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44,630 | I read the Wikipedia article on [DNA methylation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_methylation)
Let's say I want to extract and then stock my current DNA methylation marks somewhere so that I can use it safely 20 years in the future for a medical procedure that doesn't exist yet.
What method should I use? | 2016/03/26 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/44630",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/22779/"
] | To record the current methylation state of your DNA, you can use [bisulfite sequencing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisulfite_sequencing). Basically, you take half of your DNA sample and treat with bisulfite, which deaminates cytosines (C->U) , so they read as T instead of C. Methylated cytosines are protected, so they still read as C. You run two sequencing reactions, one with bisulfite-treated and the other with untreated DNA, so you can tell where the true Cs are in the genome. See the below diagram:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8UPQt.png)
[Wikimedia commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Wiki_Bisulfite_sequencing_Figure_1_small.png)
Note that if you're thinking of doing this from a longevity point of view, that there are [hugely different methylation patterns in different cell types](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3759728/); I'm not sure which cell type you'd want to pick. Also, methylation is not the only covalent modification of DNA that exists, there's also [hydroxymethylation](http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/methylation/), and I'd bet there are more that we haven't discovered yet. There certainly are in bacteria and phage ([glucosyl-hydroxymethylcytosine](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26081634), for one). The hard thing about saving things for the future is that we really don't understand the full picture of what's happening now epigenetically, and as such, we don't have assays to detect things we don't know about. | I believe the DNA is going to be as stable in native form as it should be after bisulfite treatment. You can use commercially available methods of storing DNA samples and safely assume it will be intact in 20 years time. |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | You can do remote debugging targeting the Android Browser with the [weinre](http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/) project. Or use [Chrome remote debugging](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging) with the Chrome for Android browser. As far as I know, you can't target a WebView directly, but targeting the Android Browser should get you close. | It cannot be done, because the debugger backend code is not there. The source code you are referencing to is a copy of webkit source in android, but it is not compiled into android release bits. |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | Now it is easy with Android 4.4. See <https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#debugging-webviews> | It cannot be done, because the debugger backend code is not there. The source code you are referencing to is a copy of webkit source in android, but it is not compiled into android release bits. |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | >
> **For android >= 4.4 (kitkat)**
>
>
>
See [Remote debugging on Android with Chrome](https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging)
>
> **For android < 4.4 (Lower versions)**
>
>
>
Use very good open source tool: [weinre](http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/Installing.html). See [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqwnpLYnI0&feature=youtu.be) video for help to use it.
If you are familiar with grunt then you can use [grunt-weinre](https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-weinre)
For quick view:
1. install weinre using npm
2. Do the [configuration](https://github.com/ChrisWren/grunt-weinre#recommended-usage) in your gruntfile.
3. Run the weinre grunt task.
4. Use this script to inject the weinre target code into your web page.
5. Open <http://localhost:8082> in your browser and you will find devices running above script. You can debug all this devices.
**NOTE:** if you want to debug webview/browser in your mobile device then you need to replace localhost with your machine's IP running weinre. And yes, all the devices should be on the same network. | It cannot be done, because the debugger backend code is not there. The source code you are referencing to is a copy of webkit source in android, but it is not compiled into android release bits. |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | Now it is easy with Android 4.4. See <https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#debugging-webviews> | You can do remote debugging targeting the Android Browser with the [weinre](http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/) project. Or use [Chrome remote debugging](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging) with the Chrome for Android browser. As far as I know, you can't target a WebView directly, but targeting the Android Browser should get you close. |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | >
> **For android >= 4.4 (kitkat)**
>
>
>
See [Remote debugging on Android with Chrome](https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging)
>
> **For android < 4.4 (Lower versions)**
>
>
>
Use very good open source tool: [weinre](http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/Installing.html). See [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqwnpLYnI0&feature=youtu.be) video for help to use it.
If you are familiar with grunt then you can use [grunt-weinre](https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-weinre)
For quick view:
1. install weinre using npm
2. Do the [configuration](https://github.com/ChrisWren/grunt-weinre#recommended-usage) in your gruntfile.
3. Run the weinre grunt task.
4. Use this script to inject the weinre target code into your web page.
5. Open <http://localhost:8082> in your browser and you will find devices running above script. You can debug all this devices.
**NOTE:** if you want to debug webview/browser in your mobile device then you need to replace localhost with your machine's IP running weinre. And yes, all the devices should be on the same network. | You can do remote debugging targeting the Android Browser with the [weinre](http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/) project. Or use [Chrome remote debugging](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging) with the Chrome for Android browser. As far as I know, you can't target a WebView directly, but targeting the Android Browser should get you close. |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | You can do remote debugging targeting the Android Browser with the [weinre](http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/) project. Or use [Chrome remote debugging](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging) with the Chrome for Android browser. As far as I know, you can't target a WebView directly, but targeting the Android Browser should get you close. | Pre KitKat [jsHyBugger](https://www.jshybugger.com/#!/) works well ( trial version and annual single user license €29 )
( I have no connection to the developers / have purchased a license ) |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | Now it is easy with Android 4.4. See <https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#debugging-webviews> | Pre KitKat [jsHyBugger](https://www.jshybugger.com/#!/) works well ( trial version and annual single user license €29 )
( I have no connection to the developers / have purchased a license ) |
13,801,819 | I need to inspect javascript execution (webview widget) in an android application,
while debugging; through SDK & usb cable and/or http/websockets;
from destop computer (e.g. chrome running on desktop).
Webkit's sources includes DebuggerServer implementation
( platform\_external\_webkit\Source\WebKit\android\wds\DebugServer.cpp )
accessible at cpp level, and bound if flag WDS is enabled (at build time?)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp:#if ENABLE(WDS)
Source\WebKit\android\jni\WebCoreFrameBridge.cpp: WDS::server()->addFrame(frame);
The default port for server is 9999
The sources show that all is implemented (at Cpp level) to enable the feature,
but I have not found any reference searching the web for experiences
using live debugging at javascript level in adroid devices automating
webkit's inspector interface.
1.- Are the feature present, in binary form, executing in actual android devices?
(has adroid's distribution of webkit been built without WDS flag enabled? :-( )
2.- Can the remote debug feature be enabled/used from javascript or application
(at java level) e.g. at startup of app?
3.- In case it is possible to enable the webkit inspector/debugger feature,
how to make it possible to interact from remote application ? (e.g. from
another javascript app using websockets, or chrome on desktop computers).
Some paragraphs explaining the mechanics like
<https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote>
would be nice!
thanks in advance for any information, or references about this topic.
I consider important to enable remote debugging (in the device) at
javascript level to make it possible modern development of HTML5
applications and happy debugging experience.
cheers,
Ale. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13801819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1717056/"
] | >
> **For android >= 4.4 (kitkat)**
>
>
>
See [Remote debugging on Android with Chrome](https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging)
>
> **For android < 4.4 (Lower versions)**
>
>
>
Use very good open source tool: [weinre](http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/Installing.html). See [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqwnpLYnI0&feature=youtu.be) video for help to use it.
If you are familiar with grunt then you can use [grunt-weinre](https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-weinre)
For quick view:
1. install weinre using npm
2. Do the [configuration](https://github.com/ChrisWren/grunt-weinre#recommended-usage) in your gruntfile.
3. Run the weinre grunt task.
4. Use this script to inject the weinre target code into your web page.
5. Open <http://localhost:8082> in your browser and you will find devices running above script. You can debug all this devices.
**NOTE:** if you want to debug webview/browser in your mobile device then you need to replace localhost with your machine's IP running weinre. And yes, all the devices should be on the same network. | Pre KitKat [jsHyBugger](https://www.jshybugger.com/#!/) works well ( trial version and annual single user license €29 )
( I have no connection to the developers / have purchased a license ) |
3,694 | How much contact should I expect to have with my literary agent (from a sizeable London firm, representing my first novel)? Are months of silence to be expected/endured? If so...how many? | 2011/08/22 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3694",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2503/"
] | I wasn't going to post an answer for this, but I've got to disagree with Joshin.
You're in a business relationship with your agent. You're entitled to respectful business communication. There's a vast difference between you needing your hand held and you needing to know what your business partner is up to.
Months of silence seem out of line. That is, if you've sent a polite, business-like inquiry, you should have been answered. If you've been nagging him/her daily, then maybe s/he has shut down. But you haven't said anything to suggest that.
Rather than Joshin's manufacturer/salesperson analogy, I would try home owner/real estate agent. (You notice the word 'agent' - it has significance). If you allow someone else to try to sell your valuable, unique property, you are entitled to regular updates as to their progress. If you've been reasonable, and they refuse to share this information with you, there's a serious problem with the relationship.
There are a lot of great agents out there, and there are, unfortunately, a lot of rookies and/or shysters. If you have absolute confidence (through checking at Editors & Preditors and other relevant sites) that you've got a great agent, you might want to forgive the poor communication. But if you're less than confident, you need communication to know what's going on. | If you are really good they'll be happy if you just send them a check on a regular basis.
Think of a clerk in a store. Their job is to make sure that when a buyer comes into the store they find what they need. Rarely (if ever) do they contact the guy in China who is making the tools.
If you are making tools in China you want the clerk to sell them in the US of A.
If you need hand-holding use part of your royalties to hire someone with hands you like. |
256,359 | I read in an American Accent book that there is no break between sibilants adjoining each other between words. For example, this phrase:
>
> I was starting to worry.
>
>
>
The words *was* + *starting* sound like [wə**zs**tɑrt̬ɪŋ] with no break. Am I right? I marked the sibilant sounds with bold.
I used the schwa sound in *was* because it's a function word and we usually give stress to content words and reduce the function words. I also used the tapped T in the word started. | 2015/07/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/256359",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/111955/"
] | Well, there is never a break between words unless you make one. You could say first the word "was", stop making sounds, then say "starting", if you chose to make that break. If there is no period of silence between them, the [zs] pronunciation is just a [z] followed immediately by [s].
If you happen to be an English speaker who customarily devoices word-final obstruents, like /z/, then the last sound of "was" will be voiceless, but it would have been anyway, regardless of whether "starting" followed. Details of how exactly word final /z/ is pronounced in various English dialects are interesting in themselves, but so far as I know, they have nothing to do with whether the next word starts with /s/. | You are right. Was, despite ending with an 's' sounds like a 'z' with an American speaker no mater where you are. Because of that [wəstɑrt̬ɪŋ] isn't correct. That would only work if both the 's' in "was" and "starting" were pronounced the same. As for the lack of break, that would be correct as well. Even in a lengthened cadence such as in a Texan Drawl, it is really hard to separate them out into two distinct words and have it sound right. |
62,490 | Does Microsoft Virtual PC have any scripting capabilities? I'm trying to automatically launch a web browser inside the VM and have it go to url specified by a parameter. | 2009/10/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/62490",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2582/"
] | For "basic" viruses you'll want to boot up in safe mode and delete the executable (you could use Process Explorer, or task manager from Vista onwards, to locate the file), but for more advanced types I always find using Sysinternal's Autoruns to remove their ability to start up (along with any helper applications they have) does it. Anything that lives through that might take a little more poking to fix. | 99% CPU you say? Sounds like a poorly coded keylogger. Try checking `msconfig` for suspicious startup entries first and foremost. You can use [Process Explorer](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) to find information about the process itself, and if you have the location of the program, kill it with process explorer then delete it. It's wishful thinking to assume something this simple will work, but it's worth a try. If that doesn't work, back up your friends documents and do a clean install, for me there is no safer feeling than a fresh OS install (if it's a possibility). If that isn't an option, download [Avira](http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php) and [Malwarebytes anti-malware](http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php) and do a full system scan **in safe mode**, that should take care of it. |
62,490 | Does Microsoft Virtual PC have any scripting capabilities? I'm trying to automatically launch a web browser inside the VM and have it go to url specified by a parameter. | 2009/10/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/62490",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2582/"
] | For "basic" viruses you'll want to boot up in safe mode and delete the executable (you could use Process Explorer, or task manager from Vista onwards, to locate the file), but for more advanced types I always find using Sysinternal's Autoruns to remove their ability to start up (along with any helper applications they have) does it. Anything that lives through that might take a little more poking to fix. | My advice would be not to search on Google directly for the executable, but rather to Google for a reliable anti-malware site (e.g. your antivirus vendor, or the other big ones like Symantec etc), then search within their site to see if it's a known issue. |
9,364 | This will perhaps look like a very basic and trivial question. But I find it confusing. As an experience, when you are travelling in non-AC car in summer, have people felt if putting on or putting off the windowpane affect how much heat it feels inside to passengers.
On one hand, I feel that heat can still come inside thru glass particles (This makes me ask if heat needs media to travel?) and so putting on windowpane should not reduce heat felt inside. But psychologically it feels like by closing the window, you are blocking heat. Also the windowpane will at least block the heated air from coming inside. But does this heated air really brings much heat apart from the heat coming through anyway or it actually in practical acts more like a ventillator thus reducing heat felt inside.
I realize that this question may appear strange, but it pops up to my head everytime I travel in non-AC car in summer. I have tried to articulate it as well as I could.
Do insulator windowpane glasses reduce heat felt inside? because they will transmit lesser heat inside. How do black shade glasses work? | 2011/05/02 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/9364",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/1093/"
] | A couple of different effects here.
A glass windowed box will heat up to considerably more than the outside temperature. Radiation from the sun, as visible and near infrared light, passes easily through the glass - hits the black interior surfaces and heats them up, this in turn heats the air and the glass stops the warm air escaping.
Opening a window will let the hot air escape and the inside cool to approximately the outside air temperature - it can't cool below this without some power source (eg AC).
Putting your hand out of a moving car window will strongly cool your hand. Water from your hand evaporates, cooling it, the wind blows this warm wet air away quickly allowing more fresh moisture to leave your hand. This is the wind-chill which although it can only cool your body to the air temperature makes you feel very cold as your body tries to maintain it's normal temperature. | Keeping your windows closed increases the temperature inside the car because of a greenhouse-like effect. The inside of the car continually receives radiation from the sun, re-emits it to warm the air inside the car but doesn't allow the heated air to leave the car by convection. Hence the car will be considerably hotter inside if the windows are kept closed. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect#Real_greenhouses>
Black shade glasses simply reduce the amount of radiation getting in thus making things slightly cooler. |
9,364 | This will perhaps look like a very basic and trivial question. But I find it confusing. As an experience, when you are travelling in non-AC car in summer, have people felt if putting on or putting off the windowpane affect how much heat it feels inside to passengers.
On one hand, I feel that heat can still come inside thru glass particles (This makes me ask if heat needs media to travel?) and so putting on windowpane should not reduce heat felt inside. But psychologically it feels like by closing the window, you are blocking heat. Also the windowpane will at least block the heated air from coming inside. But does this heated air really brings much heat apart from the heat coming through anyway or it actually in practical acts more like a ventillator thus reducing heat felt inside.
I realize that this question may appear strange, but it pops up to my head everytime I travel in non-AC car in summer. I have tried to articulate it as well as I could.
Do insulator windowpane glasses reduce heat felt inside? because they will transmit lesser heat inside. How do black shade glasses work? | 2011/05/02 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/9364",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/1093/"
] | A couple of different effects here.
A glass windowed box will heat up to considerably more than the outside temperature. Radiation from the sun, as visible and near infrared light, passes easily through the glass - hits the black interior surfaces and heats them up, this in turn heats the air and the glass stops the warm air escaping.
Opening a window will let the hot air escape and the inside cool to approximately the outside air temperature - it can't cool below this without some power source (eg AC).
Putting your hand out of a moving car window will strongly cool your hand. Water from your hand evaporates, cooling it, the wind blows this warm wet air away quickly allowing more fresh moisture to leave your hand. This is the wind-chill which although it can only cool your body to the air temperature makes you feel very cold as your body tries to maintain it's normal temperature. | If the car is in the sun closed windows will trap heat due to two mechanisms. As dbrane says the greenhouse effect is named after onr of these this effects, the radiation comes in at shortwave lengths, and the reradiated thermal energy is partially blocked by the glass. But any dark object in direct sunlight will get surprisingly hot, 150-200 F is not uncommon, so leaving the windows open a crack allows some airflow, bringing the inside temperature closer to ambient. Also in dry heat, opening your windows for the first couple of minutes of driving to drive out the superheated air is more efficient then immediately turning on the AC. |
662,914 | I have a very strange issue with PFsense as router running in KVM with CentOS 7. https connections are incredibly slow (10KB/s or less), and uploads over https simply don't work; for example using <https://imgur.com> over https loads, but uploading an image will take minutes, after which it says it failed.
I have a dual-wan setup with a 192.168.178.x/24 subnet between the PFsense VM and the 2 ADSL router/modems. The router/modem's NAT functionality can not be turned off, so I've simply put them in the same subnet and connected them to eachother with only 1 DHCP server active, the first router sitting on .1 and the second on .2. The PFsense box sits on .5. The private network behind pfsense is 172.16.x.x/16.
The PFsense virtual machine runs on a CentOS 7 KVM hypervisor with 2 intel Gbe NICs, bridged using a linux bridge with the VM network cards, using virtIO drivers, if it makes any difference.
I do have a Squidproxy, however it is not enabled for https connections, and https accesses do not appear in Squid's logs, and turning off or removing Squid does not make a difference. Moving myself into the 192.168.178.x/24 subnet before PFsense DOES make a difference however, as suddenly everything runs smoothly again, and any https content loads instantly.
Does anyone have a clue what could be going on? Anything I could try to diagnose? I've tried wireshark and aside for the slowness I don't see anything unusual.. Any suggestions are welcome!
edit:
I'm currently running memtest86+ inside a VM (those shouldn't give errors either right?), and I have 1 error so far, although it seems to be outside the range of memory I've granted the VM so I'm a bit confused.. I will update once I have more info. Might run a full memtest on the host later if I can clear users off the host for a moment. | 2015/01/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/662914",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/126695/"
] | It's entirely possible that if you're using pfSense 2.2 or later, you're being affected by [this](https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=88467.0). Symptoms would include:
1. Slowness for other VMs hosted on the KVM platform if they need to access a network resource which is on the other side of one of the router interfaces on the pfSense router
2. Physical machines which need to access something across the router are perfectly fast
I am no expert, but my current understanding is that checksums are not correctly calculated for packets that move from one VM to another VM, so either the pfSense router discards them, or the recipient on the other end of the connection discards them, because they believe the packets were mangled in transport (which, I guess, they technically were). There's lots of discussion about it in the thread I linked above, and also in [this](https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85797.0) thread.
To resolve, you'll need to probably disable at least TX checksum offloading on the virtual NICs of the pfSense VM. I'm not sure of the procedure to do that in KVM, since I'm a Xen man, myself. Happy hunting! | How is the dual-WAN configured ?
Is it in redundancy mode, load balancing or distributed ?
This may be the problem if at a point a switch happens between the WANs and the secondary/backup one is a lot slower. |
662,914 | I have a very strange issue with PFsense as router running in KVM with CentOS 7. https connections are incredibly slow (10KB/s or less), and uploads over https simply don't work; for example using <https://imgur.com> over https loads, but uploading an image will take minutes, after which it says it failed.
I have a dual-wan setup with a 192.168.178.x/24 subnet between the PFsense VM and the 2 ADSL router/modems. The router/modem's NAT functionality can not be turned off, so I've simply put them in the same subnet and connected them to eachother with only 1 DHCP server active, the first router sitting on .1 and the second on .2. The PFsense box sits on .5. The private network behind pfsense is 172.16.x.x/16.
The PFsense virtual machine runs on a CentOS 7 KVM hypervisor with 2 intel Gbe NICs, bridged using a linux bridge with the VM network cards, using virtIO drivers, if it makes any difference.
I do have a Squidproxy, however it is not enabled for https connections, and https accesses do not appear in Squid's logs, and turning off or removing Squid does not make a difference. Moving myself into the 192.168.178.x/24 subnet before PFsense DOES make a difference however, as suddenly everything runs smoothly again, and any https content loads instantly.
Does anyone have a clue what could be going on? Anything I could try to diagnose? I've tried wireshark and aside for the slowness I don't see anything unusual.. Any suggestions are welcome!
edit:
I'm currently running memtest86+ inside a VM (those shouldn't give errors either right?), and I have 1 error so far, although it seems to be outside the range of memory I've granted the VM so I'm a bit confused.. I will update once I have more info. Might run a full memtest on the host later if I can clear users off the host for a moment. | 2015/01/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/662914",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/126695/"
] | It's entirely possible that if you're using pfSense 2.2 or later, you're being affected by [this](https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=88467.0). Symptoms would include:
1. Slowness for other VMs hosted on the KVM platform if they need to access a network resource which is on the other side of one of the router interfaces on the pfSense router
2. Physical machines which need to access something across the router are perfectly fast
I am no expert, but my current understanding is that checksums are not correctly calculated for packets that move from one VM to another VM, so either the pfSense router discards them, or the recipient on the other end of the connection discards them, because they believe the packets were mangled in transport (which, I guess, they technically were). There's lots of discussion about it in the thread I linked above, and also in [this](https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85797.0) thread.
To resolve, you'll need to probably disable at least TX checksum offloading on the virtual NICs of the pfSense VM. I'm not sure of the procedure to do that in KVM, since I'm a Xen man, myself. Happy hunting! | Have you perhaps enabled a setting that penalises "unknown" or encrypted traffic? This setting is usually intended to punish or make the network unusable for file sharing and p2p users, but perhaps pfsense is seeing that https is encrypted and penalising it accordingly. |
662,914 | I have a very strange issue with PFsense as router running in KVM with CentOS 7. https connections are incredibly slow (10KB/s or less), and uploads over https simply don't work; for example using <https://imgur.com> over https loads, but uploading an image will take minutes, after which it says it failed.
I have a dual-wan setup with a 192.168.178.x/24 subnet between the PFsense VM and the 2 ADSL router/modems. The router/modem's NAT functionality can not be turned off, so I've simply put them in the same subnet and connected them to eachother with only 1 DHCP server active, the first router sitting on .1 and the second on .2. The PFsense box sits on .5. The private network behind pfsense is 172.16.x.x/16.
The PFsense virtual machine runs on a CentOS 7 KVM hypervisor with 2 intel Gbe NICs, bridged using a linux bridge with the VM network cards, using virtIO drivers, if it makes any difference.
I do have a Squidproxy, however it is not enabled for https connections, and https accesses do not appear in Squid's logs, and turning off or removing Squid does not make a difference. Moving myself into the 192.168.178.x/24 subnet before PFsense DOES make a difference however, as suddenly everything runs smoothly again, and any https content loads instantly.
Does anyone have a clue what could be going on? Anything I could try to diagnose? I've tried wireshark and aside for the slowness I don't see anything unusual.. Any suggestions are welcome!
edit:
I'm currently running memtest86+ inside a VM (those shouldn't give errors either right?), and I have 1 error so far, although it seems to be outside the range of memory I've granted the VM so I'm a bit confused.. I will update once I have more info. Might run a full memtest on the host later if I can clear users off the host for a moment. | 2015/01/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/662914",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/126695/"
] | It's entirely possible that if you're using pfSense 2.2 or later, you're being affected by [this](https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=88467.0). Symptoms would include:
1. Slowness for other VMs hosted on the KVM platform if they need to access a network resource which is on the other side of one of the router interfaces on the pfSense router
2. Physical machines which need to access something across the router are perfectly fast
I am no expert, but my current understanding is that checksums are not correctly calculated for packets that move from one VM to another VM, so either the pfSense router discards them, or the recipient on the other end of the connection discards them, because they believe the packets were mangled in transport (which, I guess, they technically were). There's lots of discussion about it in the thread I linked above, and also in [this](https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85797.0) thread.
To resolve, you'll need to probably disable at least TX checksum offloading on the virtual NICs of the pfSense VM. I'm not sure of the procedure to do that in KVM, since I'm a Xen man, myself. Happy hunting! | Please check if you don't have an incorrect ldap/radius server configuration. To test please backup your settings and remove the server. That was the problem in my case. |
57,611 | I am amused by the story of Beethoven dueling another composer in Vienna, in which he takes the other composer's music, puts it upside down, and proceeds to humiliate him. I feel as though keyboardists with that kind of talent must exist nowadays, but they are perhaps not as popular as they once were.
Do we have such "Rockstar" pianists in the modern age? Who are they? | 2017/05/18 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57611",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33712/"
] | The type of keyboard music typically composed during the classical age was so much less complex, and the number of professional musicians was so much smaller, that the comparison cannot be made in any reasonable way.
A lot of present-day pianists could probably sight-read the music of a second-rate composer from 1800. But that was a time when the music of Liszt, Alkan, Ligeti, Messiaen etc. etc. did not exist, and would have been considered absurd and obviously unplayable. It is impossible to say whether there are living musicians who are as phenomenal by current standards as Beethoven was by *his era's* standards. | [Jordan Rudess](http://www.jordanrudess.com/) (Dream Theater) is an impressive keyboarder and a true wizard, maybe not quite as famous as Beethoven. He's not only an accomplished piano virtuoso, he's also constantly pushing the boundaries of his instrument, e.g. by controlling and designing sounds in innovative ways such as with the Haken Continuum and his iPad apps. |
57,611 | I am amused by the story of Beethoven dueling another composer in Vienna, in which he takes the other composer's music, puts it upside down, and proceeds to humiliate him. I feel as though keyboardists with that kind of talent must exist nowadays, but they are perhaps not as popular as they once were.
Do we have such "Rockstar" pianists in the modern age? Who are they? | 2017/05/18 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57611",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33712/"
] | The type of keyboard music typically composed during the classical age was so much less complex, and the number of professional musicians was so much smaller, that the comparison cannot be made in any reasonable way.
A lot of present-day pianists could probably sight-read the music of a second-rate composer from 1800. But that was a time when the music of Liszt, Alkan, Ligeti, Messiaen etc. etc. did not exist, and would have been considered absurd and obviously unplayable. It is impossible to say whether there are living musicians who are as phenomenal by current standards as Beethoven was by *his era's* standards. | You should definitely check out keyboardists from progressive rock bands. Prog rock musicians really introduced synthesizers to the popular music/rock scene and elicited really unconventional sounds from those synthesizers. Listen to what they'd done with synthesizers in the 70s, and you'd be amazed. That was 50 years ago!
The most famous keyboard giants of prog rock are probably Keith Emerson of the band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, known for his flamboyant live performances and unconventional techniques (e.g. sticking a knife into a keyboard), and Rick Wakeman of the band Yes, who was much less flamboyant but nevertheless a great keyboardist who created many interesting sounds.
My favorite, however, is Rick Wright of the venerable Pink Floyd; he wasn't into doing crazy, virtuosic things with his keyboards, but he was really good at creating sounds and conveying moods and atmospheres with his synths. |
57,611 | I am amused by the story of Beethoven dueling another composer in Vienna, in which he takes the other composer's music, puts it upside down, and proceeds to humiliate him. I feel as though keyboardists with that kind of talent must exist nowadays, but they are perhaps not as popular as they once were.
Do we have such "Rockstar" pianists in the modern age? Who are they? | 2017/05/18 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57611",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33712/"
] | Keep in mind that the Beethoven "duel" is legend. By legend I don't mean that it didn't happen, only that it's one of those famous stories passed down through the generations, and stories like that only come along once or twice in a lifetime.
We certainly still have "rock star" pianists today that you might want to check out:
* [Lang Lang](https://youtu.be/jYO9gTmCJTE?t=7m46s)
* [Denis Matsuev](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tdBFx37Mps)
* [Yuja Wang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alxBofd_eQ)
* And one example from an earlier era: [Sviatoslav Richter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ-NAgDpRVs)
And there's something to be said about someone that uses their encore to play [that piece that all the six year olds learn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTVF8e5pbNY). | [Jordan Rudess](http://www.jordanrudess.com/) (Dream Theater) is an impressive keyboarder and a true wizard, maybe not quite as famous as Beethoven. He's not only an accomplished piano virtuoso, he's also constantly pushing the boundaries of his instrument, e.g. by controlling and designing sounds in innovative ways such as with the Haken Continuum and his iPad apps. |
57,611 | I am amused by the story of Beethoven dueling another composer in Vienna, in which he takes the other composer's music, puts it upside down, and proceeds to humiliate him. I feel as though keyboardists with that kind of talent must exist nowadays, but they are perhaps not as popular as they once were.
Do we have such "Rockstar" pianists in the modern age? Who are they? | 2017/05/18 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57611",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33712/"
] | Keep in mind that the Beethoven "duel" is legend. By legend I don't mean that it didn't happen, only that it's one of those famous stories passed down through the generations, and stories like that only come along once or twice in a lifetime.
We certainly still have "rock star" pianists today that you might want to check out:
* [Lang Lang](https://youtu.be/jYO9gTmCJTE?t=7m46s)
* [Denis Matsuev](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tdBFx37Mps)
* [Yuja Wang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alxBofd_eQ)
* And one example from an earlier era: [Sviatoslav Richter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ-NAgDpRVs)
And there's something to be said about someone that uses their encore to play [that piece that all the six year olds learn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTVF8e5pbNY). | You should definitely check out keyboardists from progressive rock bands. Prog rock musicians really introduced synthesizers to the popular music/rock scene and elicited really unconventional sounds from those synthesizers. Listen to what they'd done with synthesizers in the 70s, and you'd be amazed. That was 50 years ago!
The most famous keyboard giants of prog rock are probably Keith Emerson of the band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, known for his flamboyant live performances and unconventional techniques (e.g. sticking a knife into a keyboard), and Rick Wakeman of the band Yes, who was much less flamboyant but nevertheless a great keyboardist who created many interesting sounds.
My favorite, however, is Rick Wright of the venerable Pink Floyd; he wasn't into doing crazy, virtuosic things with his keyboards, but he was really good at creating sounds and conveying moods and atmospheres with his synths. |
57,611 | I am amused by the story of Beethoven dueling another composer in Vienna, in which he takes the other composer's music, puts it upside down, and proceeds to humiliate him. I feel as though keyboardists with that kind of talent must exist nowadays, but they are perhaps not as popular as they once were.
Do we have such "Rockstar" pianists in the modern age? Who are they? | 2017/05/18 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57611",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33712/"
] | One of my favorite up-and-coming pianist/composers is Aysedeniz Gokcin. Not yet 30 years old, she's someone who combines a marvelous piano technique with impressive compositional skills.
Here's her "Pink Floyd Lisztified," an arrangement of some of Pink Floyd's songs in the manner of Liszt: | [Jordan Rudess](http://www.jordanrudess.com/) (Dream Theater) is an impressive keyboarder and a true wizard, maybe not quite as famous as Beethoven. He's not only an accomplished piano virtuoso, he's also constantly pushing the boundaries of his instrument, e.g. by controlling and designing sounds in innovative ways such as with the Haken Continuum and his iPad apps. |
57,611 | I am amused by the story of Beethoven dueling another composer in Vienna, in which he takes the other composer's music, puts it upside down, and proceeds to humiliate him. I feel as though keyboardists with that kind of talent must exist nowadays, but they are perhaps not as popular as they once were.
Do we have such "Rockstar" pianists in the modern age? Who are they? | 2017/05/18 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57611",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33712/"
] | You should definitely check out keyboardists from progressive rock bands. Prog rock musicians really introduced synthesizers to the popular music/rock scene and elicited really unconventional sounds from those synthesizers. Listen to what they'd done with synthesizers in the 70s, and you'd be amazed. That was 50 years ago!
The most famous keyboard giants of prog rock are probably Keith Emerson of the band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, known for his flamboyant live performances and unconventional techniques (e.g. sticking a knife into a keyboard), and Rick Wakeman of the band Yes, who was much less flamboyant but nevertheless a great keyboardist who created many interesting sounds.
My favorite, however, is Rick Wright of the venerable Pink Floyd; he wasn't into doing crazy, virtuosic things with his keyboards, but he was really good at creating sounds and conveying moods and atmospheres with his synths. | [Jordan Rudess](http://www.jordanrudess.com/) (Dream Theater) is an impressive keyboarder and a true wizard, maybe not quite as famous as Beethoven. He's not only an accomplished piano virtuoso, he's also constantly pushing the boundaries of his instrument, e.g. by controlling and designing sounds in innovative ways such as with the Haken Continuum and his iPad apps. |
57,611 | I am amused by the story of Beethoven dueling another composer in Vienna, in which he takes the other composer's music, puts it upside down, and proceeds to humiliate him. I feel as though keyboardists with that kind of talent must exist nowadays, but they are perhaps not as popular as they once were.
Do we have such "Rockstar" pianists in the modern age? Who are they? | 2017/05/18 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57611",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/33712/"
] | One of my favorite up-and-coming pianist/composers is Aysedeniz Gokcin. Not yet 30 years old, she's someone who combines a marvelous piano technique with impressive compositional skills.
Here's her "Pink Floyd Lisztified," an arrangement of some of Pink Floyd's songs in the manner of Liszt: | You should definitely check out keyboardists from progressive rock bands. Prog rock musicians really introduced synthesizers to the popular music/rock scene and elicited really unconventional sounds from those synthesizers. Listen to what they'd done with synthesizers in the 70s, and you'd be amazed. That was 50 years ago!
The most famous keyboard giants of prog rock are probably Keith Emerson of the band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, known for his flamboyant live performances and unconventional techniques (e.g. sticking a knife into a keyboard), and Rick Wakeman of the band Yes, who was much less flamboyant but nevertheless a great keyboardist who created many interesting sounds.
My favorite, however, is Rick Wright of the venerable Pink Floyd; he wasn't into doing crazy, virtuosic things with his keyboards, but he was really good at creating sounds and conveying moods and atmospheres with his synths. |
7,327 | Rolled aluminum descending rings like the [SMC Descending ring](http://www.innermountainoutfitters.com/descending-ring/) are light *(11g)* and cheap *($3)* which makes them great for carrying and leaving behind on long descents, but in my mind they are disposable pro, you use them once for retrieving your rope after a rappel and then then leave them to rot.
More than once I've seen these rings used with mallions on bolted anchors at high-traffic rappels, but I never use them, some I've replaced with strong 50kN [steel rings](http://www.mec.ca/product/4007-356/fixe-descending-ring/). They're rated for 14kN, which is more than enough for body weight on a nice controlled rappel, but are they suitable for multiple uses?
What's the rule of thumb for this style of descender ring?
 | 2014/12/09 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/7327",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/4148/"
] | No
==
It is ***not*** ok to use that type of descending ring for fixed anchors.
SMC Descending Rings are a one-piece aluminum ring which are intended to be placed at the top of a pull down rappel in place of a carabiner in order to facilitate recovery of ropes.
SMC [issues the following](http://www.rocknrescue.com/acatalog/SMC81600DescendingRing.pdf) for care, maintenance and retirement schedule needs of their descender rings:
>
> **CARE, MAINTENANCE and RETIREMENT SCHEDULE NEEDS**
>
>
> Always inspect Descending Rings before each use and periodically while
> in storage. The user, depending upon their specific environment and
> storage methods, must determine the period between inspections.
> Inspect for cracks, warping, deep gouges and worn areas, making sure
> that what may appear to be a scratch is not actually a crack. Look for
> sharp edges or rough areas that might abrade a rope. After each use,
> remove all dirt and allow Descending Rings to dry in a warm place
> before storing. SMC Descending Rings will continue to provide
> reliable performance only when used safely and properly maintained and
> stored. It is also suggested that the user maintain a permanent
> record listing the date and results of every usage inspection.
>
>
> *We recommend the regular inspection of all rescue equipment **and
> strongly suggest retiring gear when ANY of the following applies:***
>
>
> 1. Regular inspection reveals warping, cracks, deep gouges or any wear.
> 2. It is physically damaged or no longer functions as when new.
> 3. It has been subjected to an abnormally high loads, such as in a fall or exposed to heat sufficient to alter its surface appearance.
> 4. You are not completely satisfied that it meets the needs of its intended use.
> 5. **The history of the gear is unknown or otherwise in question.**
>
>
>
Source: [[PDF] SMC Descending Rings #81600](http://www.rocknrescue.com/acatalog/SMC81600DescendingRing.pdf), Seattle Manufacturing
Corporation
**The history of any SMC descending rings that you may find attached to an anchor is *unknown* and therefore it is strongly suggested by the manufacturer that you retire those rings.**
Do your fellow abseilers a favour and remove those rings from any anchors you may find them attached to. Either destroy them, or mark them as retired and use them to hang your hammock.
Lightweight aluminium descender rings are designed for quick descents of alpine routes, they are not intended to be used for heavy duty applications. The improper use of *any* piece of equipment is unsafe:
**Use the right tool for the right job!** Thin alloy rap rings are *not* intended for heavy-duty use, carefully inspect descender rings and retire if they show any sign of wear. | SMC's site doesn't say anything very helpful but, keep in mind that 14kN is enough to lift a medium sized car. In a rappel only situation, it should last for years.
That being said....using 'left gear' is a judgment you should make for yourself. Even if you can't see any defects in a piece of metal, you never know if it has an invisible crack from taking a big fall, freeze-thaw damage (that thing is hollow, right?) or previously being to used pull a car out of a ditch.
For myself, I would want a backup. |
193,497 | My friend recorded some videos on his camcorder, and the one I want to convert is 1.66gb, 1440x1080, 6 audio channels. I want to shrink this down to something like 480x360, and 2 audio channels... or anything small enough that I can upload it to facebook/youtube. I also want to crop out a section of it.
I tried ffmpeg, winff, 'any video converter', virtualdub, and picasa. ffmpeg and winff *really* don't like the 6 audio channels, and throw weird errors when I try slicing the video, 'any video converter' did convert the movie but de-synced the audio, virtualdub refuses to open the file (bad file format), and ... well picasa has to crop functionality, but can't crop it until i convert it (plus, I haven't the slightest clue where it outputs the files to).
There are about 18 billion video converters out there when I search, and they all have free downloads... but which ones will (a) actually convert my file into a usable format, and (b) not install spamware/only convert the 10 seconds, or something else stupid?
I'm running windows 7. | 2010/09/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/193497",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5106/"
] | I'm using the heck out of [HandBrake](http://handbrake.fr/). It's my favorite by far. it will convert MTS.
I'm running Win8 /8.1 now. Used it all the time in 7 as well. | Give [MediaCoder](http://www.mediacoderhq.com/) a shot. It should do what you want with a few clicks. |
125,759 | I've carried out a couple of repairs on my iPhone 5 over the last fortnight, including replacing the screen. I detached the home button from its mounting in the original screen, and placed it in the new screen. It works fine, but I need to glue it to the contact that it sits on top of. What glue does Apple use to do this? Where can I buy this, or a suitable alternative? | 2014/03/27 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/125759",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/30215/"
] | I realize this is an older question, but a common problem for several iphone models. Might help someone.
The whole assembly is larger than the home button hole. Problem is the round plastic button does come loose from the whole assembly. It is glued in place and can break free.
As long as everything is functioning correctly, it wouldn't hurt to put a dab of glue on and stick it back in. Be careful not to use too much, as it could cause more problems!
Good luck | I can't see any mention of glue on the [iFixIt guide to replace the Home button on the iPhone 5](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+5+Home+Button+Replacement/10594), nor on the comments there, or on the list of products or related products on the replacement button ([plastic](https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/iPhone-5-Home-Button/IF118-008-1) or [hardware](https://www.ifixit.com/Store/iPhone/iPhone-5-Home-Button-Ribbon-Cable/IF118-006-1)). It appears to me from the pictures that the button stays in place because it's bigger than the hole on the screen:
So no glue would be needed. |
125,759 | I've carried out a couple of repairs on my iPhone 5 over the last fortnight, including replacing the screen. I detached the home button from its mounting in the original screen, and placed it in the new screen. It works fine, but I need to glue it to the contact that it sits on top of. What glue does Apple use to do this? Where can I buy this, or a suitable alternative? | 2014/03/27 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/125759",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/30215/"
] | I realize this is an older question, but a common problem for several iphone models. Might help someone.
The whole assembly is larger than the home button hole. Problem is the round plastic button does come loose from the whole assembly. It is glued in place and can break free.
As long as everything is functioning correctly, it wouldn't hurt to put a dab of glue on and stick it back in. Be careful not to use too much, as it could cause more problems!
Good luck | I use 0,5mm thick vhb tape that I cut around the edge of the button on each side.
This settles the button in its lodgement, and prevent casual wobbling. |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have Xcode 4.3.2, which still has severe problems with undo/redo -- it will usually crash after one or two redo! Just before it crashes, it will usually do some nonsense edit.
---
*Added*:
I have experimented with the tip by Walt to turn off line numbers. However, I have not seen any significant drop in crash frequency. However, going slowly seems to at least reduce the crash frequency, but it is absolutely no guarantee -- it may crash even after an extremely simply small undo.
(I usually get anywhere from 1 to a dozen crashes a day, but since I try to avoid undo, especially several consecutive undo, the crash frequency has dropped somewhat.)
A crash may come on either undo or redo, with a slightly higher crash frequency for redo. Sometimes the crash comes after just a simple paste with no preceding undo/redo.
I have also experimented with changing font scheme to a very simple one, but it does not help.
My only tip would be: when you see that e.g a paste, or entered text, is inserted at the wrong place, try to save (or ignore that step), then chose Revert Document. Sometimes that trick works, sometimes not (and if not, it will crash). Sometimes it has helped by switching to another file and then back.
Also, if you want to undo just to inspect what the previous thing was, save before the undo, then, rather than redo, it may be slightly safer to Revert Document (but it is by no means any guarantee).
After a refactor, the window's fonts often look garbled. In this case, it has always helped to switch to another file and then back.
Hmm, is this Apple Quality? Steve's adherence to perfection? | they fixed this partially in Xcode 4.3.1, it doesn't occur that often anymore |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have XCode 4.3.2 and I have exactly the same problem. This is a serious bug in XCode 4.3.2 especially because of the nonsense edit that it tossed around in various places in the code file that is being edited before XCode 4.3.2 crashes. | they fixed this partially in Xcode 4.3.1, it doesn't occur that often anymore |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have the same issue with Xcode 4.3.2, specifically the screen starts going garbled and if you are showing line numbers in your editor those will get messed up to then click somewhere else and *crash*.
Few quick helpful tips I have found:
1. Option-Command-S *before* you Command-Z (Save All) [in case it crashes you don't lose work]
2. If you do undo and you see it's messing up, open up another text file, then click back on the messed up file and it's now all better.
I sure hope Apple fixes this fast! | they fixed this partially in Xcode 4.3.1, it doesn't occur that often anymore |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have Xcode 4.3.2, which still has severe problems with undo/redo -- it will usually crash after one or two redo! Just before it crashes, it will usually do some nonsense edit.
---
*Added*:
I have experimented with the tip by Walt to turn off line numbers. However, I have not seen any significant drop in crash frequency. However, going slowly seems to at least reduce the crash frequency, but it is absolutely no guarantee -- it may crash even after an extremely simply small undo.
(I usually get anywhere from 1 to a dozen crashes a day, but since I try to avoid undo, especially several consecutive undo, the crash frequency has dropped somewhat.)
A crash may come on either undo or redo, with a slightly higher crash frequency for redo. Sometimes the crash comes after just a simple paste with no preceding undo/redo.
I have also experimented with changing font scheme to a very simple one, but it does not help.
My only tip would be: when you see that e.g a paste, or entered text, is inserted at the wrong place, try to save (or ignore that step), then chose Revert Document. Sometimes that trick works, sometimes not (and if not, it will crash). Sometimes it has helped by switching to another file and then back.
Also, if you want to undo just to inspect what the previous thing was, save before the undo, then, rather than redo, it may be slightly safer to Revert Document (but it is by no means any guarantee).
After a refactor, the window's fonts often look garbled. In this case, it has always helped to switch to another file and then back.
Hmm, is this Apple Quality? Steve's adherence to perfection? | I have XCode 4.3.2 and I have exactly the same problem. This is a serious bug in XCode 4.3.2 especially because of the nonsense edit that it tossed around in various places in the code file that is being edited before XCode 4.3.2 crashes. |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have Xcode 4.3.2, which still has severe problems with undo/redo -- it will usually crash after one or two redo! Just before it crashes, it will usually do some nonsense edit.
---
*Added*:
I have experimented with the tip by Walt to turn off line numbers. However, I have not seen any significant drop in crash frequency. However, going slowly seems to at least reduce the crash frequency, but it is absolutely no guarantee -- it may crash even after an extremely simply small undo.
(I usually get anywhere from 1 to a dozen crashes a day, but since I try to avoid undo, especially several consecutive undo, the crash frequency has dropped somewhat.)
A crash may come on either undo or redo, with a slightly higher crash frequency for redo. Sometimes the crash comes after just a simple paste with no preceding undo/redo.
I have also experimented with changing font scheme to a very simple one, but it does not help.
My only tip would be: when you see that e.g a paste, or entered text, is inserted at the wrong place, try to save (or ignore that step), then chose Revert Document. Sometimes that trick works, sometimes not (and if not, it will crash). Sometimes it has helped by switching to another file and then back.
Also, if you want to undo just to inspect what the previous thing was, save before the undo, then, rather than redo, it may be slightly safer to Revert Document (but it is by no means any guarantee).
After a refactor, the window's fonts often look garbled. In this case, it has always helped to switch to another file and then back.
Hmm, is this Apple Quality? Steve's adherence to perfection? | I have the same issue with Xcode 4.3.2, specifically the screen starts going garbled and if you are showing line numbers in your editor those will get messed up to then click somewhere else and *crash*.
Few quick helpful tips I have found:
1. Option-Command-S *before* you Command-Z (Save All) [in case it crashes you don't lose work]
2. If you do undo and you see it's messing up, open up another text file, then click back on the messed up file and it's now all better.
I sure hope Apple fixes this fast! |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have Xcode 4.3.2, which still has severe problems with undo/redo -- it will usually crash after one or two redo! Just before it crashes, it will usually do some nonsense edit.
---
*Added*:
I have experimented with the tip by Walt to turn off line numbers. However, I have not seen any significant drop in crash frequency. However, going slowly seems to at least reduce the crash frequency, but it is absolutely no guarantee -- it may crash even after an extremely simply small undo.
(I usually get anywhere from 1 to a dozen crashes a day, but since I try to avoid undo, especially several consecutive undo, the crash frequency has dropped somewhat.)
A crash may come on either undo or redo, with a slightly higher crash frequency for redo. Sometimes the crash comes after just a simple paste with no preceding undo/redo.
I have also experimented with changing font scheme to a very simple one, but it does not help.
My only tip would be: when you see that e.g a paste, or entered text, is inserted at the wrong place, try to save (or ignore that step), then chose Revert Document. Sometimes that trick works, sometimes not (and if not, it will crash). Sometimes it has helped by switching to another file and then back.
Also, if you want to undo just to inspect what the previous thing was, save before the undo, then, rather than redo, it may be slightly safer to Revert Document (but it is by no means any guarantee).
After a refactor, the window's fonts often look garbled. In this case, it has always helped to switch to another file and then back.
Hmm, is this Apple Quality? Steve's adherence to perfection? | Go slowly when using Undo/Redo. I've noticed that it crashes more when I'm hitting Command-Z many times quickly.
Try turning off the line numbers in Xcode preferences. That seems to have improved things on my Mac.
Preferences -> "Text Editing" tab -> "Editing" subtab
uncheck the "Line Numbers" button
From the look of the crash logs, it may be some kind of combination of undoing/redoing (editing) causing the view to scroll or the layout to change dramatically.
From my crash logs:
UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInternalInconsistencyException): -[DVTLayoutManager \_fillLayoutHoleForCharacterRange:desiredNumberOfLines:isSoft:] *\** attempted layout while textStorage is editing. It is not valid to cause the layoutManager to do layout while the textStorage is editing (ie the textStorage has been sent a beginEditing message without a matching endEditing.) |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have XCode 4.3.2 and I have exactly the same problem. This is a serious bug in XCode 4.3.2 especially because of the nonsense edit that it tossed around in various places in the code file that is being edited before XCode 4.3.2 crashes. | Go slowly when using Undo/Redo. I've noticed that it crashes more when I'm hitting Command-Z many times quickly.
Try turning off the line numbers in Xcode preferences. That seems to have improved things on my Mac.
Preferences -> "Text Editing" tab -> "Editing" subtab
uncheck the "Line Numbers" button
From the look of the crash logs, it may be some kind of combination of undoing/redoing (editing) causing the view to scroll or the layout to change dramatically.
From my crash logs:
UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInternalInconsistencyException): -[DVTLayoutManager \_fillLayoutHoleForCharacterRange:desiredNumberOfLines:isSoft:] *\** attempted layout while textStorage is editing. It is not valid to cause the layoutManager to do layout while the textStorage is editing (ie the textStorage has been sent a beginEditing message without a matching endEditing.) |
9,739,754 | Anyone have the problem with Undo operation (Cmd + Z) in Xcode?
When I am edit my Objective-C code with Undo operation, some symbols are not correctly edited.
For instance:
was {
with Undo {{
XCode 4.2.1 | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9739754",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/744144/"
] | I have the same issue with Xcode 4.3.2, specifically the screen starts going garbled and if you are showing line numbers in your editor those will get messed up to then click somewhere else and *crash*.
Few quick helpful tips I have found:
1. Option-Command-S *before* you Command-Z (Save All) [in case it crashes you don't lose work]
2. If you do undo and you see it's messing up, open up another text file, then click back on the messed up file and it's now all better.
I sure hope Apple fixes this fast! | Go slowly when using Undo/Redo. I've noticed that it crashes more when I'm hitting Command-Z many times quickly.
Try turning off the line numbers in Xcode preferences. That seems to have improved things on my Mac.
Preferences -> "Text Editing" tab -> "Editing" subtab
uncheck the "Line Numbers" button
From the look of the crash logs, it may be some kind of combination of undoing/redoing (editing) causing the view to scroll or the layout to change dramatically.
From my crash logs:
UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInternalInconsistencyException): -[DVTLayoutManager \_fillLayoutHoleForCharacterRange:desiredNumberOfLines:isSoft:] *\** attempted layout while textStorage is editing. It is not valid to cause the layoutManager to do layout while the textStorage is editing (ie the textStorage has been sent a beginEditing message without a matching endEditing.) |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | A lot of good information from everyone, and I really do appreciate the efforts given. But not the answer i was looking for. Which maybe means, that what i want does not exist, yet.
So i may have to roll my own solution...Or maybe integrate with another existing app...
Thank You all. | We use [HopToad](http://www.hoptoadapp.com/pages/home). There is another bug-tracking app called [LightHouse](http://lighthouseapp.com/) that integrates with HopToad so you can easily create a [bug] ticket from an incoming exception. HopToad has an API of which there are many clients, you want the CF based one:
<http://github.com/timblair/coldfusion-hoptoad-notifier>
Even if you dont use HopToad and you end up using a different service or roll your own, if you needed to write your own API client you could leverage the code or pattern(s) of the above HopToad client. |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | I'm surprised no one mentioned LighthousePro (<http://lighthousepro.riaforge.org>). Open source - 100% free - and ColdFusion. As the author I'm a bit biased though. :) | We use [HopToad](http://www.hoptoadapp.com/pages/home). There is another bug-tracking app called [LightHouse](http://lighthouseapp.com/) that integrates with HopToad so you can easily create a [bug] ticket from an incoming exception. HopToad has an API of which there are many clients, you want the CF based one:
<http://github.com/timblair/coldfusion-hoptoad-notifier>
Even if you dont use HopToad and you end up using a different service or roll your own, if you needed to write your own API client you could leverage the code or pattern(s) of the above HopToad client. |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | I have been heavily using this type of a setup for several years by email only, and the last 3 years with a Bug Tracking Software.
I must say, the bug tracking software has made my life so much more peaceful. Nothing is left, forgotten, or slips through the cracks. It's easy to find trends in errors, and remember "all the times" it happened.
Our setup is like this:
**1) Coldfusion + Appropriate framework with error reporting** - It doesn't matter what you use. I have used Fusebox extensively and am making the transition to ColdBox. Both are very capable, in addition to Mach-II, FW/1, Model-Glue, etc. The key part you have to find in them is their ability to catch "onError", usualy in the application CFC.
**2) Custom OnError Script** - Wherever an error occurs, you want to capture the maximum amount of information about that error and email it in. What we do is, when an error occurs, we log the user out with a message of "oops, log in again". Before logging them out, the application captures the error and emails it to Fogbugz. Along with it, at the top we include the CGI variables for the IP address, browser being used, etc. Over time you will find the things you need to add.
**3) Routing in Fogbugz.** A 2 user version of Fogbugz is free, and hosted online. There are two main ways to submit bugs. One is to email one in at a time. So if an error happens 2000 times, you get 2000 emails, and 2000 cases. Not always the best to link them together, etc. They have a feature called BugzScout, which is essentially an HTTP address that you do a form post to with cfform with all of the same information you would have put into the email. There's plenty of documentation on this and something I've always wanted to get around to. I had a scenario of 2000 emails for the first time happen a few weeks ago so I'll be switching over to this.
Hope that helps. Share what you ended up doing and why so we all can learn too! | There are few in CF411 list: [Bug Tracking/Defect Tracking/Trouble Ticket/Help Desk Tools Written in CFML](http://www.carehart.org/cf411/#bugcfml) |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | Wiki has a list of issue tracking software, maybe this list could help.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_issue_tracking_systems>
You may be able to find a hosted service and use either email or web services to create the ticket using onError. With that said, a simple issue tracking app could be created for your site using the same DB used to drive the content. 2 or 3 tables would take care of the data storage and you're already using CF so the application layer is already there.
HTH. | We use [HopToad](http://www.hoptoadapp.com/pages/home). There is another bug-tracking app called [LightHouse](http://lighthouseapp.com/) that integrates with HopToad so you can easily create a [bug] ticket from an incoming exception. HopToad has an API of which there are many clients, you want the CF based one:
<http://github.com/timblair/coldfusion-hoptoad-notifier>
Even if you dont use HopToad and you end up using a different service or roll your own, if you needed to write your own API client you could leverage the code or pattern(s) of the above HopToad client. |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | I'm surprised no one mentioned LighthousePro (<http://lighthousepro.riaforge.org>). Open source - 100% free - and ColdFusion. As the author I'm a bit biased though. :) | A lot of bug tracking software will expose SOAP methods for entering data into them.
For example, we used Axosoft's OnTime and that exposed some WSDL pages that I consumed in my application. I was told that Jira did as well. |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | A lot of good information from everyone, and I really do appreciate the efforts given. But not the answer i was looking for. Which maybe means, that what i want does not exist, yet.
So i may have to roll my own solution...Or maybe integrate with another existing app...
Thank You all. | A lot of bug tracking software will expose SOAP methods for entering data into them.
For example, we used Axosoft's OnTime and that exposed some WSDL pages that I consumed in my application. I was told that Jira did as well. |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | Wiki has a list of issue tracking software, maybe this list could help.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_issue_tracking_systems>
You may be able to find a hosted service and use either email or web services to create the ticket using onError. With that said, a simple issue tracking app could be created for your site using the same DB used to drive the content. 2 or 3 tables would take care of the data storage and you're already using CF so the application layer is already there.
HTH. | A lot of bug tracking software will expose SOAP methods for entering data into them.
For example, we used Axosoft's OnTime and that exposed some WSDL pages that I consumed in my application. I was told that Jira did as well. |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | Wiki has a list of issue tracking software, maybe this list could help.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_issue_tracking_systems>
You may be able to find a hosted service and use either email or web services to create the ticket using onError. With that said, a simple issue tracking app could be created for your site using the same DB used to drive the content. 2 or 3 tables would take care of the data storage and you're already using CF so the application layer is already there.
HTH. | There are few in CF411 list: [Bug Tracking/Defect Tracking/Trouble Ticket/Help Desk Tools Written in CFML](http://www.carehart.org/cf411/#bugcfml) |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | A lot of good information from everyone, and I really do appreciate the efforts given. But not the answer i was looking for. Which maybe means, that what i want does not exist, yet.
So i may have to roll my own solution...Or maybe integrate with another existing app...
Thank You all. | I really like Fogbugz from the makers of Stack Overflow. For one user it's quite reasonably priced. I enter some bugs manually and have others emailed in. |
2,194,289 | What I am looking for is a tool that easily or automatically sends coldfusion error messages to their system.
Then I can use the web-based interface, to manage priorities, track who fixed what and so forth.
But I want to use this to help us deal with errors better, but also to show the importance of a bug tracking system to my fellow works.
System Requirements: Apache, Windows, Coldfusion 8 Standard, Sql Server 2005.
Financial Requirements: Free or Open Source
Goal Or Purpose: To encourage my fellow workers to want and use a bug tracking system.
Does this re-write make more sense?
Thanks
Craig | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2194289",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191899/"
] | A lot of good information from everyone, and I really do appreciate the efforts given. But not the answer i was looking for. Which maybe means, that what i want does not exist, yet.
So i may have to roll my own solution...Or maybe integrate with another existing app...
Thank You all. | Hard question to answer not knowing what kind of restrictions are there? Do you have any permissions to install anything? Also most bug-tracking systems require some kind of database support.
I have a suggestion. You can put in place a basic bug-tracking system, that just allows people to create tickets, and allows you/someone else to close it.
More Windows based tools are mentioned here
[Good open-source bug tracking / issue tracking sofware for Windows](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/870776/looking-for-good-open-source-bug-tracking-sofware-for-windows)
Any reason why coldfusion specifically? |
220,282 | In [agar.io](http://agar.io), sources of mass are abundant. The little pellets of nutrition spawn frequently. The problem is that there are no places for mass to go - which it must do otherwise the game would run out of space. Even when people log out, their cell remains stationary until it is eaten. I'm assuming then that mass must be lost in one of the following situations:
* When splitting (via space)
* When popped (via a spike)
Is this the case? If so, how much of my total mass is lost when this happens? | 2015/05/21 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220282",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3610/"
] | Thanks to [Ardaozkal](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/87186/ardaozkal) his comment I was able to do some research.
There are a couple of reasons why the game never runs out of space,
* When just going around not collecting any orbs you seem to lose a bit off mass. The amount of mass you lose seems to be bigger if you have a lot.
* When pressing `W` you shoot out a bit off mass, picking it back up will not give you back the amount you lost.
*Splitting up or hitting a spike does not seem to make you lose anything other then your shape.* | You eject 13 mass every time you press w or, on the mobile version, click the target button, but your cell loses 18 mass, so self feeding, or ejecting mass and then eating it again, will cause you to lose mass, not stay the same. You can eat viruses when you are split into 16 pieces, and you gain 100 mass every time you eat a virus, even if you aren't split into 16 pieces. You can eat viruses by having 2 cells that can eat the virus and running one of them into the virus, so you end up with 16 cells, and you can then go around eating viruses, but you have to be careful, since other players can eat your smaller pieces, and then eat you completely. You can make new viruses by ejecting seven times into an existing virus, and a new one will be shot out in the opposite direction of the last pellet you shot out. This is very useful for splitting bigger players so that you can eat them. Try using keyword skins, which means entering a name like Earth, which will give you a Earth skin. There are a lot more of these keyword skins, and you can make your own skin it the store or other places. It costs 90 DNA, though, so try to save up. Hope this helps! |
3,759 | I'd like to ask how to download all the files from a single category or article on a Wikimedia project, more specifically Wikimedia Commons in an automated manner (i.e., I just want to run a single script to get this result and not have to download them all manually myself from my browser), but I'm wondering if this would be better asked at SuperUser SE as I'm on 64 bit Windows 7 or here. | 2015/02/24 | [
"https://webapps.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3759",
"https://webapps.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.meta.stackexchange.com/users/42104/"
] | As a member of both communities, I think that kind of question would be better suited for Super User. Wikimedia Commons isn't a webapp *per se*, and you're asking about how to download files to the computer, which places your question more in SU's domain.
Please note that your question is more likely to be answered if you describe some of the research you have done about this problem; "gimme teh codez" posts are generally frowned upon. | The [Wikimedia Commons Help Desk](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk) is probably a better place to ask. You're guaranteed to be able to interact with experts on the software there.
If you're bound and determined to ask on a Stack Exchange site, then I think this one or [Super User](http://superuser.com) are appropriate; I just don't know that you'll get the answer you need.
Stack Exchange sites are great, but sometimes you really need to go to the source. |
9,073 | **A bit of backstory**
My parents are separated and my Dad has a long-term partner who he has been with for over 10 years now. She (my Dad's partner, let's call her Eve) has a close group of friends who she sees on a regular basis. One of Eve's close friends (let's call her Annie) works at the same place as me, in different departments but we occasionally see each other at lunchtime.
Someone in my family, Adam, has a mental health condition which sometimes means the way they behave is not the most polite, can come across as rude etc. I mention this because it has caused issues in the past. Eve has found Adam's behaviour to be 'unacceptable', has told my Dad, who has then told Adam which has caused a lot of grief and loss of trust. I think this goes to demonstrate how sensitive Eve can sometimes be about a person's perceived behaviour, which is why I want to avoid as much as possible any conflict.
**My Problem**
Adam had recently been going through a 'down period', whereby I mean their mental health was not in good shape for several reasons. I would talk to my (our) Dad about this when I would see him. Sometimes Eve would be there too, but I felt like there was no reason not to trust her with the information. In essence, Adam was not sure if he wanted to go on a family holiday because he wasn't feeling great, I felt it was important to tell them because they would need to be aware and available had that been the case.
So, on a couple of occasions at work, I have bumped into to Annie at lunchtime and she has asked me about a specific 'event' that either myself or Adam would have discussed with my Dad. My Dad may have discussed this with Eve which I don't see a problem with unless it was explicitly stated to be confidential between my Dad and Adam. I do however take issue with this for several reasons:
1. The information I shared with them, was shared with confidence that it would be private between those present. It was not explicitly stated but I definitely would expect that to be the case.
2. I hardly know Annie. She is a lovely person but we are not close and she isn't a close family friend. On the contrary, she is only friends with Eve, not my family and certainly not someone who I would divulge such personal information to.
3. When Eve and Annie normally see each other it is with a large group of friends. So if Annie knows about this then it is likely that everyone else present at the time also knows. People who I don't even know. And who knows who else could have been told.
As nice as Annie is, and as much as I like her, it is not her (or any of Eve's other friends') business to know the inner workings of my family or Adam's personal information and I need to make sure that Eve doesn't do this sort of thing again.
This has only happened twice. With the example that I mentioned above and with another example.
As mentioned earlier Eve has a tendency to be very sensitive about matters such as these. How can I go about asking her not to share such information? In the meantime, I know that I can refrain from saying anything with her present, but I know that I **do** need to tell my Dad important things. But then I would have to tell him explicitly not to share this with Eve which raises the same problem.
This is especially important to me because if Adam were to find out about how Eve had been 'spreading his secrets' it would cause a lot of conflicts and unnecessary grief in our family.
How can I make Eve know that she can not be spreading personal family information such as this with strangers?
Thanks for any help. | 2018/01/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/9073",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/9257/"
] | This is a tough one. There are no guarantees Eve will honor your request. Usually, people who spread information to others, whether you consider it gossiping or not don't realize it's a big deal and if this is how they are they will keep doing it.
**Approach Eve and tell her what her friend Annie mentioned/asked about Adam.** Ask her calmly to not share your family's private matters (e.g stuff about Adam) to anyone even Annie. You could explain what you said in your question about both Eve and Annie discussing such matters around other women who might also spread the information and so on. Depending on your relationship with Eve you could politely tell her that you don't like that this is causing problems to Adam and you wish she stopped the behavior.
>
> Eve, I'd appreciate it if you kept our family matters/Adam's personal
> problems private from now on. Can I please count on you that anything
> me or dad discuss with you will remain confidential?
>
>
>
You could elaborate more about the importance of confidentiality in discussing someone's mental health. Adam hasn't agreed nor given permission and he feels uncomfortable to the point his health is affected.
Keep in mind that even if Eve respects your request in theory she could still tell Annie and ask her not to mention anything to you from now on...
If you feel this is really damaging to Adam ask for your dad's help. Either don't talk about Adam when Eve is around or involve your dad in a solution by mentioning what happened with Annie. Is he able to convince Eve that she needs to keep your family's matters private?
If after asking Eve she keeps spreading information e.g about Adam, confront Eve and tell her that it has made it difficult for you to trust her and you won't be sharing personal information again. You could ask your dad to do the same but he's been with Eve for many years and it's hard to exclude her from information involving the family. | Tell Eve what you told us. There's no need to ask her to stop sharing information, merely to mention the outcome of sharing the information (ie, Adam may be upset) and that she should discuss it with Adam so he knows what she's shared, who she's shared it with, and what he'd like her to do in the future.
>
> Eve, Annie has approached me at work a few times to discuss sensitive family information, for instance Adam's mental health. I understand she's your friend and perhaps you need someone to talk to about this, but I'm concerned that if Adam knew his mental health was being discussed with others outside the three of us, even in confidence, it would be very upsetting to him.
>
>
> I'll tell Annie directly that I don't want to discuss personal family matters with her. I'd appreciate it if you would discuss this with Adam, letting him know what you've shared with others and why. I want to avoid him finding out later from someone else that his information may have spread further than he'd prefer, and he may have specific desires for how and with whom to share this information.
>
>
> |
2,316 | There are some hadith listing Mubah actions that involve khayr. These are; flirting with the spouse, horse racing and marksmanship. I would like to know if marksmanship encompasses javelin throwing or not. Maybe someone can find and check the Arabic original of the hadith and share here the meaning(s) of the word used.
This might not look so important, but I believe if we could shift our Mubah activities to the ones mentioned in the hadith, we would kill two birds with one stone.
>
> It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Amir who said: I heard
> the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say-and he was
> delivering a sermon from the pulpit: Prepare to meet them with as much
> strength as you can afford. Beware, strength consists in archery.
> Beware, strength consists in archery. Beware, strength consists in
> archery. (Muslim, Book #020, Hadith #4711)
>
>
> Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa: The Prophet passed by some people of the
> tribe of Bani Aslam who were practicing archery. The Prophet said, "O
> Bani Ismail ! Practice archery as your father Isma'il was a great
> archer. Keep on throwing arrows and I am with Bani so-and-so." So one
> of the parties ceased throwing. Allah's Apostle said, "Why do you not
> throw?" They replied, "How should we throw while you are with them
> (i.e. on their side)?" On that the Prophet said, "Throw, and I am with
> all of you." (Bukhari, Book #52, Hadith #148)
>
>
> Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa: The Prophet passed by some persons of the
> tribe of Aslam practicing archery (i.e. the throwing of arrows)
> Allah's Apostle said, "O offspring of Ishmael! Practice archery (i.e.
> arrow throwing) as your father was a great archer (i.e.
> arrow-thrower). I am with (on the side of) the son of so-and-so-."
> Hearing that, one of the two teams stopped throwing. Allah's Apostle
> asked them, ' Why are you not throwing?" They replied, "O Allah's
> Apostle! How shall we throw when you are with the opposite team?" He
> said, "Throw, for I am with you all." (Bukhari, Book #55, Hadith #592)
>
>
> Narrated Salama: Allah's Apostle passed by some people from the tribe
> of Aslam practicing archery. He said, "O children of Ishmael! Throw
> (arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of Bani
> so-and-so," meaning one of the two teams. The other team stopped
> throwing, whereupon the Prophet said, "What has happened to them?"
> They replied, "How shall we throw while you are with Bani so-and-so?"
> He said, "Throw for I am with all of you." (Bukhari, Book #56, Hadith #710)
>
>
>
Edit: The word "throwing" is used, so I am not sure what exactly it means. | 2012/08/24 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/2316",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The Arabic word *rimaya* رماية literally means *throwing*, but when it is unqualified it is used as a synonym for *shooting*, which at the time meant archery. In modern usage this has been extended to marksmanship in firearms.
But getting back to the hadith itself, looking at the context we can deduce that the *throwing* in question is of the martial kind (i.e. to aid in war). So at the time of the prophet that meant archery, since it was one of the most effective weapons of war at the time.
Applying this hadith in modern times, we find that archery (and javelin throwing) are no longer contemporary battle skills. So we have to assume that it now encompasses their modern equivalent, which is (as I stated earlier) firearm marksmanship. | Perhaps it becomes clear if we look at Volume 5, Book 58, Number 156:
>
> Talha was a strong, experienced archer who used to keep his arrow bow strong and well stretched. On that day he broke two or three arrow bows.
>
>
>
This seems to make it clear that this is referring to regular bow-based archery, suggesting that "throw" in the translation is being used simply to describe the flight of the arrow (which might more familiarly termed: to "loose" an arrow). |
25,415,146 | Adding a `mailto:` link on my site, but it occurred to me that it's possible the user may not have a client set up to handle it
I found [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7591474/has-anyone-ever-come-up-with-a-way-to-detect-the-email-program-a-recipient-is-us) thread from 3 years ago and was hoping there's something doable now. I don't necessarily need to figure out what's handling their mailto links, but rather if it got handled at all. Is this possible? | 2014/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25415146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/266542/"
] | No. =(
The answer in your link still stands today. The knowledge that something was even capable of handling the event is way to much information to give to a browser. | No, `mailto:` is very limited, the information is beyond the scope of the browser |
25,415,146 | Adding a `mailto:` link on my site, but it occurred to me that it's possible the user may not have a client set up to handle it
I found [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7591474/has-anyone-ever-come-up-with-a-way-to-detect-the-email-program-a-recipient-is-us) thread from 3 years ago and was hoping there's something doable now. I don't necessarily need to figure out what's handling their mailto links, but rather if it got handled at all. Is this possible? | 2014/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25415146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/266542/"
] | No. =(
The answer in your link still stands today. The knowledge that something was even capable of handling the event is way to much information to give to a browser. | The answer is no. However, you can get a free account with jotform.com and use that. It works GREAT. Hopefully this can help. |
25,415,146 | Adding a `mailto:` link on my site, but it occurred to me that it's possible the user may not have a client set up to handle it
I found [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7591474/has-anyone-ever-come-up-with-a-way-to-detect-the-email-program-a-recipient-is-us) thread from 3 years ago and was hoping there's something doable now. I don't necessarily need to figure out what's handling their mailto links, but rather if it got handled at all. Is this possible? | 2014/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25415146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/266542/"
] | No, `mailto:` is very limited, the information is beyond the scope of the browser | The answer is no. However, you can get a free account with jotform.com and use that. It works GREAT. Hopefully this can help. |
245,272 | Dr. Lapham speaks to Malorie:
>
> Dr. Lapham: But if that's not what you want, **there are plenty of
> couples who are desperate to adopt a child**. There are no judgments
> here. You can make whatever choice you want.
>
>
>
Why did Dr Lapham suggest that Malorie put her child up for adoption? | 2021/03/31 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/245272",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/139481/"
] | In the [original script](https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/uploads/scripts/bird-box-2018.pdf), it was Malorie that was considering putting her child up for adoption. She's suffering from anxiety and is in a state of denial about the pregnancy. She sees an adoption leaflet and takes it from the doctor's office.
In the film they seem to have combined the two scenes to cut down on running time.
>
> **DR. LAPHAM:** *You’re due in twelve weeks, so let’s try some natural remedies for the insomnia before I prescribe anything.
> (casually) **You have a name picked?***
>
>
> **MALORIE:** ***Not yet. Something about it... It hasn’t really clicked with me. You know? The idea. Motherhood.***
>
>
> **DR. LAPHAM:** *That’s normal. It will pass.*
>
>
> Malorie smiles sadly and nods. While holding that smile:
>
>
> **MALORIE:** *What if it doesn’t?*
>
>
> Dr. Lapham reads from her clipboard.
>
>
> **DR. LAPHAM:** *Everything will change after the baby’s born. Now, let’s talk about
> the next trimester. Expect more weight gain, but if it gets more than forty pounds over where you were before, call me.*
>
>
> CREEPING IN on Malorie as she listens to the doctor, and **it all plays out on her face: A silent war against encroaching anxiety.** She looks away. Takes a breath as Lapham continues:
>
>
> **DR. LAPHAM** (O.S.) (CONT’D): *Heartburn will be more common. You might also deal with hemorrhoids, discharge, bleeding, and varicose veins, that’s all natural. Be aware
> of Braxton Hicks contractions at odd hours, like tremors before a real quake...*
>
>
> The doctor’s voice grows more and more distant as Malorie struggles to keep it all together. And then--
>
>
> INT. HOSPITAL BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER
> Malorie vomits into the toilet bowl.
>
> She cleans herself up at the sink and stares at herself in the mirror. Her own bloodshot eyes stare back.
>
> Malorie washes her face. Then goes to the towels to dry her
> face and hands.
>
> **Nearby: A basket of reading material. Magazines. Pamphlets.**
>
> **Flyers about parenthood, childbirth.**
>
> **Malorie notices one. Picks it up.**
>
> **The headline: “YOU HAVE A CHOICE. // Give your child to a good home!”**
>
> An informational flyer on adoption.
>
> Malorie considers something.
>
> Then puts the flyer in her purse.
>
>
> | In the United States, [there are more couples looking to adopt an infant than there are infants](https://adoptionnetwork.com/adoption-myths-facts/domestic-us-statistics/) (the statistics change as a child gets older). Therefore, when faced with someone expecting a child who isn't certain that they want to raise them for whatever reason, a medical professional will often suggest adoption so that the baby is available to those parents.
In Malorie's case, she is not in a dedicated relationship, and therefore she faces additional difficulties in raising a child. I don't remember if she'd expressed ambivalence regarding that, but either way, most medical professionals want their patients to know all of their options should their decision change so that they don't feel trapped in their decision. |
72,696 | I have been involved in two volunteering groups for the past two years and I'm not sure If I should ever mention it in the SOP/CV.
Should I mention it in one or both my SOP and CV? Also, how detailed should I write on the type of activity/nature of the work/vision/reasoning/accomplishments, etc.
Note: I'm applying for Electrical and Computer Engineering for a master's degree.
The volunteering work is totally unrelated to the degree. The activities are focused on aiding homeless and abused animals | 2016/07/12 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/72696",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/57672/"
] | I would recommend against mentioning unrelated volunteer work in one's statement of purpose---after all, you have said that it is unrelated to the career that you are intending to pursue. If it *were* directly linked, then of course it would be useful to mention it.
Likewise, there is no space for this type of work in any of the main sections of an academic CV: this isn't like applying to college, where you are encouraged to list a bunch of extracurricular activities to show your breadth and interesting personality. Graduate admissions is instead more typically about showing that you have the mix of skills, drive, and focus necessary to succeed in you intended program.
It is often the case, however, that people will have some sort of "other significant experiences" section at the very end of their CV in which they put miscellaneous things that they think are important. If you feel that your volunteer work is an important ingredient in understanding you as a potential professional, then this is the appropriate place to include a brief note. It may help you if it catches the eye of somebody who finds it significant, and it is unlikely to hurt you. | I see nothing wrong in mentioning that on your resume even if it is unrelated. If you have enough place on your 1-2 page resume, you can put it.
In my eyes, It shows that you are a passionate, social and informed person and not just a (sitting in front of the computer) geek. |
72,696 | I have been involved in two volunteering groups for the past two years and I'm not sure If I should ever mention it in the SOP/CV.
Should I mention it in one or both my SOP and CV? Also, how detailed should I write on the type of activity/nature of the work/vision/reasoning/accomplishments, etc.
Note: I'm applying for Electrical and Computer Engineering for a master's degree.
The volunteering work is totally unrelated to the degree. The activities are focused on aiding homeless and abused animals | 2016/07/12 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/72696",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/57672/"
] | >
> Should I mention it in one or both my SOP and CV?
>
>
>
Yes, in the CV (shows you're well rounded and well enough organized to keep up with a commitment outside of school), but not in the SOP (because it's unrelated) -- unless this particular experience was fundamental in motivating you to want to go to grad school.
>
> Also, how detailed should I write on the type of activity/nature of the work/vision/reasoning/accomplishments, etc.
>
>
>
The whole thing should fit on two (maximum three) lines.
If you have ever done any other volunteer work, you can make a whole section for Volunteer Work.
Alternatively you could include it under Work Experience, and then in the description make it clear that it was a volunteer position. | I see nothing wrong in mentioning that on your resume even if it is unrelated. If you have enough place on your 1-2 page resume, you can put it.
In my eyes, It shows that you are a passionate, social and informed person and not just a (sitting in front of the computer) geek. |
72,696 | I have been involved in two volunteering groups for the past two years and I'm not sure If I should ever mention it in the SOP/CV.
Should I mention it in one or both my SOP and CV? Also, how detailed should I write on the type of activity/nature of the work/vision/reasoning/accomplishments, etc.
Note: I'm applying for Electrical and Computer Engineering for a master's degree.
The volunteering work is totally unrelated to the degree. The activities are focused on aiding homeless and abused animals | 2016/07/12 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/72696",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/57672/"
] | I would recommend against mentioning unrelated volunteer work in one's statement of purpose---after all, you have said that it is unrelated to the career that you are intending to pursue. If it *were* directly linked, then of course it would be useful to mention it.
Likewise, there is no space for this type of work in any of the main sections of an academic CV: this isn't like applying to college, where you are encouraged to list a bunch of extracurricular activities to show your breadth and interesting personality. Graduate admissions is instead more typically about showing that you have the mix of skills, drive, and focus necessary to succeed in you intended program.
It is often the case, however, that people will have some sort of "other significant experiences" section at the very end of their CV in which they put miscellaneous things that they think are important. If you feel that your volunteer work is an important ingredient in understanding you as a potential professional, then this is the appropriate place to include a brief note. It may help you if it catches the eye of somebody who finds it significant, and it is unlikely to hurt you. | >
> Should I mention it in one or both my SOP and CV?
>
>
>
Yes, in the CV (shows you're well rounded and well enough organized to keep up with a commitment outside of school), but not in the SOP (because it's unrelated) -- unless this particular experience was fundamental in motivating you to want to go to grad school.
>
> Also, how detailed should I write on the type of activity/nature of the work/vision/reasoning/accomplishments, etc.
>
>
>
The whole thing should fit on two (maximum three) lines.
If you have ever done any other volunteer work, you can make a whole section for Volunteer Work.
Alternatively you could include it under Work Experience, and then in the description make it clear that it was a volunteer position. |
20,707,448 | Given a sequence of unordered n integers, S = a1,a2,a3...
Give a formal and recursive definition of the length of the longest non-decreasing subsequence in term of n.
So, my thoughts are that if we're defining it recursively then each integer in the sequence is a sequence of length of 1 and contains a non decreasing sub-sequence of length 1. Would this be the correct way to say this or am I completely off? | 2013/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20707448",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2565869/"
] | The final keyword prevents you from modifying a class if applied to the class, or a method if applied to a method.
From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_%28Java%29> :
>
> A final method cannot be overridden or hidden by subclasses. This is used to prevent unexpected behavior from a subclass altering a method that may be crucial to the function or consistency of the class.
>
>
>
If you subclass a class with a final method you need to leave that method alone. If the class is final you can't subclass it at all. | Refresh dependencies solved my issue. |
903 | Lets say a batsman hits a shot and in midway it hits a bird in the air and then as soon as it hits the bird, the ball starts falling down and is caught by a fielder, will the batsman be given out?
I searched a lot all over but could find nothing about a rule which clarifies this, any help will be appreciated. | 2012/06/04 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/903",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/521/"
] | This is one of the reason why what we commonly think of as 'rules' of a sport are usually actually called 'laws'. See the [Laws of Cricket](http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/)
They are called Laws because you cannot possibly define to the very last possible detail every single possibility that might happen - such as the example here. In cricket the laws are applied by the Umpires and their ruling is final (except in some cases where technological challenges are allowed in certain circumstances).
So in the case here, the Umpire would apply [Law 32 (Caught)](http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-32-caught,58,AR.html) - which states that one condition for a fair catch is that:
>
> (ii) the ball is at no time in contact with any object grounded beyond the boundary.
>
>
>
A bird in the air, is not grounded beyond the boundary
In addition it later states:
>
> a catch shall be considered fair if .... (f) the ball is caught off an obstruction within the boundary that has not been designated a boundary by the umpires before the toss.
>
>
>
The umpires are not going to designate a temporary phenomenan such as a bird to be a boundary so this would clearly be a fair catch, and the batsman would be out. | The rule for all indoor stadiums having roofs are that if the roof is closed and the ball hits the roof, then it is considered a dead ball.
Hussey [hits the roof](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkcP5M2n-F0) with a monstrous shot. |
903 | Lets say a batsman hits a shot and in midway it hits a bird in the air and then as soon as it hits the bird, the ball starts falling down and is caught by a fielder, will the batsman be given out?
I searched a lot all over but could find nothing about a rule which clarifies this, any help will be appreciated. | 2012/06/04 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/903",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/521/"
] | This is one of the reason why what we commonly think of as 'rules' of a sport are usually actually called 'laws'. See the [Laws of Cricket](http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/)
They are called Laws because you cannot possibly define to the very last possible detail every single possibility that might happen - such as the example here. In cricket the laws are applied by the Umpires and their ruling is final (except in some cases where technological challenges are allowed in certain circumstances).
So in the case here, the Umpire would apply [Law 32 (Caught)](http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-32-caught,58,AR.html) - which states that one condition for a fair catch is that:
>
> (ii) the ball is at no time in contact with any object grounded beyond the boundary.
>
>
>
A bird in the air, is not grounded beyond the boundary
In addition it later states:
>
> a catch shall be considered fair if .... (f) the ball is caught off an obstruction within the boundary that has not been designated a boundary by the umpires before the toss.
>
>
>
The umpires are not going to designate a temporary phenomenan such as a bird to be a boundary so this would clearly be a fair catch, and the batsman would be out. | I believe the first answer is incorrect.
If the ball hit a flying bird it would probably be called a *dead ball*, as I believe it has to go directly to a human fielder without touching *anything else* to be considered out caught.
In the same way that if the ball hit a helmet on the ground, bounced up and someone caught it, it would be a *dead ball* and 5 penalty points awarded to the batting side. |
903 | Lets say a batsman hits a shot and in midway it hits a bird in the air and then as soon as it hits the bird, the ball starts falling down and is caught by a fielder, will the batsman be given out?
I searched a lot all over but could find nothing about a rule which clarifies this, any help will be appreciated. | 2012/06/04 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/903",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com",
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/users/521/"
] | The rule for all indoor stadiums having roofs are that if the roof is closed and the ball hits the roof, then it is considered a dead ball.
Hussey [hits the roof](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkcP5M2n-F0) with a monstrous shot. | I believe the first answer is incorrect.
If the ball hit a flying bird it would probably be called a *dead ball*, as I believe it has to go directly to a human fielder without touching *anything else* to be considered out caught.
In the same way that if the ball hit a helmet on the ground, bounced up and someone caught it, it would be a *dead ball* and 5 penalty points awarded to the batting side. |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | The GIMP - Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Yet another fine example of why you don't let the devs name the product.
All three platforms supported, lots of powerful tools, both Free and free.
<https://www.gimp.org/downloads/> | Take a look at these programs:
* darktable
* RAWtherapee
* Corel Aftershot Pro
* affinity photo
* Portrait Pro
* Corel Paint Shop Pro
* Gimp |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | You might look at darktable: <https://www.darktable.org>. | I use GIMP as well for advanced editing, but for simpler things I sometimes will reach for something more lightweight (both free):
* [Paint.NET](https://www.getpaint.net/) - basic layering, color filters, etc
* [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/) - vector/path editing, handles wide variety of formats |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | You might look at darktable: <https://www.darktable.org>. | You probably want [<https://www.photopea.com>](https://www.photopea.com "example") online editor. Very similar to photoshop. |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | The GIMP - Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Yet another fine example of why you don't let the devs name the product.
All three platforms supported, lots of powerful tools, both Free and free.
<https://www.gimp.org/downloads/> | If you have iOS you can buy the [ProCreate App](https://procreate.art/) for ~ 15 Euros (paid once, no subscription). It works best with the Apple Pencil.
On Android there is, for instance [AutoDesk SketchBook](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbook).
Many, many other apps are available for both mobile platforms. |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | You might look at darktable: <https://www.darktable.org>. | If you have iOS you can buy the [ProCreate App](https://procreate.art/) for ~ 15 Euros (paid once, no subscription). It works best with the Apple Pencil.
On Android there is, for instance [AutoDesk SketchBook](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbook).
Many, many other apps are available for both mobile platforms. |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | I use GIMP as well for advanced editing, but for simpler things I sometimes will reach for something more lightweight (both free):
* [Paint.NET](https://www.getpaint.net/) - basic layering, color filters, etc
* [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/) - vector/path editing, handles wide variety of formats | Take a look at these programs:
* darktable
* RAWtherapee
* Corel Aftershot Pro
* affinity photo
* Portrait Pro
* Corel Paint Shop Pro
* Gimp |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | If you have iOS you can buy the [ProCreate App](https://procreate.art/) for ~ 15 Euros (paid once, no subscription). It works best with the Apple Pencil.
On Android there is, for instance [AutoDesk SketchBook](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbook).
Many, many other apps are available for both mobile platforms. | You probably want [<https://www.photopea.com>](https://www.photopea.com "example") online editor. Very similar to photoshop. |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | I use GIMP as well for advanced editing, but for simpler things I sometimes will reach for something more lightweight (both free):
* [Paint.NET](https://www.getpaint.net/) - basic layering, color filters, etc
* [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/) - vector/path editing, handles wide variety of formats | If you have iOS you can buy the [ProCreate App](https://procreate.art/) for ~ 15 Euros (paid once, no subscription). It works best with the Apple Pencil.
On Android there is, for instance [AutoDesk SketchBook](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbook).
Many, many other apps are available for both mobile platforms. |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/22850/"
] | I use GIMP as well for advanced editing, but for simpler things I sometimes will reach for something more lightweight (both free):
* [Paint.NET](https://www.getpaint.net/) - basic layering, color filters, etc
* [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/) - vector/path editing, handles wide variety of formats | You probably want [<https://www.photopea.com>](https://www.photopea.com "example") online editor. Very similar to photoshop. |
58,667 | This is, essentially, a Dock replacer on steroids - dating back to before the Dock even existed.
I've been using [DragThing](https://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html) since v1.0 in the mid 1990's so it's fair to say I'm rather used to it & will be sad to see it finally die after macOS 10.15. The author has announced it will receive no further updates & it is no longer available to purchase.
I'm hunting for anything vaguely similar - essentially a replacement for the Dock or the even more cumbersome Lauchpad, which I cannot bear [literally 10 screens of apps just apparently scattered in at random, whether I want them there or not].
Screenshots -
From the DragThing site, showing various display options -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fk6s5.png)
My own, very minimalist way I use it -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QXG5.png)
Each of these tiny labels can be anchored anywhere on screen, follow you to any Space, be hidden in apps you don't want it to interfere with & when clicked, each one pops open to reveal a completely customisable set of tabs which can contain almost anything - folders, apps, docs, pictures etc
Right click has options & key commands can be added to any item to launch, hide, get info, reveal original etc.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc9Xc.png)
*Late edit:*
As I now discover I don't have a Mac in the house that will be able to run Catalina, the point has become moot.
*Late Late edit*
As I now have a new M1 iMac on order I shall be forced to address this very soon :\
If anyone knows Apple Silicon/Big Sur compatible apps, the info would be most welcome. | 2019/04/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/58667",
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] | The GIMP - Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Yet another fine example of why you don't let the devs name the product.
All three platforms supported, lots of powerful tools, both Free and free.
<https://www.gimp.org/downloads/> | You might look at darktable: <https://www.darktable.org>. |
133,165 | In a cross-genre game, is there a spell/power that a mage can use to heal a vampire?
I’ve looked through the mage spells in Death and Life but neither show how a vampire can be healed. | 2018/10/08 | [
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] | **Temporal Summoning**
At the page 190 of Mage the Awakened's second edition there is a spell called Temporal Summoning. The spell description reads
>
> Return the subject to an younger version of itself. Buildings can be restored and injuries healed. Once the spell ends any changed made revert back to normal. Any injuries and Conditions obtained while this spell was active carry over to the subjects present self. Limits of Spell includes not being able to bring the dead back and a vampire returned to 'Childhood' becomes a vampiric child
>
>
>
Other than this there is also a spell called Shared Fate at Page 137 which reads
>
> Two or more subjects are bound together. Any damage, Tilt or Condition suffered by one will also affect the other
> +1 Reach: Link is only one way
> +2 Reach: Subject is not linked to any other subjects. Instead, she suffers any damage, Tilt or Condition she inflicts on others
>
>
>
If you were to connect yourself to a vampire and gain a condition that heals you then by extension the vampire would be healed. | Apart from the two rotes above you always have
Creative Taumaturgy
-------------------
>
> Within the bounds of their power, mages can conjure nearly any effect they can imagine. (MtA2 p125)
>
>
>
The practice for healing is **Perfecting**
>
> Perfecting spells are the opposite of Fraying spells in many
> ways: they bolster, strengthen, and improve rather than
> weakening and eroding. A Perfecting spell might repair
> damage to an object or a person (Matter or Life)... (MtA2 p123)
>
>
>
Now you have the opportunity of turning this into a
Mystery
-------
>
> Any magical puzzle, any lingering spell, any otherworldly
> enigma is potentially a Mystery. The Storyteller decides on the
> particulars of the Mystery, which break down into three parts:
> Opacity, surface information, and deep information. (MtA2 p93)
>
>
>
The Mage could Scrutinize the Mystery of the vampiric condition to design the imago to heal a vampire.
In my games the spell required Arcana imho would be Matter 3 (to repair the structure of the corpse) and Death 2 (to redirect the flow of death that powers it).
But you could argue that a different combination makes more sense (Life instead of Death, or even Prime), perhaps depending on the nature of the damage, or depending on how well the Mage unveils the Mystery, or depending on what suits your game better. |
33,299 | Ok so I want to change operating systems, I got a new PC recently that had no operating system so I installed Ubuntu on it. I now want to install Windows 7 but when I put in the install disk it says it needs my hard drive to be in the NTFS format. How can I change my hard rive to this format in Ubuntu? | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/33299",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | A Kubuntu Mobile technology preview was part of the [10.10 release](http://www.kubuntu.org/news/10.10-release). I don't believe it is being shipped on any real hardware yet, but you can [download it](http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-mobile/releases/10.10/release/) to try out in a virtual machine. Builds for Natty are also [available](http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-mobile/daily-live/current/).
 | The answer is no, Ubuntu was not designed for phones. There are some [hacks](http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/03/10/video-htc-touch-pro2-runs-ubuntu/) to make it work on phones, but not in a usable way.
PS. Looks like there was a project called [Ubuntu Mobile](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Mobile), but it's already dead.
**Edit:** [Ubuntu for phones](http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone) has been announced, but it still isn't shipping yet. |
24,024 | I need a little help navigating this ferrite core memory technology. My end goal is to use it in a calculator or something straightforward.
I understand the writing process to each core but how is reading accomplished? Do you have to measure the voltage on the sense wire and flip each of the bits while collecting the bits on the sense wire? Because I feel if you flipped all the bits at once you would have several voltages just summed together.
My memory pane is a 64K in size and has a front and back that are mirror and in parallel with the front. The sides have 4 windows and has 64x(s) and 64y(s) that I counted. How should I go about driving all these?
Any suggestions would be great help.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JNIAc.jpg) | 2022/03/04 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/24024",
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] | Reading a bit from core is a destructive process; essentially you try to write a '1' and monitor the sense line to see if there's a current spike when you do that. There's only a current spike if writing the core flipped the bit, i.e. if it was '0' to start with. I believe most core controllers would automatically write back any 0's so detected. (Or, just as easily, write 0s, detect pulse if bit was 1, and write-back 1s)
The way you write to just one core in the whole array depends on the non linear response of the magnetics to the drive currents. You run 1/2 the necessary current through one of the column lines, and 1/2 through one of the row lines. Only that core at the intersection of the row and column gets enough of a kick to change state. | CuriousMarc has some really interesting and educational content about core memory (and a lot of other stuff) in YouTube. Watch [Core Memory Explained and Demonstrated](https://youtu.be/AwsInQLmjXc) for details. |
24,024 | I need a little help navigating this ferrite core memory technology. My end goal is to use it in a calculator or something straightforward.
I understand the writing process to each core but how is reading accomplished? Do you have to measure the voltage on the sense wire and flip each of the bits while collecting the bits on the sense wire? Because I feel if you flipped all the bits at once you would have several voltages just summed together.
My memory pane is a 64K in size and has a front and back that are mirror and in parallel with the front. The sides have 4 windows and has 64x(s) and 64y(s) that I counted. How should I go about driving all these?
Any suggestions would be great help.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JNIAc.jpg) | 2022/03/04 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/24024",
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"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/24176/"
] | >
> I understand the writing process to each core but how is reading accomplished?
>
>
>
By writing a zero and looking at the sense line:
* If that bit was a **zero** nothing happenes
* If that bit was a **one** a pulse can be sensed on the sense line.
After that the stored content is zero, that's why it's called a destructive read, so content needs to be written again.
Reading is essentially a combination of clearing the bit to read, reporting if a blip was seen (=1) or not (=0) and then writing it again. That's why each core stacks usually not only had dedicated amplifier logic, but also a register (one flip flop per plane) to hold what was read and logic to write it back without interaction of the host - much like later DRAM.
>
> Do you have to measure the voltage on the sense wire and flip each of the bits while collecting the bits on the sense wire?
>
>
>
Yes.
>
> Because I feel if you flipped all the bits at once you would have several voltages just summed together.
>
>
>
Oh, I guess that's where you're stuck. What your picture shows is a single plane. **Only one bit can be read or written at a time**. To form bytes or words, several planes are stacked to form a ... well ... *Stack* (of core).
And yes, the plane seems to be four dedicated 64x64 sub-planes, but it does not allow a bit operation per sub-plane (working independently), as they use all the same X/Y lines. Any attempt to address two different bits in different sub-planes will also activate two mirrored bits (\*1).
Then again, one can use this type of sub-plane to make a single board stack always writing(reading) the same bit in each sub-plane combining them to a 4-bit word (or 8-bit, if there's another 4 planes on the back).
This means activating the same row/column on each sub-plane. It still needs the same amount of drivers (one per X and Y line and plane, to be able to do 0/1 independently) but only one board with core. Very handy for small machines.
>
> My memory pane is a 64K in size and has a front and back that are mirror and in parallel with the front. The sides have 4 windows and has 64x(s) and 64y(s) that I counted.
>
>
>
That doesn't really add up. 64x64 cores per sub-plane is 4,096 - with 4 of them on the front and back this adds up to 16,768 bits or 4 KiB.
>
> How should I go about driving all these?
>
>
>
Well, you need a pair of drivers for all X and Y able to be switched per sub plane, 8 sense amplifiers to read and some logic to handle decoding and store the result in a register to be read by some consuming device.
Depending on your goal, this might be either a full figured parallel acting hardware, or a microcontroller with some decoders handling the 8 sub-planes in a serial fashion - which of course will be slower, at least for writing (2).
Personally I'd go with a microcontroller, a single adjustable write source and a set of CMOS multiplexers to 'scan' across the planes. Might be slower, but saves greatly on part count (\*3).
---
\*1 - Assume one writing bit 1;1 in the upper left sub-plane and 2;2 in the upper right, then bit 1;2 in the upper left and 2;1 in the upper right would also be written with the same value.
\*2 - One can use 8 parallel inputs to read all 8 planes in parallel, while writing back in serial would be done only for ones, thus saving time.
\*3 - Depending on circuit design one could interleave reading/writing the planes to some degree. Might be fun to fiddle with that :)) | CuriousMarc has some really interesting and educational content about core memory (and a lot of other stuff) in YouTube. Watch [Core Memory Explained and Demonstrated](https://youtu.be/AwsInQLmjXc) for details. |
24,024 | I need a little help navigating this ferrite core memory technology. My end goal is to use it in a calculator or something straightforward.
I understand the writing process to each core but how is reading accomplished? Do you have to measure the voltage on the sense wire and flip each of the bits while collecting the bits on the sense wire? Because I feel if you flipped all the bits at once you would have several voltages just summed together.
My memory pane is a 64K in size and has a front and back that are mirror and in parallel with the front. The sides have 4 windows and has 64x(s) and 64y(s) that I counted. How should I go about driving all these?
Any suggestions would be great help.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JNIAc.jpg) | 2022/03/04 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/24024",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> I understand the writing process to each core but how is reading accomplished?
>
>
>
By writing a zero and looking at the sense line:
* If that bit was a **zero** nothing happenes
* If that bit was a **one** a pulse can be sensed on the sense line.
After that the stored content is zero, that's why it's called a destructive read, so content needs to be written again.
Reading is essentially a combination of clearing the bit to read, reporting if a blip was seen (=1) or not (=0) and then writing it again. That's why each core stacks usually not only had dedicated amplifier logic, but also a register (one flip flop per plane) to hold what was read and logic to write it back without interaction of the host - much like later DRAM.
>
> Do you have to measure the voltage on the sense wire and flip each of the bits while collecting the bits on the sense wire?
>
>
>
Yes.
>
> Because I feel if you flipped all the bits at once you would have several voltages just summed together.
>
>
>
Oh, I guess that's where you're stuck. What your picture shows is a single plane. **Only one bit can be read or written at a time**. To form bytes or words, several planes are stacked to form a ... well ... *Stack* (of core).
And yes, the plane seems to be four dedicated 64x64 sub-planes, but it does not allow a bit operation per sub-plane (working independently), as they use all the same X/Y lines. Any attempt to address two different bits in different sub-planes will also activate two mirrored bits (\*1).
Then again, one can use this type of sub-plane to make a single board stack always writing(reading) the same bit in each sub-plane combining them to a 4-bit word (or 8-bit, if there's another 4 planes on the back).
This means activating the same row/column on each sub-plane. It still needs the same amount of drivers (one per X and Y line and plane, to be able to do 0/1 independently) but only one board with core. Very handy for small machines.
>
> My memory pane is a 64K in size and has a front and back that are mirror and in parallel with the front. The sides have 4 windows and has 64x(s) and 64y(s) that I counted.
>
>
>
That doesn't really add up. 64x64 cores per sub-plane is 4,096 - with 4 of them on the front and back this adds up to 16,768 bits or 4 KiB.
>
> How should I go about driving all these?
>
>
>
Well, you need a pair of drivers for all X and Y able to be switched per sub plane, 8 sense amplifiers to read and some logic to handle decoding and store the result in a register to be read by some consuming device.
Depending on your goal, this might be either a full figured parallel acting hardware, or a microcontroller with some decoders handling the 8 sub-planes in a serial fashion - which of course will be slower, at least for writing (2).
Personally I'd go with a microcontroller, a single adjustable write source and a set of CMOS multiplexers to 'scan' across the planes. Might be slower, but saves greatly on part count (\*3).
---
\*1 - Assume one writing bit 1;1 in the upper left sub-plane and 2;2 in the upper right, then bit 1;2 in the upper left and 2;1 in the upper right would also be written with the same value.
\*2 - One can use 8 parallel inputs to read all 8 planes in parallel, while writing back in serial would be done only for ones, thus saving time.
\*3 - Depending on circuit design one could interleave reading/writing the planes to some degree. Might be fun to fiddle with that :)) | Reading a bit from core is a destructive process; essentially you try to write a '1' and monitor the sense line to see if there's a current spike when you do that. There's only a current spike if writing the core flipped the bit, i.e. if it was '0' to start with. I believe most core controllers would automatically write back any 0's so detected. (Or, just as easily, write 0s, detect pulse if bit was 1, and write-back 1s)
The way you write to just one core in the whole array depends on the non linear response of the magnetics to the drive currents. You run 1/2 the necessary current through one of the column lines, and 1/2 through one of the row lines. Only that core at the intersection of the row and column gets enough of a kick to change state. |
152,796 | On 12th of February in the later afternoon I would like to travel from Kamjanez-Podilsky to Lwiw as I need to catch a plane in the morning.
I would like to go by train, but that's not an option. The arrival time is rather unsafe and I have to change the trains in the middle of the night.
<http://ticket.bus.com.ua/order/forming_bn?point_from=UA6810400000&point_to=UA4610100000&date=12.02.20&date_add=1&fn=round_search> which is recommended by rome2rio doesn't give any result at all. (despite writing 3 busses a day)
Is there any Marschrutka or how do the Ukrainians travel?
Taxis are +130€ and I want to avoid that.
Thank you for the help. | 2020/01/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152796",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/105125/"
] | There are some results [on Yandex Timetables](https://rasp.yandex.ru/search/?fromId=c23169&fromName=%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9&toId=c144&toName=%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2&when=12%20%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F).
Not sure if they are super accurate. Have you tried phoning the Central Bus Station of departure? | Apparently, no option seem to completely satisfy your criteria: trains require changing the train in the night, and buses depart in the morning and arrive on lunch time.
1. **Train.**
[The timetable](https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/?station=22260&by_station=1) of Kamianets-Podilskyi train station shows that the only two trains are:
* № 770 Kamianets-Podilsky — Kyiv (departure time 00:55)
* № 118 Chernivtsi — Kyiv (departure time 23:57)Both make a stop in **Khmelnytskyy** (around 03:00 in the night) where there are [plenty of trains](https://www.uz.gov.ua/route_2/index.php?start_st=22260&fin_st=47548,23092,23081,23215,36921,23200&fs=%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)&ts=%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B2%20%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%20(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)) heading to Lviv., including
2. **Bus.** There are two of non-stop ones:
* departure 06:00, arrival 13:00
* departure 09:45, arrival 17:33As another answer suggests, Web sites may not display routes/tickets earlier than 3 weeks ahead, but you can check one or two weeks earlier to see the expected schedule.
Here are direct links to various ticketing companies; I've chosen February 5th for the reason above: [Busfor.ua](https://busfor.ua/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC-%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B2?from_id=3809&on=2020-02-05&passengers=1&search=true&to_id=4037), [Bus.tickets.ua](https://bus.tickets.ua/en/search/result/98f288f221b36c9bb01ae70d1bd8989a), [Bilet-ua.com](https://bus.bilet-ua.com/order/forming_bn?point_to=UA4610100000&lang=en&date=05.02.20&date_add=3&point_from=UA6810400000&fn=round_search)
Usual caveat: many sites do not have proper English parts; use online translate tools. |
152,796 | On 12th of February in the later afternoon I would like to travel from Kamjanez-Podilsky to Lwiw as I need to catch a plane in the morning.
I would like to go by train, but that's not an option. The arrival time is rather unsafe and I have to change the trains in the middle of the night.
<http://ticket.bus.com.ua/order/forming_bn?point_from=UA6810400000&point_to=UA4610100000&date=12.02.20&date_add=1&fn=round_search> which is recommended by rome2rio doesn't give any result at all. (despite writing 3 busses a day)
Is there any Marschrutka or how do the Ukrainians travel?
Taxis are +130€ and I want to avoid that.
Thank you for the help. | 2020/01/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152796",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/105125/"
] | Here's the solution.
I fear I have to confess it's more a question of an [XY-Problem](http://xyproblem.info/). I mainly needed to get to Katwice, but I really wanted to re-visit Lwiw. In the last days of my journey I found a solution and would like to share it with you. You have to understand I needed to be in Katowice in the morning of the next day, so my time-budget was limited.
I decided to take an early **bus** from Kamjanez-Podilsky to **Ternopol** (as I recall it it was at 8am and I arrived at 10am - there are earlier ones too. The ticked I obtained straight at the station the day before). I had around 3h to see Ternopol (which is not that many, but I enjoyed).
Then I took the **train** from Ternopol to **Lwiw** and arrived at around 5pm.
From here I beg you: Please be smarter than me!
**Don't do**: Stay in Lwiw over night and take the early flight from Lwiw to Krakow, then the bus to Katowice. Lwiw got pretty expensive and even a cheap hotel was not so cheap as in other parts of Ukraine. I forgot to do the check-in at in the evening and had to pay a penalty at the airport of 55€. From Krakow I got a Flixbus to Katowice.
Also I sent my whole luggage from Kamjanez-Podilsky back home.
Total extra costs: Around 150 Euro.
**Do**: Stay in Lwiw from 5pm to 10pm and take the night train to Krakow. Then the morning train to Katowice.
I used to do something like that back in 2009, but was not very happy about it. In retrospective of the current trip it's still *much* better. | There are some results [on Yandex Timetables](https://rasp.yandex.ru/search/?fromId=c23169&fromName=%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9&toId=c144&toName=%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2&when=12%20%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F).
Not sure if they are super accurate. Have you tried phoning the Central Bus Station of departure? |
152,796 | On 12th of February in the later afternoon I would like to travel from Kamjanez-Podilsky to Lwiw as I need to catch a plane in the morning.
I would like to go by train, but that's not an option. The arrival time is rather unsafe and I have to change the trains in the middle of the night.
<http://ticket.bus.com.ua/order/forming_bn?point_from=UA6810400000&point_to=UA4610100000&date=12.02.20&date_add=1&fn=round_search> which is recommended by rome2rio doesn't give any result at all. (despite writing 3 busses a day)
Is there any Marschrutka or how do the Ukrainians travel?
Taxis are +130€ and I want to avoid that.
Thank you for the help. | 2020/01/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152796",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/105125/"
] | I didn't see any results after 9th Feb, which is 15 days from now, so I went digging into the site's terms and conditions, where I found [this relevant bit](http://ticket.bus.com.ua/rules):
>
> 3.2.5.4. The extreme date of operations is determined by server of bus terminal (bus station, transporter). Of course it is not less than 15 days from current date.
>
>
>
So it appears that you can only book tickets 15 days or less from the departure date. A very strange restriction, but there you have it. | Apparently, no option seem to completely satisfy your criteria: trains require changing the train in the night, and buses depart in the morning and arrive on lunch time.
1. **Train.**
[The timetable](https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/?station=22260&by_station=1) of Kamianets-Podilskyi train station shows that the only two trains are:
* № 770 Kamianets-Podilsky — Kyiv (departure time 00:55)
* № 118 Chernivtsi — Kyiv (departure time 23:57)Both make a stop in **Khmelnytskyy** (around 03:00 in the night) where there are [plenty of trains](https://www.uz.gov.ua/route_2/index.php?start_st=22260&fin_st=47548,23092,23081,23215,36921,23200&fs=%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)&ts=%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B2%20%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%20(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)) heading to Lviv., including
2. **Bus.** There are two of non-stop ones:
* departure 06:00, arrival 13:00
* departure 09:45, arrival 17:33As another answer suggests, Web sites may not display routes/tickets earlier than 3 weeks ahead, but you can check one or two weeks earlier to see the expected schedule.
Here are direct links to various ticketing companies; I've chosen February 5th for the reason above: [Busfor.ua](https://busfor.ua/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC-%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B2?from_id=3809&on=2020-02-05&passengers=1&search=true&to_id=4037), [Bus.tickets.ua](https://bus.tickets.ua/en/search/result/98f288f221b36c9bb01ae70d1bd8989a), [Bilet-ua.com](https://bus.bilet-ua.com/order/forming_bn?point_to=UA4610100000&lang=en&date=05.02.20&date_add=3&point_from=UA6810400000&fn=round_search)
Usual caveat: many sites do not have proper English parts; use online translate tools. |
152,796 | On 12th of February in the later afternoon I would like to travel from Kamjanez-Podilsky to Lwiw as I need to catch a plane in the morning.
I would like to go by train, but that's not an option. The arrival time is rather unsafe and I have to change the trains in the middle of the night.
<http://ticket.bus.com.ua/order/forming_bn?point_from=UA6810400000&point_to=UA4610100000&date=12.02.20&date_add=1&fn=round_search> which is recommended by rome2rio doesn't give any result at all. (despite writing 3 busses a day)
Is there any Marschrutka or how do the Ukrainians travel?
Taxis are +130€ and I want to avoid that.
Thank you for the help. | 2020/01/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152796",
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] | Here's the solution.
I fear I have to confess it's more a question of an [XY-Problem](http://xyproblem.info/). I mainly needed to get to Katwice, but I really wanted to re-visit Lwiw. In the last days of my journey I found a solution and would like to share it with you. You have to understand I needed to be in Katowice in the morning of the next day, so my time-budget was limited.
I decided to take an early **bus** from Kamjanez-Podilsky to **Ternopol** (as I recall it it was at 8am and I arrived at 10am - there are earlier ones too. The ticked I obtained straight at the station the day before). I had around 3h to see Ternopol (which is not that many, but I enjoyed).
Then I took the **train** from Ternopol to **Lwiw** and arrived at around 5pm.
From here I beg you: Please be smarter than me!
**Don't do**: Stay in Lwiw over night and take the early flight from Lwiw to Krakow, then the bus to Katowice. Lwiw got pretty expensive and even a cheap hotel was not so cheap as in other parts of Ukraine. I forgot to do the check-in at in the evening and had to pay a penalty at the airport of 55€. From Krakow I got a Flixbus to Katowice.
Also I sent my whole luggage from Kamjanez-Podilsky back home.
Total extra costs: Around 150 Euro.
**Do**: Stay in Lwiw from 5pm to 10pm and take the night train to Krakow. Then the morning train to Katowice.
I used to do something like that back in 2009, but was not very happy about it. In retrospective of the current trip it's still *much* better. | I didn't see any results after 9th Feb, which is 15 days from now, so I went digging into the site's terms and conditions, where I found [this relevant bit](http://ticket.bus.com.ua/rules):
>
> 3.2.5.4. The extreme date of operations is determined by server of bus terminal (bus station, transporter). Of course it is not less than 15 days from current date.
>
>
>
So it appears that you can only book tickets 15 days or less from the departure date. A very strange restriction, but there you have it. |
152,796 | On 12th of February in the later afternoon I would like to travel from Kamjanez-Podilsky to Lwiw as I need to catch a plane in the morning.
I would like to go by train, but that's not an option. The arrival time is rather unsafe and I have to change the trains in the middle of the night.
<http://ticket.bus.com.ua/order/forming_bn?point_from=UA6810400000&point_to=UA4610100000&date=12.02.20&date_add=1&fn=round_search> which is recommended by rome2rio doesn't give any result at all. (despite writing 3 busses a day)
Is there any Marschrutka or how do the Ukrainians travel?
Taxis are +130€ and I want to avoid that.
Thank you for the help. | 2020/01/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152796",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/105125/"
] | Here's the solution.
I fear I have to confess it's more a question of an [XY-Problem](http://xyproblem.info/). I mainly needed to get to Katwice, but I really wanted to re-visit Lwiw. In the last days of my journey I found a solution and would like to share it with you. You have to understand I needed to be in Katowice in the morning of the next day, so my time-budget was limited.
I decided to take an early **bus** from Kamjanez-Podilsky to **Ternopol** (as I recall it it was at 8am and I arrived at 10am - there are earlier ones too. The ticked I obtained straight at the station the day before). I had around 3h to see Ternopol (which is not that many, but I enjoyed).
Then I took the **train** from Ternopol to **Lwiw** and arrived at around 5pm.
From here I beg you: Please be smarter than me!
**Don't do**: Stay in Lwiw over night and take the early flight from Lwiw to Krakow, then the bus to Katowice. Lwiw got pretty expensive and even a cheap hotel was not so cheap as in other parts of Ukraine. I forgot to do the check-in at in the evening and had to pay a penalty at the airport of 55€. From Krakow I got a Flixbus to Katowice.
Also I sent my whole luggage from Kamjanez-Podilsky back home.
Total extra costs: Around 150 Euro.
**Do**: Stay in Lwiw from 5pm to 10pm and take the night train to Krakow. Then the morning train to Katowice.
I used to do something like that back in 2009, but was not very happy about it. In retrospective of the current trip it's still *much* better. | Apparently, no option seem to completely satisfy your criteria: trains require changing the train in the night, and buses depart in the morning and arrive on lunch time.
1. **Train.**
[The timetable](https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/?station=22260&by_station=1) of Kamianets-Podilskyi train station shows that the only two trains are:
* № 770 Kamianets-Podilsky — Kyiv (departure time 00:55)
* № 118 Chernivtsi — Kyiv (departure time 23:57)Both make a stop in **Khmelnytskyy** (around 03:00 in the night) where there are [plenty of trains](https://www.uz.gov.ua/route_2/index.php?start_st=22260&fin_st=47548,23092,23081,23215,36921,23200&fs=%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)&ts=%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B2%20%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%20(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)) heading to Lviv., including
2. **Bus.** There are two of non-stop ones:
* departure 06:00, arrival 13:00
* departure 09:45, arrival 17:33As another answer suggests, Web sites may not display routes/tickets earlier than 3 weeks ahead, but you can check one or two weeks earlier to see the expected schedule.
Here are direct links to various ticketing companies; I've chosen February 5th for the reason above: [Busfor.ua](https://busfor.ua/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC-%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B2?from_id=3809&on=2020-02-05&passengers=1&search=true&to_id=4037), [Bus.tickets.ua](https://bus.tickets.ua/en/search/result/98f288f221b36c9bb01ae70d1bd8989a), [Bilet-ua.com](https://bus.bilet-ua.com/order/forming_bn?point_to=UA4610100000&lang=en&date=05.02.20&date_add=3&point_from=UA6810400000&fn=round_search)
Usual caveat: many sites do not have proper English parts; use online translate tools. |
139,829 | I know this could be a strange question. But was there any algorithm ever found to compute an NP-problem, whether it be hard or complete, in polynomial time. I know this dabbles into the "does P=NP" problem, but I was wondering whether there were any particular instances when people were close to it. I've also heard about the factoring number problem being solved by a quantum computer by Shor's algorithm. Would this count as an algorithm which solved an NP-problem in polynomial time please ? Please do ask if you want me to clarify any parts in my questions. Thanks in advance. | 2021/05/03 | [
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] | If the answer to the first question were to be yes, then $P=NP$, as stated in [nir shahar](https://cs.stackexchange.com/a/139832/61663)'s answer. This has not been done.
### "The easiest NP hard problem"
However you next asked if any NP-hard problems have been solved in ***close*** to polynomial time, for which you might love to learn about what has been called "[The easiest NP hard problem](http://bit-player.org/wp-content/extras/bph-publications/AmSci-2002-03-Hayes-NPP.pdf)" because there's a [pseudo-polynomial time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-polynomial_time) solution using [dynamic programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming), and there are [heuristics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic) that solve the problem in many cases, sometimes optimally. The problem is the [partitioning problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_problem): Decide whether a set of positive integers can be partitioned into two sets such that the sum of the numbers in one set equal the sum of the numbers in the first set. Despite it being an NP-complete problem, it can be solved quite efficiently, as for example described in [this PDF](https://www.ijcai.org/Proceedings/09/Papers/096.pdf). | The other answers are correct, but f I may add an observation: it seems like you are conflating classes of problems and particular instances. There are a number of instances that can be solved in polynomial time in classes that are NP-hard in general. For instance, Boolean satisfiability is NP-hard in general, since it reduces to 3SAT. However, there are a bunch of instances called Horn clauses which can actually be solved in linear time. Notice that these instances are a subset of all instances of SAT. If you do not know whether the instance you have to solve is a Horn clause, the problem is NP-hard. If you do know that your instances are restricted that way, you have HORNSAT, which is in P. It all depends what your input potentially could be, and complexity goes by the worst-case instance. |
210,285 | I'm using KiCAD to create a nested series of PCB rings - each two layer with copper fill on the front and back. The problem is when I add edge cuts defining the inner and outer edges of the outer ring, it removes the copper fill from the center area where I'm going to nest the inner ring.
Is there a way to add a nested copper fill area within the inside diameter of the outer ring and still maintain the edge clearance of the copper fill that the fab requires (ie, using the edge cuts layer, KiCAD automatically create a standoff so the copper doesn't go all the way to the edge of the cut, thus avoiding possible shorts). | 2016/01/08 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/210285",
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] | KiCAD is an interesting animal - its a series of separate applications (Eeschema, Pcbnew, etc) that are launched and loosely integrated through a project management executable called KiCAD. When KiCAD launches these executables, it hides some of their built-in features. One of these features is within Pcbnew - the ability to append other PCB files to another PCB file.
If you launch the Pcbnew executable manually, you can create a new PCB file and append (file-menu Append menu item) other PCB files to it. In this way, you can create panelized PCB designs or in my case, create a nested ring design where the individual nested PCB's are electrically isolated. | KiCad only supports one board per file.
Optimal use of available space is up to the manufacturing house, they can tell whether it is possible to place small boards inside larger ones, because they know the size of the router head they use to separate the boards.
The alternative is to connect the boards, and define V-Grooves to separate the boards later. This could be more expensive to fabricate though, and concerns about the router head side still apply. For this, your board outline should be a single line, and the board should be connected still. |
73,473 | I am no longer able to start my 2010 Ford Focus. The key is not able to turn at all.
Importantly, the car beeps when I open the driver side door as if the key was still in the ignition. This has happened before, but I would simply reinsert and remove the key. Then I would feel/hear something mechanically click into place and the beeping would stop. The problem is I can't make the click happen this time.
Any suggestions? What part will need to be replaced? | 2019/12/24 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/73473",
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] | Could be your key is extremely worn or the ignition lock cylinder is extremely worn. I suggest calling a local locksmith to replace key and code a new lock cylinder to oem biting for your car. Ford ignition locks are common failures.
You could also try flushing it out with some wd40 but it would be a temporary fix at best. | Often the dust cover fails to close leaving the key hole exposed and this causes the issue described.
Sometimes a **tiny** bit of lubrication is sufficient (clean first) and then the cover closes smartly. |
64,909 | What are the pros and cons of different data formats (performance, file size, etc.) when considering open data distribution?
Our organisation wants to publish data as open data. However, there is no clear idea on which data formats to use. Ofcourse, the more 'open' a data format is, the easier it is to use.
Which data formats are the most 'open' and therefore most usable for the distribution of Open Data when taking the following types in consideration?:
* raster data (I'm thinking: GeoTIFF, Erdas Imagine IMG?)
* vector data (I'm thinking: GML, CSV, ESRI Shapefile, DXF?)
* tabular data (I'm thinking: CSV?)
* 3D data (I'm thinking: CityGML?)
* 3D point coulds / LIDAR (I'm thinking: LAS?)
* am I forgetting something here?
Also, if there is documentation about open data formats I'm very interested if you would like to share. | 2013/07/01 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/64909",
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] | The city of Vienna's open data initiative (<http://data.wien.gv.at>) uses Geoserver to provide access to raster and vector geodata via Geoserver **WMS and WFS** services. This has many advantages: Users can download data in different formats for offline use (e.g. geojson, KML, or zipped Shapefiles) or use the services live by embedding them in online maps or GIS projects. | I would say:
* Shapefiles or GML for vector data
* .obj-Files for 3D models
* .xyz (simple CSV) for point clouds
* CSV for tabular data
* GeoTIFF for raster data
These formats are easily readable by Open Source Software and are easily transformable to any other format needed for specific applications.
Also +1 for making data open! |
64,909 | What are the pros and cons of different data formats (performance, file size, etc.) when considering open data distribution?
Our organisation wants to publish data as open data. However, there is no clear idea on which data formats to use. Ofcourse, the more 'open' a data format is, the easier it is to use.
Which data formats are the most 'open' and therefore most usable for the distribution of Open Data when taking the following types in consideration?:
* raster data (I'm thinking: GeoTIFF, Erdas Imagine IMG?)
* vector data (I'm thinking: GML, CSV, ESRI Shapefile, DXF?)
* tabular data (I'm thinking: CSV?)
* 3D data (I'm thinking: CityGML?)
* 3D point coulds / LIDAR (I'm thinking: LAS?)
* am I forgetting something here?
Also, if there is documentation about open data formats I'm very interested if you would like to share. | 2013/07/01 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/64909",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/10132/"
] | For tabular csv. Excel is at best overly complicated and at worst totally inaccessible. Access is not accessible and PDF is a slap in the face.
For geospatial use geojson, it's text it's well supported and doesn't have the technical restrictions that the only other viable format (shapefile) has. Also unless you have a very good reason it should be in WGS84, bearing in mind that most users will be in another state and will not want state plane. | I would say:
* Shapefiles or GML for vector data
* .obj-Files for 3D models
* .xyz (simple CSV) for point clouds
* CSV for tabular data
* GeoTIFF for raster data
These formats are easily readable by Open Source Software and are easily transformable to any other format needed for specific applications.
Also +1 for making data open! |
27,558 | In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrations.
This voice sounds alien, imperial, and metallic. In order to represent this, I'm currently using a different font. (Specifically Kino MT.)
I do something similar with a group that constantly wear helmets that filter out certain wavelengths of sound, and use the 'Cracked' font.
They also sometimes speak in an imperial dialect which I represent with angle brackets.
Is this just going to reek of tacky amateurishness and such? | 2017/04/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/27558",
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] | This is generally inadvisable (which is not to say that it is not done sometimes). The reason it is inadvisable is that every artform has its palette, its set of devices and conventions by which it tells its story. Mastering any art form is about learning how to tell the story within the confines of that palette.
One of the limits of the prose palette is that is does not support sound effects. You can describe sounds with words, but you cannot reproduce them.
One of the limits of the movie palette is that you cannot describe sounds, you can only make them. This means that all sounds in a movie are presented literally, and that it is impractical to present sounds that are injurious or painful to humans. (Movies have to fake this by using non-painful sounds and having the actors writhe dramatically -- something every third Star Trek episode seemed to indulge in.) Prose, by contrast can describe sound by metaphor, suggesting a far richer experience than a mere speaker can produce.
So, you treat sound differently in prose and on video.
What you are proposing is to represent sound through a font change. This is not part of the common palette of prose, so reader will not know what to make of it. This will tend to pull them out of the story world to ponder the meaning of your typography. But more importantly, there are other, richer, and more conventional ways to handle this in prose.
You can describe the nature of the sound the first time it is heard, but if you really want to make a voice distinctive in prose, your best tools are distinct diction and distinct message (what is said, and the words chosen).
Don't try to extend the palette of prose; try to become a master of the whole of the existing palette. It is more than adequate for any story you might wish to tell. | As noted above, "generally inadvisable" is on the mark.
However, if you consider your book to be more along the lines of entertainment, than along the lines of literature, you might do it. Really, the choice is yours.
Think of it this way: If you show up for a job interview, you dress in accordance with expectations. Same with books.
I write this not as a reviewer or publsher, but as someone who has browsed many books on the library shelves, always fiction, not necessarily in a genre that appeals to me. Although books with prominent decorative elements (including styled text) are uncommon, they are occasionally seen among recently-issued popular books, probably because those books are intended to appeal to the "soon to be a movie or TV show" market. |
27,558 | In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrations.
This voice sounds alien, imperial, and metallic. In order to represent this, I'm currently using a different font. (Specifically Kino MT.)
I do something similar with a group that constantly wear helmets that filter out certain wavelengths of sound, and use the 'Cracked' font.
They also sometimes speak in an imperial dialect which I represent with angle brackets.
Is this just going to reek of tacky amateurishness and such? | 2017/04/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/27558",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/23486/"
] | This is generally inadvisable (which is not to say that it is not done sometimes). The reason it is inadvisable is that every artform has its palette, its set of devices and conventions by which it tells its story. Mastering any art form is about learning how to tell the story within the confines of that palette.
One of the limits of the prose palette is that is does not support sound effects. You can describe sounds with words, but you cannot reproduce them.
One of the limits of the movie palette is that you cannot describe sounds, you can only make them. This means that all sounds in a movie are presented literally, and that it is impractical to present sounds that are injurious or painful to humans. (Movies have to fake this by using non-painful sounds and having the actors writhe dramatically -- something every third Star Trek episode seemed to indulge in.) Prose, by contrast can describe sound by metaphor, suggesting a far richer experience than a mere speaker can produce.
So, you treat sound differently in prose and on video.
What you are proposing is to represent sound through a font change. This is not part of the common palette of prose, so reader will not know what to make of it. This will tend to pull them out of the story world to ponder the meaning of your typography. But more importantly, there are other, richer, and more conventional ways to handle this in prose.
You can describe the nature of the sound the first time it is heard, but if you really want to make a voice distinctive in prose, your best tools are distinct diction and distinct message (what is said, and the words chosen).
Don't try to extend the palette of prose; try to become a master of the whole of the existing palette. It is more than adequate for any story you might wish to tell. | In my humble opinion, don't.
You'd have to explain what the different fonts mean. You can't expect the reader to guess. Perhaps that could be done smoothly. If I was reading a story I'd find it rather jarring, tearing me out of immersion in the story, if there was a note in the middle of the story that said, "When I use this font it means ..." That's breaking the fourth wall. Okay, maybe you could slip it in more subtly. Like the first time you use it you say, "Then the dictator spoke by blah blah" and then give the text in this different font and the user should get it.
How many different fonts are you thinking of using, and how distinctive are they? Readers will have to be able to instantly distinguish the different fonts and remember what they mean. You may say, "Well obviously this is Garamond and that's Times Roman", but that may not be so obvious to a reader who isn't much interested in fonts.
I'd guess publishers would not appreciate the extra expense for typesetting and proof-reading.
I've read a few stories where they used different fonts for different types of speech, or a different font for voice versus telepathy, or humans versus robots, or whatever. Generally I've just found it gimmicky and distracting. |
27,558 | In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrations.
This voice sounds alien, imperial, and metallic. In order to represent this, I'm currently using a different font. (Specifically Kino MT.)
I do something similar with a group that constantly wear helmets that filter out certain wavelengths of sound, and use the 'Cracked' font.
They also sometimes speak in an imperial dialect which I represent with angle brackets.
Is this just going to reek of tacky amateurishness and such? | 2017/04/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/27558",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/23486/"
] | This is generally inadvisable (which is not to say that it is not done sometimes). The reason it is inadvisable is that every artform has its palette, its set of devices and conventions by which it tells its story. Mastering any art form is about learning how to tell the story within the confines of that palette.
One of the limits of the prose palette is that is does not support sound effects. You can describe sounds with words, but you cannot reproduce them.
One of the limits of the movie palette is that you cannot describe sounds, you can only make them. This means that all sounds in a movie are presented literally, and that it is impractical to present sounds that are injurious or painful to humans. (Movies have to fake this by using non-painful sounds and having the actors writhe dramatically -- something every third Star Trek episode seemed to indulge in.) Prose, by contrast can describe sound by metaphor, suggesting a far richer experience than a mere speaker can produce.
So, you treat sound differently in prose and on video.
What you are proposing is to represent sound through a font change. This is not part of the common palette of prose, so reader will not know what to make of it. This will tend to pull them out of the story world to ponder the meaning of your typography. But more importantly, there are other, richer, and more conventional ways to handle this in prose.
You can describe the nature of the sound the first time it is heard, but if you really want to make a voice distinctive in prose, your best tools are distinct diction and distinct message (what is said, and the words chosen).
Don't try to extend the palette of prose; try to become a master of the whole of the existing palette. It is more than adequate for any story you might wish to tell. | I'm neither a full-blow writer (yet) nor professional reviewer, but as an avid reader and a lover of all good stories, I do have a couple of thoughts on this...
First off, many people do hold that, as another answer-er has already noted, certain elements of art should be reserved to their prospective fields. And to an extent, I do agree with this. C. S. Lewis of *Chronicles of Narnia* fame thought this way, as he explains in the preface to his work, *Mere Christianity*. This book first came to being as a series of radio talks he did for the BBC during the time of WWII, then eventually collected together and published as separate mini-books on the topic of Christian Apologetics. However, he later came back and re-published the whole set together as one book, making a handful of changes here and there where he thought they were needed. One of the main things he had changed was the way in which he emphasized certain words. In the first publication, he had *italicized* words where he had added extra emphasis in the radio talk, yet in the second publication he removed this trend. He felt that it mixed the two art forms together, and that there were move appropriate ways to achieve the same effect, yet still retain the proper identities of the individual art forms. A speaker must use volume and enunciation to put emphasis on his words, whereas a writer may play around with the construction of the sentence and surrounding words to get that result.
On the other hand, one of my favorite fantasy authors, Wayne Thomas Batson, employs a technique similar to what you are describing in several of his works. In his *The Berinfell Prophecies* series, whenever characters are reading from an ancient and somewhat "magical" set of histories that come alive by touching the text, the font and color of the pages changes slightly to signify it. However, it should be noted that he does not rely on this effect alone; the style and tone of the writing, as well as the style of the characters' dialog, changes slightly as well to help signify the change in narrators, as the visual effect is only in the print version of the series, and does not appear in the ebook format. Batson also employs this effect in his series, *The Door Within*, where the text in certain places has a colored sheen to it to match the overall color theme of that particular book. Once again, this only occurs in certain versions of the book, and is not relied on to convey much meaning or significance. Instead, it's used more as a extra special effect to make the books have that extra "cool factor", as they are mainly intended for and read by younger audiences (middle school to mid-teen ages). When I first read through this series, I thought it was amazing they had used ink like that, where if you turn it towards the light you can see the color, but if you're in a darker area it simply appears as regular, run-of-the-mill, black ink. To me, it caused the experience to be much more unique, and also meant a lot to me that someone went through the effort of adding that detail. But when I got to the third book, I ended up reading a different edition than I had the first two, and though I did miss the cool ink, the lack of it didn't harm the story or its impact on me in any way, as I soon was fully immersed in the world again and had all-but forgotten the absence of the color.
This response has gotten pretty long and rambly, but hopefully it's been helpful to someone. In the end, I would probably say that if you wanted to add an effect such as this to your story, it might add a neat twist and make book stand out a bit in readers' minds. On the other hand, make sure that if you do use it, don't rely on it too heavily, but instead compose your work first, make sure it stands solidly on its own with no extra "special effects", then add those neat touches in later as an added bonus. |
27,558 | In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrations.
This voice sounds alien, imperial, and metallic. In order to represent this, I'm currently using a different font. (Specifically Kino MT.)
I do something similar with a group that constantly wear helmets that filter out certain wavelengths of sound, and use the 'Cracked' font.
They also sometimes speak in an imperial dialect which I represent with angle brackets.
Is this just going to reek of tacky amateurishness and such? | 2017/04/15 | [
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Conventional wisdom says not to play 'games' with typography (until/unless one is a big-name author), but that convention is based back in the history/technology/economics of movable type and printing presses. However, if we write and read primarily on screens, (thus freed from the constraints of paper and printing processes), we can do it differently -- if (and *only* if) the changes tell the story to the intended audience sufficiently better. So much so that the readers' approval is evident to the current gatekeepers.
That said, conventions change with the technology and reader expectations/enjoyment. If using different fonts, italics, bold or punctuation unconventionally tells stories more effectively, I think that will *eventually* win out. At present, the expectations of agents, editors and publishers are the gatekeepers, but those gates aren't locked -- and effective storytelling is the key.
Two examples of interest: In *Startide Rising*, author David Brin used a variety of typographic signs (uppercase, paired punctuation marks such as '::') to indicate alien/telepathic 'speech.' It was his second novel published, and won the Hugo award.
In *The Stars My Destination*, Alfred Bester uses some interesting language-on-paper techniques to convey synesthesia (a scrambling between senses.) Most serious fans consider it one of his best books.
Your mileage may vary; I'm hoping the conventions evolve. | As noted above, "generally inadvisable" is on the mark.
However, if you consider your book to be more along the lines of entertainment, than along the lines of literature, you might do it. Really, the choice is yours.
Think of it this way: If you show up for a job interview, you dress in accordance with expectations. Same with books.
I write this not as a reviewer or publsher, but as someone who has browsed many books on the library shelves, always fiction, not necessarily in a genre that appeals to me. Although books with prominent decorative elements (including styled text) are uncommon, they are occasionally seen among recently-issued popular books, probably because those books are intended to appeal to the "soon to be a movie or TV show" market. |
27,558 | In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrations.
This voice sounds alien, imperial, and metallic. In order to represent this, I'm currently using a different font. (Specifically Kino MT.)
I do something similar with a group that constantly wear helmets that filter out certain wavelengths of sound, and use the 'Cracked' font.
They also sometimes speak in an imperial dialect which I represent with angle brackets.
Is this just going to reek of tacky amateurishness and such? | 2017/04/15 | [
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Conventional wisdom says not to play 'games' with typography (until/unless one is a big-name author), but that convention is based back in the history/technology/economics of movable type and printing presses. However, if we write and read primarily on screens, (thus freed from the constraints of paper and printing processes), we can do it differently -- if (and *only* if) the changes tell the story to the intended audience sufficiently better. So much so that the readers' approval is evident to the current gatekeepers.
That said, conventions change with the technology and reader expectations/enjoyment. If using different fonts, italics, bold or punctuation unconventionally tells stories more effectively, I think that will *eventually* win out. At present, the expectations of agents, editors and publishers are the gatekeepers, but those gates aren't locked -- and effective storytelling is the key.
Two examples of interest: In *Startide Rising*, author David Brin used a variety of typographic signs (uppercase, paired punctuation marks such as '::') to indicate alien/telepathic 'speech.' It was his second novel published, and won the Hugo award.
In *The Stars My Destination*, Alfred Bester uses some interesting language-on-paper techniques to convey synesthesia (a scrambling between senses.) Most serious fans consider it one of his best books.
Your mileage may vary; I'm hoping the conventions evolve. | In my humble opinion, don't.
You'd have to explain what the different fonts mean. You can't expect the reader to guess. Perhaps that could be done smoothly. If I was reading a story I'd find it rather jarring, tearing me out of immersion in the story, if there was a note in the middle of the story that said, "When I use this font it means ..." That's breaking the fourth wall. Okay, maybe you could slip it in more subtly. Like the first time you use it you say, "Then the dictator spoke by blah blah" and then give the text in this different font and the user should get it.
How many different fonts are you thinking of using, and how distinctive are they? Readers will have to be able to instantly distinguish the different fonts and remember what they mean. You may say, "Well obviously this is Garamond and that's Times Roman", but that may not be so obvious to a reader who isn't much interested in fonts.
I'd guess publishers would not appreciate the extra expense for typesetting and proof-reading.
I've read a few stories where they used different fonts for different types of speech, or a different font for voice versus telepathy, or humans versus robots, or whatever. Generally I've just found it gimmicky and distracting. |
27,558 | In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrations.
This voice sounds alien, imperial, and metallic. In order to represent this, I'm currently using a different font. (Specifically Kino MT.)
I do something similar with a group that constantly wear helmets that filter out certain wavelengths of sound, and use the 'Cracked' font.
They also sometimes speak in an imperial dialect which I represent with angle brackets.
Is this just going to reek of tacky amateurishness and such? | 2017/04/15 | [
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Conventional wisdom says not to play 'games' with typography (until/unless one is a big-name author), but that convention is based back in the history/technology/economics of movable type and printing presses. However, if we write and read primarily on screens, (thus freed from the constraints of paper and printing processes), we can do it differently -- if (and *only* if) the changes tell the story to the intended audience sufficiently better. So much so that the readers' approval is evident to the current gatekeepers.
That said, conventions change with the technology and reader expectations/enjoyment. If using different fonts, italics, bold or punctuation unconventionally tells stories more effectively, I think that will *eventually* win out. At present, the expectations of agents, editors and publishers are the gatekeepers, but those gates aren't locked -- and effective storytelling is the key.
Two examples of interest: In *Startide Rising*, author David Brin used a variety of typographic signs (uppercase, paired punctuation marks such as '::') to indicate alien/telepathic 'speech.' It was his second novel published, and won the Hugo award.
In *The Stars My Destination*, Alfred Bester uses some interesting language-on-paper techniques to convey synesthesia (a scrambling between senses.) Most serious fans consider it one of his best books.
Your mileage may vary; I'm hoping the conventions evolve. | I'm neither a full-blow writer (yet) nor professional reviewer, but as an avid reader and a lover of all good stories, I do have a couple of thoughts on this...
First off, many people do hold that, as another answer-er has already noted, certain elements of art should be reserved to their prospective fields. And to an extent, I do agree with this. C. S. Lewis of *Chronicles of Narnia* fame thought this way, as he explains in the preface to his work, *Mere Christianity*. This book first came to being as a series of radio talks he did for the BBC during the time of WWII, then eventually collected together and published as separate mini-books on the topic of Christian Apologetics. However, he later came back and re-published the whole set together as one book, making a handful of changes here and there where he thought they were needed. One of the main things he had changed was the way in which he emphasized certain words. In the first publication, he had *italicized* words where he had added extra emphasis in the radio talk, yet in the second publication he removed this trend. He felt that it mixed the two art forms together, and that there were move appropriate ways to achieve the same effect, yet still retain the proper identities of the individual art forms. A speaker must use volume and enunciation to put emphasis on his words, whereas a writer may play around with the construction of the sentence and surrounding words to get that result.
On the other hand, one of my favorite fantasy authors, Wayne Thomas Batson, employs a technique similar to what you are describing in several of his works. In his *The Berinfell Prophecies* series, whenever characters are reading from an ancient and somewhat "magical" set of histories that come alive by touching the text, the font and color of the pages changes slightly to signify it. However, it should be noted that he does not rely on this effect alone; the style and tone of the writing, as well as the style of the characters' dialog, changes slightly as well to help signify the change in narrators, as the visual effect is only in the print version of the series, and does not appear in the ebook format. Batson also employs this effect in his series, *The Door Within*, where the text in certain places has a colored sheen to it to match the overall color theme of that particular book. Once again, this only occurs in certain versions of the book, and is not relied on to convey much meaning or significance. Instead, it's used more as a extra special effect to make the books have that extra "cool factor", as they are mainly intended for and read by younger audiences (middle school to mid-teen ages). When I first read through this series, I thought it was amazing they had used ink like that, where if you turn it towards the light you can see the color, but if you're in a darker area it simply appears as regular, run-of-the-mill, black ink. To me, it caused the experience to be much more unique, and also meant a lot to me that someone went through the effort of adding that detail. But when I got to the third book, I ended up reading a different edition than I had the first two, and though I did miss the cool ink, the lack of it didn't harm the story or its impact on me in any way, as I soon was fully immersed in the world again and had all-but forgotten the absence of the color.
This response has gotten pretty long and rambly, but hopefully it's been helpful to someone. In the end, I would probably say that if you wanted to add an effect such as this to your story, it might add a neat twist and make book stand out a bit in readers' minds. On the other hand, make sure that if you do use it, don't rely on it too heavily, but instead compose your work first, make sure it stands solidly on its own with no extra "special effects", then add those neat touches in later as an added bonus. |
175,433 | Is there any way to have a [Decanter of Endless Water](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/decanter-of-endless-water) pour out other drinkable liquids? If so, how could I get one? It seems reasonable to me as a possibility. If not how might you go about modifying a decanter of endless water to do so? | 2020/09/15 | [
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There is nothing in the way of detailed lore behind the Decanter of Endless Water, so it is entirely up to the DM what this looks like in their world - they may choose to create a Decanter of Endless Whisky if they wish. But, there does exist a canonical alternative.
The [Alchemy Jug](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/alchemy-jug) lacks the volume capabilities of the Decanter of endless water, but makes up for it in diversity.
The Alchemy Jug can produce acid, poison, beer, honey, mayonnaise, oil, vinegar, salt water, fresh water, and wine, at a rate of 2 gallons per minute in varying quantities, with a limit of 1 type of liquid per day.
Yes, [it can make mayonnaise](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/94262/why-is-mayo-in-the-alchemy-jug?r=SearchResults). | The Alchemy Jug (as mentioned above) would be closest, but also note that Hoard of the Dragon Queen p.74 contains a Tankard of Plenty.
>
> The Golden Tankard takes its name from a magic item that Raggnar found years ago: a golden stein decorated with dancing dwarves and grain patterns. This is a tankard of plenty. Speaking the command word (“Illefarn”) while grasping the handle fills the tankard with three pints of rich dwarven ale. This power can be used up to three times per day.
>
>
>
For lore/historical reference, this is similar to the Everfull Mug from 3.5e's Magic Item Compendium, p.160, which was possibly related to AD&D's Mug of Plenty (Encyclopedia Magica). |
175,433 | Is there any way to have a [Decanter of Endless Water](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/decanter-of-endless-water) pour out other drinkable liquids? If so, how could I get one? It seems reasonable to me as a possibility. If not how might you go about modifying a decanter of endless water to do so? | 2020/09/15 | [
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------------------
Technically, the rulebooks have no Decanter of Endless (Insert any liquid here) among the plethora of items Wizards presents us with, however that doesn't mean that is impossible. In the DMG, in Chapter 9: Dungeon Master's Workshop on page 284, we are presented with the "Modifying An Item" section, which, since I am not going to quote the whole section, suggests three types of changes: Cosmetic, Property, and Fusing Items. I'd say your thing would fit under the property section, where it gives examples like changing an object's damage type or effect. As a player, this is off-limits. Speak to your DM, and they might allow it.**The Rules are guidelines, rather than rules. It's up to the individual DM to decide how much they want to stick to them. ;)**
Otherwise I'd agree with Thomas and say Alchemy Jug is your best bet. | The Alchemy Jug (as mentioned above) would be closest, but also note that Hoard of the Dragon Queen p.74 contains a Tankard of Plenty.
>
> The Golden Tankard takes its name from a magic item that Raggnar found years ago: a golden stein decorated with dancing dwarves and grain patterns. This is a tankard of plenty. Speaking the command word (“Illefarn”) while grasping the handle fills the tankard with three pints of rich dwarven ale. This power can be used up to three times per day.
>
>
>
For lore/historical reference, this is similar to the Everfull Mug from 3.5e's Magic Item Compendium, p.160, which was possibly related to AD&D's Mug of Plenty (Encyclopedia Magica). |
175,433 | Is there any way to have a [Decanter of Endless Water](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/decanter-of-endless-water) pour out other drinkable liquids? If so, how could I get one? It seems reasonable to me as a possibility. If not how might you go about modifying a decanter of endless water to do so? | 2020/09/15 | [
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>
> The Golden Tankard takes its name from a magic item that Raggnar found years ago: a golden stein decorated with dancing dwarves and grain patterns. This is a tankard of plenty. Speaking the command word (“Illefarn”) while grasping the handle fills the tankard with three pints of rich dwarven ale. This power can be used up to three times per day.
>
>
>
For lore/historical reference, this is similar to the Everfull Mug from 3.5e's Magic Item Compendium, p.160, which was possibly related to AD&D's Mug of Plenty (Encyclopedia Magica). |
228,255 | Say I have one old and one new bike.
Should I write:
>
> Both the old and the new bike should be there.
>
>
>
or
>
> Both the old and the new bike**s** should be there.
>
>
> | 2019/10/22 | [
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The second is less specific: you have a mixture of old and new bikes. | >
> **Both the old bike and the new bike should be there**.
>
>
>
**The old bike** is singular
**The new book is singular**
So the old bike and the new bike are plural and mean one old book and one new book.
So the above sentence is correct.
If you say :
>
> **Both the old and the new bikes**, it means some old bikes and some new bikes.
>
>
>
It is not what you intended to say |
261,535 | I have a bathroom faucet with wide set taps made by who knows?
They are all messed up and I need to swap them out. But I simply have not been able to figure out how to remove the taps. The taps are metal with side levers like so:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JXQFs.jpg)
They have a vertical set screw and with some WD40 and a lot of swearing, I managed to get the set screw out and pull the main tap handle off. But now I have a wide piece that I don't know how to remove to pull through from the bottom:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tmi3s.jpg)
Conversely, on the bottom, there was a plastic nut, which I loosened as far as it would go, but that didn't free it, because it's screwed onto a t-shaped piece (you'll see that the plastic nut has been loosened as far as it will go, but cannot be removed). So I can't pull the copper T up to remove the tap either:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e1vnb.jpg)
I'm at my wits end. Can anyone tell me how to get this thing off? | 2022/11/30 | [
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] | If you aren't keeping the faucet then half the time it is easier to pull out the grinder and just cut it till it will fall through.
You have to be careful as you reach the porcelain but generally a grinder, a metal cutting disc and a screw driver to crack the pieces apart works wonders for old faucets.
You can spend a lot of time trying to pull them apart and if they are going in the trash then grinding through them is quicker and more fun. | Remove the hoses from the "T-shaped piece" and unscrew it.
Then smack the exposed end with a mallet, upwards, if it hasn't come loose by itself at that point. |
261,535 | I have a bathroom faucet with wide set taps made by who knows?
They are all messed up and I need to swap them out. But I simply have not been able to figure out how to remove the taps. The taps are metal with side levers like so:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JXQFs.jpg)
They have a vertical set screw and with some WD40 and a lot of swearing, I managed to get the set screw out and pull the main tap handle off. But now I have a wide piece that I don't know how to remove to pull through from the bottom:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tmi3s.jpg)
Conversely, on the bottom, there was a plastic nut, which I loosened as far as it would go, but that didn't free it, because it's screwed onto a t-shaped piece (you'll see that the plastic nut has been loosened as far as it will go, but cannot be removed). So I can't pull the copper T up to remove the tap either:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e1vnb.jpg)
I'm at my wits end. Can anyone tell me how to get this thing off? | 2022/11/30 | [
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Fist look it there is a pin here to pull out.
Then use correct size toll and unscrew the nut (marked with yellow lines) that is holding the ring down.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1nxRP.jpg) | Remove the hoses from the "T-shaped piece" and unscrew it.
Then smack the exposed end with a mallet, upwards, if it hasn't come loose by itself at that point. |
6,961 | I'm trying to accurately describe a person who acts in one way and does another but knowingly and openly accepts that his actions also include him in the same group he criticizes.
This differs from a hypocrite who condemns those who perform an action but justifies his own actions by unrelated means and does not accept he is a part of that group.
Does such a word exist or is there a better way of describing such a person?
[Merriam-Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite?show=0&t=1292603911) defines a hypocrite as a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings. | 2010/12/17 | [
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>
> I am a prophet, not a saint.
>
>
>
A *prophet* is one who comes to the world to give us a message. Here it refers to how he criticizes others for their wrongdoings.
A *saint* is one who does good things. Here it refers to how he does the same bad thing that he criticizes others for. | If you don't mind using a Biblical allusion which may not be immediately obvious to your audience, you could go with *whitewashed tomb*. |
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