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26,801 | After solving the first few levels in Crayon Physics my "world map" looks like this:
It appears I earned two flags on the first level, one flag on the following two, no flag for the fourth, then I earned two flags and... a ball.
Is that just cosmet... | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/26801",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | Those are cosmetic. Only the stars count.
You can i[mprove your score](http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/crayonphysics/crayon-physics-deluxe-gameplay-update) by finishing a round in one of the following ways.
1. Hole in one - for this, you have to get the star by drawing a single line
2. Old School, and - for this, you ... | If you have two flags on one level, you can click the level then the 'solutions tab' and mark your solution as 'awesome'. This gives you one orange flag for the level, and an extra star. |
26,857 | There is a lot of track remixes online.
Most of producers use separated vocals from songs.
It is almost impossible that they could cut only vocal out of total track in such good quality.
What is more, anywhere in the network is not available finished dry vocal version.
So how is it possible that they are in possession... | 2013/10/17 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/26857",
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] | The generic term for split / separated tracks is "stems". If you google "vocal stems" you'll find free ones for random songs, not hits but usable. Vocal stems for popular songs are usually available (at a price) from the label or artist. | They purchased it from the artist, or possibly the record company. There is no other clean or effective option. Sound, and particularly voices are complex and once you mix sounds together, they can't be separated cleanly. It's kind of like if you mix water from one cup with water in another cup, you can't get the water... |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
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] | I think the best term *is* "reticle." Businesses that make the glass used in cameras call them reticles. See the images on this site: <http://www.reticles.com/reticles_kr900.htm>. | Cross hairs are meant for aiming (centering) and are not usually interactive.
The rectangular visualization's primary purpose is not centering of focus, but selecting the relevant part of the image for scanning. Theoretically user can change both size and location in the screen, therefore this is not a common cross ha... |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
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] | I think the best term *is* "reticle." Businesses that make the glass used in cameras call them reticles. See the images on this site: <http://www.reticles.com/reticles_kr900.htm>. | I've written a number of QR code-reading apps, and have always called it a "reticle" in my code, because (son of a photographer here) I was always taught that *any* lines, grid, crosshair, or indicia overlaid on a view (like a viewfinder in a camera) were *all* called reticles. Hence, it's a general term: a crosshair o... |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
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] | **Colloquial: *Target Area,* \*Focus Area,\* or *Focus Frame***
It looks like "[target area](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1428&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=3bqqeUAwteODEM%3a&imgrefurl=http://www.androidapps-home.com/quickmark-barcode-scanner-android-6963.html&docid=Nbr4x3pvKwmdGM&imgurl=http://ssl.gstatic.com/an... | I've written a number of QR code-reading apps, and have always called it a "reticle" in my code, because (son of a photographer here) I was always taught that *any* lines, grid, crosshair, or indicia overlaid on a view (like a viewfinder in a camera) were *all* called reticles. Hence, it's a general term: a crosshair o... |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4695/"
] | I think the best term *is* "reticle." Businesses that make the glass used in cameras call them reticles. See the images on this site: <http://www.reticles.com/reticles_kr900.htm>. | According to [ehow](http://www.ehow.com/how_8488499_read-qr-codes-iphone.html) it is called a reticle. But I usually just hear it called the QR reader. |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | Well going to the actual source of QR codes - the company who invented them ([Denso Corporation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denso)) don't seem to have given that a particular name at all.
The products that they sell refer to that roughly in equal measure as the '[Reading Area](http://www.denso-adc.com/products/gt15)... | I've written a number of QR code-reading apps, and have always called it a "reticle" in my code, because (son of a photographer here) I was always taught that *any* lines, grid, crosshair, or indicia overlaid on a view (like a viewfinder in a camera) were *all* called reticles. Hence, it's a general term: a crosshair o... |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4695/"
] | **Colloquial: *Target Area,* \*Focus Area,\* or *Focus Frame***
It looks like "[target area](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1428&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=3bqqeUAwteODEM%3a&imgrefurl=http://www.androidapps-home.com/quickmark-barcode-scanner-android-6963.html&docid=Nbr4x3pvKwmdGM&imgurl=http://ssl.gstatic.com/an... | Well going to the actual source of QR codes - the company who invented them ([Denso Corporation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denso)) don't seem to have given that a particular name at all.
The products that they sell refer to that roughly in equal measure as the '[Reading Area](http://www.denso-adc.com/products/gt15)... |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4695/"
] | **Colloquial: *Target Area,* \*Focus Area,\* or *Focus Frame***
It looks like "[target area](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1428&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=3bqqeUAwteODEM%3a&imgrefurl=http://www.androidapps-home.com/quickmark-barcode-scanner-android-6963.html&docid=Nbr4x3pvKwmdGM&imgurl=http://ssl.gstatic.com/an... | According to [ehow](http://www.ehow.com/how_8488499_read-qr-codes-iphone.html) it is called a reticle. But I usually just hear it called the QR reader. |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4695/"
] | **Colloquial: *Target Area,* \*Focus Area,\* or *Focus Frame***
It looks like "[target area](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1428&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=3bqqeUAwteODEM%3a&imgrefurl=http://www.androidapps-home.com/quickmark-barcode-scanner-android-6963.html&docid=Nbr4x3pvKwmdGM&imgurl=http://ssl.gstatic.com/an... | Cross hairs are meant for aiming (centering) and are not usually interactive.
The rectangular visualization's primary purpose is not centering of focus, but selecting the relevant part of the image for scanning. Theoretically user can change both size and location in the screen, therefore this is not a common cross ha... |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4695/"
] | **Colloquial: *Target Area,* \*Focus Area,\* or *Focus Frame***
It looks like "[target area](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1428&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=3bqqeUAwteODEM%3a&imgrefurl=http://www.androidapps-home.com/quickmark-barcode-scanner-android-6963.html&docid=Nbr4x3pvKwmdGM&imgurl=http://ssl.gstatic.com/an... | I think the best term *is* "reticle." Businesses that make the glass used in cameras call them reticles. See the images on this site: <http://www.reticles.com/reticles_kr900.htm>. |
22,210 | What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more precise term, especially in the context of a digital device/camera, or is reticle the word?
![scanner target](https://i.... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22210",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4695/"
] | Well going to the actual source of QR codes - the company who invented them ([Denso Corporation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denso)) don't seem to have given that a particular name at all.
The products that they sell refer to that roughly in equal measure as the '[Reading Area](http://www.denso-adc.com/products/gt15)... | Cross hairs are meant for aiming (centering) and are not usually interactive.
The rectangular visualization's primary purpose is not centering of focus, but selecting the relevant part of the image for scanning. Theoretically user can change both size and location in the screen, therefore this is not a common cross ha... |
293,983 | I am looking for ways to make a mobile power supply for 10 units of MG996R servo motors, each of which can draw up to around 800 mA to 1 A and operate between 4.8 V to 7.2 V.
I have 12 Eneloop AA batteries (BK-3MCCA8BA), and from [Panasonic Eneloop BK-3MCC (4th gen) - where I can find maximum discharge current?](https... | 2017/03/22 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/293983",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/142940/"
] | This one is really clear, surprisingly clear in fact ... downright enlightened. That additional wording that MicroChip put in ... "true ..." makes it a very safe bet that you can perform whatever routing function through that pin you wish to ease your layout. The only caveat is not to put a sensitive net through the pi... | NC or 'No connect' usually means 'Not connected', unless the datasheet says otherwise.
DNC or 'DO NOT CONNECT' means do not connect for any reason. (and is could be a factor pin used for manufacturing, or other purposes) |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
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] | Don't forget that aircraft size and link capacity are only loosely related, because it also depends on how many flights there are.
For example in case of Prague, I counted 6 departures to Frakfurt and 7 to Amsterdam a day, while only 2 to Dubai (the Emirates B77W and one SmartWings B738). So while the flights to Frank... | >
> [C]ouldn't the people living around Bologna take a train to Milan to get to Dubai... ?
>
>
>
Maybe. But even if they can, it's much less convenient. By the time you've factored in taking a train from the outskirts of your city to the centre, waiting for the connection, taking the one-hour train, arriving earli... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
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] | Eurostats provides information EU air passengers information, [it details air passengers transport Each of EU countries and their main airport partner.](http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/new-eurostat-website?p_auth=82MXqaAJ&p_p_id=estatsearchportlet_WAR_estatsearchportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=vi... | It's very simple. Emirates is HEAVILY subsidized by the government of UAE. They are privately held by a government investment corporation which means any data on yield, load factors, PRASM, CASM, or profits are not to be trusted. They are trying to flood certain markets with capacity in order to kill competition and ga... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/11885/"
] | Don't forget that aircraft size and link capacity are only loosely related, because it also depends on how many flights there are.
For example in case of Prague, I counted 6 departures to Frakfurt and 7 to Amsterdam a day, while only 2 to Dubai (the Emirates B77W and one SmartWings B738). So while the flights to Frank... | It's very simple. Emirates is HEAVILY subsidized by the government of UAE. They are privately held by a government investment corporation which means any data on yield, load factors, PRASM, CASM, or profits are not to be trusted. They are trying to flood certain markets with capacity in order to kill competition and ga... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/11885/"
] | There are many reasons an airline may fly to a given destination and the economics of air travel are complex to say the least. I would like to fist address your question
>
> couldn't the people living around Bologna take a train to Milan to get
> to Dubai
>
>
>
Sure they could but airlines don't only service lo... | I guess one of the reasons for this wide-body use is because this is the primary aircraft for medium-haul routes in the Emirates Network. The 777 for Emirates is the workhorse of the Emirates airline and it has contributed to it's success. But in reality I do agree with you. Many Emirates routes that I have seen on You... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
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] | I may try and answer for Bologna which could be a similar case as for other supposedly non busy airports. (I am from Bologna myself!)
I think the reason is that even though the airport is not on the top 30, Bologna itself is one of the busiest economic hubs in Italy. For example from here we have factories like Ferrar... | I guess one of the reasons for this wide-body use is because this is the primary aircraft for medium-haul routes in the Emirates Network. The 777 for Emirates is the workhorse of the Emirates airline and it has contributed to it's success. But in reality I do agree with you. Many Emirates routes that I have seen on You... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/11885/"
] | There are many reasons an airline may fly to a given destination and the economics of air travel are complex to say the least. I would like to fist address your question
>
> couldn't the people living around Bologna take a train to Milan to get
> to Dubai
>
>
>
Sure they could but airlines don't only service lo... | Don't forget that aircraft size and link capacity are only loosely related, because it also depends on how many flights there are.
For example in case of Prague, I counted 6 departures to Frakfurt and 7 to Amsterdam a day, while only 2 to Dubai (the Emirates B77W and one SmartWings B738). So while the flights to Frank... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/11885/"
] | Eurostats provides information EU air passengers information, [it details air passengers transport Each of EU countries and their main airport partner.](http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/new-eurostat-website?p_auth=82MXqaAJ&p_p_id=estatsearchportlet_WAR_estatsearchportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=vi... | I don't think you have to dig much deeper that the fact that Emirates is exclusively an international carrier; and they have decided to standardize their fleet on the 777 and the A380 - this is actually more economical for them since they are able to get cost savings by only servicing two kinds of airframes.
Overall f... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/11885/"
] | There are many reasons an airline may fly to a given destination and the economics of air travel are complex to say the least. I would like to fist address your question
>
> couldn't the people living around Bologna take a train to Milan to get
> to Dubai
>
>
>
Sure they could but airlines don't only service lo... | It's very simple. Emirates is HEAVILY subsidized by the government of UAE. They are privately held by a government investment corporation which means any data on yield, load factors, PRASM, CASM, or profits are not to be trusted. They are trying to flood certain markets with capacity in order to kill competition and ga... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/11885/"
] | Eurostats provides information EU air passengers information, [it details air passengers transport Each of EU countries and their main airport partner.](http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/new-eurostat-website?p_auth=82MXqaAJ&p_p_id=estatsearchportlet_WAR_estatsearchportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=vi... | I guess one of the reasons for this wide-body use is because this is the primary aircraft for medium-haul routes in the Emirates Network. The 777 for Emirates is the workhorse of the Emirates airline and it has contributed to it's success. But in reality I do agree with you. Many Emirates routes that I have seen on You... |
23,239 | This question may sound rhetorical or not well posed, but I wonder what the economic viability or sustainability of certain Emirates routes is.
Among its 164 destinations, Emirates is currently serving a whole host of non-major airports (airports which, according to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th... | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23239",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/11885/"
] | Don't forget that aircraft size and link capacity are only loosely related, because it also depends on how many flights there are.
For example in case of Prague, I counted 6 departures to Frakfurt and 7 to Amsterdam a day, while only 2 to Dubai (the Emirates B77W and one SmartWings B738). So while the flights to Frank... | I guess one of the reasons for this wide-body use is because this is the primary aircraft for medium-haul routes in the Emirates Network. The 777 for Emirates is the workhorse of the Emirates airline and it has contributed to it's success. But in reality I do agree with you. Many Emirates routes that I have seen on You... |
84,249 | When Finn and Rose Tico were in the jail cell where they met the thief, why was the thief even there, if he could just easily escape with basically no effort? | 2017/12/27 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/84249",
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] | From my interpretation, DJ seemed to be bored before he encountered Finn and crew. He had a very relaxed demeanor, indicating that he wasn't stressed out about where he was at all because, as we find out, he could leave at any time.
I think he was probably captured after breaking in somewhere, possibly stealing someth... | DJ has a strange gait, way of talking, and general attitude, so what happens later throws this into question a bit, but I got the very distinct impression that he was thrown in there as a drunk and was sleeping off the alcohol. Finn and Rose being noisy woke him up, so he decided it was time to go. |
84,249 | When Finn and Rose Tico were in the jail cell where they met the thief, why was the thief even there, if he could just easily escape with basically no effort? | 2017/12/27 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/84249",
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] | From my interpretation, DJ seemed to be bored before he encountered Finn and crew. He had a very relaxed demeanor, indicating that he wasn't stressed out about where he was at all because, as we find out, he could leave at any time.
I think he was probably captured after breaking in somewhere, possibly stealing someth... | Well DJ is not actually the character's real name, but is an abreviation for the philosophy of what DJ believes in: **Don't Join**.
>
> The Star Wars The Last Jedi The Visual Dictionary reveals "DJ" aren't
> his initials but actually stands for "Don't Join." Indeed, his cap
> bears a tin plate with the motto "don't... |
84,249 | When Finn and Rose Tico were in the jail cell where they met the thief, why was the thief even there, if he could just easily escape with basically no effort? | 2017/12/27 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/84249",
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] | He got himself arrested so the police would stop bothering him.
===============================================================
Taken from p. 65 of *The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary*:
>
> Already known to local authorities, **DJ purposely arranges his own arrest** for a petty crime. The jail is the only place he can ... | From my interpretation, DJ seemed to be bored before he encountered Finn and crew. He had a very relaxed demeanor, indicating that he wasn't stressed out about where he was at all because, as we find out, he could leave at any time.
I think he was probably captured after breaking in somewhere, possibly stealing someth... |
84,249 | When Finn and Rose Tico were in the jail cell where they met the thief, why was the thief even there, if he could just easily escape with basically no effort? | 2017/12/27 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/84249",
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] | Well DJ is not actually the character's real name, but is an abreviation for the philosophy of what DJ believes in: **Don't Join**.
>
> The Star Wars The Last Jedi The Visual Dictionary reveals "DJ" aren't
> his initials but actually stands for "Don't Join." Indeed, his cap
> bears a tin plate with the motto "don't... | DJ has a strange gait, way of talking, and general attitude, so what happens later throws this into question a bit, but I got the very distinct impression that he was thrown in there as a drunk and was sleeping off the alcohol. Finn and Rose being noisy woke him up, so he decided it was time to go. |
84,249 | When Finn and Rose Tico were in the jail cell where they met the thief, why was the thief even there, if he could just easily escape with basically no effort? | 2017/12/27 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/84249",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/60426/"
] | He got himself arrested so the police would stop bothering him.
===============================================================
Taken from p. 65 of *The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary*:
>
> Already known to local authorities, **DJ purposely arranges his own arrest** for a petty crime. The jail is the only place he can ... | DJ has a strange gait, way of talking, and general attitude, so what happens later throws this into question a bit, but I got the very distinct impression that he was thrown in there as a drunk and was sleeping off the alcohol. Finn and Rose being noisy woke him up, so he decided it was time to go. |
84,249 | When Finn and Rose Tico were in the jail cell where they met the thief, why was the thief even there, if he could just easily escape with basically no effort? | 2017/12/27 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/84249",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/60426/"
] | He got himself arrested so the police would stop bothering him.
===============================================================
Taken from p. 65 of *The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary*:
>
> Already known to local authorities, **DJ purposely arranges his own arrest** for a petty crime. The jail is the only place he can ... | Well DJ is not actually the character's real name, but is an abreviation for the philosophy of what DJ believes in: **Don't Join**.
>
> The Star Wars The Last Jedi The Visual Dictionary reveals "DJ" aren't
> his initials but actually stands for "Don't Join." Indeed, his cap
> bears a tin plate with the motto "don't... |
14,996,632 | There are some `C#` console applications that started by **Windows scheduler**.
How can I gather work progress from any of them (using internal data available only in concrete console application)?
In other words, I want to show some data from running console application on my asp.net webforms website.
How ca... | 2013/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14996632",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2083527/"
] | Host a http server inside the console app that the website can communicate with. I already kind of do this using self host signal r inside a tray application and it works a treat.
<https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR/wiki/Self-host> | I would preferred old good [.NET Remouting](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kwdt6w2k%28v=vs.100%29.aspx) for this (check out [simple example for it](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10045/NET-Remoting-Sample)). But you can use WCF with NetNamedPipesBinding or NetTcpBinding binding. |
90,189 | I tried to sync the blockchain and, though I have ample free disk space (>500 GB on my computer, the chain is ~265) I've been having a hard time. So, how can I use an SPV node to send transactions and/or view the blockchain?
NOTE: don't do this if you don't have to because the blockchain needs nodes to ensure adequate... | 2019/09/03 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/90189",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/96148/"
] | Try Electrum. Exact details on how to install depend on Linux distribution used.
Also Wasabi Wallet could be good choice, easy to setup. | Since your constraint is the blockchain size, it seems you would be fine with running bitcoind with `--prune` enabled to something like 2gb or similar. This is technically not an SPV solution, but you would have access to the bitcoin-qt gui ( if that's the version of bitcoind you have installed ) and you'd be able to r... |
346,195 | So I've been looking all over the internet for a Decimal to Binary converter but all I've been able to find are Binary to Decimal converters, and Decimal to BCD circuits, does anyone have one? | 2017/12/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/346195",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/172586/"
] | Yes, you'll struggle to find one. The reason for this is that there is no common reason for a BCD to binary converter. Where do the BCD digits come from that you need to convert?
The purpose of the many binary to BCD converter ICs that are around are to support 7-segment displays in the pre-cheap-microcontroller era. ... | For a complete 3 digits BCD to binary converter you need 10 output bits for numbers from 0 to 999. 8 bits are good for numbers from 0 to 255.
There was a TTL chip for that purpose, the SN74184A, see this [PDF](http://pdf.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets/400/220358_DS.pdf) or that [PDF](https://www.utm.edu/staff/leeb/D... |
346,195 | So I've been looking all over the internet for a Decimal to Binary converter but all I've been able to find are Binary to Decimal converters, and Decimal to BCD circuits, does anyone have one? | 2017/12/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/346195",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/172586/"
] | As has been pointed out in other answers, you can use the venerable (and I do mean venerable) 74184. Of course, those things have been obsolete for decades, so finding them is .... interesting. If you go on eBay, you can get 20 year old Russian knockoffs for a couple of bucks apiece. You'll need 6 for converting 0 to 2... | For a complete 3 digits BCD to binary converter you need 10 output bits for numbers from 0 to 999. 8 bits are good for numbers from 0 to 255.
There was a TTL chip for that purpose, the SN74184A, see this [PDF](http://pdf.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets/400/220358_DS.pdf) or that [PDF](https://www.utm.edu/staff/leeb/D... |
4,098,493 | I need to find remote data such as RAM usage, swap usage, number of processors, etc, using a php script from the local computer and 10 other remote computers.
How can I go about it?
The remote computers are all running Linux, and they can run any service that is needed of the machine.
What I have in mind is that I c... | 2010/11/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4098493",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/357538/"
] | I think you will probably want to look at PHP Expect, it allows you to do something like connect to a remote host, and provide input/responses to output on the remote.
<http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.expect.php> | Have you considered a monitoring suite like [Nagios](http://www.nagios.org/) instead of PHP? I think Nagios can give you all this data in a central web-based interface. As far as I know, it has a learning curve that is not entirely trivial, but it may still beat building a PHP solution. |
4,098,493 | I need to find remote data such as RAM usage, swap usage, number of processors, etc, using a php script from the local computer and 10 other remote computers.
How can I go about it?
The remote computers are all running Linux, and they can run any service that is needed of the machine.
What I have in mind is that I c... | 2010/11/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4098493",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/357538/"
] | Have you considered a monitoring suite like [Nagios](http://www.nagios.org/) instead of PHP? I think Nagios can give you all this data in a central web-based interface. As far as I know, it has a learning curve that is not entirely trivial, but it may still beat building a PHP solution. | You can use PHP [sockets](http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.sockets.php) to communicate with servers remotely via [SNMP](http://php.net/manual/en/book.snmp.php). The remote servers need to have SNMP activated and configured to provide the data you need, such as hardware info, bandwidth, disk space, swap usage, etc. |
4,098,493 | I need to find remote data such as RAM usage, swap usage, number of processors, etc, using a php script from the local computer and 10 other remote computers.
How can I go about it?
The remote computers are all running Linux, and they can run any service that is needed of the machine.
What I have in mind is that I c... | 2010/11/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4098493",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/357538/"
] | I think you will probably want to look at PHP Expect, it allows you to do something like connect to a remote host, and provide input/responses to output on the remote.
<http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.expect.php> | You can use PHP [sockets](http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.sockets.php) to communicate with servers remotely via [SNMP](http://php.net/manual/en/book.snmp.php). The remote servers need to have SNMP activated and configured to provide the data you need, such as hardware info, bandwidth, disk space, swap usage, etc. |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | Why have an exchange rate?
Just deal in the local currency on whichever end of the trip I am at, and carry my wealth in the form of goods that will sell well at my next stop. Freight carriers don't like to run with empty holds, it is a waste of resources to sit still longer than necessary to unload and reload, and an ... | During the barter phase, when you were trading a ship full of grain for some crates of microprocessors, you established the relative values of the commodities. Now that you have this information you can start trading with tokens, like the federal reserve notes. The parties will have to establish a clearing house for tr... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | Comparing commodities. Money, after all, is just an abstract representation of goods and services. The only reason any form of fiat currency has power is its ability to be swapped for either a good or a service. A way to get an idea at what the exchange rate would be is to just compare a common and frequently used comm... | **I think the short answer is: you're missing a step.**
**The next step in that picture *isn't* a currency exchange. If you've got a trader who's currently taking barter in exchange for their goods, the next step is to *take the local currency instead.*** Instead of taking on 500 kilos of sodium chloride in payment, y... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | Comparing commodities. Money, after all, is just an abstract representation of goods and services. The only reason any form of fiat currency has power is its ability to be swapped for either a good or a service. A way to get an idea at what the exchange rate would be is to just compare a common and frequently used comm... | OK, let's think about it:
* we have roughly market economies on both sides
* we have not united planets with already non uniform jurisdiction => they must already have some rules governing [conflict of laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_laws) or [law of the sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_se... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | You just pass laws on each world allowing the purchase and sale of the other world’s currency, with some sensible regulation to make sure people can’t get ripped off. Then the markets will establish the exchange rate and arrange the physical transport of any currency that actually needs to be moved, just like between t... | I was thinking, if they are different life beings and have different life standards and materials use, what they have in common? Because one of the civilizations could valerate gold, whereas the others simply don't care.
But what they have in common?
Both have difficulties and cost to travel between their two planets.... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | As bitcoin history shows, currency exchanges will emerge very quickly as soon as the currency is considered to have some nonzero value, despite exchange rate fluctuations. The rates on all these exchanges tend to quickly converge, and are used as a basis even for other people who trade directly. Even after failures of ... | I was thinking, if they are different life beings and have different life standards and materials use, what they have in common? Because one of the civilizations could valerate gold, whereas the others simply don't care.
But what they have in common?
Both have difficulties and cost to travel between their two planets.... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | I was thinking, if they are different life beings and have different life standards and materials use, what they have in common? Because one of the civilizations could valerate gold, whereas the others simply don't care.
But what they have in common?
Both have difficulties and cost to travel between their two planets.... | During the barter phase, when you were trading a ship full of grain for some crates of microprocessors, you established the relative values of the commodities. Now that you have this information you can start trading with tokens, like the federal reserve notes. The parties will have to establish a clearing house for tr... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | Why have an exchange rate?
Just deal in the local currency on whichever end of the trip I am at, and carry my wealth in the form of goods that will sell well at my next stop. Freight carriers don't like to run with empty holds, it is a waste of resources to sit still longer than necessary to unload and reload, and an ... | Comparing commodities. Money, after all, is just an abstract representation of goods and services. The only reason any form of fiat currency has power is its ability to be swapped for either a good or a service. A way to get an idea at what the exchange rate would be is to just compare a common and frequently used comm... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | As bitcoin history shows, currency exchanges will emerge very quickly as soon as the currency is considered to have some nonzero value, despite exchange rate fluctuations. The rates on all these exchanges tend to quickly converge, and are used as a basis even for other people who trade directly. Even after failures of ... | During the barter phase, when you were trading a ship full of grain for some crates of microprocessors, you established the relative values of the commodities. Now that you have this information you can start trading with tokens, like the federal reserve notes. The parties will have to establish a clearing house for tr... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | You just pass laws on each world allowing the purchase and sale of the other world’s currency, with some sensible regulation to make sure people can’t get ripped off. Then the markets will establish the exchange rate and arrange the physical transport of any currency that actually needs to be moved, just like between t... | During the barter phase, when you were trading a ship full of grain for some crates of microprocessors, you established the relative values of the commodities. Now that you have this information you can start trading with tokens, like the federal reserve notes. The parties will have to establish a clearing house for tr... |
154,695 | There are two worlds of more or less equivalent technological level, say a difference of only a few decades and no more than 50 years. A first contact event occurs and after the hoopla dies down trading starts.
Initially, barter is the primary form of trade but this quickly becomes cumbersome.
How would the two econ... | 2019/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/154695",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/5101/"
] | Why have an exchange rate?
Just deal in the local currency on whichever end of the trip I am at, and carry my wealth in the form of goods that will sell well at my next stop. Freight carriers don't like to run with empty holds, it is a waste of resources to sit still longer than necessary to unload and reload, and an ... | As bitcoin history shows, currency exchanges will emerge very quickly as soon as the currency is considered to have some nonzero value, despite exchange rate fluctuations. The rates on all these exchanges tend to quickly converge, and are used as a basis even for other people who trade directly. Even after failures of ... |
4,672,619 | Yahoo blocks emails from our website. We've written them to reverse that decision without much luck. So we block site registrations from @yahoo.com emails. Our problem is Yahoo has other email domains besides @yahoo.com. For instance @ymail.com, @rocketmail.com, @btinternet.com, and I'm sure many more. Plus internation... | 2011/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4672619",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401019/"
] | Definitive list is probably the best way to go. You don't want to have to do some kind of lookup every time someone registers for your site. But if you really don't want to use a static list, you should be able to use `getmxrr()` and see if the MX record is from yahoo. | ymail.com and rocketmail.com both list yahoo.com as their DNS MX servers, so that's an obvious giveaway. btinternet.com, however, doesn't.
You can use [`getmxrr()`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.getmxrr.php) to retrieve the MX list |
16,976,335 | Assume we constructed a quicksort and the pivot value takes linear time. Find the recurrence for worst-case running time.
My answer:
T(n)= T(n-1) + T(1) + theta(n)
Worst case occurs when the subarrays are completely unbalanced.
There is 1 element in one subarray and (n-1) elements in the other subarray.
theta(n) beca... | 2013/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16976335",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1855045/"
] | Your recurrence is mostly correct, but you don't actually have two recursive calls made. In the worst-case for quicksort, the pivot will be the largest or smallest element in the array, so you'll recur on one giant array of size n - 1. The other subarray has length 0, so no recursive calls are made. To top everything o... | you cannot observe, because according to my research T(N)= T(N-K)+T(K-1)+n
we cannot observe exact value until we have
value of k, |
16,976,335 | Assume we constructed a quicksort and the pivot value takes linear time. Find the recurrence for worst-case running time.
My answer:
T(n)= T(n-1) + T(1) + theta(n)
Worst case occurs when the subarrays are completely unbalanced.
There is 1 element in one subarray and (n-1) elements in the other subarray.
theta(n) beca... | 2013/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16976335",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1855045/"
] | Your recurrence is mostly correct, but you don't actually have two recursive calls made. In the worst-case for quicksort, the pivot will be the largest or smallest element in the array, so you'll recur on one giant array of size n - 1. The other subarray has length 0, so no recursive calls are made. To top everything o... | T(n) = T(an/(a+b)) + T(bn/(a+b)) + n
Where a/(a+b) and b/(a+b) are fractions of array under consideration |
16,976,335 | Assume we constructed a quicksort and the pivot value takes linear time. Find the recurrence for worst-case running time.
My answer:
T(n)= T(n-1) + T(1) + theta(n)
Worst case occurs when the subarrays are completely unbalanced.
There is 1 element in one subarray and (n-1) elements in the other subarray.
theta(n) beca... | 2013/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16976335",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1855045/"
] | you cannot observe, because according to my research T(N)= T(N-K)+T(K-1)+n
we cannot observe exact value until we have
value of k, | T(n) = T(an/(a+b)) + T(bn/(a+b)) + n
Where a/(a+b) and b/(a+b) are fractions of array under consideration |
173,176 | What is a Journaling file system?
Even wikipedia doesn't give much information. Apart from NTFS which other file systems(on Windows / Linux) support journaling and how does it give a performance boost? | 2010/08/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/173176",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23923/"
] | A journaling filesystem records changes to the filesystem before it actually performs them. In this way it is able to recover after a failure (e.g. power fail) with minimal loss of data.
The [Features](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Features) section of Wikipedia's comparison of filesystems gi... | The wikipedia article on [Journaling file system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system) contains a lot more details on what it is, how it works, and why. |
173,176 | What is a Journaling file system?
Even wikipedia doesn't give much information. Apart from NTFS which other file systems(on Windows / Linux) support journaling and how does it give a performance boost? | 2010/08/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/173176",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23923/"
] | A journaling filesystem records changes to the filesystem before it actually performs them. In this way it is able to recover after a failure (e.g. power fail) with minimal loss of data.
The [Features](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Features) section of Wikipedia's comparison of filesystems gi... | In essence, what a journaling file system does is add an extra level of abstraction between the hard drive and the operating system. Rather than perform operations directly on the disk, it keeps track of what it's trying to do first, then whether or not it succeeds.
For example, if you wanted to move a file from one d... |
173,176 | What is a Journaling file system?
Even wikipedia doesn't give much information. Apart from NTFS which other file systems(on Windows / Linux) support journaling and how does it give a performance boost? | 2010/08/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/173176",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23923/"
] | A journaling filesystem records changes to the filesystem before it actually performs them. In this way it is able to recover after a failure (e.g. power fail) with minimal loss of data.
The [Features](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Features) section of Wikipedia's comparison of filesystems gi... | A journaling filesystem is a term being misused widely for filesystems that are not, after all, journaling.
What "journaling" means in the context of filesystems is that the filesystem is capable of recovering from crashes and power losses to a consistent state. It does not mean a performance boost, it doesn't mean th... |
173,176 | What is a Journaling file system?
Even wikipedia doesn't give much information. Apart from NTFS which other file systems(on Windows / Linux) support journaling and how does it give a performance boost? | 2010/08/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/173176",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23923/"
] | In essence, what a journaling file system does is add an extra level of abstraction between the hard drive and the operating system. Rather than perform operations directly on the disk, it keeps track of what it's trying to do first, then whether or not it succeeds.
For example, if you wanted to move a file from one d... | The wikipedia article on [Journaling file system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system) contains a lot more details on what it is, how it works, and why. |
173,176 | What is a Journaling file system?
Even wikipedia doesn't give much information. Apart from NTFS which other file systems(on Windows / Linux) support journaling and how does it give a performance boost? | 2010/08/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/173176",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/23923/"
] | In essence, what a journaling file system does is add an extra level of abstraction between the hard drive and the operating system. Rather than perform operations directly on the disk, it keeps track of what it's trying to do first, then whether or not it succeeds.
For example, if you wanted to move a file from one d... | A journaling filesystem is a term being misused widely for filesystems that are not, after all, journaling.
What "journaling" means in the context of filesystems is that the filesystem is capable of recovering from crashes and power losses to a consistent state. It does not mean a performance boost, it doesn't mean th... |
869,154 | I really wonder if an IP Address with all its bits off can be used or not. Please do answer if you know where its used or it can not be used. | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/869154",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/411506/"
] | **Reference** [IP Addresses With Special Meanings](http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_IPAddressesWithSpecialMeanings-2.htm) :
>
> **0.0.0.0**
>
>
> “Me”: (Alternately, “this host”, or “the current/default host”). Used by a device to refer to itself when it doesn't know its
> own IP address. **The most common use is ... | Thanks for looking into it but i found the answer.
For your knowledge and mine as well, i would like to tell that 0.0.0.0 IP address is used when a new network is formed and the DHCP server is on in that network, so as it a new network none of the workstations is having its own IP , so to configure and get the IP compu... |
2,697,152 | I'm looking for a decent WPF or Winform time range selector, much like a home central heating system, where a time range is selectable.
<http://lhill.com.au/l%20hill%20web%20page%20pictures/time%20clock%202.jpg>
Is there any GUI libraries or examples available to fulfill this need? | 2010/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2697152",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/271200/"
] | You are mixing up variables, references and objects.
Doing `delete y;` removes the variable y. As the variable no longer exists, it will naturally no longer have a value. Thus the reference that the variable contained is gone.
Removing the variable will however not in itself remove the object that it was referencing.... | That's not how `delete` works. It will delete the object reference you pass to it - not any other references to the same object. You're looking for something like a "weak reference" here and I'm not aware of any ways of implementing those in JavaScript. |
138,562 | **Warning:** Massive spoilers ahead for those who haven't read *A Dance With Dragons*. Don't proceed if you do not wish to be spoiled.
---
In *A Dance With Dragons* Epilogue, we see the following conversation between Kevan Lannister and Varys:
>
> "Aegon?" For a moment he did not understand. Then he remembered. A
... | 2016/08/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/138562",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/54887/"
] | There's a plethora of reasons that Varys could have said to convince people that Rhaenys wasn't able to be saved. I don't think there is canon evidence for the reasoning he may have given, but we can speculate:
* **She wasn't as important**
As you said in the question, male heirs are preferred over their female count... | Why doesn't he explain why he didn't save her?
----------------------------------------------
No-one asks. Why doesn't anyone ask? Well, the story about saving Aegon on it's own is already audacious and daring enough. As Tyrion said in your quote:
>
> It does make for a splendid story, and the singers will make much... |
5,882,957 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Java tree data-structure?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3522454/java-tree-data-structure)
>
>
>
Is there any Java data structure implementation similar to tree and graph? | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5882957",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236501/"
] | Not in the `java.util` Collections API.
You can use the [DefaultTreeModel](http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/javax/swing/tree/DefaultTreeModel.html) from Swing for trees.
[Jung](http://jung.sourceforge.net/) is a graph framework. | As I [answered for a similar question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4978487/why-java-collection-framework-doesnt-contain-tree-and-graph/4979522#4979522), the Java API contains no general API for trees/graphs, since there is no unique set of features needed in every usecase. There are quite some tree/graph-like A... |
2,614,677 | I want implement in my software solution an VBA editor but in c# 3.0.
VBA edtior (vb 6.5) is obsolete. Microsoft have a solution for create macros and scripts editor for .net? if not how to implement a like solution? | 2010/04/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2614677",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/127891/"
] | You are probably looking for VSTA, [Visual Studio Tools for Applications](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700828.aspx), which provides an IDE for .NET languages that can be integrated with your application similar to the VBA IDE. | <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700828.aspx>
<http://www.winwrap.com/web/basic/default.asp> |
185,932 | I have a used iPhone 4 with 16GB of memory in it, running IOS 7.1.2. The problem with this iPhone is that the volume is really quiet whenever i'm playing music or making a call and setting the caller on the speaker.
The volume is currently at it's max (by tapping the buttons on the side).
![enter image description he... | 2015/05/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/185932",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/126759/"
] | The general answer is
>
> "just be sure to paste into an unoccupied area of the Keynote slide"
>
>
>
My issue was that I was trying to paste into an area already occupied by a textbox. It may not be obvious due to a bunch of blank lines that make the box extend longer than immediately apparent. | Be sure you are on the slide by clicking into it. The universal keyboard Command + V should pass your image. If that doesn't work then be sure you actually **have** something copied to the clipboard.
Alternatively you can easily drag and drop an image onto a slide. |
93,364 | I'm studying for my AIRAT (Instructor Written) in Canada using Nizus, but I've always had trouble answering the questions about takeoff distances at 27 ºC when given [a chart](https://i.imgur.com/9HnYWR3.png) with 20 ºC and 30 ºC, even since the start of PPL. I want to understand it properly so I can effectively teach ... | 2022/05/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/93364",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/63711/"
] | I am getting a takeoff distance of 3,502' for a takeoff over 50 FT on a **grass strip** with a **10-kt tailwind**.
>
> 2,030' \* 1.5 \* 1.15 = 3,502'
>
>
>
To interpolate you will need to figure out the percentage between the two temperatures.
>
> (27-20) / (30-20) = 70%
>
>
>
We take the difference between... | Pressure altitude with Kollsman at 30.92 would be 3000 feet - 1000 feet = 2000 feet. Dry grass **only affects ground roll**.
Distance to clear 50' obstacle at 30 C : 2030 feet
Ground roll distance: 1155 feet
30 C with 10 knot tailwind: 2030 × 1.50 = 3045 feet
Ground roll with tailwind: 1155 × 1.5 = 1732 feet
Groun... |
323,640 | I want to supply a microcontroller with 4x AA alkaline batteries or via USB, with the USB source being dominant. Meaning when USB is on, the batteries should be disconnected.
For the USB path, I intend to use a Schottky diode.
For the battery path, I initially thought about using a "ORing" IC or one of those "powerpat... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/323640",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/152813/"
] | Use this circuit, when USB is active it took power from USB.
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fJ91m9.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/) | I think this will work. The only drawback is that maybe M1 and M2 will turn on just a little bit when VBATT is high, even though VBUS is present. This could lead to the batteries discharging just a bit. They will stop discharging when the voltage drops a little. This can be partially controlled by selecting M1 and M2 w... |
323,640 | I want to supply a microcontroller with 4x AA alkaline batteries or via USB, with the USB source being dominant. Meaning when USB is on, the batteries should be disconnected.
For the USB path, I intend to use a Schottky diode.
For the battery path, I initially thought about using a "ORing" IC or one of those "powerpat... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/323640",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/152813/"
] | Use this circuit, when USB is active it took power from USB.
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fJ91m9.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/) | With quick simulation, this kind of circuit should work. The FETs take a little time to open after the USB voltage goes away, so you need a bulk capacitor to offer current for that time.
Make sure that the P-FET conducts with 5 V V\_GS
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xeCkf.png) |
323,640 | I want to supply a microcontroller with 4x AA alkaline batteries or via USB, with the USB source being dominant. Meaning when USB is on, the batteries should be disconnected.
For the USB path, I intend to use a Schottky diode.
For the battery path, I initially thought about using a "ORing" IC or one of those "powerpat... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/323640",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/152813/"
] | Use this circuit, when USB is active it took power from USB.
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fJ91m9.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/) | You might check out the TI tips 22860. It's an integrated, low leakage, high side switch. Tie the input to the USB +5VDC Though a resistor. It's also pretty cheap. |
323,640 | I want to supply a microcontroller with 4x AA alkaline batteries or via USB, with the USB source being dominant. Meaning when USB is on, the batteries should be disconnected.
For the USB path, I intend to use a Schottky diode.
For the battery path, I initially thought about using a "ORing" IC or one of those "powerpat... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/323640",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/152813/"
] | Use this circuit, when USB is active it took power from USB.
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fJ91m9.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/) | I routinely do this with use an isolated power source/regulator powering a low-side gate drive (any low-side gate drive method will work...nothing fancy here) with an optocoupler to float the control signal to the now floating gate driver. |
938,647 | I am developing a CMS based on Zend Framework which have many modules, for example News and Gallery.
Each module has some part with same function as manage categories and comments (Categories and comments for News, Photos, Albums - cames from News and Gallery modules - are separate).
Can somebody give me the advise to ... | 2009/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/938647",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Write classes to abstract the logic to a central source file.
Basically, use encapsulation. | Separate the part of your application that should be reused. It's a good strategy to begin by copy-pasting, and only refactor it out into a shared component once you have at least two concrete uses for an abstraction. |
183,105 | I have two accepted papers X and Y. I listed X as a reference for Y. I used "To appear" in front of X in the reference section of Y. But it has not published yet. How can I add volume details of X, while it seems that X will be published after publishing Y? | 2022/03/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/183105",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/49646/"
] | I think it is possible under one of the following options:
1. If possible and allowed by the publisher, you publish a preprint of X (e.g. arXiv or PubMed) and you cite the preprint (which is a very common practice nowadays). When X will be published by the publisher, most of the bibliographic indices/platforms will li... | I don’t know what your field is. I did my PhD in Molecular Biophysics ten years ago. It was customary to just list your paper X as “in press” and the corresponding journal name, if it’s cited in your paper Y reference. |
562,511 | How do I calculate the size of a filter capacitor to reduce the ripple when I have a microcontroller on the same regulated power supply as a high current load like a motor?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHeuw.jpg)
**My parameters:**
Motor: DC 5V; 0... | 2021/04/28 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/562511",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/56749/"
] | Since this is homework, I'll rather "hint" you in the right direction to help you employ the right methods than solve it completely, I think you'll enjoy that more!
This gets doable if you start with your first schematic, and apply the Y-Delta transformation on the "inner" three R (those who connect to C). Afterwards,... | Looking at your redrawn circuit, I can see that
* I5 and I9 are the same current, labelled twice.
* By symmetry, I3 = I4 = I5 = I8
* By symmetry, I6 = I7 = 0 |
51,817 | Hope someone can help, can't find exactly my situation.
I have a Mackie proFx16 v3 which has 3 × 6.3 mm (pre fader switchable) Aux sends. (Well 4, but one of them is dedicated to Fx.)
My band is currently using 2 × active floor monitors – i.e. 2 monitor mixes, one fed from Aux send 1 and 1 fed from Aux send 2. All wo... | 2022/10/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/51817",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/35984/"
] | If you don't need stereo, connect one aux output to the left input and set the transmitter to mono. This is the most common configuration for a band sharing a limited number of monitor mixes.
Regarding TS (tip-sleeve) or TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) cables: in the live sound world, TRS cables with 1/4" connectors will usuall... | Concerning the technical part of your question: having a look at the Mackie's product description, the Aux sends seem to be mono, but balanced (please verify).
The PSM300's product description mentions "Connector Type: 6.35 mm (1/4") TRS".
So that's fine: you can connect one of the PSM300s with 2 TRS cables, and the o... |
35,011 | Ok, long story short, I'm currious how long it would take an agency to crack a 10-15 character winrar password. The file names in the archive are also scrambled including a word at the start and numbers and characters. Roughly, should I have reason to believe this could be cracked within a reasonable time frame? | 2013/04/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/35011",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/25336/"
] | There is some data [here](http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/password-recovery-gpu,2945-8.html). WinRAR uses a custom [key derivation function](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_derivation_function) which involves thousands of SHA-1 invocations. Apparently, with two good GPU, about 15000 passwords per second can be tri... | The answer is 42 of course.
In all seriousness, this question is unanswerable. There are many factors, including but not limited to the amount of hardware the attacker is willing to throw at you.
Your password is **weak** though, it's very predictable which is the bane of strong passwords. |
35,011 | Ok, long story short, I'm currious how long it would take an agency to crack a 10-15 character winrar password. The file names in the archive are also scrambled including a word at the start and numbers and characters. Roughly, should I have reason to believe this could be cracked within a reasonable time frame? | 2013/04/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/35011",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/25336/"
] | The answer is 42 of course.
In all seriousness, this question is unanswerable. There are many factors, including but not limited to the amount of hardware the attacker is willing to throw at you.
Your password is **weak** though, it's very predictable which is the bane of strong passwords. | As mentioned rar uses SHA-1 which is pretty strong. You can have a good comparison of different algorithms [here](http://www.gat3way.eu/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=192&cntnt01returnid=15).
As you can see cracking rar is slower than WPA-PSK. |
35,011 | Ok, long story short, I'm currious how long it would take an agency to crack a 10-15 character winrar password. The file names in the archive are also scrambled including a word at the start and numbers and characters. Roughly, should I have reason to believe this could be cracked within a reasonable time frame? | 2013/04/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/35011",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/25336/"
] | There is some data [here](http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/password-recovery-gpu,2945-8.html). WinRAR uses a custom [key derivation function](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_derivation_function) which involves thousands of SHA-1 invocations. Apparently, with two good GPU, about 15000 passwords per second can be tri... | As mentioned rar uses SHA-1 which is pretty strong. You can have a good comparison of different algorithms [here](http://www.gat3way.eu/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=192&cntnt01returnid=15).
As you can see cracking rar is slower than WPA-PSK. |
3,911,013 | Hey,
I'm saving a copy of all contacts in a database.
Upon launching, I want to check if there is a new contact in the address book in order to add it to my data base.
How to perform this check? I can't find the suitable logic to implement it. | 2010/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3911013",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/394868/"
] | There's not an easy way to get "new contacts" in the address book. Instead you'll have to do something like this:
1. [Get an array of all the contacts in the address book](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AddressBook/Reference/ABPersonRef_iPhoneOS/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/c/func/ABAddre... | A little easier way(don't need too much memory space):
1. Save your App's database lastest TimeStamp when you load data from AddressBook & total person count.
2. write a check function, and call it whenever you need it
3. check function : Get the latest modification date in all contacts, and get the total count right ... |
1,401,248 | I have tried several ways to login to a website through java. I have used watij, HTMLunit etc. but due to not so familiar with any of these, I am not able to login successfully.
Can anyone tell me in detail how to login through java
To be more specific, I want to login to the ORKUT and want the pagesource of the page... | 2009/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1401248",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157027/"
] | The answer depends on how the website attempts to authenticate you:
* Do you have to set a username and password in the HTTP headers (basic auth)?
* Or do you have to fill out and submit a form containing the username and password?
For either I would recommend commons-httpclient, although the latter screen-scraping a... | Why are you trying to login via Java, why not just use cURL? Is there something specific you're trying to accomplish? |
1,401,248 | I have tried several ways to login to a website through java. I have used watij, HTMLunit etc. but due to not so familiar with any of these, I am not able to login successfully.
Can anyone tell me in detail how to login through java
To be more specific, I want to login to the ORKUT and want the pagesource of the page... | 2009/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1401248",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157027/"
] | Your best chances to do such things & survive in the real world web are with Selenium-RC.
Basically, what you will do is to remote-control your browser to do anything that you can do manually (except file uploads).
Many times, I have used this pattern:
1. Login with selenium
2. Take the cookies
3. Continue with my f... | Why are you trying to login via Java, why not just use cURL? Is there something specific you're trying to accomplish? |
1,401,248 | I have tried several ways to login to a website through java. I have used watij, HTMLunit etc. but due to not so familiar with any of these, I am not able to login successfully.
Can anyone tell me in detail how to login through java
To be more specific, I want to login to the ORKUT and want the pagesource of the page... | 2009/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1401248",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157027/"
] | The answer depends on how the website attempts to authenticate you:
* Do you have to set a username and password in the HTTP headers (basic auth)?
* Or do you have to fill out and submit a form containing the username and password?
For either I would recommend commons-httpclient, although the latter screen-scraping a... | Orkut uses Google auth to login. My suggestion is to use an HTTP debugger like Fiddler to watch the traffic during login. Probably, there are cookies and redirects that you need to replicate.
Generally,
1. Look at the login form, get the names of the name and password field and the action that the form posts to
2. Cr... |
1,401,248 | I have tried several ways to login to a website through java. I have used watij, HTMLunit etc. but due to not so familiar with any of these, I am not able to login successfully.
Can anyone tell me in detail how to login through java
To be more specific, I want to login to the ORKUT and want the pagesource of the page... | 2009/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1401248",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157027/"
] | Your best chances to do such things & survive in the real world web are with Selenium-RC.
Basically, what you will do is to remote-control your browser to do anything that you can do manually (except file uploads).
Many times, I have used this pattern:
1. Login with selenium
2. Take the cookies
3. Continue with my f... | Orkut uses Google auth to login. My suggestion is to use an HTTP debugger like Fiddler to watch the traffic during login. Probably, there are cookies and redirects that you need to replicate.
Generally,
1. Look at the login form, get the names of the name and password field and the action that the form posts to
2. Cr... |
36,807,223 | We have implemented RTSP server on our MCU. For testing purpose we are using VLC media player as a client. We coded our MCU such a way that only after receiving PLAY command from client, MCU reads data from camera. And we are seeing MCU receives data from camera and streams thorugh RTSP. We could see data streaming fro... | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36807223",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6243514/"
] | The error message tells you what is going wrong:
>
> live555 error: no data received in 10s, aborting
>
>
>
The usual reasons for this are firewalls or NAT?
You can select the RTP over RTSP (TCP) option in the VLC preferences to verify this. If the stream works over TCP, UDP packets are being blocked somewhere. | I suggest using ffmpeg and ffplay to test your streaming from a RTSP source.
It is command line, but the information and logs are very helpful |
245,958 | 1. A particular mass of helium is required to lift a particular weight. If the weight stays the same and the mass of helium is decreased can the same lift force be achieved by increasing the acceleration of the helium gas? Not to be an Einstein, but if I recall correctly, force = mass \* acceleration.
2. Also, can heli... | 2016/03/28 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/245958",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/112603/"
] | Normally when you speak of lifting by helium you are using the buoyancy of a balloon in the atmosphere. If you decrease the mass of helium you decrease the volume of the balloon. The lift capacity of a balloon is the difference between the weight of a balloon and the weight of the air it displaces. If you can lighten t... | Well, you could get more lift force out the helium by accelerating it. If the helium, let's say in a balloon, was initial moving upwards quickly and the object you're trying to lift was stationary, at some point the rope connecting them would go tight and at that point the rope will apply a downwards force on the heliu... |
248,040 | I have interfaced [M25P16](https://www.micron.com/~/media/documents/.../m25p16.pdf) with PIC32MX795F512L. MISO and CS is pulled up to VCC with 10k resistor.
I am sending the 0x9f (MSB first) command for reading device ID and after that 20 dummy bytes are transmitted for generating clock for receiving bytes. But I'm ge... | 2016/07/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/248040",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/117832/"
] | I not sure if this problem was solved, I had exactly the same problem as you two days ago and nothing on the internet I found helped, it seems everyone had a unique problem expect yours...
After 2 days of debugging I found the solution, its very simple.. the chip 3.3V tolerant (power supply and input signals.. they N... | It looks like the flash memory is trying to respond to the command, but can't. I would check that there are no conflicts with the MISO pin. Make sure that some other peripheral on your microcontroller isn't using the MISO pin, that the MISO pin is not shorted to another pin, and make sure there is not a problem with an... |
2,207,519 | What solutions exist to persist data, *without* requiring a full-blown enterprise server? I am fairly new to Java. At uni the whole curriculum was based on Java, so I coded a bit already. But it never went into depth with the available frameworks. The only way we actually touched on persistens was using "vanilla" JDBC ... | 2010/02/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2207519",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160665/"
] | I recommend JPA -- while it's a standard, it is completely separate from the whole Java EE spec. You don't need a enterprise application server to use it. In fact, Sun has a ["Using JPA in Desktop Applications"](http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/Desktop/persistenceapi/) article. | JPA + Hibernate, Derby in memory java database, Swing destop App. After annotating my Model classes and specifying the derby driver and such trivia in XML files, persistency was all automagic. |
2,055,999 | Currently I'm working on creating a view of displaying a entire school database in the form of a graphical view.
1. School;
2. Classes;
3. Teachers; and
4. Students
I display an Image for each of the above mentioned ones. I need a plugin/tool (freeware) to use to create the links between them.
My default view would ... | 2010/01/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2055999",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185412/"
] | I would check out [Flare](http://flare.prefuse.org/). Check out the [demo](http://flare.prefuse.org/demo). I think you will be most interested in the Layouts section. | Check the "tour de flex"
<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/tourdeflex/>
It's a big demo of what you can do with flex. Check the Data Visualisation part, it's contains some very nice exemple
But i doubs that you will find exactly what your are looking for, why not just code it.
* A image for the scool.
* a list of ... |
2,055,999 | Currently I'm working on creating a view of displaying a entire school database in the form of a graphical view.
1. School;
2. Classes;
3. Teachers; and
4. Students
I display an Image for each of the above mentioned ones. I need a plugin/tool (freeware) to use to create the links between them.
My default view would ... | 2010/01/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2055999",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185412/"
] | Another option would be the [RaVis](http://code.google.com/p/birdeye/wiki/RaVis) portion of the BirdEye project. The graphs it generates are pretty customizable (i.e. controlling the image used for each node), as seen in [this demo](http://birdeye.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ravis/RaVisExamples/example-binaries/RaVisExplo... | Check the "tour de flex"
<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/tourdeflex/>
It's a big demo of what you can do with flex. Check the Data Visualisation part, it's contains some very nice exemple
But i doubs that you will find exactly what your are looking for, why not just code it.
* A image for the scool.
* a list of ... |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | This method will create a new document with the changes as suggestions.
1. In the updated document:
1. Select the menu item: **File/Version History/See Version History**
2. Find the version upon which you wish to base the compare/diff.
3. Click the vertical ellipsis, and select "Make a Copy"
2. In this new copy of ... | If you have access to Adobe Acrobat, you can print the two documents to PDF files using Docs Print/Save As PDF command, then compare them using Adobe Acrobat's Compare Documents feature. |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | The best way I found is to use named version.
You can set names for each versions and you can compare current named version with previous named version. So the step is
1. Set names to two versions you want to compare with.
2. Turn on "Only show named versions".
Then you can see the difference between specific version... | If you have access to Adobe Acrobat, you can print the two documents to PDF files using Docs Print/Save As PDF command, then compare them using Adobe Acrobat's Compare Documents feature. |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | The best way I found is to use named version.
You can set names for each versions and you can compare current named version with previous named version. So the step is
1. Set names to two versions you want to compare with.
2. Turn on "Only show named versions".
Then you can see the difference between specific version... | This method will create a new document with the changes as suggestions.
1. In the updated document:
1. Select the menu item: **File/Version History/See Version History**
2. Find the version upon which you wish to base the compare/diff.
3. Click the vertical ellipsis, and select "Make a Copy"
2. In this new copy of ... |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | The best way I found is to use named version.
You can set names for each versions and you can compare current named version with previous named version. So the step is
1. Set names to two versions you want to compare with.
2. Turn on "Only show named versions".
Then you can see the difference between specific version... | This is no longer possible in the latest version of Google Docs. Please, see other answers instead.
---
**It previously worked this way:**
1. Open the document in Google Docs
2. Click the [File] menu item
3. Click the [See revision history] option
4. Check the box for the newest revision you want to compare.
5. Scro... |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | This is no longer possible in the latest version of Google Docs. Please, see other answers instead.
---
**It previously worked this way:**
1. Open the document in Google Docs
2. Click the [File] menu item
3. Click the [See revision history] option
4. Check the box for the newest revision you want to compare.
5. Scro... | If you have access to Adobe Acrobat, you can print the two documents to PDF files using Docs Print/Save As PDF command, then compare them using Adobe Acrobat's Compare Documents feature. |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | The best way I found is to use named version.
You can set names for each versions and you can compare current named version with previous named version. So the step is
1. Set names to two versions you want to compare with.
2. Turn on "Only show named versions".
Then you can see the difference between specific version... | Docs has "Tools -> Compare documents". This can be used. For each (from/to) version, create a new document, and then compare these documents.
This creates 3 documents (two source documents and the comparison result), that you then may want to delete afterwards. But it is possible. |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | This method will create a new document with the changes as suggestions.
1. In the updated document:
1. Select the menu item: **File/Version History/See Version History**
2. Find the version upon which you wish to base the compare/diff.
3. Click the vertical ellipsis, and select "Make a Copy"
2. In this new copy of ... | Docs has "Tools -> Compare documents". This can be used. For each (from/to) version, create a new document, and then compare these documents.
This creates 3 documents (two source documents and the comparison result), that you then may want to delete afterwards. But it is possible. |
5,737 | In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I want is to see the individual changes highlighted by the user that made them. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5737",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | You can see differences between named and unnamed versions.
Go to File->Version history->See version history
On the right hand side, you'll see the versions. If you click on one of them, you will see above your document, on the right hand side
[](https://i.stack.im... | Docs has "Tools -> Compare documents". This can be used. For each (from/to) version, create a new document, and then compare these documents.
This creates 3 documents (two source documents and the comparison result), that you then may want to delete afterwards. But it is possible. |
27,016 | I was wondering if there were any space probe systems that were actually launched as part of a larger satellite bus. As in, one rocket launch from earth releases 6 different satellites on a singular mission at different points on the main-buses trajectory. I did a mission [earlier on KSP](https://imgur.com/gallery/NSQ1... | 2018/05/01 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/27016",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/25224/"
] | The [Pioneer Venus Multiprobe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Venus_Multiprobe) seems to fit the bill. It had one Large Probe and three smaller ones.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kcHPP.jpg)
I don't think the different probes had propulsion tho... | Magnetosphere missions such as NASA's MMS <https://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/> consist of four spacecraft flying in formation in order to obtain a three dimensional view of what is happening between them.
SpaceX is planning to launch the NASA/DFZ Grace Follow On mission next month, which is comprised of two spacecraft. One sp... |
152,916 | At the beginning of the winter season my boiler wasn't turning on, but I got it to work by turning on the inlet valve and just letting it feed water until the gas burners kicked in. The sight glass completely (over)filled with water to the point I couldn't see any air in the top. I was happy because my heat was working... | 2018/12/18 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/152916",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/84517/"
] | If this steam boiler has not been serviced in a while I would recommend that you have this done to insure safe operation this winter. Using this boiler with too little or too much water in it can damage it and can be very dangerous. Without knowing more about how the boiler is connected into the heating system and what... | Here are some facts that may help: You have a steam boiler. All steam boilers have what is called a low water cut-off. This devise makes sure that the boiler never fires dry or without water covering the cast iron exchanger. This would destroy your boiler in short order. The Mfg's install literature will tell you how h... |
12,207 | Well, 2016 is finally over. It's been a long year and our first regularly scheduled Bridge Movie Night season. [Can you believe that it's been two years](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10160/bridge-movie-night)? Putting aside how old I'm making you all feeling, it's time to begin another year of Bridge... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12207",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/27975/"
] | Hell or High Water
==================
This is different from the movies we normally watch, but it looks good, and the critical reception was been positive. Essentially, in order to protect his family ranch and provide for his son a man teams up with his brother (who's an ex-con) to rob a bank. Summary courtesy of IMBD... | Idiocracy
=========
Relevant.
>
> Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent ... |
12,207 | Well, 2016 is finally over. It's been a long year and our first regularly scheduled Bridge Movie Night season. [Can you believe that it's been two years](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10160/bridge-movie-night)? Putting aside how old I'm making you all feeling, it's time to begin another year of Bridge... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12207",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/27975/"
] | Kubo and the Two Strings
========================
This looks like a fun little movie good for the whole family, with some pretty solid animation. The critical reception to the movie was been really positive as well. Summary courtesy of google is:
>
> Young Kubo's peaceful existence comes crashing down when he accide... | District 9
==========
I see GnomeSlice's relevance, and raise more relevant. Idea shamelessly stolen. Sue me. In addition to being relevant, this is also a good movie.
>
> An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to ... |
12,207 | Well, 2016 is finally over. It's been a long year and our first regularly scheduled Bridge Movie Night season. [Can you believe that it's been two years](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10160/bridge-movie-night)? Putting aside how old I'm making you all feeling, it's time to begin another year of Bridge... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12207",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/27975/"
] | Kubo and the Two Strings
========================
This looks like a fun little movie good for the whole family, with some pretty solid animation. The critical reception to the movie was been really positive as well. Summary courtesy of google is:
>
> Young Kubo's peaceful existence comes crashing down when he accide... | Idiocracy
=========
Relevant.
>
> Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent ... |
12,207 | Well, 2016 is finally over. It's been a long year and our first regularly scheduled Bridge Movie Night season. [Can you believe that it's been two years](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10160/bridge-movie-night)? Putting aside how old I'm making you all feeling, it's time to begin another year of Bridge... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12207",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/27975/"
] | Hell or High Water
==================
This is different from the movies we normally watch, but it looks good, and the critical reception was been positive. Essentially, in order to protect his family ranch and provide for his son a man teams up with his brother (who's an ex-con) to rob a bank. Summary courtesy of IMBD... | District 9
==========
I see GnomeSlice's relevance, and raise more relevant. Idea shamelessly stolen. Sue me. In addition to being relevant, this is also a good movie.
>
> An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to ... |
12,207 | Well, 2016 is finally over. It's been a long year and our first regularly scheduled Bridge Movie Night season. [Can you believe that it's been two years](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10160/bridge-movie-night)? Putting aside how old I'm making you all feeling, it's time to begin another year of Bridge... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12207",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/27975/"
] | Kubo and the Two Strings
========================
This looks like a fun little movie good for the whole family, with some pretty solid animation. The critical reception to the movie was been really positive as well. Summary courtesy of google is:
>
> Young Kubo's peaceful existence comes crashing down when he accide... | Viva Amiga
==========
I'm not sure if documentaries are up for consideration, but this one covers the rise and fall of the Commodore Amiga and the culture that developed around it, which I think would be interesting to people here.
From IMDB:
>
> In a world of green on black, they dared to dream in color. 1985: An ... |
12,207 | Well, 2016 is finally over. It's been a long year and our first regularly scheduled Bridge Movie Night season. [Can you believe that it's been two years](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10160/bridge-movie-night)? Putting aside how old I'm making you all feeling, it's time to begin another year of Bridge... | 2017/01/09 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12207",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/27975/"
] | Hell or High Water
==================
This is different from the movies we normally watch, but it looks good, and the critical reception was been positive. Essentially, in order to protect his family ranch and provide for his son a man teams up with his brother (who's an ex-con) to rob a bank. Summary courtesy of IMBD... | Viva Amiga
==========
I'm not sure if documentaries are up for consideration, but this one covers the rise and fall of the Commodore Amiga and the culture that developed around it, which I think would be interesting to people here.
From IMDB:
>
> In a world of green on black, they dared to dream in color. 1985: An ... |
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