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3,114,086 | In the course of asking about catching 'divide by 0' exception, I found that with C++, we can't do that. I mean, divide by 0 doesn't throw an std::exception.
Some of the hints that I found were I have to check the value, and throw the exception by self.
I say it's confusing, as I've thought that C++ adopted the exce... | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3114086",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/260127/"
] | C++ is implemented on many different platforms and is designed to support high-performance applications. Allowing undefined behaviour means than not all uses of division need to be burdened by extra checking and a possible exception throw by the compiler. The compiler is allowed to implement the fastest translation of ... | C++ doesn't use a lot of good principles in some places in order to maintain compatibility with C code. Java and such has no such constraints, so they can do what they'd like.
In C++, always throw an exception. But, for something like divide by zero, you really should just check it yourself. It's not an exceptional ci... |
3,114,086 | In the course of asking about catching 'divide by 0' exception, I found that with C++, we can't do that. I mean, divide by 0 doesn't throw an std::exception.
Some of the hints that I found were I have to check the value, and throw the exception by self.
I say it's confusing, as I've thought that C++ adopted the exce... | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3114086",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/260127/"
] | C++ is implemented on many different platforms and is designed to support high-performance applications. Allowing undefined behaviour means than not all uses of division need to be burdened by extra checking and a possible exception throw by the compiler. The compiler is allowed to implement the fastest translation of ... | 1. Because C++ is intended to be "close to the metal" and mostly tries to pass simple operations like division through to the hardware relatively directly (so if you can't depend on hardware to enforce a constraint, C++ probably won't by default either).
2. I don't think there's a universal answer to that. Some C++ pro... |
3,114,086 | In the course of asking about catching 'divide by 0' exception, I found that with C++, we can't do that. I mean, divide by 0 doesn't throw an std::exception.
Some of the hints that I found were I have to check the value, and throw the exception by self.
I say it's confusing, as I've thought that C++ adopted the exce... | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3114086",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/260127/"
] | 1) Throwing exceptions is an expensive operation. The C++ philosophy is not to pay for what you don't use. If you want exceptions, you throw them yourself (or use libraries that do).
2) Never accept the divide by zero error. It depends on the situation, if you know the input will never be a 0 never check for it. If yo... | 1. Because C++ is intended to be "close to the metal" and mostly tries to pass simple operations like division through to the hardware relatively directly (so if you can't depend on hardware to enforce a constraint, C++ probably won't by default either).
2. I don't think there's a universal answer to that. Some C++ pro... |
3,114,086 | In the course of asking about catching 'divide by 0' exception, I found that with C++, we can't do that. I mean, divide by 0 doesn't throw an std::exception.
Some of the hints that I found were I have to check the value, and throw the exception by self.
I say it's confusing, as I've thought that C++ adopted the exce... | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3114086",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/260127/"
] | C++ assumes you know what you're doing, doesn't pay for things you don't ask for, and makes no assumptions about the platforms it's intended for.
If you want to divide numbers, it would be quite inefficient to mandate the compiler check the denominator and throw before dividing. (We didn't ask it to do that.) So that ... | Divide by zero is something you can test for before the calculating line, which could avoid wasted cycles if it's a complicated formula. |
3,114,086 | In the course of asking about catching 'divide by 0' exception, I found that with C++, we can't do that. I mean, divide by 0 doesn't throw an std::exception.
Some of the hints that I found were I have to check the value, and throw the exception by self.
I say it's confusing, as I've thought that C++ adopted the exce... | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3114086",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/260127/"
] | C++ is implemented on many different platforms and is designed to support high-performance applications. Allowing undefined behaviour means than not all uses of division need to be burdened by extra checking and a possible exception throw by the compiler. The compiler is allowed to implement the fastest translation of ... | About Q3 - exceptions are something which should occure exceptional :)
So to avoid (which is possible with div0) is always better.
Additionally to Emyr (who is right about "avoid wasted cycles for calculation") you should consider that throwing an exception means a lot of "internal work" since the context changes (you ... |
3,114,086 | In the course of asking about catching 'divide by 0' exception, I found that with C++, we can't do that. I mean, divide by 0 doesn't throw an std::exception.
Some of the hints that I found were I have to check the value, and throw the exception by self.
I say it's confusing, as I've thought that C++ adopted the exce... | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3114086",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/260127/"
] | C++ is implemented on many different platforms and is designed to support high-performance applications. Allowing undefined behaviour means than not all uses of division need to be burdened by extra checking and a possible exception throw by the compiler. The compiler is allowed to implement the fastest translation of ... | Divide by zero is something you can test for before the calculating line, which could avoid wasted cycles if it's a complicated formula. |
3,114,086 | In the course of asking about catching 'divide by 0' exception, I found that with C++, we can't do that. I mean, divide by 0 doesn't throw an std::exception.
Some of the hints that I found were I have to check the value, and throw the exception by self.
I say it's confusing, as I've thought that C++ adopted the exce... | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3114086",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/260127/"
] | C++ assumes you know what you're doing, doesn't pay for things you don't ask for, and makes no assumptions about the platforms it's intended for.
If you want to divide numbers, it would be quite inefficient to mandate the compiler check the denominator and throw before dividing. (We didn't ask it to do that.) So that ... | About Q3 - exceptions are something which should occure exceptional :)
So to avoid (which is possible with div0) is always better.
Additionally to Emyr (who is right about "avoid wasted cycles for calculation") you should consider that throwing an exception means a lot of "internal work" since the context changes (you ... |
4,494,745 | Is it the paypal API compatible with asp.net MVC?
Does anyone know of any expamples of how to implement it?
Thank you. | 2010/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4494745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/359506/"
] | yes it is compatible.
Have a look at [MVC Storefront Starter Kit](http://www.asp.net/mvc/videos/mvc-1/aspnet-mvc-storefront/aspnet-mvc-storefront-part-1-architectural-discussion-and-overview) videos.
[Episode 22](http://www.asp.net/mvc/videos/aspnet-mvc-storefront-part-22-restructuring-rerouting-and-paypal) is dedica... | Recently I implemented a PayPal 'Buy Now' button in a ASP.NET MVC Razor view. In the end the button is just a HTML form that is posted to the PayPal website. However, it took me some time to find out which hidden form fields were required, and which optional fields I could also use to further configure the payment proc... |
4,494,745 | Is it the paypal API compatible with asp.net MVC?
Does anyone know of any expamples of how to implement it?
Thank you. | 2010/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4494745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/359506/"
] | yes it is compatible.
Have a look at [MVC Storefront Starter Kit](http://www.asp.net/mvc/videos/mvc-1/aspnet-mvc-storefront/aspnet-mvc-storefront-part-1-architectural-discussion-and-overview) videos.
[Episode 22](http://www.asp.net/mvc/videos/aspnet-mvc-storefront-part-22-restructuring-rerouting-and-paypal) is dedica... | Take a look at this site. <http://www.arunrana.net/2012/01/paypal-integration-in-mvc3-and-razor.html>
It is specifically designed for MVC3 with Razor! |
4,494,745 | Is it the paypal API compatible with asp.net MVC?
Does anyone know of any expamples of how to implement it?
Thank you. | 2010/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4494745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/359506/"
] | yes it is compatible.
Have a look at [MVC Storefront Starter Kit](http://www.asp.net/mvc/videos/mvc-1/aspnet-mvc-storefront/aspnet-mvc-storefront-part-1-architectural-discussion-and-overview) videos.
[Episode 22](http://www.asp.net/mvc/videos/aspnet-mvc-storefront-part-22-restructuring-rerouting-and-paypal) is dedica... | >
> **Source:** [Paypal add to cart multiple items form with discount](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7840611/paypal-add-to-cart-multiple-items-form-with-discount/12936117#12936117)
>
>
>
I have successfully integrated the PayPal express checkout with shopping cart in to one of my Asp.net MVC projects with di... |
4,494,745 | Is it the paypal API compatible with asp.net MVC?
Does anyone know of any expamples of how to implement it?
Thank you. | 2010/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4494745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/359506/"
] | Recently I implemented a PayPal 'Buy Now' button in a ASP.NET MVC Razor view. In the end the button is just a HTML form that is posted to the PayPal website. However, it took me some time to find out which hidden form fields were required, and which optional fields I could also use to further configure the payment proc... | Take a look at this site. <http://www.arunrana.net/2012/01/paypal-integration-in-mvc3-and-razor.html>
It is specifically designed for MVC3 with Razor! |
4,494,745 | Is it the paypal API compatible with asp.net MVC?
Does anyone know of any expamples of how to implement it?
Thank you. | 2010/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4494745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/359506/"
] | >
> **Source:** [Paypal add to cart multiple items form with discount](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7840611/paypal-add-to-cart-multiple-items-form-with-discount/12936117#12936117)
>
>
>
I have successfully integrated the PayPal express checkout with shopping cart in to one of my Asp.net MVC projects with di... | Take a look at this site. <http://www.arunrana.net/2012/01/paypal-integration-in-mvc3-and-razor.html>
It is specifically designed for MVC3 with Razor! |
93,266 | I am shooting with a Canon EOS Rebel X S and I am using Ilford Delta 400 professional B&W for the first time, any recommendations which ISO setting I should use? I have heard 320. | 2017/10/07 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/93266",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/68991/"
] | Each film has a personality that is further accentuated by developer and pushing or pulling.
If this is your first go around with Delta, I'd recommend shooting it at box speed (400) and seeing if you like it and then adjust from there.
The only caveat to that is if you're planning on developing in rodinal. I've fou... | For the first time pick something tried and tested - D76, ID11 or the like. Rodinal is not a great idea for starting with the tabular grain films (perhaps later).
Once you get the hang of it try something fancy. [the Massive Dev Chart](http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php) is a good place to start.
The idea with ... |
93,266 | I am shooting with a Canon EOS Rebel X S and I am using Ilford Delta 400 professional B&W for the first time, any recommendations which ISO setting I should use? I have heard 320. | 2017/10/07 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/93266",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/68991/"
] | I'm curious what's motivating your question since the film's name (Delta *400*) is telling you exactly where to start. Camera is irrelevant insofar as it's capable of handling the range of film speeds you need. Developer, though, is not. Are your shooting conditions challenging for some reason (for example, low ambient... | For the first time pick something tried and tested - D76, ID11 or the like. Rodinal is not a great idea for starting with the tabular grain films (perhaps later).
Once you get the hang of it try something fancy. [the Massive Dev Chart](http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php) is a good place to start.
The idea with ... |
401,079 | I have a stored procedure in Oracle that returns a select statement cursor reference. I want to be able to pass column names and sort direction (example: 'CompanyName DESC') and be able to sort the results, or pass a filter such as 'CompanyID > 400' and be able to apply that to the select statement. what is the best wa... | 2008/12/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/401079",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/18893/"
] | See here: <http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1288401763279> and <http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:6711305251199>
I especially like this method: <http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1288401763279#4988761718663> | As you probably figured out, R. Bemrose's answer is the simpler to implement, using a dynamic SQL. For that reason, it's probably used the most often. If you do this, be sure to do it the way he(/she?) did, using a bind variable (e.g. USING p\_sort) rather than just concatenating the string onto the lv\_cursor\_txt. Th... |
401,079 | I have a stored procedure in Oracle that returns a select statement cursor reference. I want to be able to pass column names and sort direction (example: 'CompanyName DESC') and be able to sort the results, or pass a filter such as 'CompanyID > 400' and be able to apply that to the select statement. what is the best wa... | 2008/12/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/401079",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/18893/"
] | <http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2177728&tstart=0>
CASE WHEN :P4\_SORT\_ORDER = 1 THEN
ROW\_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY UPPER(ENAME))
or decode(:Sort\_var,1,ROW\_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY UPPER(ENAME)),2,ROW\_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY UPPER(Address))) | As you probably figured out, R. Bemrose's answer is the simpler to implement, using a dynamic SQL. For that reason, it's probably used the most often. If you do this, be sure to do it the way he(/she?) did, using a bind variable (e.g. USING p\_sort) rather than just concatenating the string onto the lv\_cursor\_txt. Th... |
114,320 | Hi all I'm a newbie on bassing and I'm learning tabs now
this tab
G ------------------------------------
D ------------------5-----------------
A --------2-5------------5----2-------
E ---3-----------------------------3--
While I start with first string and 3d fret then for A:2-5 do I hold down the A str... | 2021/05/09 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/114320",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/77944/"
] | What you propose is possible, but it might be tricky. Precisely how tricky will depend on the choice of keys of the two harmonicas.
It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking "if I want all the notes to play in any key I might as well just get one in C and one in C♯, just like a chromatic harmonica". Unfortunately, t... | Since there's only one 'chromatic' note that needs the button pressed in - F♯ - to play every note in the key of G as opposed to key C, it's not an onerous task. When you need that F♯, just play the F♮ hole, and press in the button. Voila, the harp is in tune for key G. Even in key D, there's only one other note to cha... |
49,254,211 | I am using **BinarySecurityToken** for **OTA\_AirRulesRQ**, but I am getting **USG\_AUTHORIZATION\_FAILED**. I used the same token for **BargainFinderMaxRQ** and it worked. Is it some problem with the SOAP request I am sending or access to this method is not authorized form my PCC ?
Also I am able to hold PNR and Issu... | 2018/03/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49254211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9484788/"
] | You should contact the API helpdesk providing your credentials | Do you point it to the according endpoint. E.g. getting creds from prod/testing and using it in prod/testing? |
49,254,211 | I am using **BinarySecurityToken** for **OTA\_AirRulesRQ**, but I am getting **USG\_AUTHORIZATION\_FAILED**. I used the same token for **BargainFinderMaxRQ** and it worked. Is it some problem with the SOAP request I am sending or access to this method is not authorized form my PCC ?
Also I am able to hold PNR and Issu... | 2018/03/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49254211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9484788/"
] | You should contact the API helpdesk providing your credentials | Can you post the message you are trying to send including headers. You can block out Pcc information, but it would help to see the message. It may be something simple you are overlooking and at the very least I could duplicate the call on my test bench and try to to duplicate the issue. |
276,586 | I am trying to migrate from a MySQL AWS RDS instance with a huge SSD and too much excess space down to a small one, and data migration is the only method. There are four tables in the range of 330GB-450GB and executing mysqldump, in a single thread, while piped directly to the target RDS instance is estimated to take a... | 2020/10/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/276586",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/164093/"
] | Tables are by nature unsorted, so you will not have any performance loss on that site, after inserting your data, but we doen't how your instances is smaller, we can't tell the impact it will have.
Your index on that field will be sorted and so will find the wanted rows quite fast, at least faster as scanning the hole... | Not a tall, there is no performance issue in any of the cause |
276,586 | I am trying to migrate from a MySQL AWS RDS instance with a huge SSD and too much excess space down to a small one, and data migration is the only method. There are four tables in the range of 330GB-450GB and executing mysqldump, in a single thread, while piped directly to the target RDS instance is estimated to take a... | 2020/10/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/276586",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/164093/"
] | You are correct that it will cause fragmentation of the clustered index. However, if it is an auto-incrementing column the data wasn't really sorted by anything meaningful. You went from a unsorted mess to a differently sorted unsorted mess.
Selecting/updating/reading a few rows at a time? Not a big deal - the B-tree ... | Not a tall, there is no performance issue in any of the cause |
73,380 | The late bishop John Shelby Spong, argued a few years back about how to understand the account of the magi of Matthew's Gospel (see Matthew 2:1-12). In his book, *Born of a Woman*, he writes how the universal assumption of people he knows, associated with New Testament study, is that the magi were not actual people. He... | 2022/01/08 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/73380",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/44608/"
] | I personally know New Testament scholars who believe this account was not a parable--so at the very least, I can confirm that such people exist.
**Verifiability**
One of the most useful metrics for assessing the real-world authenticity of an account is context that provides verifiability. Consider the difference betw... | If that is the "universal assumption of people he [Spong] knows", then Spong has a very limited set of friends - I also know many NT scholars that believe Matt 2 is history.
Biblical literature can be divided into only a few categories:
* actual history - this is the majority of the Bible
* poetry - the second larges... |
51,581 | It was facing in Y+ direction, so i turned it to X+ direction so that it fits my scene, but when i render it turns back around it sound stupid but i am not joking!
Here is the [File](http://download1649.mediafire.com/lyr91i9q1z8g/qa9p2puo20zc7vj/ALL+CARS.blend) | 2016/04/28 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/51581",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/24140/"
] | You have inserted keyframes , the viewport is displaying frame 2922 and you are rendering frame 0.
you can change what frame you want to render in the render settings.
to clear all keyframes select all objects and press Alt+I | Press NumPad 0 to enter camera view. Move and rotate the camera to change the rendered view. In the properties panel (shortcut N in the 3D window) you can lock the camera to the view, to adjust the shot. |
79,256 | The [Atomic Robo SRD](http://www.faterpg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AtomicSRD-CCBY.html) have recently become available, and one of the rules included in there is the *Mega-Stunts* one. The SRD contains a short discussion on how these special stunts interact with fate points, stating
>
> **Mega-Stunts, Stunt Slot... | 2016/04/25 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/79256",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5843/"
] | Unraveling this is made harder by the fact that “refresh” in Fate core is used as
* a *parameter of the game* – which I will refer to as “refresh parameter” here,
* the *number of fate points a character starts a session with* – which Fate Core also uses the term “refresh rate” for, and
* the *mechanic of sacrificing... | Atomic Robo is high-powered game, so its dials are set a good deal higher than in Core. It also breaks the connection between refresh and stunts. There is **no** interaction.
Very simply.
1. You get as many Fate points at the beginning of a session as you have aspects. That is a maximum of five. It is a fixed number... |
87,449 | I've rigged a model and why I try to change the pose, the mesh deforms badly on the legs.
The model has a mirror modifier (on X and has Vertex Groups option checked) and the armature has X-Axis Mirror. Automatic weights was used and after that I've cleaned a bit the vertex groups (mainly in the head and arms).
But I ... | 2017/08/07 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/87449",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/7804/"
] | This is a classic weight issue. The vertices that aren't moving correctly are either weighted to the wrong bone, aren't weighted to a bone at all, or aren't weighted *enough* to the right bone.
Vertices follow the movement of the bone they're assigned to, but they can be assigned to only follow *a percentage* of a giv... | Just realized that the body/neck/head were having all the vertices on the right side, even though the mesh has a mirror modifier.
I've deleted half of the body/neck/head, deleted the vertex groups and the armature modifier and used Automatic weights again and now it works fine. |
78,901 | I'm looking for a word used in interaction design and probably in other fields as well.
It's used for the following purpose:
>
> If a door has one handle which is a flat surface and another hanlde which is a bar then the bar has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being pulled, and the flat surface has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being p... | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/78901",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/22310/"
] | The usual word for this in the computer trade is an *[affordance](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affordance)*:-
>
> A visual clue to the function of an object.
>
>
>
See also [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance). | *Disposition* or *susceptibility* might be appropriate in a human context, but for door handles I’d suggest writing the sentence in a different way. For example,
>
> If a door has one handle which is a flat surface and another handle
> which is a bar then, the bar will normally suggest pulling and the flat
> surfac... |
78,901 | I'm looking for a word used in interaction design and probably in other fields as well.
It's used for the following purpose:
>
> If a door has one handle which is a flat surface and another hanlde which is a bar then the bar has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being pulled, and the flat surface has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being p... | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/78901",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/22310/"
] | *Disposition* or *susceptibility* might be appropriate in a human context, but for door handles I’d suggest writing the sentence in a different way. For example,
>
> If a door has one handle which is a flat surface and another handle
> which is a bar then, the bar will normally suggest pulling and the flat
> surfac... | I'd use "[penchant](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/penchant)" (noun.
a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.)
or "[affinity](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affinity)" (noun 1. a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc. 2. a person, thin... |
78,901 | I'm looking for a word used in interaction design and probably in other fields as well.
It's used for the following purpose:
>
> If a door has one handle which is a flat surface and another hanlde which is a bar then the bar has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being pulled, and the flat surface has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being p... | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/78901",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/22310/"
] | The usual word for this in the computer trade is an *[affordance](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affordance)*:-
>
> A visual clue to the function of an object.
>
>
>
See also [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance). | I'd use "[penchant](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/penchant)" (noun.
a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.)
or "[affinity](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affinity)" (noun 1. a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc. 2. a person, thin... |
78,901 | I'm looking for a word used in interaction design and probably in other fields as well.
It's used for the following purpose:
>
> If a door has one handle which is a flat surface and another hanlde which is a bar then the bar has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being pulled, and the flat surface has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being p... | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/78901",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/22310/"
] | The usual word for this in the computer trade is an *[affordance](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affordance)*:-
>
> A visual clue to the function of an object.
>
>
>
See also [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance). | Other words that could be used here are **[proclivity](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/proclivity)** and **[propensity](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propensity)**.
Proclivity:
>
> natural or habitual inclination or
> tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
>
>
>
Pr... |
78,901 | I'm looking for a word used in interaction design and probably in other fields as well.
It's used for the following purpose:
>
> If a door has one handle which is a flat surface and another hanlde which is a bar then the bar has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being pulled, and the flat surface has a ****\_*\_\_*** for being p... | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/78901",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/22310/"
] | Other words that could be used here are **[proclivity](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/proclivity)** and **[propensity](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propensity)**.
Proclivity:
>
> natural or habitual inclination or
> tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
>
>
>
Pr... | I'd use "[penchant](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/penchant)" (noun.
a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.)
or "[affinity](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affinity)" (noun 1. a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc. 2. a person, thin... |
239,681 | I know this is a quite odd question, and I don't really know how to provide more elements to help you find a question. All I can say is that, suddenly, every window that has the chance to maximize itself will start maximized. One of the many examples is Chrome's preferences window, that should be a fairly small window ... | 2011/01/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/239681",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/51621/"
] | Remapping the Video Stream to match the Audio Stream: Introduction
------------------------------------------------------------------
Many years ago, I made a rendered architectural fly-through animation (part of an university group project) where we used [Adobe Premiere](http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/) and [... | Remapping the Audio Stream to match the Video Stream.
-----------------------------------------------------
For modifying the audio stream there is a program called Audacity that works well. You should be able to download it, and select the portion of song you want speed up or slow down to implement the changes.
Reme... |
239,681 | I know this is a quite odd question, and I don't really know how to provide more elements to help you find a question. All I can say is that, suddenly, every window that has the chance to maximize itself will start maximized. One of the many examples is Chrome's preferences window, that should be a fairly small window ... | 2011/01/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/239681",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/51621/"
] | Remapping the Video Stream to match the Audio Stream: Introduction
------------------------------------------------------------------
Many years ago, I made a rendered architectural fly-through animation (part of an university group project) where we used [Adobe Premiere](http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/) and [... | A freeware solution is apparently Windows Movie Maker.
Download and install [Custom Speed Effects for Movie Maker(XP & Vista)](http://movies.blainesville.com/2007/02/custom-speed-effects-for-movie-maker-xp.html).
You will also find many other effects for WMM in that site which you can download free.
After instal... |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | If you're integrating a bunch of different apps, and you really just want a bridge, I've had good success with the bridge from [Single-Signon.com](http://www.single-signon.com). You can see there supported apps here:
<http://www.single-signon.com/en/applications.html>
I've also used a MediaWiki extension for phpBB int... | You can write a custom login hook for mediaWiki. I've done it for LibraryThing so that login credentials from our main site are carried over to our mediaWiki installation. The authentication hook extends mediaWiki's AuthPlugin.
There are several small issues:
1. mediaWiki usernames must start with initial caps (so i... |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | One option is OpenID, which you can integrate into [phpBB](http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpbb-openid/), [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/openid/), and [MediaWiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID).
A second option is to set up an LDAP server, which you can also integrate into [phpBB](ht... | You can write a custom login hook for mediaWiki. I've done it for LibraryThing so that login credentials from our main site are carried over to our mediaWiki installation. The authentication hook extends mediaWiki's AuthPlugin.
There are several small issues:
1. mediaWiki usernames must start with initial caps (so i... |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | when you integrate the system. Just remember 2 things:
1. Login to system
Check username/password with both systems.
2. Change of Password
Update the password on both systems. | One option is OpenID, which you can integrate into [phpBB](http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpbb-openid/), [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/openid/), and [MediaWiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID).
A second option is to set up an LDAP server, which you can also integrate into [phpBB](ht... |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | One option is OpenID, which you can integrate into [phpBB](http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpbb-openid/), [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/openid/), and [MediaWiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID).
A second option is to set up an LDAP server, which you can also integrate into [phpBB](ht... | I personally think that integration login systems is one of, if not the, hardest job when utilizing multiple prebuilt applications. As a fan of reuse and modularity, I find this disappointing. If anyone knows of any easy ways to handle this problem between random app X and random app Y, I would love to know. |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | One option is OpenID, which you can integrate into [phpBB](http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpbb-openid/), [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/openid/), and [MediaWiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID).
A second option is to set up an LDAP server, which you can also integrate into [phpBB](ht... | I once did a phpBB/MediaWiki login integration from the phpBB end.
[Check it out](https://damnian.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/damnian/phpBB3/MediaWiki/). |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | If you're integrating a bunch of different apps, and you really just want a bridge, I've had good success with the bridge from [Single-Signon.com](http://www.single-signon.com). You can see there supported apps here:
<http://www.single-signon.com/en/applications.html>
I've also used a MediaWiki extension for phpBB int... | I personally think that integration login systems is one of, if not the, hardest job when utilizing multiple prebuilt applications. As a fan of reuse and modularity, I find this disappointing. If anyone knows of any easy ways to handle this problem between random app X and random app Y, I would love to know. |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | when you integrate the system. Just remember 2 things:
1. Login to system
Check username/password with both systems.
2. Change of Password
Update the password on both systems. | I once did a phpBB/MediaWiki login integration from the phpBB end.
[Check it out](https://damnian.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/damnian/phpBB3/MediaWiki/). |
39,564 | In my host, I currently have installed 2 wordpress applications, 1 phpBB forum and one MediaWiki.
Is there a way to merge the login so that all applications share the same credentials?
For instance, I want to register only in my phpBB and then I want to access all other applications with the given username and passwo... | 2008/09/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2644/"
] | If you're integrating a bunch of different apps, and you really just want a bridge, I've had good success with the bridge from [Single-Signon.com](http://www.single-signon.com). You can see there supported apps here:
<http://www.single-signon.com/en/applications.html>
I've also used a MediaWiki extension for phpBB int... | Having tried to do this some years ago I remember it not being very easy.
The way I did it was to create totally new table to user/pass and then replace these columns in the respective software with foreign keys to your new table - this required **a lot** of custom tweaking of core files in each application - mainly ... |
83,639 | I have heard that when a sailboat is sailing against the wind, it operates on the principle of 'lift'. I am unable to understand the explanation, based on Bernoulli principle, completely. My question is, when it says 'lift', it literally means that the boat is being 'lifted' out of the water? Like when we throw a stone... | 2013/11/06 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/83639",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/32322/"
] | An important point that is often overlooked is that sails do not just generate 'lift', but generate lift in a direction. The pressure differential across the sail's surface is typically much larger near the leading edge, which results in more forward force than you might expect. The two sails (with a sloop) also intera... | Unfortunately the link is broke with no forward link. However the effect is the same as an airplane wing, where lift is generated on the upper or slightly rounded surface. This in effect "Pulls" the aircraft up at a constant rate of assent as long as the upper surface continues to receive the "flow" at a constant rate.... |
83,639 | I have heard that when a sailboat is sailing against the wind, it operates on the principle of 'lift'. I am unable to understand the explanation, based on Bernoulli principle, completely. My question is, when it says 'lift', it literally means that the boat is being 'lifted' out of the water? Like when we throw a stone... | 2013/11/06 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/83639",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/32322/"
] | An important point that is often overlooked is that sails do not just generate 'lift', but generate lift in a direction. The pressure differential across the sail's surface is typically much larger near the leading edge, which results in more forward force than you might expect. The two sails (with a sloop) also intera... | Well, [according to this](https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/295/85020) Bernoulli effect is NOT the cause of lift.
>
> Basically planes fly because they push enough air downwards and receive an upwards lift thanks to Newton's third law.
>
>
>
It is clear that blowing over a piece of paper pulls it up ([video](ht... |
83,639 | I have heard that when a sailboat is sailing against the wind, it operates on the principle of 'lift'. I am unable to understand the explanation, based on Bernoulli principle, completely. My question is, when it says 'lift', it literally means that the boat is being 'lifted' out of the water? Like when we throw a stone... | 2013/11/06 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/83639",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/32322/"
] | Unfortunately the link is broke with no forward link. However the effect is the same as an airplane wing, where lift is generated on the upper or slightly rounded surface. This in effect "Pulls" the aircraft up at a constant rate of assent as long as the upper surface continues to receive the "flow" at a constant rate.... | Well, [according to this](https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/295/85020) Bernoulli effect is NOT the cause of lift.
>
> Basically planes fly because they push enough air downwards and receive an upwards lift thanks to Newton's third law.
>
>
>
It is clear that blowing over a piece of paper pulls it up ([video](ht... |
17,914,473 | I need to rotate a Google Maps Marker. I'm using the JavaScript v3 API. What is the best way of doing this? I've had a look at some other similar questions but there seems to be no clear answer, or if there is it's for v2.
I'm looking for a neat/tidy way to rotate the marker icon.
**Edit:**
As this question has star... | 2013/07/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17914473",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2273902/"
] | A marker image cant be rotated.. you will need to create new images of all your possible rotations and replace the marker image as required with a rotate image file.. using marker.setIcon()
<https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#Marker> | How about? chart-API
<https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?chst=d_map_spin&chld=0.25|38|FF0000|12|text-1|text-2>
It rotates a red spin marker by 38degree scaled 25%,and labeled with two lines texts. |
461,691 | For some reason I have two "elephant" icons from Evernote at the top right menu bar. Does anyone know if this is a bug in Evernote or how to remove the extra one?
**Additional Information:**
This problem is still seen after the following steps:
1. Completely wiping the drive on a Macbook Air
2. Installing Mountain Li... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/461691",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/18690/"
] | I had the same problem and resolved it by going to:
System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items [for my user]
Then I deleted the EvernoteHelper (select and press the "-" button).
Finally, I unchecked all of the tickboxes under Evernote Helper in Evernote's settings itself, and then re-checked them. Rebooted an... | Sounds weird. Have you tried to relaunch Finder? Apple->Force Quit->Finder and click relaunch. |
461,691 | For some reason I have two "elephant" icons from Evernote at the top right menu bar. Does anyone know if this is a bug in Evernote or how to remove the extra one?
**Additional Information:**
This problem is still seen after the following steps:
1. Completely wiping the drive on a Macbook Air
2. Installing Mountain Li... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/461691",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/18690/"
] | I had the same problem and resolved it by going to:
System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items [for my user]
Then I deleted the EvernoteHelper (select and press the "-" button).
Finally, I unchecked all of the tickboxes under Evernote Helper in Evernote's settings itself, and then re-checked them. Rebooted an... | You are likely running a normal install of Evernote, and an App store install of it. You need to startup Evernote (the application), go to Preferences
Then under general uncheck "Start the Evernote Helper when I log in to... |
7,678,696 | I've installed wkhtmltopdf on Mac OS X via homebrew and I've also tried compiling it (along with the patched version of Qt) by hand. In both cases, the PDFs it generates do not contain any selectable, copyable, or searchable text. Instead each page seems to be its own monolithic image.
However, the [binary version](ht... | 2011/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7678696",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/52207/"
] | Currently there is [a bug in the queue](http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/issues/detail?id=886) of that project for just this case.
Unfortunatly, the recent binary for Mac OSX (0.11-rc1) still has this problem
You can get a older (but newner than the original poster's version) version (0.10) that does work [here](... | [Ensure the body element has a defined, non-zero height.](http://pivotallabs.com/users/jpalermo/blog/articles/1985-standup-01-13-2012-will-the-real-13th-please-stand-up) |
328,307 | What would be the best way to connect two freestanding farm buildings onto the same network? The total cable length would be less than 1000 feet. Cat6 is listed as having a max length of about 330', which is too short. What other options are out there? There is no line of sight due to a slight hill between the two buil... | 2011/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/328307",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/97385/"
] | In a word: fiber.
Your solution could be as simple as two [media converters](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00009B5AA) and [1000 feet of multi-mode fiber](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0000C8Y58) with matching connectors, at a cost of under $500 total for actual networking components.
You would... | You can try these wireless solutions:
* <http://www.trangobroadband.com/wireless-products/multipoint-broadband-access/M900S-900mhz.aspx> - Up to 20-mile range, 18 dB fade margin, 3 Mbps usable subscriber throughput
* <http://www.industrialethernet.com/aw900x.html>
If you want to go for fiber, then 100Base-FX would be... |
328,307 | What would be the best way to connect two freestanding farm buildings onto the same network? The total cable length would be less than 1000 feet. Cat6 is listed as having a max length of about 330', which is too short. What other options are out there? There is no line of sight due to a slight hill between the two buil... | 2011/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/328307",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/97385/"
] | In a word: fiber.
Your solution could be as simple as two [media converters](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00009B5AA) and [1000 feet of multi-mode fiber](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0000C8Y58) with matching connectors, at a cost of under $500 total for actual networking components.
You would... | If you want to learn more about fibre, how it works, tools you need and repair. Then i found this FOA a great help. It's through and free!
<http://thefoa.org/>
<http://www.youtube.com/user/thefoainc>
informative and useful...you soon be a great fibre provider. ;-)
so you've got no excuse not to start laying. |
328,307 | What would be the best way to connect two freestanding farm buildings onto the same network? The total cable length would be less than 1000 feet. Cat6 is listed as having a max length of about 330', which is too short. What other options are out there? There is no line of sight due to a slight hill between the two buil... | 2011/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/328307",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/97385/"
] | In a word: fiber.
Your solution could be as simple as two [media converters](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00009B5AA) and [1000 feet of multi-mode fiber](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B0000C8Y58) with matching connectors, at a cost of under $500 total for actual networking components.
You would... | Depending on your switches you might not require external media-converters - just plug in an appropriate GBIC/SFP into the switches and you are go.
I'd consider the fastest possible connection your switches are able to handle - there is no difference in price (as Gigabit is much more common these days than 100Mbit) an... |
328,307 | What would be the best way to connect two freestanding farm buildings onto the same network? The total cable length would be less than 1000 feet. Cat6 is listed as having a max length of about 330', which is too short. What other options are out there? There is no line of sight due to a slight hill between the two buil... | 2011/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/328307",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/97385/"
] | Depending on your switches you might not require external media-converters - just plug in an appropriate GBIC/SFP into the switches and you are go.
I'd consider the fastest possible connection your switches are able to handle - there is no difference in price (as Gigabit is much more common these days than 100Mbit) an... | You can try these wireless solutions:
* <http://www.trangobroadband.com/wireless-products/multipoint-broadband-access/M900S-900mhz.aspx> - Up to 20-mile range, 18 dB fade margin, 3 Mbps usable subscriber throughput
* <http://www.industrialethernet.com/aw900x.html>
If you want to go for fiber, then 100Base-FX would be... |
328,307 | What would be the best way to connect two freestanding farm buildings onto the same network? The total cable length would be less than 1000 feet. Cat6 is listed as having a max length of about 330', which is too short. What other options are out there? There is no line of sight due to a slight hill between the two buil... | 2011/11/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/328307",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/97385/"
] | Depending on your switches you might not require external media-converters - just plug in an appropriate GBIC/SFP into the switches and you are go.
I'd consider the fastest possible connection your switches are able to handle - there is no difference in price (as Gigabit is much more common these days than 100Mbit) an... | If you want to learn more about fibre, how it works, tools you need and repair. Then i found this FOA a great help. It's through and free!
<http://thefoa.org/>
<http://www.youtube.com/user/thefoainc>
informative and useful...you soon be a great fibre provider. ;-)
so you've got no excuse not to start laying. |
118,359 | I have a SSD as my primary (C:) drive, mainly used for quickly loading games.
It's pretty small (~30 GB) so I want to keep things that don't really need a speed boost off of it. I attempted installing the Visual Studio 2010 Express beta last night, and it claimed to require 2.1 GB of space so I changed the install di... | 2010/03/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/118359",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13423/"
] | No, much of what VS installs (regardless of version) goes into subdirectories in your Windows folder: things such as the .NET frameworks, shared files, etc. So if you installed Windows to the C: drive, VS has to install much of it's core there as well. | Kind of.
The setup DVD contains a file Setup\baseline.dat. This is a large text file which stores information on where to install large chunks of the software.
You need to edit the text file and change the lines which say
>
> DefaultPath=[ProgramFilesFolder]\VC\
>
>
> ...
>
>
> DefaultPath=[ProgramFilesFolder]\... |
118,359 | I have a SSD as my primary (C:) drive, mainly used for quickly loading games.
It's pretty small (~30 GB) so I want to keep things that don't really need a speed boost off of it. I attempted installing the Visual Studio 2010 Express beta last night, and it claimed to require 2.1 GB of space so I changed the install di... | 2010/03/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/118359",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13423/"
] | No, much of what VS installs (regardless of version) goes into subdirectories in your Windows folder: things such as the .NET frameworks, shared files, etc. So if you installed Windows to the C: drive, VS has to install much of it's core there as well. | I got a similar problem in Windows XP and found my own solution:
1) In c:\Program Files create manually by yourself all the folders that the VS2010 installation must create for you. This includes at least these folders:
>
> i. c:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs ii. c:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visual Studio iii. c:\Pr... |
118,359 | I have a SSD as my primary (C:) drive, mainly used for quickly loading games.
It's pretty small (~30 GB) so I want to keep things that don't really need a speed boost off of it. I attempted installing the Visual Studio 2010 Express beta last night, and it claimed to require 2.1 GB of space so I changed the install di... | 2010/03/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/118359",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13423/"
] | No, much of what VS installs (regardless of version) goes into subdirectories in your Windows folder: things such as the .NET frameworks, shared files, etc. So if you installed Windows to the C: drive, VS has to install much of it's core there as well. | There are two ways. The easiest is just to install to C and then move the big folders over to your D drive and set up an NTFS junction to link the old location (on C) to the new one (on D).
If your SSD is so small that you cannot do that, then make the folders on your D drive first, then the junction from C to D and t... |
118,359 | I have a SSD as my primary (C:) drive, mainly used for quickly loading games.
It's pretty small (~30 GB) so I want to keep things that don't really need a speed boost off of it. I attempted installing the Visual Studio 2010 Express beta last night, and it claimed to require 2.1 GB of space so I changed the install di... | 2010/03/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/118359",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13423/"
] | Kind of.
The setup DVD contains a file Setup\baseline.dat. This is a large text file which stores information on where to install large chunks of the software.
You need to edit the text file and change the lines which say
>
> DefaultPath=[ProgramFilesFolder]\VC\
>
>
> ...
>
>
> DefaultPath=[ProgramFilesFolder]\... | I got a similar problem in Windows XP and found my own solution:
1) In c:\Program Files create manually by yourself all the folders that the VS2010 installation must create for you. This includes at least these folders:
>
> i. c:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs ii. c:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visual Studio iii. c:\Pr... |
118,359 | I have a SSD as my primary (C:) drive, mainly used for quickly loading games.
It's pretty small (~30 GB) so I want to keep things that don't really need a speed boost off of it. I attempted installing the Visual Studio 2010 Express beta last night, and it claimed to require 2.1 GB of space so I changed the install di... | 2010/03/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/118359",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13423/"
] | Kind of.
The setup DVD contains a file Setup\baseline.dat. This is a large text file which stores information on where to install large chunks of the software.
You need to edit the text file and change the lines which say
>
> DefaultPath=[ProgramFilesFolder]\VC\
>
>
> ...
>
>
> DefaultPath=[ProgramFilesFolder]\... | There are two ways. The easiest is just to install to C and then move the big folders over to your D drive and set up an NTFS junction to link the old location (on C) to the new one (on D).
If your SSD is so small that you cannot do that, then make the folders on your D drive first, then the junction from C to D and t... |
118,359 | I have a SSD as my primary (C:) drive, mainly used for quickly loading games.
It's pretty small (~30 GB) so I want to keep things that don't really need a speed boost off of it. I attempted installing the Visual Studio 2010 Express beta last night, and it claimed to require 2.1 GB of space so I changed the install di... | 2010/03/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/118359",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13423/"
] | There are two ways. The easiest is just to install to C and then move the big folders over to your D drive and set up an NTFS junction to link the old location (on C) to the new one (on D).
If your SSD is so small that you cannot do that, then make the folders on your D drive first, then the junction from C to D and t... | I got a similar problem in Windows XP and found my own solution:
1) In c:\Program Files create manually by yourself all the folders that the VS2010 installation must create for you. This includes at least these folders:
>
> i. c:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs ii. c:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visual Studio iii. c:\Pr... |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | How about 'Garble'?
According to M-W
* Garble:
a : to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning
* *garble* a story
* the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately *garbled* by his opponent
'Misrepresent' also works though. | [Ventriloquize](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ventriloquize):
>
> to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.
>
>
> |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | You could use the term *co-opt*:
>
> **co-opt** *v. tr.*
>
> 3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: *co-opted the criticism by embracing it.*
>
>
>
[From TFDO](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/co-opt) | [Ventriloquize](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ventriloquize):
>
> to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.
>
>
> |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | How about *pervert*?
From Google search:
>
> [pervert](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pervert+definition&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) *verb*:
> alter (something) from its original course, meaning, or state to a
> distortion or corruption of what was first intended
>
>
>
Your example:
>
> Mr ........ | [Ventriloquize](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ventriloquize):
>
> to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.
>
>
> |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | The answer is in the title of your question
[Misrepresent](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misrepresent)
>
> to give a false or misleading representation of usually with an intent to deceive or be unfair
>
>
> to serve badly or improperly as a representative of
>
>
>
For example:
>
> He claimed he ... | [Ventriloquize](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ventriloquize):
>
> to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.
>
>
> |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | The most suitable word for my context was "Highjack" bringing strong, explicit implication of stealing for their own purposes. The word was contributed in a comment that was subsequently removed. Thanks to that unknown contributor! | You could use the term *co-opt*:
>
> **co-opt** *v. tr.*
>
> 3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: *co-opted the criticism by embracing it.*
>
>
>
[From TFDO](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/co-opt) |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | The most suitable word for my context was "Highjack" bringing strong, explicit implication of stealing for their own purposes. The word was contributed in a comment that was subsequently removed. Thanks to that unknown contributor! | [Ventriloquize](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ventriloquize):
>
> to speak or sound in the manner of a ventriloquist.
>
>
> |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | You could use the term *co-opt*:
>
> **co-opt** *v. tr.*
>
> 3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: *co-opted the criticism by embracing it.*
>
>
>
[From TFDO](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/co-opt) | How about 'Garble'?
According to M-W
* Garble:
a : to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning
* *garble* a story
* the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately *garbled* by his opponent
'Misrepresent' also works though. |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | You could use the term *co-opt*:
>
> **co-opt** *v. tr.*
>
> 3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: *co-opted the criticism by embracing it.*
>
>
>
[From TFDO](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/co-opt) | How about *pervert*?
From Google search:
>
> [pervert](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pervert+definition&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) *verb*:
> alter (something) from its original course, meaning, or state to a
> distortion or corruption of what was first intended
>
>
>
Your example:
>
> Mr ........ |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | The most suitable word for my context was "Highjack" bringing strong, explicit implication of stealing for their own purposes. The word was contributed in a comment that was subsequently removed. Thanks to that unknown contributor! | How about 'Garble'?
According to M-W
* Garble:
a : to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning
* *garble* a story
* the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately *garbled* by his opponent
'Misrepresent' also works though. |
359,874 | Say a group of people vote for a leader in an election but the leader then goes on to "*speak for the people*" but actually he's speaking for himself and his cronies. I'd like it to be clearly in a derogatory sense.
>
> "Mr ..... claimed he was speaking on behalf of the people who voted for him but he was actually **... | 2016/11/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359874",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/167962/"
] | The most suitable word for my context was "Highjack" bringing strong, explicit implication of stealing for their own purposes. The word was contributed in a comment that was subsequently removed. Thanks to that unknown contributor! | How about *pervert*?
From Google search:
>
> [pervert](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pervert+definition&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) *verb*:
> alter (something) from its original course, meaning, or state to a
> distortion or corruption of what was first intended
>
>
>
Your example:
>
> Mr ........ |
11,563,116 | I'm working on a Intranet application that manipulates data from a SQL server. The application has to support multiple users playing with the same data source / same tables. The application uses a [jQuery datatable library](http://datatables.net/) fed by a Ajax call to a JSON result action in my MVC Controller and some... | 2012/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11563116",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1338607/"
] | >
> I would like to know what you guys think of the polling method and if
> you have an alternative that would be more fluid, cleaner or simply a
> better practice for X reasons.
>
>
>
The alternative to polling is pushing which is far more efficient. Checkout [`SignalR`](https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR/). An... | Have you considered using <http://socket.io/> to create a websocket?
This will allows the server to push data to the relevant clients whenever your table updates and will also allow users to push their changes to your server without refreshing (just like ajax).
Socket.io also has a great fall back mechanism so it's ... |
15,146 | I've seen many statistics referenced along the lines of:
>
> Visitors decide where to stay on or leave a website within [7, 2, 11, 0.8 seconds] of seeing it.
>
>
>
Typically the statistic is used when talking about the importance of appealing design, clear navigation, prominent display of relevant content, etc. ... | 2011/12/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/15146",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/10261/"
] | There's a few studies that show sub-conscious reactions to the aesthetics of a page are made within 50ms, and that these reactions then impinge on the user's sense of usability, satisfaction, and the credibility of the site.
* [*Attention web designers: You have 50 milliseconds to make a good first impression!*](http:... | [This study](http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1835449.1835513) covers dwell times in general, as well as for various categories (entertainment, financial, etc.)
[Jakob Nielsen](http://www.useit.com/alertbox/page-abandonment-time.html) provides a good summary of the study, stressing the importance of surviving the f... |
15,146 | I've seen many statistics referenced along the lines of:
>
> Visitors decide where to stay on or leave a website within [7, 2, 11, 0.8 seconds] of seeing it.
>
>
>
Typically the statistic is used when talking about the importance of appealing design, clear navigation, prominent display of relevant content, etc. ... | 2011/12/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/15146",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/10261/"
] | [This study](http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1835449.1835513) covers dwell times in general, as well as for various categories (entertainment, financial, etc.)
[Jakob Nielsen](http://www.useit.com/alertbox/page-abandonment-time.html) provides a good summary of the study, stressing the importance of surviving the f... | [This research by google](http://research.google.com/pubs/pub38315.html) says that even 17ms are long enough to rate the site. |
15,146 | I've seen many statistics referenced along the lines of:
>
> Visitors decide where to stay on or leave a website within [7, 2, 11, 0.8 seconds] of seeing it.
>
>
>
Typically the statistic is used when talking about the importance of appealing design, clear navigation, prominent display of relevant content, etc. ... | 2011/12/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/15146",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/10261/"
] | There's a few studies that show sub-conscious reactions to the aesthetics of a page are made within 50ms, and that these reactions then impinge on the user's sense of usability, satisfaction, and the credibility of the site.
* [*Attention web designers: You have 50 milliseconds to make a good first impression!*](http:... | [This research by google](http://research.google.com/pubs/pub38315.html) says that even 17ms are long enough to rate the site. |
3,357,234 | Does anyone know of any JQuery syntax validators or checkers? The braces are killing me. | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3357234",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/173432/"
] | Check out JSLint for validating JS code:
<http://www.jslint.com/>
Warning: JSLint will hurt your feelings | It's JavaScript. Any IDE with JavaScript syntax checker should do.
NetBeans has one. |
3,357,234 | Does anyone know of any JQuery syntax validators or checkers? The braces are killing me. | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3357234",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/173432/"
] | **JSLint** and a live demo site **JSFiddle** will give you the ability to make sure something is valid and runs properly.
As said, most IDE's will validate your Javascript. Eclipse, Netbeans, PHPEd and so on all have javascript checkers. | It's JavaScript. Any IDE with JavaScript syntax checker should do.
NetBeans has one. |
3,357,234 | Does anyone know of any JQuery syntax validators or checkers? The braces are killing me. | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3357234",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/173432/"
] | Check out JSLint for validating JS code:
<http://www.jslint.com/>
Warning: JSLint will hurt your feelings | **JSLint** and a live demo site **JSFiddle** will give you the ability to make sure something is valid and runs properly.
As said, most IDE's will validate your Javascript. Eclipse, Netbeans, PHPEd and so on all have javascript checkers. |
65,750,527 | We all know that Spark uses RAM to store processed data, both Spark and Hadoop use RAM for computation, which makes Spark to access data at blazing fast speed. But if that is the one thing which makes a lot of difference (apart from Tungsten and Catalyst), we could have added it in Hadoop itself. Why we have not change... | 2021/01/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/65750527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6950719/"
] | There are two main factors that determine the "choice" of using another platform altogether for faster computations (e.g. *Spark*) on top of Hadoop instead of reforming the way that the latter executes its applications.
**1. Hadoop is more of an infrastructure than just a distributed computing library**
And by no mea... | Of course there is always in memory computation. You cannot add, reduce on disk.
That aside:
* Hadoop was created with the primary goal to perform the data analysis from a disk in batch processing mode. Therefore, native Hadoop does not support the real-time analytics and interactivity. It's advantage is that it can ... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | Thought experiment:
1) Hidden from view there is some distribution of electric charges which you feel a force from and you measure the potential field they create. Tell me exactly the positions of all the charges.
2) Take some charges and arrange them. Tell me exactly the potential field they create.
Only the second... | I like the maze analogy. Lets think of the maze, for simplicity, as a binary tree, in which there is only one path out.
Now you want to try a depth first search to find the correct way out of the maze.
A non deterministic computer would, at every branching point, duplicate/clone itself and run each further calculat... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | It's not so much the case that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic.
Rather, you usually need backtracking to process a non-deterministic algorithm, since (by the definition of non-deterministic) you don't know which path to take at a particular time in your processing, but instead you must try several. | Thought experiment:
1) Hidden from view there is some distribution of electric charges which you feel a force from and you measure the potential field they create. Tell me exactly the positions of all the charges.
2) Take some charges and arrange them. Tell me exactly the potential field they create.
Only the second... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | I'll just quote wikipedia:
>
> A nondeterministic programming language is a language which can specify, at certain points in the program (called "choice points"), various alternatives for program flow. Unlike an if-then statement, the method of choice between these alternatives is not directly specified by the progra... | I like the maze analogy. Lets think of the maze, for simplicity, as a binary tree, in which there is only one path out.
Now you want to try a depth first search to find the correct way out of the maze.
A non deterministic computer would, at every branching point, duplicate/clone itself and run each further calculat... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | I wrote a maze runner that uses backtracking (of course), which I'll use as an example.
You walk through the maze. When you reach a junction, you flip a coin to decide which route to follow. If you chose a dead end, trace back to the junction and take another route. If you tried them all, return to the previous juncti... | If you allow backtracking you allow infinite looping in your program which makes it non-deterministic since the actual path taken may always include one more loop. |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | Consider an algorithm for coloring a map of the world. No color can be used on adjacent countries. The algorithm arbitrarily starts at a country and colors it an arbitrary color. So it moves along, coloring countries, changing the color on each step until, "uh oh", two adjacent countries have the same color. Well, now ... | If you allow backtracking you allow infinite looping in your program which makes it non-deterministic since the actual path taken may always include one more loop. |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | Consider an algorithm for coloring a map of the world. No color can be used on adjacent countries. The algorithm arbitrarily starts at a country and colors it an arbitrary color. So it moves along, coloring countries, changing the color on each step until, "uh oh", two adjacent countries have the same color. Well, now ... | Thought experiment:
1) Hidden from view there is some distribution of electric charges which you feel a force from and you measure the potential field they create. Tell me exactly the positions of all the charges.
2) Take some charges and arrange them. Tell me exactly the potential field they create.
Only the second... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | It's not so much the case that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic.
Rather, you usually need backtracking to process a non-deterministic algorithm, since (by the definition of non-deterministic) you don't know which path to take at a particular time in your processing, but instead you must try several. | I'll just quote wikipedia:
>
> A nondeterministic programming language is a language which can specify, at certain points in the program (called "choice points"), various alternatives for program flow. Unlike an if-then statement, the method of choice between these alternatives is not directly specified by the progra... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | Consider an algorithm for coloring a map of the world. No color can be used on adjacent countries. The algorithm arbitrarily starts at a country and colors it an arbitrary color. So it moves along, coloring countries, changing the color on each step until, "uh oh", two adjacent countries have the same color. Well, now ... | The running time of backtracking on a deterministic computer is factorial, i.e. it is in O(n!).
Where a non-deterministic computer could instantly guess correctly in each step, a deterministic computer has to try all possible combinations of choices.
Since it is impossible to build a non-deterministic computer, what ... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | It's not so much the case that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic.
Rather, you usually need backtracking to process a non-deterministic algorithm, since (by the definition of non-deterministic) you don't know which path to take at a particular time in your processing, but instead you must try several. | I wrote a maze runner that uses backtracking (of course), which I'll use as an example.
You walk through the maze. When you reach a junction, you flip a coin to decide which route to follow. If you chose a dead end, trace back to the junction and take another route. If you tried them all, return to the previous juncti... |
500,280 | So I've had at least two professors mention that backtracking makes an algorithm non-deterministic without giving too much explanation into why that is. I *think* I understand how this happens, but I have trouble putting it into words. Could somebody give me a concise explanation of the reason for this? | 2009/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/500280",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | Thought experiment:
1) Hidden from view there is some distribution of electric charges which you feel a force from and you measure the potential field they create. Tell me exactly the positions of all the charges.
2) Take some charges and arrange them. Tell me exactly the potential field they create.
Only the second... | If you allow backtracking you allow infinite looping in your program which makes it non-deterministic since the actual path taken may always include one more loop. |
314,113 | I try to find bare soil areas. Those which are bare over the whole year and those which are fresh harvest and remain bare over a certain time. I try to do this with sentinel-2 data. But the Problem is that the cloud cover does not allow a sufficient detection. What kind of Satellite Products and/or Indices can help me ... | 2019/03/01 | [
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] | I would recommend investigating [Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic-aperture_radar) data and soil indices such as Normalized Radar Backscatter soil Moisture Index (NBMI). Radar has the benefit of being able to penetrate clouds, unlike spectral sensors.
The following are some resour... | Sentinel-2 is best for this, stick at it. You need to use multiple scenes and periods to get around the cloud cover. Landsat, Spot, Aster still all have clouds. Basically, clouds exist so you must overcome them. |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
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] | I give you a concrete example a few days old.
My Macbook was directly connected to the power supply without UPS. I had an external display connected to it. I started my Macbook. My both display were blank. I could only heard the noise of my hardisks.
The solution to the problem was to take my Mac out of the direct s... | Not only is it useful and essential to protect your home computing equipment, but also if you have a home theater system. Basically, you'd rather the lower cost UPS buy it in the case of something happening. |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
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] | I give you a concrete example a few days old.
My Macbook was directly connected to the power supply without UPS. I had an external display connected to it. I started my Macbook. My both display were blank. I could only heard the noise of my hardisks.
The solution to the problem was to take my Mac out of the direct s... | What I want is a pile of tiny UPS devices. They would only have to run my stuff for about 30 seconds as the bulk of power outages don't seem to even last that long.
Heck, from the same logic, I'd LOVE to see someone start making supercapacitor based replacements for laptop batteries so I can avoid cooking the real thi... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
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] | Yes! And not just for computers. My TiVo, cable modem, router, and Xbox are all on a UPS. | I don't currently use one, but have in the past.
I'm considering doing so again, simply because despite living close to the same power station as you, Jon, we seem to get a surprisingly large number of power cuts of varying lengths.
Frankly, it's starting to be too much trouble trying to get the network back up again... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
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] | I didn't consider buying one, as in many years I haven't experienced any power outage. Until on day a thunder storm took out the PSU of my PC and the PSU of the console. | I have been using one for over 4 years now (batteries should be up for replacement soon, so knock on wood that there's no outage).
It has saved my bacon at least once, during an unexpected power outage. I was able to save everything and shut down without a hitch. I should mention that I live next to a switching statio... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
"https://serverfault.com",
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] | Short answer, yes.
Long answer, read this:
<http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000632.html> | I don't currently use one, but have in the past.
I'm considering doing so again, simply because despite living close to the same power station as you, Jon, we seem to get a surprisingly large number of power cuts of varying lengths.
Frankly, it's starting to be too much trouble trying to get the network back up again... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/173/"
] | Short answer, yes.
Long answer, read this:
<http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000632.html> | Surge protectors definitely don't protect you from everything, especially if your house wiring has problems. I've discovered that an ordinary surge protector plugged into an outlet with an open ground can actually make surges worse than equipment plugged straight into the outlet (the result was several fried xbox 360 p... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
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] | Where I work we have had issues with sudden power cuts and because some of our developers run virtual machines off of external hard drives, a UPS is a must. I can highly recommend the [APC Back-UPS ES 700](http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE700-FR) (which I believe I found [via Scott Hans... | I used to run a media server without a UPS and was always a bit nervous of power failures. So I stumped up the cash and bought a cheap UPS, I installed that software which would perform an auto shutdown when the power went out for more than a few minutes. My mind was put at rest.
But, more importantly all of the odd p... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/173/"
] | I didn't consider buying one, as in many years I haven't experienced any power outage. Until on day a thunder storm took out the PSU of my PC and the PSU of the console. | What I want is a pile of tiny UPS devices. They would only have to run my stuff for about 30 seconds as the bulk of power outages don't seem to even last that long.
Heck, from the same logic, I'd LOVE to see someone start making supercapacitor based replacements for laptop batteries so I can avoid cooking the real thi... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/173/"
] | I've had a lot of problems in the past from power outages destroying equipment that was on surge protection. Now I consider UPS devices to be essential. In this day and age, there is no reason why I should have to suffer without power. All computers in my house are on UPS, as well as all network equipment. The lights a... | What I want is a pile of tiny UPS devices. They would only have to run my stuff for about 30 seconds as the bulk of power outages don't seem to even last that long.
Heck, from the same logic, I'd LOVE to see someone start making supercapacitor based replacements for laptop batteries so I can avoid cooking the real thi... |
3,139 | Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):
* Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)
* Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of th... | 2009/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/3139",
"https://serverfault.com",
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] | You might want to distinguish between filtered power and uninterrupted power. Uninterrupted power is probably a good idea for things that you want to shutdown gracefully. Depending on your needs you might only need enough time for the shutdown to finish, resulting in a much cheaper UPS. Other devices may not need UPS a... | I have been using one for over 4 years now (batteries should be up for replacement soon, so knock on wood that there's no outage).
It has saved my bacon at least once, during an unexpected power outage. I was able to save everything and shut down without a hitch. I should mention that I live next to a switching statio... |
73,736 | An excerpt from [this](http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_gas.html) page:
>
> Gases can fill a container of any size or shape. It doesn't even matter how big the container is. The molecules still spread out to fill the whole space equally. That is one of their physical characteristics.
>
>
>
If a fixed quanti... | 2013/08/10 | [
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] | Of course gravity affects distribution.
That is why we have 'layers' of atmosphere surrounding the earth. The lower layers are very dense, and the density decreases as we go outwards, to zero in space.
When a limited amount of gas is released in a containter, it will fill up the space *almost* equally; the lower reg... | Well we know from experience that gas will eventually cluster together and form gravitational wells. Just looking at the sky shows proof of this (in the form of stars)\*.
Yet that site is still a common description of gasses. How can this be? The difference stems from the model used.
The site talks about statistica... |
895,432 | I have a Dell Precision T3610 workstation that currently has two 3.5" SATA HDDs installed, and I'd like to add two more 2.5" disks in a hot-swap bay. I have two free SATA ports, but I'm struggling to find a way to provide power for the additional drives.
The only spare power connector on the PSU is an 8-pin PCIe block... | 2015/03/29 | [
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] | The y-adapter is reasonable, and something you can calculate beforehand.
The HDD manufacturer should provide a product specification listing the maximum amperage draw for the rails it uses ([example](http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-800026.pdf)). A power connector supplies a total of 4.5 A for ... | It doesn't exist, at least not as a simple cable.
PCIe power connectors only provide 12V. Drives nearly always need 5V and sometimes also need 12V. |
377,218 | I've worked on a couple of projects where we spent a great deal of time discussing and writing elaborate coding standards covering everything from syntax layout to actual best practices. However, I have also found that these are rarely followed to the full extent. Many developers seem to hesitate to reject a code revie... | 2008/12/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/377218",
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] | I've worked in places with barely-followed coding practices, and others where they're close to being enforced - or at least easily checked.
A few suggestions:
* The most important thing is to get buy-in to the idea that consistency trumps your personal preferred style. There should be discussion of the coding standar... | I think the best way to look at coding standards is in terms of what you hope to achieve by applying, and the damage that they can cause if mis-applied. For example, I see the following as quite good;
* Document and provide unit tests that illustrate all typical scenarios for usage of a given interface to a given rout... |
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