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103,513 | In my story, I want a creature to be immune to bullets, but giving it bulletproof skin seems too obvious. I want it so that you could shoot the creature a few times at its seemingly vital spots (the head, heart, etc.), but it won't die right away and can still escape or attack you. The best way to make sure it dies qui... | 2018/01/30 | [
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] | Um why not use an actual polar bear? Or something very similar; bears, especially the big bears, (Polar and Grisly) are notoriously hard to kill with small calibre rounds, the combination of muscle layers, fat, and fur over their primary body cavity makes getting at their organs really unlikely with handgun rounds. The... | **FUR**
What about a massive stubborn fur, that is thick enough to absorb most of a bullets energy or/and deflect it from it's original path.
**HORNS**
The creature also could have horn like growths around its vital spots, which can deflect a bullet from the vital area when incoming on certain angels.
This still me... |
103,513 | In my story, I want a creature to be immune to bullets, but giving it bulletproof skin seems too obvious. I want it so that you could shoot the creature a few times at its seemingly vital spots (the head, heart, etc.), but it won't die right away and can still escape or attack you. The best way to make sure it dies qui... | 2018/01/30 | [
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] | Amorphism, if the creature has no vital organs but rather is composed of "full function" non-specialised cells that all do a bit of everything but require a certain critical mass to function as a whole. Then point damage like a bullet wound does little to no damage to the overall organism while cutting it up with a swo... | **FUR**
What about a massive stubborn fur, that is thick enough to absorb most of a bullets energy or/and deflect it from it's original path.
**HORNS**
The creature also could have horn like growths around its vital spots, which can deflect a bullet from the vital area when incoming on certain angels.
This still me... |
103,513 | In my story, I want a creature to be immune to bullets, but giving it bulletproof skin seems too obvious. I want it so that you could shoot the creature a few times at its seemingly vital spots (the head, heart, etc.), but it won't die right away and can still escape or attack you. The best way to make sure it dies qui... | 2018/01/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/103513",
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] | Amorphism, if the creature has no vital organs but rather is composed of "full function" non-specialised cells that all do a bit of everything but require a certain critical mass to function as a whole. Then point damage like a bullet wound does little to no damage to the overall organism while cutting it up with a swo... | * **Resist piercing:** Projectile immunity is usually best achieved by avoiding getting pierced. Some ways to shed bullets include:
+ hard surfaces
+ angled surfaces
+ low coefficients of friction
+ active deflection (springy bristle like hairs could provide this, as would orienting body surfaces)
* **Resist moment... |
103,513 | In my story, I want a creature to be immune to bullets, but giving it bulletproof skin seems too obvious. I want it so that you could shoot the creature a few times at its seemingly vital spots (the head, heart, etc.), but it won't die right away and can still escape or attack you. The best way to make sure it dies qui... | 2018/01/30 | [
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] | Amorphism, if the creature has no vital organs but rather is composed of "full function" non-specialised cells that all do a bit of everything but require a certain critical mass to function as a whole. Then point damage like a bullet wound does little to no damage to the overall organism while cutting it up with a swo... | Backup Organs
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You can make it resistant to most attacks, including bullets, by having redundant vital organs. Combined with a fully shared cardiovascular system and enhanced coagulation, this seems to fit your prerequisites.
* Shooting it will hurt and damage it, but the backup organ will take over, all... |
103,513 | In my story, I want a creature to be immune to bullets, but giving it bulletproof skin seems too obvious. I want it so that you could shoot the creature a few times at its seemingly vital spots (the head, heart, etc.), but it won't die right away and can still escape or attack you. The best way to make sure it dies qui... | 2018/01/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/103513",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/41106/"
] | * **Resist piercing:** Projectile immunity is usually best achieved by avoiding getting pierced. Some ways to shed bullets include:
+ hard surfaces
+ angled surfaces
+ low coefficients of friction
+ active deflection (springy bristle like hairs could provide this, as would orienting body surfaces)
* **Resist moment... | **Self-Regenerative tissue**
your creature has a very fast inmune and regenerative system, making beheading (or very big caliber shots on the head), and thus cutting all neural links, the only way to kill it.
**disclaimer: your creature might have strong bonds to young-adult self destructive women, cigars, muscle ca... |
103,513 | In my story, I want a creature to be immune to bullets, but giving it bulletproof skin seems too obvious. I want it so that you could shoot the creature a few times at its seemingly vital spots (the head, heart, etc.), but it won't die right away and can still escape or attack you. The best way to make sure it dies qui... | 2018/01/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/103513",
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] | What about a dense skeleton?
The skull would protect the brain of course, and you could have a ribcage where the ribs are more tightly packed (or even overlapping dual layer, allowing expansion in both layers but still protecting against vital shots) so that lungs, heart et al are protected. You still need a circulato... | Redundancy.
Bigger than necessity organs due to evolutionary pressure to survive wounds and duplicated vascularisation with the possibility of closing many veins/arteries if severed.
Wherever you hit, there will be another part of the organ able to take over the function and the blood drain will be minor because the ... |
187,743 | The *New York Times* article of this past July 29th titled, “The D.O. Is In Now:
Osteopathic Schools Turn Out Nearly a Third of All Med School Grads,” features the growing popularity of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, Manhattan among would-be doctors, and introduces the following episode:
>
> “Ga... | 2014/07/30 | [
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] | Arguably, no, *Ur-moment* is not a “normal” English expression for most people.
However, it really depends on the company you keep whether it is normal or not. That’s because
*ur-* is indeed a reasonably productive prefix meaning the original version of something in literary and academic registers, and has been such ... | ***Ur*** in this case refers to *the first*, so Ur-moment means *the first moment*.
This meaning stems from the German [ur-](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur-), meaning *proto*, or *original*.
Apart from being bit of a fancy way of saying "the first", it is often used to distinguish from a series of like events, the ... |
187,743 | The *New York Times* article of this past July 29th titled, “The D.O. Is In Now:
Osteopathic Schools Turn Out Nearly a Third of All Med School Grads,” features the growing popularity of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, Manhattan among would-be doctors, and introduces the following episode:
>
> “Ga... | 2014/07/30 | [
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] | ***Ur*** in this case refers to *the first*, so Ur-moment means *the first moment*.
This meaning stems from the German [ur-](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur-), meaning *proto*, or *original*.
Apart from being bit of a fancy way of saying "the first", it is often used to distinguish from a series of like events, the ... | The Old Testament city of Ur was a toponym, a place-name. In the story, the character Abraham, himself an originator of the monotheism practice of his tribe upon which the saga is centered, is said himself to originate from the city of Ur.
So, the common understanding of the the usage of an "Ur-moment" would more tha... |
187,743 | The *New York Times* article of this past July 29th titled, “The D.O. Is In Now:
Osteopathic Schools Turn Out Nearly a Third of All Med School Grads,” features the growing popularity of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, Manhattan among would-be doctors, and introduces the following episode:
>
> “Ga... | 2014/07/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/187743",
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] | ***Ur*** in this case refers to *the first*, so Ur-moment means *the first moment*.
This meaning stems from the German [ur-](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur-), meaning *proto*, or *original*.
Apart from being bit of a fancy way of saying "the first", it is often used to distinguish from a series of like events, the ... | No, the prefix "ur-" is not a common construction in English, as demonstrated by the quoted writer mis-using it and their editor not noticing. As [tchrist's dictionary quotes explain](https://english.stackexchange.com/a/187750/63503), the "ur-X" is the original X. The common example is the play *Hamlet*. There seems to... |
187,743 | The *New York Times* article of this past July 29th titled, “The D.O. Is In Now:
Osteopathic Schools Turn Out Nearly a Third of All Med School Grads,” features the growing popularity of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, Manhattan among would-be doctors, and introduces the following episode:
>
> “Ga... | 2014/07/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/187743",
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] | Arguably, no, *Ur-moment* is not a “normal” English expression for most people.
However, it really depends on the company you keep whether it is normal or not. That’s because
*ur-* is indeed a reasonably productive prefix meaning the original version of something in literary and academic registers, and has been such ... | The Old Testament city of Ur was a toponym, a place-name. In the story, the character Abraham, himself an originator of the monotheism practice of his tribe upon which the saga is centered, is said himself to originate from the city of Ur.
So, the common understanding of the the usage of an "Ur-moment" would more tha... |
187,743 | The *New York Times* article of this past July 29th titled, “The D.O. Is In Now:
Osteopathic Schools Turn Out Nearly a Third of All Med School Grads,” features the growing popularity of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, Manhattan among would-be doctors, and introduces the following episode:
>
> “Ga... | 2014/07/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/187743",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Arguably, no, *Ur-moment* is not a “normal” English expression for most people.
However, it really depends on the company you keep whether it is normal or not. That’s because
*ur-* is indeed a reasonably productive prefix meaning the original version of something in literary and academic registers, and has been such ... | No, the prefix "ur-" is not a common construction in English, as demonstrated by the quoted writer mis-using it and their editor not noticing. As [tchrist's dictionary quotes explain](https://english.stackexchange.com/a/187750/63503), the "ur-X" is the original X. The common example is the play *Hamlet*. There seems to... |
187,743 | The *New York Times* article of this past July 29th titled, “The D.O. Is In Now:
Osteopathic Schools Turn Out Nearly a Third of All Med School Grads,” features the growing popularity of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, Manhattan among would-be doctors, and introduces the following episode:
>
> “Ga... | 2014/07/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/187743",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | No, the prefix "ur-" is not a common construction in English, as demonstrated by the quoted writer mis-using it and their editor not noticing. As [tchrist's dictionary quotes explain](https://english.stackexchange.com/a/187750/63503), the "ur-X" is the original X. The common example is the play *Hamlet*. There seems to... | The Old Testament city of Ur was a toponym, a place-name. In the story, the character Abraham, himself an originator of the monotheism practice of his tribe upon which the saga is centered, is said himself to originate from the city of Ur.
So, the common understanding of the the usage of an "Ur-moment" would more tha... |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6431",
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] | I disagree with other answers that this is simply regional variation, with no difference in meaning. While I'm sure there are regional variations, and certainly the core meaning is the same, to me (native southern UK) the meanings are definitely slightly different:
* The phrase "making a decision" is the more common p... | Per se, there appears to be no difference in meaning.
Even so, "taking a decision" is common in British parlance, whereas "making a decision" is more common in the US.
Refer [BetterWritingSkills](http://www.betterwritingskills.com/articles/take-decisions.txt) for more information. |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
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] | For US English only: Make a decision. Take a position.
A decision is something that is formed through a process. It is put together, or made.
A position is something that is finished. The world "position" itself suggests a specific, stable place to which one has moved, or taken.
One makes a decision to take a posi... | It is more **Make** a decision more than **take** a decision. Even under pressure, you never take a decision. You make it. Even though time is restrictive, you evaluate the situation and make your final decision, regardless of the time limit. A level of mental evaluation has taken place thus calculations for the final ... |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6431",
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] | I disagree with other answers that this is simply regional variation, with no difference in meaning. While I'm sure there are regional variations, and certainly the core meaning is the same, to me (native southern UK) the meanings are definitely slightly different:
* The phrase "making a decision" is the more common p... | making a decision is something you have engineered; taking a decision is something that is put before you (active versus passive). |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
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] | Actually, I think the difference between the two is the final action.
Making a decision implies something you have decided in your mind. The action to implement that decision may or may not have happened.
Taking a decision implies that the action to implement the decision has happened.
That's my two cents worth. | making a decision is something you have engineered; taking a decision is something that is put before you (active versus passive). |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6431",
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] | Per se, there appears to be no difference in meaning.
Even so, "taking a decision" is common in British parlance, whereas "making a decision" is more common in the US.
Refer [BetterWritingSkills](http://www.betterwritingskills.com/articles/take-decisions.txt) for more information. | Actually decisions deal with options. You may have several options to choose from at which time you may choose an option. Hence I may request that you choose or pick an option. Obviously when you pick an option you are taking that corse of action. As you can see when you pick you decide to take. Even though making a de... |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
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] | Make decision is the common form used in English.
>
> I want to think about it a bit longer before I make a decision.
>
>
>
But take decision is used in British English. It means "making an important or formal decision".
>
> I fully accept the decision taken by the committee.
>
>
> | It is more **Make** a decision more than **take** a decision. Even under pressure, you never take a decision. You make it. Even though time is restrictive, you evaluate the situation and make your final decision, regardless of the time limit. A level of mental evaluation has taken place thus calculations for the final ... |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6431",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | For US English only: Make a decision. Take a position.
A decision is something that is formed through a process. It is put together, or made.
A position is something that is finished. The world "position" itself suggests a specific, stable place to which one has moved, or taken.
One makes a decision to take a posi... | Actually decisions deal with options. You may have several options to choose from at which time you may choose an option. Hence I may request that you choose or pick an option. Obviously when you pick an option you are taking that corse of action. As you can see when you pick you decide to take. Even though making a de... |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6431",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I disagree with other answers that this is simply regional variation, with no difference in meaning. While I'm sure there are regional variations, and certainly the core meaning is the same, to me (native southern UK) the meanings are definitely slightly different:
* The phrase "making a decision" is the more common p... | Actually decisions deal with options. You may have several options to choose from at which time you may choose an option. Hence I may request that you choose or pick an option. Obviously when you pick an option you are taking that corse of action. As you can see when you pick you decide to take. Even though making a de... |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6431",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/2668/"
] | I disagree with other answers that this is simply regional variation, with no difference in meaning. While I'm sure there are regional variations, and certainly the core meaning is the same, to me (native southern UK) the meanings are definitely slightly different:
* The phrase "making a decision" is the more common p... | Actually, I think the difference between the two is the final action.
Making a decision implies something you have decided in your mind. The action to implement that decision may or may not have happened.
Taking a decision implies that the action to implement the decision has happened.
That's my two cents worth. |
6,431 | What is the difference between *make decision* and *take decision*? When to use the one and when the other? | 2010/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6431",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | making a decision is something you have engineered; taking a decision is something that is put before you (active versus passive). | It is more **Make** a decision more than **take** a decision. Even under pressure, you never take a decision. You make it. Even though time is restrictive, you evaluate the situation and make your final decision, regardless of the time limit. A level of mental evaluation has taken place thus calculations for the final ... |
914,970 | I am having a file on S3
Example: test-company/upload/abc.txt
I want to upload this abc.txt to my EC2 in php
Do anybody having any idea please share it with example.. | 2009/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/914970",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I've used [amazon-s3-php-class](https://github.com/tpyo/amazon-s3-php-class) which works great.
Zend Framework also has [AWS support](http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.service.amazon.s3.html)
though you can't use it with Europe until ZF 1.8.2 is released. (Due to a bug in 1.8.1 that has been fixed in svn now... | I've used a linux utility called [s3cmd](http://s3tools.org/s3cmd). I guess you could easily call this command line utility from PHP. |
914,970 | I am having a file on S3
Example: test-company/upload/abc.txt
I want to upload this abc.txt to my EC2 in php
Do anybody having any idea please share it with example.. | 2009/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/914970",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I've used [amazon-s3-php-class](https://github.com/tpyo/amazon-s3-php-class) which works great.
Zend Framework also has [AWS support](http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.service.amazon.s3.html)
though you can't use it with Europe until ZF 1.8.2 is released. (Due to a bug in 1.8.1 that has been fixed in svn now... | I'd go for the new Zend Framework (1.8) implementation. Haven't really checked it out yet but you can find it at [http://framework.zend.com/](http://framework.zend.com). Docs here: <http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.service.amazon.s3.html> |
914,970 | I am having a file on S3
Example: test-company/upload/abc.txt
I want to upload this abc.txt to my EC2 in php
Do anybody having any idea please share it with example.. | 2009/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/914970",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I've used [amazon-s3-php-class](https://github.com/tpyo/amazon-s3-php-class) which works great.
Zend Framework also has [AWS support](http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.service.amazon.s3.html)
though you can't use it with Europe until ZF 1.8.2 is released. (Due to a bug in 1.8.1 that has been fixed in svn now... | There is no method to "upload to EC2" as it is an instance of a virtual server and not a storage service. You would need to put your own service on EC2 in order to upload to it.
You can, however, download from S3 to EC2. Simply run wget or similar on the EC2 instance to pull down the file from S3 bucket URL (with auth... |
774,794 | A year ago I advise a user to move off files from e-mail to shared storage as the PST file sizes were a concern and PC was running Outlook slowly.
The 3 PST files have grown when i gave the initial advice from 20GB, 28GB and 14GB to a huge size which is now 48GB, 49GB and 10GB.
Performance of the PC is really sufferi... | 2014/06/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/774794",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/194934/"
] | I can only assume they are making changes to the attachments and sending them back and forth to each other via email thus numerous copies of similar data is maintained.
I suggest not doing attachments as much as possible and instead use cloud alternatives. For example, Google Drive. Using Google Drive you may share th... | Two of your PST files are approaching the preconfigured file size limit in Outlook 2010. You should look into splitting these large PST files into smaller PST files.
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982577>
If you're using Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2013 as your email server you should consider creating ... |
3,265,585 | Anybody knows a Editor where i can develop my JS directly in the Browser with a js based Editor?
It would be nice if the code completion is customizable so that you can add own objects and methods, possibly documentation for each method / object.
Code completion is not required for the objects that come with javascri... | 2010/07/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3265585",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393937/"
] | The only browser based JS/page editor that I know of is Mozilla's Bespin, <https://bespin.mozillalabs.com> , but I have no idea if they do code-completion.
There is a JS tool called JSLint from the Crockenator (Douglas Crockford) which you might find helpful, <http://www.jslint.com>. No code-completion, but it lets yo... | [JsFiddle](http://jsfiddle.net) is used in a lot of examples on this site (no code completion). |
3,265,585 | Anybody knows a Editor where i can develop my JS directly in the Browser with a js based Editor?
It would be nice if the code completion is customizable so that you can add own objects and methods, possibly documentation for each method / object.
Code completion is not required for the objects that come with javascri... | 2010/07/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3265585",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393937/"
] | The only browser based JS/page editor that I know of is Mozilla's Bespin, <https://bespin.mozillalabs.com> , but I have no idea if they do code-completion.
There is a JS tool called JSLint from the Crockenator (Douglas Crockford) which you might find helpful, <http://www.jslint.com>. No code-completion, but it lets yo... | I just stumbled across a JavaScript implementation of vi. But that doesn't do autocompletion.
[this one](http://ajaxian.com/archives/byteplug-experimental-online-javascript-editor) claims to do so, though. I know nothing else about it, though. |
3,265,585 | Anybody knows a Editor where i can develop my JS directly in the Browser with a js based Editor?
It would be nice if the code completion is customizable so that you can add own objects and methods, possibly documentation for each method / object.
Code completion is not required for the objects that come with javascri... | 2010/07/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3265585",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393937/"
] | [JsFiddle](http://jsfiddle.net) is used in a lot of examples on this site (no code completion). | I just stumbled across a JavaScript implementation of vi. But that doesn't do autocompletion.
[this one](http://ajaxian.com/archives/byteplug-experimental-online-javascript-editor) claims to do so, though. I know nothing else about it, though. |
27,876 | Let say that the Earth's Moon was knocked out of orbit and landed on the Earth with some damage but not world ending. Would Earth's atmosphere envelop to include the Moon? Would the moon sink into the Earth? What would happen? | 2018/10/03 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/27876",
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] | To this point, this is purely theoretical. We have no solid evidence of islands of stability. They may or may not exist to begin with. It's hard to speculate on the methods of creating something we don't even know exists.
That said, currently, the heaviest elements found in nature appear to be synthesized in the merge... | The relatively well known process that is believed to produce most heavy atoms in the universe is the ["r-process"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-process). The wikipedia page mentions s
>
> . It has been suggested that multiple nuclear explosions would make it possible to reach the island of stability, as the affec... |
10,832 | On my way back to home while traveling, I missed asr prayer. Now I am at home and praying full prayers. How should I pray qaza of my asr prayer, two rakats or four? When `Magrib` time started, I was in travel.
Options are
* Since, I am not traveling, I should pray full for asr.
* Since, I missed two rakats of asr, I ... | 2014/01/19 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/10832",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/225/"
] | Well the question is: Have you been traveling at 'Asr time if so and you didn't reach your home before maghrib time you have to do qaza' for 2 raka'a as you had the right to pray qasr!
If you haven't been traveling (having the status of a musafir) at 'Asr time of course you should do the full 4 raka'a.
And once you a... | Responding to your question has two answers by two options
1. If you were traveling and you heard the `magrib` adhan in your car, you have to read your qaza salat by 2 rak'ats.
2. If you were travelling and you heard maqrib adhan in your city or at the city gate you have to read your qaza by 4 rak'ats. |
10,832 | On my way back to home while traveling, I missed asr prayer. Now I am at home and praying full prayers. How should I pray qaza of my asr prayer, two rakats or four? When `Magrib` time started, I was in travel.
Options are
* Since, I am not traveling, I should pray full for asr.
* Since, I missed two rakats of asr, I ... | 2014/01/19 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/10832",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/225/"
] | Well the question is: Have you been traveling at 'Asr time if so and you didn't reach your home before maghrib time you have to do qaza' for 2 raka'a as you had the right to pray qasr!
If you haven't been traveling (having the status of a musafir) at 'Asr time of course you should do the full 4 raka'a.
And once you a... | If you reach home, you are no more in a traveller status and should offer the complete prayer.
The Qasr option facilitates the traveller with a shortened prayer to complete the salah on time and not to keep this pending until he reaches home to avail the Qasr prayer.
Allah Knows the best.
May Allah guide and show us... |
75,232 | Are there any tutorials with examples on [Bitcoin Script](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script): from basics to complex scripts? | 2018/05/16 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/75232",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/83165/"
] | Got these informative resources:
* <https://blockgeeks.com/guides/best-bitcoin-script-guide/>
* <https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-guide#p2pkh-script-validation>
* <https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/book.asciidoc>
* <https://davidederosa.com/basic-blockchain-programming/>
* <https://programmingblo... | Here's a bitcoin script 101 tutorial
<https://bitcoindev.network/bitcoin-script-101/> |
15,679 | The so-called **wind turbine syndrome** has received quite a bit of attention of late. For example, on [How Stuff Works](http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/wind-turbines-health.htm):
>
> Until recently, there were three main issues regarding the possible downsides of wind power: bird and ba... | 2013/04/04 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/15679",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/1792/"
] | Wind turbines are perfectly safe for Humans.
You your self brought two credible sources. And there is [this](http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/much-angst-over-wind-turbines-is-just-hot-air-20111220-1p3sb.html#ixzz1hAXpQb9z) article by
>
> Simon Chapman is professor of public health at the University of Sydney. ... | This issue is currently being debated in Denmark.
There are some **possible** [1] health risks regarding **low-frequency** sounds generated by wind turbines. (*Possible* meaning that there is no scientific report yet to prove a casual link between symptoms reported by the neighbours to big wind turbines and the genera... |
376,580 | I tried to use a different folder for the resource packs so I could store them elsewhere and then use a symbolic link to the resource pack folder but Minecraft doesn't see zip files within the symbolic linked directory.
This wouldn't really be relevant, except that I am in the process of stitching a bunch of resource ... | 2020/10/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/376580",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/259623/"
] | **Maybe.**
Here are your options as I see them:
**Persuade your in-laws to let you install Steam on their computer.**
Pros:
* Probably the most straightforward solution.
* Doesn't cost any money.
Cons:
* You have to convince your in-laws to go along with it.
* You have to log into Steam on someone else's computer... | You can stream *Jackbox* games through Steam or even run them natively on a very weak laptop without a discrete GPU in my experience. You could also stream from a phone or tablet or an Android TV device as an alternative. You could connect the phone to the TV if your phone supports video over USB-C. |
6,693 | I couldn't seem to find this existing question, although it may be somewhere boiled into a two-hand tapping question somewhere else.
I come from electric bass and the Victor Wooten style of two-hand tapping. In his method, he uses a hair scrunchie to mute the strings on the other side of the tap. To explain what I me... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6693",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/278/"
] | Depending on the type of tapping I use three mechanisms -
* For your Joe Satriani style tapping where you are using no open strings, I pop a handkerchief in at my first or second fret or thereabouts. This kills pretty much everything from that end of the string.
* On an electric guitar I also use a noise gate just to... | Mechanically, I can think of two options:
* Put a damper on the fingerboard between the nut and first fret that is so precisely located that the string only contacts it when it is being fretted, but not when open.
* Invent a new type of fret that has some kind of damping material on the nut side of each fret so that t... |
6,693 | I couldn't seem to find this existing question, although it may be somewhere boiled into a two-hand tapping question somewhere else.
I come from electric bass and the Victor Wooten style of two-hand tapping. In his method, he uses a hair scrunchie to mute the strings on the other side of the tap. To explain what I me... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6693",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/278/"
] | Mechanically, I can think of two options:
* Put a damper on the fingerboard between the nut and first fret that is so precisely located that the string only contacts it when it is being fretted, but not when open.
* Invent a new type of fret that has some kind of damping material on the nut side of each fret so that t... | I haven't tried these yet, but I'm wondering whether they'll fit the bill:
Goody Ouchless Tiny Terry Ponytaile (42 ct):
[http://www.amazon.com/Goody-Ouchless-Tiny-Terry-Ponytailer/dp/B004G57GHK/ref=sr\_1\_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1366081799&sr=8-19&keywords=hair+scrunchies](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B004G57GHK)
... |
6,693 | I couldn't seem to find this existing question, although it may be somewhere boiled into a two-hand tapping question somewhere else.
I come from electric bass and the Victor Wooten style of two-hand tapping. In his method, he uses a hair scrunchie to mute the strings on the other side of the tap. To explain what I me... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6693",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/278/"
] | Depending on the type of tapping I use three mechanisms -
* For your Joe Satriani style tapping where you are using no open strings, I pop a handkerchief in at my first or second fret or thereabouts. This kills pretty much everything from that end of the string.
* On an electric guitar I also use a noise gate just to... | I was introduced to using a hair band by one of Andy James videos at licklibrary.com. Simply pull over nut of the guitar onto the first fret. Once installed it's easy to add and remove just by sliding it from the top of the neck onto the first fret. It's softly dampens / mutes the open strings but if you intentionally ... |
6,693 | I couldn't seem to find this existing question, although it may be somewhere boiled into a two-hand tapping question somewhere else.
I come from electric bass and the Victor Wooten style of two-hand tapping. In his method, he uses a hair scrunchie to mute the strings on the other side of the tap. To explain what I me... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6693",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/278/"
] | Depending on the type of tapping I use three mechanisms -
* For your Joe Satriani style tapping where you are using no open strings, I pop a handkerchief in at my first or second fret or thereabouts. This kills pretty much everything from that end of the string.
* On an electric guitar I also use a noise gate just to... | I haven't tried these yet, but I'm wondering whether they'll fit the bill:
Goody Ouchless Tiny Terry Ponytaile (42 ct):
[http://www.amazon.com/Goody-Ouchless-Tiny-Terry-Ponytailer/dp/B004G57GHK/ref=sr\_1\_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1366081799&sr=8-19&keywords=hair+scrunchies](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B004G57GHK)
... |
6,693 | I couldn't seem to find this existing question, although it may be somewhere boiled into a two-hand tapping question somewhere else.
I come from electric bass and the Victor Wooten style of two-hand tapping. In his method, he uses a hair scrunchie to mute the strings on the other side of the tap. To explain what I me... | 2012/07/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6693",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/278/"
] | I was introduced to using a hair band by one of Andy James videos at licklibrary.com. Simply pull over nut of the guitar onto the first fret. Once installed it's easy to add and remove just by sliding it from the top of the neck onto the first fret. It's softly dampens / mutes the open strings but if you intentionally ... | I haven't tried these yet, but I'm wondering whether they'll fit the bill:
Goody Ouchless Tiny Terry Ponytaile (42 ct):
[http://www.amazon.com/Goody-Ouchless-Tiny-Terry-Ponytailer/dp/B004G57GHK/ref=sr\_1\_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1366081799&sr=8-19&keywords=hair+scrunchies](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B004G57GHK)
... |
18,406,266 | I have several databases currently using FluentMigrator and am curious to know how Entity Framework Migrations compare.
Can EF Migrations seed data in migrations and selectively run migration scripts based on environments like FluentMigrator can with tags and profiles?
I am already using EF Database First as the ORM ... | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18406266",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1042141/"
] | Entity Framework automatically generates migration files and supports LINQ-to-SQL. FluentMigrations, in contrast, only scripts migrations and doesn't automatically generate migration files. FluentMigrations was developed several years before Entity Framework Code-First. | I don't have any experience with FluentMigrator but after a brief skim of the documentation, it looks like you have to create your migrations manually?
EF will prompt for a migration every time your model changes and the app is run. This makes it kind of easy, but annoying at the same time. Once you've turned on Migra... |
64 | The [Good Subjective/Bad Subjective guidelines](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) talk a lot about what make for great questions and answers for subjective issues, and it primarily falls around Back It Up!: answers need to cite some kind of relevant material (scholarly works, author... | 2014/09/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64",
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] | Back It Up! *can* mean real-world history or physics or linguistics
===================================================================
These are valuable fields that can give a fictional world a sense of realism, or at least credibility and verisimilitude. Answers that reference these things are often going to be bet... | I agree with Back It Up!
========================
We're here to answer questions because they don't fall into the asker's realms of expertise when it comes to world-building. (If they already have the knowledge, why would they come to us?) The Back It Up! policy will provide legitimacy to answers in addition to the le... |
64 | The [Good Subjective/Bad Subjective guidelines](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) talk a lot about what make for great questions and answers for subjective issues, and it primarily falls around Back It Up!: answers need to cite some kind of relevant material (scholarly works, author... | 2014/09/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17/"
] | I agree with Back It Up!
========================
We're here to answer questions because they don't fall into the asker's realms of expertise when it comes to world-building. (If they already have the knowledge, why would they come to us?) The Back It Up! policy will provide legitimacy to answers in addition to the le... | After some brainstorming on chat I think that there are three kinds of questions, that should have different Back It Up policies for answers:
1. **Hard Science questions:** answers should be properly backed up with documentation or scientific articles, and could potentially be posted on specific scientific-subject sit... |
64 | The [Good Subjective/Bad Subjective guidelines](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) talk a lot about what make for great questions and answers for subjective issues, and it primarily falls around Back It Up!: answers need to cite some kind of relevant material (scholarly works, author... | 2014/09/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17/"
] | Back It Up! *can* mean real-world history or physics or linguistics
===================================================================
These are valuable fields that can give a fictional world a sense of realism, or at least credibility and verisimilitude. Answers that reference these things are often going to be bet... | **This site is a site for asking speculative questions**
If there was hard fact to back up a physics question, it would be on Physics.SE. If there was hard evidence on what benefits a Timelord's two hearts gave him, then it would be on Biology.SE.
**That said...**
If you have work that you draw upon or facts th... |
64 | The [Good Subjective/Bad Subjective guidelines](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) talk a lot about what make for great questions and answers for subjective issues, and it primarily falls around Back It Up!: answers need to cite some kind of relevant material (scholarly works, author... | 2014/09/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17/"
] | **This site is a site for asking speculative questions**
If there was hard fact to back up a physics question, it would be on Physics.SE. If there was hard evidence on what benefits a Timelord's two hearts gave him, then it would be on Biology.SE.
**That said...**
If you have work that you draw upon or facts th... | After some brainstorming on chat I think that there are three kinds of questions, that should have different Back It Up policies for answers:
1. **Hard Science questions:** answers should be properly backed up with documentation or scientific articles, and could potentially be posted on specific scientific-subject sit... |
64 | The [Good Subjective/Bad Subjective guidelines](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) talk a lot about what make for great questions and answers for subjective issues, and it primarily falls around Back It Up!: answers need to cite some kind of relevant material (scholarly works, author... | 2014/09/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17/"
] | Back It Up! *can* mean real-world history or physics or linguistics
===================================================================
These are valuable fields that can give a fictional world a sense of realism, or at least credibility and verisimilitude. Answers that reference these things are often going to be bet... | Should we encourage **Back It Up!** Absolutely. Should we enforce it? ***Absolutely not***. And let me explain why.
I'm sure there will be plenty of questions where authors, creators, designers of worlds will want to base their world as close to our own as possible and to make sure that the world they are designing is... |
64 | The [Good Subjective/Bad Subjective guidelines](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) talk a lot about what make for great questions and answers for subjective issues, and it primarily falls around Back It Up!: answers need to cite some kind of relevant material (scholarly works, author... | 2014/09/17 | [
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"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17/"
] | Should we encourage **Back It Up!** Absolutely. Should we enforce it? ***Absolutely not***. And let me explain why.
I'm sure there will be plenty of questions where authors, creators, designers of worlds will want to base their world as close to our own as possible and to make sure that the world they are designing is... | After some brainstorming on chat I think that there are three kinds of questions, that should have different Back It Up policies for answers:
1. **Hard Science questions:** answers should be properly backed up with documentation or scientific articles, and could potentially be posted on specific scientific-subject sit... |
64 | The [Good Subjective/Bad Subjective guidelines](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) talk a lot about what make for great questions and answers for subjective issues, and it primarily falls around Back It Up!: answers need to cite some kind of relevant material (scholarly works, author... | 2014/09/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17/"
] | Back It Up! *can* mean real-world history or physics or linguistics
===================================================================
These are valuable fields that can give a fictional world a sense of realism, or at least credibility and verisimilitude. Answers that reference these things are often going to be bet... | After some brainstorming on chat I think that there are three kinds of questions, that should have different Back It Up policies for answers:
1. **Hard Science questions:** answers should be properly backed up with documentation or scientific articles, and could potentially be posted on specific scientific-subject sit... |
42,980 | I am part of a software development team in a big corporation. The team consists of the manager, several developers and one senior developer. The senior developer position recently became vacant and eveyone wants it, of course.
So I am applying for this position, and so does everyone else in the team. However, I belie... | 2015/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/9959/"
] | There are two possible, mutually exclusive outcomes:
1. The aggressiveness dies down as management announces the winner, and everyone reconciles with the outcome and goes back to the grind.
2. The rancor persists.
All you can do is make it clear to everyone that you'll work with the winner, whoever they are, way befo... | Jealousy is going to happen and that is not the problem to manage.
If they did not think they deserved the position they would not have applied.
Are they going to respect you as lead developer and work effectively is what you need to manage. If you are not respected in your current role then you will not be respecte... |
42,980 | I am part of a software development team in a big corporation. The team consists of the manager, several developers and one senior developer. The senior developer position recently became vacant and eveyone wants it, of course.
So I am applying for this position, and so does everyone else in the team. However, I belie... | 2015/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/9959/"
] | The short answer is that you have to be as dispassionate about the process as possible.
You're assuming they will be jealous. With mature adults, that's not really going to happen. What they will feel is disappointment, and you may even lose one or two in the following months as they see that there is no reasonable ex... | There are two possible, mutually exclusive outcomes:
1. The aggressiveness dies down as management announces the winner, and everyone reconciles with the outcome and goes back to the grind.
2. The rancor persists.
All you can do is make it clear to everyone that you'll work with the winner, whoever they are, way befo... |
42,980 | I am part of a software development team in a big corporation. The team consists of the manager, several developers and one senior developer. The senior developer position recently became vacant and eveyone wants it, of course.
So I am applying for this position, and so does everyone else in the team. However, I belie... | 2015/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/9959/"
] | The short answer is that you have to be as dispassionate about the process as possible.
You're assuming they will be jealous. With mature adults, that's not really going to happen. What they will feel is disappointment, and you may even lose one or two in the following months as they see that there is no reasonable ex... | Jealousy is going to happen and that is not the problem to manage.
If they did not think they deserved the position they would not have applied.
Are they going to respect you as lead developer and work effectively is what you need to manage. If you are not respected in your current role then you will not be respecte... |
504,419 | Is there a word or short phrase, which describes or implies the destruction of books or libraries? | 2019/07/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/504419",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/244436/"
] | The word you're looking for is **biblioclasm**.
According to [*Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction*](https://books.google.com.au/books?id=67CWswHay3QC&lpg=PA3&ots=NibyShqIKS&dq=oxford%20english%20dictionary%20%22biblioclasm%22&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=oxford%20english%20dictiona... | Since *biblioclasm* is basically unheard of in the English language, and *bibliopyrosis* was **literally** unheard of prior to this question, I think the question deserves an answer that will actually be recognized:
>
> ### book burning
>
>
> *noun*
>
>
> : destruction of writing or pictures regarded as political... |
504,419 | Is there a word or short phrase, which describes or implies the destruction of books or libraries? | 2019/07/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/504419",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/244436/"
] | The word you're looking for is **biblioclasm**.
According to [*Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction*](https://books.google.com.au/books?id=67CWswHay3QC&lpg=PA3&ots=NibyShqIKS&dq=oxford%20english%20dictionary%20%22biblioclasm%22&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=oxford%20english%20dictiona... | The term "pulp" is sometimes used to describe recycling already-printed books into fresh proto-paper -- sometimes as a scare tactic.
I've read that some 'vanity' presses have used the threat of pulping unsold books in storage to exact $ from authors (e.g. buy them, pay us more to keep storing them.) But I have no cit... |
504,419 | Is there a word or short phrase, which describes or implies the destruction of books or libraries? | 2019/07/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/504419",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/244436/"
] | The word you're looking for is **biblioclasm**.
According to [*Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction*](https://books.google.com.au/books?id=67CWswHay3QC&lpg=PA3&ots=NibyShqIKS&dq=oxford%20english%20dictionary%20%22biblioclasm%22&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=oxford%20english%20dictiona... | Just to go in a different direction here: [bowdlerize](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowdlerize)
to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content. |
504,419 | Is there a word or short phrase, which describes or implies the destruction of books or libraries? | 2019/07/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/504419",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/244436/"
] | Since *biblioclasm* is basically unheard of in the English language, and *bibliopyrosis* was **literally** unheard of prior to this question, I think the question deserves an answer that will actually be recognized:
>
> ### book burning
>
>
> *noun*
>
>
> : destruction of writing or pictures regarded as political... | The term "pulp" is sometimes used to describe recycling already-printed books into fresh proto-paper -- sometimes as a scare tactic.
I've read that some 'vanity' presses have used the threat of pulping unsold books in storage to exact $ from authors (e.g. buy them, pay us more to keep storing them.) But I have no cit... |
504,419 | Is there a word or short phrase, which describes or implies the destruction of books or libraries? | 2019/07/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/504419",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/244436/"
] | Since *biblioclasm* is basically unheard of in the English language, and *bibliopyrosis* was **literally** unheard of prior to this question, I think the question deserves an answer that will actually be recognized:
>
> ### book burning
>
>
> *noun*
>
>
> : destruction of writing or pictures regarded as political... | Just to go in a different direction here: [bowdlerize](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowdlerize)
to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content. |
504,419 | Is there a word or short phrase, which describes or implies the destruction of books or libraries? | 2019/07/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/504419",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/244436/"
] | The term "pulp" is sometimes used to describe recycling already-printed books into fresh proto-paper -- sometimes as a scare tactic.
I've read that some 'vanity' presses have used the threat of pulping unsold books in storage to exact $ from authors (e.g. buy them, pay us more to keep storing them.) But I have no cit... | Just to go in a different direction here: [bowdlerize](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowdlerize)
to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content. |
14,975,009 | Is it possible to update my google app engine java application without dropping user traffic? | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14975009",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1402576/"
] | AppEngine deploy procedure doesn't put your site nor your data in offline/read only mode. As far as the deploy is implemented your user won't notice any issues (as long as your new code didn't introduced any) | yes u can ..
gae projects allows multiple versions for the same project ,you can have upto 8versions i think ..
say ur application name is abc.com
u can deploy ur project to another version like 2.abc.com
and when ur okay with the version 2.abc.com
you can change that to default in GAE .
Now refering to abc.com wi... |
36,947 | I want to know if there is a good, handy and especially open source Monitoring Tool for Linux Server. I only have SSH and HTTPS access to the server (I don't have a GUI or physical Access).
My requirements:
* Web Interface for the "Host" System which also can run on Smartphones
* Detailed list of Services of a specif... | 2016/10/18 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/36947",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/26524/"
] | Oni, Ghost Browser lets you isolate browsing Sessions in each tab. You can also assign a different proxy for each tab with new Ghost Proxy Control extension. No messing VMs or anything. Everything is right there in one browser window. More details here: <https://ghostbrowser.com/blog/set-different-proxy-for-each-tab/> | Thinking out of the box *and back in* the best that I know of is to use [Virtual Box](https://www.virtualbox.org/) or VMWare to run multiple operating system instances, each with a browser running, possibly "full screen", in tabs.
* If you use a light Linux install as the base for each OS instance the memory consumpti... |
36,947 | I want to know if there is a good, handy and especially open source Monitoring Tool for Linux Server. I only have SSH and HTTPS access to the server (I don't have a GUI or physical Access).
My requirements:
* Web Interface for the "Host" System which also can run on Smartphones
* Detailed list of Services of a specif... | 2016/10/18 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/36947",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/26524/"
] | Oni, Ghost Browser lets you isolate browsing Sessions in each tab. You can also assign a different proxy for each tab with new Ghost Proxy Control extension. No messing VMs or anything. Everything is right there in one browser window. More details here: <https://ghostbrowser.com/blog/set-different-proxy-for-each-tab/> | Somiibo is another software that does this as well. You can assign a unique session to each tab which means independent proxies, logins, cache, cookies, and everything. This [proxy browser](https://somiibo.com/platforms/proxy-browser) is free at the moment. |
77,661 | I have a unibody MacBook, late 2008 I think. The optical drive failed and I wondered about adding a second hard disk. Is this simple to do? | 2013/01/13 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/77661",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/38485/"
] | I have heard good things about the [Optibay kit](http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/). It provides a mounting bracket for whatever hard drive or SSD you want to put in there.
[This video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIwMs7ZgFws) shows how to install it in a Mid-2010 MBP, which is close in design to the Unibody MacBook ... | Yes, I've done it with OWC's Data Doubler and it worked extremely well. Check out <http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/drive_bracket/datadoubler/> |
433,834 | I'm based in the UK. I'd like to watch iplayer, 4od, youtube etc on my TV. I've looked at the Roku box, but as far as I can gather this doesn't support youtube or 4od. I don't have cable in my area and don't want to go with Sky.
What options do I have, if any?
**UPDATE**
My TV has an HDMI connection.
If a netbook i... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/433834",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/138698/"
] | Many new LCD TVs have VGA inputs these days. If your netbook happens to have an HDMI output, you could use that. Connecting the netbook to the TV directly is the easiest way. You can run a media center type software such as XBMC if you want a "TV-friendly" interface.
If you use VGA, you'll have to connect your netbook... | There are some boxes which support Youtube, I've been using boxee box (manufactured by d-link) which has a modded version of xbmc, a full html5 compliant browser and a youtube app. The downside is that it costs about USD 200. |
4,243,513 | 1. According to the java docs of PreparedStatement.setNull: "Note: You must specify the parameter's SQL type". What is the reason that the method requires the SQL type of the column?
2. I noticed that passing java.sql.Types.VARCHAR also works for non-varchar columns. Are there scenarios in which VARCHAR won't be suitab... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4243513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165927/"
] | >
> According to the java docs of
> PreparedStatement.setNull: "Note: You
> must specify the parameter's SQL
> type". What is the reason that the
> method requires the SQL type of the
> column?
>
>
>
For maximum compatibility; as per the specification, there are some databases which don't allow untyped NULL t... | JDBC drivers appear to be moving away from `setNull`. See [Add support for setObject(<arg>, null)](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1938).
My list of databases supporting the more logical behaviour is:
1. Oracle
2. MySQL
3. Sybase
4. MS SQL Server
5. HSQL
My list of databases NOT supporting this logical b... |
4,243,513 | 1. According to the java docs of PreparedStatement.setNull: "Note: You must specify the parameter's SQL type". What is the reason that the method requires the SQL type of the column?
2. I noticed that passing java.sql.Types.VARCHAR also works for non-varchar columns. Are there scenarios in which VARCHAR won't be suitab... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4243513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165927/"
] | >
> According to the java docs of
> PreparedStatement.setNull: "Note: You
> must specify the parameter's SQL
> type". What is the reason that the
> method requires the SQL type of the
> column?
>
>
>
For maximum compatibility; as per the specification, there are some databases which don't allow untyped NULL t... | When it comes to Oracle it would be very unwise to use varchar2 towards other datatypes. This might fool the optimizer and you could get an bad execution plan. For instance filtering on a date column using a timestamp datatype in your bind, Oracle could end up reading all your rows converting all dates to timestamp, th... |
4,243,513 | 1. According to the java docs of PreparedStatement.setNull: "Note: You must specify the parameter's SQL type". What is the reason that the method requires the SQL type of the column?
2. I noticed that passing java.sql.Types.VARCHAR also works for non-varchar columns. Are there scenarios in which VARCHAR won't be suitab... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4243513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165927/"
] | JDBC drivers appear to be moving away from `setNull`. See [Add support for setObject(<arg>, null)](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1938).
My list of databases supporting the more logical behaviour is:
1. Oracle
2. MySQL
3. Sybase
4. MS SQL Server
5. HSQL
My list of databases NOT supporting this logical b... | When it comes to Oracle it would be very unwise to use varchar2 towards other datatypes. This might fool the optimizer and you could get an bad execution plan. For instance filtering on a date column using a timestamp datatype in your bind, Oracle could end up reading all your rows converting all dates to timestamp, th... |
158,763 | How do I go about the above (Flying to Daughter's College Town, Flying Back Together: Booking Roundtrip and One-way?)?
I want to fly to my daughter's city, then have her fly back home with me (seated together).
Thank you! | 2020/08/09 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/158763",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/112888/"
] | I don't know which country you are in or which airline you intend to use, but many airlines will allow you to select the seat number during the online booking process. Most of the so-called low-cost airlines charge an extra fee for seat selection. | It is possible on most airlines to "link" two separate reservations that have already been made. This effectively attaches a note to the two separately-booked itineraries saying in effect "these two people are traveling together, please seat them together and don't re-route them onto two separate flights if the origina... |
158,763 | How do I go about the above (Flying to Daughter's College Town, Flying Back Together: Booking Roundtrip and One-way?)?
I want to fly to my daughter's city, then have her fly back home with me (seated together).
Thank you! | 2020/08/09 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/158763",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/112888/"
] | Within the US, there isn't round-trip pricing any more on most airlines; the price of a round trip is just the sum of the two one-ways. So you should buy:
* booking #1: a one-way ticket for you from your city to where your daughter is;
* booking #2: two one-way tickets for both of you for the return trip.
On the re... | It is possible on most airlines to "link" two separate reservations that have already been made. This effectively attaches a note to the two separately-booked itineraries saying in effect "these two people are traveling together, please seat them together and don't re-route them onto two separate flights if the origina... |
30,353 | The shows Arrow and The Flash take place in Starling City and nearby(?) Central City. My understanding (assumption) is that both shows are filmed in Vancouver, although each show has city shots depicting the (fictional) city where the show takes place. Arrow uses Boston for cityscape shots (no official citation, but I ... | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/30353",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/18402/"
] | The Majority of the externals and locations for the show are filmed in [Portland, Oregon](http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/05/15/new-extended-trailer-for-cws-the-flash) (particularly the cityscapes).
The studios in which CW films both *The Flash* and *Arrow* are based in [Vancouver](http://www.... | All of the Cityscapes of The Flash, as far as I have seen, I've seen every one< are shots of Portland Oregon. I know the Skyline, because I've lived there for 50 years. Its funny tho', The round Starlabs building is projected into the shots, and it jumps from one side of the river to the other in other shows. |
30,353 | The shows Arrow and The Flash take place in Starling City and nearby(?) Central City. My understanding (assumption) is that both shows are filmed in Vancouver, although each show has city shots depicting the (fictional) city where the show takes place. Arrow uses Boston for cityscape shots (no official citation, but I ... | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/30353",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/18402/"
] | The Majority of the externals and locations for the show are filmed in [Portland, Oregon](http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/05/15/new-extended-trailer-for-cws-the-flash) (particularly the cityscapes).
The studios in which CW films both *The Flash* and *Arrow* are based in [Vancouver](http://www.... | The flash and arrow are both filmed in Vancouver BC. I've seen only Vancouver cityscapes on the flash that I remember. I live in Vancouver and the cityscape here is distinct and I can always recognize it. Star Labs is BC Place in Vancouver. |
30,353 | The shows Arrow and The Flash take place in Starling City and nearby(?) Central City. My understanding (assumption) is that both shows are filmed in Vancouver, although each show has city shots depicting the (fictional) city where the show takes place. Arrow uses Boston for cityscape shots (no official citation, but I ... | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/30353",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/18402/"
] | The Majority of the externals and locations for the show are filmed in [Portland, Oregon](http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/05/15/new-extended-trailer-for-cws-the-flash) (particularly the cityscapes).
The studios in which CW films both *The Flash* and *Arrow* are based in [Vancouver](http://www.... | The opening city scene (river running thru the city with several bridges over it) of The Flash series is DEFINITELY Portland, Oregon. That's the Willamette River, Downtown Portland on the left, SE/NE Portland on the right. Scenes on the computer screens and city maps in the backgrounds are also of Downtown Portland. I ... |
30,353 | The shows Arrow and The Flash take place in Starling City and nearby(?) Central City. My understanding (assumption) is that both shows are filmed in Vancouver, although each show has city shots depicting the (fictional) city where the show takes place. Arrow uses Boston for cityscape shots (no official citation, but I ... | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/30353",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/18402/"
] | The Majority of the externals and locations for the show are filmed in [Portland, Oregon](http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/05/15/new-extended-trailer-for-cws-the-flash) (particularly the cityscapes).
The studios in which CW films both *The Flash* and *Arrow* are based in [Vancouver](http://www.... | The cityscape at around 29 to 30 minutes into episode 5 is English Creek in Vancouver. You can see Burnaby Mountain in the background. The bridge in the foreground is also unmistakable.
Later, when he carries Beth out of the city by running on water, you see him run under the Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver. Stanley P... |
30,353 | The shows Arrow and The Flash take place in Starling City and nearby(?) Central City. My understanding (assumption) is that both shows are filmed in Vancouver, although each show has city shots depicting the (fictional) city where the show takes place. Arrow uses Boston for cityscape shots (no official citation, but I ... | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/30353",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/18402/"
] | The opening city scene (river running thru the city with several bridges over it) of The Flash series is DEFINITELY Portland, Oregon. That's the Willamette River, Downtown Portland on the left, SE/NE Portland on the right. Scenes on the computer screens and city maps in the backgrounds are also of Downtown Portland. I ... | All of the Cityscapes of The Flash, as far as I have seen, I've seen every one< are shots of Portland Oregon. I know the Skyline, because I've lived there for 50 years. Its funny tho', The round Starlabs building is projected into the shots, and it jumps from one side of the river to the other in other shows. |
30,353 | The shows Arrow and The Flash take place in Starling City and nearby(?) Central City. My understanding (assumption) is that both shows are filmed in Vancouver, although each show has city shots depicting the (fictional) city where the show takes place. Arrow uses Boston for cityscape shots (no official citation, but I ... | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/30353",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/18402/"
] | The opening city scene (river running thru the city with several bridges over it) of The Flash series is DEFINITELY Portland, Oregon. That's the Willamette River, Downtown Portland on the left, SE/NE Portland on the right. Scenes on the computer screens and city maps in the backgrounds are also of Downtown Portland. I ... | The flash and arrow are both filmed in Vancouver BC. I've seen only Vancouver cityscapes on the flash that I remember. I live in Vancouver and the cityscape here is distinct and I can always recognize it. Star Labs is BC Place in Vancouver. |
30,353 | The shows Arrow and The Flash take place in Starling City and nearby(?) Central City. My understanding (assumption) is that both shows are filmed in Vancouver, although each show has city shots depicting the (fictional) city where the show takes place. Arrow uses Boston for cityscape shots (no official citation, but I ... | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/30353",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/18402/"
] | The opening city scene (river running thru the city with several bridges over it) of The Flash series is DEFINITELY Portland, Oregon. That's the Willamette River, Downtown Portland on the left, SE/NE Portland on the right. Scenes on the computer screens and city maps in the backgrounds are also of Downtown Portland. I ... | The cityscape at around 29 to 30 minutes into episode 5 is English Creek in Vancouver. You can see Burnaby Mountain in the background. The bridge in the foreground is also unmistakable.
Later, when he carries Beth out of the city by running on water, you see him run under the Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver. Stanley P... |
351,357 | Is there a single-word adjective to describe an office functionary who consistently incorrectly refers paperwork onwards to the wrong internal department in his or her organisation because he or she doesn't realise he or she is wrong? | 2016/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/351357",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/198944/"
] | It would seem that such an "office functionary\*" is either ***untrained***, or, if they have been trained and maybe even retrained, ***incompetent***. | This would be (wilfully) [***ignorant***](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ignorant).
>
> ADJECTIVE
>
> 1 Lacking knowledge or awareness; uneducated or unsophisticated.
>
> *‘In that way, our people can remain ignorant, uneducated and dumb.’*
>
>
>
Reference:
<https://en.oxforddictionaries.c... |
351,357 | Is there a single-word adjective to describe an office functionary who consistently incorrectly refers paperwork onwards to the wrong internal department in his or her organisation because he or she doesn't realise he or she is wrong? | 2016/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/351357",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/198944/"
] | It would seem that such an "office functionary\*" is either ***untrained***, or, if they have been trained and maybe even retrained, ***incompetent***. | You’ve been given several functional words.
Here are a few more colorful ones:
>
> ***[airhead](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airhead):***
>
>
> a mindless or stupid person
>
> ***[scatterbrained](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scatterbrained):***
>
>
> having the characteristics of a sca... |
8,079,032 | I'm using the MapKit framework and I have used pins to display the exact address location of the contacts in my addressbook. Till now everything is working fine. But when i click on a pin I need to show the name of the contact, that particular pin represents. Right now I cant figure out a way to do this. | 2011/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8079032",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/988871/"
] | Setting the "title" and "subtitle" members of an MKAnnotation should do the job.
You can take a look at the [MKMapView sample for Speedy](http://www.speedyapi.com/index.php/ios-samples) I just wrote. | Search on google : Subclass MKPinAnnotation |
1,516,371 | A similar question was asked [here](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/msbuild/thread/9d2e32c2-09bc-445d-9c0c-e5b75b808b34) without any answers. I have a cs project with a reference to MySql.Data.Dll with CopyLocal=true. When I run the msbuild from command line on one computer (Windows 7 64 bit), it works perfe... | 2009/10/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1516371",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11236/"
] | MySql.Data.Dll may be in the GAC on the Win 2008 RC2 computer and not on the Win7 one, which could explains the different behaviours. | It may not be relevant, but I saw a similar problem to this when I moved a dll out to be handled by a project reference. It'd build fine locally, but wouldn't copy the dll over on the TFS machine. Turns out I had to remove the original reference to the dll itself in the csproj so it knew to copy it over via the project... |
326,678 | What is the optimal RAID1+RAID5 configuration and why?
My thinking is:
RAID 1 SAS 15k 146GB drives for the OS.
RAID 5 SATA 7.2k 300GB drives for the data.
My opinion is that the OS partition should be as fast as possible, and that the data partition should have a compromise between high storage space and low cost as... | 2011/11/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/326678",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/98079/"
] | Why should the OS partition be fast? Chances are everything that you need from it will be loaded in memory most of the time. The only thing that should be hitting the disk is the pagefile if you leave it on the OS volume. Seems like a waste of money to me.
As for the data volume, we can't answer that for you. You nee... | It depends on what you want to put in the data partition, Do you want to use the data storage partition for a database ?
The best and fastest solution should be a RAID 1 + 0, unless you are planning to use the data partition with a database server, in that case a RAID 5 could be better.
If you want OS partition as fa... |
4,152 | Every once in a while I miss having the option to write some LaTeX math on SO. E.g. when [talking about automata](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/885411/how-do-i-build-this-finite-automaton). I'm certainly [not the only one](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1106929/find-all-combinations-of-coins-when-given-some-... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4152",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/74939/"
] | <http://mathbin.heroku.com> works kind of like a code paste bin for math equations. It has an embed option, but it doesn't work with SO because it uses a `script` tag. It's a quick work around as you don't have to URL encode the LaTeX string. You also have to include the LaTeX string as part of your post in case someon... | As long as computational geometry and numeric computation are part of the project, LaTeX seems surely a required feature. It is stupid to ask people to generate and upload formula images.
You could place the supporting renderer into separate server that would receive the equation URL-encoded, returning image in respon... |
4,152 | Every once in a while I miss having the option to write some LaTeX math on SO. E.g. when [talking about automata](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/885411/how-do-i-build-this-finite-automaton). I'm certainly [not the only one](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1106929/find-all-combinations-of-coins-when-given-some-... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4152",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/74939/"
] | This is implemented on <http://math.stackexchange.com> -- you can check it out there. It will never be on Stack Overflow, though, as it is an extremely heavy dependency.
Info here:
[TeX math markup is sorely needed](https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2/tex-math-markup-is-sorely-needed) | <http://mathbin.heroku.com> works kind of like a code paste bin for math equations. It has an embed option, but it doesn't work with SO because it uses a `script` tag. It's a quick work around as you don't have to URL encode the LaTeX string. You also have to include the LaTeX string as part of your post in case someon... |
4,152 | Every once in a while I miss having the option to write some LaTeX math on SO. E.g. when [talking about automata](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/885411/how-do-i-build-this-finite-automaton). I'm certainly [not the only one](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1106929/find-all-combinations-of-coins-when-given-some-... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4152",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/74939/"
] | This is implemented on <http://math.stackexchange.com> -- you can check it out there. It will never be on Stack Overflow, though, as it is an extremely heavy dependency.
Info here:
[TeX math markup is sorely needed](https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2/tex-math-markup-is-sorely-needed) | We should look into how mathoverflow did it. They have a very neat integrated solution which I think should be added to all the SO-like sites. |
4,152 | Every once in a while I miss having the option to write some LaTeX math on SO. E.g. when [talking about automata](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/885411/how-do-i-build-this-finite-automaton). I'm certainly [not the only one](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1106929/find-all-combinations-of-coins-when-given-some-... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4152",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/74939/"
] | This is implemented on <http://math.stackexchange.com> -- you can check it out there. It will never be on Stack Overflow, though, as it is an extremely heavy dependency.
Info here:
[TeX math markup is sorely needed](https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2/tex-math-markup-is-sorely-needed) | mimetex would be a great solution. It's rather lightweight and does math pretty well as dynamically generated images. It's also incredibly easy to set up. However, the administrators would need to add it.
See [mimetex](http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html)'s website. |
33,288 | Within an application, I've got Secret Keys uses to calculate a hash for an API call. In a .NET application it's fairly easy to use a program like Reflector to pull out information from the assembly to include these keys.
Is obfuscating the assembly a good way of securing these keys? | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33288",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2723/"
] | Probably not.
Look into cryptography and Windows' built-in information-hiding mechanisms (DPAPI and storing the keys in an ACL-restricted registry key, for example). That's as good as you're going to get for security you need to keep on the same system as your application.
If you are looking for a way to stop someone... | I wouldn't think so, as obfuscating (as I understand it at least) will simply mess around with the method names to make it hard (but not impossible) to understand the code. This won't change the data of the actual key (which I'm guessing you have stored in a constant somewhere).
If you just want to make it somewhat h... |
33,288 | Within an application, I've got Secret Keys uses to calculate a hash for an API call. In a .NET application it's fairly easy to use a program like Reflector to pull out information from the assembly to include these keys.
Is obfuscating the assembly a good way of securing these keys? | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33288",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2723/"
] | Probably not.
Look into cryptography and Windows' built-in information-hiding mechanisms (DPAPI and storing the keys in an ACL-restricted registry key, for example). That's as good as you're going to get for security you need to keep on the same system as your application.
If you are looking for a way to stop someone... | DannySmurf is correct that you can't hide keys from the person running an application; if the application can get to the keys, so can the person.
However, What you are trying to accomplish exactly?
Depending on what it is, there are often ways to accomplish your goal that don't simply rely on keeping a secret "secret... |
33,288 | Within an application, I've got Secret Keys uses to calculate a hash for an API call. In a .NET application it's fairly easy to use a program like Reflector to pull out information from the assembly to include these keys.
Is obfuscating the assembly a good way of securing these keys? | 2008/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33288",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2723/"
] | Probably not.
Look into cryptography and Windows' built-in information-hiding mechanisms (DPAPI and storing the keys in an ACL-restricted registry key, for example). That's as good as you're going to get for security you need to keep on the same system as your application.
If you are looking for a way to stop someone... | Late to the game here...
The approach of storing the keys in the assembly / assembly config is fundamentally insecure. There is no possible ironclad way to store it as a determined user will have access. I don't care if you use the best / most expensive obfuscation product on the planet. I don't care if you use PDAPI ... |
259,482 | Is there an event that fires when a WCF service gets started or shut down? Hopefully, independent of whether it is self hosted or hosted in IIS? | 2008/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/259482",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/632/"
] | Sure, the constructor of your object (especially if you are using a Singleton style). Please pardon the shameless self promotion, but I've written two articles on how to get started with a WCF (Net.Tcp) client/server system... The first is non-IIS (to which the service starts on your own terms), the latter is how to mo... | ServiceHost exposes quite a few events:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.servicehost_events.aspx>
You could hook into these events by using a custom service behavior:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.description.iservicebehavior.aspx> |
114,484 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [How important is Domain knowledge vs. Technical knowledge?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/51268/how-important-is-domain-knowledge-vs-technical-knowledge)
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>
>
I often hear from my colleagues and sometimes from interviewers that,
>
> "There is nothin... | 2011/10/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/114484",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/24410/"
] | One could even *define* programming as "mapping domain knowledge to code", so obviously mastering both the domain and coding is mandatory. You have to dive in the code sea, yes, but it's not enough. How could you write the program without knowing what the program is supposed to do? Or, if you know what your program sho... | If you wish to remain only a programmer, working for a company, then domain knowledge is not necessary but if you have, it is good. If you are a part of a team and you have a program manager, then he should possess little domain knowledge. In your case, you gain a basic domain knowledge while working on a project. For ... |
114,484 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How important is Domain knowledge vs. Technical knowledge?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/51268/how-important-is-domain-knowledge-vs-technical-knowledge)
>
>
>
I often hear from my colleagues and sometimes from interviewers that,
>
> "There is nothin... | 2011/10/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/114484",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/24410/"
] | Excellent question.
A programmer does not need domain knowledge. A *good*, well-rounded programmer should have the ability to interpret domain-specific requirements and obtain domain knowledge to solve problems, but in my opinion should promptly forget that information.
You have a choice - do you want to be a subject... | If you wish to remain only a programmer, working for a company, then domain knowledge is not necessary but if you have, it is good. If you are a part of a team and you have a program manager, then he should possess little domain knowledge. In your case, you gain a basic domain knowledge while working on a project. For ... |
114,484 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How important is Domain knowledge vs. Technical knowledge?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/51268/how-important-is-domain-knowledge-vs-technical-knowledge)
>
>
>
I often hear from my colleagues and sometimes from interviewers that,
>
> "There is nothin... | 2011/10/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/114484",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/24410/"
] | One could even *define* programming as "mapping domain knowledge to code", so obviously mastering both the domain and coding is mandatory. You have to dive in the code sea, yes, but it's not enough. How could you write the program without knowing what the program is supposed to do? Or, if you know what your program sho... | Domain knowledge is good but this is not the responsibility of the programmer. It is the responsibility of business analyst, systems analyst, data modeler, software testers, software architects and sometimes the project manager. Each of these categories require different level of domain knowledge.
The programmer is no... |
114,484 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How important is Domain knowledge vs. Technical knowledge?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/51268/how-important-is-domain-knowledge-vs-technical-knowledge)
>
>
>
I often hear from my colleagues and sometimes from interviewers that,
>
> "There is nothin... | 2011/10/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/114484",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/24410/"
] | Excellent question.
A programmer does not need domain knowledge. A *good*, well-rounded programmer should have the ability to interpret domain-specific requirements and obtain domain knowledge to solve problems, but in my opinion should promptly forget that information.
You have a choice - do you want to be a subject... | Domain knowledge is good but this is not the responsibility of the programmer. It is the responsibility of business analyst, systems analyst, data modeler, software testers, software architects and sometimes the project manager. Each of these categories require different level of domain knowledge.
The programmer is no... |
172,853 | Assuming the process isn't double-blind, do you often look at other work by an author out of curiosity, and do you think this should influence your decision on a paper? | 2021/07/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/172853",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/138811/"
] | >
> As a reviewer, is it appropriate to look up other work by an author and factor that into your decision?
>
>
>
**No, this is not appropriate.**
I would argue that this is one of the exact things double-blind review is supposed to prevent. In the context of double-blind reviewing I have heard the following scen... | Indirectly yes as I like to read or browse through some papers in the bibliography, which often contains papers by the submitting authors. This is pure intellectual curiosity, is independent of the review style (single or double blind): I often discover (or rediscover) unknown, unfamiliar or forgotten interesting paper... |
172,853 | Assuming the process isn't double-blind, do you often look at other work by an author out of curiosity, and do you think this should influence your decision on a paper? | 2021/07/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/172853",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/138811/"
] | >
> As a reviewer, is it appropriate to look up other work by an author and factor that into your decision?
>
>
>
**No, this is not appropriate.**
I would argue that this is one of the exact things double-blind review is supposed to prevent. In the context of double-blind reviewing I have heard the following scen... | One of your jobs as reviewer is to determine the novelty of the work. For that you should acquaint yourself with what was known prior to it (if you are not already very familiar with the field), both due to the work of the same author and of others. To that end it can be useful to browse the author's earlier work.
It ... |
232,925 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Is there a way to open a bookmark in the sidebar in Firefox without clicking on the bookmark in the bookmarks toolbar?](https://superuser.com/questions/30874/is-there-a-way-to-open-a-bookmark-in-the-sidebar-in-firefox-without-clicking-on-t)
>
>
>
For example, I would like to op... | 2011/01/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/232925",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/59765/"
] | No need of a Firefox add on. Just right click any bookmarks select properties and add keyword there. Now you can open your favourite site by just entering the keyword in the address bar. This post will help
<https://web.archive.org/web/20121010000427/http://browserland.com/how-to/how-to-assign-keywords-to-bookmarks-in... | Probably this add-on might help you: [iMacros for Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863/) |
232,925 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Is there a way to open a bookmark in the sidebar in Firefox without clicking on the bookmark in the bookmarks toolbar?](https://superuser.com/questions/30874/is-there-a-way-to-open-a-bookmark-in-the-sidebar-in-firefox-without-clicking-on-t)
>
>
>
For example, I would like to op... | 2011/01/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/232925",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/59765/"
] | Probably this add-on might help you: [iMacros for Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863/) | Have you looked at all-in-one sidebar?
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/all-in-one-sidebar/>
I have not used this in years but according to the description, it has embeddable webpages in the sidebar and configurable shortcuts.
>
> * open Bookmarks, History, Downloads, Add-ons, Page Info, Page Source,... |
232,925 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Is there a way to open a bookmark in the sidebar in Firefox without clicking on the bookmark in the bookmarks toolbar?](https://superuser.com/questions/30874/is-there-a-way-to-open-a-bookmark-in-the-sidebar-in-firefox-without-clicking-on-t)
>
>
>
For example, I would like to op... | 2011/01/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/232925",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/59765/"
] | No need of a Firefox add on. Just right click any bookmarks select properties and add keyword there. Now you can open your favourite site by just entering the keyword in the address bar. This post will help
<https://web.archive.org/web/20121010000427/http://browserland.com/how-to/how-to-assign-keywords-to-bookmarks-in... | Have you looked at all-in-one sidebar?
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/all-in-one-sidebar/>
I have not used this in years but according to the description, it has embeddable webpages in the sidebar and configurable shortcuts.
>
> * open Bookmarks, History, Downloads, Add-ons, Page Info, Page Source,... |
13,707,337 | I have a file that I want a normal user to be able to run. For example
./file argument1 argument2 arguement3
However, I want to restrict the user so that is the ONLY thing he can do. I don't want him to be able to access any other folders or files, basically run that file and that is it. I have heard of rbash but was... | 2012/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13707337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1372896/"
] | If you are just looking for a safe way to give your user a program to be executed, Unix and Linux already provide this feature by default.
Just put the executable file in the user's home directory (having the user being the "owner" of the file).
A Unix/Linux user (and any program executed on behalf of this user) ca... | The hard part is that you would have to make sure that ever filesystem resource (file/dir) has permission signature ending with 0 (e.g. 750), meaning that read, write, execute is never left permitted to [`other`](http://www.zzee.com/solutions/unix-permissions.shtml) (someone who is not the owner or belongs to the group... |
2,662 | I am currently in the last interview stages with two companies, **A** and **B**. I reached a stage with company **A** where they are already willing to write me an offer. I have completed three phone interviews with company **B** (the last one **four days** ago), and I would like to notify their recruiter that I have a... | 2012/07/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/2662",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/630/"
] | I think it would be fine to say:
>
> Hi Recruiter!
>
>
> How are things going? Have you heard from Company B yet? I just wanted to let you know that I am receiving competing offers and I **must** respond to them within *n* days.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> roseck
>
>
>
I don't think you have to tell them who the... | I have noticed that the moment you mention something about competing offers, the focus of the recruiter shifts to the details of the offers that you may have.
They try to coerce you to tell them about it stating that they would match it.
That might not be what you intended and it becomes a bit uneasy at times. |
2,662 | I am currently in the last interview stages with two companies, **A** and **B**. I reached a stage with company **A** where they are already willing to write me an offer. I have completed three phone interviews with company **B** (the last one **four days** ago), and I would like to notify their recruiter that I have a... | 2012/07/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/2662",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/630/"
] | I think it would be fine to say:
>
> Hi Recruiter!
>
>
> How are things going? Have you heard from Company B yet? I just wanted to let you know that I am receiving competing offers and I **must** respond to them within *n* days.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> roseck
>
>
>
I don't think you have to tell them who the... | If this is a third party recruiter then yes. That recruiter is working for you. So letting the recruiter know he needs to get an answer can help. If the company needs more time they will tell the recruiter that. And the recruiter will navigate the protocols for you.
Otherwise, it depends on what your reason for pushin... |
2,662 | I am currently in the last interview stages with two companies, **A** and **B**. I reached a stage with company **A** where they are already willing to write me an offer. I have completed three phone interviews with company **B** (the last one **four days** ago), and I would like to notify their recruiter that I have a... | 2012/07/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/2662",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/630/"
] | I have noticed that the moment you mention something about competing offers, the focus of the recruiter shifts to the details of the offers that you may have.
They try to coerce you to tell them about it stating that they would match it.
That might not be what you intended and it becomes a bit uneasy at times. | If this is a third party recruiter then yes. That recruiter is working for you. So letting the recruiter know he needs to get an answer can help. If the company needs more time they will tell the recruiter that. And the recruiter will navigate the protocols for you.
Otherwise, it depends on what your reason for pushin... |
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