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111,744 | We're trying to incorporate a style guide which helps developers understand and build CSS across different resolutions. After reading these:
1. <https://uxplanet.org/buttons-in-ui-design-the-evolution-of-style-and-best-practices-56536dc5386e> (Nick Babich)
2. <https://builttoadapt.io/intro-to-the-8-point-grid-system-d... | 2017/09/12 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/111744",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/106378/"
] | **If your buttons are bigger users will be able to select them faster which increases usability**
This is actually a law! It was proven by Paul Fitts in 1954. [Fitts's Law](https://www.lri.fr/~mbl/ENS/FONDIHM/2013/papers/Fitts-JEP54.pdf) provides a mathematical model which can accurately predict the amount of time tak... | >
> came to a question do bigger buttons on 1920x1080 (desktop) and above improve usability
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Bigger area to click -> better usability
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> and do they ruin or fit into design at the same time?
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They look less aesthetic, they look heavy and slow, i wouldn't use big fat buttons on a ferrari website b... |
263,326 | **Situation:**
* Shower head is positioned on the red line. The water shoots too close to the wall. Even with adjusting the "front" of the shower head, the positioning of the pipe prevents it from being able to shoot dead center in the shower.
[](http... | 2022/12/26 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/263326",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/144603/"
] | Either do your plan which will work if you wrap the ptfe on tightly in the correct direction (clockwise).
Or just consider turning the shower head assembly clockwise 315 degrees. | Instead of tape, use thread sealing paste such as [THIS](https://www.lowes.com/pd/RectorSeal-No-5-Pipe-Thread-Sealant-Sealant/3134515?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-plb-_-ggl-_-LIA_PLB_142_Pipe-Fittings-_-3134515-_-local-_-0-_-0&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=CjwKCAiAqaWdBhAvEiwAGAQltos6zNiYht0CZYB8Bbbj-ME3np7tQJ3ELwIaJ7e724atBsqoq0VQmxo... |
4,342 | As I'm going through tagging questions as discussion, feature-request, or bug (as requested by Jeff), it would be awesome if I wasn't subject to CAPTCHAs. So I humbly request that there be a developer flag that can be placed on a user that will prevent him from getting the CAPTCHA.
It would be done after talking with... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4342",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8435/"
] | Just remember that when you answer a reCAPTCHA, you're [doing good for the world](http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html). Taking that into consideration might ease the pain for you. :) | Assuming you are a logged in user and have >= 200 reputation:
After successfully completing one captcha, we now suppress captcha for 5 minutes on your account. |
4,342 | As I'm going through tagging questions as discussion, feature-request, or bug (as requested by Jeff), it would be awesome if I wasn't subject to CAPTCHAs. So I humbly request that there be a developer flag that can be placed on a user that will prevent him from getting the CAPTCHA.
It would be done after talking with... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4342",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8435/"
] | What would stop a user from agreeing to not bot, and then to go bot once he now has free reign? Sure you could ban him afterwards, but the damage would have already been done. | Assuming you are a logged in user and have >= 200 reputation:
After successfully completing one captcha, we now suppress captcha for 5 minutes on your account. |
4,342 | As I'm going through tagging questions as discussion, feature-request, or bug (as requested by Jeff), it would be awesome if I wasn't subject to CAPTCHAs. So I humbly request that there be a developer flag that can be placed on a user that will prevent him from getting the CAPTCHA.
It would be done after talking with... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4342",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8435/"
] | As has been stated before, this doesn't help if your account is compromised. The mechanism is in place to prevent funny business - and you're implicitly agreeing to not be a bot in the first place, which is something you or anyone else could easily go back on anyhow.
I'm not sure there's a good way to say 'this person... | Since the whole idea behind reputation is so the system can learn to trust you, perhaps the higher your reputation, the more the captchas could be relaxed? Maybe have around 4000 rep (double the editing reputation threshold) the capcha could occur after 10 consecutive edits (instead of the current two), or even disable... |
4,342 | As I'm going through tagging questions as discussion, feature-request, or bug (as requested by Jeff), it would be awesome if I wasn't subject to CAPTCHAs. So I humbly request that there be a developer flag that can be placed on a user that will prevent him from getting the CAPTCHA.
It would be done after talking with... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4342",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8435/"
] | What would stop a user from agreeing to not bot, and then to go bot once he now has free reign? Sure you could ban him afterwards, but the damage would have already been done. | Since the whole idea behind reputation is so the system can learn to trust you, perhaps the higher your reputation, the more the captchas could be relaxed? Maybe have around 4000 rep (double the editing reputation threshold) the capcha could occur after 10 consecutive edits (instead of the current two), or even disable... |
4,342 | As I'm going through tagging questions as discussion, feature-request, or bug (as requested by Jeff), it would be awesome if I wasn't subject to CAPTCHAs. So I humbly request that there be a developer flag that can be placed on a user that will prevent him from getting the CAPTCHA.
It would be done after talking with... | 2009/07/10 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4342",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8435/"
] | Just remember that when you answer a reCAPTCHA, you're [doing good for the world](http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html). Taking that into consideration might ease the pain for you. :) | What would stop a user from agreeing to not bot, and then to go bot once he now has free reign? Sure you could ban him afterwards, but the damage would have already been done. |
316,070 | There are numerous articles about [how to enable System Restore on Windows Server 2003](http://www.google.ca/search?q=enable%20System%20Restore%20Windows%20Server%202003). My question is, why is it not there in the first place? One would think a service like this is even more important on a server where long term stabi... | 2011/09/27 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/316070",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15882/"
] | There are probably lots of different reasons why it's not enabled.
My reason is that System Restore isn't the panacea that you think it is. You're restoring a computer back to a specific state (of the whole OS) at a particular point in time. Can you imagine the problems that could cause should you enable this on a ser... | Lots of features are left off by default.
I personally think this is a good thing. It makes me research and understand ramifications of turning up some service or feature.
For instance, while I agree about the usefulness of System Restore, it does use resources, and it may not work as advertised. Do I want some well... |
316,070 | There are numerous articles about [how to enable System Restore on Windows Server 2003](http://www.google.ca/search?q=enable%20System%20Restore%20Windows%20Server%202003). My question is, why is it not there in the first place? One would think a service like this is even more important on a server where long term stabi... | 2011/09/27 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/316070",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15882/"
] | There are probably lots of different reasons why it's not enabled.
My reason is that System Restore isn't the panacea that you think it is. You're restoring a computer back to a specific state (of the whole OS) at a particular point in time. Can you imagine the problems that could cause should you enable this on a ser... | System Restore was only added to Windows to cut down on support calls by giving users a way to undo their most recent screw-up. While this might still be useful for a server in a lab or test environment it makes no sense at all in a production environment. Any admin caught enabling it on a production server should be r... |
6,573,298 | I have a question about Database design.
I have two tables, usertable and historytable, which are one-to-many relationship, which usertable contains
* username primary key
* passwordname
* email
and historytable has
* username foreign key
* date
* visted url
I am not sure if there are any negative effects in terms ... | 2011/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6573298",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200340/"
] | You would need to define a new column: UserHistoryId
Make it identity column
The reason for this is no combination of the other columns could be unique in all cases.
e.g. If a history record is created twice in one day for a user from the same url.
Performance:
Depends on how the history table is used - If you only... | If you can't see an obvious primay key then just add an auto-incremending integer /identity column as your primary key - this goes for almost *any* table.
There may be a couple of situations where there is a better choice, but most of the time an auto-increment integer field is a good choice of primary key regardless.... |
6,573,298 | I have a question about Database design.
I have two tables, usertable and historytable, which are one-to-many relationship, which usertable contains
* username primary key
* passwordname
* email
and historytable has
* username foreign key
* date
* visted url
I am not sure if there are any negative effects in terms ... | 2011/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6573298",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200340/"
] | You would need to define a new column: UserHistoryId
Make it identity column
The reason for this is no combination of the other columns could be unique in all cases.
e.g. If a history record is created twice in one day for a user from the same url.
Performance:
Depends on how the history table is used - If you only... | you could check [this one](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/230351/what-should-i-consider-when-selecting-a-data-type-for-my-primary-key/232985#232985). Though this question is more generic than yours, it should give you a wider view on what should be primary keys. |
6,573,298 | I have a question about Database design.
I have two tables, usertable and historytable, which are one-to-many relationship, which usertable contains
* username primary key
* passwordname
* email
and historytable has
* username foreign key
* date
* visted url
I am not sure if there are any negative effects in terms ... | 2011/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6573298",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200340/"
] | You would need to define a new column: UserHistoryId
Make it identity column
The reason for this is no combination of the other columns could be unique in all cases.
e.g. If a history record is created twice in one day for a user from the same url.
Performance:
Depends on how the history table is used - If you only... | My guess is the likely key of the history table would be (username, date, url). This is only a guess based on the names of the attributes however. You should determine the keys based on business analysis and your requirements. |
6,573,298 | I have a question about Database design.
I have two tables, usertable and historytable, which are one-to-many relationship, which usertable contains
* username primary key
* passwordname
* email
and historytable has
* username foreign key
* date
* visted url
I am not sure if there are any negative effects in terms ... | 2011/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6573298",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200340/"
] | If you can't see an obvious primay key then just add an auto-incremending integer /identity column as your primary key - this goes for almost *any* table.
There may be a couple of situations where there is a better choice, but most of the time an auto-increment integer field is a good choice of primary key regardless.... | you could check [this one](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/230351/what-should-i-consider-when-selecting-a-data-type-for-my-primary-key/232985#232985). Though this question is more generic than yours, it should give you a wider view on what should be primary keys. |
6,573,298 | I have a question about Database design.
I have two tables, usertable and historytable, which are one-to-many relationship, which usertable contains
* username primary key
* passwordname
* email
and historytable has
* username foreign key
* date
* visted url
I am not sure if there are any negative effects in terms ... | 2011/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6573298",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200340/"
] | If you can't see an obvious primay key then just add an auto-incremending integer /identity column as your primary key - this goes for almost *any* table.
There may be a couple of situations where there is a better choice, but most of the time an auto-increment integer field is a good choice of primary key regardless.... | My guess is the likely key of the history table would be (username, date, url). This is only a guess based on the names of the attributes however. You should determine the keys based on business analysis and your requirements. |
6,573,298 | I have a question about Database design.
I have two tables, usertable and historytable, which are one-to-many relationship, which usertable contains
* username primary key
* passwordname
* email
and historytable has
* username foreign key
* date
* visted url
I am not sure if there are any negative effects in terms ... | 2011/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6573298",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/200340/"
] | you could check [this one](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/230351/what-should-i-consider-when-selecting-a-data-type-for-my-primary-key/232985#232985). Though this question is more generic than yours, it should give you a wider view on what should be primary keys. | My guess is the likely key of the history table would be (username, date, url). This is only a guess based on the names of the attributes however. You should determine the keys based on business analysis and your requirements. |
427,794 | I have two 10G resistors connected in series with a 3V battery. I want to determine the voltage drop across one of them, which of course is 1.5V. When I use my multimeter to check the voltage drop, it reads ~3mV, which I believe is because it has a 10M impedance so the circuit is really one 10G resistor in series with ... | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/427794",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/210989/"
] | Do what the ancients did ==== use a Wheatstone bridge. Like this
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fdWYgE.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
Rotate the 10,000 ohm potentiometer for ... | sure, a voltage follower built with a FET op-amp that has extremely low input bias current.
<https://www.mouser.co.uk/Semiconductors/Amplifier-ICs/Operational-Amplifiers-Op-Amps/_/N-4h00g?Rl=4h00gZgjdhpmZ1yvbz5oZ1yve6dbSGT> |
427,794 | I have two 10G resistors connected in series with a 3V battery. I want to determine the voltage drop across one of them, which of course is 1.5V. When I use my multimeter to check the voltage drop, it reads ~3mV, which I believe is because it has a 10M impedance so the circuit is really one 10G resistor in series with ... | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/427794",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/210989/"
] | sure, a voltage follower built with a FET op-amp that has extremely low input bias current.
<https://www.mouser.co.uk/Semiconductors/Amplifier-ICs/Operational-Amplifiers-Op-Amps/_/N-4h00g?Rl=4h00gZgjdhpmZ1yvbz5oZ1yve6dbSGT> | If you can get capacitors with zero leakage \*\*, you can hang one across each resistor. Since you are working with DC, give the circuit a few weeks to stabilize, then measure the PEAK voltage. The capacitance required would be such that the time constant RC is several seconds, where R is the load resistance of your mu... |
427,794 | I have two 10G resistors connected in series with a 3V battery. I want to determine the voltage drop across one of them, which of course is 1.5V. When I use my multimeter to check the voltage drop, it reads ~3mV, which I believe is because it has a 10M impedance so the circuit is really one 10G resistor in series with ... | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/427794",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/210989/"
] | sure, a voltage follower built with a FET op-amp that has extremely low input bias current.
<https://www.mouser.co.uk/Semiconductors/Amplifier-ICs/Operational-Amplifiers-Op-Amps/_/N-4h00g?Rl=4h00gZgjdhpmZ1yvbz5oZ1yve6dbSGT> | I was going to suggest the teflon capacitor idea, but someone beat me to it.
Whatever you do you need to be very careful of stray currents caused by surface leakage across components, you need to use teflon standoffs everywhere, and wash everything with IPA (power off obviously) and dry thoroughly, you might also want... |
427,794 | I have two 10G resistors connected in series with a 3V battery. I want to determine the voltage drop across one of them, which of course is 1.5V. When I use my multimeter to check the voltage drop, it reads ~3mV, which I believe is because it has a 10M impedance so the circuit is really one 10G resistor in series with ... | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/427794",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/210989/"
] | Do what the ancients did ==== use a Wheatstone bridge. Like this
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fdWYgE.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
Rotate the 10,000 ohm potentiometer for ... | If you can get capacitors with zero leakage \*\*, you can hang one across each resistor. Since you are working with DC, give the circuit a few weeks to stabilize, then measure the PEAK voltage. The capacitance required would be such that the time constant RC is several seconds, where R is the load resistance of your mu... |
427,794 | I have two 10G resistors connected in series with a 3V battery. I want to determine the voltage drop across one of them, which of course is 1.5V. When I use my multimeter to check the voltage drop, it reads ~3mV, which I believe is because it has a 10M impedance so the circuit is really one 10G resistor in series with ... | 2019/03/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/427794",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/210989/"
] | Do what the ancients did ==== use a Wheatstone bridge. Like this
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fdWYgE.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
Rotate the 10,000 ohm potentiometer for ... | I was going to suggest the teflon capacitor idea, but someone beat me to it.
Whatever you do you need to be very careful of stray currents caused by surface leakage across components, you need to use teflon standoffs everywhere, and wash everything with IPA (power off obviously) and dry thoroughly, you might also want... |
4,327 | I need to apply security setting to a folder in media library. This role should not be able to access any other folder than the assigned one. But the user is a member of another role which has full access to media library. How can we set the access for this user to access only one folder, with out removing him/her from... | 2017/02/10 | [
"https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/4327",
"https://sitecore.stackexchange.com",
"https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/users/1517/"
] | Break the security inheritance on a the root where you want to start (in your case probably media library root)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OEaPH.png)
Notice I've added read access rights, you have to assign read for the whole path to your nested fo... | I would question your governance model here. If a user is a member of a role that has full access to the media library, why do you want to restrict them from access to the full media library? It sounds like they shouldn't be part of that role. Conversely, if you break inheritance to solve this scenario, that means that... |
11,933 | 1. Does all commercially available helium come from natural gas wells?
2. Is it theoretically possible to have a pure helium well?
Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons. | 2017/07/26 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/11933",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/8212/"
] | >
> Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons.
>
>
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The first statement is correct. The second is not. There are several reasons that helium should be strongly associated with non-primordial hydroca... | The helium in natural gas wells is created from uranium and thorium (as you correctly state) contained in the underlying granite basement rock or radioactive black shales that allows the natural gas to be trapped and contained. It's not that the helium is created from the fossil hydrocarbons, but that it comes from the... |
11,933 | 1. Does all commercially available helium come from natural gas wells?
2. Is it theoretically possible to have a pure helium well?
Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons. | 2017/07/26 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/11933",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/8212/"
] | David Hammen's answer explains why He is extracted from natural gas. But, it is not found only there. Helium exists just about everywhere on earth. You find it in volcanoes, in subseafloor hydrothermal vents and even just slowly leaking away from the ground in U and Th rich zones. As with all extraction of natural reso... | The helium in natural gas wells is created from uranium and thorium (as you correctly state) contained in the underlying granite basement rock or radioactive black shales that allows the natural gas to be trapped and contained. It's not that the helium is created from the fossil hydrocarbons, but that it comes from the... |
11,933 | 1. Does all commercially available helium come from natural gas wells?
2. Is it theoretically possible to have a pure helium well?
Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons. | 2017/07/26 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/11933",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/8212/"
] | The helium in natural gas wells is created from uranium and thorium (as you correctly state) contained in the underlying granite basement rock or radioactive black shales that allows the natural gas to be trapped and contained. It's not that the helium is created from the fossil hydrocarbons, but that it comes from the... | Nat gas is the lowest cost source. The He ( alpha particles) is from decay of elements from silver and up ( atomic weight > 106 per Wiki ). For a price it can be extracted from air. For example atmospheric argon is a significant nuisance in chemical plants that use air as a raw material , such as ammonia production. Th... |
11,933 | 1. Does all commercially available helium come from natural gas wells?
2. Is it theoretically possible to have a pure helium well?
Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons. | 2017/07/26 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/11933",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/8212/"
] | >
> Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons.
>
>
>
The first statement is correct. The second is not. There are several reasons that helium should be strongly associated with non-primordial hydroca... | David Hammen's answer explains why He is extracted from natural gas. But, it is not found only there. Helium exists just about everywhere on earth. You find it in volcanoes, in subseafloor hydrothermal vents and even just slowly leaking away from the ground in U and Th rich zones. As with all extraction of natural reso... |
11,933 | 1. Does all commercially available helium come from natural gas wells?
2. Is it theoretically possible to have a pure helium well?
Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons. | 2017/07/26 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/11933",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/8212/"
] | >
> Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons.
>
>
>
The first statement is correct. The second is not. There are several reasons that helium should be strongly associated with non-primordial hydroca... | Nat gas is the lowest cost source. The He ( alpha particles) is from decay of elements from silver and up ( atomic weight > 106 per Wiki ). For a price it can be extracted from air. For example atmospheric argon is a significant nuisance in chemical plants that use air as a raw material , such as ammonia production. Th... |
11,933 | 1. Does all commercially available helium come from natural gas wells?
2. Is it theoretically possible to have a pure helium well?
Helium is produced by the radioactive decay of primordial uranium and thorium. It should not be strongly associated with non-primordial 'fossil' hydrocarbons. | 2017/07/26 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/11933",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/8212/"
] | David Hammen's answer explains why He is extracted from natural gas. But, it is not found only there. Helium exists just about everywhere on earth. You find it in volcanoes, in subseafloor hydrothermal vents and even just slowly leaking away from the ground in U and Th rich zones. As with all extraction of natural reso... | Nat gas is the lowest cost source. The He ( alpha particles) is from decay of elements from silver and up ( atomic weight > 106 per Wiki ). For a price it can be extracted from air. For example atmospheric argon is a significant nuisance in chemical plants that use air as a raw material , such as ammonia production. Th... |
327,565 | I know that the internal energy of an ideal gas system doesn't change during an isothermal process, because an isothermal process requires an equal and opposite amount of work and heat to be exchanged between the system and its surroundings. For example, if the system does some amount of work *on* its surroundings, the... | 2017/04/19 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/327565",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/76804/"
] | In an isothermal process, as you say, the temperature of the system doesn't change. If your question is "why?" the answer is simple: by definition.
If your question is "how?", then there are two possible answers. The first is *it doesn't matter*, whatever process you come up with, which makes the temperature constant,... | Just remember that Temperature is constant. To make T constant, all the heat ( if we provide ) should be converted into another form of energy / work by conservation of energy...
Just note that " We are not providing heat to maintain the temperature of the system "..
Even if heat wasn't provided, the temperature of th... |
48,099 | In Vonnegut's *Cat's Cradle*, there is one scene that I found a bit puzzling.
At the store by the cemetery where Frank and Emily Hoenikker are buried, Jonah's taxi driver becomes obsessed with a stone angel.
The store owner, Marvin Breed, explains that it isn't for sale, and relates the story of why it is still in th... | 2014/01/14 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/48099",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1359/"
] | The name on the gravemarker has often been postulated as "Vonnegut", for example in this critique [here](http://us.macmillan.com/newcriticalessaysonkurtvonnegut/DavidSimmons) in New Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut.
>
> By not directly naming the "screwy" German surname, Vonnegut
> introduces the possibility that th... | It is mentioned again - in a strange passage when he's deciding whether or not to accept the presidency of San Lorenzo:
>
> And the time of the night and the cave and the waterfall--and the stone angel in Ilium....
> And 250,000 cigarettes and 3,000 quartz of booze, and two wives and no wife....
>
>
> And no lovin... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | The way this is done is that every developer must merge changes before they commit a file. I have never used Mercurial so I don't know the commands or the exact process, but in any serious config management tool you will be warned if you try to check in "over the top" of someone else. When you get this warning you shou... | It's really not as bad as you're thinking it would be in practice.
**In theory**, if two people were working on the same file *on the same lines* then it's a problem that needs manual intervention.
However, **in practice**, that situation is very rare. More likely that they may be working on the same file, but in dif... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | With mercurial, you can only get multiple heads on the upstream repository if Carl forces his push. What should happen is that after Bob and Carl independently do their merge of Alice's changes, Bob, who pushes first should be Ok, but Carl will get a message telling him that his push would create new remote heads and h... | Something's wrong with your Mercurial setup (or I don't know how this system is supposed to work). It shouldn't allow the emergence of "two heads". It should be either Alice->Bob->Carl or Alice->Carl->Bob.
That's the way it worked in Subversion in both teams I worked for, and we always managed to sort out the conflicts... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | The way this is done is that every developer must merge changes before they commit a file. I have never used Mercurial so I don't know the commands or the exact process, but in any serious config management tool you will be warned if you try to check in "over the top" of someone else. When you get this warning you shou... | With mercurial, you can only get multiple heads on the upstream repository if Carl forces his push. What should happen is that after Bob and Carl independently do their merge of Alice's changes, Bob, who pushes first should be Ok, but Carl will get a message telling him that his push would create new remote heads and h... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | Something's wrong with your Mercurial setup (or I don't know how this system is supposed to work). It shouldn't allow the emergence of "two heads". It should be either Alice->Bob->Carl or Alice->Carl->Bob.
That's the way it worked in Subversion in both teams I worked for, and we always managed to sort out the conflicts... | Your scenario -- three people -- one file -- is a symptom of poor architecture and poor management.
This is not a tool problem. |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | The way this is done is that every developer must merge changes before they commit a file. I have never used Mercurial so I don't know the commands or the exact process, but in any serious config management tool you will be warned if you try to check in "over the top" of someone else. When you get this warning you shou... | Something's wrong with your Mercurial setup (or I don't know how this system is supposed to work). It shouldn't allow the emergence of "two heads". It should be either Alice->Bob->Carl or Alice->Carl->Bob.
That's the way it worked in Subversion in both teams I worked for, and we always managed to sort out the conflicts... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | With mercurial, you can only get multiple heads on the upstream repository if Carl forces his push. What should happen is that after Bob and Carl independently do their merge of Alice's changes, Bob, who pushes first should be Ok, but Carl will get a message telling him that his push would create new remote heads and h... | It's really not as bad as you're thinking it would be in practice.
**In theory**, if two people were working on the same file *on the same lines* then it's a problem that needs manual intervention.
However, **in practice**, that situation is very rare. More likely that they may be working on the same file, but in dif... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | It's really not as bad as you're thinking it would be in practice.
**In theory**, if two people were working on the same file *on the same lines* then it's a problem that needs manual intervention.
However, **in practice**, that situation is very rare. More likely that they may be working on the same file, but in dif... | I don't know if mercurial supports this, but in a small cohesive team, the centralized workflow may be the best. In this workflow developers have to update/pull from the central server first before they can push a new commit.
In larger or distributed projects, I recommend the *gatekeeper workflow*:
* The developers ... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | With mercurial, you can only get multiple heads on the upstream repository if Carl forces his push. What should happen is that after Bob and Carl independently do their merge of Alice's changes, Bob, who pushes first should be Ok, but Carl will get a message telling him that his push would create new remote heads and h... | I don't know if mercurial supports this, but in a small cohesive team, the centralized workflow may be the best. In this workflow developers have to update/pull from the central server first before they can push a new commit.
In larger or distributed projects, I recommend the *gatekeeper workflow*:
* The developers ... |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | I'm not sure if Mercurial is different, but git simply won't *allow*\* you to push to a destination that has diverged from your branch (eg. in your case if Bob pushes first, then the server has diverged from Carl's branch). Carl *must* pull down Bob's changes, commit them, then push.
\*well it will, if you use the --f... | Your scenario -- three people -- one file -- is a symptom of poor architecture and poor management.
This is not a tool problem. |
72,353 | I'm used to version control, in particular I currently use Mercurial. I have some doubts about how to make it work in large teams, where there is a good probability of having more people working on the same file.
Let me make an example with Mercurial (but any decentralized system will be more or less the same). Say we... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/72353",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/15072/"
] | With mercurial, you can only get multiple heads on the upstream repository if Carl forces his push. What should happen is that after Bob and Carl independently do their merge of Alice's changes, Bob, who pushes first should be Ok, but Carl will get a message telling him that his push would create new remote heads and h... | Your scenario -- three people -- one file -- is a symptom of poor architecture and poor management.
This is not a tool problem. |
238,928 | In our country people use **dismissal time** to talk about **end of a day at school**:
>
> What is the **dismissal time** of this school?
>
>
>
And sometimes:
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> What time does the school **dismisses?**
>
>
>
I have checked few *online dictionaries* but none have used the word **dismiss** to mean **end of ... | 2020/02/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/238928",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/100323/"
] | British English does use: the teacher dismissed the class, so does AmE.
**Lenton Times Magazine** - Memories of Cottesmore School ...www.lentontimes.co.uk › memories › memories\_240805
\*\*
>
> I started to cry and the teacher dismissed the class and put his arm
> around my shoulder and told me not to worry. He iss... | >
> I have checked few online dictionaries but none have used the word dismiss to mean end of a day at school.
>
>
>
The top two (and certainly many more) search results use it as an example sentence.
[merriam-webster.com](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dismiss)
Definition of dismiss
transitive verb... |
109,624 | I'm on a project right now that is using the scrum methodology with 2 week sprints. Here's what our team looks like:
* 1 business analyst
* 1 tester
* 1 user experience designer
* 2 developers (1 for the UI and 1 for the back-end processes)
* 1 project manager
In a single sprint, we'll have 1 product backlog item (PB... | 2011/09/20 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/109624",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/501/"
] | >
> How should these 3 product backlog items be scheduled so that they all get completed by the end of the sprint?
>
>
>
Daily conversation. It's called a "stand up". Everyone attends. Every day.
>
> Since they are all dependent on each other and require at least 3 members of the team to work together, it seems... | The first issue here is that the items in your backlog are not business-value driven. The UI alone doesn't provide any value, as well as the backend code alone neither does. I'd suggest you to try to slice the features vertically, this is, instead of thinking in terms of components, take the perspective of an end-user ... |
109,624 | I'm on a project right now that is using the scrum methodology with 2 week sprints. Here's what our team looks like:
* 1 business analyst
* 1 tester
* 1 user experience designer
* 2 developers (1 for the UI and 1 for the back-end processes)
* 1 project manager
In a single sprint, we'll have 1 product backlog item (PB... | 2011/09/20 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/109624",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/501/"
] | You don't follow Scrum because your 3 PBIs are not PBIs. It is one PBI. Also if you divide the PBI this way and have special role for each part you are not doing Scrum but ScrumFall. Your cross functionality doesn't work at all because you have separate role for each task so while one role is doing its part of PBI othe... | The first issue here is that the items in your backlog are not business-value driven. The UI alone doesn't provide any value, as well as the backend code alone neither does. I'd suggest you to try to slice the features vertically, this is, instead of thinking in terms of components, take the perspective of an end-user ... |
268,772 | One of my email activities to help students practice writing a condolence letter is about a boss whose wife, Edna, passed away recently. One of the supplied details is that you knew her for 5 years. Many of the students write:
"I am sorry to hear about Edna. She has been my friend for five years..."
I always change i... | 2015/08/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268772",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/129806/"
] | Cockled. That is the paper conservator's technical term for wavy or rippled paper. See e.g. [Laura Schell paper conservator](http://www.paperconservationwny.com/treatments.htm):
>
> **Cockling**
> Warped and wavy (cockled) paper may be restored to a planar condition by controlled humidification and flattening.
>
> ... | As mentioned in some [comments](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268765/what-is-the-correct-term-for-paper-that-has-become-wet-and-deformed-as-it-dried/268923#comment592609_268767),
**Warped** - is the more general laymen term, but not quite as specific as [Cockled](https://english.stackexchange.com/a/26876... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | >
> it is more efficient to use call-by-reference?
>
>
>
This is far from being a certainty: there are situations when passing parameters by value is more efficient than passing parameters by reference, because you pass "less than a pointer worth" of data.
>
> Is there a situation where its beneficial to use cal... | One example is where the variable is *volatile*, meaning it can be changed by another thread of execution or by something outside the program, like hardware registers.
When passing by value, a copy or snapshot of the variable is taken before passing to the function. When passing by reference, the functional code will ... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | >
> it is more efficient to use call-by-reference?
>
>
>
This is far from being a certainty: there are situations when passing parameters by value is more efficient than passing parameters by reference, because you pass "less than a pointer worth" of data.
>
> Is there a situation where its beneficial to use cal... | Excerpt I have saved that you may find useful (from [CodingUnitTutorials](http://www.codingunit.com/c-tutorial-call-by-value-or-call-by-reference) )
>
> There are two possible reasons to not use call-by-reference: side effects and privacy. Unwanted side effects are usually caused by inadvertently changes that are mad... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | In any case where for whatever reason your function body already needs a copy of the parameter, it's typically more efficient to pass that parameter by value, because in some cases that copy can actually be eliminated by the compiler. | Excerpt I have saved that you may find useful (from [CodingUnitTutorials](http://www.codingunit.com/c-tutorial-call-by-value-or-call-by-reference) )
>
> There are two possible reasons to not use call-by-reference: side effects and privacy. Unwanted side effects are usually caused by inadvertently changes that are mad... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | In any case where for whatever reason your function body already needs a copy of the parameter, it's typically more efficient to pass that parameter by value, because in some cases that copy can actually be eliminated by the compiler. | Most often this call by value is used when the original data shouldn't be changed and a duplicate of the reference would be created inside the function anyway. |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | It is not the case that call-by-reference is always more efficient than call-by-value. Passing an integer rather than a reference to an integer is usually one indirection cheaper. Depending on the parameter list, some values could be passed in registers rather than indirectly having to dereferenced in memory somewhere | One example is where the variable is *volatile*, meaning it can be changed by another thread of execution or by something outside the program, like hardware registers.
When passing by value, a copy or snapshot of the variable is taken before passing to the function. When passing by reference, the functional code will ... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | There are cases where pass by value is simply what you want, regardless of efficiency--if you want to be able to pass something and manipulate/modify it without affecting the original, then pass by value may be exactly the right thing, and if it's slower then it's slower.
For one real example, consider that we're deal... | Excerpt I have saved that you may find useful (from [CodingUnitTutorials](http://www.codingunit.com/c-tutorial-call-by-value-or-call-by-reference) )
>
> There are two possible reasons to not use call-by-reference: side effects and privacy. Unwanted side effects are usually caused by inadvertently changes that are mad... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | It is not the case that call-by-reference is always more efficient than call-by-value. Passing an integer rather than a reference to an integer is usually one indirection cheaper. Depending on the parameter list, some values could be passed in registers rather than indirectly having to dereferenced in memory somewhere | Most often this call by value is used when the original data shouldn't be changed and a duplicate of the reference would be created inside the function anyway. |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | In any case where for whatever reason your function body already needs a copy of the parameter, it's typically more efficient to pass that parameter by value, because in some cases that copy can actually be eliminated by the compiler. | One example is where the variable is *volatile*, meaning it can be changed by another thread of execution or by something outside the program, like hardware registers.
When passing by value, a copy or snapshot of the variable is taken before passing to the function. When passing by reference, the functional code will ... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | There are cases where pass by value is simply what you want, regardless of efficiency--if you want to be able to pass something and manipulate/modify it without affecting the original, then pass by value may be exactly the right thing, and if it's slower then it's slower.
For one real example, consider that we're deal... | One example is where the variable is *volatile*, meaning it can be changed by another thread of execution or by something outside the program, like hardware registers.
When passing by value, a copy or snapshot of the variable is taken before passing to the function. When passing by reference, the functional code will ... |
28,415,931 | What is the purpose of having parameters as call-by-value when it is more efficient to use call-by-reference? (For non-primitive data types.)
Also, what if one was to add the const tag to call-by-reference parameters so that they won't be modified?
Is there a situation where its *beneficial* to use call-by-value as ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28415931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3334960/"
] | There are cases where pass by value is simply what you want, regardless of efficiency--if you want to be able to pass something and manipulate/modify it without affecting the original, then pass by value may be exactly the right thing, and if it's slower then it's slower.
For one real example, consider that we're deal... | Most often this call by value is used when the original data shouldn't be changed and a duplicate of the reference would be created inside the function anyway. |
36,277 | There was a 500 error out of no where.
The front end works fine, however, I am not able to login.
Removed the .htaccess file and checked, still no avail.
Help please!
EE 2.11.1
PHP 5.6.13 | 2016/05/02 | [
"https://expressionengine.stackexchange.com/questions/36277",
"https://expressionengine.stackexchange.com",
"https://expressionengine.stackexchange.com/users/2341/"
] | From BoldMinded Support:
**Apr 10, 2016**
>
> It seems there was a change in EE 2.11 that caused this. CSM was using a method of extending/hijacking a core class to get this to work, which has been fine for the last 6+ years, but no longer works. If you really need to use CSM you’ll need to downgrade to 2.10. Otherw... | You can also individually turn your extension on/off via your installation's DB.
To address the actual issue:
I'm experiencing this same issue today and I've narrowed it down to Custom System Messages.
I'll report back when I find a solution. |
331,740 | I have tried to install the operating system 12.04,13.04) on an 8G memory stick.
It installed ok except when I booted from it, it said it only had 3.5G total and was full.
When I tried to reinstall it with the live disc, it said it needed at least 4G to go ahead and that box was ticked.
It seems as if it doesn't want t... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/331740",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/181942/"
] | The default maximum size for your casper partition (persistence) is 4gb, and you can set this pretty easily if you use a tool like UNetBootin. Just set persistence to the maximum of 4gb. But if you want more storage space, select no persistence. Then you can use a partitioning tool to create a casper partition to use t... | Like others have said, it may be that you just set your live usb into persistence mode when you made it. Some usb creators make it hard to see graphically whether or not persistence mode is enabled.
I prefer Linux Live USB creator as far as looks and ease of use goes, it's also really easy to make sure you are/are no... |
1,003,163 | What does it mean when I access my Perl script via URL, but when I do, the source code is printed on the screen?
Does this mean that Perl isn't properly set up? I'm using Apache on Fedora. | 2009/06/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1003163",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | This means your webserver isn't set up to execute the script at that url. What server are you using? | It could also mean you are putting the Perl script in the wrong folder. The cgi-bin folder is still widely used as the folder where CGI scripts should be stored and run from. Other folders may just open the file and read it as text, similar to an HTML document, instead of running the document as code. But it can also m... |
1,003,163 | What does it mean when I access my Perl script via URL, but when I do, the source code is printed on the screen?
Does this mean that Perl isn't properly set up? I'm using Apache on Fedora. | 2009/06/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1003163",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | This means your webserver isn't set up to execute the script at that url. What server are you using? | This means that you probably aren't doing what your server is expecting. Usually servers expect either that every file in a CGI directory is an executable, or that files with a certain extension are executable and it can serve any other file as its content.
Figure out which file extension your server expects your CGI ... |
1,003,163 | What does it mean when I access my Perl script via URL, but when I do, the source code is printed on the screen?
Does this mean that Perl isn't properly set up? I'm using Apache on Fedora. | 2009/06/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1003163",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | This means your webserver isn't set up to execute the script at that url. What server are you using? | [Ovid's CGI Course](http://jdporter.perlmonk.org/cgi_course/) may help you (if you use CGI of course) |
1,003,163 | What does it mean when I access my Perl script via URL, but when I do, the source code is printed on the screen?
Does this mean that Perl isn't properly set up? I'm using Apache on Fedora. | 2009/06/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1003163",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | It could also mean you are putting the Perl script in the wrong folder. The cgi-bin folder is still widely used as the folder where CGI scripts should be stored and run from. Other folders may just open the file and read it as text, similar to an HTML document, instead of running the document as code. But it can also m... | [Ovid's CGI Course](http://jdporter.perlmonk.org/cgi_course/) may help you (if you use CGI of course) |
1,003,163 | What does it mean when I access my Perl script via URL, but when I do, the source code is printed on the screen?
Does this mean that Perl isn't properly set up? I'm using Apache on Fedora. | 2009/06/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1003163",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | This means that you probably aren't doing what your server is expecting. Usually servers expect either that every file in a CGI directory is an executable, or that files with a certain extension are executable and it can serve any other file as its content.
Figure out which file extension your server expects your CGI ... | [Ovid's CGI Course](http://jdporter.perlmonk.org/cgi_course/) may help you (if you use CGI of course) |
7,736,333 | I am working on e-Shop project.
I my design for each product I need a picture with three sizes:
1. 480 \* 480
2. 290 \* 290
3. 200 \* 200
Which one is better ?
* Asking e-Shop Admin to upload a picture for all above sizes.
* Asking him to upload a picture with size 480 \* 480 then generating other sizes via as... | 2011/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7736333",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/369161/"
] | Upload all three images - will reduce the CPU overhead. You can then use the processing power to enable your site to be more responsive. | In my opinion, preparing three sizes of the image is a time consuming process because it must be repeated for every product.
generating would be better.
on the other hand just uploading a big one and then showing small images with css class' can be useful. (if the visitor will see all the images all the time) |
7,736,333 | I am working on e-Shop project.
I my design for each product I need a picture with three sizes:
1. 480 \* 480
2. 290 \* 290
3. 200 \* 200
Which one is better ?
* Asking e-Shop Admin to upload a picture for all above sizes.
* Asking him to upload a picture with size 480 \* 480 then generating other sizes via as... | 2011/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7736333",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/369161/"
] | Requiring your site admin to upload three separate images is simply pushing unnecessary work overhead onto the admin, and this generally results in them not bothering to create and upload three separate images for each product - resulting in an ecommerce site with missing images.
You're far better to use the technolog... | Upload all three images - will reduce the CPU overhead. You can then use the processing power to enable your site to be more responsive. |
7,736,333 | I am working on e-Shop project.
I my design for each product I need a picture with three sizes:
1. 480 \* 480
2. 290 \* 290
3. 200 \* 200
Which one is better ?
* Asking e-Shop Admin to upload a picture for all above sizes.
* Asking him to upload a picture with size 480 \* 480 then generating other sizes via as... | 2011/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7736333",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/369161/"
] | Requiring your site admin to upload three separate images is simply pushing unnecessary work overhead onto the admin, and this generally results in them not bothering to create and upload three separate images for each product - resulting in an ecommerce site with missing images.
You're far better to use the technolog... | In my opinion, preparing three sizes of the image is a time consuming process because it must be repeated for every product.
generating would be better.
on the other hand just uploading a big one and then showing small images with css class' can be useful. (if the visitor will see all the images all the time) |
6,623,348 | *Firstly, whilst I'm aware that gzipping HTML would probably have as much (more?) of a performance gain as minifying HTML - I am certainly intrigued by whether the following technique could work - or if anyone has done something similar.*
Having seen some of the work done by others on [pre-compiling MVC Razor views](h... | 2011/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6623348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/431880/"
] | Minifying Razor views at build time wouldn't make sense as they are not final markup. Whatever you might have minified at build time would be broken at runtime when all those helpers spit their HTML. So if you really want to lower your bandwidth usage the first and foremost step is to gzip. The benefit will be enormous... | Minifyng HTML code is much less effective than minifying JavaScript - very few elements to reduce. That is why it rarely done. |
6,623,348 | *Firstly, whilst I'm aware that gzipping HTML would probably have as much (more?) of a performance gain as minifying HTML - I am certainly intrigued by whether the following technique could work - or if anyone has done something similar.*
Having seen some of the work done by others on [pre-compiling MVC Razor views](h... | 2011/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6623348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/431880/"
] | Minifying Razor views at build time wouldn't make sense as they are not final markup. Whatever you might have minified at build time would be broken at runtime when all those helpers spit their HTML. So if you really want to lower your bandwidth usage the first and foremost step is to gzip. The benefit will be enormous... | You can use **[RCompressor](https://github.com/OmarMuscatello/RCompressor)**.
**Disclaimer**: I'm the author of the project. |
229,167 | [Merriam-Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkmate) has this definition of *checkmate*:
>
> **checkmate** *transitive verb*
>
>
> 1: to arrest, thwart, or counter completely
>
>
> 2: to check (a chess opponent's king) so that escape is impossible
>
>
>
How exactly can the word be used as a ... | 2015/02/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/229167",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/73094/"
] | The only transitive verb usage I've heard in the context of chess itself is the one given as the second definition in your question. As implied by the definition, the object of the checkmate action must be *the king piece of your opponent*, as no other piece is used to define the state of checkmate. The object cannot b... | The OED clearly lists ***checkmate*** as a verb, as well as a noun. It provides multiple examples of its use over the centuries, both related to the game of chess, and metaphorical senses.
Some examples of the latter kind are:
>
> a1400 Octouian 1746 There was many an hethen hounde, that they
> chekmatyde [So MS.... |
6,824,105 | Is it possible to have the same Silverlight object host persist in memory as the user traverses our site? I'm interested in having my Silverlight objects stick around from page to page.
Using IE7. | 2011/07/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6824105",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | In short: No.
Typically to achieve this you make the decision that the Silverlight application **is** your site (or at least a complete segment of your site) and use Silverlight Navigation framework to allow the user to navigate from "page to page" within the application. Where "page" refers to various Xaml pages with... | As a workaround, you could store the object in JSON or XML in the IsolatedStorage for the Site (not the application) and use the built in serialization methods to work with the object. Then just check for its existence for each app that is loaded. |
11,220,667 | I have a video site using a HTML5 video player. Users pay money to join the site. But the download manager (in mozilla) or real player download manager can download our videos from the server.
I want to prevent or block these applications. How can I prevent the programs from running? | 2012/06/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11220667",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1475193/"
] | There is no DRM ([Digital Rights Management](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management)) in the HTML5 spec, so you cannot do it with HTML5 video.
There are attempts to add DRM to HTML 5 ([Encrypted Media Extensions](http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-media.html))
>
>... | Even with DRM you simply can't - whatever you've sent to client (keys/content/whatever), client can simply save and replay when he needs decoded stream again. The only solution that would reliably **delay** decoding, is some hardware solution, but as I understand you'll be going over regular HTTP and browser.
Your pro... |
11,220,667 | I have a video site using a HTML5 video player. Users pay money to join the site. But the download manager (in mozilla) or real player download manager can download our videos from the server.
I want to prevent or block these applications. How can I prevent the programs from running? | 2012/06/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11220667",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1475193/"
] | There is no DRM ([Digital Rights Management](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management)) in the HTML5 spec, so you cannot do it with HTML5 video.
There are attempts to add DRM to HTML 5 ([Encrypted Media Extensions](http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-media.html))
>
>... | Overlay their unique user ID onto the video, so if they do capture it, then legal action can be taken as you can prove it's them that downloaded it.
other than that, nothing you can do really... |
272,238 | I sometimes have the problem that my macbook won't sleep, even with the lid closed.
After some investigation I tracked the problem down to Spotify app; when the app is open, even if no song is playing, my macbook won't go to sleep and eventually go out of battery power.
I don't have need of spotify keeping my mac awake... | 2017/02/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/272238",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/5277/"
] | Can you upload it to iCloud Drive? You might be able to then try playing on the iPad directly without having to go through iTunes. If you have VLC on your iPad it should be able to play almost any file that you throw at it. | Which ipad model do you own,different iPad model has different playback settings such as video codec, bit rate, frame rate, resolution and audio codec, bit rate, sample rate and channels settings. |
705,409 | While installing ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my windows 8 PC, many online tutorials were telling to disable the UEFI.
My question is what is UEFI and what is it's use? | 2014/01/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/705409",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/291178/"
] | The [UEFI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface), or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is a standard to replace the aging BIOS firmware in most computers.
The EFI is the boot environment and firmware level that does the POST check, boots the OS, and finally (can) provide services suc... | The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware.
UEFI is meant to replace the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface, present in all IBM PC-compatible personal computers. In practice, most UEFI images p... |
705,409 | While installing ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my windows 8 PC, many online tutorials were telling to disable the UEFI.
My question is what is UEFI and what is it's use? | 2014/01/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/705409",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/291178/"
] | UEFI is the new BIOS.
If you don't know what the BIOS is, it's a small program built into your computer that runs the boot process, and displays any Setup menus. UEFI is more (some would say too much) capable - some UEFI boards have elaborate graphical setup menus now and such.
UEFI introduces a feature called "Secur... | The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware.
UEFI is meant to replace the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface, present in all IBM PC-compatible personal computers. In practice, most UEFI images p... |
15,517 | Title says all. does these cheap power adapters can harm my Pi anyway?
and also, lets say these things stop providing less than what required (less than 5v and less than 0.7A), what will happen to my Pi? will get burn or get damaged irreparably Or it will just quietly shutdown protecting itself? | 2014/04/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/15517",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/5792/"
] | Impossible to say. If it puts out less than 5.5V it is unlikely to harm the Pi or attached peripherals (one of my Pi's has been powered from 5.8V for months without any obvious harm).
If the voltage is too low the Pi may not boot or may reset itself. That won't harm the Pi but may corrupt the SD card you are booting f... | If it fits a Blackberry phone, it fits a Raspberry Pi.
Just to be clear, Blackberry phones use MicroUSB plugs and output 5V. If you want to be sure, use a multimeter to check the output of the charger.
Another test would be to connect the power without the SD card in and paying attention to the LEDs: <http://elinux.... |
15,517 | Title says all. does these cheap power adapters can harm my Pi anyway?
and also, lets say these things stop providing less than what required (less than 5v and less than 0.7A), what will happen to my Pi? will get burn or get damaged irreparably Or it will just quietly shutdown protecting itself? | 2014/04/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/15517",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/5792/"
] | Impossible to say. If it puts out less than 5.5V it is unlikely to harm the Pi or attached peripherals (one of my Pi's has been powered from 5.8V for months without any obvious harm).
If the voltage is too low the Pi may not boot or may reset itself. That won't harm the Pi but may corrupt the SD card you are booting f... | I have been using noname power adapters for a while for some of my pies, and it seems to work fine.
If you want stability, you should make sure they can output *at* *least* 700mA, and some more if you are planning to use any USB peripherals. If the power drops below what the pi needs it will reboot. Now, depending on ... |
15,517 | Title says all. does these cheap power adapters can harm my Pi anyway?
and also, lets say these things stop providing less than what required (less than 5v and less than 0.7A), what will happen to my Pi? will get burn or get damaged irreparably Or it will just quietly shutdown protecting itself? | 2014/04/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/15517",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/5792/"
] | Impossible to say. If it puts out less than 5.5V it is unlikely to harm the Pi or attached peripherals (one of my Pi's has been powered from 5.8V for months without any obvious harm).
If the voltage is too low the Pi may not boot or may reset itself. That won't harm the Pi but may corrupt the SD card you are booting f... | "90% of all problems are power supply." As the hardware guru used to tell us when I started hardware design out of school. Current capacity matters.
Make sure you have at least one good heavy duty power supply (like Nexus 7 2A job) so you can debug/eliminate the psu from odd problems... my odd problem was failure to b... |
440 | I've seen almost all of the *Bleach* anime (at least what's been released dubbed), and I'm now interested in reading the manga. However, when the manga closely follows the anime I've already seen, I tend to get bored quickly. Thus, I'd want to pick up the manga at a point right before the anime began to diverge.
At wh... | 2012/12/14 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/440",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/40/"
] | Bleach anime ended in March 2012, with the episode 366. It ends after (spoiler if you haven't finished the anime yet)
>
> Ginjo dies in his battle vs Ichigo
>
>
>
In manga, that arc ends with chapter 479, *"Goodbye to our Xcution!!"*. The anime is not airing now, but the manga goes on, with the new arc starting ... | I only watched the anime, but I know it stopped in March 2012, when they caught up with the manga. It was the 'Lost Agent arc'.
So I suppose you best bet is to start reading the manga that was written from around that time. Volume 49 of the manga is also called 'The Lost Agent', so that seems where they left off.
But... |
440 | I've seen almost all of the *Bleach* anime (at least what's been released dubbed), and I'm now interested in reading the manga. However, when the manga closely follows the anime I've already seen, I tend to get bored quickly. Thus, I'd want to pick up the manga at a point right before the anime began to diverge.
At wh... | 2012/12/14 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/440",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/40/"
] | I only watched the anime, but I know it stopped in March 2012, when they caught up with the manga. It was the 'Lost Agent arc'.
So I suppose you best bet is to start reading the manga that was written from around that time. Volume 49 of the manga is also called 'The Lost Agent', so that seems where they left off.
But... | The answer best showing where the anime and manga differ, while also answering where to start reading (manga chapter 480 BTW) is the answer by Logan M to this question : [Which episodes of Bleach are filler?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3018/which-episodes-of-bleach-are-filler) |
440 | I've seen almost all of the *Bleach* anime (at least what's been released dubbed), and I'm now interested in reading the manga. However, when the manga closely follows the anime I've already seen, I tend to get bored quickly. Thus, I'd want to pick up the manga at a point right before the anime began to diverge.
At wh... | 2012/12/14 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/440",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/40/"
] | Bleach anime ended in March 2012, with the episode 366. It ends after (spoiler if you haven't finished the anime yet)
>
> Ginjo dies in his battle vs Ichigo
>
>
>
In manga, that arc ends with chapter 479, *"Goodbye to our Xcution!!"*. The anime is not airing now, but the manga goes on, with the new arc starting ... | I've read all of the manga and am currently watching the anime. It has been pretty dang accurate up until the episodes in the 60's where they kind of went off and created these whole other bad guys and this big plot that wasn't in the manga (the soul sucking vampire things... I can't remember their name). But apparentl... |
440 | I've seen almost all of the *Bleach* anime (at least what's been released dubbed), and I'm now interested in reading the manga. However, when the manga closely follows the anime I've already seen, I tend to get bored quickly. Thus, I'd want to pick up the manga at a point right before the anime began to diverge.
At wh... | 2012/12/14 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/440",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/40/"
] | Bleach anime ended in March 2012, with the episode 366. It ends after (spoiler if you haven't finished the anime yet)
>
> Ginjo dies in his battle vs Ichigo
>
>
>
In manga, that arc ends with chapter 479, *"Goodbye to our Xcution!!"*. The anime is not airing now, but the manga goes on, with the new arc starting ... | The answer best showing where the anime and manga differ, while also answering where to start reading (manga chapter 480 BTW) is the answer by Logan M to this question : [Which episodes of Bleach are filler?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3018/which-episodes-of-bleach-are-filler) |
440 | I've seen almost all of the *Bleach* anime (at least what's been released dubbed), and I'm now interested in reading the manga. However, when the manga closely follows the anime I've already seen, I tend to get bored quickly. Thus, I'd want to pick up the manga at a point right before the anime began to diverge.
At wh... | 2012/12/14 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/440",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/40/"
] | I've read all of the manga and am currently watching the anime. It has been pretty dang accurate up until the episodes in the 60's where they kind of went off and created these whole other bad guys and this big plot that wasn't in the manga (the soul sucking vampire things... I can't remember their name). But apparentl... | The answer best showing where the anime and manga differ, while also answering where to start reading (manga chapter 480 BTW) is the answer by Logan M to this question : [Which episodes of Bleach are filler?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3018/which-episodes-of-bleach-are-filler) |
3,175 | I understand that most NIPS these days have either rules or signatures built in to them and perhaps gathering information prior to deployment may help in fine-tuning the rules / signature once the IPS has been deployed, up and running.
As such what sort of information do we need to gather prior to deploying an NIPS (... | 2011/04/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/3175",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1768/"
] | In the ideal situation you would put together a list of all assets and threat vectors on your network, including but not limited to:
* Operating system flavors and versions
* Applications
* Network infrastructure
* Anything else plugged into the network
With that you could plow through all of the signatures that are ... | In addition to Scott's post which has excellent technical guidance, on the policy side ensure you have a risk register or at least some type of risk classification for each of the assets on your network. This will be invaluable when it comes to defining the protection needed, and may make management simpler by requirin... |
3,175 | I understand that most NIPS these days have either rules or signatures built in to them and perhaps gathering information prior to deployment may help in fine-tuning the rules / signature once the IPS has been deployed, up and running.
As such what sort of information do we need to gather prior to deploying an NIPS (... | 2011/04/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/3175",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1768/"
] | In the ideal situation you would put together a list of all assets and threat vectors on your network, including but not limited to:
* Operating system flavors and versions
* Applications
* Network infrastructure
* Anything else plugged into the network
With that you could plow through all of the signatures that are ... | One benefit to running a SIEM is the correlation capabilities before actions, including automated actions, are enacted.
Q1 Labs QRadar, ArcSight ESM, and [OSSIM](http://alienvault.com/download-ossim) all have asset and inventory capabilities. OSSIM is made up of many open-source apps that are great for IDS and IPS. Th... |
41,979,775 | Let's say that I would code a program with Windows API and then compile it. The code is compiled to machine code for the CPU to execute. Now, my question is: If I share the executable file for someone else with another instruction set in their CPU. How can their CPU run the code the same way and not give errors or run ... | 2017/02/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41979775",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7500334/"
] | >
> someone else with another instruction set in their CPU
> ...
> How can their CPU run the code the same way
>
>
>
The code won't run. The CPU's, simply put, speak another language.
You have two options
1. recompile your code for the target CPU (assuming you can use the same source language and no platform ... | When high-level languages are compiled into executable, often they are compiled to intermediate code. This is a representation of the source code compiled closer to assembly language, however it is not specific to any CPU instruction set. It is up to the machine running the executable to interpret this intermediate cod... |
428,539 | The British Press have pointedly made [**reference**](http://www.itv.com/news/2018-01-28/donald-trump-on-brexit/) to Mr Trump's quote :
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> "I think I would have said that the European Union is not cracked up to what it’s supposed to be,"
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>
>
What would have been expected on this side of the pond is something ... | 2018/01/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/428539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/259840/"
] | In a comment, WS2 wrote:
>
> As far as British use is concerned I endorse what you say. Almost always it is used following a negative. "The EU is not all that it is cracked up to be" is what I believe Trump meant to say. (Though I for one do not agree with him).
>
>
> | In a comment, Hot Licks wrote:
>
> If Trump indeed said that, he said it like an immigrant would have. It's not at all idiomatic in the US. (Though I will say that the "not all it's cracked up to be" idiom is used in the US mostly without any comprehension of what "cracked" means in this case.)
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> |
428,539 | The British Press have pointedly made [**reference**](http://www.itv.com/news/2018-01-28/donald-trump-on-brexit/) to Mr Trump's quote :
>
> "I think I would have said that the European Union is not cracked up to what it’s supposed to be,"
>
>
>
What would have been expected on this side of the pond is something ... | 2018/01/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/428539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/259840/"
] | In a comment, Hot Licks wrote:
>
> If Trump indeed said that, he said it like an immigrant would have. It's not at all idiomatic in the US. (Though I will say that the "not all it's cracked up to be" idiom is used in the US mostly without any comprehension of what "cracked" means in this case.)
>
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> | It is unclear whether the question asks for a trans-pond translation of the *opposite* sentiment or whether it wants similar usage. In the latter case, I suggest that one AmE version of the BrE
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> it is not all it is cracked up to be
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is
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> it sucks
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>
> |
428,539 | The British Press have pointedly made [**reference**](http://www.itv.com/news/2018-01-28/donald-trump-on-brexit/) to Mr Trump's quote :
>
> "I think I would have said that the European Union is not cracked up to what it’s supposed to be,"
>
>
>
What would have been expected on this side of the pond is something ... | 2018/01/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/428539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/259840/"
] | In a comment, WS2 wrote:
>
> As far as British use is concerned I endorse what you say. Almost always it is used following a negative. "The EU is not all that it is cracked up to be" is what I believe Trump meant to say. (Though I for one do not agree with him).
>
>
> | It is unclear whether the question asks for a trans-pond translation of the *opposite* sentiment or whether it wants similar usage. In the latter case, I suggest that one AmE version of the BrE
>
> it is not all it is cracked up to be
>
>
>
is
>
> it sucks
>
>
> |
164,844 | >
> "Obviously the direct answer to the question is supposed to be, "I
> wouldn't like it at all!" But what's the next step? Suppose you were
> to say, "I wouldn't like it if someone did that to me. But luckily no
> one is doing it to me. I’m doing it to someone else, and I don't mind
> that at all!" This answer m... | 2018/04/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/164844",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/63593/"
] | According to Google's Dictionary:
>
> **to spoil**
>
>
> 3. be extremely or aggressively eager for.
> "Cooper was spoiling for a fight"
>
>
> *synonymns*: eager for, itching for, looking for, keen to have, raring for, after, bent on, set on, on the lookout for, longing for
>
>
>
So in your text, she was not ... | The phrase [**to be spoiling for a fight**](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-spoiling-for-a-fight) is an idiomatic expression in English which means:
>
> to be very eager to fight or argue
>
>
>
Therefore, *she is not spoiling for a fight* means *she is not eager to fight or argue*. In the c... |
164,844 | >
> "Obviously the direct answer to the question is supposed to be, "I
> wouldn't like it at all!" But what's the next step? Suppose you were
> to say, "I wouldn't like it if someone did that to me. But luckily no
> one is doing it to me. I’m doing it to someone else, and I don't mind
> that at all!" This answer m... | 2018/04/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/164844",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/63593/"
] | According to Google's Dictionary:
>
> **to spoil**
>
>
> 3. be extremely or aggressively eager for.
> "Cooper was spoiling for a fight"
>
>
> *synonymns*: eager for, itching for, looking for, keen to have, raring for, after, bent on, set on, on the lookout for, longing for
>
>
>
So in your text, she was not ... | A little etymology to add on to the other correct answers:
>
> **[spoil (v.)](https://www.etymonline.com/word/spoil)**
>
>
> c. 1300, "to strip (someone) of clothes, strip a slain enemy," **from Old French *espillier* "to strip, plunder, pillage,"** from Latin *spoliare* "to strip, uncover, lay bare; strip of cloth... |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | I think your characterization of Grails as "buggy" is a little harsh. Although you encounter bugs when using Grails it's often the underlying frameworks (Spring, Hibernate) or a plugin that's responsible rather than Grails.
Also, given that Hibernate is a JPA implementation, does it really make sense to say that
>
>... | It's not on your list but I would recommend [resteasy](http://www.jboss.org/resteasy/) to build your webservices which is pretty easy to use ... just need to use annotations on the methods to deliver the webservices, and also everything you wrote that u want.
Also, if u want a good EJB integration, u can use resteasy ... |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | I've blogged about using JAX-RS as the [unifying web framework in the past](http://macstrac.blogspot.com/2009/01/jax-rs-as-one-web-framework-to-rule.html). You can pretty much do all you need with JAX-RS; the main downside is all the pieces are maybe not as well documented in one place as with things like Spring MVC, S... | It's not on your list but I would recommend [resteasy](http://www.jboss.org/resteasy/) to build your webservices which is pretty easy to use ... just need to use annotations on the methods to deliver the webservices, and also everything you wrote that u want.
Also, if u want a good EJB integration, u can use resteasy ... |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | I'd like to mention the [Restlet Framework](http://www.restlet.org/), which was the first REST framework for Java when it launched in 2005. It is mature, scalable, has a large user base and an active community.
Version 2.0 is in final development phase and provides a broad features set including:
* complete mapping ... | It's not on your list but I would recommend [resteasy](http://www.jboss.org/resteasy/) to build your webservices which is pretty easy to use ... just need to use annotations on the methods to deliver the webservices, and also everything you wrote that u want.
Also, if u want a good EJB integration, u can use resteasy ... |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | Take a look at [dropwizard](http://dropwizard.codahale.com) too .
. | It's not on your list but I would recommend [resteasy](http://www.jboss.org/resteasy/) to build your webservices which is pretty easy to use ... just need to use annotations on the methods to deliver the webservices, and also everything you wrote that u want.
Also, if u want a good EJB integration, u can use resteasy ... |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | I think your characterization of Grails as "buggy" is a little harsh. Although you encounter bugs when using Grails it's often the underlying frameworks (Spring, Hibernate) or a plugin that's responsible rather than Grails.
Also, given that Hibernate is a JPA implementation, does it really make sense to say that
>
>... | I'd like to mention the [Restlet Framework](http://www.restlet.org/), which was the first REST framework for Java when it launched in 2005. It is mature, scalable, has a large user base and an active community.
Version 2.0 is in final development phase and provides a broad features set including:
* complete mapping ... |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | I think your characterization of Grails as "buggy" is a little harsh. Although you encounter bugs when using Grails it's often the underlying frameworks (Spring, Hibernate) or a plugin that's responsible rather than Grails.
Also, given that Hibernate is a JPA implementation, does it really make sense to say that
>
>... | Take a look at [dropwizard](http://dropwizard.codahale.com) too .
. |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | I've blogged about using JAX-RS as the [unifying web framework in the past](http://macstrac.blogspot.com/2009/01/jax-rs-as-one-web-framework-to-rule.html). You can pretty much do all you need with JAX-RS; the main downside is all the pieces are maybe not as well documented in one place as with things like Spring MVC, S... | I'd like to mention the [Restlet Framework](http://www.restlet.org/), which was the first REST framework for Java when it launched in 2005. It is mature, scalable, has a large user base and an active community.
Version 2.0 is in final development phase and provides a broad features set including:
* complete mapping ... |
2,051,860 | How can I store the items in a context menu strip in the Settings so they are in the context menu when the application is next started?
Or is there a better way than using settings?
(they are recently opened files in the cms) | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2051860",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/191463/"
] | I've blogged about using JAX-RS as the [unifying web framework in the past](http://macstrac.blogspot.com/2009/01/jax-rs-as-one-web-framework-to-rule.html). You can pretty much do all you need with JAX-RS; the main downside is all the pieces are maybe not as well documented in one place as with things like Spring MVC, S... | Take a look at [dropwizard](http://dropwizard.codahale.com) too .
. |
241,189 | I need to measure temperature with an RTD between 0-300 C. I believe I have two options to make this work:
1. A constant current source feeding the RTD
2. A precision voltage reference and a resistor forming a voltage divider with the RTD.
It seems like I could use a precision voltage with an op-amp constant current ... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/241189",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/38373/"
] | A current source ideally has infinite resistance. A resistor has positive resistance. There's a third choice- use current source with a large but negative output resistance which will linearize the RTD so that it has an 'S'-shaped residual error curve. Probably not worth it these days if you are going into the digital ... | RTDs are non-linear so let's just say that using a resistor to feed it adds a bit more non-linearity you have to cope with. But if you are feeding the RTD signal to an ADC then it makes sense to tie the top of the resistor to a reference voltage that is also used by the ADC - this is called a ratiometric measurement an... |
241,189 | I need to measure temperature with an RTD between 0-300 C. I believe I have two options to make this work:
1. A constant current source feeding the RTD
2. A precision voltage reference and a resistor forming a voltage divider with the RTD.
It seems like I could use a precision voltage with an op-amp constant current ... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/241189",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/38373/"
] | RTDs are non-linear so let's just say that using a resistor to feed it adds a bit more non-linearity you have to cope with. But if you are feeding the RTD signal to an ADC then it makes sense to tie the top of the resistor to a reference voltage that is also used by the ADC - this is called a ratiometric measurement an... | If you make your measurement ratiometric, then you can get the best of both worlds.(current source, and a "precise" voltage reference)
An ADC measurement is a ratio of the sampled voltage in comparison to the reference voltage. The ADC will not care if the reference voltage is 1.0V or 2.424V (assuming you are within ... |
241,189 | I need to measure temperature with an RTD between 0-300 C. I believe I have two options to make this work:
1. A constant current source feeding the RTD
2. A precision voltage reference and a resistor forming a voltage divider with the RTD.
It seems like I could use a precision voltage with an op-amp constant current ... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/241189",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/38373/"
] | A current source ideally has infinite resistance. A resistor has positive resistance. There's a third choice- use current source with a large but negative output resistance which will linearize the RTD so that it has an 'S'-shaped residual error curve. Probably not worth it these days if you are going into the digital ... | If you make your measurement ratiometric, then you can get the best of both worlds.(current source, and a "precise" voltage reference)
An ADC measurement is a ratio of the sampled voltage in comparison to the reference voltage. The ADC will not care if the reference voltage is 1.0V or 2.424V (assuming you are within ... |
25,952,385 | I am building my own app (but I'm a beginner) and I want to know if there are tutorials about "launch screens" in Xcode6.
I also want to know if it is possible to test the internet connexion before displaying the storyboard.
Thanks for your answers ! :) | 2014/09/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25952385",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4061938/"
] | I think this will help:
<http://oleb.net/blog/2014/08/replacing-launch-images-with-storyboards/>
Also, I would recommend not making the display of your storyboard wait until after you test the internet connection, as this could make the launch of your app slow.
If you are using a Storyboard by declaring it in your p... | I am adding here the steps in short for creating the LaunchScreen through xib instead of using storyboard for iOS 8. This could be useful for persons like me, searching for how to create Launch Screen in iOS 8.
1) create a new "LaunchScreen xib" from new file --> user interface --> launch screen ( keep auto layout ON ... |
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