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114,499 | It sounds like a silly question, but it caused *way* more discussion the other night in my Adventurer's league game than I'd care to admit...
In 5e, the prone condition is described as:
>
> A prone creature’s only movement option is to crawl, unless it stands
> up and thereby ends the condition.
>
>
>
A snake's only option is to crawl, and isn't capable of standing, as it has no limbs.
**Is a snake (or snake-like creature) considered constantly prone?**
**If not, can such a creature be knocked prone?** | 2018/01/30 | [
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] | As mentioned in other answers, the *Monster Manual* generally states when a creature is immune to a certain condition, such as *prone*.
Therefore, since this is not the case for the snake, it isn't considered to be immune to the *prone* condition.
Also, to address the *first* part of your question - **no, a snake is not considered prone all the time**, otherwise this would be explicitly stated, judging by my experience of 5e's approach to rules.
I get your confusion as to how a "prone" snake would be any different from the normal body position of a snake, so I did a little google research (basically, I just typed in "d&d snake prone") and stumbled upon [this reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/5zj17s/5esilly_question_is_a_snake_on_the_ground/), which targets pretty much the same issue you had. The first answer states the following (emphasis mine):
>
> I would argue the the intention of 'prone' is that the creature is in an **awkward position** in which it is not accustomed to moving or defending itself. A snake lives most of its life flat on the ground, so that is its normal state, and I would not impose the usual prone status.
>
> However, **if the snake were to be flipped over, this would be unusual for the snake**, and it would need to take time to roll itself over. Prone would apply in that case.
>
>
>
So, for the purpose of imagining a "prone" snake, I suggest treating a snake with the *prone* condition as described by [DigitalSoul247](https://www.reddit.com/user/DigitalSoul247) in the quoted paragraph above. | The snakes prone position is going to indicate they are laid out and not in a position to coil and strike easily. If a snake is in a forced prone position that means they would not have the ability to easily get into a striking position.
If a snake is knocked prone then they would need to [spend half of their movement to get into a striking position](https://crobi.github.io/dnd5e-quickref/preview/quickref.html) the next round, or suffer the penalties of remaining prone including reduced movement.
As a house rule I would treat any moving snake as prone, and only require the movement penalty as the result of their movement being intercepted or using double move for full distance. A snake in normal unchallenged movement(IE not moving out of challenge range and provoking an successful attack of opportunity). Would not need to spend the movement to coil, and I would treat any snake not so challenged to have finished their round in an upright coiled position. This is because of the way the game mechanics work not because of a reality situation. |
114,499 | It sounds like a silly question, but it caused *way* more discussion the other night in my Adventurer's league game than I'd care to admit...
In 5e, the prone condition is described as:
>
> A prone creature’s only movement option is to crawl, unless it stands
> up and thereby ends the condition.
>
>
>
A snake's only option is to crawl, and isn't capable of standing, as it has no limbs.
**Is a snake (or snake-like creature) considered constantly prone?**
**If not, can such a creature be knocked prone?** | 2018/01/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/114499",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/27787/"
] | As mentioned in other answers, the *Monster Manual* generally states when a creature is immune to a certain condition, such as *prone*.
Therefore, since this is not the case for the snake, it isn't considered to be immune to the *prone* condition.
Also, to address the *first* part of your question - **no, a snake is not considered prone all the time**, otherwise this would be explicitly stated, judging by my experience of 5e's approach to rules.
I get your confusion as to how a "prone" snake would be any different from the normal body position of a snake, so I did a little google research (basically, I just typed in "d&d snake prone") and stumbled upon [this reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/5zj17s/5esilly_question_is_a_snake_on_the_ground/), which targets pretty much the same issue you had. The first answer states the following (emphasis mine):
>
> I would argue the the intention of 'prone' is that the creature is in an **awkward position** in which it is not accustomed to moving or defending itself. A snake lives most of its life flat on the ground, so that is its normal state, and I would not impose the usual prone status.
>
> However, **if the snake were to be flipped over, this would be unusual for the snake**, and it would need to take time to roll itself over. Prone would apply in that case.
>
>
>
So, for the purpose of imagining a "prone" snake, I suggest treating a snake with the *prone* condition as described by [DigitalSoul247](https://www.reddit.com/user/DigitalSoul247) in the quoted paragraph above. | 5e defines prone, and it aligns with the definition of prone in English. 5e is written in English.
In both 3e and 4e, you are supposed to treat keywords as magic tokens and mostly ignore what they mean in English. In 4e they even gave this advice explicitly in the rules text.
This is not how 5e is written. 5e is, first and foremost, an English text.
Snakes are already prone. Making them "more prone" is nonsense. Applying the prone condition to a creature that is already prone does nothing. Well, if the "snake" had wings, I would probably make it fall, as knocking things prone in 5e also knocks (non-hovering) creatures out of the sky. But its new state (prone) would be the same as the old one (prone).
It is consistent to invent a definition of "Prone" that isn't the English word "prone", but there is no huge balance effect here, nor is there a need to do so. Use common sense, and double check it to ensure it doesn't break the game part of the game.
5e, unlike 4e, doesn't have explicit fluff distinct from rules text. The fact that knocking a creature prone actually makes them prone is part of the rules text, it is not fluff you are supposed to ignore.
Similarly the creature is "snake", not "creature with these game statistics with the word 'snake' taped to it". The 5e rules are some of the rules how to *model* the snake in the 5e combat engine, it doesn't mean you should ignore the fact the we are talking about a snake. |
74,396 | My room is in the basement and for some reason my nose gets really stuffy when I stay in my room for long periods of time.
I have a dehumidifier: what would be a good humidity level to keep the room? Some days it is really hot down here and some days it's nice and cool depending on the weather. | 2015/09/11 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/74396",
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] | There is no one appropriate humidity level. In the dry, cold north household humidity must be below 20% during certain weather to prevent massive condensation on windows, which can result in damage. Here's a chart showing approximate levels for different outside temperatures:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ba26S.jpg)
[Read more](http://www.livingwithmyhome.com/201-home-tips/pillar-to-post-high-humidity.aspx)
I agree with the comments above indicating that you likely have an allergen issue. Moisture alone doesn't typically result in respiratory distress. Lack of moisture can certainly be irritating, however. | To help prevent mold I would keep the humidity level below 60%. [enter link description here](https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/7871/what-humidity-should-i-set-my-dehumidifier-to) As for your runny nose, as people have commented that it could be a mold allergy. I would suggest getting your basement tested for mold. I've seen test kits at home improvement stores, but I've not used them before so I can't attest to their effectiveness. Another thing you might want to do is clean out your dehumidifier. They tend to get pretty nasty over time and might a source of your mold. Generally, they need to be cleaned out once a year and in some case more often.
Another trick that worked for me to reduce humidity in my basement is to put plastic over the basement windows. In the Northern part of the USA, during winter time it's common to find these plastic window kits. The plastic sheets go over your windows with double sided taped. Once attached, you tighten them up with a hair dryer. The idea is to prevent drafts that get past poorly sealed windows. In the basement I've left them on all year round, and I've noticed a 10% reduction in humidity. That might save you some energy from having the dehumidifier as much. |
19,171 | I was wondering if there is a term for the non-linear narrative technique used by the TV series *Arrow*. That is, flashbacks from the past feed into the story line going on in the present.
I'm thinking about using this technique and would like to make a study of other stories that have succeeded using this technique. | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/19171",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't think there's a name for the technique aside from nonlinear storytelling or nonlinear narrative. A story is "nonlinear" when it's not told in the order in which events occur, but the for a story to be truly nonlinear, we should be talking about a structure more complex than just a flashback or a framing story set in a different time. ("So," she said, putting her drink down, "this is what happened that day last week...")
The technique of presenting a story to the reader out of order can be difficult and it can be confusing. Used well, it can enhance a story significantly; the reader is shown events in the order that the author decides will enhance them. It allows the story to be constructed without the straightjacket of linear cause-and-effect, but the cost of that is increased complexity in plotting and keeping track of story elements. Character development can also be tricker: A character could be seasoned in one scene, naive and untried in the next.
Good uses of the technique:
* **Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind** uses a non-linear technique to simulate the confusion of one of the characters, who literally knows no more than the audience despite her having lived through events; the other protagonist is reasserting his love for her at the same time. This gives the audience an opportunity to sympathize with both of them (although there are creepy, disturbing undertones to the process).
* **8 1/2** can also be seen as an example of a related technique: *in medias res*, where the story starts in the middle of the action, often in the middle of an exciting scene. The film is a series of flashbacks, some real and some not; all from the viewpoint of an *auteur* working on his next film. We get a glimpse into a brilliantly creative but disturbed and unsettled mind.
* **Slaughterhouse Five** has a character literally living his life out of order. Kurt Vonnegut once said: [Start as close to the end as possible](https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/04/03/kurt-vonnegut-on-writing-stories/), and this book is a good demonstration of the technique. The technique here gives us a sense of helpless inevitability, partially due to the author tying scenes to actual, historical events in World War II.
It's important to not allow a nonlinear story become simply a chaotic one. Note that all of the examples above are by creators with a strong personal style. A tale that's not told in order can be unified by strong characters, strong themes, or both. The reader has to trust the writer for a nonlinear technique to work, so it's important to foster a sense of immediate gratification in the audience. For example, the prologue in "Pulp Fiction" is a small, fun self-contained story with interesting characters, serving as an example of the entire film in microcosm. | If you are planning on moving linearly through 2 points on the timeline, I'd call it "parallel plotting" or similar. But I don't recall anyone in grad school officially naming this kind of approach. |
19,171 | I was wondering if there is a term for the non-linear narrative technique used by the TV series *Arrow*. That is, flashbacks from the past feed into the story line going on in the present.
I'm thinking about using this technique and would like to make a study of other stories that have succeeded using this technique. | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/19171",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/15366/"
] | I don't think there's a name for the technique aside from nonlinear storytelling or nonlinear narrative. A story is "nonlinear" when it's not told in the order in which events occur, but the for a story to be truly nonlinear, we should be talking about a structure more complex than just a flashback or a framing story set in a different time. ("So," she said, putting her drink down, "this is what happened that day last week...")
The technique of presenting a story to the reader out of order can be difficult and it can be confusing. Used well, it can enhance a story significantly; the reader is shown events in the order that the author decides will enhance them. It allows the story to be constructed without the straightjacket of linear cause-and-effect, but the cost of that is increased complexity in plotting and keeping track of story elements. Character development can also be tricker: A character could be seasoned in one scene, naive and untried in the next.
Good uses of the technique:
* **Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind** uses a non-linear technique to simulate the confusion of one of the characters, who literally knows no more than the audience despite her having lived through events; the other protagonist is reasserting his love for her at the same time. This gives the audience an opportunity to sympathize with both of them (although there are creepy, disturbing undertones to the process).
* **8 1/2** can also be seen as an example of a related technique: *in medias res*, where the story starts in the middle of the action, often in the middle of an exciting scene. The film is a series of flashbacks, some real and some not; all from the viewpoint of an *auteur* working on his next film. We get a glimpse into a brilliantly creative but disturbed and unsettled mind.
* **Slaughterhouse Five** has a character literally living his life out of order. Kurt Vonnegut once said: [Start as close to the end as possible](https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/04/03/kurt-vonnegut-on-writing-stories/), and this book is a good demonstration of the technique. The technique here gives us a sense of helpless inevitability, partially due to the author tying scenes to actual, historical events in World War II.
It's important to not allow a nonlinear story become simply a chaotic one. Note that all of the examples above are by creators with a strong personal style. A tale that's not told in order can be unified by strong characters, strong themes, or both. The reader has to trust the writer for a nonlinear technique to work, so it's important to foster a sense of immediate gratification in the audience. For example, the prologue in "Pulp Fiction" is a small, fun self-contained story with interesting characters, serving as an example of the entire film in microcosm. | Since none of us were able to come up with a name for this, I'm going to coin one: Paralinear narrative.
This will at least give us a place to hang other examples we find on. |
19,171 | I was wondering if there is a term for the non-linear narrative technique used by the TV series *Arrow*. That is, flashbacks from the past feed into the story line going on in the present.
I'm thinking about using this technique and would like to make a study of other stories that have succeeded using this technique. | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/19171",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/15366/"
] | I don't think there's a name for the technique aside from nonlinear storytelling or nonlinear narrative. A story is "nonlinear" when it's not told in the order in which events occur, but the for a story to be truly nonlinear, we should be talking about a structure more complex than just a flashback or a framing story set in a different time. ("So," she said, putting her drink down, "this is what happened that day last week...")
The technique of presenting a story to the reader out of order can be difficult and it can be confusing. Used well, it can enhance a story significantly; the reader is shown events in the order that the author decides will enhance them. It allows the story to be constructed without the straightjacket of linear cause-and-effect, but the cost of that is increased complexity in plotting and keeping track of story elements. Character development can also be tricker: A character could be seasoned in one scene, naive and untried in the next.
Good uses of the technique:
* **Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind** uses a non-linear technique to simulate the confusion of one of the characters, who literally knows no more than the audience despite her having lived through events; the other protagonist is reasserting his love for her at the same time. This gives the audience an opportunity to sympathize with both of them (although there are creepy, disturbing undertones to the process).
* **8 1/2** can also be seen as an example of a related technique: *in medias res*, where the story starts in the middle of the action, often in the middle of an exciting scene. The film is a series of flashbacks, some real and some not; all from the viewpoint of an *auteur* working on his next film. We get a glimpse into a brilliantly creative but disturbed and unsettled mind.
* **Slaughterhouse Five** has a character literally living his life out of order. Kurt Vonnegut once said: [Start as close to the end as possible](https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/04/03/kurt-vonnegut-on-writing-stories/), and this book is a good demonstration of the technique. The technique here gives us a sense of helpless inevitability, partially due to the author tying scenes to actual, historical events in World War II.
It's important to not allow a nonlinear story become simply a chaotic one. Note that all of the examples above are by creators with a strong personal style. A tale that's not told in order can be unified by strong characters, strong themes, or both. The reader has to trust the writer for a nonlinear technique to work, so it's important to foster a sense of immediate gratification in the audience. For example, the prologue in "Pulp Fiction" is a small, fun self-contained story with interesting characters, serving as an example of the entire film in microcosm. | "In Media Res" (literally "In the Middle of Things) would be a term used for any story that starts at some point in the plot that is not "ab ovo" (Trans: The beginning, Lit: From the Egg) and requires the readers to press forward in the narrative to find out what happened just prior to the beginning, while "ab ovo".
A work is said to be a "Non-Linear Narrative" if it relies on events occurring out of order. "Arrow" is speciffically listed on Wikipedia as an example of this form (sorry @Thom, the term exists).
It should be pointed out Non-Linear Narrative does not mean parallel. The novel (and film) "Holes" start "In Media Res" and the part of the story that is before the book begins are also "In Media Res" to two seperate events that could both be "Ob Ovo" as they introduce two historical characters that are unrelated to the plot (the main character's great-great grandfather, and Kate Barlow, who existed in two non-contemporaneously periods of history... the great-great grandfather is from early 1800s eastern Europe and Kate Barlow is from 1885 Texas.). Told linearly, the main story is the conclusion to two different beginning stories that have little bearing on either.
Similarly, Star Wars (aka a New Hope) starts "In Media Res" to two different "Ab Ova". The opening scene with the space fight is immediately "In Media Res" to the "Ab Ovo" of "Rogue One" which ends immediately before the opening of A New Hope, but as the first entry into the franchise, is also "In Media Res" to the Epic Serial of the Star Wars films. If one accepts A New Hope as a stand alone story, then it could be argued that its also an "Ab Ovo" story as well, since the film properly starts the story from the beginning (A long long time ago in a Galaxy far far away... *cue the John Williams*) and the briefest summation of events immediately prior to the film's visual start is presented in the opening crawl. While characters drop lines that hint that this is but one bit of history in a larger history of the story, that history is sufficiently filled in linearly when limited to watching just the one film. The references to the Imperial senate, the Clone Wars, and Jabba the Hutt, are not needed to understand the story that starts in Leia's ship and finishes with Han, Luke, and Chewbacca being decorated by Leia before the Rebel Alliance.
Televison will often have a unique form of "In Media Res" that also is not parallel. These stories start "In Media Res" with a shocking to the audience event and then will flash back immediately to the "Ob Ovo" of the story and progress linearly to the point of the "In Media Res" start, which is usually the conclusion of the story. In the Firefly episode "Trash", for example, the first scene is of Captain Mal, alone in the desert, naked as the day he was born, quipping, "Yeah, that went well." The scene flashes back and the story continues. Breaking Bad's pilot episode takes it one step forward: We open on Walter White driving the RV into a ditch, pulling off his enviromental suit and grabbing a gun, and walking outside the RV as sirens approach. We then cut to a flashback which builds the story to the opening "In Media Res" where the viewers learn the conclusion to the the cliffhanger start of the episode... is also a cliffhanger for the entire episode. The next episode opens with the real conclusion to the events of the first, which are that the sirens are from a fire truck responding to a fire further down the street and not the police Walter was fearing.
The TV series "Heroes" and "Doctor Who" both feature episodes that are both "ob ovo" and, "In Media Res" and Linear storytelling at the same time. It helps that in both series, time travel is possible. The easier one is Heroes, in which episode 2 opens immediately after Hiro teleports from Tokyo to Time Square, but the entire episode is non-linearly told. The audience, and Hiro, only learn this at the end of the episode, that Hiro "teleported" to New York in an instance from his perspective only. To the rest of the world, it took Hiro 6 months (as he is a time traveler and he accidentally jumped to the end of the season). It is linear in that we are shown the story as it progresses, but is non-linear as much of Hiro's story is told parellel to characters who are progressing linearly in Hiro's Past, and another Hiro from Five Years in the future tells one of theses "past" characters about a future disaster before the present Hiro even meets the other character... or even learns of the disaster.
Doctor Who has two characters who's love story is "ab Ovo" and "In Media Res" at the same time. The Doctor and the character River Pond are both time travelers and because of this, the Doctor and audience first meet River on the day she dies, and she behaves as if they were life long friends and produces knowledge of the doctor that no stranger would know, indicating a personal relationship with him where as in the linear progress of the show, he's never seen this woman in his life. When he asks her as to how she knows him, she responds with her catchphrase, "Spoilers" because the events surrounding their first encounter would change if he knew what was going to happen. The actual episode that reveals this isn't seen for another two seasons and at this point, flips the dynamic. Up until the second "first encounter" River knows more about the Doctor's future then he does, and hides it. After the encounter, the Doctor now knows more about River's future, and hides it. Essentially, prior to the reveal, The Doctor is still learning about River who acts like they have been in love for ages, while after the reveal, the doctor acts as if they have been in love for ages, while River is still learning who he is. Somewhere in the middle of all of this, they both start keeping diaries of their encounters, specifically so they know what they can and cannot reveal to each other (River's diary was actually introduced in her introduction episode. The Doctor's lack of a Diary clues River to the fact that this is her "last" Adventure, as by this point in her story, she knows he met her on the day she dies, and his complete lack of any recognition of their traditions means she's encountering him long before he's established some knowledge of her at all.). The day she knows everything she will ever know about him, is the same day he knows nothing about her. |
19,171 | I was wondering if there is a term for the non-linear narrative technique used by the TV series *Arrow*. That is, flashbacks from the past feed into the story line going on in the present.
I'm thinking about using this technique and would like to make a study of other stories that have succeeded using this technique. | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/19171",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/15366/"
] | Since none of us were able to come up with a name for this, I'm going to coin one: Paralinear narrative.
This will at least give us a place to hang other examples we find on. | If you are planning on moving linearly through 2 points on the timeline, I'd call it "parallel plotting" or similar. But I don't recall anyone in grad school officially naming this kind of approach. |
19,171 | I was wondering if there is a term for the non-linear narrative technique used by the TV series *Arrow*. That is, flashbacks from the past feed into the story line going on in the present.
I'm thinking about using this technique and would like to make a study of other stories that have succeeded using this technique. | 2015/09/29 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/19171",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/15366/"
] | Since none of us were able to come up with a name for this, I'm going to coin one: Paralinear narrative.
This will at least give us a place to hang other examples we find on. | "In Media Res" (literally "In the Middle of Things) would be a term used for any story that starts at some point in the plot that is not "ab ovo" (Trans: The beginning, Lit: From the Egg) and requires the readers to press forward in the narrative to find out what happened just prior to the beginning, while "ab ovo".
A work is said to be a "Non-Linear Narrative" if it relies on events occurring out of order. "Arrow" is speciffically listed on Wikipedia as an example of this form (sorry @Thom, the term exists).
It should be pointed out Non-Linear Narrative does not mean parallel. The novel (and film) "Holes" start "In Media Res" and the part of the story that is before the book begins are also "In Media Res" to two seperate events that could both be "Ob Ovo" as they introduce two historical characters that are unrelated to the plot (the main character's great-great grandfather, and Kate Barlow, who existed in two non-contemporaneously periods of history... the great-great grandfather is from early 1800s eastern Europe and Kate Barlow is from 1885 Texas.). Told linearly, the main story is the conclusion to two different beginning stories that have little bearing on either.
Similarly, Star Wars (aka a New Hope) starts "In Media Res" to two different "Ab Ova". The opening scene with the space fight is immediately "In Media Res" to the "Ab Ovo" of "Rogue One" which ends immediately before the opening of A New Hope, but as the first entry into the franchise, is also "In Media Res" to the Epic Serial of the Star Wars films. If one accepts A New Hope as a stand alone story, then it could be argued that its also an "Ab Ovo" story as well, since the film properly starts the story from the beginning (A long long time ago in a Galaxy far far away... *cue the John Williams*) and the briefest summation of events immediately prior to the film's visual start is presented in the opening crawl. While characters drop lines that hint that this is but one bit of history in a larger history of the story, that history is sufficiently filled in linearly when limited to watching just the one film. The references to the Imperial senate, the Clone Wars, and Jabba the Hutt, are not needed to understand the story that starts in Leia's ship and finishes with Han, Luke, and Chewbacca being decorated by Leia before the Rebel Alliance.
Televison will often have a unique form of "In Media Res" that also is not parallel. These stories start "In Media Res" with a shocking to the audience event and then will flash back immediately to the "Ob Ovo" of the story and progress linearly to the point of the "In Media Res" start, which is usually the conclusion of the story. In the Firefly episode "Trash", for example, the first scene is of Captain Mal, alone in the desert, naked as the day he was born, quipping, "Yeah, that went well." The scene flashes back and the story continues. Breaking Bad's pilot episode takes it one step forward: We open on Walter White driving the RV into a ditch, pulling off his enviromental suit and grabbing a gun, and walking outside the RV as sirens approach. We then cut to a flashback which builds the story to the opening "In Media Res" where the viewers learn the conclusion to the the cliffhanger start of the episode... is also a cliffhanger for the entire episode. The next episode opens with the real conclusion to the events of the first, which are that the sirens are from a fire truck responding to a fire further down the street and not the police Walter was fearing.
The TV series "Heroes" and "Doctor Who" both feature episodes that are both "ob ovo" and, "In Media Res" and Linear storytelling at the same time. It helps that in both series, time travel is possible. The easier one is Heroes, in which episode 2 opens immediately after Hiro teleports from Tokyo to Time Square, but the entire episode is non-linearly told. The audience, and Hiro, only learn this at the end of the episode, that Hiro "teleported" to New York in an instance from his perspective only. To the rest of the world, it took Hiro 6 months (as he is a time traveler and he accidentally jumped to the end of the season). It is linear in that we are shown the story as it progresses, but is non-linear as much of Hiro's story is told parellel to characters who are progressing linearly in Hiro's Past, and another Hiro from Five Years in the future tells one of theses "past" characters about a future disaster before the present Hiro even meets the other character... or even learns of the disaster.
Doctor Who has two characters who's love story is "ab Ovo" and "In Media Res" at the same time. The Doctor and the character River Pond are both time travelers and because of this, the Doctor and audience first meet River on the day she dies, and she behaves as if they were life long friends and produces knowledge of the doctor that no stranger would know, indicating a personal relationship with him where as in the linear progress of the show, he's never seen this woman in his life. When he asks her as to how she knows him, she responds with her catchphrase, "Spoilers" because the events surrounding their first encounter would change if he knew what was going to happen. The actual episode that reveals this isn't seen for another two seasons and at this point, flips the dynamic. Up until the second "first encounter" River knows more about the Doctor's future then he does, and hides it. After the encounter, the Doctor now knows more about River's future, and hides it. Essentially, prior to the reveal, The Doctor is still learning about River who acts like they have been in love for ages, while after the reveal, the doctor acts as if they have been in love for ages, while River is still learning who he is. Somewhere in the middle of all of this, they both start keeping diaries of their encounters, specifically so they know what they can and cannot reveal to each other (River's diary was actually introduced in her introduction episode. The Doctor's lack of a Diary clues River to the fact that this is her "last" Adventure, as by this point in her story, she knows he met her on the day she dies, and his complete lack of any recognition of their traditions means she's encountering him long before he's established some knowledge of her at all.). The day she knows everything she will ever know about him, is the same day he knows nothing about her. |
5,748,051 | I need to integrate a VNC client in my app, but the only VNC open-source projects for iPhone I've found have been abandoned since 2008 and are completely out of date...
I also looked for free VNC viewers managing custom URL scheme, so that I can launch a third-party app for the VNC part, but again, no result.
Do you have any idea for integrating a VNC client? Even if it does not really use VNC, I only need to periodically get screenshots of a remote host (under Windows 7).
Thanks... | 2011/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5748051",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/651413/"
] | [Here](http://virtuallab.tu-freiberg.de/p2p/p2p/vnc/ug/rfbproto.pdf) is the VNC protocol. If you are serious about making a VNC app, read this front to back 10 times. Then use your open-source code you found and you should be able to understand what is happening and why if things go wrong in the implementation. | Realizing that this question is a couple of years old... but have found a recent github project that does just this [here.](https://github.com/leonliu/NPDesktop)
Hats off to the developer Leon Liu, looks like a nice job. |
14,175 | I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode?
p.s. I have an HTC Inspire. | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14175",
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] | Yes. Airplane mode (flight mode) only disables your phone's signal transmitting functions, not the functions that don't require a signal to function.
Your alarm will still work. | As @Jasir says. Your alarm will still work in Airplane mode.
Be careful as there is another setting on your phone.
Clock > Alarms > Menu > Settings > 'Alarm in silent mode'
You will need this ticked if you put your phone in silent (saving more battery) and still want the alarm to go off! |
14,175 | I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode?
p.s. I have an HTC Inspire. | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14175",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
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] | Yes. Airplane mode (flight mode) only disables your phone's signal transmitting functions, not the functions that don't require a signal to function.
Your alarm will still work. | Do a quick, simple test on your phone (that's what I did):
Put your phone on airplane mode, then set an alarm for 1 (one) minute into the future. If done correctly, your alarm should sound off within 1 minute. Then you know it works! |
14,175 | I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode?
p.s. I have an HTC Inspire. | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14175",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/8526/"
] | Yes. Airplane mode (flight mode) only disables your phone's signal transmitting functions, not the functions that don't require a signal to function.
Your alarm will still work. | Alarm clock **requires no Internet connection.**
So **yes,** alarm is still on with airplane/flight mode enabled |
14,175 | I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode?
p.s. I have an HTC Inspire. | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14175",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/8526/"
] | Yes. Airplane mode (flight mode) only disables your phone's signal transmitting functions, not the functions that don't require a signal to function.
Your alarm will still work. | Actually your phone time needs to occasionally access the network's time server to stay synced and that might affect your alarm. I didnt wake up today because i set an alarm for 3 hrs, set airplane mode, and it never rang, but i can't really prove this now. |
14,175 | I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode?
p.s. I have an HTC Inspire. | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14175",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/8526/"
] | As @Jasir says. Your alarm will still work in Airplane mode.
Be careful as there is another setting on your phone.
Clock > Alarms > Menu > Settings > 'Alarm in silent mode'
You will need this ticked if you put your phone in silent (saving more battery) and still want the alarm to go off! | Do a quick, simple test on your phone (that's what I did):
Put your phone on airplane mode, then set an alarm for 1 (one) minute into the future. If done correctly, your alarm should sound off within 1 minute. Then you know it works! |
14,175 | I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode?
p.s. I have an HTC Inspire. | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14175",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/8526/"
] | As @Jasir says. Your alarm will still work in Airplane mode.
Be careful as there is another setting on your phone.
Clock > Alarms > Menu > Settings > 'Alarm in silent mode'
You will need this ticked if you put your phone in silent (saving more battery) and still want the alarm to go off! | Alarm clock **requires no Internet connection.**
So **yes,** alarm is still on with airplane/flight mode enabled |
14,175 | I'm trying to save battery but I need my alarm in the morning. Will it still go off if on airplane mode?
p.s. I have an HTC Inspire. | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14175",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/8526/"
] | As @Jasir says. Your alarm will still work in Airplane mode.
Be careful as there is another setting on your phone.
Clock > Alarms > Menu > Settings > 'Alarm in silent mode'
You will need this ticked if you put your phone in silent (saving more battery) and still want the alarm to go off! | Actually your phone time needs to occasionally access the network's time server to stay synced and that might affect your alarm. I didnt wake up today because i set an alarm for 3 hrs, set airplane mode, and it never rang, but i can't really prove this now. |
118,736 | If a whole tone is a 9:8 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is a 5:4 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is two whole tones, then to replicate two whole tones, wouldn't one just take a frequency f and do f\*(9/8)\*(9/8), which gives 81f/64, and that is not equal to 5f/4.. A bit confused. I got my ratios from 0:57 in this video:
Thanks so much! | 2021/11/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/118736",
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] | Pure intervals are small ratios. Stacking intervals does not necessarily end in small ratios again. So scales tend to be compromises. That's what "musical temperament" is about. Equal temperament is a compromise leading itself well to transposition. There are "meantone" temperaments that make several intervals pure and distribute others "equally" between them. Meantone temperaments usually focus on pure major thirds, while so-called "well-tempered" tunings try working from a set of pure fifths. Piano tuning is additionally made more problematic by the issue of "disharmonicity" that calls for "stretched octave" tuning.
Tuning systems and their compromises have been an issue since antiquity: the divergence of stacked pure intervals to (usually) full octaves is called the ["Pythagorean comma".](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma)
The ratio of 2^1:12 has been the principal basis for scales for not all that long. Organs tend to be tuned differently since there the divergence from pure intervals tends to be particularly audible. Somewhat orthogonally, registers designated with 2⅔" are tuned in a pure interval in relation to the corresponding 8" pipe.
You'll find more than you ever wanted to know if you start looking... | Well actually, I answered my own question by waiting till the end of the video.. this is exactly why you can't tune a piano perfectly! In reality, a half tone is a ratio of 2^(1/12). And as a result, a major third, which is four half tones (two whole tones) is 2^(4/12) = 1.2599, which is very close to what we said initially of 5/4=1.25. Leaving this question and answer here in case I misunderstood and someone wants to correct |
118,736 | If a whole tone is a 9:8 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is a 5:4 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is two whole tones, then to replicate two whole tones, wouldn't one just take a frequency f and do f\*(9/8)\*(9/8), which gives 81f/64, and that is not equal to 5f/4.. A bit confused. I got my ratios from 0:57 in this video:
Thanks so much! | 2021/11/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/118736",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/83174/"
] | Well actually, I answered my own question by waiting till the end of the video.. this is exactly why you can't tune a piano perfectly! In reality, a half tone is a ratio of 2^(1/12). And as a result, a major third, which is four half tones (two whole tones) is 2^(4/12) = 1.2599, which is very close to what we said initially of 5/4=1.25. Leaving this question and answer here in case I misunderstood and someone wants to correct | You're sort of correct - you're describing equal temperament as though it were the only system rather than an arbitrary choice, but that's how equal temperament works.
Try this - a perfect fifth is 3\*2 of your tonic, let's say A440. So you have E660. Do it again, you have B990. You can divide by two (an octave) at any time, to keep your number in the same octave you started in. So you have B#495. Do that twelve times in a row - you should get 440 again, meaning you've went around the circle of fifths and are back where you started.
You won't get 440, you'll be nearly a quarter of a semitone off. The various ways of dealing with that error answer your question in various ways. And continuing until you're in tune again won't work - you're looking for a power of 3 that's divisible by 2.
When classical music got more interested in changing keys, they started moving towards equal temperament. Bach's "well-tempered" was not equal temperament - the errors were distributed unequally, giving different keys different emotional qualities.Eventually the invention of, and difficulty of retuning, the piano, combined with the fashion for wide-ranging key changes in classical music, resulted in equal temperament as the accepted compromise.
Others have said that both major seconds are valid in different musical contexts, and have developed that - just intonation is their starting point, and Harry Partch's 43-tone system is one of the more extreme examples. |
118,736 | If a whole tone is a 9:8 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is a 5:4 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is two whole tones, then to replicate two whole tones, wouldn't one just take a frequency f and do f\*(9/8)\*(9/8), which gives 81f/64, and that is not equal to 5f/4.. A bit confused. I got my ratios from 0:57 in this video:
Thanks so much! | 2021/11/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/118736",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/83174/"
] | Well actually, I answered my own question by waiting till the end of the video.. this is exactly why you can't tune a piano perfectly! In reality, a half tone is a ratio of 2^(1/12). And as a result, a major third, which is four half tones (two whole tones) is 2^(4/12) = 1.2599, which is very close to what we said initially of 5/4=1.25. Leaving this question and answer here in case I misunderstood and someone wants to correct | In just intonation, a 5:4 major third is two whole tones, but *there are two different sizes of whole tone.* The first one is 9:8, but the second one is 10:9. The product of these is precisely 5:4.
In an answer, you wrote
>
> a major third, which is four half tones (two whole tones) is 2^(4/12) = 1.2599, which is very close to what we said initially of 5/4=1.25.
>
>
>
It's not particularly close, but it's close enough for many people. It's also only one of several reasons why piano tuning is a compromise.
There's another major third, which *is* made up of two 9:8 whole tones, so it has a ratio of 81:64. Equal temperament is rather closer to this major third than it is to the 5:4 one, but this major third is even more out-of-tune with the fifth harmonic. |
118,736 | If a whole tone is a 9:8 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is a 5:4 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is two whole tones, then to replicate two whole tones, wouldn't one just take a frequency f and do f\*(9/8)\*(9/8), which gives 81f/64, and that is not equal to 5f/4.. A bit confused. I got my ratios from 0:57 in this video:
Thanks so much! | 2021/11/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/118736",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/83174/"
] | Pure intervals are small ratios. Stacking intervals does not necessarily end in small ratios again. So scales tend to be compromises. That's what "musical temperament" is about. Equal temperament is a compromise leading itself well to transposition. There are "meantone" temperaments that make several intervals pure and distribute others "equally" between them. Meantone temperaments usually focus on pure major thirds, while so-called "well-tempered" tunings try working from a set of pure fifths. Piano tuning is additionally made more problematic by the issue of "disharmonicity" that calls for "stretched octave" tuning.
Tuning systems and their compromises have been an issue since antiquity: the divergence of stacked pure intervals to (usually) full octaves is called the ["Pythagorean comma".](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma)
The ratio of 2^1:12 has been the principal basis for scales for not all that long. Organs tend to be tuned differently since there the divergence from pure intervals tends to be particularly audible. Somewhat orthogonally, registers designated with 2⅔" are tuned in a pure interval in relation to the corresponding 8" pipe.
You'll find more than you ever wanted to know if you start looking... | You're sort of correct - you're describing equal temperament as though it were the only system rather than an arbitrary choice, but that's how equal temperament works.
Try this - a perfect fifth is 3\*2 of your tonic, let's say A440. So you have E660. Do it again, you have B990. You can divide by two (an octave) at any time, to keep your number in the same octave you started in. So you have B#495. Do that twelve times in a row - you should get 440 again, meaning you've went around the circle of fifths and are back where you started.
You won't get 440, you'll be nearly a quarter of a semitone off. The various ways of dealing with that error answer your question in various ways. And continuing until you're in tune again won't work - you're looking for a power of 3 that's divisible by 2.
When classical music got more interested in changing keys, they started moving towards equal temperament. Bach's "well-tempered" was not equal temperament - the errors were distributed unequally, giving different keys different emotional qualities.Eventually the invention of, and difficulty of retuning, the piano, combined with the fashion for wide-ranging key changes in classical music, resulted in equal temperament as the accepted compromise.
Others have said that both major seconds are valid in different musical contexts, and have developed that - just intonation is their starting point, and Harry Partch's 43-tone system is one of the more extreme examples. |
118,736 | If a whole tone is a 9:8 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is a 5:4 ratio between frequencies, and a major third is two whole tones, then to replicate two whole tones, wouldn't one just take a frequency f and do f\*(9/8)\*(9/8), which gives 81f/64, and that is not equal to 5f/4.. A bit confused. I got my ratios from 0:57 in this video:
Thanks so much! | 2021/11/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/118736",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/83174/"
] | Pure intervals are small ratios. Stacking intervals does not necessarily end in small ratios again. So scales tend to be compromises. That's what "musical temperament" is about. Equal temperament is a compromise leading itself well to transposition. There are "meantone" temperaments that make several intervals pure and distribute others "equally" between them. Meantone temperaments usually focus on pure major thirds, while so-called "well-tempered" tunings try working from a set of pure fifths. Piano tuning is additionally made more problematic by the issue of "disharmonicity" that calls for "stretched octave" tuning.
Tuning systems and their compromises have been an issue since antiquity: the divergence of stacked pure intervals to (usually) full octaves is called the ["Pythagorean comma".](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma)
The ratio of 2^1:12 has been the principal basis for scales for not all that long. Organs tend to be tuned differently since there the divergence from pure intervals tends to be particularly audible. Somewhat orthogonally, registers designated with 2⅔" are tuned in a pure interval in relation to the corresponding 8" pipe.
You'll find more than you ever wanted to know if you start looking... | In just intonation, a 5:4 major third is two whole tones, but *there are two different sizes of whole tone.* The first one is 9:8, but the second one is 10:9. The product of these is precisely 5:4.
In an answer, you wrote
>
> a major third, which is four half tones (two whole tones) is 2^(4/12) = 1.2599, which is very close to what we said initially of 5/4=1.25.
>
>
>
It's not particularly close, but it's close enough for many people. It's also only one of several reasons why piano tuning is a compromise.
There's another major third, which *is* made up of two 9:8 whole tones, so it has a ratio of 81:64. Equal temperament is rather closer to this major third than it is to the 5:4 one, but this major third is even more out-of-tune with the fifth harmonic. |
392,828 | Read my subject...
I tried to achieve that with my computer, which has Windows 7 Ultimate.
I opened one Remote Desktop Client, logged successfully with User1.
I opened another RDC, but before login, Windows tells me that another user is currently logged on and must be disconnected before.
Is Dell representatives are lying to me? Which version of Windows ca | 2012/02/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392828",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/20092/"
] | Desktop Windows editions have never allowed this and Windows 7 is no different. The Dell techs are simply mis-informed. There are third-party hacks out there to enable this functionality but I cannot personally vouch for their viability. They also most certainly violate Microsoft's Terms of Service and any support contracts you might have. | The PC being accessed (not the PC doing the accessing) must support multiple RDP sessions.
If you are trying to RDP to a remote machine and that REMOTE machine does not support multiple RDP sessions, it will inform you that you need to boot someone off. |
4,805 | For those who came in late, a "sentence adverb" is a word that modifies an entire sentence rather than just the verb or predicate. A sentence adverb communicates speaker attitudes about the proposition that the sentence denotes, or discourse information. So "fortunately" is a sentence adverb in the sentence "Fortunately, we found a source of fresh water on the island." Also note "however," the sentence adverb for discourse.
I couldn't find much information on the Internet about sentence adverbs. Here are the three most helpful links I found:
<http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsASentenceAdverb.htm>
<http://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/f/sentadvqa.htm>
<http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/sentence-adverb>
All of the links define sentence adverbs as sentence modifiers. But is this always true? Note the following:
a) The man fell from the tenth story, fortunately onto a pile of pillows.
b) Fortunately, the man fell from the tenth story onto a pile of pillows.
In sentence a), "fortunately" clearly conveys speaker attitude and has the same meaning as it does in sentence b). However, the sentences don't necessarily have synonymous readings.
It can be unfortunate that the man fell from the tenth story onto a pile of pillows, and at the same time fortunate that he landed on a pile of pillows (rather than the hard pavement, for example).
So, if "fortunately" in sentence a) can convey speaker attitude about the state of affairs denoted by the prepositional phrase "onto a pile of pillows," what should we call "fortunately" in this context if not a sentence adverb?
I am assuming that other languages have sentence adverbs, and that this question is therefore not off-topic. | 2013/10/29 | [
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] | Adverbs have long been called a ‘wastebasket’ category in syntax. Their definition is very general: adverbs are distinguished from adjectives, which modify nouns, by saying that ‘adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs’; to this one can add that they may also modify phrases and clauses as a whole.
If something doesn’t fit nicely in some other word class, it generally gets lumped in as an adverb of some sort. Traditionally, adverbs (and adverbials, which means ‘any chunk that acts like an adverb’ -– not a terribly precise definition) represent qualifications and afterthoughts to ordinary propositions.
And they can occur in many different positions in the sentence, which means they may or may not be close to whatever constituents they focus on. Which allows lots of useful variations and conventions.
"Sentence adverb" is not a type of adverb.
It's a type of adverbial **construction**, or usage;
one of the things some adverbs can do.
That's all.
And "sentence adverb" is a sloppy technical term, since it doesn't distinguish "sentence adverbs"
from "clause adverbs", or "phrase adverbs", which also exist, but are not mentioned.
So I wouldn't worry too much about "sentence adverbs". | Good question. Your examples are convincing. As I see it, there are four possibilities:
1. *Fortunately* is not a real sentence adverb; real sentence adverbs do modify the entire sentence.
2. *Fortunately* does in fact modify a sentence, but this is obscured by ellipsis.
3. The same adverb can be a sentence adverb in some sentences but not others.
4. The term *sentence adverb* does not adequately describe the category of adverbs we have in mind.
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1) **Does *fortunately* happen to be a bad example?** Let's take a few other, similar words, then.
>
> a) The cat became agitated. **However**, the mouse was absent from the kitchen.
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> b) The cat was in the kitchen. The mouse, **however**, was not.
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> c) I bought a pair of **hopefully** unused socks at the market.
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Here it can be seen that *however* modifies the entire sentence in a), but only *the mouse* in b) (contrasting it with *the cat*). And *hopefully* clearly modifies only *unused* in c), which is perhaps a bit informal, but not uncommon.
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2) One could say your example is really an **elliptical form** of a full secondary sentence:
>
> a) The man fell from the tenth story; **fortunately** [it was / he fell] onto a pile of pillows.
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I find this doubtful.
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> b) The cat was in the kitchen. The mouse, **however**, was not.
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It seems impossible to reconstruct this as ellipsis.
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> c) I bought a pair of — **hopefully** [they are] unused — socks at the market.
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This perhaps possible, but it seems weak. And it cannot work for *however*. It seems far more likely that the subconscious sometimes wants to treat *hopefully* like other *-ly* words and have it modify an adjective. I hear an English monk sharpening his razor.
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3) Perhaps **the same adverb can sometimes be a sentence adverb, but at other times modify only a single constituent.** This would then have to apply to most sentence adverbs. The problem or issue is that most adverbs that we normally do not consider sentence adverbs can also do this:
>
> d) The mouse was **often** absent from the kitchen.
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> e) The **often** absent mouse was dearly missed by the cat.
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What makes this different from *fortunately* and *however*? The main difference seems to be that the latter are about the attitude of the speaker towards the text, modality, whereas *often* is not. In the case of *fortunately*, its meaning does not change between its use as a sentence modifier and its use as modifying a constituent. It would not seem warranted to call *the word* a sentence adverb in one sentence and a normal adverb in another, if its meaning does not change; then we could just as well call *often* a sentence modifier in d), which seems trivial.
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4) **It doesn't seem to make sense to use *sentence adverb* at all**, because it suggests that certain adverbs modify only whole sentences and other adverbs do not. Instead, the essence of what makes *fortunately* etc. special is that they express the attitude of the speaker towards the text, somewhat like modal verbs. Perhaps the intended category should be called *modal adverbs* instead. Or perhaps we are dealing with more than one category: *however* could be called a discursive adverb, as it does not really express a modal attitude, but rather the speaker's attitude towards the ordering of the text (in casu a contrast). An attitudinal adverb?
Note that the word *disjunct* has similar problems, because it implies that the adverb is entirely separate from the rest of the clause and does not modify a constituent. |
17,259 | My question comes after having read this [article](http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/11/09/professor-loses-pounds-junk-food-diet.html).
Let's take a Person A and suppose the needed amount of calories for A is 2500 Kcal.
Now suppose A wants to limit the amount of daily calories to 2000 Kcal.
Given 2 diets (just as an example) of 2000 Kcal divided as follows:
* 50% from proteins, 30% from carbohydrates and 20% from fats
* 50% from fats, 30% from carbohydrates, and 20% from proteins.
Will the outcome be the same (I.e., weight loss in the same way) as stated in the article?
Ignoring the bad health effects of a diet with a wrong equilibrium how the composition does not matter if only considering weight loss? | 2018/08/26 | [
"https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/17259",
"https://health.stackexchange.com",
"https://health.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Macronutrient (carbs, proteins, fats) composition of a diet does not have a significant direct effect on weight loss.**
[Comparison of Weight-Loss Diets with Different Compositions of Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrates (PubMed, 2009, a randomized clinical trial involving 811 overweight adults)](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735822/)
>
> Reduced-calorie diets result in clinically meaningful weight loss
> regardless of which macronutrients they emphasize.
>
>
>
On the other hand, certain macronutrient compositions and forms *may* be associated with **increased satiety** (and hence lower food intake):
* Solid, compared to liquid carbs ([PubMed, 2011](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10878689))
* Foods high in fiber, such as whole-grain pasta, compared to refined-grain pasta ([PubMed, 2016](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27496788))
* Foods high in viscous soluble fiber, such as whole-grain oats ([PubMed, 2016](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26724486))
* Low-carb, high fat diets ([PubMed, 2016](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873405/)) | When it comes to losing weight, your eating habits and food choices matter a lot to achieve your fitness goals. You have to quit junk and unhealthy food and add healthy and nutrient-rich foods to your diet. No matter how many crunches or push-ups you can do in a day, if you will not fill your diet with healthy foods and break your unhealthy eating habits, then you are not going to maintain a healthy weight, quoting [Explore Diet](https://explorediet.co.uk/best-foods-for-weightloss/?utm_source=FWL), a UK based blog here, that "By eating healthy, it can help you lose weight but in a meaningful way. |
35,331 | Following an [answer](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/35330/7302) I received previously, I wonder a question I deem somewhat important:
**If a person preaches ideas or advice related to the dharma, but fails to live by those values, is this person lying?** If not, is there still a consequence in terms of the person's mind, perhaps integrity? | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/35331",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This is not lying unless you pretend or say you follow the advice.
Dhamma practice is a gradual exercise hence one does not become perfect at once but it is a matter of putting int the effort to increase one's perfection:
* cultivate what is wholesome which one does not already do
* increase what is wholesome which one already does
* abandone what is unwholesome which one already does
* prevent the arsing of what is unwholesome which one does not already do | Canonically (perhaps according to the vinaya) I think that the definition of "lying" includes "intent to deceive".
Comparing how you live to an ideal might be self-view or conceit see e.g. [How are 'conceit' and 'identity-view' not the same?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/9415/254)
Note that comparison (conceit) can be beneficial in some circumstance, if you use it as guidance for betterment (see e.g. the Bhikkhuni sutta, or the advice to the young Rahula) |
35,331 | Following an [answer](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/35330/7302) I received previously, I wonder a question I deem somewhat important:
**If a person preaches ideas or advice related to the dharma, but fails to live by those values, is this person lying?** If not, is there still a consequence in terms of the person's mind, perhaps integrity? | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/35331",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | There is a Sutta to say that there are four types of persons.
* A person who helps themselves but no help to others.
* A person who does not help themselves but help others
* A person who neither helps themselves no others.
* A person who help themselves and help others | Canonically (perhaps according to the vinaya) I think that the definition of "lying" includes "intent to deceive".
Comparing how you live to an ideal might be self-view or conceit see e.g. [How are 'conceit' and 'identity-view' not the same?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/9415/254)
Note that comparison (conceit) can be beneficial in some circumstance, if you use it as guidance for betterment (see e.g. the Bhikkhuni sutta, or the advice to the young Rahula) |
634,871 | Amateur radio HF frequency amplifiers using transistors commonly can be powered with around 12 to 14 VDC, or even lower voltages, for QRP transmitters.
Tube amplifiers seem to require DC power supplies outputting several hundred volts.
For HF (3 to 30 MHz) RF amplification, what limits the power output of low-voltage (say under 50 V plate) vacuum tube amplifier circuits?
What kind of vacuum tube circuit designs are likely to maximize RF power output into a 50 Ω load given the constraint of a low voltage supply (well under AC line voltage)? Are QRP or QRPp levels (1 to 5 W) possible? | 2022/09/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/634871",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1908/"
] | It's probably *possible* to get >1W, say using a large tube such as a [6146W](https://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/049/6/6146W.pdf) far below its power capability. But the heater alone draws almost 8W. Seems a bit wasteful. | XY problem?
Making a plate (B+) voltage isn’t such a difficult thing to do using modern power chips. A step-up DC-DC LED string driver can do this for low cost, easily achieving 50V or more. Likewise making a negative grid bias can use an inverting buck topology, simplifying your cathode bias setups. |
634,871 | Amateur radio HF frequency amplifiers using transistors commonly can be powered with around 12 to 14 VDC, or even lower voltages, for QRP transmitters.
Tube amplifiers seem to require DC power supplies outputting several hundred volts.
For HF (3 to 30 MHz) RF amplification, what limits the power output of low-voltage (say under 50 V plate) vacuum tube amplifier circuits?
What kind of vacuum tube circuit designs are likely to maximize RF power output into a 50 Ω load given the constraint of a low voltage supply (well under AC line voltage)? Are QRP or QRPp levels (1 to 5 W) possible? | 2022/09/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/634871",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1908/"
] | It's probably *possible* to get >1W, say using a large tube such as a [6146W](https://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/049/6/6146W.pdf) far below its power capability. But the heater alone draws almost 8W. Seems a bit wasteful. | There have been low voltage tubes for 6.3 V only.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/S1ZCB.jpg)
[Source](http://www.elektronikinfo.de/strom/niederspannungsroehren.htm#Batterieroehren)
But due to the high impedance of tubes you get only low power output. |
634,871 | Amateur radio HF frequency amplifiers using transistors commonly can be powered with around 12 to 14 VDC, or even lower voltages, for QRP transmitters.
Tube amplifiers seem to require DC power supplies outputting several hundred volts.
For HF (3 to 30 MHz) RF amplification, what limits the power output of low-voltage (say under 50 V plate) vacuum tube amplifier circuits?
What kind of vacuum tube circuit designs are likely to maximize RF power output into a 50 Ω load given the constraint of a low voltage supply (well under AC line voltage)? Are QRP or QRPp levels (1 to 5 W) possible? | 2022/09/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/634871",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1908/"
] | Some World War II era handy-talkies used miniature tubes with 12 V batteries and a mechanical inverter to derive 48 V plate voltage. Output was up to 5 W, if I recall. | XY problem?
Making a plate (B+) voltage isn’t such a difficult thing to do using modern power chips. A step-up DC-DC LED string driver can do this for low cost, easily achieving 50V or more. Likewise making a negative grid bias can use an inverting buck topology, simplifying your cathode bias setups. |
634,871 | Amateur radio HF frequency amplifiers using transistors commonly can be powered with around 12 to 14 VDC, or even lower voltages, for QRP transmitters.
Tube amplifiers seem to require DC power supplies outputting several hundred volts.
For HF (3 to 30 MHz) RF amplification, what limits the power output of low-voltage (say under 50 V plate) vacuum tube amplifier circuits?
What kind of vacuum tube circuit designs are likely to maximize RF power output into a 50 Ω load given the constraint of a low voltage supply (well under AC line voltage)? Are QRP or QRPp levels (1 to 5 W) possible? | 2022/09/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/634871",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1908/"
] | Some World War II era handy-talkies used miniature tubes with 12 V batteries and a mechanical inverter to derive 48 V plate voltage. Output was up to 5 W, if I recall. | There have been low voltage tubes for 6.3 V only.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/S1ZCB.jpg)
[Source](http://www.elektronikinfo.de/strom/niederspannungsroehren.htm#Batterieroehren)
But due to the high impedance of tubes you get only low power output. |
42,333 | I'm wondering how to use a VideoDisplay object (defined in MXML) to display video streamed from FMS via a NetStream.
The [Flex3 docs](http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/VideoDisplay.html) suggest this is possible:
>
> The Video Display ... supports progressive download over HTTP, streaming from the Flash Media Server, and streaming from a Camera object.
>
>
>
However, later in the docs all I can see is an attachCamera() method. There doesn't appear to be an attachStream() method like the old Video object has.
It looks like you can play a fixed file served over HTML by using the source property, but I don't see anything about how to attach a NetStream.
The old [Video](http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/media/Video.html) object still seems to exist, though it's not based on UIComponent and doesn't appear to be usable in MXML.
I found [this blog post](http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/01/displaying-a-video-in-flex-using-the-netconnection-netstream-and-video-classes/) that shows how to do it with a regular Video object, but I'd much prefer to use VideoDisplay (or something else that can be put directly in the MXML). | 2008/09/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42333",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1409/"
] | Unfortunately you can attachNetStream() only on Video object. So you are doomed to use em if you want to get data from FMS.
By the way attachCamera() method **publishes** local camera video to the server so be careful ;) | it works.
mx:VideoDisplay live="true" autoPlay="true" source="rtmp://server.com/appname/streamname" />
that will give you live video through a videodisplay... problem is it won't use an existing netconnection object, it creates it's own... which is what I'm trying to find a work around for. |
23,597,082 | I recently installed a new version of of Matlab (8.3 -- 2014a).
Previously I use 7.13 -- 2011b. While I wanted to migrate my old command history and directory history to the new installation, I found that they used a different format to store it.
The version before 2011b store the command history in history.m under prefdir, while 2014a store it in History.xml.
Is there any fast way to import the old history into the new Matlab versions?
Thanks! | 2014/05/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23597082",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2961232/"
] | A. Most multiprocessing systems support the creation of shared memory where the block of physical memory can be mapped to multiple processes. Usually, the mapping can be to different virtual addresses.
B. All virtual memory systems share the same physical memory. However, the same page of physical memory cannot be mapped to multiple processes at the same time in user mode.
c. The kernel mode address space is usually the same for all processes. The operating system maintains that area of memory to prevent overwriting. | The question is not quite clear.
Assuming standard hardware, a virtual address space is determined by its page translation table.
Thus if there are two translation tables, and they have entries with the same physical page number,
then you have pages in both virtual spaces using the same physical page.
If the above situation holds for all entries in the translation tables you get two address spaces mapped to the same physical range.
The question is why would one want that.
If you want two different processes to actually work in this configuration, then they can't run in parallel (i.e., on two CPUs). Worse, before, say, proccess1 is scheduled one must make sure
the contents of process1 memory are in place.
This might require copying out process2 memory contents (to different memory addresses, disk, or whatever) and copying the contents of process1 memory back in. |
6,033,129 | I have a Wordpress site which is based in US (ex. www.example.com). We've been tasked to create a UK/GB version of the site which has it's own domain (ex. www.example.co.uk), but shares the same common pages/posts/backend. About 75% of the pages are the same on both versions but there will be a few sections (like About and Contact) where they are different to account for regional differences.
**Example**
US site (www.example.com) has 4 Pages:
* **Home**
* **About**
* **Services**
* **Contact**
UK Site (www.example.co.uk) also has 3 pages (2 different, 1 the same)
* **Home** (The same as US, but the URL should be www.example.co.uk)
* **About** (Different content, the URL should be www.example.co.uk/about)
* **Services** (The same as US, but URL should be www.example.co.uk/services)
* **Contact** (Different content, the URL should be www.example.co.uk/contact)
How do I go about setting up the UK/GB version of the site which use the same backend and most of the same content from the base site, but has a few page differences and different domain? | 2011/05/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6033129",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/400524/"
] | I'd use [WPML](http://wpml.org/) plugin, it allows tranlations of posts, pages, categories, menus, and plugins that have language files. It will let your end use login from the same admin area, and then add translations to the existing content.
The tricky bit will be setting it up to work on domain detection, normally it works on a subdomain, or add's a variable to the end of the URL, like ?lang=uk
But that said it should be possible though with a bit of tinkering to setup something based on the URL. And the documentation is pretty comprehensive. Good luck! | It's also possible to make it differently. For our shops we pretend there's a new domain, but in fact there isn't. This also works for SEO because we do make sure the language tags and such are correct. We replace only a few parts such as a few javascripts and conversion pixels and then we are done. See for example on Keepershandschoenen-shop.be. This site is in fact a clone so we don't need wpml. We don't even need a wordpress, magento or whatever CMS installation...
So then you have the same backend, with .com acting as .co.uk also. |
32,305 | Is there a program that I can use to encrypt my flash drive? I would like to be able to access data from any computer, however, so the program will probably have to reside on the flash drive. | 2009/08/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/32305",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5770/"
] | Try [TrueCrypt](http://www.truecrypt.org/) - been using it for a year now.
Or in Windows 7, try [BitLocker To Go](http://maketecheasier.com/easily-encrypt-your-usb-drive-in-windows-7/2009/06/11). | As the Travelling Tech Guy mentioned, try TrueCrypt.
Other programs are: [Take Away USB-File encryption](http://www.edev.no/index.php?page=encryption) and [Challenger](http://www.encryption-software.de/challenger/en/index.html) |
221,985 | I bought a new IPhone 3GS and can't download Messenger, Facebook, hike etc.
Why?
How to download? | 2016/01/03 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/221985",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/164029/"
] | You can download the last compatible version of an app if you already have the app in your purchase history. You can add the app to your purchase history using iTunes on your computer, since iTunes is version-agnostic.
Once you've downloaded the app on iTunes, it will be in your purchase history and attempting to download it again on your device should prompt you to accept an older version of the app. | *See grgarside's answer for a workaround if you have a computer running iTunes*
You can't, I'm afraid.
[Facebook Messenger](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/messenger/id454638411?mt=8) requires iOS 7 minimum spec, yet the [iPhone 3GS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices#Obsolete_or_discontinued_models) is only capable of using up to iOS 6.1.6
You would need an iPhone 4 or newer. |
281,664 | My laptop occasionally gets somewhat hot, so I've configured my power plan in Windows 7 so that the fan should always be on whether powered by AC or battery.
However the fans don't always run when the system is battery-powered, only seeming to be on when the system wants (or when there is AC power). Is there another setting I need to change to get this to work?
/It`s a HP 625 notebook. | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/281664",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/80621/"
] | Windows actually specifies two methods of cooling policy: Active and passive. To go to this screen, Choose power options (in control panel) -> change plan settings -> change advanced power settings.
Active means the fan speed is increased before decreasing the processor state.
Passive means the processor state is decreased before increasing fan speed.
Occasionally, program like "thinkpad fan control" and "aa1fancontrol" (for thinkpad and acer aspire one respectively) exists. Usually these are due to having enough hackers using these laptops but the reason behind is usually due to the fan being too noisy. <p flamebait="1"> I doubt, that there are currently enough hackers using HP to get this done... </p> | The short answer is probably not.
Most fans are actually controlled the the system BIOS. There is a temperature sensor on the CPU that reports to the BIOS and it controls the speed of the fan. If the manufacture designed the BIOS to ignore fan speed control commands from windows, your power settings will have no affect on the fan control.
I would look around the BIOS and see if there are any settings that control power, hardware, or CPU clocking. That is the only place I can think of where you could enable fan control. Knowing HP, they probably hide that from you so you can have a better "customer experience". |
281,664 | My laptop occasionally gets somewhat hot, so I've configured my power plan in Windows 7 so that the fan should always be on whether powered by AC or battery.
However the fans don't always run when the system is battery-powered, only seeming to be on when the system wants (or when there is AC power). Is there another setting I need to change to get this to work?
/It`s a HP 625 notebook. | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/281664",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/80621/"
] | Windows actually specifies two methods of cooling policy: Active and passive. To go to this screen, Choose power options (in control panel) -> change plan settings -> change advanced power settings.
Active means the fan speed is increased before decreasing the processor state.
Passive means the processor state is decreased before increasing fan speed.
Occasionally, program like "thinkpad fan control" and "aa1fancontrol" (for thinkpad and acer aspire one respectively) exists. Usually these are due to having enough hackers using these laptops but the reason behind is usually due to the fan being too noisy. <p flamebait="1"> I doubt, that there are currently enough hackers using HP to get this done... </p> | I agree with Doltknuckle regarding the fans. You could try to play around with your power management settings a bit more (<http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/power-management>), though if it is an issue, you could get a cooling pad. |
18,919,162 | I have the following GUI design and the questions are in red.
Basically I have one Ribbon on top, and a main area below. The main area as you can see
contains lots of panes. These are all floatable, dockable all that good stuff. I will use AvalonDock.
So yeah my main questions are on the image, but they are more meant to start
a conversation. I am sure you guys have done something similar and can share stuff related to this.
Just to be clear, I use visual studio 2012, c#, wpf, prism, and avalondock. Of course I try to organize
things according to MVVM pattern. | 2013/09/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18919162",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2381422/"
] | Ribbon: It depends. Are you going to be adding and removing sections to the Ribbon? Both while running and from a development standpoint. If yes to either, then break apart the ribbon into View/ViewModels as appropriate. If no, then just make one View/ViewModel for the entire Ribbon region.
Yes, you want individual View/ViewModels for these sections. Can consider DockPanel as well for means to establish the components.
I would have a MenuRegion for the Ribbon, and Workspace region for below. In the Workspace View, I'd create the layout and assign each to its own Region which has the corresponding View/ViewModel. | Yes you are right about separate view for each region.
If you are using a certain ribbon control say, from windows itself (System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon). Then the library provides you with different kind of button/ribbonbutton/dropdownbutton etc controls.
Now AvalonDock v2.0 is out, it has better support for MVVM pattern, it wasn't the case with v1.3.
Since you plan to use PRISM then you can use the region adaptor provided with it to host your views in their respective regions. You should be able to find plenty of samples for it. I tried to find one quickly for you from the AvalonDock project itself.
<http://avalondock.codeplex.com/releases/view/92210>
I hope it helps! |
111,569 | Abstract
--------
I've decided to use PostGIS for a hobby game project. It requires a lot of units allocated on the surface of a planet. I'd like to model not only the units (simple points), but also their areas of effect (vision, firing range etc.) and the planet's terrain using spatial data and queries.
The problem
-----------
I'd like to have a few sampled layers for things like the plant density. I've done a few GIS exercises on my university and observed that raster representation was most commonly used for such data.
The proposed solution and question
----------------------------------
The problem with regular raster data is that it's best suited for smaller areas, which are almost flat, whereas I need a full sphere. I've learned about [Geodesic Grid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_grid) technique, which seems to fit my needs perfectly. However, I am not sure how to approach its creation and use in PostGIS. I've found [this question](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/30267/how-to-create-a-valid-global-polygon-grid-in-postgis), but it doesn't answer all of my needs.
In short, what I'd like to do is to create a model (with a chosen density) and define operations that would allow me to generate (fill in) the data in it, and then sample it back with some filtering.
Remark #1
---------
I can imagine that some sort of clustering (variable density) models could be much more efficient in my scenario (some regions being much more important than the others, and thus needing more data). Would creating such a thing be much more difficult?
Remark #2
---------
The Wikipedia article outlines the icosahedron tesselation procedure. I think I could implement it, but I am wondering if there are any caveats related. | 2014/08/24 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/111569",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/26388/"
] | See the [Discrete Global Grids](http://discreteglobalgrids.org/) site, specially their [software](http://discreteglobalgrids.org/software/) and the grids they've [pre-generated](http://webpages.sou.edu/~sahrk/dgg/isea/gen/gen.html). These generate the grids as vectors and you should be able to import them into postgres. | I've built an R package called [dggridR](https://github.com/r-barnes/dggridR/) which wraps around the DGGRID software that Craig suggests in [their answer](https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/111586/3924), making it easy to compile and work with. It may be useful to you in exploring different grid possibilities. An example of choosing random cells and plotting them is available [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/38344392/752843).
 |
5,454,772 | Is there a quick way to run the various test files in the Boost installation directory? | 2011/03/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5454772",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Please clarify your situation. The
>
> server
>
>
>
means your server application or the physical server itself? If the server means the o/s itself, then nothing you can do except to perform a thorough software and hardware troubleshooting.
UPDATE:
Ok, if that is your application problem, then you can try to implement Try..Catch statement in your code and learn more for the exception being raised.
The point is that, you must prevent an exception in the first place rather than seeking solution when exception happens.
Since you are in control for both server and client application, you can use a comet approach to monitor the server application status, ie the server still running, or had shutdown.
For more information about the concept of comet approach, here is the link: <http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/CometAsync.aspx> | Unfortunate short answer: no. Lots of things can forcefully and unexpectedly shut down your server -- whether it be a network error, a system administrator, or a state-wide power failure.
The best you can do is ensure your client is able to handle sudden server disconnections. |
5,454,772 | Is there a quick way to run the various test files in the Boost installation directory? | 2011/03/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5454772",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Please clarify your situation. The
>
> server
>
>
>
means your server application or the physical server itself? If the server means the o/s itself, then nothing you can do except to perform a thorough software and hardware troubleshooting.
UPDATE:
Ok, if that is your application problem, then you can try to implement Try..Catch statement in your code and learn more for the exception being raised.
The point is that, you must prevent an exception in the first place rather than seeking solution when exception happens.
Since you are in control for both server and client application, you can use a comet approach to monitor the server application status, ie the server still running, or had shutdown.
For more information about the concept of comet approach, here is the link: <http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/CometAsync.aspx> | I don't think there is anything you can do if the server is forcefully shut down. The best you can do is make sure the client checks to make sure the server is still up before it sends any commands. This will at least prevent the client from crashing.
If your client is always connected and able to receive commands from the server there is nothing stopping you from sending some kind of command to the client if the server is shut down in an orderly fashion. |
61,201 | There are several answers regarding the use of dual passports when traveling between the US and the EU. But here is a twist.
I have a flight booked from Amsterdam -> London -> US (and return). As far as I can see, I should use the US passport for airline passenger information for the whole ticket. US passport to be shown going into and out of the US (I realize going out of the US, this is shown only at the airline's desk). Dutch passport control, going in or out, show EU passport.
What should I do for London in transit? I would assume the US passport going out (consistent with airlines), but is that right?
Coming back, should it be the information on the airline manifest (which would be US passport) or the EU passport? (again, my best guess is to use the EU passport). | 2016/01/11 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/61201",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/38957/"
] | The whois of vietem-ca: <http://whois.domaintools.com/vietem-ca.com>
The whois of vietnamembassy-canada.ca: <http://whois.domaintools.com/vietnamembassy-canada.ca>
They both say Wilbroad as the street, have the same postal code and are both in Ottawa.
One possibility: the embassy website was hosted by one of their tech guys and then when he left and another was onboard they just got another domain for it. At which point both would kinda be valid, but at differing points in time. | This is the [link](http://vietem-ca.com/) of the Vietnamite Embassy in Canada |
61,201 | There are several answers regarding the use of dual passports when traveling between the US and the EU. But here is a twist.
I have a flight booked from Amsterdam -> London -> US (and return). As far as I can see, I should use the US passport for airline passenger information for the whole ticket. US passport to be shown going into and out of the US (I realize going out of the US, this is shown only at the airline's desk). Dutch passport control, going in or out, show EU passport.
What should I do for London in transit? I would assume the US passport going out (consistent with airlines), but is that right?
Coming back, should it be the information on the airline manifest (which would be US passport) or the EU passport? (again, my best guess is to use the EU passport). | 2016/01/11 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/61201",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/38957/"
] | The offical website for the Vietnamese embassy in Canada is:
<http://www.vietem-ca.com/>
This is from a list of Vietnamese diplomatic missions abroad provided by the [Vietnamese government here](http://visa.mofa.gov.vn/Contact.aspx) (Although my experience of Vietnam and the Internet would not give me complete faith in it being kept up to date). The website with the lists was linked to as an offical Vietnamese government page [via the Australian SmartTraveller page](https://smartraveller.gov.au/countries/vietnam). It's also linked to from the [website of the Vietnamese embassy in the](http://vietnamembassy.org.uk/index.php?action=p&ct=Consular%20Services%20for%20UK%20residents#VISA) UK. | This is the [link](http://vietem-ca.com/) of the Vietnamite Embassy in Canada |
61,201 | There are several answers regarding the use of dual passports when traveling between the US and the EU. But here is a twist.
I have a flight booked from Amsterdam -> London -> US (and return). As far as I can see, I should use the US passport for airline passenger information for the whole ticket. US passport to be shown going into and out of the US (I realize going out of the US, this is shown only at the airline's desk). Dutch passport control, going in or out, show EU passport.
What should I do for London in transit? I would assume the US passport going out (consistent with airlines), but is that right?
Coming back, should it be the information on the airline manifest (which would be US passport) or the EU passport? (again, my best guess is to use the EU passport). | 2016/01/11 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/61201",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/38957/"
] | The offical website for the Vietnamese embassy in Canada is:
<http://www.vietem-ca.com/>
This is from a list of Vietnamese diplomatic missions abroad provided by the [Vietnamese government here](http://visa.mofa.gov.vn/Contact.aspx) (Although my experience of Vietnam and the Internet would not give me complete faith in it being kept up to date). The website with the lists was linked to as an offical Vietnamese government page [via the Australian SmartTraveller page](https://smartraveller.gov.au/countries/vietnam). It's also linked to from the [website of the Vietnamese embassy in the](http://vietnamembassy.org.uk/index.php?action=p&ct=Consular%20Services%20for%20UK%20residents#VISA) UK. | The whois of vietem-ca: <http://whois.domaintools.com/vietem-ca.com>
The whois of vietnamembassy-canada.ca: <http://whois.domaintools.com/vietnamembassy-canada.ca>
They both say Wilbroad as the street, have the same postal code and are both in Ottawa.
One possibility: the embassy website was hosted by one of their tech guys and then when he left and another was onboard they just got another domain for it. At which point both would kinda be valid, but at differing points in time. |
145,089 | In Oregon:
I am remodeling our master bedroom/bathroom, and moving the location of the bathroom, hence I need to rewire everything.
The house was built in 1989 in the following manner:
1. 20 amp circuit supplying bathroom GFis for two bathrooms (including master)
2. 15 amp circuit providing bedroom receptacles and lighting, and bathroom lighting and fan (no heater).
I want to keep this same design, but I am uncertain if the fan will need a separate circuit from the bedroom receptacles?
Also, I want to add an outdoor receptacle and outdoor light to the bedroom receptacle circuit with the GFI outlet in the receptacle. Is this allowed to tee into this circuit? | 2018/08/13 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/145089",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/87329/"
] | With bathrooms, Code now gives you two forks in the road.
* One 20A circuit can power **only bathroom receptacles** in any number of bathrooms, but absolutely nothing other than bathroom *receptacles*. Hardwired loads in the bathrooms (lighting, fan) *must* be powered by other household circuits.
* One 20A circuit must power **one bathroom only**, but can power receptacles *and* hardwired loads in **that same bathroom only**. This circuit cannot power anything in any other room. However, hardwired loads in that bathroom *could* be powered by other household circuits.
Rewire time is a great time to address problems like, as Jim Stewart says, breakers tripping when Mom and daughter try to run hair dryers at once. Honestly, I wouldn't even consider it excessive to supply *two* 20A receptacle circuits, so the occupant of that bathroom can run a curler and hair dryer at once. This could even be done with a single 12/3 cable using our old friend the MWBC.
As far as extending the bedroom circuit outside, that is fine. However I learned not to leave expensive electronic things outdoors. That includes GFCIs. I would fit a cheaper indoor-rated GFCI+receptacle inside the bedroom at whichever location you tap for the outside extension. Hang the cable to the outdoor receptacle off the `LOAD` terminals of that GFCI. Then, fit a plain receptacle outdoors. It won't deteriorate nearly as fast, and when it does, it's $2. | Code has changed since the home was built. NEC 210.11.c.3 requires the 20 amp bathroom circuit. You can power what you have listed in the bathroom from that 1 circuit see the exception but no other outlets .( the fan can be on this circuit) make sure to have a delay timer for the fan they have been hitting folks on the delay off timer in bathrooms for a while in Lynn, Benton & lane counties for a while now. |
153,654 | What does it risk if... I get caught looking at the pay sheet in my coworker's bag by my manager ? | 2020/02/23 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/153654",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/114884/"
] | You risk being sacked for tampering with others property and earning a reputation as someone who will steal off workmates. No one else knows what you were doing sniffing around in someones bag so it looks like a thief at work.
. | Depends on the location and culture.
Likely the company will do little more than tell you not to repeat this behaviour and maybe to apologize.
Your coworkers? The avenues for summary punishment are endless and obviously depend upon their temperament. |
6,830,546 | My Google black belt has fallen off and I'm unable to find a single mobile device emulator that can be installed on Windows 7. I would be satisfied if it only supported iPhone and Android emulation.
Do any such emulators exist?
EDIT:
To clarify, I'm not asking if I can develop for the iPhone (or any other devices for that matter) on a Windows 7 machine. I'm asking if an emulator exists that would allow me to see a close approximation of how a site would be rendered on an iPhone, Android, or some other mobile device. | 2011/07/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6830546",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/763246/"
] | The Android SDK comes with an emulator, but to do iphone development, you will need a Mac. Bottom line. | Not exactly an emulator, but you can use a plugin for Firefox/Chrome called User Agent switcher, which allows you to easily render mobile sites using a standard browser.
* [User Agent Switcher for Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/)
* [User Agent Switcher for Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg)
You'll also need the actual user agents to switch to, I use the ones found on TechPatterns (below), but you can find many more lists just by searching.
* [User Agent Lists](http://techpatterns.com/forums/about304.html) |
39,019,567 | I just want to know if a neural network can be trained with a single class of data set. I have a set of data that I want to train a neural network with. After training it, I want to give new data(for testing) to the trained neural network to check if it can recognize it as been similar to the training sample or not.
Is this possible with neural network? If yes, will that be a supervised learning or unsupervised.
I know neural networks can be used for classification if there are multiple classes but I have not seen with a single class before. A good explanation and link to any example will be much appreciated. Thanks | 2016/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39019567",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5612353/"
] | Of course it can be. But in this case it will only recognize this one class that you have trained it with. And depending on the expected output you can measure the similarity to the training data.
An NN, after training, is just a function. For classification problems you can imagine it as a function that takes data as input and returns an integer indicating to which class it belongs to. That being said, if you have only one class that can be represented by an integer value 1, and if training data is not similar to that class, you will get something like 1.555; It will not tel you that it belongs to another class, because you have introduced only one, but it will definitely give you a hint about its similarity.
NNs are considered to be supervised learning, because before training you have to provide both input and target, i. e. the expected output. | If you train a network with only a single class of data then It is popularly known as One-class Classification. There are various algorithms developed in the past like [One-class SVM](https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1119749), [Support Vector Data Description](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:MACH.0000008084.60811.49), [OCKELM](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231217302096) etc. Tax and Duin developed a MATLAB toolbox for this and it supports various one-class classifiers.
[DD Toolbox](https://www.tudelft.nl/ewi/over-de-faculteit/afdelingen/intelligent-systems/pattern-recognition-bioinformatics/pattern-recognition-laboratory/data-and-software/dd-tools/)
[One-class SVM](https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/)
[Kernel Ridge Regression based or Kernelized ELM based or LSSVM(where bias=0) based One-class Classification](https://github.com/Chandan-IITI/One-Class-Kernel-ELM) |
39,019,567 | I just want to know if a neural network can be trained with a single class of data set. I have a set of data that I want to train a neural network with. After training it, I want to give new data(for testing) to the trained neural network to check if it can recognize it as been similar to the training sample or not.
Is this possible with neural network? If yes, will that be a supervised learning or unsupervised.
I know neural networks can be used for classification if there are multiple classes but I have not seen with a single class before. A good explanation and link to any example will be much appreciated. Thanks | 2016/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39019567",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5612353/"
] | Of course it can be. But in this case it will only recognize this one class that you have trained it with. And depending on the expected output you can measure the similarity to the training data.
An NN, after training, is just a function. For classification problems you can imagine it as a function that takes data as input and returns an integer indicating to which class it belongs to. That being said, if you have only one class that can be represented by an integer value 1, and if training data is not similar to that class, you will get something like 1.555; It will not tel you that it belongs to another class, because you have introduced only one, but it will definitely give you a hint about its similarity.
NNs are considered to be supervised learning, because before training you have to provide both input and target, i. e. the expected output. | There is a paper [Anomaly Detection Using One-Class Neural Networks](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.06360.pdf)
which combines One-Class SVM and Neural Networks.
Here is [source code](https://github.com/raghavchalapathy/oc-nn). However, I've had difficulty connecting the source code and the paper. |
4,392 | Are there any good winter sleeping bags geared towards women who like the color PINK? One that is good for backpacking and for cold (0 degree) temps. | 2013/07/30 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4392",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/2374/"
] | I will not recommend crossing if the bridge is only composed of frozen snow because snow does not support a lot of weight. You should check the following:
* The ice should be at least 15 cm thick (be careful to differentiate the frozen snow from the clear ice, the 15 cm applies only to clear ice)
* The bridge should not contain any water on it (sign of melting or possible weak structure)
* The temperature for the last days must be at least less than freezing (to prevent any melting)
Furthermore, you should:
* Avoid places where the current is strong (because they weaken the thickness and the structure)
* Avoid places where the bridge is longer (Ice is thicker near the extremities and thinner in the middle)
Last but not least, the following measures are used for lake crossing:
* 10 cm for people
* 12 cm for snowmobile
* 20 cm to 30 cm for small cars
* 30 cm to 38 cm for trucks
References:
* [Regarding the different types of ices and the supported weight](http://www.bigice.ca/ice_chart.php)
* [Regarding the general advices when crossing a river or lake](http://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2011/03/stay-safe---check-local-ice-conditions-on-late-winter-ice.html)
* [Regarding the different type of ice and how to make an articial snow bridge](http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/201/301/tbs-sct/tb_manual-ef/Pubs_pol/hrpubs/TBM_119/CHAP5_3_e.html) | If you have no choice but to cross a snow/ice bridge then normal practice is to be roped in with two other people and to use a [snow probe](http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n:3402751). If a 3m probe passes through without resistance then it's not safe to cross.
Normally the 3rd will self belay the leader and second, who start about 10 feet back, with the second belaying the leader. Cross in a perpendicular manner, and distribute your weight as much as possible (skis, snowshoes). Whatever you do, don't stomp on the snow. |
41,644,088 | I have an AWS IOT button that i'm trying to connect to the open wifi at my office. The problem is, our open "no-auth" wifi has one of those "terms of use" buttons you have to click in a browser before you are connected. Can the AWS IOT button get passed that?
Seems like it only works on wifi that is locked down vie SSA.
Anyone know a workaround? | 2017/01/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41644088",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1058474/"
] | >
> Unfortunately the button doesn't support captive portal networks.
> Normally we advise the network operator to whitelist the button's MAC
> address, but I see you've already ruled that out.
>
>
> One option you have is to use a travel router to bridge the captive
> portal network to a non-captive portal network. These travel routers
> are typically designed for hotel use, and so handle captive portal
> networks well. You'll probably have to first connect to the
> non-captive network with a phone or laptop to click agree, but then
> all other devices on the network shouldn't see the login page
> afterwards.
>
>
> Note that this may be seen as circumventing the captive portal
> network's usage or security policies, so please check with the network
> operator.
>
>
>
<https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=244348> | * discover the device's mac address
* remove the device's power source
* configure your laptop's wifi card to override its built-in MAC address and instead assume the IoT device's MAC address
* sign on to the wireless network and accept terms with your laptop, spoofing the device's hardware address
* return the laptop to normal configuration
* power up the IoT device
* PROFIT! :) ...at least until the portal's login timeout window expires. |
307,511 | I was going through a reading and this construction confused the student:
>
> “Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes red and swollen from
> crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
She understood the words; it was the construction that confused her. I could explain what it meant in that context, but I didn't have a good explanation for that construction, generally. So in the above example, how would you classify "my eyes red and swollen from crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms"? Is it an appositive? Some kind of relative clause? Something else? A noun phrase? | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/307511",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/160496/"
] | They are called 'supplements'. The first is a verbless clause, cf. "my eyes **were** red and swollen" ... " (“my eyes” is the subject), and the second is a non-finite clause.
Supplements don't modify anything; instead they have an 'anchor', in this case "I". They are set apart from the surrounding narrative by punctuation, usually commas (as here), and by a slight pause in speech. | The two clauses with the participles swollen and balled up give cicumstantial details. In the simplest form you could express those circumstances this way: and my eyes were red and swollen from crying and a balled up tissue was squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
Generally you can change such long sentences containing circumstantial details into participle constructions. They are shorter and the stylistic effect is more elegant. Of course, this is a literary device of written language.
As Cerberus already mentioned such participle constructions are called absolute constructions. Latin absolutus meant a construction somehow loosened from the main sentence. These constructions can correspond to a main sentence with "and" or a subclause with because, while, when, after etc. Whether the absolute construction indicates a cause or time depends on the content of participle construction and main clause.
In my view these participle constructions correspond to adverbial sentence parts when referring to a main clause. After a noun they refer to relative clauses. |
307,511 | I was going through a reading and this construction confused the student:
>
> “Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes red and swollen from
> crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
She understood the words; it was the construction that confused her. I could explain what it meant in that context, but I didn't have a good explanation for that construction, generally. So in the above example, how would you classify "my eyes red and swollen from crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms"? Is it an appositive? Some kind of relative clause? Something else? A noun phrase? | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/307511",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/160496/"
] | Your sentence could be rephrased to the following when you put the dropped *being* back after each subject of the [absolute construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_construction):
>
> Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes *being* red and swollen
> from crying, a balled up tissue *being* squeezed tightly between my
> sweaty palms.
>
>
>
The full (longer) version before the construction will be
>
> Will we be able to talk?” I asked, **and** my eyes **were** red and swollen from
> crying, **and** a balled up tissue **was** squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
You could notice that the inflected (past tense of to *be*) **were / was** is changed to **being** to make it a **non-finite clause** (absolute clause). Then, the being is omitted.
This construction is also known as "participial (participle) construction" and for further information, please visit the [linked article](http://www.grammaring.com/participle-clauses) which illustrates how it works. | The two clauses with the participles swollen and balled up give cicumstantial details. In the simplest form you could express those circumstances this way: and my eyes were red and swollen from crying and a balled up tissue was squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
Generally you can change such long sentences containing circumstantial details into participle constructions. They are shorter and the stylistic effect is more elegant. Of course, this is a literary device of written language.
As Cerberus already mentioned such participle constructions are called absolute constructions. Latin absolutus meant a construction somehow loosened from the main sentence. These constructions can correspond to a main sentence with "and" or a subclause with because, while, when, after etc. Whether the absolute construction indicates a cause or time depends on the content of participle construction and main clause.
In my view these participle constructions correspond to adverbial sentence parts when referring to a main clause. After a noun they refer to relative clauses. |
307,511 | I was going through a reading and this construction confused the student:
>
> “Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes red and swollen from
> crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
She understood the words; it was the construction that confused her. I could explain what it meant in that context, but I didn't have a good explanation for that construction, generally. So in the above example, how would you classify "my eyes red and swollen from crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms"? Is it an appositive? Some kind of relative clause? Something else? A noun phrase? | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/307511",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/160496/"
] | Consider the following sentence:
>
> He walked down the street, his shoelaces untied.
>
>
>
That sentence, from the point of view of *meaning*, is equivalent to:
>
> He walked down the street, *with* his shoelaces untied.
>
>
>
although the two sentences differ in that **with** explicitly links {his shoelaces untied} to {walked down the street} in the main clause. In the first version, that relationship is implicit.
In the first version, the phrase {his shoelaces untied} is an absolute statement, one lacking a tensed verb, and one whose connection to the main clause is implicit, not explicit. The fact expressed in the absolute is understood to be true (or understood to obtain) coeval with the time of the main clause, that is, the time of the tensed verb in the main clause.
>
> After I win the lottery, I will be driving a fancy car through the
> neighborhood, a happy tune in my head.
>
>
> | The two clauses with the participles swollen and balled up give cicumstantial details. In the simplest form you could express those circumstances this way: and my eyes were red and swollen from crying and a balled up tissue was squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
Generally you can change such long sentences containing circumstantial details into participle constructions. They are shorter and the stylistic effect is more elegant. Of course, this is a literary device of written language.
As Cerberus already mentioned such participle constructions are called absolute constructions. Latin absolutus meant a construction somehow loosened from the main sentence. These constructions can correspond to a main sentence with "and" or a subclause with because, while, when, after etc. Whether the absolute construction indicates a cause or time depends on the content of participle construction and main clause.
In my view these participle constructions correspond to adverbial sentence parts when referring to a main clause. After a noun they refer to relative clauses. |
307,511 | I was going through a reading and this construction confused the student:
>
> “Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes red and swollen from
> crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
She understood the words; it was the construction that confused her. I could explain what it meant in that context, but I didn't have a good explanation for that construction, generally. So in the above example, how would you classify "my eyes red and swollen from crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms"? Is it an appositive? Some kind of relative clause? Something else? A noun phrase? | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/307511",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/160496/"
] | Your sentence could be rephrased to the following when you put the dropped *being* back after each subject of the [absolute construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_construction):
>
> Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes *being* red and swollen
> from crying, a balled up tissue *being* squeezed tightly between my
> sweaty palms.
>
>
>
The full (longer) version before the construction will be
>
> Will we be able to talk?” I asked, **and** my eyes **were** red and swollen from
> crying, **and** a balled up tissue **was** squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
You could notice that the inflected (past tense of to *be*) **were / was** is changed to **being** to make it a **non-finite clause** (absolute clause). Then, the being is omitted.
This construction is also known as "participial (participle) construction" and for further information, please visit the [linked article](http://www.grammaring.com/participle-clauses) which illustrates how it works. | They are called 'supplements'. The first is a verbless clause, cf. "my eyes **were** red and swollen" ... " (“my eyes” is the subject), and the second is a non-finite clause.
Supplements don't modify anything; instead they have an 'anchor', in this case "I". They are set apart from the surrounding narrative by punctuation, usually commas (as here), and by a slight pause in speech. |
307,511 | I was going through a reading and this construction confused the student:
>
> “Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes red and swollen from
> crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
She understood the words; it was the construction that confused her. I could explain what it meant in that context, but I didn't have a good explanation for that construction, generally. So in the above example, how would you classify "my eyes red and swollen from crying, a balled up tissue squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms"? Is it an appositive? Some kind of relative clause? Something else? A noun phrase? | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/307511",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/160496/"
] | Your sentence could be rephrased to the following when you put the dropped *being* back after each subject of the [absolute construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_construction):
>
> Will we be able to talk?” I asked, my eyes *being* red and swollen
> from crying, a balled up tissue *being* squeezed tightly between my
> sweaty palms.
>
>
>
The full (longer) version before the construction will be
>
> Will we be able to talk?” I asked, **and** my eyes **were** red and swollen from
> crying, **and** a balled up tissue **was** squeezed tightly between my sweaty palms.
>
>
>
You could notice that the inflected (past tense of to *be*) **were / was** is changed to **being** to make it a **non-finite clause** (absolute clause). Then, the being is omitted.
This construction is also known as "participial (participle) construction" and for further information, please visit the [linked article](http://www.grammaring.com/participle-clauses) which illustrates how it works. | Consider the following sentence:
>
> He walked down the street, his shoelaces untied.
>
>
>
That sentence, from the point of view of *meaning*, is equivalent to:
>
> He walked down the street, *with* his shoelaces untied.
>
>
>
although the two sentences differ in that **with** explicitly links {his shoelaces untied} to {walked down the street} in the main clause. In the first version, that relationship is implicit.
In the first version, the phrase {his shoelaces untied} is an absolute statement, one lacking a tensed verb, and one whose connection to the main clause is implicit, not explicit. The fact expressed in the absolute is understood to be true (or understood to obtain) coeval with the time of the main clause, that is, the time of the tensed verb in the main clause.
>
> After I win the lottery, I will be driving a fancy car through the
> neighborhood, a happy tune in my head.
>
>
> |
2,036,685 | >
> **Possible Duplicates:**
>
> [Uploading files in Ruby on Rails](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/116353/uploading-files-in-ruby-on-rails)
>
> [Uploading files in Rails](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/741714/uploading-files-in-rails)
>
> [Uploading Pictures Ruby on Rails…](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1857187/uploading-pictures-ruby-on-rails)
>
>
>
I am doing a web site which allow users to upload images, is there any way to simplify the upload process? | 2010/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2036685",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/148978/"
] | there are a few rails plugin, attachement\_fu and paperclip i think are amongst the best
Here is a tutorial on railscast for paperclip <http://railscasts.com/episodes/134-paperclip> and here is an attachement fu tutorial <http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2007/02/24#FileUploadFu> | Using the Stackoverflow searchbox with [file upload ruby-on-rails](https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=file+upload+ruby-on-rails) these three (at least) look promising:
[uploading a file to a website with ruby/rails](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/390993/uploading-a-file-to-a-website-with-ruby-rails)
[Uploading files in Ruby on Rails](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/116353/uploading-files-in-ruby-on-rails)
[Uploading files in Rails](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/741714/uploading-files-in-rails) |
39,481 | This question comes from watching the keynote at msteched europe. In which the presenter, I dont remember the exact works, says, that sql server wouldnt need to be physical anymore or something like that.
IN technet and many whitepapers, its recommended to use sqlserver as a standalone physical server and not virtualized, this changes the entire game when designing sharepoint solutions
I would like to read some opiniions regarding this. | 2012/06/26 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/39481",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5032/"
] | There is no right or wrong. It depends, regardless of version.
A single VM with 4GB Ram and you include your DB's in the same flat file, VM lives on 2 spindles, indexing massive amounts of data, it will suck.
Put the OS/SQL on VM with massive amounts of RAM, use RDM to mount LUNS on dedicated spindles to separate DB's / Logs, high I/O ceiling by using the correct amount of spindles, Size block size to match your SAN, Size SQL for your resources, and have a well maintained maintenance plan, and it will work great.
In some cases you may trade performance for the HA or increased flexibility virtualization will provide. Configurations options, and tradeoffs are limitless, and each one has different characteristics regardless of the new "tweaks" in 2012, 2008, or Oracle, or anything else for that matter.
Note MS is making a big push to Cloud/Private Cloud, it is in there interest to sell you an "optimized" SQL for virtualization as it is part of their overall plan. You should *not* virtualize anything just for the sake of virtualizing it. And vice versa, you should not write it off because there are a majority of SQL horror stories on VM's, which have to do more with not sizing resources correctly than virtualization itself. Best Practices are suggestions not rules, and need to be evaluated in your environment on a case by case basis. | Your concern is one of the topics folks are debating so far. IMHO, using physical server is much better than virtualizing, because of stability, HA and something in terms of DR. Considering if virtualized SQL Server is very slow, and this obviously makes SharePoint databases stored in SQL Server slow.
Todd Klindt pointed out that using virtualized SQL Server is one of the top 10 mistakes of SharePoint administrator. <http://www.sharepointpromag.com/article/sharepoint/sharepoint-2010-misconfigurations-141636>
The following posts written by MCM SQL Server 2008 Brent Ozar will help you clear some points of getting SQL Server whether virtualized or not.
* [Why Would You Virtualize SQL Server?](http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/why-would-you-virtualize-sql-server/)
* [Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Virtualize SQL Server](http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/reasons-why-you-shouldnt-virtualize-sql-server/)
T.s |
39,481 | This question comes from watching the keynote at msteched europe. In which the presenter, I dont remember the exact works, says, that sql server wouldnt need to be physical anymore or something like that.
IN technet and many whitepapers, its recommended to use sqlserver as a standalone physical server and not virtualized, this changes the entire game when designing sharepoint solutions
I would like to read some opiniions regarding this. | 2012/06/26 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/39481",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5032/"
] | Best Practice, the most overused pointless term ever.
I have ran SP2010 on virtual SQL boxes no problem but as people have said it depends on the envronment. Whilst it is not considered Best Practice, Best Practice should be considered guided or recommended practice | Your concern is one of the topics folks are debating so far. IMHO, using physical server is much better than virtualizing, because of stability, HA and something in terms of DR. Considering if virtualized SQL Server is very slow, and this obviously makes SharePoint databases stored in SQL Server slow.
Todd Klindt pointed out that using virtualized SQL Server is one of the top 10 mistakes of SharePoint administrator. <http://www.sharepointpromag.com/article/sharepoint/sharepoint-2010-misconfigurations-141636>
The following posts written by MCM SQL Server 2008 Brent Ozar will help you clear some points of getting SQL Server whether virtualized or not.
* [Why Would You Virtualize SQL Server?](http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/why-would-you-virtualize-sql-server/)
* [Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Virtualize SQL Server](http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/reasons-why-you-shouldnt-virtualize-sql-server/)
T.s |
39,481 | This question comes from watching the keynote at msteched europe. In which the presenter, I dont remember the exact works, says, that sql server wouldnt need to be physical anymore or something like that.
IN technet and many whitepapers, its recommended to use sqlserver as a standalone physical server and not virtualized, this changes the entire game when designing sharepoint solutions
I would like to read some opiniions regarding this. | 2012/06/26 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/39481",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5032/"
] | There is no right or wrong. It depends, regardless of version.
A single VM with 4GB Ram and you include your DB's in the same flat file, VM lives on 2 spindles, indexing massive amounts of data, it will suck.
Put the OS/SQL on VM with massive amounts of RAM, use RDM to mount LUNS on dedicated spindles to separate DB's / Logs, high I/O ceiling by using the correct amount of spindles, Size block size to match your SAN, Size SQL for your resources, and have a well maintained maintenance plan, and it will work great.
In some cases you may trade performance for the HA or increased flexibility virtualization will provide. Configurations options, and tradeoffs are limitless, and each one has different characteristics regardless of the new "tweaks" in 2012, 2008, or Oracle, or anything else for that matter.
Note MS is making a big push to Cloud/Private Cloud, it is in there interest to sell you an "optimized" SQL for virtualization as it is part of their overall plan. You should *not* virtualize anything just for the sake of virtualizing it. And vice versa, you should not write it off because there are a majority of SQL horror stories on VM's, which have to do more with not sizing resources correctly than virtualization itself. Best Practices are suggestions not rules, and need to be evaluated in your environment on a case by case basis. | Best Practice, the most overused pointless term ever.
I have ran SP2010 on virtual SQL boxes no problem but as people have said it depends on the envronment. Whilst it is not considered Best Practice, Best Practice should be considered guided or recommended practice |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/3322/"
] | Unfortunately, people when interacting online (and online in general) [have a short attention span](http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/mobile-use-attention-spans-and-how-reach-next-generation-social-customers), most of the time they worry more for the message itself than the finer details. So it's a tough one if you really want people to spell it correctly.
Depending on your relationship with the person and if it's an informal conversation, you could be a little cheeky and write at the end of the message:
>
> By the way, It's Henric with a c, not with a k ;-)
>
>
>
This gives you the means to ensure that you have corrected them, in like I said a cheeky way. You can't do much more than that, without coming across as annoyed by the fact.
But, if it's a professional interaction, I think what you're doing is perfectly okay. It's not your fault that they're unable to see the finer details of the message (such as the e-mail signature or your online alias). Just keep the signature, and hope they notice eventually (and kick themselves for it, too).
---
**Note for e-mail**: It can also make it easier for the interaction via e-mail if you have your name in your email. Such as mine is normally Bradley.wilson@..., (I can't imagine people can spell it bradly after that). | >
> Hello, I am Henric with a C
>
>
>
I know how awkward these things can be. My mother and stepmother have the same name, just spelled differently. They would get particularly irritated when they received each other's mail and such, given the context it's kind of understandable...
My mom has had to deal with it her whole life because the family version of her name looks like a common misspelling of my stepmother's name.
Whole lot of:
>
> Yes that's my name and no it isn't a typo.
>
>
>
Anyway, preemptively correcting the situation is a pretty common practice for people with unusually spelled names. |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/3322/"
] | >
> Hello, I am Henric with a C
>
>
>
I know how awkward these things can be. My mother and stepmother have the same name, just spelled differently. They would get particularly irritated when they received each other's mail and such, given the context it's kind of understandable...
My mom has had to deal with it her whole life because the family version of her name looks like a common misspelling of my stepmother's name.
Whole lot of:
>
> Yes that's my name and no it isn't a typo.
>
>
>
Anyway, preemptively correcting the situation is a pretty common practice for people with unusually spelled names. | Just write in emails that
>
> "My name ends with a 'c', while it is much more often spelled with a
> 'k' at the end. That's Henric."
>
>
>
Keep it "light," but do make the correction. |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/3322/"
] | >
> Hello, I am Henric with a C
>
>
>
I know how awkward these things can be. My mother and stepmother have the same name, just spelled differently. They would get particularly irritated when they received each other's mail and such, given the context it's kind of understandable...
My mom has had to deal with it her whole life because the family version of her name looks like a common misspelling of my stepmother's name.
Whole lot of:
>
> Yes that's my name and no it isn't a typo.
>
>
>
Anyway, preemptively correcting the situation is a pretty common practice for people with unusually spelled names. | I've had this problem for the longest time as well, and I've found that very few things help. Very few people actually pay close attention to names.
Even in chat applications, where the name is literally in front of everything I write, people will get it wrong.
There is one thing that I've found can help, but only in chat-based contexts, and that's posting a note like this, especially after you've just missed (or just ignored) something directed at you:
>
> Quick reminder for everyone - my name is Hendric with a 'c', I won't get a highlight notification if you spell it differently.
>
>
>
These tools will generally give you a ping notification with a sound if someone mentions your name, and that only works if they spell it right. It gives them an incentive to learn how to spell your name.
Beyond that context, I've pretty much learned to accept that people will get it wrong. |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/3322/"
] | Unfortunately, people when interacting online (and online in general) [have a short attention span](http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/mobile-use-attention-spans-and-how-reach-next-generation-social-customers), most of the time they worry more for the message itself than the finer details. So it's a tough one if you really want people to spell it correctly.
Depending on your relationship with the person and if it's an informal conversation, you could be a little cheeky and write at the end of the message:
>
> By the way, It's Henric with a c, not with a k ;-)
>
>
>
This gives you the means to ensure that you have corrected them, in like I said a cheeky way. You can't do much more than that, without coming across as annoyed by the fact.
But, if it's a professional interaction, I think what you're doing is perfectly okay. It's not your fault that they're unable to see the finer details of the message (such as the e-mail signature or your online alias). Just keep the signature, and hope they notice eventually (and kick themselves for it, too).
---
**Note for e-mail**: It can also make it easier for the interaction via e-mail if you have your name in your email. Such as mine is normally Bradley.wilson@..., (I can't imagine people can spell it bradly after that). | Just write in emails that
>
> "My name ends with a 'c', while it is much more often spelled with a
> 'k' at the end. That's Henric."
>
>
>
Keep it "light," but do make the correction. |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/3322/"
] | Unfortunately, people when interacting online (and online in general) [have a short attention span](http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/mobile-use-attention-spans-and-how-reach-next-generation-social-customers), most of the time they worry more for the message itself than the finer details. So it's a tough one if you really want people to spell it correctly.
Depending on your relationship with the person and if it's an informal conversation, you could be a little cheeky and write at the end of the message:
>
> By the way, It's Henric with a c, not with a k ;-)
>
>
>
This gives you the means to ensure that you have corrected them, in like I said a cheeky way. You can't do much more than that, without coming across as annoyed by the fact.
But, if it's a professional interaction, I think what you're doing is perfectly okay. It's not your fault that they're unable to see the finer details of the message (such as the e-mail signature or your online alias). Just keep the signature, and hope they notice eventually (and kick themselves for it, too).
---
**Note for e-mail**: It can also make it easier for the interaction via e-mail if you have your name in your email. Such as mine is normally Bradley.wilson@..., (I can't imagine people can spell it bradly after that). | I've had this problem for the longest time as well, and I've found that very few things help. Very few people actually pay close attention to names.
Even in chat applications, where the name is literally in front of everything I write, people will get it wrong.
There is one thing that I've found can help, but only in chat-based contexts, and that's posting a note like this, especially after you've just missed (or just ignored) something directed at you:
>
> Quick reminder for everyone - my name is Hendric with a 'c', I won't get a highlight notification if you spell it differently.
>
>
>
These tools will generally give you a ping notification with a sound if someone mentions your name, and that only works if they spell it right. It gives them an incentive to learn how to spell your name.
Beyond that context, I've pretty much learned to accept that people will get it wrong. |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/3322/"
] | Unfortunately, people when interacting online (and online in general) [have a short attention span](http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/mobile-use-attention-spans-and-how-reach-next-generation-social-customers), most of the time they worry more for the message itself than the finer details. So it's a tough one if you really want people to spell it correctly.
Depending on your relationship with the person and if it's an informal conversation, you could be a little cheeky and write at the end of the message:
>
> By the way, It's Henric with a c, not with a k ;-)
>
>
>
This gives you the means to ensure that you have corrected them, in like I said a cheeky way. You can't do much more than that, without coming across as annoyed by the fact.
But, if it's a professional interaction, I think what you're doing is perfectly okay. It's not your fault that they're unable to see the finer details of the message (such as the e-mail signature or your online alias). Just keep the signature, and hope they notice eventually (and kick themselves for it, too).
---
**Note for e-mail**: It can also make it easier for the interaction via e-mail if you have your name in your email. Such as mine is normally Bradley.wilson@..., (I can't imagine people can spell it bradly after that). | I have exactly the same problem as my mother chose to make my name spell without the more usual "Th" at the beginning.
As stated in different answers: You cannot really do anything about it. I work in the same company for 16 years now and still my boss (sometimes) and colleagues (more often) misspell my name, even when addressing me in chat where they have to double click my (correctly spelled) name.
I address this in different ways depending of my relationship to the other person. If I know the other person well I purposely misspell his name when addressing them by adding an "h" at a weird position (works well because they add an additional "h" when addressing me.
>
> Hi Bhradley, Hi Ehric, Hi Phaul
>
>
>
If my relationship is more professional and less of a private nature I usually just change my signature slightly. Some of them get it, some never... But this is something I have learned to live with:
>
> Regards
> Torsten (without h)
>
>
>
And sometimes I use both ways the same time. |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/3322/"
] | I have exactly the same problem as my mother chose to make my name spell without the more usual "Th" at the beginning.
As stated in different answers: You cannot really do anything about it. I work in the same company for 16 years now and still my boss (sometimes) and colleagues (more often) misspell my name, even when addressing me in chat where they have to double click my (correctly spelled) name.
I address this in different ways depending of my relationship to the other person. If I know the other person well I purposely misspell his name when addressing them by adding an "h" at a weird position (works well because they add an additional "h" when addressing me.
>
> Hi Bhradley, Hi Ehric, Hi Phaul
>
>
>
If my relationship is more professional and less of a private nature I usually just change my signature slightly. Some of them get it, some never... But this is something I have learned to live with:
>
> Regards
> Torsten (without h)
>
>
>
And sometimes I use both ways the same time. | Just write in emails that
>
> "My name ends with a 'c', while it is much more often spelled with a
> 'k' at the end. That's Henric."
>
>
>
Keep it "light," but do make the correction. |
1,887 | My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail, SMS, chat or other means of written communication, I often find people misspelling my name as they're used to the more common variant.
I have tried to address this passively, e.g. by including my name in an email signature or in my online profiles. I haven't tried explicitly correcting people. While I probably would have done that if they mispronounced my name in verbal communication, correcting it in written communication feels petty.
While it is a minor detail, I want my name to be spelt correctly. Spelling it this way comes from the family and I want to keep that part.
**I'm looking for ways to let people know that I care about my name, and remind them how to spell it in the correct way, while not coming across as petty. How can I do that?**
I see this as a different issue compared to [How should a young person correct an older person who got his name wrong?](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1363/how-should-a-young-person-correct-an-older-person-who-got-his-name-wrong), as that deals with getting the wrong name, in-person. | 2017/08/16 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1887",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
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] | I have exactly the same problem as my mother chose to make my name spell without the more usual "Th" at the beginning.
As stated in different answers: You cannot really do anything about it. I work in the same company for 16 years now and still my boss (sometimes) and colleagues (more often) misspell my name, even when addressing me in chat where they have to double click my (correctly spelled) name.
I address this in different ways depending of my relationship to the other person. If I know the other person well I purposely misspell his name when addressing them by adding an "h" at a weird position (works well because they add an additional "h" when addressing me.
>
> Hi Bhradley, Hi Ehric, Hi Phaul
>
>
>
If my relationship is more professional and less of a private nature I usually just change my signature slightly. Some of them get it, some never... But this is something I have learned to live with:
>
> Regards
> Torsten (without h)
>
>
>
And sometimes I use both ways the same time. | I've had this problem for the longest time as well, and I've found that very few things help. Very few people actually pay close attention to names.
Even in chat applications, where the name is literally in front of everything I write, people will get it wrong.
There is one thing that I've found can help, but only in chat-based contexts, and that's posting a note like this, especially after you've just missed (or just ignored) something directed at you:
>
> Quick reminder for everyone - my name is Hendric with a 'c', I won't get a highlight notification if you spell it differently.
>
>
>
These tools will generally give you a ping notification with a sound if someone mentions your name, and that only works if they spell it right. It gives them an incentive to learn how to spell your name.
Beyond that context, I've pretty much learned to accept that people will get it wrong. |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | I dont believe Rowling has answered this. I suspect we might find out what muggles in France are called with the next Fantastic Beasts movie. | In India, they're called **"मगलू"** in Hindi which in English would be pronounced as **"Mugloo"**.
Source: [glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle](http://glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle) and also from [Harry Potter Wikia](http://harrypotter.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Muggle_in_hindi). For the pronounciation part, you can copy paste the Hindi word in the translator and listen to the audio |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | As far as the information from the HP books (and movies), Fantastic Beasts first movie, and as you mentioned in your question, the non-wizarding world people are addressed as:
1. ***MUGGLES*** by the British community
2. ***NO-MAJ (NON-MAGICALS)*** by the American community
However, according to David Yates (director of the new Fantastic Beasts movie), in his interview [here](http://ew.com/movies/2018/01/18/fantastic-beasts-french-muggle/), he mentioned that the French address non-wizards as:
>
> ***NON-MAGIQUES***
>
>
>
Which is undoubtedly the literal translation of the American term. However, as far as I have read, searched and seen online, these are the only three terms mentioned. (*Fingers crossed for some new reveals though!*) | In the Finnish translations, it is **Jästi**. The source is a currently unavailable *pro gradu* work for Tampere University linguistics:
<http://uta32-kk.lib.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/90829/gradu00230.pdf>
(gives a timeout error at the moment)
>
> Hanna Karppinen:
> Harry Potter -kirjojen suomennoksissa käytetyt uudissanat,
> Appendix 2. Pro gradu. Tampereen yliopisto, 2003
>
>
>
Translation: "The neologisms used in translations of the Harry Potter books"
Funnily enough, the word means a person that is an outsider. One that does not belong to any circles. It can be any kind of a circle, ie. a group of people with a common interest or background.
The word itself was selected by the Finnish translator, Jaana Kapari, from the word **jästipää** which means a very stubborn person. Stubborn to a level of stupidity.
[https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jästi](https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%C3%A4sti)
Btw, the English version of that page tells that it's a person who does not partake in geocaching, but that seems to be someone's joke addition :) |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | In the Finnish translations, it is **Jästi**. The source is a currently unavailable *pro gradu* work for Tampere University linguistics:
<http://uta32-kk.lib.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/90829/gradu00230.pdf>
(gives a timeout error at the moment)
>
> Hanna Karppinen:
> Harry Potter -kirjojen suomennoksissa käytetyt uudissanat,
> Appendix 2. Pro gradu. Tampereen yliopisto, 2003
>
>
>
Translation: "The neologisms used in translations of the Harry Potter books"
Funnily enough, the word means a person that is an outsider. One that does not belong to any circles. It can be any kind of a circle, ie. a group of people with a common interest or background.
The word itself was selected by the Finnish translator, Jaana Kapari, from the word **jästipää** which means a very stubborn person. Stubborn to a level of stupidity.
[https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jästi](https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%C3%A4sti)
Btw, the English version of that page tells that it's a person who does not partake in geocaching, but that seems to be someone's joke addition :) | In India, they're called **"मगलू"** in Hindi which in English would be pronounced as **"Mugloo"**.
Source: [glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle](http://glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle) and also from [Harry Potter Wikia](http://harrypotter.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Muggle_in_hindi). For the pronounciation part, you can copy paste the Hindi word in the translator and listen to the audio |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | I dont believe Rowling has answered this. I suspect we might find out what muggles in France are called with the next Fantastic Beasts movie. | In Germany it is written: "Muggel"
It is pronounced the same way, just with a deeper "u" and the double "g" is kinda quick.
Interesting topic though. |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | As far as the information from the HP books (and movies), Fantastic Beasts first movie, and as you mentioned in your question, the non-wizarding world people are addressed as:
1. ***MUGGLES*** by the British community
2. ***NO-MAJ (NON-MAGICALS)*** by the American community
However, according to David Yates (director of the new Fantastic Beasts movie), in his interview [here](http://ew.com/movies/2018/01/18/fantastic-beasts-french-muggle/), he mentioned that the French address non-wizards as:
>
> ***NON-MAGIQUES***
>
>
>
Which is undoubtedly the literal translation of the American term. However, as far as I have read, searched and seen online, these are the only three terms mentioned. (*Fingers crossed for some new reveals though!*) | In India, they're called **"मगलू"** in Hindi which in English would be pronounced as **"Mugloo"**.
Source: [glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle](http://glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle) and also from [Harry Potter Wikia](http://harrypotter.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Muggle_in_hindi). For the pronounciation part, you can copy paste the Hindi word in the translator and listen to the audio |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | As far as the information from the HP books (and movies), Fantastic Beasts first movie, and as you mentioned in your question, the non-wizarding world people are addressed as:
1. ***MUGGLES*** by the British community
2. ***NO-MAJ (NON-MAGICALS)*** by the American community
However, according to David Yates (director of the new Fantastic Beasts movie), in his interview [here](http://ew.com/movies/2018/01/18/fantastic-beasts-french-muggle/), he mentioned that the French address non-wizards as:
>
> ***NON-MAGIQUES***
>
>
>
Which is undoubtedly the literal translation of the American term. However, as far as I have read, searched and seen online, these are the only three terms mentioned. (*Fingers crossed for some new reveals though!*) | Ok, this is just speculation on my part... but hear me out:
Since it's not actually an english word (Unless you consider it's root as [1920's New Orleans slang for a joint](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muggle) and/or hot chocolate.) but rather a wizard world word I'd think that most countries would have a local word derived from olde wizarde or high wiz (or whatever the spell language is called) such as Muggle in English, Mugglare in Swedish and मगलू in Hindi (as Abhi stated).
Some communities could try and mark their uniqueness and standing apart from the other wizarding world by making up words (such as the americans with their slang word "no-maj") but the word "Muggle" would still be recognizeable by them. |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | In the Finnish translations, it is **Jästi**. The source is a currently unavailable *pro gradu* work for Tampere University linguistics:
<http://uta32-kk.lib.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/90829/gradu00230.pdf>
(gives a timeout error at the moment)
>
> Hanna Karppinen:
> Harry Potter -kirjojen suomennoksissa käytetyt uudissanat,
> Appendix 2. Pro gradu. Tampereen yliopisto, 2003
>
>
>
Translation: "The neologisms used in translations of the Harry Potter books"
Funnily enough, the word means a person that is an outsider. One that does not belong to any circles. It can be any kind of a circle, ie. a group of people with a common interest or background.
The word itself was selected by the Finnish translator, Jaana Kapari, from the word **jästipää** which means a very stubborn person. Stubborn to a level of stupidity.
[https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jästi](https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%C3%A4sti)
Btw, the English version of that page tells that it's a person who does not partake in geocaching, but that seems to be someone's joke addition :) | Ok, this is just speculation on my part... but hear me out:
Since it's not actually an english word (Unless you consider it's root as [1920's New Orleans slang for a joint](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muggle) and/or hot chocolate.) but rather a wizard world word I'd think that most countries would have a local word derived from olde wizarde or high wiz (or whatever the spell language is called) such as Muggle in English, Mugglare in Swedish and मगलू in Hindi (as Abhi stated).
Some communities could try and mark their uniqueness and standing apart from the other wizarding world by making up words (such as the americans with their slang word "no-maj") but the word "Muggle" would still be recognizeable by them. |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | Even though only two words have been officially disclosed, we could assume other countries would use the words introduced in official translations of HP books. There's a list of translations for "muggle" at [Harry Potter Wikia](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_wizarding_terms_in_translations_of_Harry_Potter#Muggle). | In Germany it is written: "Muggel"
It is pronounced the same way, just with a deeper "u" and the double "g" is kinda quick.
Interesting topic though. |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | In the Finnish translations, it is **Jästi**. The source is a currently unavailable *pro gradu* work for Tampere University linguistics:
<http://uta32-kk.lib.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/90829/gradu00230.pdf>
(gives a timeout error at the moment)
>
> Hanna Karppinen:
> Harry Potter -kirjojen suomennoksissa käytetyt uudissanat,
> Appendix 2. Pro gradu. Tampereen yliopisto, 2003
>
>
>
Translation: "The neologisms used in translations of the Harry Potter books"
Funnily enough, the word means a person that is an outsider. One that does not belong to any circles. It can be any kind of a circle, ie. a group of people with a common interest or background.
The word itself was selected by the Finnish translator, Jaana Kapari, from the word **jästipää** which means a very stubborn person. Stubborn to a level of stupidity.
[https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jästi](https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%C3%A4sti)
Btw, the English version of that page tells that it's a person who does not partake in geocaching, but that seems to be someone's joke addition :) | In Germany it is written: "Muggel"
It is pronounced the same way, just with a deeper "u" and the double "g" is kinda quick.
Interesting topic though. |
184,055 | Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries also. E.g the twins Parvati and Padma Patil were of Indian descent.
What are non-magical people called by magical communities outside of Britain and America?
I am not asking about different languages like German or French. I am asking about different magical communities in other countries. | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/184055",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/83884/"
] | In India, they're called **"मगलू"** in Hindi which in English would be pronounced as **"Mugloo"**.
Source: [glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle](http://glosbe.com/en/hi/Muggle) and also from [Harry Potter Wikia](http://harrypotter.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Muggle_in_hindi). For the pronounciation part, you can copy paste the Hindi word in the translator and listen to the audio | Ok, this is just speculation on my part... but hear me out:
Since it's not actually an english word (Unless you consider it's root as [1920's New Orleans slang for a joint](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muggle) and/or hot chocolate.) but rather a wizard world word I'd think that most countries would have a local word derived from olde wizarde or high wiz (or whatever the spell language is called) such as Muggle in English, Mugglare in Swedish and मगलू in Hindi (as Abhi stated).
Some communities could try and mark their uniqueness and standing apart from the other wizarding world by making up words (such as the americans with their slang word "no-maj") but the word "Muggle" would still be recognizeable by them. |
2,401,088 | I have a series of big excel files that work like a program, but I hate beeing tied up (stuck in VBA for excel 2003), so...
Whats the best way to implement a gui over a excel vba program (office 2003)? (are there any tools for that... I want to move away from the office suite, but still have it in the background)
Or what's the easiest alternative for migrating this code to a more open language.
Any ideias? | 2010/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2401088",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193971/"
] | Have you looked at [VSTO](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsto/dd253198.aspx)? | [Resolver One](http://www.resolversystems.com/products/resolver-one/ms-excel.php) is a Python spreadsheet system with strong support for importing from MS Excel. It's often used for the situation you describe. |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | No, I think the official iPhone OS 2.0 SDK does not allow this. | You cannot launch the iPod app from your application. But you can easily play a song.
Use the [AVAudioPlayer](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAudioPlayerClassReference/Reference/Reference.html) from the [AVFoundation](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVFoundationFramework/index.html) Framework.
Ars Technica has a nice article on it, [here](http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/25/iphone-sdk-watch-new-avfoundation-framework). |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | No, I think the official iPhone OS 2.0 SDK does not allow this. | Nope you cannot fire off a song from your media library but you can play a song you have embedded in you app or you download from the web here are some examples
[Apple - Example](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/oalTouch/)
[AppsAmuck - Example](http://appsamuck.com/day21.html) |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | No, I think the official iPhone OS 2.0 SDK does not allow this. | This is now possible with 3.0 but I will not go further into it due to NDA issues. The information is available on the Developer Site. |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | No, I think the official iPhone OS 2.0 SDK does not allow this. | Now that it's public, you're looking for MPMediaPickerController and MPMediaPickerControllerDelegate
<http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMediaPickerController_ClassReference/Reference/Reference.html> |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You cannot launch the iPod app from your application. But you can easily play a song.
Use the [AVAudioPlayer](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAudioPlayerClassReference/Reference/Reference.html) from the [AVFoundation](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVFoundationFramework/index.html) Framework.
Ars Technica has a nice article on it, [here](http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/25/iphone-sdk-watch-new-avfoundation-framework). | Nope you cannot fire off a song from your media library but you can play a song you have embedded in you app or you download from the web here are some examples
[Apple - Example](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/oalTouch/)
[AppsAmuck - Example](http://appsamuck.com/day21.html) |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You cannot launch the iPod app from your application. But you can easily play a song.
Use the [AVAudioPlayer](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAudioPlayerClassReference/Reference/Reference.html) from the [AVFoundation](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVFoundationFramework/index.html) Framework.
Ars Technica has a nice article on it, [here](http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/25/iphone-sdk-watch-new-avfoundation-framework). | This is now possible with 3.0 but I will not go further into it due to NDA issues. The information is available on the Developer Site. |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | You cannot launch the iPod app from your application. But you can easily play a song.
Use the [AVAudioPlayer](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVAudioPlayerClassReference/Reference/Reference.html) from the [AVFoundation](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVFoundationFramework/index.html) Framework.
Ars Technica has a nice article on it, [here](http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/25/iphone-sdk-watch-new-avfoundation-framework). | Now that it's public, you're looking for MPMediaPickerController and MPMediaPickerControllerDelegate
<http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMediaPickerController_ClassReference/Reference/Reference.html> |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | This is now possible with 3.0 but I will not go further into it due to NDA issues. The information is available on the Developer Site. | Nope you cannot fire off a song from your media library but you can play a song you have embedded in you app or you download from the web here are some examples
[Apple - Example](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/oalTouch/)
[AppsAmuck - Example](http://appsamuck.com/day21.html) |
422,724 | I would like to have a feature in my iphone application that would start playing a file in my ipod section of the iphone. Does the SDK allow calls to this? Is there a simple way to start a song from my application other than using the iphones native interface? | 2009/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422724",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Now that it's public, you're looking for MPMediaPickerController and MPMediaPickerControllerDelegate
<http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMediaPickerController_ClassReference/Reference/Reference.html> | Nope you cannot fire off a song from your media library but you can play a song you have embedded in you app or you download from the web here are some examples
[Apple - Example](http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/oalTouch/)
[AppsAmuck - Example](http://appsamuck.com/day21.html) |
437,683 | What does everyone think about opening a sentence with the clause: "In the status quo...." For example: "In the status quo, all statues are grey." I don't like it, and I can't find examples of this usage in larger publications with large archives, but I am failing to convince my interlocutor. Thoughts? | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/437683",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/289051/"
] | Personally, I would think that it would be better to say "The *status quo* is that all statues are gray".
My Latin is horrible, but wouldn't it be "*In statu quo*..." not "In the *status quo*..."?
Also, many of the statues around here have a nice greenish patina. | I hardly ever hear the phrase “status quo”, and never read it. I think it is a colloquial phrase. When I have heard it, it is in the form “Keep the status quo”. The only other place that I have read/heard it is in the name of a band.
A phrase with what is probably similar meaning that I have heard more often, including by academics, is “All other things being equal, …” |
1,882,385 | I'm working with SQL 2000 and I need to determine which of these databases are actually being used.
Is there a SQL script I can used to tell me the last time a database was updated? Read? Etc?
I Googled it, but came up empty. | 2009/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1882385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455292/"
] | **Edit**: the following targets issue of finding, *post-facto*, the last access date. With regards to figuring out who is using which databases, this can definitively monitored with the right filters in the SQL profiler. Beware however that profiler traces can get quite big (and hence slow/hard to analyze) when the filters are not adequate.
Changes to the database *schema*, i.e. addition of table, columns, triggers and other such objects typically leaves "dated" tracks in the system tables/views (can provide more detail about that if need be).
However, and unless the data itself includes timestamps of sorts, there are typically very few sure-fire ways of knowing when data was changed, unless the recovery model involves keeping all such changes to the Log. In that case you need some tools to "decompile" the log data...
With regards to detecting "read" activity... A tough one. There may be some computer-forensic like tricks, but again, no easy solution I'm afraid (beyond the ability to see in server activity the very last query for all still active connections; obviously a very transient thing ;-) ) | You can use a transaction log reader to check when data in a database was last modified.
With SQL 2000, I do not know of a way to know when the data was read.
What you can do is to put a trigger on the login to the database and track when the login is successful and track associated variables to find out who / what application is using the DB. |
1,882,385 | I'm working with SQL 2000 and I need to determine which of these databases are actually being used.
Is there a SQL script I can used to tell me the last time a database was updated? Read? Etc?
I Googled it, but came up empty. | 2009/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1882385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455292/"
] | I typically run the profiler if I suspect the database is actually used. If there is no activity, then simply set it to read-only or offline. | You can use a transaction log reader to check when data in a database was last modified.
With SQL 2000, I do not know of a way to know when the data was read.
What you can do is to put a trigger on the login to the database and track when the login is successful and track associated variables to find out who / what application is using the DB. |
1,882,385 | I'm working with SQL 2000 and I need to determine which of these databases are actually being used.
Is there a SQL script I can used to tell me the last time a database was updated? Read? Etc?
I Googled it, but came up empty. | 2009/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1882385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455292/"
] | **Edit**: the following targets issue of finding, *post-facto*, the last access date. With regards to figuring out who is using which databases, this can definitively monitored with the right filters in the SQL profiler. Beware however that profiler traces can get quite big (and hence slow/hard to analyze) when the filters are not adequate.
Changes to the database *schema*, i.e. addition of table, columns, triggers and other such objects typically leaves "dated" tracks in the system tables/views (can provide more detail about that if need be).
However, and unless the data itself includes timestamps of sorts, there are typically very few sure-fire ways of knowing when data was changed, unless the recovery model involves keeping all such changes to the Log. In that case you need some tools to "decompile" the log data...
With regards to detecting "read" activity... A tough one. There may be some computer-forensic like tricks, but again, no easy solution I'm afraid (beyond the ability to see in server activity the very last query for all still active connections; obviously a very transient thing ;-) ) | If your database is fully logged, create a new transaction log backup, and check it's size. The log backup will have a fixed small lengh, when there were no changes made to the database since the previous transaction log backup has been made, and it will be larger in case there were changes.
This is not a very exact method, but it can be easily checked, and might work for you. |
1,882,385 | I'm working with SQL 2000 and I need to determine which of these databases are actually being used.
Is there a SQL script I can used to tell me the last time a database was updated? Read? Etc?
I Googled it, but came up empty. | 2009/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1882385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455292/"
] | **Edit**: the following targets issue of finding, *post-facto*, the last access date. With regards to figuring out who is using which databases, this can definitively monitored with the right filters in the SQL profiler. Beware however that profiler traces can get quite big (and hence slow/hard to analyze) when the filters are not adequate.
Changes to the database *schema*, i.e. addition of table, columns, triggers and other such objects typically leaves "dated" tracks in the system tables/views (can provide more detail about that if need be).
However, and unless the data itself includes timestamps of sorts, there are typically very few sure-fire ways of knowing when data was changed, unless the recovery model involves keeping all such changes to the Log. In that case you need some tools to "decompile" the log data...
With regards to detecting "read" activity... A tough one. There may be some computer-forensic like tricks, but again, no easy solution I'm afraid (beyond the ability to see in server activity the very last query for all still active connections; obviously a very transient thing ;-) ) | I typically run the profiler if I suspect the database is actually used. If there is no activity, then simply set it to read-only or offline. |
1,882,385 | I'm working with SQL 2000 and I need to determine which of these databases are actually being used.
Is there a SQL script I can used to tell me the last time a database was updated? Read? Etc?
I Googled it, but came up empty. | 2009/12/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1882385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455292/"
] | I typically run the profiler if I suspect the database is actually used. If there is no activity, then simply set it to read-only or offline. | If your database is fully logged, create a new transaction log backup, and check it's size. The log backup will have a fixed small lengh, when there were no changes made to the database since the previous transaction log backup has been made, and it will be larger in case there were changes.
This is not a very exact method, but it can be easily checked, and might work for you. |
67,069 | I thought what I wanted was quite simple but it appears not to be. I am trying to create a power meter but I can't get my gradient to to match my shape. I added a link below as to what I have and what I want. I heard you could do what I wanted in illustrator but since I don't have that program I'm limited to the abilities of Photoshop.
Idea of what I want:
<https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/39301/screenshots/407295/accuracy_meter.png>
What I have:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AGPtq.png)
You can see that the gradient lines are straight when I want them to follow the curve of my shape
Can I make a meter like that in Photoshop. | 2016/02/16 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/67069",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/60619/"
] | Have a go at this and see if it works, good luck.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qfn2g.jpg) | I'm pretty sure you could do this, at least if I interpreted your question right.
I think you get (close to) the result you want with the free transform tool:
<https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/free-transformations-images-shapes-paths.html>
**Let me further explain what i mean:**
Step 1 Make a selection with the selection tool. (this could be a rectangle)
Step 2 create a new layer.
Step 3 Fill the selection with a solid color.
Step 3 Select te shape with again if you unselected it.
Step 4 Fill the shape with a gradient.
Step 5 Press crtl+t or cmd+t. (depends on system)
step 6 Click the free tranform tool and mold it to the shape you want it to be.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hPy3B.png) |
67,069 | I thought what I wanted was quite simple but it appears not to be. I am trying to create a power meter but I can't get my gradient to to match my shape. I added a link below as to what I have and what I want. I heard you could do what I wanted in illustrator but since I don't have that program I'm limited to the abilities of Photoshop.
Idea of what I want:
<https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/39301/screenshots/407295/accuracy_meter.png>
What I have:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AGPtq.png)
You can see that the gradient lines are straight when I want them to follow the curve of my shape
Can I make a meter like that in Photoshop. | 2016/02/16 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/67069",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/60619/"
] | Have a go at this and see if it works, good luck.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qfn2g.jpg) | This is my idea. I hope this will help you
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TmV59.gif) |
178,410 | My professor, who I had work with him before, put a photo with beautiful smile on Whats-App status, I want to say to him that always be happy and I wish that you **always be glad and smiley** or something like that.
**Be happy and smiley** is correct? | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/178410",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/80997/"
] | You can say ***Be happy and smiley*** in everyday English, but it is a tiny bit awkward because it seems almost like a command that your friend should follow immediately. It's also a little humorous because of that famous Bobby McFerrin song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
It might sound better if you said, ***May you always be happy and smiley***. Or: **I hope you're always this happy and smiley.** That way, it is clear that this is a wish that you have for your friend. | The phrase:
>
> Be happy
>
>
>
is not ungrammatical, but it's not usually the way a native speaker would express a wish for ongoing happiness. Instead, we'd likely switch the verb to something more enduring.
If I wanted to say what it sounds like you're trying to say, I'd probably word it something like this:
>
> **Stay** happy and **keep** smiling.
>
>
> |
455,067 | I have an STM32L476RG on a custom board that I have to leave connected to an external ST-Link/V2 so that I can reprogram it without accessing the hardware. I'm also forced to do this via a USB hub due to my limited number of available outputs.
Right now the MCU runs when the hub (and in turn the ST-Link) is powered via a connection to a computer. I'm searching for a way to make it run when the hub isn't powered, however.
I've found some information [here](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/422438/nrst-pin-of-unpowered-stlink-v2) regarding the NRST pin, however I only have one ST-Link at the moment and I'd like to avoid messing with it until I've exhausted other options. I should add that its in SWD mode and that I'm also using a 10-to-20 pos JTAG adapter.
Finally, my firmware is largely based on FreeRTOS. A software solution would be ideal if someone can suggest how to do that. | 2019/08/28 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/455067",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/229764/"
] | **Option 1:** Disconnect NRST pin from the debug connector on target board. Works okay for me. Unless you do not use sleep modes, it should be fine. Be ready for very rare need of Power Resets still.
**Option 2:** Use a analog Switch to cut all the JTAG and NRST lines when you don't need them to the connected to the target. When you power the hub there are ways to enable this analog Switch (or Buffer) and when you remove the hub, it can get automatically disabled. Disabling the buffer (or Analog Switch) will keep boh target and STLINK isolated.
>
> my firmware is largely based on FreeRTOS. A software solution would be ideal if someone can suggest how to do that.
>
>
>
Not a good idea because, this will become a case of dog trying to bite its tail case.
Further worked solution from OP:
*had to change the stm32l4discovery.cfg file from "reset\_config srst\_only" to "reset\_config srst\_nogate* | SWD with STLINK/V2 should only need clock, data, ground and supply. Disconnect the NRST pin from the flat cable somehow, snip the flat cable or connector pin. |
289,333 | There is a lot of conflicting information on the internet about what role these play in CPU power delivery.
A lot of people online say that having more MOSFETs and chokes results in cleaner power delivery to the CPU, thus allowing it to operate better, but looking at examples of many high-end and low end motherboards is showing me that fewer MOSFETs and chokes are present on either lower-end boards or boards that support processors with a lower TDP.
What do they do, and what advantage does an abundance of these components actually offer? Also, am I understanding correctly that lower power processors generally require less of them? | 2017/02/28 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/289333",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/140560/"
] | Those components are part of a [buck converter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_converter), which is used to reduce a 12V supply from the PSU to around 1.2V for the CPU (Vcore).
Most motherboards use a multiphase buck converter, which has multiple buck converters running in a cycle to provide a more stable supply for the CPU. More phases can make for a more stable input, especially for a higher TDP processor; each set of MOSFET and inductor (choke) you see makes up one phase.
What does complicate matters a bit is that some Intel processors (in particular, the Haswell and Broadwell generations) relocated some of the work of voltage regulation to the CPU itself, by integrating tiny inductors into the CPU package. Intel referred to this as the FIVR, or [Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271416878_FIVR_-_Fully_integrated_voltage_regulators_on_4th_generation_IntelR_Core_SoCs). This caused motherboards for these CPU generations to contain fewer visible power-regulating parts. | >
> The influences of PolyPhase techniques on the load transient performance are numerous.
>
>
>
First, the reduced output ripple voltage allows more room for voltage variations
during the load transient because the ripple voltage will
consume a smaller portion of the total error budget. With
the same number of capacitors on the output terminals of
the power supply, the sum of the overshoot and undershoot can be reduced dramatically.
Second, the reduced
ripple current allows the use of lower value inductors. This
speeds up the output current slew rate of the power
supply.
**Consequently, PolyPhase helps improve the load
transient performance of the power supply.**
Ref [Linear Technology](http://www.linear.com/docs/4166) |
642,842 | I'm confused: from what I understand, switching power supplies (like [this one](https://youtu.be/2KfvxRZ_37Q?t=542)) output DC from AC input.
But if it's true, why do (most?) motherboards use several internal switching powers supplies ([e.g. to output, 3.3V, 5V, 19V...](https://youtu.be/-FMic_Pr-HY?t=2449)) while being powered by a charger that converts AC to DC?
How could these internal switching power supply work since they are powered with DC from the charger?
(Sorry for the basic question) | 2022/11/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/642842",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/60167/"
] | Some are simple resistors, others have PTC characteristics. That means they heat up themselves but their resistance increases with temperature so they reach a defined equilibrium temperature. Pretty much the same as incandescent lighbulbs but at much lower temperatures.
Simple resistors you can put in series or in parallel, but the PTC ones are a bit tricky. Those in series must be heat-coupled as otherwise the hotter one will limit the current through the colder one so that one won't heat up. But the best idea is not to put PTC heaters in series as you can't have that problem then. | Yes, these are just large resistors (the particular type you linked at least; others are PTCs as Janka mentioned). Connecting them in series or parallel is perfectly fine. You can switch them on or off with a MOSFET. Make sure to use a logic-level MOSFET (rated for 3.3V gate voltage) if you want to control the MOSFET directly with your STM32.
Keep in mind that you need double the voltage if you connect two heating elements in series, or double the current if you connect them in parallel.
Note also that these particular heating elements are not self-regulating, which means that there's no limit on how hot they can get if they're not adequately cooled or regulated. If you let them get too hot, they burn out. This should not be a problem in your application, though, since you're planning to build a thermostat anyway (which turns them off if they get too hot).
The way these polyimide heating elements are (or at least can be) manufactured is quite interesting, too: The polyimide foil gets burnt with a laser, which turns its surface into a graphite-like conductive material wherever the laser hits it. |
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