a "group" he called C.A.V.E. -- Citizens Against Virtually Everything -- who could be guaranteed to object to any project, regardless of how it would improve things.) But sometimes an ad has to be provocative to get a point across.
As to the calculation, it starts with enough research or knowledge to understand who might take offense, and why. That's balanced against the importance and the validity of the message. If there's a good chance that someone's going to be in a snit, is there a better way to design the message that will get the point across just as effectively? Am I just being lazy in going with the first idea that came along, whether mine or the client's?
If the answer to both of these is "No," I tend to apply the "Give me a break" test: Is this negative reaction actually sensible? The Dunkin' Donuts ad in Thailand is a great example: some people on the other side of the world, in a completely different culture, raised an objection to a *highly successful* (and perfectly tasteful, from a Thai point of view) ad. That's a forehead-smacking moment, right there. The inane reaction from some quarters to Coca-Cola's Super Bowl 2014 diversity ad is another.
I've my own experiences along this line: in one case, the key image in a billboard design, which perfectly communicated the intended message when we surveyed it, was rejected by a client's Board (a non-profit in the Black community) because "the Black kid is too light-skinned." The client's marketing director and I *both* reacted with "Give me a break!"
As for future employers, if the HR people are self-appointed guardians of Political Correctness or they have other hot-issue buttons, you may find you stomped on them. In the end, though, it is yourself that you have to live with. Trying to please all the people, all the time winds up in a bland, inconsequential place of no value to anyone.
Ultimately, it comes down to your own judgment and integrity. You can't expect to get it right 100% of the time, but you can certainly try. | It's always about the brand.
============================
What does the brand stand for in it's audience's mind? Is it offensive, irreverent, tasteless? Then you have to live up to that. Anything less wouldn't be true to their intended message. If you aren't comfortable with that type of material, you shouldn't be working with a brand that stands for it in the first place.
Another commenter mentioned McDonald's "healthy" messaging. It's a lie, but so is everything else about McD's. Their audience doesn't care that their products are only vaguely related to food. They like the taste of additives and being told that it's good for them. Their audience is notoriously disinterested in genuineness.
Brands are people too. Sorta.
=============================
Every brand should be first understood as a character, a personality, something an audience can personify in their minds. Once you have an accurate persona of the brand in your mind, then you'll know where to go with just about any message.
The tricky part is when a brand wants to transform it's persona. Then things get very murky and you'll be leaning on either a lot of market research or (in the most stressful circumstances) intuition. It's awefully fun, though :) |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | *De gustibus non est disputandum* applies. What is tasteless, like what is humorous (or not), varies with culture, fashion, sensitivities and the prevailing political climate. It is also a personal matter, so my answer is personal.
Like anyone, I have my own views on what is acceptable. This isn't a matter of being snobbish; it's that I want to hang onto my enthusiasm. In marketing, as in anything, working hard to produce stuff that is actively harmful (and spreading upset *is* harmful) is a fast route to burnout. On the other hand, I won't hold back on an effective and worthwhile message just because someone, somewhere might get hurt feelings.
As Emilie says, it's almost a certainty that someone will be offended by anything one puts out. (The mayor of a city I lived in used to talk about a "group" he called C.A.V.E. -- Citizens Against Virtually Everything -- who could be guaranteed to object to any project, regardless of how it would improve things.) But sometimes an ad has to be provocative to get a point across.
As to the calculation, it starts with enough research or knowledge to understand who might take offense, and why. That's balanced against the importance and the validity of the message. If there's a good chance that someone's going to be in a snit, is there a better way to design the message that will get the point across just as effectively? Am I just being lazy in going with the first idea that came along, whether mine or the client's?
If the answer to both of these is "No," I tend to apply the "Give me a break" test: Is this negative reaction actually sensible? The Dunkin' Donuts ad in Thailand is a great example: some people on the other side of the world, in a completely different culture, raised an objection to a *highly successful* (and perfectly tasteful, from a Thai point of view) ad. That's a forehead-smacking moment, right there. The inane reaction from some quarters to Coca-Cola's Super Bowl 2014 diversity ad is another.
I've my own experiences along this line: in one case, the key image in a billboard design, which perfectly communicated the intended message when we surveyed it, was rejected by a client's Board (a non-profit in the Black community) because "the Black kid is too light-skinned." The client's marketing director and I *both* reacted with "Give me a break!"
As for future employers, if the HR people are self-appointed guardians of Political Correctness or they have other hot-issue buttons, you may find you stomped on them. In the end, though, it is yourself that you have to live with. Trying to please all the people, all the time winds up in a bland, inconsequential place of no value to anyone.
Ultimately, it comes down to your own judgment and integrity. You can't expect to get it right 100% of the time, but you can certainly try. | Purely from a graphic designer's POV, it's a decision that each designer has to make on their own based on the particulars of the given situation.
In general, being offensive isn't a typical marketing strategy, though it does get used. You as a designer have to decide if you want to work on projects that are purposefully attempting to be offensive. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | *De gustibus non est disputandum* applies. What is tasteless, like what is humorous (or not), varies with culture, fashion, sensitivities and the prevailing political climate. It is also a personal matter, so my answer is personal.
Like anyone, I have my own views on what is acceptable. This isn't a matter of being snobbish; it's that I want to hang onto my enthusiasm. In marketing, as in anything, working hard to produce stuff that is actively harmful (and spreading upset *is* harmful) is a fast route to burnout. On the other hand, I won't hold back on an effective and worthwhile message just because someone, somewhere might get hurt feelings.
As Emilie says, it's almost a certainty that someone will be offended by anything one puts out. (The mayor of a city I lived in used to talk about a "group" he called C.A.V.E. -- Citizens Against Virtually Everything -- who could be guaranteed to object to any project, regardless of how it would improve things.) But sometimes an ad has to be provocative to get a point across.
As to the calculation, it starts with enough research or knowledge to understand who might take offense, and why. That's balanced against the importance and the validity of the message. If there's a good chance that someone's going to be in a snit, is there a better way to design the message that will get the point across just as effectively? Am I just being lazy in going with the first idea that came along, whether mine or the client's?
If the answer to both of these is "No," I tend to apply the "Give me a break" test: Is this negative reaction actually sensible? The Dunkin' Donuts ad in Thailand is a great example: some people on the other side of the world, in a completely different culture, raised an objection to a *highly successful* (and perfectly tasteful, from a Thai point of view) ad. That's a forehead-smacking moment, right there. The inane reaction from some quarters to Coca-Cola's Super Bowl 2014 diversity ad is another.
I've my own experiences along this line: in one case, the key image in a billboard design, which perfectly communicated the intended message when we surveyed it, was rejected by a client's Board (a non-profit in the Black community) because "the Black kid is too light-skinned." The client's marketing director and I *both* reacted with "Give me a break!"
As for future employers, if the HR people are self-appointed guardians of Political Correctness or they have other hot-issue buttons, you may find you stomped on them. In the end, though, it is yourself that you have to live with. Trying to please all the people, all the time winds up in a bland, inconsequential place of no value to anyone.
Ultimately, it comes down to your own judgment and integrity. You can't expect to get it right 100% of the time, but you can certainly try. | This is really Your Mileage May Vary, or in this case Your Audience's Mileage May Vary.
What one audience thinks is tasteless is another audience's boring. The multi-racial family in the Cheerios ad, for example: in some corners of the U.S. it's shocking to the point of boycotting the cereal, in some areas the reaction is "Finally!", in some it's "huh? there's an issue?" and in still others viewers say "Wait, is the problem that the dad undermined the mom by telling the daughter she could have a dog without clearing it with the mom first?"
If you're worried about future employment, then you have to calculate your entire career trajectory every time you take on a client. Or you have to decide if you have enough projects at Offense Level 4 that you can afford to remove the one at Offense Level 7 from your portfolio.
There are very few DEFCON 1 projects which nearly everyone will find offensive. X-rated ads are probably up there. Tobacco in the U.S. is high on the list but not necessarily a career killer. Below that, well, know your audience. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | *De gustibus non est disputandum* applies. What is tasteless, like what is humorous (or not), varies with culture, fashion, sensitivities and the prevailing political climate. It is also a personal matter, so my answer is personal.
Like anyone, I have my own views on what is acceptable. This isn't a matter of being snobbish; it's that I want to hang onto my enthusiasm. In marketing, as in anything, working hard to produce stuff that is actively harmful (and spreading upset *is* harmful) is a fast route to burnout. On the other hand, I won't hold back on an effective and worthwhile message just because someone, somewhere might get hurt feelings.
As Emilie says, it's almost a certainty that someone will be offended by anything one puts out. (The mayor of a city I lived in used to talk about a "group" he called C.A.V.E. -- Citizens Against Virtually Everything -- who could be guaranteed to object to any project, regardless of how it would improve things.) But sometimes an ad has to be provocative to get a point across.
As to the calculation, it starts with enough research or knowledge to understand who might take offense, and why. That's balanced against the importance and the validity of the message. If there's a good chance that someone's going to be in a snit, is there a better way to design the message that will get the point across just as effectively? Am I just being lazy in going with the first idea that came along, whether mine or the client's?
If the answer to both of these is "No," I tend to apply the "Give me a break" test: Is this negative reaction actually sensible? The Dunkin' Donuts ad in Thailand is a great example: some people on the other side of the world, in a completely different culture, raised an objection to a *highly successful* (and perfectly tasteful, from a Thai point of view) ad. That's a forehead-smacking moment, right there. The inane reaction from some quarters to Coca-Cola's Super Bowl 2014 diversity ad is another.
I've my own experiences along this line: in one case, the key image in a billboard design, which perfectly communicated the intended message when we surveyed it, was rejected by a client's Board (a non-profit in the Black community) because "the Black kid is too light-skinned." The client's marketing director and I *both* reacted with "Give me a break!"
As for future employers, if the HR people are self-appointed guardians of Political Correctness or they have other hot-issue buttons, you may find you stomped on them. In the end, though, it is yourself that you have to live with. Trying to please all the people, all the time winds up in a bland, inconsequential place of no value to anyone.
Ultimately, it comes down to your own judgment and integrity. You can't expect to get it right 100% of the time, but you can certainly try. | Great answers here, I just wanted to mention something that hasn't been raised yet (except in the question), and it's the matter of **dignity**.
Humor, even if slightly offensive for a group or the other, is one thing. I love humor. Playing on people's weaknesses for the sake of profit is entirely different. I don't mind the 'colorful' Benetton ads, but I do not feel comfortable for example with the [Bosnian soldier ad](http://top10bay.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bosnian-soldier1-300x198.jpg). We need to talk about war, yes. We need to talk about war so we can sell t-shirts, well, don't count me in. Now if it's UNICEF using pictures of poor little children to cause a reaction that's a different story. Is it ethical? Maybe they could find an alternative way of promoting what they do and get donations. But is the goal ethical? Yes, it is.
Witty marketing ideas (products can in fact provoke feelings) is different from ruthless manipulation of emotions.
But I guess for me it comes down to what are you trying to sell. I would never work for Monsanto, and I would never think of one of their ads as art, no matter how genius it is. I can't divorce what a company does/sells from the company itself. McDonalds stating their food is *healthy* is plain harmful. Can you oversee the sexist and borderline racist stereotyping of Axe's campaign [Make love not war](https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCwQtwIwAA&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63b4O_2HCYM&ei=ycg5U5vtOc7ukgXuyIDoAg&usg=AFQjCNGPN6OPQexNxwbDUb-mKt48h9LRvA&sig2=UaqCaZOYLcdUMI4RNUAudA)? No matter how nicely filmed it is, or how well executed the idea was, I can't. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | I second Emilie in saying that everything will offend someone somewhere. Personally, I am pretty sick of people finding offence left right and centre. Some people are *looking for* things that will get their knickers in a twist, and as Alan so elegantly points out: pleasing everyone ends up in the bland, the invisible and - *at best* - mediocre work. And therefore not efficient communication or marketing.
Cultural preferences imposed from other countries and other cultures ideas of PC is incredibly annoying. *That* is offensive. I will not have USA, Italy, Uganda or Fiji telling me how *not* to make ads for Scandinavia.
You could say that this is really about a *communication language,* and do not forget that some level of offence can be very effective marketing. You can annoy some people, stereotype them; and this will strengthen the brand among those who sees themselves the opposite. You can be upset, offended or intrigued by the series of [**United Colors of Benetton,**](http://top10buzz.com/top-ten-controversial-united-colors-of-benetton-ads/) they will rarely leave you indifferent. Funnily enough, regarding United Colors, their clothes are pretty non-descript (though colourful), but the ads often makes people go rabid. I think you can annoy people and still sell them things: if you first annoy them, and then make them think.
I once saw an ad, with four gray, grave, boring, suited, miserable guys with the caption "the most colourful thing (accountants) Johnson, Hansen, Jensen and Nielsen did last year, was to switch to eco-friendly printing paper". I think accountants might find it funny too
Good ads makes you see things a little differently, they surprise you a little: enough to have your attention for a little bit. You cannot do this by pleasing everyone. Sometimes you have to be bold, be brave, and just go for it. Political correctness is too often stupid. | Great answers here, I just wanted to mention something that hasn't been raised yet (except in the question), and it's the matter of **dignity**.
Humor, even if slightly offensive for a group or the other, is one thing. I love humor. Playing on people's weaknesses for the sake of profit is entirely different. I don't mind the 'colorful' Benetton ads, but I do not feel comfortable for example with the [Bosnian soldier ad](http://top10bay.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bosnian-soldier1-300x198.jpg). We need to talk about war, yes. We need to talk about war so we can sell t-shirts, well, don't count me in. Now if it's UNICEF using pictures of poor little children to cause a reaction that's a different story. Is it ethical? Maybe they could find an alternative way of promoting what they do and get donations. But is the goal ethical? Yes, it is.
Witty marketing ideas (products can in fact provoke feelings) is different from ruthless manipulation of emotions.
But I guess for me it comes down to what are you trying to sell. I would never work for Monsanto, and I would never think of one of their ads as art, no matter how genius it is. I can't divorce what a company does/sells from the company itself. McDonalds stating their food is *healthy* is plain harmful. Can you oversee the sexist and borderline racist stereotyping of Axe's campaign [Make love not war](https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCwQtwIwAA&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63b4O_2HCYM&ei=ycg5U5vtOc7ukgXuyIDoAg&usg=AFQjCNGPN6OPQexNxwbDUb-mKt48h9LRvA&sig2=UaqCaZOYLcdUMI4RNUAudA)? No matter how nicely filmed it is, or how well executed the idea was, I can't. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | *De gustibus non est disputandum* applies. What is tasteless, like what is humorous (or not), varies with culture, fashion, sensitivities and the prevailing political climate. It is also a personal matter, so my answer is personal.
Like anyone, I have my own views on what is acceptable. This isn't a matter of being snobbish; it's that I want to hang onto my enthusiasm. In marketing, as in anything, working hard to produce stuff that is actively harmful (and spreading upset *is* harmful) is a fast route to burnout. On the other hand, I won't hold back on an effective and worthwhile message just because someone, somewhere might get hurt feelings.
As Emilie says, it's almost a certainty that someone will be offended by anything one puts out. (The mayor of a city I lived in used to talk about a "group" he called C.A.V.E. -- Citizens Against Virtually Everything -- who could be guaranteed to object to any project, regardless of how it would improve things.) But sometimes an ad has to be provocative to get a point across.
As to the calculation, it starts with enough research or knowledge to understand who might take offense, and why. That's balanced against the importance and the validity of the message. If there's a good chance that someone's going to be in a snit, is there a better way to design the message that will get the point across just as effectively? Am I just being lazy in going with the first idea that came along, whether mine or the client's?
If the answer to both of these is "No," I tend to apply the "Give me a break" test: Is this negative reaction actually sensible? The Dunkin' Donuts ad in Thailand is a great example: some people on the other side of the world, in a completely different culture, raised an objection to a *highly successful* (and perfectly tasteful, from a Thai point of view) ad. That's a forehead-smacking moment, right there. The inane reaction from some quarters to Coca-Cola's Super Bowl 2014 diversity ad is another.
I've my own experiences along this line: in one case, the key image in a billboard design, which perfectly communicated the intended message when we surveyed it, was rejected by a client's Board (a non-profit in the Black community) because "the Black kid is too light-skinned." The client's marketing director and I *both* reacted with "Give me a break!"
As for future employers, if the HR people are self-appointed guardians of Political Correctness or they have other hot-issue buttons, you may find you stomped on them. In the end, though, it is yourself that you have to live with. Trying to please all the people, all the time winds up in a bland, inconsequential place of no value to anyone.
Ultimately, it comes down to your own judgment and integrity. You can't expect to get it right 100% of the time, but you can certainly try. | I second Emilie in saying that everything will offend someone somewhere. Personally, I am pretty sick of people finding offence left right and centre. Some people are *looking for* things that will get their knickers in a twist, and as Alan so elegantly points out: pleasing everyone ends up in the bland, the invisible and - *at best* - mediocre work. And therefore not efficient communication or marketing.
Cultural preferences imposed from other countries and other cultures ideas of PC is incredibly annoying. *That* is offensive. I will not have USA, Italy, Uganda or Fiji telling me how *not* to make ads for Scandinavia.
You could say that this is really about a *communication language,* and do not forget that some level of offence can be very effective marketing. You can annoy some people, stereotype them; and this will strengthen the brand among those who sees themselves the opposite. You can be upset, offended or intrigued by the series of [**United Colors of Benetton,**](http://top10buzz.com/top-ten-controversial-united-colors-of-benetton-ads/) they will rarely leave you indifferent. Funnily enough, regarding United Colors, their clothes are pretty non-descript (though colourful), but the ads often makes people go rabid. I think you can annoy people and still sell them things: if you first annoy them, and then make them think.
I once saw an ad, with four gray, grave, boring, suited, miserable guys with the caption "the most colourful thing (accountants) Johnson, Hansen, Jensen and Nielsen did last year, was to switch to eco-friendly printing paper". I think accountants might find it funny too
Good ads makes you see things a little differently, they surprise you a little: enough to have your attention for a little bit. You cannot do this by pleasing everyone. Sometimes you have to be bold, be brave, and just go for it. Political correctness is too often stupid. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
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] | I second Emilie in saying that everything will offend someone somewhere. Personally, I am pretty sick of people finding offence left right and centre. Some people are *looking for* things that will get their knickers in a twist, and as Alan so elegantly points out: pleasing everyone ends up in the bland, the invisible and - *at best* - mediocre work. And therefore not efficient communication or marketing.
Cultural preferences imposed from other countries and other cultures ideas of PC is incredibly annoying. *That* is offensive. I will not have USA, Italy, Uganda or Fiji telling me how *not* to make ads for Scandinavia.
You could say that this is really about a *communication language,* and do not forget that some level of offence can be very effective marketing. You can annoy some people, stereotype them; and this will strengthen the brand among those who sees themselves the opposite. You can be upset, offended or intrigued by the series of [**United Colors of Benetton,**](http://top10buzz.com/top-ten-controversial-united-colors-of-benetton-ads/) they will rarely leave you indifferent. Funnily enough, regarding United Colors, their clothes are pretty non-descript (though colourful), but the ads often makes people go rabid. I think you can annoy people and still sell them things: if you first annoy them, and then make them think.
I once saw an ad, with four gray, grave, boring, suited, miserable guys with the caption "the most colourful thing (accountants) Johnson, Hansen, Jensen and Nielsen did last year, was to switch to eco-friendly printing paper". I think accountants might find it funny too
Good ads makes you see things a little differently, they surprise you a little: enough to have your attention for a little bit. You cannot do this by pleasing everyone. Sometimes you have to be bold, be brave, and just go for it. Political correctness is too often stupid. | I don't think it is marketing genius as you could get as much visibility with a great ad that is not tasteless.
As for the calculation, I don't think there is a way to do the calculation by yourself, especially if you're not the target audience. Different target audience have different flexibility for humor, you likely won't have the same tolerance for certain things if you're a geek vs. if you are investing in a diamonds or something. That's where I would push for a focus group. If you're designing for that kind of client, you should have the budget to hold one anyways.
Everyone gets offended by everything these days. If your target audience thinks you ad is good, I would tend to say you're on the right track.
As for future employers, it depends on the fit. Some look for that kind of "in your face" portfolio and others are more conservative. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
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] | *De gustibus non est disputandum* applies. What is tasteless, like what is humorous (or not), varies with culture, fashion, sensitivities and the prevailing political climate. It is also a personal matter, so my answer is personal.
Like anyone, I have my own views on what is acceptable. This isn't a matter of being snobbish; it's that I want to hang onto my enthusiasm. In marketing, as in anything, working hard to produce stuff that is actively harmful (and spreading upset *is* harmful) is a fast route to burnout. On the other hand, I won't hold back on an effective and worthwhile message just because someone, somewhere might get hurt feelings.
As Emilie says, it's almost a certainty that someone will be offended by anything one puts out. (The mayor of a city I lived in used to talk about a "group" he called C.A.V.E. -- Citizens Against Virtually Everything -- who could be guaranteed to object to any project, regardless of how it would improve things.) But sometimes an ad has to be provocative to get a point across.
As to the calculation, it starts with enough research or knowledge to understand who might take offense, and why. That's balanced against the importance and the validity of the message. If there's a good chance that someone's going to be in a snit, is there a better way to design the message that will get the point across just as effectively? Am I just being lazy in going with the first idea that came along, whether mine or the client's?
If the answer to both of these is "No," I tend to apply the "Give me a break" test: Is this negative reaction actually sensible? The Dunkin' Donuts ad in Thailand is a great example: some people on the other side of the world, in a completely different culture, raised an objection to a *highly successful* (and perfectly tasteful, from a Thai point of view) ad. That's a forehead-smacking moment, right there. The inane reaction from some quarters to Coca-Cola's Super Bowl 2014 diversity ad is another.
I've my own experiences along this line: in one case, the key image in a billboard design, which perfectly communicated the intended message when we surveyed it, was rejected by a client's Board (a non-profit in the Black community) because "the Black kid is too light-skinned." The client's marketing director and I *both* reacted with "Give me a break!"
As for future employers, if the HR people are self-appointed guardians of Political Correctness or they have other hot-issue buttons, you may find you stomped on them. In the end, though, it is yourself that you have to live with. Trying to please all the people, all the time winds up in a bland, inconsequential place of no value to anyone.
Ultimately, it comes down to your own judgment and integrity. You can't expect to get it right 100% of the time, but you can certainly try. | I don't think it is marketing genius as you could get as much visibility with a great ad that is not tasteless.
As for the calculation, I don't think there is a way to do the calculation by yourself, especially if you're not the target audience. Different target audience have different flexibility for humor, you likely won't have the same tolerance for certain things if you're a geek vs. if you are investing in a diamonds or something. That's where I would push for a focus group. If you're designing for that kind of client, you should have the budget to hold one anyways.
Everyone gets offended by everything these days. If your target audience thinks you ad is good, I would tend to say you're on the right track.
As for future employers, it depends on the fit. Some look for that kind of "in your face" portfolio and others are more conservative. |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
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] | I second Emilie in saying that everything will offend someone somewhere. Personally, I am pretty sick of people finding offence left right and centre. Some people are *looking for* things that will get their knickers in a twist, and as Alan so elegantly points out: pleasing everyone ends up in the bland, the invisible and - *at best* - mediocre work. And therefore not efficient communication or marketing.
Cultural preferences imposed from other countries and other cultures ideas of PC is incredibly annoying. *That* is offensive. I will not have USA, Italy, Uganda or Fiji telling me how *not* to make ads for Scandinavia.
You could say that this is really about a *communication language,* and do not forget that some level of offence can be very effective marketing. You can annoy some people, stereotype them; and this will strengthen the brand among those who sees themselves the opposite. You can be upset, offended or intrigued by the series of [**United Colors of Benetton,**](http://top10buzz.com/top-ten-controversial-united-colors-of-benetton-ads/) they will rarely leave you indifferent. Funnily enough, regarding United Colors, their clothes are pretty non-descript (though colourful), but the ads often makes people go rabid. I think you can annoy people and still sell them things: if you first annoy them, and then make them think.
I once saw an ad, with four gray, grave, boring, suited, miserable guys with the caption "the most colourful thing (accountants) Johnson, Hansen, Jensen and Nielsen did last year, was to switch to eco-friendly printing paper". I think accountants might find it funny too
Good ads makes you see things a little differently, they surprise you a little: enough to have your attention for a little bit. You cannot do this by pleasing everyone. Sometimes you have to be bold, be brave, and just go for it. Political correctness is too often stupid. | It's always about the brand.
============================
What does the brand stand for in it's audience's mind? Is it offensive, irreverent, tasteless? Then you have to live up to that. Anything less wouldn't be true to their intended message. If you aren't comfortable with that type of material, you shouldn't be working with a brand that stands for it in the first place.
Another commenter mentioned McDonald's "healthy" messaging. It's a lie, but so is everything else about McD's. Their audience doesn't care that their products are only vaguely related to food. They like the taste of additives and being told that it's good for them. Their audience is notoriously disinterested in genuineness.
Brands are people too. Sorta.
=============================
Every brand should be first understood as a character, a personality, something an audience can personify in their minds. Once you have an accurate persona of the brand in your mind, then you'll know where to go with just about any message.
The tricky part is when a brand wants to transform it's persona. Then things get very murky and you'll be leaning on either a lot of market research or (in the most stressful circumstances) intuition. It's awefully fun, though :) |
28,859 | When designing an advertisement campaign how should one balance dignity and respect for offensiveness?
Nobody remembers the latest ad for McDonald's or Foldger's but I can tell you all about the "[black face Dunkin Donuts](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dunkin-donuts-apologizes-blackface-ad-not-everyone-sorry-152172)" ad or the "[Pearl Izumi run until your dog collapses](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/running-shoes-magazine-ad-dead-dog-just-makes-people-really-sad-152336)" ad.
As a designer, who will undoubtedly take the blame for it - for example [the McDonald's You're Not Alone ad](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-apologizes-mental-health-parody-ad-it-says-it-didnt-approve-148498).
When is it okay? How do future employers view this? On the one hand it is in a sense marketing genius --- no publicity is bad publicity. On the other hand it is often highly offensive or at the very least seen as tasteless. So as a designer when is it okay, what is the calculation? Particularly, if you're the one making the decision *(Answering when the client wants it, is not a complete answer)*. | 2014/03/31 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/28859",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2611/"
] | I second Emilie in saying that everything will offend someone somewhere. Personally, I am pretty sick of people finding offence left right and centre. Some people are *looking for* things that will get their knickers in a twist, and as Alan so elegantly points out: pleasing everyone ends up in the bland, the invisible and - *at best* - mediocre work. And therefore not efficient communication or marketing.
Cultural preferences imposed from other countries and other cultures ideas of PC is incredibly annoying. *That* is offensive. I will not have USA, Italy, Uganda or Fiji telling me how *not* to make ads for Scandinavia.
You could say that this is really about a *communication language,* and do not forget that some level of offence can be very effective marketing. You can annoy some people, stereotype them; and this will strengthen the brand among those who sees themselves the opposite. You can be upset, offended or intrigued by the series of [**United Colors of Benetton,**](http://top10buzz.com/top-ten-controversial-united-colors-of-benetton-ads/) they will rarely leave you indifferent. Funnily enough, regarding United Colors, their clothes are pretty non-descript (though colourful), but the ads often makes people go rabid. I think you can annoy people and still sell them things: if you first annoy them, and then make them think.
I once saw an ad, with four gray, grave, boring, suited, miserable guys with the caption "the most colourful thing (accountants) Johnson, Hansen, Jensen and Nielsen did last year, was to switch to eco-friendly printing paper". I think accountants might find it funny too
Good ads makes you see things a little differently, they surprise you a little: enough to have your attention for a little bit. You cannot do this by pleasing everyone. Sometimes you have to be bold, be brave, and just go for it. Political correctness is too often stupid. | Purely from a graphic designer's POV, it's a decision that each designer has to make on their own based on the particulars of the given situation.
In general, being offensive isn't a typical marketing strategy, though it does get used. You as a designer have to decide if you want to work on projects that are purposefully attempting to be offensive. |
17,744 | For a 3D scanning project I need to capture a video/snapshots of an object and a projector image that is projected on the object. The projector works (only) with a framerate of 60Hz, the camera supports rates in {3.75,7.5,15,30,60} Hz. I have to work in Matlab, and since it's an IEEE 1394 camera, I can only use the [CMU 1394 Camera driver](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~iwan/1394/) since other drivers are not supported by matlab.
Now, my problem is, that the framerates of the camera (driver) seem to have a tiny non-zero phase-offset that adds up over time such that the captured image gets darker and darker until it reaches some minimum and becomes brighter and brighter again and so on. This is annoying. There are sample applications for 3D scanners that are able to work with different drivers. There, the problem does not exist, so I am pretty sure that it's the driver's fault.
Fortunately, the driver is open source, so putting a little offset somewhere in it and trying to solve the problem by trying out different times, could work. There is, however, one additional idea I had: The camera supports triggering. Is there any way that I can trigger it using the output of the projector? If that would work, that would be much easier and more elegant than fiddling around with that driver. The projector uses VGA. Do you know of any possibility to capture the signal and use it as a trigger? If possible without lot's of additional hardware. | 2011/08/03 | [
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] | (1) You mention 60 Hz for both **frame and capture rates** so the following should not be an issue, and it's obvious enough, but I mention it "just in case" as such things can trip you up.
I'd have expected that if your frame capture lasted exactly "one frame" that brightness variation would not be a major issue. If capture time is less than frame time then location of your capture window affects result. If capture time is > frame time you get a whole image and then part of another. Both arrangements can (will) affect image quality.
(2) **Frame sync signal:**
Camera synchronisation to the VGA signal **should** be easy.
The VGA signal set includes a Vsync (Vertical Synchronisation) signal that allows the start of the frame to be detected.
This is on pin 14 on a PC (DB15) video connector and on pin 12 on a Macintosh video connector.
The above diagram is from [Javier Valcarce's Personal Website - VGA Video Signal Format and Timing](http://www.javiervalcarce.eu/wiki/VGA_Video_Signal_Format_and_Timing_Specifications)
To add to the fun the polarity of the sync signal varies with resolution,but that's liable to not worry you once you work out which of he two possibilities applies in your case.
Assuming that you can synchronise the camera triggering to this signal (**seems** likely to be simple enough). Worst case you may have to add a fixed delay to move the picture phase into the correct location for you operation.
---
**VGA timing:**
Polarity is inverted for some resolutions.
From [VGA video signal generation](http://www.scribd.com/doc/4559939/VGA-Video-Signal-Generation) | If you want to try triggering off it VGA has its horizontal sync on pin 13, formally referenced to the sync ground on pin 10. (As Russel points out in comments, VSYNC on 14 is what should be used)
There's a slight chance you might find you need some means to provide a phase delay to trigger the camera at the right relative time, though you might be able to do something by adjusting the width of the sync pulse to an extreme in video low level settings depending on what the monitor(projector) can tolerate. A simple outboard circuit (a 555 and pot?) would be crude but likely workable.
If a pure software solution is workable that could seem cleaner, but I don't know if that is supported. 60Hz is easily within the realm of software control - jitter is always a concern in non-hard-realtime setups, especially with packetized IO buses - but it might stay within your tolerance. This would require that there be a software triggering mechanism in the driver that you can exploit.
Finally I wouldn't necessarily say that matlab restricts you to using a particular camera driver and thus assortment of cameras, because matlab seems to have a workable interface to user libraries written in other languages like C, and from there it should be possible to obtain data from just about anything you can find documentation for how to talk to either directly or via an existing OS driver interface not supported by matlab. |
43,590 | I'm planning to travel from Osaka to Tokyo and back, and since the ride will be long, I think it's the perfect time to make friends.
However, I'm unsure how the Japanese see this kind of behaviour - a stranger suddenly conversing with them who is a foreigner.
Is it considered rude? Is it a case-to-case basis?
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Additional info :
I can speak Japanese. I've been studying it for a year. I am at a conversational level but still not as good as locals and I may not know some words they might throw at me. | 2015/02/20 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/43590",
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] | I haven't found Japanese as chatty as Europeans or Americans, but there are some friendly people who would want to chat with a foreigner. You won't know until you try. Old ladies and people with families tend to be the most chattiest -- young women and businessmen tend to be the least. There's a stereotype (that I've found to be true) that folks from Osaka tend to be much friendlier than those from Tokyo.
You should be aware that it's only 2 hours on the Shinkansen, which in Japan is not considered a very long train ride (some people have daily 2 hour train ride commutes). But still, you might strike up a conversation.
I'd suggest riding in the regular car (not Green Car), maybe taking the Hikari instead of the Nozomi, and asking to get your seat in the non-reserved section so you can deliberately sit near someone who looks friendly. | It is not rude as such, but unusual for strangers to talk on the shinkansen except to ask something specific like if it's okay to recline the seat (asked to the person sitting behind you.) Usually it's very quiet in there except for groups travelling together.
I live and work in Tokyo and take the shinkansen to and from Osaka about once a month. I am a visibly white woman but I don't have the usual apparel or luggage of a foreign tourist.
People take the shinkansen for the same reasons as a domestic plane flight. Some people are using it to take a fun and rare trip, others are commuting, some are going to weddings or funerals. It's my perception that most lone riders do not expect to talk with anyone, with the majority putting up some sort of barrier to conversation such as putting headphones on or closing their eyes. It would be rude to disrupt these people after they have already put up that barrier.
Otherwise, there is no harm in trying to talk to your seatmate, but I would test the waters first by saying hello and smiling when you sit down, then seeing whether they greet you back, just smile, or not even make eye contact.
Perhaps you could then ask them a question that gives them a chance to help you out. You could ask them which side of the train Mt. Fuji will appear on. How they answer will give you a clue if they want to talk more, and you can go from there.
I have ONCE in six years had a person sitting next to me spontaneously talk to me and we ended up productively chatting about where we are from, our jobs etc. for the whole trip back to Tokyo. He was a bubbly Osakan in line with the stereotype, and I felt he wasn't trying to pick me up but was just curious and wanted to fill the time. This was on the way back from the Obon summer holiday. He even gave me one of his many boxes of Horai pork buns as a thank you -- I guess he felt he could part with one. So you never know! |
3,927 | I've been wanting to post on this for some time, but don't want to post something just to have it shut down as a duplicate because it talks about disabilities and someone else has already posted about disabilities.
Autism Spectrum has some fairly unique problems specific to the workplace that other disabilities do not, because we seem relatively normal, especially on the high end, but our communication skills and behaviors can cause trouble for us. In short, we can come across as jerks when we don't intend to, and that's something that other disabilities don't have to face. You don't consider someone who is deaf to be rude for not hearing you for example.
I would like to pose a question or two asking for advice on how to deal with AS in the workplace, but would like to ensure it's on topic. What is the best way to do so? | 2016/09/21 | [
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] | I deal with aspbergers as well so please do not think that I am dismissing your needs or concerns.
SE is designed around providing answers to questions that will potentially help many people. So when asking any question it is important to make sure that your question is as broadly applicable as possible. If your question is only applicable to your specific situation at a specific point in time then it is better to ask in Chat or elsewhere. But if your situation can be generalized into one that you deal with often or even just a few times chances are that other people deal with that same general situation so your question could be helpful. But make sure when generalizing the question that you do not go so generic that the solutions provided are not useful because they miss important parts. Right now you are probably thinking boy that's a tough ask, and it is. These types of questions can work here but the vast majority of them will either be too broad or too specific. We can save some of them with edits but the more the OP can do to make it a better question in the first place the more helpful the answers are likely to be to them.
Second you have to make sure you provide a goal that you want to achieve. "This is my situation, what should I do?" How many hundreds of these have we seen in the last few months. They get closed usually and just as often as not end up with a lot of useless answers. Instead make sure you have a "This is my situation, I want to achieve X, how can I do that given these conditions" question. And make sure that X is in the scope of the workplace. This is not a Q&A about special needs and situations, it is about the workplace. Make sure that the context of the question is clearly in the scope of that.
Finally, try to stay out of comment wars. I struggle with this as well. But if an answer is not helpful just down vote it and move on. Questions that generate lots of comments get more attention in a bad way. Questions that are borderline are more likely to get closed if they are controversial than if they just get answers but no comment wars. When the OP of the question gets involved in comment wars I have noticed the questions tend to get closed quickly. | Handling disabilities on workplace is a real matter nowadays, they're laws to enforce that they're provided an adequate environment to work and to not get discriminated. So I can't see why this won't be on-topic as long as it is related to problems that affect the workplace.
However I guess that in some specific issues you might have an hard time to get an answer, because not a lof of people on the site will know how exactly to deal with, possibly neither your manager or a RH.
Finnaly some people here could ask questions about a coworker being rude when they don't know he's in the AS either because he's didn't check it with a doctor or he won't reveal it. This is probably the hardest part about it. Probably the best answer there would be just for peoples to try to figure out if he meant to be jerk or if he's just like this "naturally", which can be a problem when this look like unprofessional. Having differents answer for two apparent similar problems, when one is caused by an (possibly not known) AS and one is not is really tricky. |
3,927 | I've been wanting to post on this for some time, but don't want to post something just to have it shut down as a duplicate because it talks about disabilities and someone else has already posted about disabilities.
Autism Spectrum has some fairly unique problems specific to the workplace that other disabilities do not, because we seem relatively normal, especially on the high end, but our communication skills and behaviors can cause trouble for us. In short, we can come across as jerks when we don't intend to, and that's something that other disabilities don't have to face. You don't consider someone who is deaf to be rude for not hearing you for example.
I would like to pose a question or two asking for advice on how to deal with AS in the workplace, but would like to ensure it's on topic. What is the best way to do so? | 2016/09/21 | [
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] | Just post the question(s), either we can deal with them or we can't. But there's a host of keen, intelligent and observant people here with a lot of experience in all sorts of things, I reckon someone will be able to answer you.
Just not me, because I never even heard of it before coming here except some maths wizard guy in a movie. Who I would hire like a shot and treat like he's made of gold. | Handling disabilities on workplace is a real matter nowadays, they're laws to enforce that they're provided an adequate environment to work and to not get discriminated. So I can't see why this won't be on-topic as long as it is related to problems that affect the workplace.
However I guess that in some specific issues you might have an hard time to get an answer, because not a lof of people on the site will know how exactly to deal with, possibly neither your manager or a RH.
Finnaly some people here could ask questions about a coworker being rude when they don't know he's in the AS either because he's didn't check it with a doctor or he won't reveal it. This is probably the hardest part about it. Probably the best answer there would be just for peoples to try to figure out if he meant to be jerk or if he's just like this "naturally", which can be a problem when this look like unprofessional. Having differents answer for two apparent similar problems, when one is caused by an (possibly not known) AS and one is not is really tricky. |
3,927 | I've been wanting to post on this for some time, but don't want to post something just to have it shut down as a duplicate because it talks about disabilities and someone else has already posted about disabilities.
Autism Spectrum has some fairly unique problems specific to the workplace that other disabilities do not, because we seem relatively normal, especially on the high end, but our communication skills and behaviors can cause trouble for us. In short, we can come across as jerks when we don't intend to, and that's something that other disabilities don't have to face. You don't consider someone who is deaf to be rude for not hearing you for example.
I would like to pose a question or two asking for advice on how to deal with AS in the workplace, but would like to ensure it's on topic. What is the best way to do so? | 2016/09/21 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3927",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/46894/"
] | I deal with aspbergers as well so please do not think that I am dismissing your needs or concerns.
SE is designed around providing answers to questions that will potentially help many people. So when asking any question it is important to make sure that your question is as broadly applicable as possible. If your question is only applicable to your specific situation at a specific point in time then it is better to ask in Chat or elsewhere. But if your situation can be generalized into one that you deal with often or even just a few times chances are that other people deal with that same general situation so your question could be helpful. But make sure when generalizing the question that you do not go so generic that the solutions provided are not useful because they miss important parts. Right now you are probably thinking boy that's a tough ask, and it is. These types of questions can work here but the vast majority of them will either be too broad or too specific. We can save some of them with edits but the more the OP can do to make it a better question in the first place the more helpful the answers are likely to be to them.
Second you have to make sure you provide a goal that you want to achieve. "This is my situation, what should I do?" How many hundreds of these have we seen in the last few months. They get closed usually and just as often as not end up with a lot of useless answers. Instead make sure you have a "This is my situation, I want to achieve X, how can I do that given these conditions" question. And make sure that X is in the scope of the workplace. This is not a Q&A about special needs and situations, it is about the workplace. Make sure that the context of the question is clearly in the scope of that.
Finally, try to stay out of comment wars. I struggle with this as well. But if an answer is not helpful just down vote it and move on. Questions that generate lots of comments get more attention in a bad way. Questions that are borderline are more likely to get closed if they are controversial than if they just get answers but no comment wars. When the OP of the question gets involved in comment wars I have noticed the questions tend to get closed quickly. | Just post the question(s), either we can deal with them or we can't. But there's a host of keen, intelligent and observant people here with a lot of experience in all sorts of things, I reckon someone will be able to answer you.
Just not me, because I never even heard of it before coming here except some maths wizard guy in a movie. Who I would hire like a shot and treat like he's made of gold. |
33,644,839 | I am having an issue in Visual Studio 2015 (VB.Net) where the Navigation Bar is not showing.
I have set the settings in Tools > Options > Text Editor > All Languages and set the "Navigation Bar" setting to checked.
The bar will show up for a second and then disappear.
I have tried it in Safe Mode and still the same.
I have tried editing the CurrentSettings.vssettings and it shows when you load but again it then disappears.
Any Thoughts? | 2015/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33644839",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5549372/"
] | Try this: **uncheck** the checkbox in tools\options\text editor\all languages\general\navigation bar and click OK. This is unintuitive, but then--come back to the same checkbox, which should now be Unchecked, check it, and click OK. This has worked for me. Why the navigation bar disappears randomly is a mystery. | Try Clicking on the Build Menu > Clean Solution
then click Build Menu > Rebuild Solution |
33,644,839 | I am having an issue in Visual Studio 2015 (VB.Net) where the Navigation Bar is not showing.
I have set the settings in Tools > Options > Text Editor > All Languages and set the "Navigation Bar" setting to checked.
The bar will show up for a second and then disappear.
I have tried it in Safe Mode and still the same.
I have tried editing the CurrentSettings.vssettings and it shows when you load but again it then disappears.
Any Thoughts? | 2015/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33644839",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5549372/"
] | Try this: **uncheck** the checkbox in tools\options\text editor\all languages\general\navigation bar and click OK. This is unintuitive, but then--come back to the same checkbox, which should now be Unchecked, check it, and click OK. This has worked for me. Why the navigation bar disappears randomly is a mystery. | for me such issue happens in the scenario that in one file the navigation bar disappeared but in other files it is still there. my solution is:
1) find the project that the missing navigation bar file located;
2) unload the project(in solution explorer->right click project name->in popup dialog, select unload project). Logically then the file will be closed and the project will be gray;
3) load the project again(in solution explorer->right click project name->in popup dialog, select load project).
Then the navigation bar will appear again in this file.
Such solution also help for Intelisense doesn't work for some files. |
33,421 | I have a acquaintance who lives in the United States with a young daughter who will be starting Kindergarten next year.
However, her preschool feels she should be "held back", because among other things, she does not appear to be interested in writing her name.
I do not live in the United States, so perhaps I am in the wrong, but is this a scam?
It certainly sounds like a scam. Preschools are paid institutions, while Kindergarten is free (public school system). In my country, you do not need to "graduate" kindergarten to be accepted into 1st grade. Thus, holding someone back from kindergarten sounds ridiculous.
Even if she performs poorly, I don't see how this would harm her academic career.
I do feel that delaying her education by a year will be detrimental.
I am advising this acquaintance that this sounds like a scam, but I could be in the wrong.
What is consensus on this? | 2018/03/07 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/33421",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/14007/"
] | I'd say in this case the preschool is offering advice and not necessarily perpetrating a scam, at least by a simple definition.
Preschool is optional in the USA. It can be free if you meet some wage requirements, or if you're part of a church, work, or academic program that offers it as incentive or grace. You can't fail per say, but part of their job is to evaluate growth and maturity.
In our district, the Kindergarten entry requirement is you must be at least 5 years old with a cut off birthday of something like September 1st. If you don't meet that you can take an early entrance exam which involves writing your name, following simple instructions, ability to walk single file from point A to point B, etc. I saw a kid fail in the lobby because he cried when it came time to separate from family. They're looking for a certain maturity level as well, and a preschool will have some idea of the expectations.
The USA, which is ranked something like 14th in the world for education, allows for districts like ours to have zero say in whether or not a child is held back in one of the K-12 levels. You can get straight F's and the parents can still advance their child. So even in official education levels the idea of being held back is more of a suggestion than anything.
Unless the preschool advisor also happens to own the institution, I'd say they probably have no real benefit from trying to scam you into staying longer. In your case, I would say that if they meet the age requirements, then enroll them in Kindergarten. Kinder is not a daycare. They have an actual curriculum and writing your name is a part of it. | Technically, no, you can't fail pre-school in the US. If you are of age and your parents want to enroll you, there's nothing a pre-school can do to prevent that.
However, that does NOT mean that this is a scam. There are plenty of good reasons to hold a child back a year before they start kindergarten if you suspect they are not ready. Children who are born just before the cutoff and end up being on the extreme young end of the age range for their class are significantly more likely to get [diagnosed with ADHD](https://www.livescience.com/54007-birthdate-adhd-diagnosis.html). They are also less likely to do well in sports.
If a parent has a good reason to believe that their child is not ready for Kindergarten, there's little harm and potentially much good to be had in holding the child back a year.
A personal anecdote. When my son was two, he was enrolled in a pre-school program for three year olds. The entire year, we kept hearing about how he was delayed. The next year, my wife was on maternity leave and so he stayed at home. The year after, he was in a class that was right for his age. The way his birthday lined up, he ended up being the oldest in the class. All that year, we heard about how advanced and smart he was. |
2,674,964 | Is it possible to develop an application in groovy using GWT components?
Luis | 2010/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2674964",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72420/"
] | If you want to use Groovy on the server-side and GWT for the UI, that is certainly possible. You can use Grails (a Groovy web framework on the server), and the [Grails GWT plugin](http://www.grails.org/plugin/gwt) to help you integrate GWT with this framework. | I don't think so, because the GWT compiler is basically a [Java to JavaScript *source*](http://java.dzone.com/news/understanding-gwt-compiler) compiler (it would be possible if the GWT compiler needed Java bytecode). You can use Groovy on the server side though. |
2,674,964 | Is it possible to develop an application in groovy using GWT components?
Luis | 2010/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2674964",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72420/"
] | I don't think so, because the GWT compiler is basically a [Java to JavaScript *source*](http://java.dzone.com/news/understanding-gwt-compiler) compiler (it would be possible if the GWT compiler needed Java bytecode). You can use Groovy on the server side though. | I have also wondered this, as it would be very nice. Vaadin essentially does this and you can use their plugin: <http://grails.org/plugin/vaadin>
Doing it this model, though, it is compiling components into Javascript and delivering from the server. But unlike GWT components, these are calling back to the server every time you touch the API (though of course with Vaadin you can use GWT components as well). |
2,674,964 | Is it possible to develop an application in groovy using GWT components?
Luis | 2010/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2674964",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72420/"
] | If you want to use Groovy on the server-side and GWT for the UI, that is certainly possible. You can use Grails (a Groovy web framework on the server), and the [Grails GWT plugin](http://www.grails.org/plugin/gwt) to help you integrate GWT with this framework. | Right now you cant use Groovy on the client side. One big reason is that Groovy relies a lot on introspection, and this is not available on GWT. |
2,674,964 | Is it possible to develop an application in groovy using GWT components?
Luis | 2010/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2674964",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72420/"
] | If you want to use Groovy on the server-side and GWT for the UI, that is certainly possible. You can use Grails (a Groovy web framework on the server), and the [Grails GWT plugin](http://www.grails.org/plugin/gwt) to help you integrate GWT with this framework. | I have also wondered this, as it would be very nice. Vaadin essentially does this and you can use their plugin: <http://grails.org/plugin/vaadin>
Doing it this model, though, it is compiling components into Javascript and delivering from the server. But unlike GWT components, these are calling back to the server every time you touch the API (though of course with Vaadin you can use GWT components as well). |
2,674,964 | Is it possible to develop an application in groovy using GWT components?
Luis | 2010/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2674964",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72420/"
] | Right now you cant use Groovy on the client side. One big reason is that Groovy relies a lot on introspection, and this is not available on GWT. | I have also wondered this, as it would be very nice. Vaadin essentially does this and you can use their plugin: <http://grails.org/plugin/vaadin>
Doing it this model, though, it is compiling components into Javascript and delivering from the server. But unlike GWT components, these are calling back to the server every time you touch the API (though of course with Vaadin you can use GWT components as well). |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | When Queenie met with Grindelwald earlier in the movie, he swayed her by hinting that the current laws banning marriage between Muggles and Wizards/Witches would no longer exist and that if she were to follow him, that she would be free to marry who she wished. | This is just my opinion. Think about what time period we're talking about. It's the 1920s. If Queenie were perhaps pregnant, that would explain her despair on the streets of Paris, her frustration at Jacob refusing to marry her and her feeling like she didn't matter. Women in pre 1970s were treated horribly if they were pregnant without being married and Queenie finds herself wanting to marry a man she would be imprisoned for dating, let alone having a child with. She cannot go back to America and Jacob won't marry her for fear she'll get in trouble. That makes her motivation more understandable at least to me. |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | Because she heard what she wanted to hear
-----------------------------------------
***To avoid a spoiler-formatting "hell", this post contains unprotected spoiler information***
In *Crimes of Grindelwald*
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
join forces with Grindelwald at the end.
As others have suggested before, Queenie was in love with a Non-Wizard and by the standards of the late 20's Wizarding Society, marrying between Muggles and Wizards was considered a taboo; maybe it was also forbidden.
Quoting a dialogue from the movie,
>
> **JACOB:** Okay, wait. We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they’re gonna throw you in jail, sweetheart. I can’t have that. They don’t like people like me marrying people like you. I ain’t a wizard. I’m just me.
>
>
> -Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Script
>
>
>
For this sole reason, at the beginning of the movie, she left him and throughout it, she seemed to be deeply affected by her choice. Later, when she met Grindelwald in Paris, she surrendered all her defenses. She heard what she wanted to hear. Of a world that she can leave freely without the "limitations" of the past.
Grindelwald, after all, is mentioned to have been an **extremely charismatic** man, who not only persuaded thousands to join him, but persuaded none other than **Albus Dumbledore himself** in his quest to rule Muggles for the *Greater Good*. If Albus Dumbledore was deceived that easy, what chances did poor Queenie had?
The real question would be *why* Grindelwald was so hesitant in making her join him. For that I guess, we will have to wait to find out. | It’s unclear exactly but it would appear to be either because Grindelwald persuaded or enchanted her. I’ll detail reasons for both below:
Both
====
Grindelwald is described as being very persuasive and having a silver tongue. This could be a reason to say he is either very persuasive or is enchanting people.
>
> **PICQUERY** It was necessary. He’s extremely powerful. We’ve had to change his guard three times—he’s very... persuasive. So we removed his tongue.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **SPIELMAN** No more silver tongue, eh?
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Persuasion
==========
Grindelwald appears to have persuaded Abernathy to join his cause, this shows how persuasive he is and lays some foreshadowing down for persuasion, like he does to Credence at the end of the film too.
>
> *GRINDELWALD appears at the door and nods to ABERNATHY. He throws the door open so the water pours out—along with the two remaining AURORS. GRINDELWALD clambers inside and retrieves the vial from ABERNATHY’S mouth by the chain, casting a spell that grants ABERNATHY a new forked tongue.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You have joined a noble cause, my friend.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> *NAGINI grabs CREDENCE and tries to drag him away with her, but he is staring at GRINDELWALD.*
>
>
> **CREDENCE** He knows who I am.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Like with Credence, Grindelwald says what Queenie wants to hear to get her to join him. Here he picks at her wanting to marry Jacob, a Muggle, which is currently illegal.
>
> **QUEENIE** Oh well, you know, she found out about Jacob and I seeing each other and she didn’t like it, ’cause of the “law.” *(miming quotation marks)* Not allowed to date No-Majs, not allowed to marry them. Blah, blah, blah. Well, she was all in a tizzy anyway, ’cause of you.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** I would never see you harmed, ever. It is not your fault that your sister is an Auror. I wish you were working with me now towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely.
>
>
> *GRINDELWALD’S hand touches her wand-tip and lowers it.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You are an innocent. So go now. Leave this place.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Enchanted
=========
Of course earlier on we have the foreshadowing of people being enchanted when Queenie has enchanted Jacob.
>
> **NEWT (V.O.)** *(speaking telepathically)* You’ve enchanted him, haven’t you?
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(reading his mind)* What? I have not.
>
>
> **NEWT** Will you stop reading my mind *speaking telepathically)* Queenie, you’ve brought him here against his will.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
It would also appear that Jacob believes she is enchanted, however, this could just be in desperation.
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB, who are pressed up against a different stretch of wall.*
>
>
> **JACOB** Queenie. You gotta wake up.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> **JACOB** No, no, no, no, no, no.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Yeah.
>
>
> **JACOB** No.
>
>
> [...]
>
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB.*
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Walk with me.
>
>
> **JACOB** Honey, no!
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(screams)* Walk with me!
>
>
> **JACOB** You’re crazy.
>
>
> *She reads his mind, turns, hesitates, then walks into the black fire.*
>
>
> **JACOB** *(desperate, disbelieving)* No! Queenie, don’t do it!”
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
> |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | **SPOILER ALERT**
An obvious reason (properly described by @Valorum) is being able to marry Jacob. It's her greatest desire, and she sees Grindelwald's way is the only way to achieve that. It's like the last resort for her: either that or nothing. She doesn't seem to think deeply about the possible consequences.
But there is more to it.
**She really shares Grindelwald's views, though in a more naive way.**
Although Queenie looks like a nice person, she already showed that the idea of using magic over muggles "for greater good" is fine with her. She put a spell on Jacob to make him stay with her, which is a pure violation of an individual's free will, but she thought she had the right to decide what is best, exactly because she had the power to benefit them both (as she saw it). Apparently using such methods on a no-maj seems legit to her, though she would probably think twice if Jacob was a wizard himself.
She also doesn't ever seem to think she should limit her mind reading to respect others' privacy. It's quite straightforward for her: you've got the power, you use it. If you are a good person, then everybody will just benefit from it, right?
Queenie is shown as a sweet, but rather naive person who does not think deeply about a problem, which makes her see right and wrong in a very narrow way. That's also the reason she can be easily persuaded. It didn't seem to take much effort from Newt to persuade her she shouldn't have put the spell on Jacob; in the same way, it was easy enough for Grindelwald to persuade her into his ideas.
So it is possible Queenie genuinely shares Grindelwald's views that wizards are allowed to use their powers if this is for "greater good." | It’s unclear exactly but it would appear to be either because Grindelwald persuaded or enchanted her. I’ll detail reasons for both below:
Both
====
Grindelwald is described as being very persuasive and having a silver tongue. This could be a reason to say he is either very persuasive or is enchanting people.
>
> **PICQUERY** It was necessary. He’s extremely powerful. We’ve had to change his guard three times—he’s very... persuasive. So we removed his tongue.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **SPIELMAN** No more silver tongue, eh?
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Persuasion
==========
Grindelwald appears to have persuaded Abernathy to join his cause, this shows how persuasive he is and lays some foreshadowing down for persuasion, like he does to Credence at the end of the film too.
>
> *GRINDELWALD appears at the door and nods to ABERNATHY. He throws the door open so the water pours out—along with the two remaining AURORS. GRINDELWALD clambers inside and retrieves the vial from ABERNATHY’S mouth by the chain, casting a spell that grants ABERNATHY a new forked tongue.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You have joined a noble cause, my friend.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> *NAGINI grabs CREDENCE and tries to drag him away with her, but he is staring at GRINDELWALD.*
>
>
> **CREDENCE** He knows who I am.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Like with Credence, Grindelwald says what Queenie wants to hear to get her to join him. Here he picks at her wanting to marry Jacob, a Muggle, which is currently illegal.
>
> **QUEENIE** Oh well, you know, she found out about Jacob and I seeing each other and she didn’t like it, ’cause of the “law.” *(miming quotation marks)* Not allowed to date No-Majs, not allowed to marry them. Blah, blah, blah. Well, she was all in a tizzy anyway, ’cause of you.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** I would never see you harmed, ever. It is not your fault that your sister is an Auror. I wish you were working with me now towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely.
>
>
> *GRINDELWALD’S hand touches her wand-tip and lowers it.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You are an innocent. So go now. Leave this place.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Enchanted
=========
Of course earlier on we have the foreshadowing of people being enchanted when Queenie has enchanted Jacob.
>
> **NEWT (V.O.)** *(speaking telepathically)* You’ve enchanted him, haven’t you?
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(reading his mind)* What? I have not.
>
>
> **NEWT** Will you stop reading my mind *speaking telepathically)* Queenie, you’ve brought him here against his will.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
It would also appear that Jacob believes she is enchanted, however, this could just be in desperation.
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB, who are pressed up against a different stretch of wall.*
>
>
> **JACOB** Queenie. You gotta wake up.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> **JACOB** No, no, no, no, no, no.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Yeah.
>
>
> **JACOB** No.
>
>
> [...]
>
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB.*
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Walk with me.
>
>
> **JACOB** Honey, no!
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(screams)* Walk with me!
>
>
> **JACOB** You’re crazy.
>
>
> *She reads his mind, turns, hesitates, then walks into the black fire.*
>
>
> **JACOB** *(desperate, disbelieving)* No! Queenie, don’t do it!”
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
> |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | At the start of the film we see that Queenie is struggling with the idea that Jacob can't/won't marry her because she'd become an outcast in wizarding society (essentially exiled from her home country) and he'd either be killed or obliviated.
>
> **JACOB:** *Okay, wait. **We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they’re gonna throw you in jail,** sweetheart. I can’t have that. **They don’t like people like me marrying people like you.** I ain’t a wizard. I’m just me.*
>
>
> [Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay](https://www.waterstones.com/book/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald-the-original-screenplay/j-k-rowling/9781408711705)
>
>
>
When she meets Grindelwald, not only does he not turn out to be the psychopathic monster she's been told he is, but he also spins her a convincing lie about being free to love and marry muggles after the rebellion's completed.
>
> **GRINDELWALD:** *I would never see you harmed, ever. It is not your fault that your sister is an Auror. **I wish you were working with me now towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely.***
>
>
>
What's not clear (and may be explained later) is whether he's merely highly persuasive or whether his "silver tongue" is literally a form of magical enchantment. Either way, she makes her choice as a result of this conversation.
>
> **QUEENIE:** [a decision] *Jacob, he’s the answer. **He wants what we want.***
>
>
>
---
In an interview, the actress who portrays Queenie Alison Sudol says that it breaks down to three main elements; That those close to her don't value her magical gifts, that she feels abandoned by her sister (and by Jacob) and that Grindelwald appears to be promising a world in which those with her kinds of views will be valued.
>
> *“I feel like in some ways she’s too there and that’s part of the problem. **She’s tapping into all human beings at all times and that’s a lot for one person to hold and everybody closest to her is always going, ‘Don’t read my mind.’ So she has a huge power and yet is made to feel like she’s nothing and that’s bad**. That could make anyone feel crazy. And women historically have this huge intuition and have been punished for that intuition forever. How many women have been in a mental institution because they’ve been called crazy when they’re just not allowed to be honest or be who they are?”*
>
>
> *“Jacob doesn’t come with her,” she explains. **“It’s not so much about Jacob not coming with her to the dark side, it’s like, ‘Jacob, walk with me, we’re in this together.’ And she doesn’t have those two, so who does she have?** Newt’s kind of betrayed her — he called her out, it was embarrassing. What does she have?”*
>
>
> *“I still believe in her heart of hearts she’s going over to fight what she believes in,” Sudol says. **“Grindelwald is saying, ‘we’re creating a different world’ and the world that she is in is broken. I don’t believe she’s turning evil. It’s more like she’s trying to find somebody who is giving her an option. He’s manipulating her but he’s manipulating everybody**. He even did that with Dumbledore.”*
>
>
> [EW.COM - Interview](https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/20/crimes-of-grindelwald-alison-sudol-queenie/)
>
>
> | **SPOILER ALERT**
An obvious reason (properly described by @Valorum) is being able to marry Jacob. It's her greatest desire, and she sees Grindelwald's way is the only way to achieve that. It's like the last resort for her: either that or nothing. She doesn't seem to think deeply about the possible consequences.
But there is more to it.
**She really shares Grindelwald's views, though in a more naive way.**
Although Queenie looks like a nice person, she already showed that the idea of using magic over muggles "for greater good" is fine with her. She put a spell on Jacob to make him stay with her, which is a pure violation of an individual's free will, but she thought she had the right to decide what is best, exactly because she had the power to benefit them both (as she saw it). Apparently using such methods on a no-maj seems legit to her, though she would probably think twice if Jacob was a wizard himself.
She also doesn't ever seem to think she should limit her mind reading to respect others' privacy. It's quite straightforward for her: you've got the power, you use it. If you are a good person, then everybody will just benefit from it, right?
Queenie is shown as a sweet, but rather naive person who does not think deeply about a problem, which makes her see right and wrong in a very narrow way. That's also the reason she can be easily persuaded. It didn't seem to take much effort from Newt to persuade her she shouldn't have put the spell on Jacob; in the same way, it was easy enough for Grindelwald to persuade her into his ideas.
So it is possible Queenie genuinely shares Grindelwald's views that wizards are allowed to use their powers if this is for "greater good." |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | **SPOILER ALERT**
An obvious reason (properly described by @Valorum) is being able to marry Jacob. It's her greatest desire, and she sees Grindelwald's way is the only way to achieve that. It's like the last resort for her: either that or nothing. She doesn't seem to think deeply about the possible consequences.
But there is more to it.
**She really shares Grindelwald's views, though in a more naive way.**
Although Queenie looks like a nice person, she already showed that the idea of using magic over muggles "for greater good" is fine with her. She put a spell on Jacob to make him stay with her, which is a pure violation of an individual's free will, but she thought she had the right to decide what is best, exactly because she had the power to benefit them both (as she saw it). Apparently using such methods on a no-maj seems legit to her, though she would probably think twice if Jacob was a wizard himself.
She also doesn't ever seem to think she should limit her mind reading to respect others' privacy. It's quite straightforward for her: you've got the power, you use it. If you are a good person, then everybody will just benefit from it, right?
Queenie is shown as a sweet, but rather naive person who does not think deeply about a problem, which makes her see right and wrong in a very narrow way. That's also the reason she can be easily persuaded. It didn't seem to take much effort from Newt to persuade her she shouldn't have put the spell on Jacob; in the same way, it was easy enough for Grindelwald to persuade her into his ideas.
So it is possible Queenie genuinely shares Grindelwald's views that wizards are allowed to use their powers if this is for "greater good." | Because she heard what she wanted to hear
-----------------------------------------
***To avoid a spoiler-formatting "hell", this post contains unprotected spoiler information***
In *Crimes of Grindelwald*
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
join forces with Grindelwald at the end.
As others have suggested before, Queenie was in love with a Non-Wizard and by the standards of the late 20's Wizarding Society, marrying between Muggles and Wizards was considered a taboo; maybe it was also forbidden.
Quoting a dialogue from the movie,
>
> **JACOB:** Okay, wait. We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they’re gonna throw you in jail, sweetheart. I can’t have that. They don’t like people like me marrying people like you. I ain’t a wizard. I’m just me.
>
>
> -Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Script
>
>
>
For this sole reason, at the beginning of the movie, she left him and throughout it, she seemed to be deeply affected by her choice. Later, when she met Grindelwald in Paris, she surrendered all her defenses. She heard what she wanted to hear. Of a world that she can leave freely without the "limitations" of the past.
Grindelwald, after all, is mentioned to have been an **extremely charismatic** man, who not only persuaded thousands to join him, but persuaded none other than **Albus Dumbledore himself** in his quest to rule Muggles for the *Greater Good*. If Albus Dumbledore was deceived that easy, what chances did poor Queenie had?
The real question would be *why* Grindelwald was so hesitant in making her join him. For that I guess, we will have to wait to find out. |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | At the start of the film we see that Queenie is struggling with the idea that Jacob can't/won't marry her because she'd become an outcast in wizarding society (essentially exiled from her home country) and he'd either be killed or obliviated.
>
> **JACOB:** *Okay, wait. **We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they’re gonna throw you in jail,** sweetheart. I can’t have that. **They don’t like people like me marrying people like you.** I ain’t a wizard. I’m just me.*
>
>
> [Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay](https://www.waterstones.com/book/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald-the-original-screenplay/j-k-rowling/9781408711705)
>
>
>
When she meets Grindelwald, not only does he not turn out to be the psychopathic monster she's been told he is, but he also spins her a convincing lie about being free to love and marry muggles after the rebellion's completed.
>
> **GRINDELWALD:** *I would never see you harmed, ever. It is not your fault that your sister is an Auror. **I wish you were working with me now towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely.***
>
>
>
What's not clear (and may be explained later) is whether he's merely highly persuasive or whether his "silver tongue" is literally a form of magical enchantment. Either way, she makes her choice as a result of this conversation.
>
> **QUEENIE:** [a decision] *Jacob, he’s the answer. **He wants what we want.***
>
>
>
---
In an interview, the actress who portrays Queenie Alison Sudol says that it breaks down to three main elements; That those close to her don't value her magical gifts, that she feels abandoned by her sister (and by Jacob) and that Grindelwald appears to be promising a world in which those with her kinds of views will be valued.
>
> *“I feel like in some ways she’s too there and that’s part of the problem. **She’s tapping into all human beings at all times and that’s a lot for one person to hold and everybody closest to her is always going, ‘Don’t read my mind.’ So she has a huge power and yet is made to feel like she’s nothing and that’s bad**. That could make anyone feel crazy. And women historically have this huge intuition and have been punished for that intuition forever. How many women have been in a mental institution because they’ve been called crazy when they’re just not allowed to be honest or be who they are?”*
>
>
> *“Jacob doesn’t come with her,” she explains. **“It’s not so much about Jacob not coming with her to the dark side, it’s like, ‘Jacob, walk with me, we’re in this together.’ And she doesn’t have those two, so who does she have?** Newt’s kind of betrayed her — he called her out, it was embarrassing. What does she have?”*
>
>
> *“I still believe in her heart of hearts she’s going over to fight what she believes in,” Sudol says. **“Grindelwald is saying, ‘we’re creating a different world’ and the world that she is in is broken. I don’t believe she’s turning evil. It’s more like she’s trying to find somebody who is giving her an option. He’s manipulating her but he’s manipulating everybody**. He even did that with Dumbledore.”*
>
>
> [EW.COM - Interview](https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/20/crimes-of-grindelwald-alison-sudol-queenie/)
>
>
> | It’s unclear exactly but it would appear to be either because Grindelwald persuaded or enchanted her. I’ll detail reasons for both below:
Both
====
Grindelwald is described as being very persuasive and having a silver tongue. This could be a reason to say he is either very persuasive or is enchanting people.
>
> **PICQUERY** It was necessary. He’s extremely powerful. We’ve had to change his guard three times—he’s very... persuasive. So we removed his tongue.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **SPIELMAN** No more silver tongue, eh?
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Persuasion
==========
Grindelwald appears to have persuaded Abernathy to join his cause, this shows how persuasive he is and lays some foreshadowing down for persuasion, like he does to Credence at the end of the film too.
>
> *GRINDELWALD appears at the door and nods to ABERNATHY. He throws the door open so the water pours out—along with the two remaining AURORS. GRINDELWALD clambers inside and retrieves the vial from ABERNATHY’S mouth by the chain, casting a spell that grants ABERNATHY a new forked tongue.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You have joined a noble cause, my friend.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> *NAGINI grabs CREDENCE and tries to drag him away with her, but he is staring at GRINDELWALD.*
>
>
> **CREDENCE** He knows who I am.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Like with Credence, Grindelwald says what Queenie wants to hear to get her to join him. Here he picks at her wanting to marry Jacob, a Muggle, which is currently illegal.
>
> **QUEENIE** Oh well, you know, she found out about Jacob and I seeing each other and she didn’t like it, ’cause of the “law.” *(miming quotation marks)* Not allowed to date No-Majs, not allowed to marry them. Blah, blah, blah. Well, she was all in a tizzy anyway, ’cause of you.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** I would never see you harmed, ever. It is not your fault that your sister is an Auror. I wish you were working with me now towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely.
>
>
> *GRINDELWALD’S hand touches her wand-tip and lowers it.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You are an innocent. So go now. Leave this place.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Enchanted
=========
Of course earlier on we have the foreshadowing of people being enchanted when Queenie has enchanted Jacob.
>
> **NEWT (V.O.)** *(speaking telepathically)* You’ve enchanted him, haven’t you?
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(reading his mind)* What? I have not.
>
>
> **NEWT** Will you stop reading my mind *speaking telepathically)* Queenie, you’ve brought him here against his will.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
It would also appear that Jacob believes she is enchanted, however, this could just be in desperation.
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB, who are pressed up against a different stretch of wall.*
>
>
> **JACOB** Queenie. You gotta wake up.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> **JACOB** No, no, no, no, no, no.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Yeah.
>
>
> **JACOB** No.
>
>
> [...]
>
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB.*
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Walk with me.
>
>
> **JACOB** Honey, no!
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(screams)* Walk with me!
>
>
> **JACOB** You’re crazy.
>
>
> *She reads his mind, turns, hesitates, then walks into the black fire.*
>
>
> **JACOB** *(desperate, disbelieving)* No! Queenie, don’t do it!”
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
> |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | It’s unclear exactly but it would appear to be either because Grindelwald persuaded or enchanted her. I’ll detail reasons for both below:
Both
====
Grindelwald is described as being very persuasive and having a silver tongue. This could be a reason to say he is either very persuasive or is enchanting people.
>
> **PICQUERY** It was necessary. He’s extremely powerful. We’ve had to change his guard three times—he’s very... persuasive. So we removed his tongue.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **SPIELMAN** No more silver tongue, eh?
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Persuasion
==========
Grindelwald appears to have persuaded Abernathy to join his cause, this shows how persuasive he is and lays some foreshadowing down for persuasion, like he does to Credence at the end of the film too.
>
> *GRINDELWALD appears at the door and nods to ABERNATHY. He throws the door open so the water pours out—along with the two remaining AURORS. GRINDELWALD clambers inside and retrieves the vial from ABERNATHY’S mouth by the chain, casting a spell that grants ABERNATHY a new forked tongue.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You have joined a noble cause, my friend.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> *NAGINI grabs CREDENCE and tries to drag him away with her, but he is staring at GRINDELWALD.*
>
>
> **CREDENCE** He knows who I am.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Like with Credence, Grindelwald says what Queenie wants to hear to get her to join him. Here he picks at her wanting to marry Jacob, a Muggle, which is currently illegal.
>
> **QUEENIE** Oh well, you know, she found out about Jacob and I seeing each other and she didn’t like it, ’cause of the “law.” *(miming quotation marks)* Not allowed to date No-Majs, not allowed to marry them. Blah, blah, blah. Well, she was all in a tizzy anyway, ’cause of you.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** I would never see you harmed, ever. It is not your fault that your sister is an Auror. I wish you were working with me now towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely.
>
>
> *GRINDELWALD’S hand touches her wand-tip and lowers it.*
>
>
> **GRINDELWALD** You are an innocent. So go now. Leave this place.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
Enchanted
=========
Of course earlier on we have the foreshadowing of people being enchanted when Queenie has enchanted Jacob.
>
> **NEWT (V.O.)** *(speaking telepathically)* You’ve enchanted him, haven’t you?
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(reading his mind)* What? I have not.
>
>
> **NEWT** Will you stop reading my mind *speaking telepathically)* Queenie, you’ve brought him here against his will.
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
>
It would also appear that Jacob believes she is enchanted, however, this could just be in desperation.
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB, who are pressed up against a different stretch of wall.*
>
>
> **JACOB** Queenie. You gotta wake up.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(a decision)* Jacob, he’s the answer. He wants what we want.
>
>
> **JACOB** No, no, no, no, no, no.
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Yeah.
>
>
> **JACOB** No.
>
>
> [...]
>
>
> *ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND JACOB.*
>
>
> **QUEENIE** Walk with me.
>
>
> **JACOB** Honey, no!
>
>
> **QUEENIE** *(screams)* Walk with me!
>
>
> **JACOB** You’re crazy.
>
>
> *She reads his mind, turns, hesitates, then walks into the black fire.*
>
>
> **JACOB** *(desperate, disbelieving)* No! Queenie, don’t do it!”
>
>
> *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay*
>
>
> | This is just my opinion. Think about what time period we're talking about. It's the 1920s. If Queenie were perhaps pregnant, that would explain her despair on the streets of Paris, her frustration at Jacob refusing to marry her and her feeling like she didn't matter. Women in pre 1970s were treated horribly if they were pregnant without being married and Queenie finds herself wanting to marry a man she would be imprisoned for dating, let alone having a child with. She cannot go back to America and Jacob won't marry her for fear she'll get in trouble. That makes her motivation more understandable at least to me. |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | At the start of the film we see that Queenie is struggling with the idea that Jacob can't/won't marry her because she'd become an outcast in wizarding society (essentially exiled from her home country) and he'd either be killed or obliviated.
>
> **JACOB:** *Okay, wait. **We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they’re gonna throw you in jail,** sweetheart. I can’t have that. **They don’t like people like me marrying people like you.** I ain’t a wizard. I’m just me.*
>
>
> [Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay](https://www.waterstones.com/book/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald-the-original-screenplay/j-k-rowling/9781408711705)
>
>
>
When she meets Grindelwald, not only does he not turn out to be the psychopathic monster she's been told he is, but he also spins her a convincing lie about being free to love and marry muggles after the rebellion's completed.
>
> **GRINDELWALD:** *I would never see you harmed, ever. It is not your fault that your sister is an Auror. **I wish you were working with me now towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely.***
>
>
>
What's not clear (and may be explained later) is whether he's merely highly persuasive or whether his "silver tongue" is literally a form of magical enchantment. Either way, she makes her choice as a result of this conversation.
>
> **QUEENIE:** [a decision] *Jacob, he’s the answer. **He wants what we want.***
>
>
>
---
In an interview, the actress who portrays Queenie Alison Sudol says that it breaks down to three main elements; That those close to her don't value her magical gifts, that she feels abandoned by her sister (and by Jacob) and that Grindelwald appears to be promising a world in which those with her kinds of views will be valued.
>
> *“I feel like in some ways she’s too there and that’s part of the problem. **She’s tapping into all human beings at all times and that’s a lot for one person to hold and everybody closest to her is always going, ‘Don’t read my mind.’ So she has a huge power and yet is made to feel like she’s nothing and that’s bad**. That could make anyone feel crazy. And women historically have this huge intuition and have been punished for that intuition forever. How many women have been in a mental institution because they’ve been called crazy when they’re just not allowed to be honest or be who they are?”*
>
>
> *“Jacob doesn’t come with her,” she explains. **“It’s not so much about Jacob not coming with her to the dark side, it’s like, ‘Jacob, walk with me, we’re in this together.’ And she doesn’t have those two, so who does she have?** Newt’s kind of betrayed her — he called her out, it was embarrassing. What does she have?”*
>
>
> *“I still believe in her heart of hearts she’s going over to fight what she believes in,” Sudol says. **“Grindelwald is saying, ‘we’re creating a different world’ and the world that she is in is broken. I don’t believe she’s turning evil. It’s more like she’s trying to find somebody who is giving her an option. He’s manipulating her but he’s manipulating everybody**. He even did that with Dumbledore.”*
>
>
> [EW.COM - Interview](https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/20/crimes-of-grindelwald-alison-sudol-queenie/)
>
>
> | Because she heard what she wanted to hear
-----------------------------------------
***To avoid a spoiler-formatting "hell", this post contains unprotected spoiler information***
In *Crimes of Grindelwald*
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
join forces with Grindelwald at the end.
As others have suggested before, Queenie was in love with a Non-Wizard and by the standards of the late 20's Wizarding Society, marrying between Muggles and Wizards was considered a taboo; maybe it was also forbidden.
Quoting a dialogue from the movie,
>
> **JACOB:** Okay, wait. We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they’re gonna throw you in jail, sweetheart. I can’t have that. They don’t like people like me marrying people like you. I ain’t a wizard. I’m just me.
>
>
> -Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Script
>
>
>
For this sole reason, at the beginning of the movie, she left him and throughout it, she seemed to be deeply affected by her choice. Later, when she met Grindelwald in Paris, she surrendered all her defenses. She heard what she wanted to hear. Of a world that she can leave freely without the "limitations" of the past.
Grindelwald, after all, is mentioned to have been an **extremely charismatic** man, who not only persuaded thousands to join him, but persuaded none other than **Albus Dumbledore himself** in his quest to rule Muggles for the *Greater Good*. If Albus Dumbledore was deceived that easy, what chances did poor Queenie had?
The real question would be *why* Grindelwald was so hesitant in making her join him. For that I guess, we will have to wait to find out. |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | **SPOILER ALERT**
An obvious reason (properly described by @Valorum) is being able to marry Jacob. It's her greatest desire, and she sees Grindelwald's way is the only way to achieve that. It's like the last resort for her: either that or nothing. She doesn't seem to think deeply about the possible consequences.
But there is more to it.
**She really shares Grindelwald's views, though in a more naive way.**
Although Queenie looks like a nice person, she already showed that the idea of using magic over muggles "for greater good" is fine with her. She put a spell on Jacob to make him stay with her, which is a pure violation of an individual's free will, but she thought she had the right to decide what is best, exactly because she had the power to benefit them both (as she saw it). Apparently using such methods on a no-maj seems legit to her, though she would probably think twice if Jacob was a wizard himself.
She also doesn't ever seem to think she should limit her mind reading to respect others' privacy. It's quite straightforward for her: you've got the power, you use it. If you are a good person, then everybody will just benefit from it, right?
Queenie is shown as a sweet, but rather naive person who does not think deeply about a problem, which makes her see right and wrong in a very narrow way. That's also the reason she can be easily persuaded. It didn't seem to take much effort from Newt to persuade her she shouldn't have put the spell on Jacob; in the same way, it was easy enough for Grindelwald to persuade her into his ideas.
So it is possible Queenie genuinely shares Grindelwald's views that wizards are allowed to use their powers if this is for "greater good." | This is just my opinion. Think about what time period we're talking about. It's the 1920s. If Queenie were perhaps pregnant, that would explain her despair on the streets of Paris, her frustration at Jacob refusing to marry her and her feeling like she didn't matter. Women in pre 1970s were treated horribly if they were pregnant without being married and Queenie finds herself wanting to marry a man she would be imprisoned for dating, let alone having a child with. She cannot go back to America and Jacob won't marry her for fear she'll get in trouble. That makes her motivation more understandable at least to me. |
198,993 | I must admit, I entirely did not understand why
>
> Queenie
>
>
>
chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of *The Crimes of Grindelwald.* She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with
>
> Jacob.
>
>
>
Can anyone explain? | 2018/11/20 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/198993",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/50565/"
] | **SPOILER ALERT**
An obvious reason (properly described by @Valorum) is being able to marry Jacob. It's her greatest desire, and she sees Grindelwald's way is the only way to achieve that. It's like the last resort for her: either that or nothing. She doesn't seem to think deeply about the possible consequences.
But there is more to it.
**She really shares Grindelwald's views, though in a more naive way.**
Although Queenie looks like a nice person, she already showed that the idea of using magic over muggles "for greater good" is fine with her. She put a spell on Jacob to make him stay with her, which is a pure violation of an individual's free will, but she thought she had the right to decide what is best, exactly because she had the power to benefit them both (as she saw it). Apparently using such methods on a no-maj seems legit to her, though she would probably think twice if Jacob was a wizard himself.
She also doesn't ever seem to think she should limit her mind reading to respect others' privacy. It's quite straightforward for her: you've got the power, you use it. If you are a good person, then everybody will just benefit from it, right?
Queenie is shown as a sweet, but rather naive person who does not think deeply about a problem, which makes her see right and wrong in a very narrow way. That's also the reason she can be easily persuaded. It didn't seem to take much effort from Newt to persuade her she shouldn't have put the spell on Jacob; in the same way, it was easy enough for Grindelwald to persuade her into his ideas.
So it is possible Queenie genuinely shares Grindelwald's views that wizards are allowed to use their powers if this is for "greater good." | When Queenie met with Grindelwald earlier in the movie, he swayed her by hinting that the current laws banning marriage between Muggles and Wizards/Witches would no longer exist and that if she were to follow him, that she would be free to marry who she wished. |
195,030 | I'm just throwing this out there for discussion/answering:
If person A sat in a chair all his life, in a house on earth (let's say 100 years),
and person B flew around in earth's atmosphere at let's say 1000km/h or 1000mph (which ever is easiest to comprehend) for 100 years.
Would there be a time difference for those people at the end of their life? would person B's clock have ran slower than person A, as person B was traveling at a speed closer to the speed of light, or is this speed too slow to be relevant? | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/195030",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/86302/"
] | As I understand it regular fusion in a star takes light elements as input and the output is heavier elements and energy. There are several potential steps in the regular process, e.g:
* Hydrogen fusing to helium **and producing energy** which keeps the star from collapsing.
* After a lot of hydrygen is spent and helium has collected in the center of the star the hydrogen fusion reactions tapers off. The star shrinks. **Pressure and heat increase in the core**. The core starts burning helium.
* Repeat for heavier elements. E.g. up to oxygen/carbon.
Now I stressed a few points in the regular process:
* "and producing energy": The reaction is endothermic. If you needed to add energy instead then processes tend not to work or much slower.
* Add to that that fusing iron does **not** produce energy. Lighter element than iron/tin produce energy if fused. Heavier elements produce energy when split. Iron/Ni is the most stable element.
* "Pressure and heat increase in the core": There is no fusion to produce heat, but you can increase pressure by just adding a lot of mass. If you add enough mass then you will get very dense iron. At some point the mass gets big enough to that it is not merely resisted by the electric charges of the charged iron aton cores, but also by the pressure of electrons. (See [Degenerate matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter)).
Add enough and you might get neutronium rather than heavier elements.
>
> To be plain, I am not talking about stellar fusion or whether there is enough latent
> energy to continue fusion at an already existing core. I want to know if there was
> enough collective mass in the debris field, could the field itself, coalesce to the
> point where the heavy elements will fuse.
>
>
>
Well, yes and no. Add enough and it will change to a neutron star or beyond. I guess you could consider that a technical yes with a single star sized atom. It also feels as if I am playing word games.
Everything I have read (but I am not a physic person) seems to say that fusion stops. You will get very many iron atoms close to each other. Statistically I guess some might fuse and thereby cool the coalicing mass of iron. But intuition tells me that most will stay iron. Add more and it just gets denser and denser until it become energytically advantageous to capture elctrons and change to neutronium. (which, though very heavy/dense) is the opposite. It goes to element 0, not to classic 'heavier' elements. | As I understand it, iron will not be able to fuse with iron no matter how much of it you have gravitationally bound. Instead to fuse iron atoms together requires a supernova. |
195,030 | I'm just throwing this out there for discussion/answering:
If person A sat in a chair all his life, in a house on earth (let's say 100 years),
and person B flew around in earth's atmosphere at let's say 1000km/h or 1000mph (which ever is easiest to comprehend) for 100 years.
Would there be a time difference for those people at the end of their life? would person B's clock have ran slower than person A, as person B was traveling at a speed closer to the speed of light, or is this speed too slow to be relevant? | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/195030",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/86302/"
] | >
> Let's say a field of stars all die within a short amount of time. Just
> for argument's sake they produce a debris field of iron ( or any other
> heavy element). Provided that there is enough time the debris will
> agglomerate, we know this.
>
>
> My question: Given enough mass, will this agglomeration of heavy
> elements fuse into even heavier elements?
>
>
>
Short answer, no, as others have said. At least, not in the stellar fusion sense, because heavier than Iron doesn't fuse in stellar fusion. Heavier than Iron fuses in supernova explosions.
Quick Source: <http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/copyright-notice/85-the-universe/supernovae/general-questions/418-how-are-elements-heavier-than-iron-formed-intermediate>
More info here: [Origin of elements heavier than Iron (Fe)](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7131/origin-of-elements-heavier-than-iron-fe)
>
> To be plain, I am not talking about stellar fusion or whether there is
> enough latent energy to continue fusion at an already existing core. I
> want to know if there was enough collective mass in the debris field,
> could the field itself, coalesce to the point where the heavy elements
> will fuse.
>
>
>
Lets examine what happens when the iron coalesces, and in reality, it's unlikely that you'd have Iron and nothing else. It's hard to imagine a share of hydrogen, helium, carbon, etc, wouldn't be present, but assuming just Iron:
First, you get something similar to a planet or a planet core. That gets bigger as more coalesces. Then something cool happens (or, well, hot more specifically), but it's kinda neat. At a certain point, the planet stops getting bigger and starts getting smaller, and as it gets smaller, it gets hotter, not from fusion, just the energy of coalescing. In time, it could glow hot like the sun, but much smaller than a sun. If I was to guess, the peak size might be around the size of Neptune. (Peak hydrogen planet size is about the size of Jupiter, peak Iron planet size would, I would think, be a fair bit smaller).
Eventually, with enough mass, you get something something similar to a white dwarf. Iron white dwarfs don't exist because stars that become white dwarfs don't get to the Iron creation stage. There's some metallicity, but essentially, white dwarfs are carbon/Oxygen, or, smaller ones can be made of Helium and sometimes, there's some Neon, Magnesium - more on that here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf>
Your scenario would essentially become an Iron white dwarf.
Then, as with any white dwarf, at a certain mass, it reaches the Chandrasekhar limit and the inside of the star would begin to degenerate into a Neutron Star and once that process begins, it moves quickly and you basically have a really really really big boom and a type 1a supernova. And during the supernova, a lot of the Iron would fuse into heavier elements, but it would kind of happen all of a sudden, in the reasonably short period of time. | As I understand it, iron will not be able to fuse with iron no matter how much of it you have gravitationally bound. Instead to fuse iron atoms together requires a supernova. |
195,030 | I'm just throwing this out there for discussion/answering:
If person A sat in a chair all his life, in a house on earth (let's say 100 years),
and person B flew around in earth's atmosphere at let's say 1000km/h or 1000mph (which ever is easiest to comprehend) for 100 years.
Would there be a time difference for those people at the end of their life? would person B's clock have ran slower than person A, as person B was traveling at a speed closer to the speed of light, or is this speed too slow to be relevant? | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/195030",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/86302/"
] | >
> Let's say a field of stars all die within a short amount of time. Just
> for argument's sake they produce a debris field of iron ( or any other
> heavy element). Provided that there is enough time the debris will
> agglomerate, we know this.
>
>
> My question: Given enough mass, will this agglomeration of heavy
> elements fuse into even heavier elements?
>
>
>
Short answer, no, as others have said. At least, not in the stellar fusion sense, because heavier than Iron doesn't fuse in stellar fusion. Heavier than Iron fuses in supernova explosions.
Quick Source: <http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/copyright-notice/85-the-universe/supernovae/general-questions/418-how-are-elements-heavier-than-iron-formed-intermediate>
More info here: [Origin of elements heavier than Iron (Fe)](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7131/origin-of-elements-heavier-than-iron-fe)
>
> To be plain, I am not talking about stellar fusion or whether there is
> enough latent energy to continue fusion at an already existing core. I
> want to know if there was enough collective mass in the debris field,
> could the field itself, coalesce to the point where the heavy elements
> will fuse.
>
>
>
Lets examine what happens when the iron coalesces, and in reality, it's unlikely that you'd have Iron and nothing else. It's hard to imagine a share of hydrogen, helium, carbon, etc, wouldn't be present, but assuming just Iron:
First, you get something similar to a planet or a planet core. That gets bigger as more coalesces. Then something cool happens (or, well, hot more specifically), but it's kinda neat. At a certain point, the planet stops getting bigger and starts getting smaller, and as it gets smaller, it gets hotter, not from fusion, just the energy of coalescing. In time, it could glow hot like the sun, but much smaller than a sun. If I was to guess, the peak size might be around the size of Neptune. (Peak hydrogen planet size is about the size of Jupiter, peak Iron planet size would, I would think, be a fair bit smaller).
Eventually, with enough mass, you get something something similar to a white dwarf. Iron white dwarfs don't exist because stars that become white dwarfs don't get to the Iron creation stage. There's some metallicity, but essentially, white dwarfs are carbon/Oxygen, or, smaller ones can be made of Helium and sometimes, there's some Neon, Magnesium - more on that here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf>
Your scenario would essentially become an Iron white dwarf.
Then, as with any white dwarf, at a certain mass, it reaches the Chandrasekhar limit and the inside of the star would begin to degenerate into a Neutron Star and once that process begins, it moves quickly and you basically have a really really really big boom and a type 1a supernova. And during the supernova, a lot of the Iron would fuse into heavier elements, but it would kind of happen all of a sudden, in the reasonably short period of time. | As I understand it regular fusion in a star takes light elements as input and the output is heavier elements and energy. There are several potential steps in the regular process, e.g:
* Hydrogen fusing to helium **and producing energy** which keeps the star from collapsing.
* After a lot of hydrygen is spent and helium has collected in the center of the star the hydrogen fusion reactions tapers off. The star shrinks. **Pressure and heat increase in the core**. The core starts burning helium.
* Repeat for heavier elements. E.g. up to oxygen/carbon.
Now I stressed a few points in the regular process:
* "and producing energy": The reaction is endothermic. If you needed to add energy instead then processes tend not to work or much slower.
* Add to that that fusing iron does **not** produce energy. Lighter element than iron/tin produce energy if fused. Heavier elements produce energy when split. Iron/Ni is the most stable element.
* "Pressure and heat increase in the core": There is no fusion to produce heat, but you can increase pressure by just adding a lot of mass. If you add enough mass then you will get very dense iron. At some point the mass gets big enough to that it is not merely resisted by the electric charges of the charged iron aton cores, but also by the pressure of electrons. (See [Degenerate matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter)).
Add enough and you might get neutronium rather than heavier elements.
>
> To be plain, I am not talking about stellar fusion or whether there is enough latent
> energy to continue fusion at an already existing core. I want to know if there was
> enough collective mass in the debris field, could the field itself, coalesce to the
> point where the heavy elements will fuse.
>
>
>
Well, yes and no. Add enough and it will change to a neutron star or beyond. I guess you could consider that a technical yes with a single star sized atom. It also feels as if I am playing word games.
Everything I have read (but I am not a physic person) seems to say that fusion stops. You will get very many iron atoms close to each other. Statistically I guess some might fuse and thereby cool the coalicing mass of iron. But intuition tells me that most will stay iron. Add more and it just gets denser and denser until it become energytically advantageous to capture elctrons and change to neutronium. (which, though very heavy/dense) is the opposite. It goes to element 0, not to classic 'heavier' elements. |
195,030 | I'm just throwing this out there for discussion/answering:
If person A sat in a chair all his life, in a house on earth (let's say 100 years),
and person B flew around in earth's atmosphere at let's say 1000km/h or 1000mph (which ever is easiest to comprehend) for 100 years.
Would there be a time difference for those people at the end of their life? would person B's clock have ran slower than person A, as person B was traveling at a speed closer to the speed of light, or is this speed too slow to be relevant? | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/195030",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/86302/"
] | As I understand it regular fusion in a star takes light elements as input and the output is heavier elements and energy. There are several potential steps in the regular process, e.g:
* Hydrogen fusing to helium **and producing energy** which keeps the star from collapsing.
* After a lot of hydrygen is spent and helium has collected in the center of the star the hydrogen fusion reactions tapers off. The star shrinks. **Pressure and heat increase in the core**. The core starts burning helium.
* Repeat for heavier elements. E.g. up to oxygen/carbon.
Now I stressed a few points in the regular process:
* "and producing energy": The reaction is endothermic. If you needed to add energy instead then processes tend not to work or much slower.
* Add to that that fusing iron does **not** produce energy. Lighter element than iron/tin produce energy if fused. Heavier elements produce energy when split. Iron/Ni is the most stable element.
* "Pressure and heat increase in the core": There is no fusion to produce heat, but you can increase pressure by just adding a lot of mass. If you add enough mass then you will get very dense iron. At some point the mass gets big enough to that it is not merely resisted by the electric charges of the charged iron aton cores, but also by the pressure of electrons. (See [Degenerate matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter)).
Add enough and you might get neutronium rather than heavier elements.
>
> To be plain, I am not talking about stellar fusion or whether there is enough latent
> energy to continue fusion at an already existing core. I want to know if there was
> enough collective mass in the debris field, could the field itself, coalesce to the
> point where the heavy elements will fuse.
>
>
>
Well, yes and no. Add enough and it will change to a neutron star or beyond. I guess you could consider that a technical yes with a single star sized atom. It also feels as if I am playing word games.
Everything I have read (but I am not a physic person) seems to say that fusion stops. You will get very many iron atoms close to each other. Statistically I guess some might fuse and thereby cool the coalicing mass of iron. But intuition tells me that most will stay iron. Add more and it just gets denser and denser until it become energytically advantageous to capture elctrons and change to neutronium. (which, though very heavy/dense) is the opposite. It goes to element 0, not to classic 'heavier' elements. | Iron won't fuse into heavier elements. It's a question of nuclear physics.
Iron is the most stable form of nuclear matter. In other words, iron has the lowest energy configuration of all nuclear matter. Fusion can appear in the cores of stars because it's an exothermic process, that is, fusing nuclei lighter than iron can lower the nuclear matter's energy state and release heat in the process. Once the nuclei become made of iron, fusion will not be energetically favorable.
Nuclei heavier than iron are created by neutron capture processes, which is not the same as fusion. So you can't just "clump" iron nuclei together to form heavier elements, you need to bombard them with neutrons somehow. |
195,030 | I'm just throwing this out there for discussion/answering:
If person A sat in a chair all his life, in a house on earth (let's say 100 years),
and person B flew around in earth's atmosphere at let's say 1000km/h or 1000mph (which ever is easiest to comprehend) for 100 years.
Would there be a time difference for those people at the end of their life? would person B's clock have ran slower than person A, as person B was traveling at a speed closer to the speed of light, or is this speed too slow to be relevant? | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/195030",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/86302/"
] | >
> Let's say a field of stars all die within a short amount of time. Just
> for argument's sake they produce a debris field of iron ( or any other
> heavy element). Provided that there is enough time the debris will
> agglomerate, we know this.
>
>
> My question: Given enough mass, will this agglomeration of heavy
> elements fuse into even heavier elements?
>
>
>
Short answer, no, as others have said. At least, not in the stellar fusion sense, because heavier than Iron doesn't fuse in stellar fusion. Heavier than Iron fuses in supernova explosions.
Quick Source: <http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/copyright-notice/85-the-universe/supernovae/general-questions/418-how-are-elements-heavier-than-iron-formed-intermediate>
More info here: [Origin of elements heavier than Iron (Fe)](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7131/origin-of-elements-heavier-than-iron-fe)
>
> To be plain, I am not talking about stellar fusion or whether there is
> enough latent energy to continue fusion at an already existing core. I
> want to know if there was enough collective mass in the debris field,
> could the field itself, coalesce to the point where the heavy elements
> will fuse.
>
>
>
Lets examine what happens when the iron coalesces, and in reality, it's unlikely that you'd have Iron and nothing else. It's hard to imagine a share of hydrogen, helium, carbon, etc, wouldn't be present, but assuming just Iron:
First, you get something similar to a planet or a planet core. That gets bigger as more coalesces. Then something cool happens (or, well, hot more specifically), but it's kinda neat. At a certain point, the planet stops getting bigger and starts getting smaller, and as it gets smaller, it gets hotter, not from fusion, just the energy of coalescing. In time, it could glow hot like the sun, but much smaller than a sun. If I was to guess, the peak size might be around the size of Neptune. (Peak hydrogen planet size is about the size of Jupiter, peak Iron planet size would, I would think, be a fair bit smaller).
Eventually, with enough mass, you get something something similar to a white dwarf. Iron white dwarfs don't exist because stars that become white dwarfs don't get to the Iron creation stage. There's some metallicity, but essentially, white dwarfs are carbon/Oxygen, or, smaller ones can be made of Helium and sometimes, there's some Neon, Magnesium - more on that here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf>
Your scenario would essentially become an Iron white dwarf.
Then, as with any white dwarf, at a certain mass, it reaches the Chandrasekhar limit and the inside of the star would begin to degenerate into a Neutron Star and once that process begins, it moves quickly and you basically have a really really really big boom and a type 1a supernova. And during the supernova, a lot of the Iron would fuse into heavier elements, but it would kind of happen all of a sudden, in the reasonably short period of time. | Iron won't fuse into heavier elements. It's a question of nuclear physics.
Iron is the most stable form of nuclear matter. In other words, iron has the lowest energy configuration of all nuclear matter. Fusion can appear in the cores of stars because it's an exothermic process, that is, fusing nuclei lighter than iron can lower the nuclear matter's energy state and release heat in the process. Once the nuclei become made of iron, fusion will not be energetically favorable.
Nuclei heavier than iron are created by neutron capture processes, which is not the same as fusion. So you can't just "clump" iron nuclei together to form heavier elements, you need to bombard them with neutrons somehow. |
210,792 | I don't know if it's heartless,but when I'm in a situation that is really sad(like a funeral) I always have this urge to laugh.Of course I try not to burst out in laughter but I guess it's how I cope with these things.
Is there a word that can describe this?I don't mind if it would be used for the urge,the behaviour,the feeling.I'm just really interested how to express this kind of thing without having to say that I really,really have to laugh. | 2014/11/28 | [
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Hysterical:
>
> * uncontrollably emotional.
> * irrational from fear, emotion, or an emotional shock.
>
>
>
( from dictionary.reference.com) |
210,792 | I don't know if it's heartless,but when I'm in a situation that is really sad(like a funeral) I always have this urge to laugh.Of course I try not to burst out in laughter but I guess it's how I cope with these things.
Is there a word that can describe this?I don't mind if it would be used for the urge,the behaviour,the feeling.I'm just really interested how to express this kind of thing without having to say that I really,really have to laugh. | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210792",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/99370/"
] | I'd describe that as a fit of [hysterical](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hysterical) laughter :
Hysterical:
>
> * uncontrollably emotional.
> * irrational from fear, emotion, or an emotional shock.
>
>
>
( from dictionary.reference.com) | Titter
to laugh nervously, often at something that you feel you should not be laughing at. |
210,792 | I don't know if it's heartless,but when I'm in a situation that is really sad(like a funeral) I always have this urge to laugh.Of course I try not to burst out in laughter but I guess it's how I cope with these things.
Is there a word that can describe this?I don't mind if it would be used for the urge,the behaviour,the feeling.I'm just really interested how to express this kind of thing without having to say that I really,really have to laugh. | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210792",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/99370/"
] | I'd describe that as a fit of [hysterical](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hysterical) laughter :
Hysterical:
>
> * uncontrollably emotional.
> * irrational from fear, emotion, or an emotional shock.
>
>
>
( from dictionary.reference.com) | Laughter is a highly complex behavior. One term for what you describe might be *nervous laughter* (if you actually laughed instead of just felt the urge to laugh). But that term is used in various ways, so as far as I know, the best way to describe it is similar to what you did in the question. |
210,792 | I don't know if it's heartless,but when I'm in a situation that is really sad(like a funeral) I always have this urge to laugh.Of course I try not to burst out in laughter but I guess it's how I cope with these things.
Is there a word that can describe this?I don't mind if it would be used for the urge,the behaviour,the feeling.I'm just really interested how to express this kind of thing without having to say that I really,really have to laugh. | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210792",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/99370/"
] | The psychological term is "inappropriate affect". Not to make you nervous... but, it can be an indicator of pathology. | Titter
to laugh nervously, often at something that you feel you should not be laughing at. |
210,792 | I don't know if it's heartless,but when I'm in a situation that is really sad(like a funeral) I always have this urge to laugh.Of course I try not to burst out in laughter but I guess it's how I cope with these things.
Is there a word that can describe this?I don't mind if it would be used for the urge,the behaviour,the feeling.I'm just really interested how to express this kind of thing without having to say that I really,really have to laugh. | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210792",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/99370/"
] | The psychological term is "inappropriate affect". Not to make you nervous... but, it can be an indicator of pathology. | Laughter is a highly complex behavior. One term for what you describe might be *nervous laughter* (if you actually laughed instead of just felt the urge to laugh). But that term is used in various ways, so as far as I know, the best way to describe it is similar to what you did in the question. |
113,098 | I’m building a character for a one shot and my DM has okay’d my character being a vampire using the rules from the *Monster Manual* (under the ["Player Characters as Vampires"](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/mm/monsters-v#RegionalEffects) sidebar on p. 295).
What I am unsure on is what exactly it means when it says I gain the traits:
>
> In addition, the character gains the vampire’s damage resistances, darkvision, traits, and actions.
>
>
>
Does this mean PC vampires gain the Shapechanger, Legendary Resistance, Misty Escape, Regeneration, Spider Climb, and the Vampire Weaknesses traits?
If so this seems very strong, especially the Legendary Resistances and the regeneration.
I would be grateful for any clarification. | 2018/01/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/113098",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/35947/"
] | RAW: yes, you gain the traits listed
------------------------------------
You have listed the traits correctly. According to the rules as written, not even Legendary Resistance gets special treatment. It is most likely because a PC-turned-vampire is more often than not an NPC. If you (or your GM or both of you) consider this to be too powerful, you could say that the transformation is not yet complete:
>
> The game statistics of a player character transformed into a vampire
> spawn and then a vampire... (MM 295)
>
>
>
And use the traits of the vampire spawn, found on the next page of the MM. You would "lose" Shapechanger, Misty Escape, Legendary Resistance, Children of the Night (action), and Charm (action), and the Regeneration is weaker. You could also say that Str, Dex, and Con are set to 16 only, as those are the stats of a spawn. | If balance is a key issue for you and your DM there are a couple of provisions in the MM that you should bear in mind.
First, one way to look at it is, as the commenter above me put it, whether or not the transformation to becoming a full-fledged vampire is complete. You and your DM would have to work together to determine what were the conditions under which you became a vampire and how long ago it happened. Note that becoming a vampire from being **bitten** by another one states that:
>
> A humanoid slain in this way and then buried in the ground rises the
> following night as a vampire spawn under the vampire's control (MM 297)
>
>
>
This means that if your character were a "fresh" or recently turned vampire, you'd likely be a spawn and not a full-fledged vampire. It would probably be a long time before you can become a full vampire if you didn't have the means to take the position by force. This is because, as the ***born from death*** entry on MM 295 states that:
>
> Most of a vampire's victims become vampire spawn- ravenous creatures with a vampire's hunger for blood, but under the control of the vampire that created them. If a true vampire allows a spawn to draw blood from its own body, the spawn transforms into a true vampire no longer under its master's control. Few vampires are willing to relinquish their control in this manner. ***Vampire spawn become free-willed when their creator dies.*** *[my emphasis]*
>
>
>
Even if being a spawn is not what you're going for and you only want to be a full vampire, you and your DM should remember that the bundle of negative traits that come with the positive ones can be played in ways to meaningfully limit your character (such as *Forbiddance*, *Harmed by Running Water*, *Stake to the Heart*, and *Sunlight Hypersensitivity*; MM 297/298).
Any time you have to enter a building, or go into the sun, or be near running water, your character could be severely gimped or face a skill challenge that no one else in your party would have to do. This may add some interesting mechanical and RP dimensions to your character. Ultimately whether or not that's enough to be considered an acceptable trade off for legendary resistance is up to you and your group. |
106,380 | What web server code should I consider using for file hosting? (http deamon, i dont think i can choose FS. I may be able to choose an randomly offer linux distro the host offers)
The web server will only host files, with no need for cookies, reading a database, etc. The requirements are;
1. Must be able to rewrite urls. Eg; /name/file-id.ext may resolve to /n/a/name/MainFolder/id/ext with file being a nice human readable name for the user when the user clicks save as.
2. Stream FLVs, MP3, OGG, MP4
3. Allow file transfer resuming
I imagine there's no such thing as a server that can't handle raw files like rar,exe,3ds or even a 1gb file with no extension, is this the case?
A plus would be if it could also serve thumbnails well but that may not be an issue. | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/106380",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | I would recommend looking into Puppet/Facter or OCS Inventory NG.
Puppet
------
Puppet (which uses Facter), can be used to push out updates and configure nodes. It retrives information (or facts) about your nodes via Facter. Even though Puppet (via Facter) doesn't know who the primary user is, you can add facts (information) to your nodes that Facter will pick up on, and report back to the central server. It also includes a powerful Domain Specific Language written using Ruby, but very easy to learn even if you have no ruby experience. They have a great user group if you have any questions and are currently working on additional external software like Puppet Dashboard to make it easier to manage your infrastructure.
One downside of Puppet is that it only works on Linux machines currently. This can be a non-issue if you are only concerned with Linux machines.
Website: <http://docs.reductivelabs.com/>
OCS Invetory NG
---------------
OCS Invetory NG also does updates and can gather a lot of information off nodes. It is easy to use. The central server interface is accessed via a browser. From this interface you can see view your nodes, and get reports that contain detailed information on the hardware and software installed. This product works for both Linux and Windows environments.
Website: <http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/>
Summary
-------
Both products have a client/server architecture in which you have to install client software on each node for information to be polled and updates to be pushed out. Each product is open source, so licensing is not an issue.
Puppet is a very powerful tool. With its own DSL, you can for the most part do anything you need. It is scalable and has been used by many big companies such as Google and Redhat.
OCS Inventory NG is an easy to use tool that works both on Windows and Linux environments. It is accessed through a web interface in which you can have printable reports.
If you have a mixed infrastructure (Windows and Linux) you may want to go with OCS, but if you are using solely Linux machines, Puppet is the best tool out their to manage your infrastructure. | Have you looked at www.spiceworks.com software? I'm in a Microsoft environment, so I don't know if it will also perform on Linux clients, but it does a good job of inventorying both hardware and software. It's also free. Microsoft System Center is also very helpful. |
106,380 | What web server code should I consider using for file hosting? (http deamon, i dont think i can choose FS. I may be able to choose an randomly offer linux distro the host offers)
The web server will only host files, with no need for cookies, reading a database, etc. The requirements are;
1. Must be able to rewrite urls. Eg; /name/file-id.ext may resolve to /n/a/name/MainFolder/id/ext with file being a nice human readable name for the user when the user clicks save as.
2. Stream FLVs, MP3, OGG, MP4
3. Allow file transfer resuming
I imagine there's no such thing as a server that can't handle raw files like rar,exe,3ds or even a 1gb file with no extension, is this the case?
A plus would be if it could also serve thumbnails well but that may not be an issue. | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/106380",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Have you looked at www.spiceworks.com software? I'm in a Microsoft environment, so I don't know if it will also perform on Linux clients, but it does a good job of inventorying both hardware and software. It's also free. Microsoft System Center is also very helpful. | JDisc Discovery creates an inventory for Windows and many Unix operating systems (including Linux).
<http://www.jdisc.com> |
106,380 | What web server code should I consider using for file hosting? (http deamon, i dont think i can choose FS. I may be able to choose an randomly offer linux distro the host offers)
The web server will only host files, with no need for cookies, reading a database, etc. The requirements are;
1. Must be able to rewrite urls. Eg; /name/file-id.ext may resolve to /n/a/name/MainFolder/id/ext with file being a nice human readable name for the user when the user clicks save as.
2. Stream FLVs, MP3, OGG, MP4
3. Allow file transfer resuming
I imagine there's no such thing as a server that can't handle raw files like rar,exe,3ds or even a 1gb file with no extension, is this the case?
A plus would be if it could also serve thumbnails well but that may not be an issue. | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/106380",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | I would recommend looking into Puppet/Facter or OCS Inventory NG.
Puppet
------
Puppet (which uses Facter), can be used to push out updates and configure nodes. It retrives information (or facts) about your nodes via Facter. Even though Puppet (via Facter) doesn't know who the primary user is, you can add facts (information) to your nodes that Facter will pick up on, and report back to the central server. It also includes a powerful Domain Specific Language written using Ruby, but very easy to learn even if you have no ruby experience. They have a great user group if you have any questions and are currently working on additional external software like Puppet Dashboard to make it easier to manage your infrastructure.
One downside of Puppet is that it only works on Linux machines currently. This can be a non-issue if you are only concerned with Linux machines.
Website: <http://docs.reductivelabs.com/>
OCS Invetory NG
---------------
OCS Invetory NG also does updates and can gather a lot of information off nodes. It is easy to use. The central server interface is accessed via a browser. From this interface you can see view your nodes, and get reports that contain detailed information on the hardware and software installed. This product works for both Linux and Windows environments.
Website: <http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/>
Summary
-------
Both products have a client/server architecture in which you have to install client software on each node for information to be polled and updates to be pushed out. Each product is open source, so licensing is not an issue.
Puppet is a very powerful tool. With its own DSL, you can for the most part do anything you need. It is scalable and has been used by many big companies such as Google and Redhat.
OCS Inventory NG is an easy to use tool that works both on Windows and Linux environments. It is accessed through a web interface in which you can have printable reports.
If you have a mixed infrastructure (Windows and Linux) you may want to go with OCS, but if you are using solely Linux machines, Puppet is the best tool out their to manage your infrastructure. | Your likely not looking for split solutions BUT for the Microsoft Licenses I like to stay with the tool that they will use should you get audited and that is a version of MSIA. Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer, <http://www.microsoft.com/sam/en/us/msia.aspx>
It however only audits Microsoft apps, but it can be referenced via another Excel spreadsheet. |
106,380 | What web server code should I consider using for file hosting? (http deamon, i dont think i can choose FS. I may be able to choose an randomly offer linux distro the host offers)
The web server will only host files, with no need for cookies, reading a database, etc. The requirements are;
1. Must be able to rewrite urls. Eg; /name/file-id.ext may resolve to /n/a/name/MainFolder/id/ext with file being a nice human readable name for the user when the user clicks save as.
2. Stream FLVs, MP3, OGG, MP4
3. Allow file transfer resuming
I imagine there's no such thing as a server that can't handle raw files like rar,exe,3ds or even a 1gb file with no extension, is this the case?
A plus would be if it could also serve thumbnails well but that may not be an issue. | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/106380",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | I would recommend looking into Puppet/Facter or OCS Inventory NG.
Puppet
------
Puppet (which uses Facter), can be used to push out updates and configure nodes. It retrives information (or facts) about your nodes via Facter. Even though Puppet (via Facter) doesn't know who the primary user is, you can add facts (information) to your nodes that Facter will pick up on, and report back to the central server. It also includes a powerful Domain Specific Language written using Ruby, but very easy to learn even if you have no ruby experience. They have a great user group if you have any questions and are currently working on additional external software like Puppet Dashboard to make it easier to manage your infrastructure.
One downside of Puppet is that it only works on Linux machines currently. This can be a non-issue if you are only concerned with Linux machines.
Website: <http://docs.reductivelabs.com/>
OCS Invetory NG
---------------
OCS Invetory NG also does updates and can gather a lot of information off nodes. It is easy to use. The central server interface is accessed via a browser. From this interface you can see view your nodes, and get reports that contain detailed information on the hardware and software installed. This product works for both Linux and Windows environments.
Website: <http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/>
Summary
-------
Both products have a client/server architecture in which you have to install client software on each node for information to be polled and updates to be pushed out. Each product is open source, so licensing is not an issue.
Puppet is a very powerful tool. With its own DSL, you can for the most part do anything you need. It is scalable and has been used by many big companies such as Google and Redhat.
OCS Inventory NG is an easy to use tool that works both on Windows and Linux environments. It is accessed through a web interface in which you can have printable reports.
If you have a mixed infrastructure (Windows and Linux) you may want to go with OCS, but if you are using solely Linux machines, Puppet is the best tool out their to manage your infrastructure. | JDisc Discovery creates an inventory for Windows and many Unix operating systems (including Linux).
<http://www.jdisc.com> |
106,380 | What web server code should I consider using for file hosting? (http deamon, i dont think i can choose FS. I may be able to choose an randomly offer linux distro the host offers)
The web server will only host files, with no need for cookies, reading a database, etc. The requirements are;
1. Must be able to rewrite urls. Eg; /name/file-id.ext may resolve to /n/a/name/MainFolder/id/ext with file being a nice human readable name for the user when the user clicks save as.
2. Stream FLVs, MP3, OGG, MP4
3. Allow file transfer resuming
I imagine there's no such thing as a server that can't handle raw files like rar,exe,3ds or even a 1gb file with no extension, is this the case?
A plus would be if it could also serve thumbnails well but that may not be an issue. | 2010/01/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/106380",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Your likely not looking for split solutions BUT for the Microsoft Licenses I like to stay with the tool that they will use should you get audited and that is a version of MSIA. Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer, <http://www.microsoft.com/sam/en/us/msia.aspx>
It however only audits Microsoft apps, but it can be referenced via another Excel spreadsheet. | JDisc Discovery creates an inventory for Windows and many Unix operating systems (including Linux).
<http://www.jdisc.com> |
4,124,091 | I use Visual Studio 2008 Professional with .NET 3.5 SP1 installed. It is not showing Entity Model when I select "New Project". The MSDN links show that it was included with .NET 3.5 SP1.
Why it is not appearing on my VS 2008? | 2010/11/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4124091",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/194328/"
] | You probably need to install *VS2008* SP1, which contains the tooling used to develop against .Net 3.5 SP1. | It won't appear as new project. It will appear as *ADO.NET Entity Data Model* when you add a new item to an existing project:
 |
180,737 | Please, help me to put a proper word collocation into a sentence.
I need to describe in an office announcement that a new printer is set for satisfy any employee (printing) need.
I found the phrase *"to support needs"*, but I am not sure about it.
The context is here:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
> We would like to inform you that the new printer is now available on the 9th floor of the 3rd tower. It was set to simplify the access to the printer and support needs of the growing number of employees of the recently opened floors of the third tower.
>
>
>
Any help would be appreciated! | 2018/09/25 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/180737",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/81713/"
] | It doesn't end with '**s**' because it's the (bare) **infinitive**, which is used without '**to**' after verbs like **hear**, bid, let, make, see, need, dare, etc.
<https://www.englishgrammar.org/bare-infinitive-2/> | Sound in this sentence is a noun, so you are talking about the 'sound' of his/her voice, not the 'sounds' that he/she is making.
'Do' and 'go' are both verbs, so they do not follow the same rule. |
68,819 | [Cosmic rays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray) are energetic particles coming from space that hit the Earth's atmosphere and produce a lot of [secondary radiation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_shower_(physics)) (some of which we see in visible light as aurorae). Would it make sense for an organism floating in the upper atmosphere, or even on the brink of space, to try and make this energy work for them, as plants do using the photons from sunlight to split water? Or are cosmic rays too destructive, or too unwieldy, or too sparse for such use? The question is not confined to Earth, of course, or to organisms similar to those living on today's Earth. I'm trying to decide if a microbial biosphere could live off cosmic radiation and its subproducts.
P.S.: [This post](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/36534/no-sunlight-just-high-energy-radiation) touches on some of the same points as my question, though I'm thinking more about a rogue planet far from any star-like energy source (i. e. no pulsars or black holes nearby). | 2017/01/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/68819",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/31844/"
] | I would say that yes, it's borderline possible.
The organism should be very resistant to ionizing radiation; a Universe that allows [*Deinococcus radiodurans*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans) to exist would have little trouble in producing this new critter, even limiting ourselves to DNA.
The organism would of course need to consume ordinary matter to replicate; it would therefore find it way more convenient to (also) extract what energy it can from that matter. Actually it's likely that the capability of absorbing cosmic radiation would evolve from the former; the organism acquires matter and this interacts with cosmic radiation, supplying harvestable energy. Once this kind of matter is more and more incorporated into the new generations of the organism, it will "optimize" itself to directly take advantage of the radiation.
An organism could not begin directly using cosmic radiation, since to do that it would need chemicals and structures that would be already pretty complex. It would need to start from simple chemical reactions, and evolve to first defend against, then make use of the radiation. The most obvious evolution pressure line would be if the defense takes the form of some radiation-hardy chemical, which is transformed on impact generating much higher-energy compounds that would be initially disposed of. Afterwards, any mutation allowing to extract energy from such compounds would have an enormous evolutionary value.
This is not unlike what already happened to [radiotrophic fungi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus), which produce a special kind of melanin that is capable of harvesting energy from gamma radiations. It would be more difficult (!) for our hypothetic organism, in that cosmic rays are much more penetrating and energetic than gamma rays and therefore require proportionally more massive interception.
And, of course, the organism would need to live somewhere with *a lot* of cosmic rays.
One possibility would be some sort of low-temperature outer space slug capable of accreting a "black ice" carapace. It would migrate to the safe center of cometary nuclei to spawn, then come out when the carapace is thick enough to both defend the young slug and supply it with energy. The slug would need to have a very low metabolic rate, and be based on a totally different organic chemistry than Earth organisms.
---
There's something along these lines in ["Camelot 30K"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_30K) by physicist Robert L. Forward, where a (macroscopic) lifeform is presented that harvests atomic nuclei transmuted by the impact of cosmic rays on distant comets.
>
> *"The initial energy source for the kerac civilization comes from the background cosmic radiation, which creates long-lived excited molecules and free radicals in the ice over long periods of time"*. He drew an arrow leading to another box that he drew in the rotund shape of an iceworm. *"Out on the farms, the iceworms and young heullers tunnel through the untouched ice around the periphery of Camalor. They extract free radicals frozen into the pristine ice and use them as a source of energy to grow and continue tunneling. Those long-lived free radicals are the first level energy source of the kerack food chain, since the iceworms and heullers are harvested as meat. While the iceworms are doing that, they also extract from the dirty ice all the unstable radioisotopes that the dirt and ice contain."*
>
>
>
(While different organisms are named - *iceworms*, *heullers*, *keracks* - it is posited in the book that they are actually all alternate phenotypes of a *single* organism, the kerack hive drone, not unlike what happens with bees). | It can't exist and this is why
------------------------------
This organism would have to be unlike any that lives on Earth. First of all, if the organism was in our upper atmosphere it would be too protected from the cosmic rays for sustainable life. If it has DNA, it would have to be very protected in order to prevent defects and damage. We're talking some kind of biological space suit as it were. All life that we know of has some kind DNA so this is pretty much a given.
Another factor is the distance between organism and producer of the cosmic rays. Obviously the further, the more sparse and unreliable it would be as an energy source, too close and it might get incinerated. Just like Earth, I suggest some kind of Goldilocks Zone where the conditions are 'just right'.
All this being said, I would assume the organism also needs some kind of respiratory system, and a way of excreting unwanted gases, because there isn't any thing that can survive from nothing but charged particles.
To conclude, I do not believe this is possible because the organism needs to be able to absorb harmful cosmic radiation with out being harmed. It also needs to be outside of a planet’s magnetosphere whilst still being able to diffuse with gases. |
68,819 | [Cosmic rays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray) are energetic particles coming from space that hit the Earth's atmosphere and produce a lot of [secondary radiation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_shower_(physics)) (some of which we see in visible light as aurorae). Would it make sense for an organism floating in the upper atmosphere, or even on the brink of space, to try and make this energy work for them, as plants do using the photons from sunlight to split water? Or are cosmic rays too destructive, or too unwieldy, or too sparse for such use? The question is not confined to Earth, of course, or to organisms similar to those living on today's Earth. I'm trying to decide if a microbial biosphere could live off cosmic radiation and its subproducts.
P.S.: [This post](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/36534/no-sunlight-just-high-energy-radiation) touches on some of the same points as my question, though I'm thinking more about a rogue planet far from any star-like energy source (i. e. no pulsars or black holes nearby). | 2017/01/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/68819",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/31844/"
] | I would say that yes, it's borderline possible.
The organism should be very resistant to ionizing radiation; a Universe that allows [*Deinococcus radiodurans*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans) to exist would have little trouble in producing this new critter, even limiting ourselves to DNA.
The organism would of course need to consume ordinary matter to replicate; it would therefore find it way more convenient to (also) extract what energy it can from that matter. Actually it's likely that the capability of absorbing cosmic radiation would evolve from the former; the organism acquires matter and this interacts with cosmic radiation, supplying harvestable energy. Once this kind of matter is more and more incorporated into the new generations of the organism, it will "optimize" itself to directly take advantage of the radiation.
An organism could not begin directly using cosmic radiation, since to do that it would need chemicals and structures that would be already pretty complex. It would need to start from simple chemical reactions, and evolve to first defend against, then make use of the radiation. The most obvious evolution pressure line would be if the defense takes the form of some radiation-hardy chemical, which is transformed on impact generating much higher-energy compounds that would be initially disposed of. Afterwards, any mutation allowing to extract energy from such compounds would have an enormous evolutionary value.
This is not unlike what already happened to [radiotrophic fungi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus), which produce a special kind of melanin that is capable of harvesting energy from gamma radiations. It would be more difficult (!) for our hypothetic organism, in that cosmic rays are much more penetrating and energetic than gamma rays and therefore require proportionally more massive interception.
And, of course, the organism would need to live somewhere with *a lot* of cosmic rays.
One possibility would be some sort of low-temperature outer space slug capable of accreting a "black ice" carapace. It would migrate to the safe center of cometary nuclei to spawn, then come out when the carapace is thick enough to both defend the young slug and supply it with energy. The slug would need to have a very low metabolic rate, and be based on a totally different organic chemistry than Earth organisms.
---
There's something along these lines in ["Camelot 30K"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_30K) by physicist Robert L. Forward, where a (macroscopic) lifeform is presented that harvests atomic nuclei transmuted by the impact of cosmic rays on distant comets.
>
> *"The initial energy source for the kerac civilization comes from the background cosmic radiation, which creates long-lived excited molecules and free radicals in the ice over long periods of time"*. He drew an arrow leading to another box that he drew in the rotund shape of an iceworm. *"Out on the farms, the iceworms and young heullers tunnel through the untouched ice around the periphery of Camalor. They extract free radicals frozen into the pristine ice and use them as a source of energy to grow and continue tunneling. Those long-lived free radicals are the first level energy source of the kerack food chain, since the iceworms and heullers are harvested as meat. While the iceworms are doing that, they also extract from the dirty ice all the unstable radioisotopes that the dirt and ice contain."*
>
>
>
(While different organisms are named - *iceworms*, *heullers*, *keracks* - it is posited in the book that they are actually all alternate phenotypes of a *single* organism, the kerack hive drone, not unlike what happens with bees). | Cosmic rays might *first* affect some non-living substance, which then provides energy and/or nurishment to the life.
That might indeed be a critical factor, like fixing nitrogen for the base of the food chain.
These cosmic rays can cause chemical reactions or nuclear reactions, such as 14C on our planet. So it could be a complex cascade of reactions, bringing energy down into the biosphere. |
142,696 | I have not given this too much thought until recently, when a bit of a back and forth happened with a client. So, when I start a new document in InDesign, **for CMYK print**, how to I know how to setup the color settings ?
Many times I will just not look at this and go with whatever is set by default, but apparently this may affect things.
Is this just a case of choosing between the "Europe General Purpose" vs the "North America General Purpose" presets, or is there more to this ?
Are the "Coated FOGRA39"/"US Web Coated (SWOP)" the most widely used standards that will generally work for printers in the EU/US ?
What about web documents in RGB ? Like, when you design a presentation that will not go to a CMYK printer, what's the proper colour space to use for that ?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/W9GZ7.jpg)
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================================
First of all you need to accept that *different printers follow different standards*. The same CMYK numbers will look differently when printed according to different standards. It's not possible to make a PDF which will be perfect under all circumstances. Unless I absolutely have to, I wouldn't export a PDF for print before knowing where the document will be printed, on which kind of paper and which ICC profile the print house recommends for that paper.
To use the wrong profile can affect the colors on the final print, but even if there is little difference between the profile you choose and the recommended one, there is also a responsibility issue. If you receive a print where you think the colors are a little bit off and the print house discovers that you didn't use the recommended profile, they might park the complaint right there. Always best to keep your path clean.
Setting up your document
========================
Setting up *Working Spaces* in the *Color Settings* affects *new* documents, but you can always change the settings for an existing document later by using *Edit > Assign Profiles*. You can also choose a different profile when exporting a PDF. So you are not confined by what the settings where when you created your document.
The main reason for caring about which profile to use for your InDesign document from the beginning is that it affects the *preview*.
In a print document, when you turn on *View > Overprint Preview* the graphics and images are displayed *as they would look if they were printed according to the Document CMYK*.
RGB swatches
------------
Although all swatches in a print document will be CMYK by default, it's also possible to make RGB swatches. They are assumed to have the RGB profile chosen as *Document RGB* and with *Overprint Preview* turned on they are displayed as if they were converted from that to the CMYK profile chosen as *Document CMYK*.
RGB images with an embedded profile
-----------------------------------
If you are a little in doubt about color profiles and don't know exactly what you are doing and why, I would always recommend to only place RGB images with an embedded color profile. With *Overprint Preview* turned on they are displayed as if they were converted from their embedded RGB profile to the CMYK profile chosen as *Document CMYK*.
For example an RGB image looking like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r2UTA.png)
Will look like this with *Document CMYK* set to *Coated FOGRA39*:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ghLFm.png)
But with *Document CMYK* set to *PSO Uncoated*, it will look more faded because the gamut is smaller:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kxZyD.png)
Untagged RGB images
-------------------
RGB images without an embedded profile are a common cause of a shift in colors from screen to print. They are displayed in Adobe's applications as if they had the profile chosen as *Working RGB* in Photoshop or *Document RGB* in InDesign. So if your Photoshop for example has *Adobe RGB* as *Working RGB* and your InDesign document has *sRGB* as *Document RGB*, the untagged images will be displayed differently in those two applications.
Here is how an untagged image (which is is in reality an sRGB image) is displayed when InDesign assumes *sRGB*:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HEr6w.png)
And here is how it looks if InDesign assumes *Adobe RGB*:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQHXG.png)
Untagged RGB images should be opened in Photoshop and have a profile assigned. 99% of the time it's *sRGB*, but if it doesn't look right you can try *Adobe RGB*. It's a guess.
CMYK swatches
-------------
You probably make your swatches as CMYK swatches like most of us do. This is fine, but be aware that *a CMYK color is not an absolute color*. You are "hard coding" the percentages and the color will appear differently when printed according to different standards.
A mistake I often experience is people creating a document without thinking about the CMYK profile and thereby unconsciously choosing *U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2* which is standard in Adobe's applications. Then they carefully fine-tune their CMYK swatches until they look as they want on screen. When they export a PDF they suddenly remember that they need to choose the correct color profile. They convert with *Preserve Numbers* to keep the black swatch at 100% black and thereby assign another color profile to the document. All the CMYK values are unchanged, but the intent of the document changes and when they see the document in Acrobat they notice that the colors have shifted.
The colors they see when designing in *U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2* might look like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/znHfk.png)
But after exporting and assigning *Uncoated FOGRA29* the colors look different:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2UNa6.png)
CMYK images with an embedded profile
------------------------------------
Depending on how your *Color Management Policies* is set up, CMYK images with an embedded profile will either be *Preserved*, *Ignored* or *Converted*. You can see a detailed description of each in the *Color Settings* dialogue. I wouldn't recommend for you to place CMYK images unless you know what you are doing and why.
Untagged CMYK images
--------------------
Has the same problem as untagged RGB images. You don't know which profile it was converted to. InDesign just displays the image as if it was printed according to *Document CMYK*. If that profile isn't the same as the image was originally converted to, there will be a shift in colors. Avoid this issue.
Common standards
================
If you are forced to guess which profile to use, here is a list of commonly used profiles.
Europe
------
### Coated paper
* Coated FOGRA39
* ISO Coated v2
* ISO Coated v2 300%
* etc.
### Uncoated paper
* Uncoated FOGRA29
* ISO Uncoated
* PSO Uncoated
* etc.
North America
-------------
*(Americans, help me out here!)*
A way to make a general PDF?
============================
I'm not sure I would recommend it, but if you really want to make documents which could be used on any printer, you could make a mix of RGB and CMYK. Keep the black text as 100% CMYK black and all neutral objects and images in percentages of black. All other objects and images could then be in RGB. This would enable a print house to convert your PDFs to any profile they wish without too much hassle. | I'm not sure what kind of answer you expect here. Sure there are differences. For CMYK settings, the best idea is always to discuss this with the printing service. Often they offer custom profiles that are calibrated to their machines.
For presentations in RGB you usually don't have much control on what device your design will be displayed. in theory AdobeRGB is better than sRGB, but only if the display can really handle it. In general sRGB is fine.
Just don't use CMYK images, when you want to output RGB. |
142,696 | I have not given this too much thought until recently, when a bit of a back and forth happened with a client. So, when I start a new document in InDesign, **for CMYK print**, how to I know how to setup the color settings ?
Many times I will just not look at this and go with whatever is set by default, but apparently this may affect things.
Is this just a case of choosing between the "Europe General Purpose" vs the "North America General Purpose" presets, or is there more to this ?
Are the "Coated FOGRA39"/"US Web Coated (SWOP)" the most widely used standards that will generally work for printers in the EU/US ?
What about web documents in RGB ? Like, when you design a presentation that will not go to a CMYK printer, what's the proper colour space to use for that ?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/W9GZ7.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cHb5b.jpg) | 2020/10/29 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/142696",
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] | Why bother about color profiles?
================================
First of all you need to accept that *different printers follow different standards*. The same CMYK numbers will look differently when printed according to different standards. It's not possible to make a PDF which will be perfect under all circumstances. Unless I absolutely have to, I wouldn't export a PDF for print before knowing where the document will be printed, on which kind of paper and which ICC profile the print house recommends for that paper.
To use the wrong profile can affect the colors on the final print, but even if there is little difference between the profile you choose and the recommended one, there is also a responsibility issue. If you receive a print where you think the colors are a little bit off and the print house discovers that you didn't use the recommended profile, they might park the complaint right there. Always best to keep your path clean.
Setting up your document
========================
Setting up *Working Spaces* in the *Color Settings* affects *new* documents, but you can always change the settings for an existing document later by using *Edit > Assign Profiles*. You can also choose a different profile when exporting a PDF. So you are not confined by what the settings where when you created your document.
The main reason for caring about which profile to use for your InDesign document from the beginning is that it affects the *preview*.
In a print document, when you turn on *View > Overprint Preview* the graphics and images are displayed *as they would look if they were printed according to the Document CMYK*.
RGB swatches
------------
Although all swatches in a print document will be CMYK by default, it's also possible to make RGB swatches. They are assumed to have the RGB profile chosen as *Document RGB* and with *Overprint Preview* turned on they are displayed as if they were converted from that to the CMYK profile chosen as *Document CMYK*.
RGB images with an embedded profile
-----------------------------------
If you are a little in doubt about color profiles and don't know exactly what you are doing and why, I would always recommend to only place RGB images with an embedded color profile. With *Overprint Preview* turned on they are displayed as if they were converted from their embedded RGB profile to the CMYK profile chosen as *Document CMYK*.
For example an RGB image looking like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r2UTA.png)
Will look like this with *Document CMYK* set to *Coated FOGRA39*:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ghLFm.png)
But with *Document CMYK* set to *PSO Uncoated*, it will look more faded because the gamut is smaller:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kxZyD.png)
Untagged RGB images
-------------------
RGB images without an embedded profile are a common cause of a shift in colors from screen to print. They are displayed in Adobe's applications as if they had the profile chosen as *Working RGB* in Photoshop or *Document RGB* in InDesign. So if your Photoshop for example has *Adobe RGB* as *Working RGB* and your InDesign document has *sRGB* as *Document RGB*, the untagged images will be displayed differently in those two applications.
Here is how an untagged image (which is is in reality an sRGB image) is displayed when InDesign assumes *sRGB*:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HEr6w.png)
And here is how it looks if InDesign assumes *Adobe RGB*:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQHXG.png)
Untagged RGB images should be opened in Photoshop and have a profile assigned. 99% of the time it's *sRGB*, but if it doesn't look right you can try *Adobe RGB*. It's a guess.
CMYK swatches
-------------
You probably make your swatches as CMYK swatches like most of us do. This is fine, but be aware that *a CMYK color is not an absolute color*. You are "hard coding" the percentages and the color will appear differently when printed according to different standards.
A mistake I often experience is people creating a document without thinking about the CMYK profile and thereby unconsciously choosing *U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2* which is standard in Adobe's applications. Then they carefully fine-tune their CMYK swatches until they look as they want on screen. When they export a PDF they suddenly remember that they need to choose the correct color profile. They convert with *Preserve Numbers* to keep the black swatch at 100% black and thereby assign another color profile to the document. All the CMYK values are unchanged, but the intent of the document changes and when they see the document in Acrobat they notice that the colors have shifted.
The colors they see when designing in *U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2* might look like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/znHfk.png)
But after exporting and assigning *Uncoated FOGRA29* the colors look different:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2UNa6.png)
CMYK images with an embedded profile
------------------------------------
Depending on how your *Color Management Policies* is set up, CMYK images with an embedded profile will either be *Preserved*, *Ignored* or *Converted*. You can see a detailed description of each in the *Color Settings* dialogue. I wouldn't recommend for you to place CMYK images unless you know what you are doing and why.
Untagged CMYK images
--------------------
Has the same problem as untagged RGB images. You don't know which profile it was converted to. InDesign just displays the image as if it was printed according to *Document CMYK*. If that profile isn't the same as the image was originally converted to, there will be a shift in colors. Avoid this issue.
Common standards
================
If you are forced to guess which profile to use, here is a list of commonly used profiles.
Europe
------
### Coated paper
* Coated FOGRA39
* ISO Coated v2
* ISO Coated v2 300%
* etc.
### Uncoated paper
* Uncoated FOGRA29
* ISO Uncoated
* PSO Uncoated
* etc.
North America
-------------
*(Americans, help me out here!)*
A way to make a general PDF?
============================
I'm not sure I would recommend it, but if you really want to make documents which could be used on any printer, you could make a mix of RGB and CMYK. Keep the black text as 100% CMYK black and all neutral objects and images in percentages of black. All other objects and images could then be in RGB. This would enable a print house to convert your PDFs to any profile they wish without too much hassle. | In theory it shouldnt matter\* what your working space is. Its just a indication that you designed the colors with the assumption that the numeric values match this color definition. Its like stating what language you intend to use, a factual statement. Its then the publish cycles job to get it as close as possible to what you designed. If your monitor is calibrated you can then ask the computer to simulate what it would look like on a real printer or in another standard.
You should always design to some standard never to a particular printers calibration unless you never want to repeat your print or your working for the printer fixing colors. Instead, you should simulate that particular printer by setting printers profile as a preview target.
Im intentionally going to ignore how to deliver the file to the printer though. It depends on the printerhouse.
The second section on policies is more important. Unless you are allready in the stage of sending things to print or your preparing to a unusual target like say a laser. Then you want both RGB and CMYK policies to be set to "preserve embedded profiles". Because you want to preserve artwork as the previous designer stated it. Unless your setup is highly unusual and you know what your doing, you dont want to set the preserve numbers option, ever for anything.
While your at it at least check missing profiles to ask.
Now then the next section deals with what do we do when we can not convert your color. It is a bit under apreciated part of the color management system. You have it set to relative colorimetric. This is a somewhat safe bet, though it has a tendency to make people dissapointed with preview and output results. This is partly psycological on you having seen the alernative.
Now i'm not doing much archival work. So me personally i never use relative colorimetric because its the "meh" option. I tend to use absolute colorimetric when i feel i know the border constraints well, perceptual when appropriate and when im feeling bold or i need saturated i use display. The japanese may be on to something ;) But you probably shouldn follow my route.
What standard to use? ISO is ok in europe... Dunno about USA
\* Well it does affect your gamut |
5,062,100 | I have web pages that may or may not need to do some pre-processing before it can be displayed to the user. What I have done is to display this page with a message (e.g. "please wait ..."), then do an http-equiv refresh **to the same page**. When it refreshes to the same page, the pre-processing is done and the actual content is displayed.
Will this harm me in terms of SEO? | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5062100",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253976/"
] | It's a hold over from C++ and C before that. In the C context, one of its meanings was for variables that keep their value between invocations. I presume that's where 'static' comes from - it doesn't reset the value (as opposed to a const where the value cannot change) | >
> Definition of STATIC 1 : exerting
> force by reason of weight alone
> without motion 2 : of or relating to
> bodies at rest or forces in
> equilibrium 3 : showing little change
> 4 a :
> characterized by a lack of movement,
> animation, or progression b :
> producing an effect of repose or
> quiescence 5 a :
> standing or fixed in one place :
> stationary b of water : stored in a
> tank but not under pressure
>
>
>
just apply the definition to a variable... |
5,062,100 | I have web pages that may or may not need to do some pre-processing before it can be displayed to the user. What I have done is to display this page with a message (e.g. "please wait ..."), then do an http-equiv refresh **to the same page**. When it refreshes to the same page, the pre-processing is done and the actual content is displayed.
Will this harm me in terms of SEO? | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5062100",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253976/"
] | It's a hold over from C++ and C before that. In the C context, one of its meanings was for variables that keep their value between invocations. I presume that's where 'static' comes from - it doesn't reset the value (as opposed to a const where the value cannot change) | In Head First Java, there is a nice explanation of static. Static means stable not changing thats obvious from meaning and its quite obvious that it does not change.
Static mean sharing in Java. There is a nice picture where two child sharing one ice cream and showed static variable analogy. For more info please read Head First Java. |
5,062,100 | I have web pages that may or may not need to do some pre-processing before it can be displayed to the user. What I have done is to display this page with a message (e.g. "please wait ..."), then do an http-equiv refresh **to the same page**. When it refreshes to the same page, the pre-processing is done and the actual content is displayed.
Will this harm me in terms of SEO? | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5062100",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253976/"
] | It's a hold over from C++ and C before that. In the C context, one of its meanings was for variables that keep their value between invocations. I presume that's where 'static' comes from - it doesn't reset the value (as opposed to a const where the value cannot change) | I suppose the best way to think of it is that "static" means unchanging, and it is the *location* of the variable that is unchanging when when you switch between the different instances of a class. The main thing is to eradicate any thought from your mind that the *value* of a static variable is unchanging: it may even be changed by another instance of the same class. |
5,062,100 | I have web pages that may or may not need to do some pre-processing before it can be displayed to the user. What I have done is to display this page with a message (e.g. "please wait ..."), then do an http-equiv refresh **to the same page**. When it refreshes to the same page, the pre-processing is done and the actual content is displayed.
Will this harm me in terms of SEO? | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5062100",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253976/"
] | In Head First Java, there is a nice explanation of static. Static means stable not changing thats obvious from meaning and its quite obvious that it does not change.
Static mean sharing in Java. There is a nice picture where two child sharing one ice cream and showed static variable analogy. For more info please read Head First Java. | >
> Definition of STATIC 1 : exerting
> force by reason of weight alone
> without motion 2 : of or relating to
> bodies at rest or forces in
> equilibrium 3 : showing little change
> 4 a :
> characterized by a lack of movement,
> animation, or progression b :
> producing an effect of repose or
> quiescence 5 a :
> standing or fixed in one place :
> stationary b of water : stored in a
> tank but not under pressure
>
>
>
just apply the definition to a variable... |
5,062,100 | I have web pages that may or may not need to do some pre-processing before it can be displayed to the user. What I have done is to display this page with a message (e.g. "please wait ..."), then do an http-equiv refresh **to the same page**. When it refreshes to the same page, the pre-processing is done and the actual content is displayed.
Will this harm me in terms of SEO? | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5062100",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253976/"
] | I suppose the best way to think of it is that "static" means unchanging, and it is the *location* of the variable that is unchanging when when you switch between the different instances of a class. The main thing is to eradicate any thought from your mind that the *value* of a static variable is unchanging: it may even be changed by another instance of the same class. | >
> Definition of STATIC 1 : exerting
> force by reason of weight alone
> without motion 2 : of or relating to
> bodies at rest or forces in
> equilibrium 3 : showing little change
> 4 a :
> characterized by a lack of movement,
> animation, or progression b :
> producing an effect of repose or
> quiescence 5 a :
> standing or fixed in one place :
> stationary b of water : stored in a
> tank but not under pressure
>
>
>
just apply the definition to a variable... |
5,062,100 | I have web pages that may or may not need to do some pre-processing before it can be displayed to the user. What I have done is to display this page with a message (e.g. "please wait ..."), then do an http-equiv refresh **to the same page**. When it refreshes to the same page, the pre-processing is done and the actual content is displayed.
Will this harm me in terms of SEO? | 2011/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5062100",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253976/"
] | I suppose the best way to think of it is that "static" means unchanging, and it is the *location* of the variable that is unchanging when when you switch between the different instances of a class. The main thing is to eradicate any thought from your mind that the *value* of a static variable is unchanging: it may even be changed by another instance of the same class. | In Head First Java, there is a nice explanation of static. Static means stable not changing thats obvious from meaning and its quite obvious that it does not change.
Static mean sharing in Java. There is a nice picture where two child sharing one ice cream and showed static variable analogy. For more info please read Head First Java. |
20,955 | My cat, Marty, is a real fraidy cat. He doesn't like most new people, but eventually he'll grow to like them.
We recently moved into my grandpa's house a city over from where we used to live. Currently, my cat is hiding under my bed. Usually at night, he'll come out from hiding and come downstairs when he knows it's just me, my sister, my brother and my mom downstairs, but sometimes when he's hungry he'll come out during the day, but only if one of us comes down the stairs with him. He's gotten pretty used to my uncle, he lets him pet him for a while, but he hasn't gotten used to my grandpa.
Also at night when we all go to bed he'll follow us upstairs, and he'll always sleep on my bed with me. He's not interested in sleeping on anyone elses bed, even if my sister picks him up and puts him on her bed, he usually just jumps right off and jumps onto my bed.
Any help would be appreciated. | 2018/07/25 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/20955",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/12615/"
] | Two weeks isn't all that long. Our first two cats were incredibly shy (they lived in the wild in a prison, where they had learned to stay quiet and out of sight).
It took them *months* to just be out in the open in the living room. We had kept them in a single room for the first two weeks. We then also gave them the hallway, and it took them over a week to actually want to go into the hallway. The same happened when we opened the door to the living room. And for two more months, they would never go downstairs without us, or during the day.
Your cat is by itself, getting to meet several new people, and also shy. I would give her a few extra weeks (if not months) before you see full integration into the household. | Cats, unlike dogs, are teritorial creatures - they get used to the place. They do not take well when moving. Two weeks is normal, it may take months. I would suggest you do not force him. He will explore when and where he feels comfortable. As long as he eats and drinks water, uses his litter box he will be fine.
It is normal for him to become more active during the night, that is when they hunt and explore. Cat's are curious by nature. Hiding makes him feel safe, so let him be, and don't try to force him out.
Toys, treats, cat nip may motivate him but that depends a lot on the breed and character of the cat, it won't hurt to try. Just don't put his food, water and box at a place he cannot find it or doesn't want to go. |
20,955 | My cat, Marty, is a real fraidy cat. He doesn't like most new people, but eventually he'll grow to like them.
We recently moved into my grandpa's house a city over from where we used to live. Currently, my cat is hiding under my bed. Usually at night, he'll come out from hiding and come downstairs when he knows it's just me, my sister, my brother and my mom downstairs, but sometimes when he's hungry he'll come out during the day, but only if one of us comes down the stairs with him. He's gotten pretty used to my uncle, he lets him pet him for a while, but he hasn't gotten used to my grandpa.
Also at night when we all go to bed he'll follow us upstairs, and he'll always sleep on my bed with me. He's not interested in sleeping on anyone elses bed, even if my sister picks him up and puts him on her bed, he usually just jumps right off and jumps onto my bed.
Any help would be appreciated. | 2018/07/25 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/20955",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/12615/"
] | If he has something he likes: toys, bed or even litter in another litter box, placing it out in the open where you want him to be could help him feel more comfortable. If your kitty likes treats you could encourage him by putting some treats where you want him to be. You could also try this with catnip instead of treats. | Cats, unlike dogs, are teritorial creatures - they get used to the place. They do not take well when moving. Two weeks is normal, it may take months. I would suggest you do not force him. He will explore when and where he feels comfortable. As long as he eats and drinks water, uses his litter box he will be fine.
It is normal for him to become more active during the night, that is when they hunt and explore. Cat's are curious by nature. Hiding makes him feel safe, so let him be, and don't try to force him out.
Toys, treats, cat nip may motivate him but that depends a lot on the breed and character of the cat, it won't hurt to try. Just don't put his food, water and box at a place he cannot find it or doesn't want to go. |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | ### TL;DR
Don't think "time tracking." Think "cycle time" instead.
### Kanban Should Measure Cycle Time
Generally, Kanban is not about measuring "activities" at a granular level; it is about measuring cycle time for a pull through the entire system. There is legitimate debate about whether this time should include lead time (e.g. time spent in the ice box) or just time from "started" to "done."
Some examples of how lead and cycle times can be measured are:
* [Kanban and When Will This Be Done?](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304145123/http://www.dennisstevens.com/2010/06/07/kanban-and-when-will-this-be-done/)
* [Kanban Analytics & Metrics: Lead and Cycle Time and Cumulative Flow Diagram](http://kanbantool.com/kanban-analytics-and-metrics)
but there may certainly be better explanations out there. The the general idea, though, is that you care about how long it takes and average batch to move from from initialization to a delivered state--regardless of how you choose to measure that.
### Don't Micro-Manage
The important thing in Kanban is that you are *not* measuring sub-tasks or work products belows the level of the user story. In other words, if a user story is "embiggen the quux" then it doesn't matter how long it takes to order the quux components, perform the embiggening, or update the quux documentation--unless those are explicit queues in your Kanban process, of course.
With Kanban, the question you're asking is "how long does it normally take for a standard-sized story to move through the entire queue and across all defined processes for that queue?" You then use *kaizen* to eliminate waste and reduce cycle time to the maximum extent practical, rather than optimizing individual tasks.
When you ask how to track time spent on specific activities, you're trying to optimize parts of a task. This is wrong. Consider the following quote:
>
> To optimize the whole, you must sub-optimize the parts...First, model the process by breaking it down into between five and nine sub-processes. Visualize each sub-process as an input hopper that sits on top of a black box. Inputs to the queue are dumped on top of the input hopper where they wait their turn. When the black box is ready to process the next item it grabs an input from the bottom of the stack, does whatever it does, and shoves it onto the top of the input hopper of the next sub-process.
>
>
> Lewis, Bob (2012-01-23). Keep the Joint Running: A Manifesto for 21st Century Information Technology (pp. 31-38). IS Survivor Publishing. Kindle Edition.
>
>
>
All you (should) care about is the overall efficiency of the entire process chain, not the individual sub-processes. That doesn't mean waste can't exist in a sub-process, but you should spend *zero* time on that level of analysis until and unless it is negatively impacting the cycle time of your macro-process. | I agree, that in general Kanban is not about tracking time spent on tasks. However, I understand a need for that. It seems to me that you need a virtual Kanban board with build-in time tracking and reports. The solution that offers such a powerful combination is [Kanban Tool](http://kanbantool.com/time-tracking). |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | I concur with [codegnome](https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4271/codegnome "codegnome")'s answer above. Kanban is about outcomes, what the team delivers in terms of *throughput* and how fast they do this, measured as *cycle time*.
You could use this to support your financial analysis by asking 'Of our team's throughput, how much of that is bug fixes for product X, how much of it is new features for product X, new features for product Y etc?' and then charging your customer accordingly.
I would urge you to think in these terms rather than measuring developer activity as such measurements do not come for free, they are an imposition on the team and as such can end up being incorrectly recorded and so less than useful. | I agree, that in general Kanban is not about tracking time spent on tasks. However, I understand a need for that. It seems to me that you need a virtual Kanban board with build-in time tracking and reports. The solution that offers such a powerful combination is [Kanban Tool](http://kanbantool.com/time-tracking). |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | Disclaimer: I'm the author of Breeze.
I had a similar problem where I internally use Kanban for software development but still needed somehow to bill clients based on estimates and actual work done. So, being a developer, I made a simple tool called [Breeze](http://letsbreeze.com). It's basically a Kanban board with time tracking and reports. Initially I called it Trello and Basecamp hybrid with time tracking and reporting.
Basically you can add estimates and log work (also includes timer) for every card and you can then generate report based on that.
In an ideal world I would like to drop the tracking and use pure agile development but it is not possible if you are primarily doing freelance development. Also it really depends on the client, if they insist on Gantt charts then you are stuck. | I agree, that in general Kanban is not about tracking time spent on tasks. However, I understand a need for that. It seems to me that you need a virtual Kanban board with build-in time tracking and reports. The solution that offers such a powerful combination is [Kanban Tool](http://kanbantool.com/time-tracking). |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | ### TL;DR
Don't think "time tracking." Think "cycle time" instead.
### Kanban Should Measure Cycle Time
Generally, Kanban is not about measuring "activities" at a granular level; it is about measuring cycle time for a pull through the entire system. There is legitimate debate about whether this time should include lead time (e.g. time spent in the ice box) or just time from "started" to "done."
Some examples of how lead and cycle times can be measured are:
* [Kanban and When Will This Be Done?](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304145123/http://www.dennisstevens.com/2010/06/07/kanban-and-when-will-this-be-done/)
* [Kanban Analytics & Metrics: Lead and Cycle Time and Cumulative Flow Diagram](http://kanbantool.com/kanban-analytics-and-metrics)
but there may certainly be better explanations out there. The the general idea, though, is that you care about how long it takes and average batch to move from from initialization to a delivered state--regardless of how you choose to measure that.
### Don't Micro-Manage
The important thing in Kanban is that you are *not* measuring sub-tasks or work products belows the level of the user story. In other words, if a user story is "embiggen the quux" then it doesn't matter how long it takes to order the quux components, perform the embiggening, or update the quux documentation--unless those are explicit queues in your Kanban process, of course.
With Kanban, the question you're asking is "how long does it normally take for a standard-sized story to move through the entire queue and across all defined processes for that queue?" You then use *kaizen* to eliminate waste and reduce cycle time to the maximum extent practical, rather than optimizing individual tasks.
When you ask how to track time spent on specific activities, you're trying to optimize parts of a task. This is wrong. Consider the following quote:
>
> To optimize the whole, you must sub-optimize the parts...First, model the process by breaking it down into between five and nine sub-processes. Visualize each sub-process as an input hopper that sits on top of a black box. Inputs to the queue are dumped on top of the input hopper where they wait their turn. When the black box is ready to process the next item it grabs an input from the bottom of the stack, does whatever it does, and shoves it onto the top of the input hopper of the next sub-process.
>
>
> Lewis, Bob (2012-01-23). Keep the Joint Running: A Manifesto for 21st Century Information Technology (pp. 31-38). IS Survivor Publishing. Kindle Edition.
>
>
>
All you (should) care about is the overall efficiency of the entire process chain, not the individual sub-processes. That doesn't mean waste can't exist in a sub-process, but you should spend *zero* time on that level of analysis until and unless it is negatively impacting the cycle time of your macro-process. | I concur with [codegnome](https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4271/codegnome "codegnome")'s answer above. Kanban is about outcomes, what the team delivers in terms of *throughput* and how fast they do this, measured as *cycle time*.
You could use this to support your financial analysis by asking 'Of our team's throughput, how much of that is bug fixes for product X, how much of it is new features for product X, new features for product Y etc?' and then charging your customer accordingly.
I would urge you to think in these terms rather than measuring developer activity as such measurements do not come for free, they are an imposition on the team and as such can end up being incorrectly recorded and so less than useful. |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | My advice is to use whatever time tracking system you currently have rather than add unnecessary bells/whistles to Kanban because:
* It will cost you less in terms of time, effort, training and dollars.
* It will avoid giving people one less thing to complain about when you implement Kanban, so acceptance of this change will be easier.
* It will avoid trying to graft on bells/whistles onto Kanban that at the end of the day may not work as well as your current system.
If you don't have a time tracking system already in place then I suggest that you get a good one that your accounting and HR teams can work with rather than try to graft something onto Kanban boards. The fact that you're asking if this can be done says to me that it isn't obvious that it can be done which means you should think twice about whether or not it should be done. | I agree, that in general Kanban is not about tracking time spent on tasks. However, I understand a need for that. It seems to me that you need a virtual Kanban board with build-in time tracking and reports. The solution that offers such a powerful combination is [Kanban Tool](http://kanbantool.com/time-tracking). |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | Disclaimer: I'm the author of Breeze.
I had a similar problem where I internally use Kanban for software development but still needed somehow to bill clients based on estimates and actual work done. So, being a developer, I made a simple tool called [Breeze](http://letsbreeze.com). It's basically a Kanban board with time tracking and reports. Initially I called it Trello and Basecamp hybrid with time tracking and reporting.
Basically you can add estimates and log work (also includes timer) for every card and you can then generate report based on that.
In an ideal world I would like to drop the tracking and use pure agile development but it is not possible if you are primarily doing freelance development. Also it really depends on the client, if they insist on Gantt charts then you are stuck. | I concur with [codegnome](https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4271/codegnome "codegnome")'s answer above. Kanban is about outcomes, what the team delivers in terms of *throughput* and how fast they do this, measured as *cycle time*.
You could use this to support your financial analysis by asking 'Of our team's throughput, how much of that is bug fixes for product X, how much of it is new features for product X, new features for product Y etc?' and then charging your customer accordingly.
I would urge you to think in these terms rather than measuring developer activity as such measurements do not come for free, they are an imposition on the team and as such can end up being incorrectly recorded and so less than useful. |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | Disclaimer: I am related to Eylean board development
There is a precise match solution launched instead of Eylean which covers the idea of using both Cycle time and time tracking as part of Kanban System. If it is still relevant option you can consider reviewing [Teamhood](https://teamhood.com)
One more tool is [Eylean Board](http://www.eylean.com) - it is virtual board which offer both scrum and kanban tools. You can customize it anyway you like through a simple GUI. I have to say the board looks pretty nice and is very fluent with drag and drop everywhere. And of course it has cycle and lead time reports. One thing is that Eylean must be installed on client machine it is not a web app. | I concur with [codegnome](https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4271/codegnome "codegnome")'s answer above. Kanban is about outcomes, what the team delivers in terms of *throughput* and how fast they do this, measured as *cycle time*.
You could use this to support your financial analysis by asking 'Of our team's throughput, how much of that is bug fixes for product X, how much of it is new features for product X, new features for product Y etc?' and then charging your customer accordingly.
I would urge you to think in these terms rather than measuring developer activity as such measurements do not come for free, they are an imposition on the team and as such can end up being incorrectly recorded and so less than useful. |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | ### TL;DR
Don't think "time tracking." Think "cycle time" instead.
### Kanban Should Measure Cycle Time
Generally, Kanban is not about measuring "activities" at a granular level; it is about measuring cycle time for a pull through the entire system. There is legitimate debate about whether this time should include lead time (e.g. time spent in the ice box) or just time from "started" to "done."
Some examples of how lead and cycle times can be measured are:
* [Kanban and When Will This Be Done?](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304145123/http://www.dennisstevens.com/2010/06/07/kanban-and-when-will-this-be-done/)
* [Kanban Analytics & Metrics: Lead and Cycle Time and Cumulative Flow Diagram](http://kanbantool.com/kanban-analytics-and-metrics)
but there may certainly be better explanations out there. The the general idea, though, is that you care about how long it takes and average batch to move from from initialization to a delivered state--regardless of how you choose to measure that.
### Don't Micro-Manage
The important thing in Kanban is that you are *not* measuring sub-tasks or work products belows the level of the user story. In other words, if a user story is "embiggen the quux" then it doesn't matter how long it takes to order the quux components, perform the embiggening, or update the quux documentation--unless those are explicit queues in your Kanban process, of course.
With Kanban, the question you're asking is "how long does it normally take for a standard-sized story to move through the entire queue and across all defined processes for that queue?" You then use *kaizen* to eliminate waste and reduce cycle time to the maximum extent practical, rather than optimizing individual tasks.
When you ask how to track time spent on specific activities, you're trying to optimize parts of a task. This is wrong. Consider the following quote:
>
> To optimize the whole, you must sub-optimize the parts...First, model the process by breaking it down into between five and nine sub-processes. Visualize each sub-process as an input hopper that sits on top of a black box. Inputs to the queue are dumped on top of the input hopper where they wait their turn. When the black box is ready to process the next item it grabs an input from the bottom of the stack, does whatever it does, and shoves it onto the top of the input hopper of the next sub-process.
>
>
> Lewis, Bob (2012-01-23). Keep the Joint Running: A Manifesto for 21st Century Information Technology (pp. 31-38). IS Survivor Publishing. Kindle Edition.
>
>
>
All you (should) care about is the overall efficiency of the entire process chain, not the individual sub-processes. That doesn't mean waste can't exist in a sub-process, but you should spend *zero* time on that level of analysis until and unless it is negatively impacting the cycle time of your macro-process. | You can achieve this using [JIRA](http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/overview/) (which will manage your issues/bugs/backlog) and [Greenhopper](http://www.atlassian.com/software/greenhopper/overview/kanban) (which will handle the Kanban side of it). Devs (or PMs) can log work on the issues that they're working on but, as others have mentioned, it might not be quite right in a Kanban context.
We use it in Scrum, where it's helpful for calculating burndown and velocity, but I should emphasize that, for us, it's just about helping us to improve our estimation and not overloading our sprints rather than for performance management. In my opinion, performance management is much more complex than just the measurement of hours/days a person has logged against a particular task. |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | You can achieve this using [JIRA](http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/overview/) (which will manage your issues/bugs/backlog) and [Greenhopper](http://www.atlassian.com/software/greenhopper/overview/kanban) (which will handle the Kanban side of it). Devs (or PMs) can log work on the issues that they're working on but, as others have mentioned, it might not be quite right in a Kanban context.
We use it in Scrum, where it's helpful for calculating burndown and velocity, but I should emphasize that, for us, it's just about helping us to improve our estimation and not overloading our sprints rather than for performance management. In my opinion, performance management is much more complex than just the measurement of hours/days a person has logged against a particular task. | I concur with [codegnome](https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4271/codegnome "codegnome")'s answer above. Kanban is about outcomes, what the team delivers in terms of *throughput* and how fast they do this, measured as *cycle time*.
You could use this to support your financial analysis by asking 'Of our team's throughput, how much of that is bug fixes for product X, how much of it is new features for product X, new features for product Y etc?' and then charging your customer accordingly.
I would urge you to think in these terms rather than measuring developer activity as such measurements do not come for free, they are an imposition on the team and as such can end up being incorrectly recorded and so less than useful. |
7,858 | My title sums up my question pretty well. We're investigating whether we can use a Kanban-based system to manage and track some internal projects and one of our requirements is to track time spent on activities. This will allow us to collect stats on engineering cost.
Is anyone doing this and if so, how? | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7858",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4752/"
] | Disclaimer: I am related to Eylean board development
There is a precise match solution launched instead of Eylean which covers the idea of using both Cycle time and time tracking as part of Kanban System. If it is still relevant option you can consider reviewing [Teamhood](https://teamhood.com)
One more tool is [Eylean Board](http://www.eylean.com) - it is virtual board which offer both scrum and kanban tools. You can customize it anyway you like through a simple GUI. I have to say the board looks pretty nice and is very fluent with drag and drop everywhere. And of course it has cycle and lead time reports. One thing is that Eylean must be installed on client machine it is not a web app. | I agree, that in general Kanban is not about tracking time spent on tasks. However, I understand a need for that. It seems to me that you need a virtual Kanban board with build-in time tracking and reports. The solution that offers such a powerful combination is [Kanban Tool](http://kanbantool.com/time-tracking). |
8,859,384 | Is there such a thing as a 64-bit .dll for the YAJSW Java service wrapper? If so, where do I find it? I know that the Tanuki JSW provides .dll files that go with the .jar files it distributes. So, I am basically wondering if YAJSW has overcome this limitation and I dont need a .dll OR if I need to download one from somewhere?
The [YAJSW website](http://yajsw.sourceforge.net/YAJSW%20Configuration%20Parameters.html) mentions the existence of a w86.dll file but provides no information on where to find it or whether you need it or not. | 2012/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8859384",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/118228/"
] | I think you are misunderstanding that reference to "w86.dll". I think it is supposed to be an example of some 3rd party application specific DLL. The text is about how to configure YAJSW to deal with such things.
I've never tried to use YAJSW, but the indications from the documentation is that 64 bit is supported for Windows. It should "just work" if you follow the generic instructions. Have you tried that? | You can find a list of supported platforms for YAJSW [here](http://yajsw.sourceforge.net/#mozTocId768274).
YAJSW distribution comes with what you need to get it running so as long as you are on a supported platform you should be good to go. |
106,947 | I've been able to add a Google Calendar (CalDAV) account to OS X Calendar (v6, Mountain Lion 10.8.5) without problem, and all my own calendars show up.
Is there a way of seeing calendars others have shared with me (these show up under 'Other Calendars' in the Google Calendar website settings)?
(Same situation on my iPhone.) | 2013/10/26 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/106947",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/37070/"
] | Yes, this question is answered by google here:
<https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect>
You can click on the link and select shared calendars you wanna sync with your device. | You could use a Calendar Program like Informant for macOS. it allows you to combine numerous calendars into a single app. |
41,413 | My friend asked me for help with an IQ test and after she did it online she came back at me with the ones she couldn't solve.
Two of them however, I discovered are the same puzzle type, but no matter how much I look at it, I just can't see the logic in it. We redid the test and this puzzle occurred yet again, so now I have three versions of the same type of sequence written below.
>
> 19 43 83 233 59 61 283 ?
>
>
> 11 35 75 225 51 53 275 ?
>
>
> 5 29 69 219 45 47 269 ?
>
>
>
I get the feeling that this puzzle is easy, yet I just can't see it.
[Update]
By request, I give the five options for the answer of the top row that I wrote down during the second test.
The options are: 800 778 793 58 176.
I'm actually leaning towards Jonathan Allan's explanation of a mistake in some data entry for their automated question generation right now, since no one here seems to have solved it yet.
Prior to my post here, my friend emailed them asking them about this sequence, so most likely we will know between now and a few days.
[Update]
Looking at the options again, this puzzle is really really simple. Thank you smriti. | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/41413",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/29405/"
] | The Answer to number 2:
>
> 793: Why? They are all odd numbers! (Only possible to guess given the multiple choice nature of the question) The pattern means diddle squat.
>
>
>
---
None of the below matters, these were early attempts, which turned out to be wrong
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In addition to @Daniel (Sorry, no rights to comment)
>
> 1**9** 43 **83** 233 5**9** 61 2**83** | 9 and 83
>
>
> 1**1** 35 **75** 225 5**1** 53 2**75** |1 and 75
>
>
> 0**5** 29 **69** 219 4**5** 47 2**69** | 5 and 69
>
>
>
then there is
>
> **19** 43 83 2**33** **59** 61 2**83** | 59-19=40, 283-233=50
>
>
> **11** 35 75 2**25** **51** 53 2**75** | 51-11=40, 275-225=50
>
>
> **05** 29 69 2**19** **45** 47 2**69** | 45-05=40, 269-219=50
>
>
>
There are a few other simple additions with nice round numbers
>
> d5-d1 = 40, d3-d2 = 40, d4-d2 = 140 (100+40)
>
>
> d7-d4 = 50, d4-d3 = 150 (100+50)
>
>
> d7-d3 = 200
>
>
>
Another pattern exists in the second digit... but this might be seeing patterns where there aren't any. It might also be giving even more credibility to the modulo + offset theory. (base+offset)%10 works for the patterns below.
>
> 9, 3, 1 -> 9, 1, 3 -> **9**+2=1**1**+2=1**3**(drop the 10's)
>
>
> 1, 3, 5 -> **1**+2=**3**+2=**5**
>
>
> 5, 9, 7 -> 5, 7, 9 -> **5**+2=**7**+2=**9**
>
>
>
So:
>
> If d1 + 40 = d5, and d4 + 50 = d7, then I will guess d6+60 = d8
>
>
> logic: 5-1 = 4, 7-4 = 3, so 8-X = 2. X must be 6
>
>
> 61+60=121
>
>
> 53+60=113
>
>
> 47+60=107
>
>
> | >
> The pattern is simply odd numbers. Of the choices, only one of them is an odd number.
>
>
> |
41,413 | My friend asked me for help with an IQ test and after she did it online she came back at me with the ones she couldn't solve.
Two of them however, I discovered are the same puzzle type, but no matter how much I look at it, I just can't see the logic in it. We redid the test and this puzzle occurred yet again, so now I have three versions of the same type of sequence written below.
>
> 19 43 83 233 59 61 283 ?
>
>
> 11 35 75 225 51 53 275 ?
>
>
> 5 29 69 219 45 47 269 ?
>
>
>
I get the feeling that this puzzle is easy, yet I just can't see it.
[Update]
By request, I give the five options for the answer of the top row that I wrote down during the second test.
The options are: 800 778 793 58 176.
I'm actually leaning towards Jonathan Allan's explanation of a mistake in some data entry for their automated question generation right now, since no one here seems to have solved it yet.
Prior to my post here, my friend emailed them asking them about this sequence, so most likely we will know between now and a few days.
[Update]
Looking at the options again, this puzzle is really really simple. Thank you smriti. | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/41413",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/29405/"
] | I think numbers should be 111,103,97 respectively.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IN2gp.jpg)
We take difference only those number whose last digit is same. | I don't know where it can lead, but (and for the first sequence only) :
(43 + 83) \* **2 -** 19 = 233
(59 + 61) \* **2 +** 43 = 283
Coincidence...? but this is not working for the 2 other sequences.
That was just to contribute a bit or give an idea to someone...
Above all that, either the scenario of the question is a reality... so nothing proves that the 3 sequences follow the same law... or it is a scenario to embed the question and, yes probably, the 3 sequences may follow one law... |
41,413 | My friend asked me for help with an IQ test and after she did it online she came back at me with the ones she couldn't solve.
Two of them however, I discovered are the same puzzle type, but no matter how much I look at it, I just can't see the logic in it. We redid the test and this puzzle occurred yet again, so now I have three versions of the same type of sequence written below.
>
> 19 43 83 233 59 61 283 ?
>
>
> 11 35 75 225 51 53 275 ?
>
>
> 5 29 69 219 45 47 269 ?
>
>
>
I get the feeling that this puzzle is easy, yet I just can't see it.
[Update]
By request, I give the five options for the answer of the top row that I wrote down during the second test.
The options are: 800 778 793 58 176.
I'm actually leaning towards Jonathan Allan's explanation of a mistake in some data entry for their automated question generation right now, since no one here seems to have solved it yet.
Prior to my post here, my friend emailed them asking them about this sequence, so most likely we will know between now and a few days.
[Update]
Looking at the options again, this puzzle is really really simple. Thank you smriti. | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/41413",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/29405/"
] | What these three have in common is that in all of these sequences the addition to the next is in this order:
>
> 24 40 150 -174 2 222 ?
>
>
>
So as these three sequences share the same changing sequence then the changing isn't related to the numbers themselves but the differences between the numbers.
Got some hints from @Shimizoki's reasoning, but this might be totally wrong:
N1 + 40 = N5
N4 + 50 = N7
This could mean that:
N7 + 60 = N8
Because in the next equation:
The first in the equation is the number that is three positions further in the sequence.
The second number increases with ten.
The difference between the first in the equations place in the sequence and the sums number in the sequence increases by one less for each equation.
Therefore for the last number in the row for the first sequence would be 283+60=343.
This would mean the there are some decoy numbers and we have only deduced the pattern from two cases which makes me doubt that this is the right answer. | I think numbers should be 111,103,97 respectively.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IN2gp.jpg)
We take difference only those number whose last digit is same. |
41,413 | My friend asked me for help with an IQ test and after she did it online she came back at me with the ones she couldn't solve.
Two of them however, I discovered are the same puzzle type, but no matter how much I look at it, I just can't see the logic in it. We redid the test and this puzzle occurred yet again, so now I have three versions of the same type of sequence written below.
>
> 19 43 83 233 59 61 283 ?
>
>
> 11 35 75 225 51 53 275 ?
>
>
> 5 29 69 219 45 47 269 ?
>
>
>
I get the feeling that this puzzle is easy, yet I just can't see it.
[Update]
By request, I give the five options for the answer of the top row that I wrote down during the second test.
The options are: 800 778 793 58 176.
I'm actually leaning towards Jonathan Allan's explanation of a mistake in some data entry for their automated question generation right now, since no one here seems to have solved it yet.
Prior to my post here, my friend emailed them asking them about this sequence, so most likely we will know between now and a few days.
[Update]
Looking at the options again, this puzzle is really really simple. Thank you smriti. | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/41413",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/29405/"
] | The Answer to number 2:
>
> 793: Why? They are all odd numbers! (Only possible to guess given the multiple choice nature of the question) The pattern means diddle squat.
>
>
>
---
None of the below matters, these were early attempts, which turned out to be wrong
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In addition to @Daniel (Sorry, no rights to comment)
>
> 1**9** 43 **83** 233 5**9** 61 2**83** | 9 and 83
>
>
> 1**1** 35 **75** 225 5**1** 53 2**75** |1 and 75
>
>
> 0**5** 29 **69** 219 4**5** 47 2**69** | 5 and 69
>
>
>
then there is
>
> **19** 43 83 2**33** **59** 61 2**83** | 59-19=40, 283-233=50
>
>
> **11** 35 75 2**25** **51** 53 2**75** | 51-11=40, 275-225=50
>
>
> **05** 29 69 2**19** **45** 47 2**69** | 45-05=40, 269-219=50
>
>
>
There are a few other simple additions with nice round numbers
>
> d5-d1 = 40, d3-d2 = 40, d4-d2 = 140 (100+40)
>
>
> d7-d4 = 50, d4-d3 = 150 (100+50)
>
>
> d7-d3 = 200
>
>
>
Another pattern exists in the second digit... but this might be seeing patterns where there aren't any. It might also be giving even more credibility to the modulo + offset theory. (base+offset)%10 works for the patterns below.
>
> 9, 3, 1 -> 9, 1, 3 -> **9**+2=1**1**+2=1**3**(drop the 10's)
>
>
> 1, 3, 5 -> **1**+2=**3**+2=**5**
>
>
> 5, 9, 7 -> 5, 7, 9 -> **5**+2=**7**+2=**9**
>
>
>
So:
>
> If d1 + 40 = d5, and d4 + 50 = d7, then I will guess d6+60 = d8
>
>
> logic: 5-1 = 4, 7-4 = 3, so 8-X = 2. X must be 6
>
>
> 61+60=121
>
>
> 53+60=113
>
>
> 47+60=107
>
>
> | I think numbers should be 111,103,97 respectively.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IN2gp.jpg)
We take difference only those number whose last digit is same. |
41,413 | My friend asked me for help with an IQ test and after she did it online she came back at me with the ones she couldn't solve.
Two of them however, I discovered are the same puzzle type, but no matter how much I look at it, I just can't see the logic in it. We redid the test and this puzzle occurred yet again, so now I have three versions of the same type of sequence written below.
>
> 19 43 83 233 59 61 283 ?
>
>
> 11 35 75 225 51 53 275 ?
>
>
> 5 29 69 219 45 47 269 ?
>
>
>
I get the feeling that this puzzle is easy, yet I just can't see it.
[Update]
By request, I give the five options for the answer of the top row that I wrote down during the second test.
The options are: 800 778 793 58 176.
I'm actually leaning towards Jonathan Allan's explanation of a mistake in some data entry for their automated question generation right now, since no one here seems to have solved it yet.
Prior to my post here, my friend emailed them asking them about this sequence, so most likely we will know between now and a few days.
[Update]
Looking at the options again, this puzzle is really really simple. Thank you smriti. | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/41413",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/29405/"
] | How about we try to normalize the numbers by removing the first from all subsequent. Hereby we get
>
> 0 24 64 214 40 42 264
>
>
>
Every number has a 4 in it, with many 2's and 6's.
Work in progress for others to consider. Is there a pattern to the numbers now? | I think numbers should be 111,103,97 respectively.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IN2gp.jpg)
We take difference only those number whose last digit is same. |
41,413 | My friend asked me for help with an IQ test and after she did it online she came back at me with the ones she couldn't solve.
Two of them however, I discovered are the same puzzle type, but no matter how much I look at it, I just can't see the logic in it. We redid the test and this puzzle occurred yet again, so now I have three versions of the same type of sequence written below.
>
> 19 43 83 233 59 61 283 ?
>
>
> 11 35 75 225 51 53 275 ?
>
>
> 5 29 69 219 45 47 269 ?
>
>
>
I get the feeling that this puzzle is easy, yet I just can't see it.
[Update]
By request, I give the five options for the answer of the top row that I wrote down during the second test.
The options are: 800 778 793 58 176.
I'm actually leaning towards Jonathan Allan's explanation of a mistake in some data entry for their automated question generation right now, since no one here seems to have solved it yet.
Prior to my post here, my friend emailed them asking them about this sequence, so most likely we will know between now and a few days.
[Update]
Looking at the options again, this puzzle is really really simple. Thank you smriti. | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/41413",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/29405/"
] | How about we try to normalize the numbers by removing the first from all subsequent. Hereby we get
>
> 0 24 64 214 40 42 264
>
>
>
Every number has a 4 in it, with many 2's and 6's.
Work in progress for others to consider. Is there a pattern to the numbers now? | I don't know where it can lead, but (and for the first sequence only) :
(43 + 83) \* **2 -** 19 = 233
(59 + 61) \* **2 +** 43 = 283
Coincidence...? but this is not working for the 2 other sequences.
That was just to contribute a bit or give an idea to someone...
Above all that, either the scenario of the question is a reality... so nothing proves that the 3 sequences follow the same law... or it is a scenario to embed the question and, yes probably, the 3 sequences may follow one law... |
54,662,572 | It seems the backward compatibility of SSIS covered from SQL server 2008R2 to SQL server 2017 (since an instance with SQL server 2017 installed can proceed SSIS package with PackageFormatVersion = 3)
The question is why do we need to update the SSIS package (.dtsx)
Is there any performance boost or other necessaries by updating the SSIS package? | 2019/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54662572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3686334/"
] | It is highly recommended to update packages because each new release of SQL Server contains new features, bug fixes, performance improvement. There are many articles describing the features of each release as example:
* in SQL Server 2016 package parts was founded which guarantee high re-usability
* ODATA components were added later than 2008 R2
You can refer to the following pages for more information:
* [SQL Server Integration Services SSIS Versions and Tools](https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertutorial/9054/sql-server-integration-services-ssis-versions-and-tools/)
* [Stackoverflow - SSIS tag info](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/ssis/info)
**Also not that [the support of SQL Server 2008 R2 will end soon](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlreleaseservices/end-of-mainstream-support-for-sql-server-2008-and-sql-server-2008-r2/)** *(July 9, 2019)* | The SSIS execution engine can run packages that are current version or older. That's been a feature since the second release.
Why then should we upgrade SSIS packages from an older version to the current version since the execution engine can run them "as is?" I can think of a few reasons why you would want to do this.
Execution performance
=====================
The SSIS engines reads the XML that is an SSIS package from disk. It identifies that the package version does not match the runtime engine version so before it can do anything else, it must first upgrade the in-memory representation of that package to the current version. Package execution can then commence. Package completes and then it throws away all the work it did to upgrade to current version. Maybe that takes a picosecond, maybe it takes a minute for that upgrade to occur. You'll be paying that penalty for each and every package execution.
With SSIS, the addition of a second or two and the ensuing CPU usage for upgrade may not factor much into the overall load on the server as package run times usually measure in minutes if not hours, but I always believed in being a good steward of my resources.
New Features
============
As Yahfoufi mentions, there's lots of new features packed into the varying releases. I find the leap from 2008 to 2012 especially compelling as the move from the Package Deployment model to Project Deployment model is exceptionally compelling as logging, configuration are automagic and execution from SSMS is easily accomplished. |
19,250 | Can the [psychology](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology) of a middle-aged person alter their immune health? I have read about the different types of linkage between nervous system and immune system.
Can someone outline the general facts about what is understood about this? | 2014/06/22 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/19250",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/8101/"
] | I'm not sure what you mean by psychology exactly, but assuming you are referring to a persons mental state there is a known link between stress and immunity. This link occurs through neuro-endocrine pathways. The central nervous system and endocrine (hormonal) systems are linked through the hypothalamus, a key controller of hormone release in the central nervous system. In a state of stress our central nervous system reacts by increasing the release of hormones such as the steroid cortisol and catacholamines such as adrenaline (a.k.a epinephrine in USA).
We know that steroids have an effect of dampening down the immune system (in fact steroids are often used for this intentionally in the case of autoimmune conditions for example). Thus based on this we have a scenario where stress can lead to increase in cortisol (and other hormones) which in turn can have an effect on your immunity. The effect to which this impacts on your life is then further dependent on your psychology and social support.
More generally, the links between illness and psychology are integrated together in what is called the biopsychosocial model of illness. I suggest you look this up to gain a more in depth understanding of this complicated issue. | **Yes.** It's called Psychoneuroimmunology [Ziemssen & Kern 2007](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17503136/):
>
> There is evidence for rich neural connections with
> lymphoid tissue [Steinman et al.(2004)](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15164017/). Receptors for various neurotrans
> mitters beyond acetylcholine and norepinephrine are
> also present on lymphocytes. Whereas the parasympa
> thetic neurotransmitter acetylcholine potently modu
> lates several classical immune reactions via the vagus
> nerve, the sympathetic nervous system can alter the
> TH1/TH2 balance through stimulation of the beta-
> adrenergic receptor for example [Elenkov et al. 2000](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11121511/)
>
>
>
In general: Personal well being (PWB) makes you healthier, Psychological Ill-Being (PIB) makes you unhealthier, here are some snippets of a review ([Abdurachman & Herawati 2018](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5876785/)):
**Coping mechanisms improved the outcome of AIDS patients**
>
> Religious coping and social support as an effort towards PWB showed to boost the immune responses in people living with HIV/AIDS (Dalmida et al, 2013). They used CD4 + cell count to prove their findings. Then, the effort to PWB via religious coping was definitely associated with reduced psychological distress, increased health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and better medication adherence (8-item Morisky Medication Adherence). [Dalmida et al, 2013](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2190/PM.46.1.e)
>
>
>
**Weeks of Playing music shifts your immune system from inflammatory to anti-inflammatory**
>
> Researchers found an increased immune response through various indicators obtained through saliva samples such as: cortisol, cytokines and interleukin (IL) -4, IL-6, IL-17, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and monocyte protein chemoattractant (MCP) -1 ([Fancourt et al., 2016b](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790847/)). This study shows the psychological benefits of group drumming and shows the underlying biological effects, supporting the therapeutic potential for mental health.
>
>
>
---
One might think that this all comes down to happy = no stress. Since there is tons of research out there proving that
***STRESS makes you unhealthy***
Spinorial already mentioned the stress hormone cortisol and its effect on dampening the immune system. Here I wanna provide some more facts that I took from this review ([Yaribeygi et al. 2017](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579396/) doi: 10.17179/excli2017-480):
**Stress makes your immune system to attack your guts**
Stress can re-activate previous inflammation of your gastrointestinal system. It can get worse:
>
> As a result, there is an increase in the permeability of cells and recruitment of T lymphocytes. Lymphocyte aggregation leads to the production of inflammatory markers, activates key pathways in the hypothalamus, and results in negative feedback due to CRH secretion, which ultimately results in the appearance of [gastrointestinal system] inflammatory diseases. [...] It has been suggested that even childhood stress can lead to these diseases in adulthood ([Schwartz and Schwartz, 1983](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7095983/), found in [Yaribeygi et al. 2017](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579396/)).
>
>
>
**Stress stops the immune system from killing cancer**
>
> stress can decrease the activity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells and lead to growth of malignant cells, genetic instability, and tumor expansion ([Reiche et al. 2004](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15465465/) found in [Yaribeygi et al. 2017](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579396/))
>
>
>
**Stress slowly kills you by damaging your blood vessels and heart**
Most human deaths can be related to accumulated damages to the cardiovascular system (So stop worrying about immune system). The mechanism behind stress killing you seems to be fairly simple:
>
> Stress can stimulate the autonomic sympathetic nervous system to increase vasoconstriction, which can mediate an increase in blood pressure, an increase in blood lipids, disorders in blood clotting, vascular changes, atherogenesis; all, of which, can cause cardiac arrhythmias and subsequent myocardial infarction
>
>
>
**Stress Shortens Telomeres**
I came across a paper when I was answering a question about telomeres. Mental stress shortens telomeres ([Epel et al 2004](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0407162101)). To understand how short telomeres affect the immune system, aging and health see [Does Telomere length shortening cause our cells to stop functioning properly?](https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/106963/does-telomere-length-shortening-with-age-actually-cause-our-cells-to-age-and-sto/109201#109201) |
25,103 | In WC3 TFT when you're doing ladder, you can view a lot of statistics online, e.g:
<http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/w3xp-player-stats.aspx?Gateway=Azeroth&PlayerName=Jorgie>
I've been trying to find the similar information for SC2 but the most I can see is a basic match history and the # of wins, am I missing something? It would be nice to view a detailed statistical information about your profile.
Thanks! | 2011/06/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/25103",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1789/"
] | [SC2 Ranks](http://sc2ranks.com) has a match history, and can also show win percentage by map, but I believe they skim off the Battle.Net API, so it won't be any more than Blizzard provides in the first place.
If you want more information about *your own* matches, [SC2 Gears](https://sites.google.com/site/sc2gears/) can look through all your past replays and give you much more information. What it can do is too extensive to list here, check out their [features page](https://sites.google.com/site/sc2gears/features/replay-analyzer). | Check out [sc2drill](http://sc2drill.com)
You can filter by matchup/type and team size too. |
201,832 | Okay so I am part of two Mage the Awakening 2ed campaigns and the two GM's disagree on the rules for prime sight. What they disagree on is if prime sight is able to see if a mage have active spells.
The rule stats: "... and the presence (if not the composition) of any awakened spell ...".
One of the GMs interpret this as being able to see the spells active in another mages pattern while the other believe it only applies to the spells on objects. Therefore if someone, as an example, has nightvision active (forces dot one spell) another mage with prime sight turned on would or would not be able to see this.
Which interpretation is correct? | 2022/10/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/201832",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/43898/"
] | **Yes, a mage with prime sight active would be able to see that another mage has a spell active on themselves**
The rules are on page 91. In my opinion, the part you quoted already answers the question. Someone with active prime sight would would at least be able to see that there was an awakened spell affecting the target, even if it was a spell the mage cast on themselves.
I believe expanding the quote removes all reasonable doubt:
>
> Prime Sight highlights anything the mage can use as a Yantra, and the
> presence (if not the composition) of any Awakened spell or Attainment
> effect.
>
>
>
Note the discussion of seeing attainment effects. While there are definitely exceptions, particularly if you allow in some of the older 1e stuff as expanded material, most attainments only affect the mage and are **generally** harder to detect and with less chance of side effects than spells. If prime sight shows attainments, it makes sense for it to show spells affecting the mage. | In my Opinion, it would be yes.
I also agree with Timothy who answered, If you expand the quote even more with more additional text, it infers that you can detect upon a subject as well, which applies to more than objects since somebody is also able to be considered a subject.
* Highlights anything that can be used as a Yantra
* Detects the presence (if not the composition) of any Awakened spell or Attainment effect
* Detects tass or if a subject has mana
* Detects if they are in a Hallow or Node.
* Prime Knowing/Unveiling Spells that add to Prime Sight (but are separate spells): |
8,034,657 | I have a moveable and closable jquery pop-up notification box. It works well aside from the fact that it pops up every time the page is loaded. What method would I need to implement to allow a user to permanently (or at least semi permanently) close the pop-up box?
If I need to use cookies how would I tie a cookie to a specific action like closing the div? | 2011/11/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8034657",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1709066/"
] | yes you can use cookies. when user click on the close button you can write it to the cookies. and when page load, if cookie is not available display the popup | session would be another candidate and its secure than cookies. And you don't have to do anything else than setting a variable on loading popup on first time and check afterwards if that variable is set or not. |
8,034,657 | I have a moveable and closable jquery pop-up notification box. It works well aside from the fact that it pops up every time the page is loaded. What method would I need to implement to allow a user to permanently (or at least semi permanently) close the pop-up box?
If I need to use cookies how would I tie a cookie to a specific action like closing the div? | 2011/11/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8034657",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1709066/"
] | yes you can use cookies. when user click on the close button you can write it to the cookies. and when page load, if cookie is not available display the popup | Yes you can use cookies to do the trick, basically you're checking to see if the variable in the cookie is set, if not update the variable:
<http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp>
Don't forget that on close, you should update the cookie variable. |
8,034,657 | I have a moveable and closable jquery pop-up notification box. It works well aside from the fact that it pops up every time the page is loaded. What method would I need to implement to allow a user to permanently (or at least semi permanently) close the pop-up box?
If I need to use cookies how would I tie a cookie to a specific action like closing the div? | 2011/11/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8034657",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1709066/"
] | yes you can use cookies. when user click on the close button you can write it to the cookies. and when page load, if cookie is not available display the popup | You could simply use client side cookies: <http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp>
If the user doesn't have a cookie present, display box;
If the user has the cookie present and cookie specifies the user has already closed the box, keep it closed; etc..
It's simple, and doesn't put any extra weight on the server, you can also set a large expiry date if you want the popup not to show on theusers next visit for example.
Although this does depend on what it's for as sessions may also be another way of handling this. (Sessions may mean that if the user comes back the next day for instance, the popup will show again depending on how it's set up) |
8,034,657 | I have a moveable and closable jquery pop-up notification box. It works well aside from the fact that it pops up every time the page is loaded. What method would I need to implement to allow a user to permanently (or at least semi permanently) close the pop-up box?
If I need to use cookies how would I tie a cookie to a specific action like closing the div? | 2011/11/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8034657",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1709066/"
] | You could simply use client side cookies: <http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp>
If the user doesn't have a cookie present, display box;
If the user has the cookie present and cookie specifies the user has already closed the box, keep it closed; etc..
It's simple, and doesn't put any extra weight on the server, you can also set a large expiry date if you want the popup not to show on theusers next visit for example.
Although this does depend on what it's for as sessions may also be another way of handling this. (Sessions may mean that if the user comes back the next day for instance, the popup will show again depending on how it's set up) | session would be another candidate and its secure than cookies. And you don't have to do anything else than setting a variable on loading popup on first time and check afterwards if that variable is set or not. |
8,034,657 | I have a moveable and closable jquery pop-up notification box. It works well aside from the fact that it pops up every time the page is loaded. What method would I need to implement to allow a user to permanently (or at least semi permanently) close the pop-up box?
If I need to use cookies how would I tie a cookie to a specific action like closing the div? | 2011/11/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8034657",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1709066/"
] | You could simply use client side cookies: <http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp>
If the user doesn't have a cookie present, display box;
If the user has the cookie present and cookie specifies the user has already closed the box, keep it closed; etc..
It's simple, and doesn't put any extra weight on the server, you can also set a large expiry date if you want the popup not to show on theusers next visit for example.
Although this does depend on what it's for as sessions may also be another way of handling this. (Sessions may mean that if the user comes back the next day for instance, the popup will show again depending on how it's set up) | Yes you can use cookies to do the trick, basically you're checking to see if the variable in the cookie is set, if not update the variable:
<http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp>
Don't forget that on close, you should update the cookie variable. |
2,730,865 | Background:
* I have a short list of strings.
* The number of strings is not always the same, but are nearly always of the order of a “handful”
* In our database will store these strings in a 2nd normalised table
* These strings are **never** changed once they are written to the database.
We wish to be able to match on these strings quickly in a query without the performance hit of doing lots of joins.
So I am thinking of storing a hash code of all these strings in the main table and including it in our index, so the joins are only processed by the database when the hash code matches.
So how do I get a good hashcode? I could:
* Xor the hash codes of all the string together
* Xor with multiply the result after each string (say by 31)
* Cat all the string together then get the hashcode
* Some other way
So what do people think?
---
In the end I just concatenate the strings and compute the hashcode for the concatenation, as it is simple and worked well enough.
*(If you care we are using .NET and SqlServer)*
---
**Bug!, Bug!**
[Quoting from Guidelines and rules for GetHashCode](http://ericlippert.com/2011/02/28/guidelines-and-rules-for-gethashcode/) by Eric Lippert
>
> The documentation for
> System.String.GetHashCode notes
> specifically that two identical
> strings can have different hash codes
> in different versions of the CLR, and
> in fact they do. Don't store string
> hashes in databases and expect them to
> be the same forever, because they
> won't be.
>
>
>
So String.GetHashcode() should not be used for this. | 2010/04/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2730865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/57159/"
] | I see no reason not to concatenate the strings and compute the hashcode for the concatenation.
As an analogy, say that I wanted to compute a MD5 checksum for a memory block, I wouldn't split the block up into smaller pieces and compute individual MD5 checksums for them and then combine them with some ad hoc method. | Let's solve your root problem.
Don't use a hashcode. Just add a integer primary key for each String |
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