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7,995,551 | there are some repositories (one-per-indepndent-module fashion) in gitosis
two branches: master (production receives updates from this branch) and testing
* task: for every repository deny attempts to screw up master branch:
prohibit pushing testing into master merge
* situation: recently migrated from svn to git
e... | 2011/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7995551",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/72530/"
] | If everyone is pushing to one central repo, you'll get most of the problems of non-distributed version systems.
The distributed way of doing it is: Let only those you trust (e.g. you and Linus etc.) have write access to the "canonical" repository. Let all other users have their own public mirror of their own repo (one... | I would only restrict this on the central repository. Local development can roll with the punches and push to a different branch if they need at the time.
What you are missing in the hook is checking the user. Add that to ensure that /someone/ can push to master.
Alternatively, make another repo and give only yoursel... |
51,175 | Whilst reading *Tanenbaum - Computer Networks* they talk about IP scarcity at the level of ISPs:
>
> IP addresses are scarce. An ISP might have a /16 address, giving it 65,534 usable host numbers. If it has more than that, it has a problem.
>
>
>
In the next few pages there is a talk about DHCP and NAT to solve t... | 2018/06/16 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/51175",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/48088/"
] | Tannenbaum exaggerated a bit. While IPv4 addresses are indeed scarce, ISPs could get as many addresses as they needed. They had to show good justification though, by showing the number of customers, DHCP leases etc. But large ISPs (or large hosting providers like Amazon) can have millions of IPv4 addresses.
These days... | Until fairly recently ISPs could get all the IPv4 addresses they could justify. Most fixed-line ISPs in the west got an IPv4 IP for every subscriber.
Mobile providers on the other hand tended to run widespread NAT at the ISP level, I suspect this is because while it would have been easy enough to get an IP for each su... |
222,729 | I like to take age values of particles between 20 and 40 and change color of an object in between these values. How can I do it?
Thanks | 2021/05/16 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/222729",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/98503/"
] | Presumably, you want their age-- their lifetime is their *total* lifetime, determined at birth, not the current time since emission.
To map color to some particular range of ages, first map your age range to a 0,1 range, then use a color ramp:
[](htt... | If you want to change the color in a specific range, you want to use two compare functions because you want to know if the particle's age is greater than 20 *and* also less than 40. So you need two math nodes, one for each compare:
[](https://... |
222,729 | I like to take age values of particles between 20 and 40 and change color of an object in between these values. How can I do it?
Thanks | 2021/05/16 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/222729",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/98503/"
] | First off, this solution only works in *Cycles* not in *Eevee* because the *Particle Info* node which is needed for the particle age doesn't work in *Eevee*.
Sorry for repeating parts of your answers, but since the question is open for different approaches or what exactly the outcome should look like, I thought I'd su... | If you want to change the color in a specific range, you want to use two compare functions because you want to know if the particle's age is greater than 20 *and* also less than 40. So you need two math nodes, one for each compare:
[](https://... |
85,910 | When I try to make payment via PayPal Gateway then I am getting this error:
>
> "PayPal gateway has rejected request. Payment has already been made
> for this InvoiceID (#10412: Duplicate invoice).
>
>
>
I am using **paypal express checkout**. Some times it works well, but some times it gives error after redirec... | 2015/10/09 | [
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/85910",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/users/31935/"
] | I have just met the same issue when I migrated from 1.7 to 1.9. The problem came from using old database version.
When an order is paid via PayPal, it will use our order\_id as invoice id inside paypal.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2EO... | Enter your business account and go to Profile > Payment Recieving Preferences > and set Block accidental payments to No.
source: <http://forum.azmagento.com/how-to/receiving-paypal-error-at-checkout-please-help-me-nbsp--31746.html> |
85,910 | When I try to make payment via PayPal Gateway then I am getting this error:
>
> "PayPal gateway has rejected request. Payment has already been made
> for this InvoiceID (#10412: Duplicate invoice).
>
>
>
I am using **paypal express checkout**. Some times it works well, but some times it gives error after redirec... | 2015/10/09 | [
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/85910",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/users/31935/"
] | I have just met the same issue when I migrated from 1.7 to 1.9. The problem came from using old database version.
When an order is paid via PayPal, it will use our order\_id as invoice id inside paypal.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2EO... | It could be a deadlock issue. Check for the deadlock errors in MySQL. It was happening for randomly and fixed after I fixing the deadlock. Please refer
[my blog on deadlock](http://sankai-senthil.blogspot.in/2014/09/magento-deadlock-error-on-huge-load.html) |
35,787,183 | Today, when I try to use the location simulation, I find it is unresponsive.
Prior to this, I was able to resize the simulator, and go to any location. Today, none of these inputs work.
Also, is it possible to change the default lat/long in the simulator?
It currently defaults to a location that is not very useful to... | 2016/03/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35787183",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5637372/"
] | You can change the default location by entering your desired Latitude and Longitude to the fields provided and Update, then close the location window.
Whenever you run app, it will now default to that location. I agree that location simulation should remember your last used location when it's opened and it shouldn't ... | Maybe these pull request are solutions:
<https://github.com/codenameone/CodenameOne/pull/1703>
https:/github.com/codenameone/CodenameOne/pull/1707
The first one added all locations parameters to the form and remove update button as not needed, you need just change value or move you mouse wheel.
This pull reques... |
70,266 | I live in NYC and I have a plumbing vent pipe which vents through the roof. The vent pipe however has some "angled" pipes which bring it out into a small section of a bedroom to avoid going through the header between the ceiling and the attic floor, the house is balloon framing. The vent pipe then runs back up into the... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/70266",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/40115/"
] | You really don't want the vent pipe opening near a window, because of the possibility of the sewer odor coming back into the house. That's why vents are on the roof in the first place — any breeze quickly carries the odors away.
To answer your specific question, yes, vent pipes can have horizontal runs, as long as the... | I'm not sure why you want to divert the vent, as rain and birds are not much of a concern when it comes to plumbing vents.
Getting rain into the vent is not a problem, as the vent leads to the sewer. The amount of water that will end up down the vent during a rain storm is trivial, and won't hurt anything at all.
I'... |
70,266 | I live in NYC and I have a plumbing vent pipe which vents through the roof. The vent pipe however has some "angled" pipes which bring it out into a small section of a bedroom to avoid going through the header between the ceiling and the attic floor, the house is balloon framing. The vent pipe then runs back up into the... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/70266",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/40115/"
] | You really don't want the vent pipe opening near a window, because of the possibility of the sewer odor coming back into the house. That's why vents are on the roof in the first place — any breeze quickly carries the odors away.
To answer your specific question, yes, vent pipes can have horizontal runs, as long as the... | No.
As the person above says, it's building code requirement that the soul stack vent vertically through the roof membrane and because of sewer gas not within so many feet of any other building or window
db |
70,266 | I live in NYC and I have a plumbing vent pipe which vents through the roof. The vent pipe however has some "angled" pipes which bring it out into a small section of a bedroom to avoid going through the header between the ceiling and the attic floor, the house is balloon framing. The vent pipe then runs back up into the... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/70266",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/40115/"
] | I'm not sure why you want to divert the vent, as rain and birds are not much of a concern when it comes to plumbing vents.
Getting rain into the vent is not a problem, as the vent leads to the sewer. The amount of water that will end up down the vent during a rain storm is trivial, and won't hurt anything at all.
I'... | No.
As the person above says, it's building code requirement that the soul stack vent vertically through the roof membrane and because of sewer gas not within so many feet of any other building or window
db |
3,941,735 | I have an application that loads 170 files (let’s say they are text files) from disk in individual objects and kept in memory all the time. The memory is allocated once when I load those files from disk. So, there is no memory fragmentation involved. I also use FastMM to make sure my applications never leaks memory.
T... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3941735",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/46207/"
] | Caveat - I'm only addressing the page faulting issue.
I cannot be sure but have you considered using Memory Mapped files? In this way windows will use the files themselves as the paging file (rather than the main paging file pagrefile.sys). If the files are read only then the number of page faults should theoretically... | On my machine most pagefaults are reported for developer studio which is reported to have 4M page faults after 30+ minutes total CPU time. You get 10 times more, in half the time. And memory is scarce on my system. So 40M faults seems like a lot.
It could just *maybe* be you have a memory leak.
the [working set](htt... |
3,941,735 | I have an application that loads 170 files (let’s say they are text files) from disk in individual objects and kept in memory all the time. The memory is allocated once when I load those files from disk. So, there is no memory fragmentation involved. I also use FastMM to make sure my applications never leaks memory.
T... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3941735",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/46207/"
] | Caveat - I'm only addressing the page faulting issue.
I cannot be sure but have you considered using Memory Mapped files? In this way windows will use the files themselves as the paging file (rather than the main paging file pagrefile.sys). If the files are read only then the number of page faults should theoretically... | Do you use an exponential resize system ?
If you grow the block of memory in too small increments while loading, it might constantly request large blocks from the system, copy the data over, and then release the old block (assuming that fastmm (de)allocates very large blocks directly from the OS).
Maybe somehow this... |
3,941,735 | I have an application that loads 170 files (let’s say they are text files) from disk in individual objects and kept in memory all the time. The memory is allocated once when I load those files from disk. So, there is no memory fragmentation involved. I also use FastMM to make sure my applications never leaks memory.
T... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3941735",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/46207/"
] | On my machine most pagefaults are reported for developer studio which is reported to have 4M page faults after 30+ minutes total CPU time. You get 10 times more, in half the time. And memory is scarce on my system. So 40M faults seems like a lot.
It could just *maybe* be you have a memory leak.
the [working set](htt... | Do you use an exponential resize system ?
If you grow the block of memory in too small increments while loading, it might constantly request large blocks from the system, copy the data over, and then release the old block (assuming that fastmm (de)allocates very large blocks directly from the OS).
Maybe somehow this... |
16,848 | There are [12 principles](http://www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) behind [the Agile manifesto](http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). One is:
>
> Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is
> essential
>
>
>
What is exactly meant by this? | 2015/11/29 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/16848",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/6362/"
] | It means agile teams do the work that needs to be done to get the desired result. And not more. [YAGNI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it) is one possible take on it. Do not do more than necessary.
Eliminating waste is a core component of agile practices and a feature built that was not needed ... | It means, do not plan in big way. Your code/Framework/Architecture should be simple and just enough for the requirement, not more than needed. Do not assume future & plan complex framework or architecture at the beginning.They should evolve by time only if it is needed. Another meaning for this principle is - KISS (kee... |
16,848 | There are [12 principles](http://www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) behind [the Agile manifesto](http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). One is:
>
> Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is
> essential
>
>
>
What is exactly meant by this? | 2015/11/29 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/16848",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/6362/"
] | Simplicity is essential
-----------------------
Keeping your work/tasks simple and uncomplicated is essential as it increases your agility. How can you do it? *By maximizing the amount of work not done*. Or by rephrasing the same as *by minimizing the amount of work to be done*. Now this is more of an art than science... | It means agile teams do the work that needs to be done to get the desired result. And not more. [YAGNI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it) is one possible take on it. Do not do more than necessary.
Eliminating waste is a core component of agile practices and a feature built that was not needed ... |
16,848 | There are [12 principles](http://www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) behind [the Agile manifesto](http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). One is:
>
> Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is
> essential
>
>
>
What is exactly meant by this? | 2015/11/29 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/16848",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/6362/"
] | Simplicity is essential
-----------------------
Keeping your work/tasks simple and uncomplicated is essential as it increases your agility. How can you do it? *By maximizing the amount of work not done*. Or by rephrasing the same as *by minimizing the amount of work to be done*. Now this is more of an art than science... | It means, do not plan in big way. Your code/Framework/Architecture should be simple and just enough for the requirement, not more than needed. Do not assume future & plan complex framework or architecture at the beginning.They should evolve by time only if it is needed. Another meaning for this principle is - KISS (kee... |
441,454 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkNQR.jpg)
I wanted to ask a concept but couldn't guess how to explain so I'm taking help from this example. This is not a homework problem.
Now my doubt is all the current will go through the horizontal perfect conducti... | 2019/06/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/441454",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/223363/"
] | No, the current will not be "trapped in a loop". These aren't "short circuits" they are just normal circuit connections.
The proper approach here is to combine resistors that are in series, combine resistors that are parallel, and repeat until only one resistor is left. | It's a multiple choice question.
Look at the first two resistors, (R1,R5) that's 25 ohms to start with, so options A and B are too low to be correct,
Then look at the top four resistors (R1,R5,R6,R7) , that's a path with a total resistance of 50 ohms (the answer will be less because there are other parallel paths) so... |
441,454 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkNQR.jpg)
I wanted to ask a concept but couldn't guess how to explain so I'm taking help from this example. This is not a homework problem.
Now my doubt is all the current will go through the horizontal perfect conducti... | 2019/06/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/441454",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/223363/"
] | No, the current will not be "trapped in a loop". These aren't "short circuits" they are just normal circuit connections.
The proper approach here is to combine resistors that are in series, combine resistors that are parallel, and repeat until only one resistor is left. | The current will not trapped in loop.
Just arrange all of them in to series and parallel configuration by starting from one node.
now solve for the effective resistance:
1. Solve for R8 and R4 - consider it as Eff 1
2. Solve for R2 and R3 - consider it as Eff 2
3. Solve for R7 and R6 - Consider it as Eff 3
4. Solve... |
441,454 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkNQR.jpg)
I wanted to ask a concept but couldn't guess how to explain so I'm taking help from this example. This is not a homework problem.
Now my doubt is all the current will go through the horizontal perfect conducti... | 2019/06/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/441454",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/223363/"
] | A couple of the other answers have rearranged the circuit diagram into a more reasonable form for you, which is helpful and makes it much easier to reason about -- you can see that it is a simple circuit of series and parallel resistors, which you probably know rules to simplify.
But I actually find this aspect your q... | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XZYqk.jpg)
don't worry about short circuit it just means two nodes have same potential and if short circuit is in parallel with any resistance (or in general any impedence ) it makes that element redundent as current follo... |
441,454 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkNQR.jpg)
I wanted to ask a concept but couldn't guess how to explain so I'm taking help from this example. This is not a homework problem.
Now my doubt is all the current will go through the horizontal perfect conducti... | 2019/06/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/441454",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/223363/"
] | A couple of the other answers have rearranged the circuit diagram into a more reasonable form for you, which is helpful and makes it much easier to reason about -- you can see that it is a simple circuit of series and parallel resistors, which you probably know rules to simplify.
But I actually find this aspect your q... | The current will not trapped in loop.
Just arrange all of them in to series and parallel configuration by starting from one node.
now solve for the effective resistance:
1. Solve for R8 and R4 - consider it as Eff 1
2. Solve for R2 and R3 - consider it as Eff 2
3. Solve for R7 and R6 - Consider it as Eff 3
4. Solve... |
441,454 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkNQR.jpg)
I wanted to ask a concept but couldn't guess how to explain so I'm taking help from this example. This is not a homework problem.
Now my doubt is all the current will go through the horizontal perfect conducti... | 2019/06/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/441454",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/223363/"
] | A couple of the other answers have rearranged the circuit diagram into a more reasonable form for you, which is helpful and makes it much easier to reason about -- you can see that it is a simple circuit of series and parallel resistors, which you probably know rules to simplify.
But I actually find this aspect your q... | The resistors can be re-arranged anyway you want. But in KCL, KVL and Nodal Analysis, one does not have to.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VrNbp.png)
I used a rubber band feature to re-arrange each dwg then added an ohmmeter.
Hopefully you will dismis... |
441,454 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkNQR.jpg)
I wanted to ask a concept but couldn't guess how to explain so I'm taking help from this example. This is not a homework problem.
Now my doubt is all the current will go through the horizontal perfect conducti... | 2019/06/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/441454",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/223363/"
] | No, the current will not be "trapped in a loop". These aren't "short circuits" they are just normal circuit connections.
The proper approach here is to combine resistors that are in series, combine resistors that are parallel, and repeat until only one resistor is left. | The resistors can be re-arranged anyway you want. But in KCL, KVL and Nodal Analysis, one does not have to.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VrNbp.png)
I used a rubber band feature to re-arrange each dwg then added an ohmmeter.
Hopefully you will dismis... |
799,780 | I'm trying to make it easier to recover my laptop in case of theft. I already have Prey installed to give me my laptop's location. However, anyone can easily install a new OS, rendering Prey useless.
Is there a way to require a password to install a new OS? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad. | 2014/08/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/799780",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/103055/"
] | Indirectly, yes by messing with bios settings and monkeywrenching any other boot device options.
You can set the boot order in bios on my x220 I hit `del` to go to the bios, then select the startup menu
In "boot" you can *disable* devices by pressing ! (so you can change it later). Disable *everything* but your boot ... | you can do hardware level disc encryption which encrypts your entire hard drive separately from anything else in the computer. Another option, which I know that the federal government uses (source: my father works for them) is a pre operating system encryption system that prevents all access to the main hard drive part... |
799,780 | I'm trying to make it easier to recover my laptop in case of theft. I already have Prey installed to give me my laptop's location. However, anyone can easily install a new OS, rendering Prey useless.
Is there a way to require a password to install a new OS? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad. | 2014/08/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/799780",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/103055/"
] | You basically can't, since if you encrypt the disk it will be anyway repartitioned by a new os install and bios passwords are easily removable by removing the cmos battery or by special programs. The only way would be to permanently physically attach the drive to the laptop and make it read only, but this will make the... | you can do hardware level disc encryption which encrypts your entire hard drive separately from anything else in the computer. Another option, which I know that the federal government uses (source: my father works for them) is a pre operating system encryption system that prevents all access to the main hard drive part... |
799,780 | I'm trying to make it easier to recover my laptop in case of theft. I already have Prey installed to give me my laptop's location. However, anyone can easily install a new OS, rendering Prey useless.
Is there a way to require a password to install a new OS? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad. | 2014/08/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/799780",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/103055/"
] | Journeyman Geek's answer is correct. There is no foolproof way of doing it but many newer laptops (Dell for example) have their BIOS passwords protected by a capacitor that retains the password even if you pull the battery. They are very difficult to bypass and require you to contact the vendor and show proof of owners... | you can do hardware level disc encryption which encrypts your entire hard drive separately from anything else in the computer. Another option, which I know that the federal government uses (source: my father works for them) is a pre operating system encryption system that prevents all access to the main hard drive part... |
799,780 | I'm trying to make it easier to recover my laptop in case of theft. I already have Prey installed to give me my laptop's location. However, anyone can easily install a new OS, rendering Prey useless.
Is there a way to require a password to install a new OS? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad. | 2014/08/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/799780",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/103055/"
] | Indirectly, yes by messing with bios settings and monkeywrenching any other boot device options.
You can set the boot order in bios on my x220 I hit `del` to go to the bios, then select the startup menu
In "boot" you can *disable* devices by pressing ! (so you can change it later). Disable *everything* but your boot ... | You basically can't, since if you encrypt the disk it will be anyway repartitioned by a new os install and bios passwords are easily removable by removing the cmos battery or by special programs. The only way would be to permanently physically attach the drive to the laptop and make it read only, but this will make the... |
799,780 | I'm trying to make it easier to recover my laptop in case of theft. I already have Prey installed to give me my laptop's location. However, anyone can easily install a new OS, rendering Prey useless.
Is there a way to require a password to install a new OS? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad. | 2014/08/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/799780",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/103055/"
] | Indirectly, yes by messing with bios settings and monkeywrenching any other boot device options.
You can set the boot order in bios on my x220 I hit `del` to go to the bios, then select the startup menu
In "boot" you can *disable* devices by pressing ! (so you can change it later). Disable *everything* but your boot ... | Journeyman Geek's answer is correct. There is no foolproof way of doing it but many newer laptops (Dell for example) have their BIOS passwords protected by a capacitor that retains the password even if you pull the battery. They are very difficult to bypass and require you to contact the vendor and show proof of owners... |
110,570 | Is there a way to print an A3 sized document on an A4 printer? So I want 2 A4 sheets per A3/Word page. I can export to pdf / something else if Word can't do this.
(For anyone unfamiliar with A3 and A4, A4 is about the size of US Letter paper. A3 is twice the size of A4)
Thanks! | 2010/02/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/110570",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1491/"
] | If your printer doesn't support 'banner printing', here's a free application that will do the job (just save the document as A3 sized image):
**[Easy Poster Printer](http://www.gdsoftware.dk/products.aspx)** enables you easily to print posters of any size (max 20x20 meters). Just drag n drop your picture into the appl... | You will be able to do this if your printer supports the Banner function. Set this function to on and print the document, the printer will spread the document out over the paper size you have selected. I'd check it in print preview first to make sure its what you are after. |
110,570 | Is there a way to print an A3 sized document on an A4 printer? So I want 2 A4 sheets per A3/Word page. I can export to pdf / something else if Word can't do this.
(For anyone unfamiliar with A3 and A4, A4 is about the size of US Letter paper. A3 is twice the size of A4)
Thanks! | 2010/02/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/110570",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1491/"
] | As you suggested, exporting to a PDF first is another way this can be achieved *without the use of specialist software*.
**This feature requires [Adobe Reader](http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/) X (10) or above.**
Open the print dialogue and click the poster printing button:
Thanks! | 2010/02/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/110570",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1491/"
] | As you suggested, exporting to a PDF first is another way this can be achieved *without the use of specialist software*.
**This feature requires [Adobe Reader](http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/) X (10) or above.**
Open the print dialogue and click the poster printing button:
:
**[Easy Poster Printer](http://www.gdsoftware.dk/products.aspx)** enables you easily to print posters of any size (max 20x20 meters). Just drag n drop your picture into the appl... |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | There are two questions here:
1. (Terminology) Is making a bid over an opponent still called an overcall if your partner has already bid?
There are two competing uses (from Merriam-Webster):
>
> Definition of overcall
>
>
> transitive verb
> : to make a higher bid than (the previous bid or bidder) in a card game... | In Standard American bidding, after 1C-(1S), a bid of 2H does indeed promise 5 hearts and 10 high card points.
With only 4 hearts, the usual agreement is to double; this is a common convention called the "negative double". |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | There are two questions here:
1. (Terminology) Is making a bid over an opponent still called an overcall if your partner has already bid?
There are two competing uses (from Merriam-Webster):
>
> Definition of overcall
>
>
> transitive verb
> : to make a higher bid than (the previous bid or bidder) in a card game... | Your call of two hearts was a response, not an "overcall." It's basically a response to your partner's one club call. It was your opponent, who made an overcall of one spade.
When you called two hearts, there was no need for the alert, because very few players would make that call with only four hearts nowadays. Inste... |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | There are two questions here:
1. (Terminology) Is making a bid over an opponent still called an overcall if your partner has already bid?
There are two competing uses (from Merriam-Webster):
>
> Definition of overcall
>
>
> transitive verb
> : to make a higher bid than (the previous bid or bidder) in a card game... | The bid is not alertable under ACBL rules. If the partnership is **not** playing negative doubles (as most do these days) one must consider how the responder would bid with only a 4-card heart suit, but say 10-11 HCP in this sequence.
Technically this is a "response" not an "overcall", but in the heat of the moment (... |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | Your call of two hearts was a response, not an "overcall." It's basically a response to your partner's one club call. It was your opponent, who made an overcall of one spade.
When you called two hearts, there was no need for the alert, because very few players would make that call with only four hearts nowadays. Inste... | In Standard American bidding, after 1C-(1S), a bid of 2H does indeed promise 5 hearts and 10 high card points.
With only 4 hearts, the usual agreement is to double; this is a common convention called the "negative double". |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | Cleaning up the terminology: as everyone is saying, technically 1S was the overcall, and 2H was a response (in competition). I would also agree with all that (in 2017) this wasn't, and isn't after the 2021 changes, Alertable in the ACBL. Note that Alerting regulations are country-specific, but I can't believe that ther... | In Standard American bidding, after 1C-(1S), a bid of 2H does indeed promise 5 hearts and 10 high card points.
With only 4 hearts, the usual agreement is to double; this is a common convention called the "negative double". |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | Your call of two hearts was a response, not an "overcall." It's basically a response to your partner's one club call. It was your opponent, who made an overcall of one spade.
When you called two hearts, there was no need for the alert, because very few players would make that call with only four hearts nowadays. Inste... | The bid is not alertable under ACBL rules. If the partnership is **not** playing negative doubles (as most do these days) one must consider how the responder would bid with only a 4-card heart suit, but say 10-11 HCP in this sequence.
Technically this is a "response" not an "overcall", but in the heat of the moment (... |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | Cleaning up the terminology: as everyone is saying, technically 1S was the overcall, and 2H was a response (in competition). I would also agree with all that (in 2017) this wasn't, and isn't after the 2021 changes, Alertable in the ACBL. Note that Alerting regulations are country-specific, but I can't believe that ther... | Your call of two hearts was a response, not an "overcall." It's basically a response to your partner's one club call. It was your opponent, who made an overcall of one spade.
When you called two hearts, there was no need for the alert, because very few players would make that call with only four hearts nowadays. Inste... |
35,173 | The first time I ever played Axis and Allies, the player teaching me said that, for the first turn, play skips the USSR and begins with Germany, as a way to simulate the end of blitzkrieg.
The more I've played, the more questionable this seems, so I'm curious:
**In any variant of Axis and Allies, is there a rule sta... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/35173",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/14899/"
] | Cleaning up the terminology: as everyone is saying, technically 1S was the overcall, and 2H was a response (in competition). I would also agree with all that (in 2017) this wasn't, and isn't after the 2021 changes, Alertable in the ACBL. Note that Alerting regulations are country-specific, but I can't believe that ther... | The bid is not alertable under ACBL rules. If the partnership is **not** playing negative doubles (as most do these days) one must consider how the responder would bid with only a 4-card heart suit, but say 10-11 HCP in this sequence.
Technically this is a "response" not an "overcall", but in the heat of the moment (... |
7,173,763 | We have a c# .NET app that has a footprint of about 300 MB.
My questions:
1. Do you monitor the memory footprint of your applications?
2. Is this 300MB footprint bad?
3. Are there guidelines out there? | 2011/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7173763",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/32324/"
] | Short answer:
We have only once monitored the memory usage of a WPF application, which went on to become pretty serious caused by a bug by one of our third party controls.
Since .NET offers a managed Framework, the only guideline probably is to not worry about memory as long as it does not become a concern. The GC c... | The most important thing is that it does not grow over time. To asess this correctly, it can be useful to do some occasional forced garbage collections, preferably at a time when you expect memory use to be low.
In our GUI app, we do this when a session is closed, which is every 10 minutes or so. If people oppose for... |
7,173,763 | We have a c# .NET app that has a footprint of about 300 MB.
My questions:
1. Do you monitor the memory footprint of your applications?
2. Is this 300MB footprint bad?
3. Are there guidelines out there? | 2011/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7173763",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/32324/"
] | Short answer:
We have only once monitored the memory usage of a WPF application, which went on to become pretty serious caused by a bug by one of our third party controls.
Since .NET offers a managed Framework, the only guideline probably is to not worry about memory as long as it does not become a concern. The GC c... | I would only worry if the memory grows over a period of time - you may need to use automated testing to repeat operations over and over again in order to expose such memory leaks (see [How to test a WPF user interface?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58340/how-to-test-a-wpf-user-interface))
If you are really worr... |
7,173,763 | We have a c# .NET app that has a footprint of about 300 MB.
My questions:
1. Do you monitor the memory footprint of your applications?
2. Is this 300MB footprint bad?
3. Are there guidelines out there? | 2011/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7173763",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/32324/"
] | As a rule a static memory footprint is not a problem however large it is, unless it is causing problems on the target computer. The real problem with memory is when you have memory leaks, where the memory is increasing.
The reason I never bother is that I have no idea what a good or bad memory footprint is for a parti... | The most important thing is that it does not grow over time. To asess this correctly, it can be useful to do some occasional forced garbage collections, preferably at a time when you expect memory use to be low.
In our GUI app, we do this when a session is closed, which is every 10 minutes or so. If people oppose for... |
7,173,763 | We have a c# .NET app that has a footprint of about 300 MB.
My questions:
1. Do you monitor the memory footprint of your applications?
2. Is this 300MB footprint bad?
3. Are there guidelines out there? | 2011/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7173763",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/32324/"
] | As a rule a static memory footprint is not a problem however large it is, unless it is causing problems on the target computer. The real problem with memory is when you have memory leaks, where the memory is increasing.
The reason I never bother is that I have no idea what a good or bad memory footprint is for a parti... | I would only worry if the memory grows over a period of time - you may need to use automated testing to repeat operations over and over again in order to expose such memory leaks (see [How to test a WPF user interface?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58340/how-to-test-a-wpf-user-interface))
If you are really worr... |
35,956 | The [*Apollo Experience Report: Thermal Protection Subsystem*](https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740007423.pdf) explains that there are three sections to the Apollo heat shield:
* The aft heat shield, at the "base" of the cone and adjacent to the SM. This is probably what you think of when you he... | 2019/05/06 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/35956",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/26446/"
] | Here is what I have found:
Apollo 4- Managed by the Smithsonian, is not on display there. May be on loan, can't figure out where.
Apollo 17- On display at the Kansas Cosmosphere
Apollo 15- Was recovered for sure, as y you mentioned.
It seems like not as much effort was put forward to recovering these. Apollo 4 was ... | Except for the Apollo 15 and 17 articles, it appears the Forward Heat Shields are resting at the bottom of the ocean. Somewhere.
From [Wikipedia:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_command_and_service_module#Earth_landing_system)
>
> At 24,000 feet (7.3 km) the forward heat shield was jettisoned using four press... |
82,480 | I'm working with a staffing agency on a full time position with a company and I feel like I'm going to get the position. I gave the staffing agency recruiter a salary range of 65-70k, but later found out from the staffing recruiter that the company has budgeted 80k for the position. At the same time I have a different ... | 2017/01/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/82480",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/62488/"
] | You're in a very strong position since you have an offer on the table.
As long as you haven't accepted any offers you can do what you want. You may piss off the place you are currently but nobody here can answer the likelihood of that. Also, only you can decide if it's worse the risk. They could just say "never mind"... | Since you haven't actually *committed* to these people you may still negotiate, yes. However, be ready to potentially have this offer withdrawn. If you're ready to potentially give up benefits, paid vacation time, and a short commute, then here's what you should do:
Go back to your recruiter and tell him very politel... |
82,480 | I'm working with a staffing agency on a full time position with a company and I feel like I'm going to get the position. I gave the staffing agency recruiter a salary range of 65-70k, but later found out from the staffing recruiter that the company has budgeted 80k for the position. At the same time I have a different ... | 2017/01/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/82480",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/62488/"
] | You're in a very strong position since you have an offer on the table.
As long as you haven't accepted any offers you can do what you want. You may piss off the place you are currently but nobody here can answer the likelihood of that. Also, only you can decide if it's worse the risk. They could just say "never mind"... | I have no idea why you would indicate a top end of 75 and someone would even consider mentioning 80 in any way, shape or form unless they're wiling to consider paying you more.
Like all salary negotiations, you may be asked to justify your counter-offer. Is it possible the compensation lags in some other area or the w... |
42,534 | I've explored a fair bit of the underground in Minicraft (one level down) and I can find *nothing* except Iron down there.
Do I just need to keep exploring? Are there stairs going down that I haven't found? | 2011/12/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/42534",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2496/"
] | Gold is in underground level 2.
There is at least 1 down stairs in underground level 1.
There is another one in underground level 2.
Likewise, gems can be found in underground level 3.
If you cant find it (they're really big) on the appropriate level keep searching | There are three mine-levels: iron-level (1) gold-level (2) gem-level (3). Gems are in the nether, flooded with lava. Do not touch it, it does 4 damage. |
42,534 | I've explored a fair bit of the underground in Minicraft (one level down) and I can find *nothing* except Iron down there.
Do I just need to keep exploring? Are there stairs going down that I haven't found? | 2011/12/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/42534",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2496/"
] | Gold is in underground level 2.
There is at least 1 down stairs in underground level 1.
There is another one in underground level 2.
Likewise, gems can be found in underground level 3.
If you cant find it (they're really big) on the appropriate level keep searching | You just need to keep mining and searching. The lower you go the more valuable the ores are. But for most of them you need atleast an iron pick |
42,534 | I've explored a fair bit of the underground in Minicraft (one level down) and I can find *nothing* except Iron down there.
Do I just need to keep exploring? Are there stairs going down that I haven't found? | 2011/12/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/42534",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2496/"
] | There are three mine-levels: iron-level (1) gold-level (2) gem-level (3). Gems are in the nether, flooded with lava. Do not touch it, it does 4 damage. | You just need to keep mining and searching. The lower you go the more valuable the ores are. But for most of them you need atleast an iron pick |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | Well, this is a good question, whether or not it's related to Stack Overflow (which it is). I had a bit to think about this due to Technorati Open Id juju being awful, and I still haven't come up with a reasonable answer for all women, so I can only answer for myself.
This isn't the first time I've thought of this, m... | Because women take more time to search the information and there are fewer occasions that they actually think they should ask a new question on SO :P As for the answers, maybe they think it's better to wait and see what others have to say before offering a solution. |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | I voted to close this question as "blatantly offensive." I was the only vote in that category.
Why do I consider this blatantly offensive? Because S[OFU] are **not social networking sites.** That's what Twitter and MySpace and Facebook and LinkedIn are for. S[OFU] is a collection of Q&A sites. You want meet people, go... | What can Stack Overflow do to persuade homosexual programmers to participate more?
What can Stack Overflow do to persuade Jewish programmers to participate more?
What can Stack Overflow do to persuade black programmers to participate more?
What can Stack Overflow do to persuade female programmers to participate more... |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | [](http://xkcd.com/322/ "But one of the regulars in the channel is a girl!")
@Kip, I'm aiming this at you. | In regards to the demographics presented by Quantcast, I did a bit of searching around and found that according to the Computing Research Association about [26% of Bachelor of Computer Science degrees between 1994 and 2004](http://www.cra.org/info/education/us/bs.gender.html) where awarded to women. Thus, it could be t... |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | The problem is there are not that many females in the field to begin with. And thus, I don't think Stack Overflow stands to benefit much by persuading females.
I certainly didn't need a push from them ;) | Did you ever hear about getting more men in female dominated fields? No.
Did you ever hear of getting more females into male dominated fields? Yes.
Why? The inherent assumption is they are weak and oppressed and need to be saved.. They can't do it on their own and need special help. Maybe the industry is not a spec... |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | How do you know they aren't participating? A huge number of SO users don't use their real names, so you actually have no idea.
Why don't we see more women on SO? I think mostly because there are so few programmers. In my university computer science classes, I think they were about 10% female.
Why are there so few wom... | Stack Overflow isn't a social network.
But what does it matter if the user answering your question or asking for help is a female or not? For all you know, the females could be using non-gender specific avatars/names as well as [males using female names](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/27946/endless-question... |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | [](http://xkcd.com/322/ "But one of the regulars in the channel is a girl!")
@Kip, I'm aiming this at you. | What can Stack Overflow do to persuade homosexual programmers to participate more?
What can Stack Overflow do to persuade Jewish programmers to participate more?
What can Stack Overflow do to persuade black programmers to participate more?
What can Stack Overflow do to persuade female programmers to participate more... |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | I voted to close this question as "blatantly offensive." I was the only vote in that category.
Why do I consider this blatantly offensive? Because S[OFU] are **not social networking sites.** That's what Twitter and MySpace and Facebook and LinkedIn are for. S[OFU] is a collection of Q&A sites. You want meet people, go... | Did you ever hear about getting more men in female dominated fields? No.
Did you ever hear of getting more females into male dominated fields? Yes.
Why? The inherent assumption is they are weak and oppressed and need to be saved.. They can't do it on their own and need special help. Maybe the industry is not a spec... |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/133783/"
] | Why is [only 1 football owner black](http://media.www.thesandspur.org/media/storage/paper623/news/2005/02/18/Sports/New-Vikings.Owner.Reggie.Fowler.Makes.Nfl.History.As.First.Black.Owner-868708.shtml)?
Take a minority (like blacks in America [(12.8%)](http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html) or women in pro... | Because women take more time to search the information and there are fewer occasions that they actually think they should ask a new question on SO :P As for the answers, maybe they think it's better to wait and see what others have to say before offering a solution. |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Why is [only 1 football owner black](http://media.www.thesandspur.org/media/storage/paper623/news/2005/02/18/Sports/New-Vikings.Owner.Reggie.Fowler.Makes.Nfl.History.As.First.Black.Owner-868708.shtml)?
Take a minority (like blacks in America [(12.8%)](http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html) or women in pro... | Did you ever hear about getting more men in female dominated fields? No.
Did you ever hear of getting more females into male dominated fields? Yes.
Why? The inherent assumption is they are weak and oppressed and need to be saved.. They can't do it on their own and need special help. Maybe the industry is not a spec... |
30,411 | I know a lot of female programmers, and I know there are a good number of them out there.
But I don't recall ever having one of my questions answered by, nor have I ever answered a question by a female programmer here at Stack Overflow.
Now I mostly deal in the Delphi tag, and that may make a difference. But I've got... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Stack Overflow isn't a social network.
But what does it matter if the user answering your question or asking for help is a female or not? For all you know, the females could be using non-gender specific avatars/names as well as [males using female names](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/27946/endless-question... | Did you ever hear about getting more men in female dominated fields? No.
Did you ever hear of getting more females into male dominated fields? Yes.
Why? The inherent assumption is they are weak and oppressed and need to be saved.. They can't do it on their own and need special help. Maybe the industry is not a spec... |
124,709 | I'm very new to this topic Operational Amplifiers. Just started studying for my 4th semester. Can someone please explain to me why there is a virtual ground at the node after Rin. What is the reason for that?
![op](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Opampinverting.svg/420px-Opampinverting.svg.pn... | 2014/08/10 | [
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] | **Important points:**
(1) The charger will stop charging when the battery is fully charged". Overcharging will never occur due to the charger IC being permanently applied.
(2) If you apply the charger to a fully charged cell the worst that is liable to happen is that V\_max\_charge (typically 4.2V) will be applied ... | The question asks about a circuit to switch the output of a battery charger from one battery to another. The charger circuit is not shown, nor is the switching circuitry. It's hard to guess from the schematic where the inputs and outputs of the logic section will be connected to the rest of the circuit.
A few issues t... |
124,709 | I'm very new to this topic Operational Amplifiers. Just started studying for my 4th semester. Can someone please explain to me why there is a virtual ground at the node after Rin. What is the reason for that?
![op](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Opampinverting.svg/420px-Opampinverting.svg.pn... | 2014/08/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/124709",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | This (untested\*) circuit should do exactly what you specify.
Adding the optional inverter and diode should cause it to toggle to and fro between batteries once the current one is charged.
**Operation:**
Push button starts charging at battery 1... | The question asks about a circuit to switch the output of a battery charger from one battery to another. The charger circuit is not shown, nor is the switching circuitry. It's hard to guess from the schematic where the inputs and outputs of the logic section will be connected to the rest of the circuit.
A few issues t... |
124,709 | I'm very new to this topic Operational Amplifiers. Just started studying for my 4th semester. Can someone please explain to me why there is a virtual ground at the node after Rin. What is the reason for that?
![op](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Opampinverting.svg/420px-Opampinverting.svg.pn... | 2014/08/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/124709",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/45524/"
] | This (untested\*) circuit should do exactly what you specify.
Adding the optional inverter and diode should cause it to toggle to and fro between batteries once the current one is charged.
**Operation:**
Push button starts charging at battery 1... | **Important points:**
(1) The charger will stop charging when the battery is fully charged". Overcharging will never occur due to the charger IC being permanently applied.
(2) If you apply the charger to a fully charged cell the worst that is liable to happen is that V\_max\_charge (typically 4.2V) will be applied ... |
55,330,191 | Currently we have written some unit test for our php laravel 5.5 application using codeception. just for additional info, our laravel code base have around 200k LOC. For normal unit test run, we noticed that it is really fast in which we can get more than 200 tests to finish within 1 hour.
But the main issue is that w... | 2019/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55330191",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6561041/"
] | Replacing Codeception with PHPUnit will be a lot of work for little gain, because Codeception uses PHPUnit and its PHP-Code-Coverage library under the hood.
There is a new code coverage extension, called [pcov](https://github.com/krakjoe/pcov) which is supposedly much faster than xdebug.
<https://github.com/krakjoe/pc... | Recently I have seen code coverage sped up by replacing xdebug with phpdbg - I can't give exact numbers as the code base has extensive functional tests in its test run (and the speed-up was only for unit tests), but a 2+ hour test and coverage run has been reduced to around 50 minutes.
Note that xdebug and phpdbg can ... |
2,038,282 | Are there any algorithms that are commonly used for achieving eventual consistency in distributed systems?
There are algorithms that have been developed for ACID transactions in distributed systems, [Paxos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxos_algorithm) in particular, but is there a similar body of theory that has bee... | 2010/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2038282",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/688/"
] | If "Anti-entropy protocols for repairing replicated data, which operate by comparing replicas and reconciling differences." fits your definition look at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol> | BASE and weaker consistency boils down to the convergence of copies in a replication scenario. There is a large literature on replication in distributed system, with eiter *eager* or *lazy* replication, with *group* or *master* copy, etc.
[Consensus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_%28computer_science%29) is o... |
6,863,369 | When running rspec tests on my rails app using "rake" or "rake spec", it takes a long time to initialize Rails and start running tests.
Is there a way to keep Rails loaded in memory and run tests against it? I'm hoping there's something similar to using "grails interactive" like this [How to speed up grails test exec... | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6863369",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/310465/"
] | It's *almost* what [Spork](https://github.com/timcharper/spork) is all about. | See the most awesome railscast "How I test" <http://railscasts.com/episodes/275-how-i-test>
This uses guard to run a relevant test every time you save a file so you know almost instantly if the code you have written has caused a pass or a fail. Also if you are running on linux then you can use the libnotify and libnoti... |
6,863,369 | When running rspec tests on my rails app using "rake" or "rake spec", it takes a long time to initialize Rails and start running tests.
Is there a way to keep Rails loaded in memory and run tests against it? I'm hoping there's something similar to using "grails interactive" like this [How to speed up grails test exec... | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6863369",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/310465/"
] | It's *almost* what [Spork](https://github.com/timcharper/spork) is all about. | There is a Railscast called Spork that specifically discusses this problem at <http://railscasts.com/episodes/285-spork> and offers an excellent solution with a detailed walkthrough. |
6,863,369 | When running rspec tests on my rails app using "rake" or "rake spec", it takes a long time to initialize Rails and start running tests.
Is there a way to keep Rails loaded in memory and run tests against it? I'm hoping there's something similar to using "grails interactive" like this [How to speed up grails test exec... | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6863369",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/310465/"
] | See the most awesome railscast "How I test" <http://railscasts.com/episodes/275-how-i-test>
This uses guard to run a relevant test every time you save a file so you know almost instantly if the code you have written has caused a pass or a fail. Also if you are running on linux then you can use the libnotify and libnoti... | There is a Railscast called Spork that specifically discusses this problem at <http://railscasts.com/episodes/285-spork> and offers an excellent solution with a detailed walkthrough. |
8,491 | My six year-old son has gotten in the habit of copying his little sister. It feels like he is taking her behavior as cues to what is acceptable, but the act of copying itself (and usually amplification) pushes it over the line.
For example, yesterday my daughter was singing quietly in the car, and my son started singi... | 2013/07/17 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/8491",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is completely normally behavior at his age. I would explain that it using the golden rule. He wouldn't want her to interrupt him and start singing his song even louder than him, so he shouldn't do it to her. | I would say he is wanting the attention of his parents because maybe little sister is getting attention/ has gotten attention previously for singing, etc. any attention, even negative attention is coveted by children. My nephew did things like this because his little sister was being given lots of attention and he want... |
8,491 | My six year-old son has gotten in the habit of copying his little sister. It feels like he is taking her behavior as cues to what is acceptable, but the act of copying itself (and usually amplification) pushes it over the line.
For example, yesterday my daughter was singing quietly in the car, and my son started singi... | 2013/07/17 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/8491",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/644/"
] | This is completely normally behavior at his age. I would explain that it using the golden rule. He wouldn't want her to interrupt him and start singing his song even louder than him, so he shouldn't do it to her. | He's pretending not to understand. As a 6 yr old, he is absolutely capable of knowing exactly what he's doing.
Solution: Be Frank.
>
> Dude, stop.
>
>
> But she was singing why can't I sing?
>
>
> Because she was singing it first and when you **copy her** it annoys everyone. Please stop copying your syster. It m... |
8,491 | My six year-old son has gotten in the habit of copying his little sister. It feels like he is taking her behavior as cues to what is acceptable, but the act of copying itself (and usually amplification) pushes it over the line.
For example, yesterday my daughter was singing quietly in the car, and my son started singi... | 2013/07/17 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/8491",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/644/"
] | He's pretending not to understand. As a 6 yr old, he is absolutely capable of knowing exactly what he's doing.
Solution: Be Frank.
>
> Dude, stop.
>
>
> But she was singing why can't I sing?
>
>
> Because she was singing it first and when you **copy her** it annoys everyone. Please stop copying your syster. It m... | I would say he is wanting the attention of his parents because maybe little sister is getting attention/ has gotten attention previously for singing, etc. any attention, even negative attention is coveted by children. My nephew did things like this because his little sister was being given lots of attention and he want... |
113,717 | One of my players is playing 5e.
A homebrew class called Princess and she can't wear armor, and she wants a magical dress. But I am not sure how to make a unique magical item armor for a dress.
I am trying to find something that fits the class that it would be beneficial to the class itself since its not a fighter. D... | 2018/01/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/113717",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/41810/"
] | While this is Homebrew and very subjective as a question a magical set of armor seems to be redundant for the Homebrew class. **Take a look at the ability labeled "charismatic Armor"** as it gives the Player a higher armor class than usual.
You could also offer a sort of +1 set of clothing, adding a +1 to AC, but that... | Seems like an easy problem. Magic just adjusts reality. The princess seems a little too defensive. You can pick a random good thing and give the character advantage to it. Like negotiating, intimidate or charisma checks. Repel magic with one charge that resets after two long rests. It could be a nice quality of life sp... |
222,444 | I am still trying to find my way out with the Vector Tile Map Packages.
According to the documentation:
>
> When you publish a vector tile package to ArcGIS Online or Portal for
> ArcGIS, a vector tile layer is created. The vector tile layer can be
> added to web maps as operational or basemap layers or maps in A... | 2016/12/23 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/222444",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/76466/"
] | In short, yes you are able to publish a vector tile map using ArcGIS Server as mentioned ["Build and publish a vector tile package"](http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/use/publish-tiles.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_D7F82432E5DD479DA47B4C9DD657610E), ["Is there a way to publish vector tiles to ArcGIS Server without Portal?"... | You can also skip ESRI and publish to static hosting (use extract package GEOprocessing tool will build folder of PBF vector tiles instead off the compact cache v2 .bundle ). It's much more affordable make sure you use flat non indexed so you have compatibility with mapping libraries like openlayers, mapbox gl js and l... |
40,142 | Commentators like [Ellicott](http://biblehub.com/commentaries/proverbs/8-22.htm) indicate that the ante-nicene Christian writers (from A.D. 100 to the Council of Nicaea) read Proverbs 8:22 christologically, that is, in reference to Christ.
In what way did these writers understand this verse christologically? | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/40142",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/5256/"
] | **Early (pre-Nicaea) church fathers interpreted this verse christologically in the sense that Christ is eternally begotten of the Father.**
[Ellicott writes](http://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/view.cgi?bk=19&ch=8) that this was the view held by early fathers like [Justin Martyr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J... | The ante-nicene Christian writers read Sapiental passages (Prov. 8:22 etc.) Christologically to evince the Godhead of the Son by his begetting from the Father:
>
> And it is by that very way, dear friends, that we find our own
> salvation: even Jesus Christ, the High Priest by whom our gifts are
> offered, and the Pr... |
12,291,723 | I am implementing adMob ads into my Universal App. In the www.admob.com, it has two options for ads: one for iPad app and one for iPhone app. My question is that do I have to make to two different ads with two different publisher IDs for my universal app or just make one ads with one publisher ID for my app and then ch... | 2012/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12291723",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1467568/"
] | I believe that you can do either. If you want finer level tracking to easily see what's coming in from your iPhone version compared to your iPad version you may want to use 2 ID's, but using just a universal one that you change in code should work fine. | 2 separate side/app's will give you more flexibility, like mediation settings.
Tip:
Create 2 separate side/app's.
You will now have 2 publisher id's.
Make sure you select the correct publisher id in
Sites & AppsAd > Network Mediation > Edit: AdMob Network |
5,878,385 | I just started iOS development am currently developing an application that just reads data from a server and displays it onto the screen. What I am not sure of is whether to use XML or sqlite3 to store the data. Which method should be more preferred and why? thanks in advance. | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5878385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/730423/"
] | It is important to remember they are two different things, suited to different tasks. Choose the one that fits the problem. (In this case I would likely use XML or "just plain text" because it sounds like just a simple download-cache. Either the raw response could be kept or, perhaps the data already transformed into o... | If you want to read data from server and want to display on screen and don't need to save it locally then use XML.
If you want to store it locally and don't want to fetch from server then use XML files or sqlite database in your project.
If you want to fetch from server and also to store it locally then first use XML... |
5,878,385 | I just started iOS development am currently developing an application that just reads data from a server and displays it onto the screen. What I am not sure of is whether to use XML or sqlite3 to store the data. Which method should be more preferred and why? thanks in advance. | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5878385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/730423/"
] | It is important to remember they are two different things, suited to different tasks. Choose the one that fits the problem. (In this case I would likely use XML or "just plain text" because it sounds like just a simple download-cache. Either the raw response could be kept or, perhaps the data already transformed into o... | Probably all depends on how data is processed after it was stored. If data must be sorted, uses specific selection etc. then, sqlite is better solution.
Second, not so important, concern is how much data will be stored, if it's just one "table" with 10 rows then sqlite is probably too much for it. |
5,878,385 | I just started iOS development am currently developing an application that just reads data from a server and displays it onto the screen. What I am not sure of is whether to use XML or sqlite3 to store the data. Which method should be more preferred and why? thanks in advance. | 2011/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5878385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/730423/"
] | Probably all depends on how data is processed after it was stored. If data must be sorted, uses specific selection etc. then, sqlite is better solution.
Second, not so important, concern is how much data will be stored, if it's just one "table" with 10 rows then sqlite is probably too much for it. | If you want to read data from server and want to display on screen and don't need to save it locally then use XML.
If you want to store it locally and don't want to fetch from server then use XML files or sqlite database in your project.
If you want to fetch from server and also to store it locally then first use XML... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | I don't think they were particularly unusual in that regard. At the time of Andropov, all the other nations with permanent membership on UN Security Council (USA, England, France, and China) were lead by WWII-era politicians. All were WWII veterans, with the obvious exception of Margaret Thatcher.
The USA wouldn't ge... | The correct question would be "Why the Chinese manage to change their leaders smoothly?" Lifetime leadership is typical for Communist dictators, not only in Soviet Union. Cuba, Yugoslavia, East Germany, Roumania,... you can continue yourself.
The two leaders of Communist Russia who stepped down, Khrushchev and Gorbach... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't think they were particularly unusual in that regard. At the time of Andropov, all the other nations with permanent membership on UN Security Council (USA, England, France, and China) were lead by WWII-era politicians. All were WWII veterans, with the obvious exception of Margaret Thatcher.
The USA wouldn't ge... | This question is factually silly. Deng Xiaoping was in the same generation as Mao Zedong. Deng Xiaoping was present in Guangxi and Jiangxi, and he was present for the long march, the anti-Japanese war, and the fight against the GMD. He was born in 1904, and was just 9 years younger than Mao Zedong.
Officially, he was ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | I don't think they were particularly unusual in that regard. At the time of Andropov, all the other nations with permanent membership on UN Security Council (USA, England, France, and China) were lead by WWII-era politicians. All were WWII veterans, with the obvious exception of Margaret Thatcher.
The USA wouldn't ge... | One reason was the heavy fighting in the Soviet Union during World War II, that took a heavier toll of the later cohort of the so-called World War II generation, than in most other countries. The group born between 1915-1924 in the United States supplied most of its fighting men. But the Soviets drafted (and lost) men ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | I don't think they were particularly unusual in that regard. At the time of Andropov, all the other nations with permanent membership on UN Security Council (USA, England, France, and China) were lead by WWII-era politicians. All were WWII veterans, with the obvious exception of Margaret Thatcher.
The USA wouldn't ge... | >
> THE stereotypes of political life almost always cast young leaders as harbingers of change and old leaders as promoters of continuity. Yet when one looks at the Soviet Union and China, the casting director must have broken the traditional mold. Russia under the 56-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev is changing slowly and ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | The correct question would be "Why the Chinese manage to change their leaders smoothly?" Lifetime leadership is typical for Communist dictators, not only in Soviet Union. Cuba, Yugoslavia, East Germany, Roumania,... you can continue yourself.
The two leaders of Communist Russia who stepped down, Khrushchev and Gorbach... | This question is factually silly. Deng Xiaoping was in the same generation as Mao Zedong. Deng Xiaoping was present in Guangxi and Jiangxi, and he was present for the long march, the anti-Japanese war, and the fight against the GMD. He was born in 1904, and was just 9 years younger than Mao Zedong.
Officially, he was ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | The correct question would be "Why the Chinese manage to change their leaders smoothly?" Lifetime leadership is typical for Communist dictators, not only in Soviet Union. Cuba, Yugoslavia, East Germany, Roumania,... you can continue yourself.
The two leaders of Communist Russia who stepped down, Khrushchev and Gorbach... | One reason was the heavy fighting in the Soviet Union during World War II, that took a heavier toll of the later cohort of the so-called World War II generation, than in most other countries. The group born between 1915-1924 in the United States supplied most of its fighting men. But the Soviets drafted (and lost) men ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | The correct question would be "Why the Chinese manage to change their leaders smoothly?" Lifetime leadership is typical for Communist dictators, not only in Soviet Union. Cuba, Yugoslavia, East Germany, Roumania,... you can continue yourself.
The two leaders of Communist Russia who stepped down, Khrushchev and Gorbach... | >
> THE stereotypes of political life almost always cast young leaders as harbingers of change and old leaders as promoters of continuity. Yet when one looks at the Soviet Union and China, the casting director must have broken the traditional mold. Russia under the 56-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev is changing slowly and ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | This question is factually silly. Deng Xiaoping was in the same generation as Mao Zedong. Deng Xiaoping was present in Guangxi and Jiangxi, and he was present for the long march, the anti-Japanese war, and the fight against the GMD. He was born in 1904, and was just 9 years younger than Mao Zedong.
Officially, he was ... | One reason was the heavy fighting in the Soviet Union during World War II, that took a heavier toll of the later cohort of the so-called World War II generation, than in most other countries. The group born between 1915-1924 in the United States supplied most of its fighting men. But the Soviets drafted (and lost) men ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1895/"
] | This question is factually silly. Deng Xiaoping was in the same generation as Mao Zedong. Deng Xiaoping was present in Guangxi and Jiangxi, and he was present for the long march, the anti-Japanese war, and the fight against the GMD. He was born in 1904, and was just 9 years younger than Mao Zedong.
Officially, he was ... | >
> THE stereotypes of political life almost always cast young leaders as harbingers of change and old leaders as promoters of continuity. Yet when one looks at the Soviet Union and China, the casting director must have broken the traditional mold. Russia under the 56-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev is changing slowly and ... |
25,820 | I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist and we can say by his time Soviet Union already had several problems. Before him Andropov and Chernenko took power for ... | 2015/10/08 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25820",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> THE stereotypes of political life almost always cast young leaders as harbingers of change and old leaders as promoters of continuity. Yet when one looks at the Soviet Union and China, the casting director must have broken the traditional mold. Russia under the 56-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev is changing slowly and ... | One reason was the heavy fighting in the Soviet Union during World War II, that took a heavier toll of the later cohort of the so-called World War II generation, than in most other countries. The group born between 1915-1924 in the United States supplied most of its fighting men. But the Soviets drafted (and lost) men ... |
1,526,032 | When I retire shortly, my work Exchange Outlook account will be deleted. I use Apple Mail to display all emails and Apple Calendar to display all calendar events. It's easy to archive email in Mail. I want to keep Outlook calendar events too, so I can look back and see what was happening at work in the future.
I real... | 2020/02/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1526032",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1140955/"
] | Bridge mode from a modem/router is a cleaner, less risky setup than router-to-router.
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> “My true question is why do I need my first router with bridge mode in the first place?”
>
>
>
You answer your own question at the beginni... | You not need ISP Bridged Mode to connect your own router. Connect your own router to do all you need. Then there is no need to use the ISP router portion of the modem although you can if you wish . That is not affected by bridge mode or no bridged mode.
Follow up note: DMZ is not bridged mode and does not do the same ... |
1,526,032 | When I retire shortly, my work Exchange Outlook account will be deleted. I use Apple Mail to display all emails and Apple Calendar to display all calendar events. It's easy to archive email in Mail. I want to keep Outlook calendar events too, so I can look back and see what was happening at work in the future.
I real... | 2020/02/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1526032",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1140955/"
] | Bridge mode from a modem/router is a cleaner, less risky setup than router-to-router.
=====================================================================================
>
> “My true question is why do I need my first router with bridge mode in the first place?”
>
>
>
You answer your own question at the beginni... | Bridge mode just turns your existing router into a 'just communicate with the ISP, and do nothing else' mode. No firewall/DHCP/NAT etc.
This mode means you can then attach your router to the ISP's router via your WAN port. Depending on what router you have, you may have some extra features. Check the ISP's or other fo... |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | If you only need the laptop for some 'light' office tasks, then the Intel GMA will do (don't fall for the "HD Graphics", this card is by no means multimedia powerhouse). If you want to watch HD movies or play games, then cough up the $100 extra, it's well worth it. | If you plan to do any kind of gaming, you'll want the ATI adapter. |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | If this notebook follows the usual patterns then the Intel will be a host-based video system (shares CPU and RAM with system) and the ATI Mobility will have its own processors and RAM. So you'll get (more than likely, haven't actually tested it myself ;) ) better video performance out of the ATI option.
Keep in mind t... | If you plan to do any kind of gaming, you'll want the ATI adapter. |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | The Intel HD integrated graphics card i3 or i5 is more than capable of displaying games like world of warcraft or something else, on low/medium that is.
Intel GMA en Intel Integrated HD graphics are 2 separte products and divisions at Intel
Intel GMA is a chip on the motherboard, HD graphics is an integrated solution ... | If you plan to do any kind of gaming, you'll want the ATI adapter. |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | If you only need the laptop for some 'light' office tasks, then the Intel GMA will do (don't fall for the "HD Graphics", this card is by no means multimedia powerhouse). If you want to watch HD movies or play games, then cough up the $100 extra, it's well worth it. | If this notebook follows the usual patterns then the Intel will be a host-based video system (shares CPU and RAM with system) and the ATI Mobility will have its own processors and RAM. So you'll get (more than likely, haven't actually tested it myself ;) ) better video performance out of the ATI option.
Keep in mind t... |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | If you only need the laptop for some 'light' office tasks, then the Intel GMA will do (don't fall for the "HD Graphics", this card is by no means multimedia powerhouse). If you want to watch HD movies or play games, then cough up the $100 extra, it's well worth it. | ATI and nVidia graphics chipsets run circles around Intel Chipsets in every measure except cost. The Intel chipset will be cheaper because it doesn't run high end graphics (or not very well at all). If you run gaming, CAD, or other graphics intensive applications then spring for the ATI chip; for most business type nee... |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | If you only need the laptop for some 'light' office tasks, then the Intel GMA will do (don't fall for the "HD Graphics", this card is by no means multimedia powerhouse). If you want to watch HD movies or play games, then cough up the $100 extra, it's well worth it. | The Intel HD integrated graphics card i3 or i5 is more than capable of displaying games like world of warcraft or something else, on low/medium that is.
Intel GMA en Intel Integrated HD graphics are 2 separte products and divisions at Intel
Intel GMA is a chip on the motherboard, HD graphics is an integrated solution ... |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | If this notebook follows the usual patterns then the Intel will be a host-based video system (shares CPU and RAM with system) and the ATI Mobility will have its own processors and RAM. So you'll get (more than likely, haven't actually tested it myself ;) ) better video performance out of the ATI option.
Keep in mind t... | ATI and nVidia graphics chipsets run circles around Intel Chipsets in every measure except cost. The Intel chipset will be cheaper because it doesn't run high end graphics (or not very well at all). If you run gaming, CAD, or other graphics intensive applications then spring for the ATI chip; for most business type nee... |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | If this notebook follows the usual patterns then the Intel will be a host-based video system (shares CPU and RAM with system) and the ATI Mobility will have its own processors and RAM. So you'll get (more than likely, haven't actually tested it myself ;) ) better video performance out of the ATI option.
Keep in mind t... | The Intel HD integrated graphics card i3 or i5 is more than capable of displaying games like world of warcraft or something else, on low/medium that is.
Intel GMA en Intel Integrated HD graphics are 2 separte products and divisions at Intel
Intel GMA is a chip on the motherboard, HD graphics is an integrated solution ... |
104,487 | I have decided to get a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. They have an option of adding a "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB" card for an extra $100 instead of the included "Intel HD Graphics" card.
How do the two compare? The laptop comes with an Intel Core i3 processor, maybe the Intel graphics card would be more compati... | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/104487",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/11398/"
] | The Intel HD integrated graphics card i3 or i5 is more than capable of displaying games like world of warcraft or something else, on low/medium that is.
Intel GMA en Intel Integrated HD graphics are 2 separte products and divisions at Intel
Intel GMA is a chip on the motherboard, HD graphics is an integrated solution ... | ATI and nVidia graphics chipsets run circles around Intel Chipsets in every measure except cost. The Intel chipset will be cheaper because it doesn't run high end graphics (or not very well at all). If you run gaming, CAD, or other graphics intensive applications then spring for the ATI chip; for most business type nee... |
188,177 | My question is why is the shorthand for 32-bit x86 when the shorthand for 64-bit is x64?
I'm guessing it has something to do with the days of 386s and 486s, when the 32-bit processors all ended in 86, but surely there were processors that didn't end in 86 and were still 32-bit?
Does anyone know the history of this or... | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/188177",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5075/"
] | From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86):
The term x86 refers to a family of instruction set architectures based on the Intel 8086 CPU. | x86 and x64 are the names of the cpu **architectures**. There is more to a cpu architecture than just the number of bits per register.
x64 takes is name because the jump to 64 bits is the *biggest* change in the architecture from x86, but that jump is far from the **only** change.
x86 gets it's name from the venera... |
188,177 | My question is why is the shorthand for 32-bit x86 when the shorthand for 64-bit is x64?
I'm guessing it has something to do with the days of 386s and 486s, when the 32-bit processors all ended in 86, but surely there were processors that didn't end in 86 and were still 32-bit?
Does anyone know the history of this or... | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/188177",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5075/"
] | Well, there once was a chip called 8086, with a cheaper version called 8088 that was used in a personal computer called IBM PC. An improved version of that chip was made and called 80186, though that wasn't a very popular version. However, an improved improved version was then made, and called 80286. Now, that was a ve... | Technically x86 simply refers to a family of processors and the instruction set they all use. It doesn't actually say anything specific about data sizes.
x86 started out as a 16-bit instruction set for 16-bit processors (the 8086 and 8088 processors), then was extended to a 32-bit instruction set for 32-bit processors... |
188,177 | My question is why is the shorthand for 32-bit x86 when the shorthand for 64-bit is x64?
I'm guessing it has something to do with the days of 386s and 486s, when the 32-bit processors all ended in 86, but surely there were processors that didn't end in 86 and were still 32-bit?
Does anyone know the history of this or... | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/188177",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5075/"
] | From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86):
The term x86 refers to a family of instruction set architectures based on the Intel 8086 CPU. | Technically x86 simply refers to a family of processors and the instruction set they all use. It doesn't actually say anything specific about data sizes.
x86 started out as a 16-bit instruction set for 16-bit processors (the 8086 and 8088 processors), then was extended to a 32-bit instruction set for 32-bit processors... |
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