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52,472 | Why did Tommen Baratheon stop his mother from attending the funeral of Myrcella in *Game of Thrones* S06E02? What was the point of that? He said he doesn't want to lose his mother again, but how did this decision help? | 2016/05/02 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/52472",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1190/"
] | The High Sparrow made two things clear.
1. That Cersei was not done. She only confessed some crimes, not all that she was accused of. She was released pending her full trial, in s05e10 *"Mother's Mercy"*.
>
> SPARROW: Good. But these are terrible charges. And the realm must know the truth of them. If Your Grace has... | He explains it to Jaime right after the scene with the Zombie Mountain. He is scared that the High Sparrow will jail his mother again; he is scared of losing her a second time. He felt powerless when she was taken from him, and now he seems to be turning out just like his past brother, ruthless and cruel. As he explain... |
11,340,337 | I have to develop a website compatible for mobile devices as well as desktop etc. Now i have two options from the search i have done. Either i make a separate application for mobile devices or i develop one for all(obviously with less glitter) and let the browsers manage how they render it.
Now my question is simple. ... | 2012/07/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11340337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/833811/"
] | Its depend on the site. if its simply information site with only text and some images then it will be better to develop single site for both the devices in responsive manner but in case the site has high multimedia content like video,flash,mp3 or high resolution images it will be better to create separate sites for bot... | Take a look at CSS media queries
<http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/>, <http://mediaqueri.es/>
or frameworks like <http://jquerymobile.com/>. |
11,340,337 | I have to develop a website compatible for mobile devices as well as desktop etc. Now i have two options from the search i have done. Either i make a separate application for mobile devices or i develop one for all(obviously with less glitter) and let the browsers manage how they render it.
Now my question is simple. ... | 2012/07/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11340337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/833811/"
] | Take a look at CSS media queries
<http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/>, <http://mediaqueri.es/>
or frameworks like <http://jquerymobile.com/>. | I believe this is an acceptable answer:
Today's and most of yesterdays desktop and Mobile browsers are perfectly capable of rendering sites with as much glitter as possible. I'd make a responsive design single site.
If it's not necessary on a mobile device/smaller screen, hide it with a responsive design. |
11,340,337 | I have to develop a website compatible for mobile devices as well as desktop etc. Now i have two options from the search i have done. Either i make a separate application for mobile devices or i develop one for all(obviously with less glitter) and let the browsers manage how they render it.
Now my question is simple. ... | 2012/07/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11340337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/833811/"
] | Its depend on the site. if its simply information site with only text and some images then it will be better to develop single site for both the devices in responsive manner but in case the site has high multimedia content like video,flash,mp3 or high resolution images it will be better to create separate sites for bot... | I believe this is an acceptable answer:
Today's and most of yesterdays desktop and Mobile browsers are perfectly capable of rendering sites with as much glitter as possible. I'd make a responsive design single site.
If it's not necessary on a mobile device/smaller screen, hide it with a responsive design. |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | You can use [AnyStatus](https://www.anystat.us) to view the status of your Jenkins jobs and views in a simple user interface. AnyStatus comes with lots of other useful monitors as well. Disclaimer: I am the author of AnyStatus.
 | better use teamcity instead of hudson it's free, integrates with eclipse, idea, MS VS and it has perfect tray notifier |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | You can try [Catlight](https://catlight.io). With this app, you can choose jobs to monitor. It runs on Windows and OS X, and can also connect to Jenkins servers that require user authentication.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Cu4f.png) | I recently started development of [Jenkins Tray](https://github.com/zionyx/jenkins-tray), which was forked from [Hudson Tray Tracker](https://github.com/aseigneurin/hudson-tray-tracker)'s code base.
If you switched over from Hudson or [Cruise Control.Net](http://www.cruisecontrolnet.org/) to Jenkins, this tool maybe u... |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | I recently started development of [Jenkins Tray](https://github.com/zionyx/jenkins-tray), which was forked from [Hudson Tray Tracker](https://github.com/aseigneurin/hudson-tray-tracker)'s code base.
If you switched over from Hudson or [Cruise Control.Net](http://www.cruisecontrolnet.org/) to Jenkins, this tool maybe u... | You can use [AnyStatus](https://www.anystat.us) to view the status of your Jenkins jobs and views in a simple user interface. AnyStatus comes with lots of other useful monitors as well. Disclaimer: I am the author of AnyStatus.
 |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | I recently started development of [Jenkins Tray](https://github.com/zionyx/jenkins-tray), which was forked from [Hudson Tray Tracker](https://github.com/aseigneurin/hudson-tray-tracker)'s code base.
If you switched over from Hudson or [Cruise Control.Net](http://www.cruisecontrolnet.org/) to Jenkins, this tool maybe u... | [hudson-on-cocoa](http://code.google.com/p/hudson-on-cocoa/) is the best option I've found for OS X. (Make sure to use the <http://host/hudson/rssAll> URL format) It adds all builds by default but you can exclude some by adding them to the blacklist. |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | I think this is the best notifier so far.
Hudson Tray Tracker: <http://code.google.com/p/hudson-tray-tracker/> | [hudson-on-cocoa](http://code.google.com/p/hudson-on-cocoa/) is the best option I've found for OS X. (Make sure to use the <http://host/hudson/rssAll> URL format) It adds all builds by default but you can exclude some by adding them to the blacklist. |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | You can try [Catlight](https://catlight.io). With this app, you can choose jobs to monitor. It runs on Windows and OS X, and can also connect to Jenkins servers that require user authentication.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Cu4f.png) | better use teamcity instead of hudson it's free, integrates with eclipse, idea, MS VS and it has perfect tray notifier |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | You can try [Catlight](https://catlight.io). With this app, you can choose jobs to monitor. It runs on Windows and OS X, and can also connect to Jenkins servers that require user authentication.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Cu4f.png) | [hudson-on-cocoa](http://code.google.com/p/hudson-on-cocoa/) is the best option I've found for OS X. (Make sure to use the <http://host/hudson/rssAll> URL format) It adds all builds by default but you can exclude some by adding them to the blacklist. |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | I think this is the best notifier so far.
Hudson Tray Tracker: <http://code.google.com/p/hudson-tray-tracker/> | You can use [AnyStatus](https://www.anystat.us) to view the status of your Jenkins jobs and views in a simple user interface. AnyStatus comes with lots of other useful monitors as well. Disclaimer: I am the author of AnyStatus.
 |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | I think this is the best notifier so far.
Hudson Tray Tracker: <http://code.google.com/p/hudson-tray-tracker/> | better use teamcity instead of hudson it's free, integrates with eclipse, idea, MS VS and it has perfect tray notifier |
2,428,359 | Is their any notifier which let's you add specific build in the notifier. Right now i am using Hudson Tacker (<http://hudsontracker.sourceforge.net/index.html>) which works fine but it only let's me add one build or all the builds.
I didn't see any notifiers in <http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Plugins> which... | 2010/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2428359",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/245008/"
] | I recently started development of [Jenkins Tray](https://github.com/zionyx/jenkins-tray), which was forked from [Hudson Tray Tracker](https://github.com/aseigneurin/hudson-tray-tracker)'s code base.
If you switched over from Hudson or [Cruise Control.Net](http://www.cruisecontrolnet.org/) to Jenkins, this tool maybe u... | better use teamcity instead of hudson it's free, integrates with eclipse, idea, MS VS and it has perfect tray notifier |
1,253,588 | Can a DNS lookup be made with AS3? | 2009/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1253588",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/255239/"
] | I know this is kind of an older question and it may be too late, and if I could I'd add this as a comment... but in case it helps someone, there is apparently an implementation of some sort in AIR:
<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/dns/DNSResolver.html>
This may help bucabay... | Not directly - you will have to call a serverside script (php/jsp/asp/cgi/...) that does the lookup for you and returns the data, and most probably that script will have to do a command line call. |
203,631 | I had simple mail server and my question is about bandwidth usage of e-mail aliases.
So i had eq danny@mysvr.com foward: danny@gmail.com
And question is mail demon do:
[MAIL] -> @mysvr.com /\* recive e-mail "means read all data" and foward "resend" to @gmail.com \*/
{OR} :
[MAIL] -> @mysvr.com /\* header send "ple... | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/203631",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Either build your own using freenas or openfiler (all you need is an innexpensive PC)
or buy an off the shelf NAS.
Two popular off the shelf NAS' these days are from Synology and QNAP.
**EDIT**
As you've mentioned "very green" in your question, then you are unlikely to find a more green NAS than an off the shelf on... | On the cheap?: [$68 for a TB](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822154207&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Hard+Drives+-+External-_-LaCie-_-22154207), get 2 of these (for redundancy). Grab an old machine, install FreeNAS, OpenFiler, or something similar and you've instantly got a solid backup ... |
203,631 | I had simple mail server and my question is about bandwidth usage of e-mail aliases.
So i had eq danny@mysvr.com foward: danny@gmail.com
And question is mail demon do:
[MAIL] -> @mysvr.com /\* recive e-mail "means read all data" and foward "resend" to @gmail.com \*/
{OR} :
[MAIL] -> @mysvr.com /\* header send "ple... | 2010/11/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/203631",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | I think Open Solaris is, hands down, the best build-your-own NAS tool available. Despite Oracle doing their best to squash the "open" component, but with ZFS you get roughly the same set of features that you get with enterprise storage solutions. Specifically:
* Flexible snapshots
* Dedupe
* Remote replication
* Excel... | On the cheap?: [$68 for a TB](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822154207&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Hard+Drives+-+External-_-LaCie-_-22154207), get 2 of these (for redundancy). Grab an old machine, install FreeNAS, OpenFiler, or something similar and you've instantly got a solid backup ... |
71,133 | What are the situations when we must use 'Custom Action' on SharePoint 2010 List, Ribbon etc.
many times same functionality can be achieved by other means also. Why 'Custom Action' is must in that situation? | 2013/06/21 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/71133",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/17251/"
] | >
> It is common when customizing SharePoint 2010 to want to extend the user interface. Fortunately, this is easy to do by using the ribbon menu. You can add new functionality to the SharePoint 2010 ribbon as custom actions. Custom actions enable you to expand or extend the standard behavior of SharePoint 2010 core co... | As with many things in SharePoint, it is often to your advantage to adhere to the packaging and deployment architecture that is there instead of "achieving it by other means." You can usually get away with doing things your own way in a small scale deployment, but you are much more likely to run into issues eventually ... |
86,942 | Physicists debate about 'zero point' for laws pertaining to fields such as temperature. But in the process of knowledge acquisition and the ascent described by phrases like 'human development' and 'self-actualisation', my instincts are that we are sating an innate space within our internal guidance systems as we map ou... | 2021/11/18 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/86942",
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] | Zero point energy isn't a subject of debate, it's a consequence of the uncertainty principle which all of quantum mechanics is built on, our most successful theory.
>
> "we are sating an innate space within our internal guidance systems"
>
>
>
Very Plato, who saw knowledge as being remembered rather than created,... | ### Short Answer
>
> As a person new to the field of philosophy, my inquiry into the classic philosophical thinkers has not yet revealed if there is a word for this dark, unsated kernel in the deepest parts of the human mind.
>
>
>
Well, then you need to review the work of Sigmund Freud who called such a "place" ... |
171,905 | I have property where I am boon-docking an airstream. I've been looking into a passive solar hot water heater design, For the holding tank I was looking at using an old hot water heater, I found a used gas hot water heater online, and it made me think, is it possible to use propane with a gas hot water heater? Perhaps ... | 2019/08/23 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/171905",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/9543/"
] | I have done the conversion many times, in fact if you have the paperwork your water heater came with the orifice to change it over may be in there. On the water heaters, furnaces and ovens/ stove tops I have done all that was needed was a small brass orifice . The orifice is a brass disk with a tiny hole and usually a ... | Sometimes, it is possible. Some manufacturers have conversion kits available that can allow you to convert the water heater. I think the items that need to be converted are the regulator, valve/thermostat, burner and the orifice for both the main flame and pilot light. It would be advisable to only do this if there is ... |
171,905 | I have property where I am boon-docking an airstream. I've been looking into a passive solar hot water heater design, For the holding tank I was looking at using an old hot water heater, I found a used gas hot water heater online, and it made me think, is it possible to use propane with a gas hot water heater? Perhaps ... | 2019/08/23 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/171905",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/9543/"
] | I have done the conversion many times, in fact if you have the paperwork your water heater came with the orifice to change it over may be in there. On the water heaters, furnaces and ovens/ stove tops I have done all that was needed was a small brass orifice . The orifice is a brass disk with a tiny hole and usually a ... | Yes. The "propane tank in the backyard" market is huge, however not huge enough to justify a totally separate line of water heaters, dryers, ranges and furnaces just for it.
Therefore most manufacturers offer jetting kits to convert the appliance from one fuel to the other.
Check with the manufacturer, or read the ... |
177,662 | Has there ever been a reference to the Gorn and the Xindi-Reptilians somehow being related? According to one Federation map I've seen, Xindus, New Xindus and Gorn, in the Gorn Hegemony, are relatively close. Since both are reptilian species whose home worlds are not incredibly far apart, I believe this to be a valid qu... | 2017/12/29 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/177662",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/90925/"
] | No, this fact does not tell us anything about the strength of their Legilimency. It rather shows us very much of one of the big differences between the two mindsets of Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Reading minds is a willing process. You need to concentrate on reading the mind of the other person.
Dumbledore was always v... | Yes, Voldemort was the better Legilimens.
=========================================
According to Snape, that is.
>
> She hesitated.
>
> "I know he believes you, but -"
>
> "You think he is mistaken? Or that I have somehow hoodwinked him? Fooled the Dark Lord, the greatest wizard, **the most accomplished Legi... |
26,395 | What are the benefits of transferring karmic fruitfulness and how is this done by Buddhists? | 2018/05/11 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/26395",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Make merit is the core of the buddhist practice and is done by being resolute and practice deeds (through mind, speach and body) of generosity, renunciation and goodwill. This will gradually lead to the decrease of the defilements (greed, ill-will and delusion) and to the maturation of the eight factors of the Noble Ei... | If someone understands the value of giving, does it out of the kindness, without wishing for anything in return, it is a truly meritorious deed (kusala kamma). This is the highest merit. Thus understanding Dhamma (true nature of the world) leads to spontaneous meritorious actions done with a joyful heart; this leads to... |
251,381 | Is there any way to check the code is **Short Code** or **long Code** in the Mobile Connect?
what are the merits and demerits of both code?
I found a few articles but they where confused me more. | 2019/02/22 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/251381",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/62395/"
] | **Short Code** is - well, short (e.g. 1234) and is very often shared across multiple accounts on SFMC, as dedicated short codes are - however possible, really costly.
**Long code** is a standard local phone number (e.g. +4511223344) and are normally dedicated to a single account.
It is indeed better to use a short ... | Long codes are basically meant for one to one conversations (they are limited to 1 second per message by SFMC). They are necessary for international messaging as well.
You should use a short code for high volume sends (up to 100 messages per second). |
260,588 | The traffic is backed up, but, aside from saying this, can we say the road is backed up instead? If not, why? Thanks for helping. | 2015/07/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/260588",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/129000/"
] | Yes and no.
Usually we would say "the road is backed up *with traffic*".
It's easy to find examples by Googling **"road is backed up"**
e.g.
>
> The Anthony Henday at Lessard Road is backed up with cars and tow trucks in Edmonton
>
>
> [Edmonton Journal](http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Anthony+Henday+Lessard+Road... | "To back up" and the noun "backup" referring to traffic jam seems to be American English. |
843 | I feel stupid. On several question there is this comment "It's not what OP ment in her question". OK I know that OP is the one asking the original question - but I have no clue what the acronym is short for.
* OPeartor? Seems wrong
* Other Party? Might be
* Original Poster? Could be...
But which one is the right one?... | 2012/03/20 | [
"https://ux.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/843",
"https://ux.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4679/"
] | Original Poster.
It refers to the person that wrote the post that started the thread. | Please also see <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=OP>
UrbanDictionary.com is often very useful for explanations of Internet abbreviations. |
37,849 | I'm wanting to model a (proposed) manufacturing line, with specific emphasis on interaction with a traceability database. That is, various process engineers have already mapped the manufacturing process - I'm only interested in the various stations along the line that have to talk to the DB.
The intended audience is a... | 2011/01/18 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/37849",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/3545/"
] | It will be difficult to produce one diagram of sufficient detail to satisfy managers, engineers, and IT people. The IT people will want to know the sproc parameters, the engineers will be concerned about fault cases, and the managers will get bored by all the details and start fiddling with their Blackberrys.
What is ... | Trying to find a single model to effectively communicate an entire system is a fool's errand. I know that RUP has fallen out of favor with Agilists. But I think the real problem is the same problem I see with some Agile projects. People attempted to use an approach without fully understanding it.
You mentioned that yo... |
37,849 | I'm wanting to model a (proposed) manufacturing line, with specific emphasis on interaction with a traceability database. That is, various process engineers have already mapped the manufacturing process - I'm only interested in the various stations along the line that have to talk to the DB.
The intended audience is a... | 2011/01/18 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/37849",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/3545/"
] | It will be difficult to produce one diagram of sufficient detail to satisfy managers, engineers, and IT people. The IT people will want to know the sproc parameters, the engineers will be concerned about fault cases, and the managers will get bored by all the details and start fiddling with their Blackberrys.
What is ... | Looks like you're wanting to cover both the physical and logical architecture. So just use whatever is easiest for you and make sure the labeling and the keys are clear! |
37,849 | I'm wanting to model a (proposed) manufacturing line, with specific emphasis on interaction with a traceability database. That is, various process engineers have already mapped the manufacturing process - I'm only interested in the various stations along the line that have to talk to the DB.
The intended audience is a... | 2011/01/18 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/37849",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/3545/"
] | It will be difficult to produce one diagram of sufficient detail to satisfy managers, engineers, and IT people. The IT people will want to know the sproc parameters, the engineers will be concerned about fault cases, and the managers will get bored by all the details and start fiddling with their Blackberrys.
What is ... | Omondo did an ambitious try to cover physical (e.g. database) and logical (e.g UML object) integration by creating a Database profile.
I used the tool and must admit it really worked well. The idea is to create java annotation in code live synchronized with the model and database stereotypes.
What I like with this too... |
3,560 | I am a lead software developer, and I have just been tasked with revamping our software development process. Part of this will be to implement a system with the following:
Source Control Build automation Project management/ reporting Unit Testing Bug tracking Continuous integration
Now on the face of it, MS Team Foun... | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/3560",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/2259/"
] | I assume that you're on a fairly Agile project if you're into continuous integration and automation.
The move from VSS to SVN will already make you very popular with the kind of developers you want to keep on your team. Do it. My developer friends will kick me if I don't mention [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.co... | I wouldn't say that TFS would be an immediate choice simply because you are using Microsoft Dev tools. In fact I would strongly encourage you to take a look at TeamCity (as Lunivore already has mentioned). The professional edition is free to try and is very flexible.(SVN / test runners are both easy to setup and runnin... |
3,560 | I am a lead software developer, and I have just been tasked with revamping our software development process. Part of this will be to implement a system with the following:
Source Control Build automation Project management/ reporting Unit Testing Bug tracking Continuous integration
Now on the face of it, MS Team Foun... | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/3560",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/2259/"
] | I assume that you're on a fairly Agile project if you're into continuous integration and automation.
The move from VSS to SVN will already make you very popular with the kind of developers you want to keep on your team. Do it. My developer friends will kick me if I don't mention [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.co... | You can go the route of best-of-breed but you'll have the integrations over head (manual or plugins) which is a serious barrier to adoption by your team.
To start I'd simplify your search by dealing with Source control as a separate requirement. SVN hosted would be my recommendation unless you have huge code bases to ... |
37,591 | I have a partially above ground Spa and an in-ground pool. When the spa is filled to spillover with pumps off, water siphons through the spa pump and into the pool until the spa water level drops about 13 inches.
What confuses me is that the Spa drain is about 12 inches below the pool returns and the highest pipe in t... | 2020/09/10 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/37591",
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] | This issue was resolved by adding an upward PVC loop (about 1 ft higher than the highest point of circuit) and installing a pressure relief valve, also referred to as a vacuum breaker, in this loop. A vacuum breaker is typically installed on roof pool solar heater systems to drain water off the roof when pump isn't run... | You have to install a spring loaded check valve after the pump. I am attaching a link just to help you get an idea, not promoting the item.
[https://www.amazon.com/Pentair-263042Z-2-Inch-Replacement-Diverter/dp/B008HLKEWI/ref=mp\_s\_a\_1\_5?dchild=1&keywords=pool+spa+valve&qid=1599804914&sprefix=pool+spa+valv&sr=8-5](... |
10,423,046 | Does Meteor support haml?
If a package needs to be created, what would be the recommended library to use?
Is do haml and handlebars play nice together?
I would like to write haml, that would be processed into the html style (with handlebars) that is shown in the Meteor demos. | 2012/05/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10423046",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1131254/"
] | I've created a smart package for 9elements haml-coffee.
You can clone my fork of meteor here: <https://github.com/huetsch/meteor/tree/devel> .
I've also created a pull request that's located here: <https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/138> . | Meteor does not currently have a smart package for haml. Haml and handlebars should work together just fine as, like coffeescript, haml is pre-processed and meteor would only ever see the generated html.
The docs on smart packages for meteor are here: <http://docs.meteor.com/#smartpackages>
But as it says, the api is... |
107,300 | I am trying to save edits to a raster file in QGIS, but;
1. When you edit a raster file and select "Save As"; no output file is generated.
2. My version is in Spanish; however "Save as raster layer" is displayed. Just as "Output"
How do I properly save/export a raster in QGIS? | 2014/07/15 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/107300",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/34571/"
] | I think I know what this is about.
First, it is not really an EDIT of the raster that is performed; it is probably just a change in the rendering (changing visualisation style in the raster properties).
For example moving from a "single-band grey" towards a "single-band pseudocolor" and thus obtaining a color visual... | First to save/export a raster layer, you can use Raster/Conversion/Translate (covert format). You can define the file format, the CRS and null values, among other things. Selecting the raster layer and chosing save as is not the procedure (I think you may have a little of ArcMap in mind...)
Nevertheles I have to agree... |
90,295 | If you live in a town of wooden buildings, [fire can be a big problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). **If you have the luxury of being able to plan the layout of a city, how do you plan the city to avoid major fires?**
Notes:
* Low-tech doesn't mean low-knowledge. For example, they could be reb... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/90295",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6781/"
] | City planning was always the key to prevent big fires. Each time after a devastating fire ravaged a city, like [Great Fire of London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London) in 1666, leaders were thinking about how they can rebuild better.
Generally, there are few important considerations:
1. Wide and str... | If water is readily available I see no reason why it would not be a major part of fire suppression. The other main thing to consider would be increasing the distance between buildings to stop fire from jumping to neighboring buildings.
I can't really see any reason to get more elaborate than that, water has always bee... |
90,295 | If you live in a town of wooden buildings, [fire can be a big problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). **If you have the luxury of being able to plan the layout of a city, how do you plan the city to avoid major fires?**
Notes:
* Low-tech doesn't mean low-knowledge. For example, they could be reb... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/90295",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6781/"
] | If water is readily available I see no reason why it would not be a major part of fire suppression. The other main thing to consider would be increasing the distance between buildings to stop fire from jumping to neighboring buildings.
I can't really see any reason to get more elaborate than that, water has always bee... | If water is not scarce, then build canals. They'll provide handy transport links around the city for bulk goods (on barges or rafts). In addition they make good firebreaks, and are a ready source of water for locals to throw onto fires. In posh areas, have 'water gardens' and 'lakeland parks' instead of canals.
The c... |
90,295 | If you live in a town of wooden buildings, [fire can be a big problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). **If you have the luxury of being able to plan the layout of a city, how do you plan the city to avoid major fires?**
Notes:
* Low-tech doesn't mean low-knowledge. For example, they could be reb... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/90295",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6781/"
] | City planning was always the key to prevent big fires. Each time after a devastating fire ravaged a city, like [Great Fire of London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London) in 1666, leaders were thinking about how they can rebuild better.
Generally, there are few important considerations:
1. Wide and str... | **Brick.**
from <http://fox2now.com/2017/08/14/why-st-louis-is-built-of-brick/>
>
> St. Louis, MO — It's not the easiest way to build a house, nor the
> cheapest, but beginning in the middle of the 19th century St. Louisans
> decided to stick with brick. Part of the reason was under their feet.
>
>
> "There were... |
90,295 | If you live in a town of wooden buildings, [fire can be a big problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). **If you have the luxury of being able to plan the layout of a city, how do you plan the city to avoid major fires?**
Notes:
* Low-tech doesn't mean low-knowledge. For example, they could be reb... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/90295",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6781/"
] | City planning was always the key to prevent big fires. Each time after a devastating fire ravaged a city, like [Great Fire of London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London) in 1666, leaders were thinking about how they can rebuild better.
Generally, there are few important considerations:
1. Wide and str... | **Plan I**: evacuate all the poor people from the more elevated parts of town, build your palace and rich friends' houses up there. For preference out of brick. Nice wide streets, aqueduct water service, sewer. Surround this precinct with stony zen gardens, plazas, stone basilicas and so forth. Life is golden! Let the ... |
90,295 | If you live in a town of wooden buildings, [fire can be a big problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). **If you have the luxury of being able to plan the layout of a city, how do you plan the city to avoid major fires?**
Notes:
* Low-tech doesn't mean low-knowledge. For example, they could be reb... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/90295",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6781/"
] | City planning was always the key to prevent big fires. Each time after a devastating fire ravaged a city, like [Great Fire of London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London) in 1666, leaders were thinking about how they can rebuild better.
Generally, there are few important considerations:
1. Wide and str... | If water is not scarce, then build canals. They'll provide handy transport links around the city for bulk goods (on barges or rafts). In addition they make good firebreaks, and are a ready source of water for locals to throw onto fires. In posh areas, have 'water gardens' and 'lakeland parks' instead of canals.
The c... |
90,295 | If you live in a town of wooden buildings, [fire can be a big problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). **If you have the luxury of being able to plan the layout of a city, how do you plan the city to avoid major fires?**
Notes:
* Low-tech doesn't mean low-knowledge. For example, they could be reb... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/90295",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6781/"
] | **Brick.**
from <http://fox2now.com/2017/08/14/why-st-louis-is-built-of-brick/>
>
> St. Louis, MO — It's not the easiest way to build a house, nor the
> cheapest, but beginning in the middle of the 19th century St. Louisans
> decided to stick with brick. Part of the reason was under their feet.
>
>
> "There were... | If water is not scarce, then build canals. They'll provide handy transport links around the city for bulk goods (on barges or rafts). In addition they make good firebreaks, and are a ready source of water for locals to throw onto fires. In posh areas, have 'water gardens' and 'lakeland parks' instead of canals.
The c... |
90,295 | If you live in a town of wooden buildings, [fire can be a big problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). **If you have the luxury of being able to plan the layout of a city, how do you plan the city to avoid major fires?**
Notes:
* Low-tech doesn't mean low-knowledge. For example, they could be reb... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/90295",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6781/"
] | **Plan I**: evacuate all the poor people from the more elevated parts of town, build your palace and rich friends' houses up there. For preference out of brick. Nice wide streets, aqueduct water service, sewer. Surround this precinct with stony zen gardens, plazas, stone basilicas and so forth. Life is golden! Let the ... | If water is not scarce, then build canals. They'll provide handy transport links around the city for bulk goods (on barges or rafts). In addition they make good firebreaks, and are a ready source of water for locals to throw onto fires. In posh areas, have 'water gardens' and 'lakeland parks' instead of canals.
The c... |
130,104 | So I am looking for a way to extrude many similar windows in a wall. They should be exact size and stay on same distance from each other. How would you do that? Thanks.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FBpXB.png) | 2019/01/28 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/130104",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/68269/"
] | As Lukasz-40sth said, you could use the *Array* modifier:
* Create a plane, subdivide it.
* Extrude your window.
* Use 2 *Array* modifiers to repeat your object horizontally and vertically.
* Work your window as much as you want until you're satisfied.
* You can either keep or apply your modifiers.
* If you want to ap... | Add a plane for the wall. Next, add another for the window. Use Array modifier twice on the window plane, followed by Knife Project . Remove selected faces and extrude the result. |
32,686 | I have received a CO2 cylinder from an online seller fitted with a protective cap over the valve:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/COqRM.jpg)
I understand these should unscrew, but this one appears to be stuck very firmly. Is there a standard or recommended way to remove these safe... | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/32686",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/10132/"
] | Use two strap wrenches or an equivalent - one on the tank and one on the cap.
You won't crush the tank :)
If you need to make one, then a length of 4\*2 and some old car seat belt bolted to one end works well enough - it did when I had to do something similar. | I tried very large strap wrenches, a heat gun, the lot. In the end, nothing short of an **angle grinder** would do the job.
Be careful with the depth of your cut, to avoid hitting the valve.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bB1mc.jpg) [](http... |
32,686 | I have received a CO2 cylinder from an online seller fitted with a protective cap over the valve:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/COqRM.jpg)
I understand these should unscrew, but this one appears to be stuck very firmly. Is there a standard or recommended way to remove these safe... | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/32686",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/10132/"
] | Use two strap wrenches or an equivalent - one on the tank and one on the cap.
You won't crush the tank :)
If you need to make one, then a length of 4\*2 and some old car seat belt bolted to one end works well enough - it did when I had to do something similar. | It’s all about leverage in this case. I used the crowbar (the hook side with the split hammer claw) Insert the split into the cap hole and create a leverage by pulling on the end of the crowbar. The longer the crowbar the easier to unscrew. Dude who took an angle grinder is clearly on a death wish. |
32,686 | I have received a CO2 cylinder from an online seller fitted with a protective cap over the valve:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/COqRM.jpg)
I understand these should unscrew, but this one appears to be stuck very firmly. Is there a standard or recommended way to remove these safe... | 2020/01/07 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/32686",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/10132/"
] | I tried very large strap wrenches, a heat gun, the lot. In the end, nothing short of an **angle grinder** would do the job.
Be careful with the depth of your cut, to avoid hitting the valve.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bB1mc.jpg) [](http... | It’s all about leverage in this case. I used the crowbar (the hook side with the split hammer claw) Insert the split into the cap hole and create a leverage by pulling on the end of the crowbar. The longer the crowbar the easier to unscrew. Dude who took an angle grinder is clearly on a death wish. |
106,339 | 
I have this metal electrical box that has no ground wire. I was thinking that I could buy a ground screw and screw that into the side of the box. There's a wooden frame on all sides. Afterwards, I could simply hook a wire onto that and then connect it to t... | 2017/01/11 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/106339",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/64688/"
] | Yes, in most steel boxes, one of the holes is threaded 10-32 (specifically) for taking a ground screw. Sometimes it's risen above the bottom of the box so there's somewhere for the end of the screw to go.
If you can't find it, it would be legal to drill and tap your own hole. What you can't do is tap it any coarser t... | The clip on the edge of the box, with the wire attached to it (lower right in photo). That's a grounding clip. It's used to attach a grounding conductor to the edge of a metal box.
If that was not there, the two holes in the back of the box labeled `GR`, those should be threaded to accept a 10-32 ground screw.
[, but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | Though I absolutely loathe this word and its close relatives, in US-English I think "douchy" is used fairly frequently.
However, useful non-slang terms that could work in the example you gave might be "selfish" and "self-centred". | **Inconsiderate** may be a bit mild for your purposes, but it's worthy of consideration. |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | >
> **odious**
>
>
> adjective \ˈō-dē-əs\
>
>
> * causing hatred or strong dislike
> * extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
>
>
> | **Inconsiderate** may be a bit mild for your purposes, but it's worthy of consideration. |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | * Arrogant (takes what is not his to take)
* Anti-social (cares nothing about societal conventions)
* Obnoxious (just generally disagreeable)
Pick any two from these and others' suggestions. It takes at least two non-profane pejoratives to come close to what "asshole" conveys. | **Inconsiderate** may be a bit mild for your purposes, but it's worthy of consideration. |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | >
> **odious**
>
>
> adjective \ˈō-dē-əs\
>
>
> * causing hatred or strong dislike
> * extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
>
>
> | Having surveyed a particular suburb with many people like this, "jerk" is a descriptor, so is "entitled" for those who have a sense of entitlement over everyone else (not that they are inheritors, they just act imperiously). Sometimes a-hole is an emphatic suitable for a complaint context (e.g. "He's such an asshole, p... |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | >
> **odious**
>
>
> adjective \ˈō-dē-əs\
>
>
> * causing hatred or strong dislike
> * extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
>
>
> | **Reprobate** might fit. It can be an adjective or a noun. |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | **Reprobate** might fit. It can be an adjective or a noun. | Having surveyed a particular suburb with many people like this, "jerk" is a descriptor, so is "entitled" for those who have a sense of entitlement over everyone else (not that they are inheritors, they just act imperiously). Sometimes a-hole is an emphatic suitable for a complaint context (e.g. "He's such an asshole, p... |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | How about any of the following?
* contemptible
* abominable
* slimy
* scummy
* déclassé
* vile
* opprobrious
* infamous | **Reprobate** might fit. It can be an adjective or a noun. |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | * Arrogant (takes what is not his to take)
* Anti-social (cares nothing about societal conventions)
* Obnoxious (just generally disagreeable)
Pick any two from these and others' suggestions. It takes at least two non-profane pejoratives to come close to what "asshole" conveys. | Having surveyed a particular suburb with many people like this, "jerk" is a descriptor, so is "entitled" for those who have a sense of entitlement over everyone else (not that they are inheritors, they just act imperiously). Sometimes a-hole is an emphatic suitable for a complaint context (e.g. "He's such an asshole, p... |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | Though I absolutely loathe this word and its close relatives, in US-English I think "douchy" is used fairly frequently.
However, useful non-slang terms that could work in the example you gave might be "selfish" and "self-centred". | **Reprobate** might fit. It can be an adjective or a noun. |
210,820 | I'm trying to identify an effective adjective for someone who is unpleasant to others, mean spirited, and self-centered enough to qualify as a colloquial "a$$hole".
I've looked at [this question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160818/adjective-that-means-someone-who-puts-people-down), but it is focused o... | 2014/11/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/210820",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/97958/"
] | * Arrogant (takes what is not his to take)
* Anti-social (cares nothing about societal conventions)
* Obnoxious (just generally disagreeable)
Pick any two from these and others' suggestions. It takes at least two non-profane pejoratives to come close to what "asshole" conveys. | **Reprobate** might fit. It can be an adjective or a noun. |
55,287 | Is there any particular reason why Neal Stephenson consistently refers to Japan as Nippon, and the Japanese as the Nipponese? I first noticed this in the novel Cryptonomicon, again in Reamde, and finally in the Diamond Age, which I just finished.
I realize that Nippon is considered a formal name for Japan (according t... | 2014/04/29 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55287",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3494/"
] | In the footnotes for Cryptonomicon, Stephenson highlights that...
>
> Men with experience in Asia use the word "Nip." The Colonel’s use of
> "Jap" suggests that his career has been spent in the Atlantic and/or
> Caribbean.
>
>
>
Clearly he's suggesting that anyone with real-world experience of Japan (like him, ... | The pronunciation of the Japanese word for Japan is Nippon. So if Japan is influential in the future, it makes sense that their own name for their country would become dominant elsewhere as well. Like most people refer to the USA as America, even though there are actually many countries in both American continents. Nip... |
55,287 | Is there any particular reason why Neal Stephenson consistently refers to Japan as Nippon, and the Japanese as the Nipponese? I first noticed this in the novel Cryptonomicon, again in Reamde, and finally in the Diamond Age, which I just finished.
I realize that Nippon is considered a formal name for Japan (according t... | 2014/04/29 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55287",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3494/"
] | In the footnotes for Cryptonomicon, Stephenson highlights that...
>
> Men with experience in Asia use the word "Nip." The Colonel’s use of
> "Jap" suggests that his career has been spent in the Atlantic and/or
> Caribbean.
>
>
>
Clearly he's suggesting that anyone with real-world experience of Japan (like him, ... | Actually the Japanese call our country "Nihon", "Nippon" is a very "patriotic" way of saying Japan. No one really says "Nippon" these days and most people will relate the word of "Nippon" to the second world war.
And you are correct, we call ourselves "Nihonjin" and not "Nipponjin". |
55,287 | Is there any particular reason why Neal Stephenson consistently refers to Japan as Nippon, and the Japanese as the Nipponese? I first noticed this in the novel Cryptonomicon, again in Reamde, and finally in the Diamond Age, which I just finished.
I realize that Nippon is considered a formal name for Japan (according t... | 2014/04/29 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55287",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3494/"
] | Actually the Japanese call our country "Nihon", "Nippon" is a very "patriotic" way of saying Japan. No one really says "Nippon" these days and most people will relate the word of "Nippon" to the second world war.
And you are correct, we call ourselves "Nihonjin" and not "Nipponjin". | The pronunciation of the Japanese word for Japan is Nippon. So if Japan is influential in the future, it makes sense that their own name for their country would become dominant elsewhere as well. Like most people refer to the USA as America, even though there are actually many countries in both American continents. Nip... |
16,612 | >
> When it comes to perspectives, the second is fun
>
> The third is just fine in a romantic tongue
>
>
> Without this, to say you have lots might be trouble
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> In fact it's so helpful you might order double
>
>
> One might rave about this and become enamored
>
> Or think it's the same as a square fa... | 2015/06/18 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/16612",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/10861/"
] | It looks like each line/couplet gives a letter, and those will provide the answer:
When it comes to perspectives, the second is fun
>
> Second person, so you or **U**
>
>
>
The third is just fine in a romantic tongue
>
> Following from the first line, something to do with the third person in French. Assumi... | I haven't made this fit with *all* the lines, but is the answer
>
> WEEK?
>
>
>
*When it comes to perspectives, the second is fun*
>
> The second day of the week (Monday or Tuesday, according to what convention you use).
>
>
>
*The third is just fine in a romantic tongue*
>
> "Fine" translated into Fre... |
16,612 | >
> When it comes to perspectives, the second is fun
>
> The third is just fine in a romantic tongue
>
>
> Without this, to say you have lots might be trouble
>
> In fact it's so helpful you might order double
>
>
> One might rave about this and become enamored
>
> Or think it's the same as a square fa... | 2015/06/18 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/16612",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/10861/"
] | Building off of LogicianWithAHat's answer:
* A note on the 'rave' and 'square hammer' lines
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> Both provide an 'E', thus two 'E''s are in the answer
>
>
>
* The double letter is
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> 'SS'
>
>
>
* 'One of the seven' refers to
>
> 'seas' (one 'C')
>
>
>
* 'Opposite of Right' is
>
> 'Left', often abbr... | I haven't made this fit with *all* the lines, but is the answer
>
> WEEK?
>
>
>
*When it comes to perspectives, the second is fun*
>
> The second day of the week (Monday or Tuesday, according to what convention you use).
>
>
>
*The third is just fine in a romantic tongue*
>
> "Fine" translated into Fre... |
17,006 | I have an address with some coins and I want to set it up as a multi-signature wallet using 2 of 3. Which wallets support this feature and is there a good tutorial for this? I want to to split control of my funds with me and 2 other friends.
When I make a transaction, do their wallets also get alerted that I made a t... | 2017/06/01 | [
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/17006",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/users/429/"
] | In simple terms, the smart contract is executed by every node on the network, not just the node that mines that specific block.
At a more abstract level, the smart contract is executed by the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The EVM is the "computer" that is operating in parallel on every node, and is kept in consensus... | By miners and by all full nodes in the network. |
17,006 | I have an address with some coins and I want to set it up as a multi-signature wallet using 2 of 3. Which wallets support this feature and is there a good tutorial for this? I want to to split control of my funds with me and 2 other friends.
When I make a transaction, do their wallets also get alerted that I made a t... | 2017/06/01 | [
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/17006",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com",
"https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/users/429/"
] | Each node of the network, not only miners execute the smart contracts. The results of the execution should be exactly the same to add the transactions to the blockchain.
The smart contract is executed within the EVM and only those calls which modify some state require to be executed through a transaction. The getters ... | By miners and by all full nodes in the network. |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | There are many "no" answers, but only one seems to be from someone who actually does interviews. I think there's still more to be said from this point of view.
For technical details, there absolutely are right and wrong answers. I want to see that you know what they are - or in my interviews, more likely, that you kno... | Memorize questions, absolutely not.
They will be asked in all sorts of ways and you will end up wasting time trying to decipher which memorized question is being asked.
You should brush up on past experiences, accomplishments, and difficulties that you've had to form an overarching picture of yourself as a profession... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | I think a lot of the "no" answers here are hung up on the word "memorize". You should "prepare" to answer all common questions. Do this by thinking though what the question is looking to measure and deciding how you want to present yourself in that context. I have spent hours preparing in this way. I've benefited from ... | Unfortunately, **no**.
Interviewing is very much one of those things where the one and only thing that helps is:
**experience.**
With some human endeavors (say, college testing, or being a gridiron quarterback) memorization definitely is a huge factor.
With other endeavors (say, golf, or procreation), it's really o... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | There are a few core questions that you should really have your answers ready for, that's true.
But these should be **your** answers. If you come across as giving rehearsed answers, this won't come across well to the interviewers (who have asked and heard answers from many candidates in the past).
In the past, beyond... | Unfortunately, **no**.
Interviewing is very much one of those things where the one and only thing that helps is:
**experience.**
With some human endeavors (say, college testing, or being a gridiron quarterback) memorization definitely is a huge factor.
With other endeavors (say, golf, or procreation), it's really o... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | Well, as I see it, if it's a "common" question, one should not need to "memorize" the answer.
In other words, prepare / rehearse as much as you'd like before an actual interview, but do not *by-heart* so called "ideal" answers for these sort of common questions. be truthful about it, as when asked to explain a part of... | ### No
The whole hiring process is for the company to answer "Do I want to hire this person?"
If you memorize someone else's interview, either they will recognize you being false (most likely), or they will see you as that someone else, not yourself. Neither is a good outcome.
### Don't memorize, but practice
Put y... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | In our interviews, we ask increasingly difficult questions until we arrive at one you don't know. The primary goal is to witness what you do when you don't know something.
* Do you ask for help?
* Can you admit that you don't know something, even in the high-pressure scenario of an interview?
* Do you try to work it o... | Learn about the company, not the questions
-------------------------------------------
The goal of the questions is to give the company the opportunity to find out what kind of person you are and if you are worth of hiring.
If you done your research you know what kind of person the company is looking for. So prepare ... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | I think a lot of the "no" answers here are hung up on the word "memorize". You should "prepare" to answer all common questions. Do this by thinking though what the question is looking to measure and deciding how you want to present yourself in that context. I have spent hours preparing in this way. I've benefited from ... | In our interviews, we ask increasingly difficult questions until we arrive at one you don't know. The primary goal is to witness what you do when you don't know something.
* Do you ask for help?
* Can you admit that you don't know something, even in the high-pressure scenario of an interview?
* Do you try to work it o... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | I think a lot of the "no" answers here are hung up on the word "memorize". You should "prepare" to answer all common questions. Do this by thinking though what the question is looking to measure and deciding how you want to present yourself in that context. I have spent hours preparing in this way. I've benefited from ... | Memorize questions, absolutely not.
They will be asked in all sorts of ways and you will end up wasting time trying to decipher which memorized question is being asked.
You should brush up on past experiences, accomplishments, and difficulties that you've had to form an overarching picture of yourself as a profession... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | There are a few core questions that you should really have your answers ready for, that's true.
But these should be **your** answers. If you come across as giving rehearsed answers, this won't come across well to the interviewers (who have asked and heard answers from many candidates in the past).
In the past, beyond... | Well, as I see it, if it's a "common" question, one should not need to "memorize" the answer.
In other words, prepare / rehearse as much as you'd like before an actual interview, but do not *by-heart* so called "ideal" answers for these sort of common questions. be truthful about it, as when asked to explain a part of... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | There are a few core questions that you should really have your answers ready for, that's true.
But these should be **your** answers. If you come across as giving rehearsed answers, this won't come across well to the interviewers (who have asked and heard answers from many candidates in the past).
In the past, beyond... | Learn about the company, not the questions
-------------------------------------------
The goal of the questions is to give the company the opportunity to find out what kind of person you are and if you are worth of hiring.
If you done your research you know what kind of person the company is looking for. So prepare ... |
167,818 | When preparing for a job interview is it a good idea to memorize an answer for all the common interview questions? E.g. what's your biggest weakness, etc.
I don't want to come off as robotic in my interaction but at the same time I feel like I shot myself in the foot giving sub optimal answers or taking too long to th... | 2020/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/167818",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/118319/"
] | Don't memorize questions or answers. Memorize why you'd be a valuable addition to their company.
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If you're applying for a new job or even just requesting a raise in your current one, the *one* thing you should have down pa... | Unfortunately, **no**.
Interviewing is very much one of those things where the one and only thing that helps is:
**experience.**
With some human endeavors (say, college testing, or being a gridiron quarterback) memorization definitely is a huge factor.
With other endeavors (say, golf, or procreation), it's really o... |
16,328,807 | How many databases can I create on a single Amazon RDS instance?
I need to move from Xeround to another server (they are closing for public clouds). My two options are either create a single EC2 instance with EBS backed (10,000 iOPS) or RDS. I have three databases and not too much traffic. If I need to launch RDS inst... | 2013/05/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16328807",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/865939/"
] | <http://aws.amazon.com/rds/faqs/#2>
>
> Multiple MySQL databases or SQL Server databases (up to 30) or Oracle database schemas can be created on a given DB Instance.
>
>
>
---
Update 2013-12-16: as discussed in the comments below, the wording in the RDS FAQ is ambiguous. @Jan sent an inquiry to Amazon, and got t... | As per the AWS [document](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/faqs/#2) -
* RDS for Amazon Aurora: No limit imposed by software
* RDS for MySQL: No limit imposed by software
* RDS for MariaDB: No limit imposed by software
* RDS for Oracle: 1 database per instance; no limit on number of
schemas per database imposed by software
... |
1,627,419 | My ultimate goal is to allow users to select a file from a dialog as if they are uploading a file. Instead of file being saved to the server, a hyperlink will be generated from the file's path. This hyperlink will then be used on our intranet page in order to open the file located on our network share. Is there any pra... | 2009/10/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1627419",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/113343/"
] | You would not be able to do this through a regular web page, since a web site gaining access to a file's path would be a gross security violation. One thing you could do is have a control on your page where the server creates a file tree from browsing the network share. Then the user would select the file path from thi... | suppose your network share drive is the S: drive
if you use plain old file:// style URI's the links will auto open to your files on the share drive.
i.e. file://s:\techfiles\myfile.txt
in order to put the file on the share drive, you must be running that webapp on the share drive server(or have access to it), so jus... |
22,635 | Imagine a situation that you sent an e-mail to your friend but he did not reply for a week and you see him in a place. Do the following options suit in order to mention the e-mail in a conversation?
>
> Hey, how is it going? ~ Ah, I sent you an e-mail. Did you check it? Because, [.........]
>
>
>
> >
> > I do not... | 2014/05/03 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/22635",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3967/"
] | All are okay (except the last one which means in the mail, you have asked for some suggestion, correction, improvement or opinion etc and a little *to* needed after respond in third option). **And,** there are many ways to ask that.
I'll write here what I'd prefer.
>
> I sent you an email but there's no reply.
>
... | Hey, I sent you an email last week, did you see it?
===================================================
The four examples in the OP suggest various levels of confrontation. It sounds a bit petty to beg for a reply.
If the content of the email required a response you could follow-up with something that describes the c... |
165,957 | My mother brought me up1 to believe that a question on Stack Overflow that is so narrow as to pertain only to one individual's trivial typo, or failure to spot a trivial typo, is cause for the question to be closed as *too localised*. It can never help anybody else.
That is, **Stack Overflow is *not* a crowdsourced de... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/165957",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/155739/"
] | I agree with you - in general typos are too localized. No, it doesn't appear that you have misinterpreted anything. A vote to close is yours to cast, but not everyone will always agree with your reasoning. If you post a comment explaining the reason for your vote then expect someone to take umbrage occassionally.
But ... | I think typos are too localized, so that once that has been pointed out to the asker it can be closed that way. I don't have a problem with users asking for debugging help, as what comes around goes around, and I'd like all the help I can working through bugs.
If it's a trivial fix and pointed out, the help has been g... |
107,817 | I often hear the claim that Bayesian statistics can be highly subjective. The main argument being that inference depends on the choice of a prior (even though one could use the principle of indifference o maximum entropy to choose a prior). In comparison, the claim goes, frequentist statistics is in general more object... | 2014/07/13 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/107817",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/2798/"
] | >
> I often hear the claim that Bayesian statistics can be highly subjective.
>
>
>
So do I. But notice that there's a major ambiguity in calling something subjective.
**Subjectivity (both senses)**
Subjective can mean (at least) one of
1. depends on the idiosyncracies of the researcher
2. explicitly concerne... | The subjectivity in frequentist approaches is rampant in application of inference. When you test a hypothesis you set a confidence level, say 95% or 99%. Where does this come from? It doesn't come from anywhere but your own preferences or a prevailing practice in your field.
Bayesian prior matter very little on large ... |
146,191 | I have two different boards, one from TI and one from ST Microelectronics.
Both these boards have one accelerometer of different brand. These two accelerometer sensors have different sensitivity.
I take the boards and give each a sudden upward and downward motion, one by one.
I get two graphs for such motions, whic... | 2015/01/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/146191",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/10724/"
] | the point is: what do you want to compare? of course the two graphs you obtain should have a similar shape, but it could be that you will need some arrangement if you need to compare the values.
I don't know what your friend meant with "energy", but he is absolutely right when he speaks about normalisation. Let's imag... | The easiest way to compare the sensitivities is to orient them so they see the earth's gravity (close enough to 1g for most purposes)- get the maximum possible reading- and then invert the accelerometers and repeat. If you subtract the two quantities for each accelerometer, the bias cancels out and you'll get the 'gain... |
2,847,701 | is there a way to see which elements of a website are still loading so that window.onload can't fire yet? | 2010/05/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2847701",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Using .NET you can target Windows Mobile which is soon to be replaced by Windows Phone 7. So has a short shelf life.
The SDK for Windows Phone 7 is [available now](http://developer.windowsphone.com/Default.aspx), but the phones won't hit the stores until October. You could get a head start on that platform though.
Al... | If you are restricting yourself to .Net, then you dont have many options. .Net CF runs only on Windows Mobile based phones. But If you just want to develop for free, and on windows, You can go for Symbian S60 using C or Python; or J2ME.
And I believe Android has a perfectly fine SDK, Which needs not be integrated with... |
2,847,701 | is there a way to see which elements of a website are still loading so that window.onload can't fire yet? | 2010/05/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2847701",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Using .NET you can target Windows Mobile which is soon to be replaced by Windows Phone 7. So has a short shelf life.
The SDK for Windows Phone 7 is [available now](http://developer.windowsphone.com/Default.aspx), but the phones won't hit the stores until October. You could get a head start on that platform though.
Al... | If you want to develop in .NET, you have [androidmono](http://github.com/koush/androidmono) for android phones.
Here is a blog with info regarding android mono: [My Brain Hurts: Android Mono](http://www.koushikdutta.com/search/label/Android%20Mono)
.NET for iPhone you have [MonoTouch](http://monotouch.net/Document... |
154,755 | I was the first choice for a Supervisor position at my company in a different department but my boss would not release me as I was needed on an essential business project. The project ended successfully and luckily another Supervisor position became available in that department and I was able to make the move working a... | 2020/03/10 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/154755",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/115469/"
] | Don't get fixed on the title. What you need to look at are responsibilities and recognition (including pay).
You need to build arguments that you're essentially doing the job the previous person did but better. The first justification is that you have been given the duties and the team associated with the responsibili... | >
> Is there any advice you can give on what else I can do?
>
>
>
Wait until the job is actually posted and if it falls in line with your expectations of pay and responsibilities then you can consider applying. Just keep in mind that you would essentially be abandoning your current role and that likely would not s... |
19,133,460 | I am currently studying a possible project on Android and iPhone.
I need to know if geofences could help me, or if another method should be used.
I think the geofence are not used in this way but I ask anyway.
Is it possible to place a geofence on the current user location (even if it moves) and sending messages when o... | 2013/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19133460",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1106464/"
] | It's do-able but you will be lagging a lot...you will have to get a strong server to get all the positions of the users at a given time and place a listener on each user location s.t. in case his geolocation gets into some geofence every listener should inform its listenee (which will probable be the user class), so fa... | It depends on many variables as: radius of your geofences, quantity of users, etc. Notice, that in normal life you never approach 100000 people at one time, well, maybe at the football game. I think nothing is impossible, but a lot of factors need to be reviewed. |
386,162 | Newton-le-Willows is a town in Merseyside. Bolton-le-Sands is a village in Lancashire. Houghton-le-Spring is a town in Tyne and Wear. There are probably other placenames with -le- in the middle.
What is the origin of these articles? All appear to be in the North of England, and Anglo-Norman has had [a lot of influence... | 2017/04/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/386162",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/21009/"
] | "Get" + "married" can be either an adjectival passive or a verbal one:
In the former, "married" is an adjective; in the latter a past participle verb.
>
> [1] *They are hoping to get married by the bishop.* (verbal passive)
>
>
> [2] *They are getting married at the weekend.* (adjectival)
>
>
>
In [1] the *by*... | I might take the opportunity to explain **participial adjectives** to your student.
>
> In English grammar, participial adjective is a traditional term for an adjective that has the same form as the participle (that is, a verb ending in -ing or -ed/-en) and that usually exhibits the ordinary properties of an adjectiv... |
386,162 | Newton-le-Willows is a town in Merseyside. Bolton-le-Sands is a village in Lancashire. Houghton-le-Spring is a town in Tyne and Wear. There are probably other placenames with -le- in the middle.
What is the origin of these articles? All appear to be in the North of England, and Anglo-Norman has had [a lot of influence... | 2017/04/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/386162",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I might take the opportunity to explain **participial adjectives** to your student.
>
> In English grammar, participial adjective is a traditional term for an adjective that has the same form as the participle (that is, a verb ending in -ing or -ed/-en) and that usually exhibits the ordinary properties of an adjectiv... | Here, Adjective.
Grammatically the function of 'got' in the sentence/phrase "got married" is Past participle.
But we know past participle/any kind of participle functions as 'Adjective'.
'Get' sometimes can be used as Disguised form of 'To Be'.
For xmple: He was married/He got married.
Here, 'got'=was.
Anyway,in su... |
386,162 | Newton-le-Willows is a town in Merseyside. Bolton-le-Sands is a village in Lancashire. Houghton-le-Spring is a town in Tyne and Wear. There are probably other placenames with -le- in the middle.
What is the origin of these articles? All appear to be in the North of England, and Anglo-Norman has had [a lot of influence... | 2017/04/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/386162",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | "Get" + "married" can be either an adjectival passive or a verbal one:
In the former, "married" is an adjective; in the latter a past participle verb.
>
> [1] *They are hoping to get married by the bishop.* (verbal passive)
>
>
> [2] *They are getting married at the weekend.* (adjectival)
>
>
>
In [1] the *by*... | Here, Adjective.
Grammatically the function of 'got' in the sentence/phrase "got married" is Past participle.
But we know past participle/any kind of participle functions as 'Adjective'.
'Get' sometimes can be used as Disguised form of 'To Be'.
For xmple: He was married/He got married.
Here, 'got'=was.
Anyway,in su... |
1,131,918 | I have a form generator that uses (perl compatible) regexes for ther backend validation. Since the whole form is being dynamically generated it was fairly trivial to add a bit of jquery and then use the same regexes to validate on the client side pre submission.
However, some of the time the regexes don't behave thems... | 2009/07/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1131918",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/130417/"
] | Read about [specific implementation details for Regular Expressions in Javascript](http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html).
>
> JavaScript implements Perl-style
> regular expressions. However, it lacks
> quite a number of advanced features
> available in Perl and other modern
> regular expression fla... | PHP preg\_\* functions and JavaScript both use Perl-compatible regular expressions. In principle, they should support the same set of regular expressions.
You really should give some examples of what is not working, because it is very likely that your problem is due to escaping/string handling. |
719,084 | I'm new to java and trying to rebuild in eclipse 3.4.2 an old package that require javax (classes InternetAddress, Session and others) and org.apache.xpath.\* (I don't know exactly why). I'm looking for update sites but google reports billions of pages. An explaination about how/where to find eclipse plugins without ge... | 2009/04/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/719084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/28852/"
] | From what you describe, you don't need a plugin, you just need to add the required libraries to your build path. You won't find those in update sites.
Here's what you need to do:
1. Locate and download the required JARs. You can use a service like [FindJar.com](http://findjar.com/) to search for those JARs. Apache J... | Right click on project ---> Properties ---> Java Build Path ---> Add Library... ---> Server Runtime ---> Apache Tomcat ----> Finish. |
277,284 | Debating on if I should use a 16gb USB drive for my Solaris 11 Express SAN server. I intend to use Deduplication which I believe may be IO intensive for the DB. Though I can't be sure.
The SAN server is expected to be on 24/7 for a number of years. Should I somehow if possible use multiple USB drives and mirror the O... | 2011/06/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/277284",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/50003/"
] | Use a [SATA Disk-on-Module (DOM)](http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=sata+dom) and place it directly onto one of the motherboard SATA ports. Go one step further and get two and mirror them. It's basically an SLC SSD unit in a small form factor. Much better than using a single USB key.
Use the remaining dri... | Some servers come with an internal USB port, directly mounted onto the motherboard, for booting and running ESXi. Your idea sounds similar except you want to boot and run Solaris 11 as a kind of storage appliance. The read and write speed of USB isn't that important because it would hardly be used except on initial ins... |
219,205 | Basically, this is after a war between human civilizations on multiple planets in our galaxy. Most people have decided to live the rest of their lives in a fully immersive VR world and a very small number have stayed behind to maintain the VR systems.
There are zombies outside the secure VR facilities which would want... | 2021/12/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/219205",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | The prototype VR environment had side effects. Nanites or viral DNA to adjust humans to the subversive VR environment didn't work exactly as they had hoped. | Biological Weapons
==================
Nuclear war *wouldn't* create zombies, except in science fantasy, as you say, so "obvious choice" is a bit unlikely. Additionally, I don't think "WWIII" is apropos if the conflict spans multiple worlds.
A virus or other biological agent that makes a human incredibly, indiscrimina... |
219,205 | Basically, this is after a war between human civilizations on multiple planets in our galaxy. Most people have decided to live the rest of their lives in a fully immersive VR world and a very small number have stayed behind to maintain the VR systems.
There are zombies outside the secure VR facilities which would want... | 2021/12/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/219205",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/90948/"
] | /what created the zombies?/
**Propaganda.**
There are parties interested in maintaining the status quo. It serves these parties to let their customers know that the world outside the VR dens is full of zombies and other dangers.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pNliH.jpg)
... | Biological Weapons
==================
Nuclear war *wouldn't* create zombies, except in science fantasy, as you say, so "obvious choice" is a bit unlikely. Additionally, I don't think "WWIII" is apropos if the conflict spans multiple worlds.
A virus or other biological agent that makes a human incredibly, indiscrimina... |
219,205 | Basically, this is after a war between human civilizations on multiple planets in our galaxy. Most people have decided to live the rest of their lives in a fully immersive VR world and a very small number have stayed behind to maintain the VR systems.
There are zombies outside the secure VR facilities which would want... | 2021/12/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/219205",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/90948/"
] | The prototype VR environment had side effects. Nanites or viral DNA to adjust humans to the subversive VR environment didn't work exactly as they had hoped. | **A human-pathogenic fungus**
On Earth [entomopathogenic fungi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_fungus) are known. They exploit insects for their own life cycle. See for instance [Ophiocordyceps unilateralis](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cordyceps-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants).
I... |
219,205 | Basically, this is after a war between human civilizations on multiple planets in our galaxy. Most people have decided to live the rest of their lives in a fully immersive VR world and a very small number have stayed behind to maintain the VR systems.
There are zombies outside the secure VR facilities which would want... | 2021/12/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/219205",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/90948/"
] | /what created the zombies?/
**Propaganda.**
There are parties interested in maintaining the status quo. It serves these parties to let their customers know that the world outside the VR dens is full of zombies and other dangers.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pNliH.jpg)
... | **A human-pathogenic fungus**
On Earth [entomopathogenic fungi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_fungus) are known. They exploit insects for their own life cycle. See for instance [Ophiocordyceps unilateralis](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cordyceps-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants).
I... |
5,409,863 | On my sharepoint site I am unable to add an existing basic webpart to a page where I've added webparts before. I am a site owner. I am using IE 8. I also work remotely using VPN.
The strange thing is IE won't even open up the EDIT MODE.
When I use Google Chrome, it is able to open up EDIT MODE, and it was also able t... | 2011/03/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5409863",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/673651/"
] | i assume the similar issue you would be facing with firefox it seems your css is not compliant with IE8 try using ie8 in campatibility mode or use following querystring parameter at end of ur url
toolpaneview=2 and see what is the result | I had that problem and it appeared that a CSS file was messing up with the Ribbon controls.
Try to disable a CSS file at a time.
Regards,
Pedro |
5,409,863 | On my sharepoint site I am unable to add an existing basic webpart to a page where I've added webparts before. I am a site owner. I am using IE 8. I also work remotely using VPN.
The strange thing is IE won't even open up the EDIT MODE.
When I use Google Chrome, it is able to open up EDIT MODE, and it was also able t... | 2011/03/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5409863",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/673651/"
] | i assume the similar issue you would be facing with firefox it seems your css is not compliant with IE8 try using ie8 in campatibility mode or use following querystring parameter at end of ur url
toolpaneview=2 and see what is the result | We had this issue (or at least a very similar one) where, in edit page mode, clicking on 'Add a Web Part' had no effect. I was assuming that it is a JavaScript issue. In, I beleive, the same day, it effected both my Production and DEV Site Collections, in IE8, Firefox and Chrome. We restarted all of our servers and ran... |
5,409,863 | On my sharepoint site I am unable to add an existing basic webpart to a page where I've added webparts before. I am a site owner. I am using IE 8. I also work remotely using VPN.
The strange thing is IE won't even open up the EDIT MODE.
When I use Google Chrome, it is able to open up EDIT MODE, and it was also able t... | 2011/03/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5409863",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/673651/"
] | i assume the similar issue you would be facing with firefox it seems your css is not compliant with IE8 try using ie8 in campatibility mode or use following querystring parameter at end of ur url
toolpaneview=2 and see what is the result | I have see this issue occur when someone else has the current page open in edit mode. Until that person either checks in or undoes there checkout you will not be able to edit the page. |
282,637 | I am a native British English speaker. I know how and when to use the following expressions. However I am finding it difficult to explain the difference.
1. *John's quite a hero.*
2. *John's quite the hero.*
On the face of it, the second means that John is somehow the only hero or that some hero has previously been m... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282637",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/127726/"
] | I suspect the answer is lurking in the question, but the addition of the word 'quite' is clouding the issue.
Try *'John's a hero'* alongside *'John's the hero'*. The first, *'a hero'* carries an implication that the quality of heroism in John is an assessment or judgement made and held by the person speaking. Whereas,... | My understanding is that "quite a hero" is the more neutral of the two phrases, whereas "quite the hero" expresses more novelty/unexpectedness, or a higher degree of heroism.
For an example that feels clearer to me:
"John is quite a pianist" says merely that John is solidly accomplished in the field.
"John is qu... |
282,637 | I am a native British English speaker. I know how and when to use the following expressions. However I am finding it difficult to explain the difference.
1. *John's quite a hero.*
2. *John's quite the hero.*
On the face of it, the second means that John is somehow the only hero or that some hero has previously been m... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282637",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/127726/"
] | I think the second form combines a [common idiomatic expression](http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/quite) with the rhetorical device of synecdoche. See [this answer](https://english.stackexchange.com/a/282339/129262) from a related question. The way that I read and understand "John's quite th... | My understanding is that "quite a hero" is the more neutral of the two phrases, whereas "quite the hero" expresses more novelty/unexpectedness, or a higher degree of heroism.
For an example that feels clearer to me:
"John is quite a pianist" says merely that John is solidly accomplished in the field.
"John is qu... |
282,637 | I am a native British English speaker. I know how and when to use the following expressions. However I am finding it difficult to explain the difference.
1. *John's quite a hero.*
2. *John's quite the hero.*
On the face of it, the second means that John is somehow the only hero or that some hero has previously been m... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282637",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/127726/"
] | 'John is quite heroic' is a rather subdued statement, implying he could be (and perhaps should be) more so. But the use of an adjective only *refers* John to *the quality of heroism.*
'John is quite a hero' is stronger, but still does not suggest that John is altogether heroic. But a progression is seen in that the no... | Perhaps an illustration would help.
In American English, you can pronounce the word ***the*** in two ways: *thē* before a vowel, and *thə* before a consonant. If, however, you want to single out something or someone that/who is perhaps the epitome, you use the *thē* pronunciation even before a consonant. For example, ... |
282,637 | I am a native British English speaker. I know how and when to use the following expressions. However I am finding it difficult to explain the difference.
1. *John's quite a hero.*
2. *John's quite the hero.*
On the face of it, the second means that John is somehow the only hero or that some hero has previously been m... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282637",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/127726/"
] | I think that *quite the hero* is nearly obsolete, and tends to have a somewhat ironic, or patronising, tone, absent from *quite a hero*.
(I took it that you did not mean "quite THE hero" that some others have assumed). | Perhaps an illustration would help.
In American English, you can pronounce the word ***the*** in two ways: *thē* before a vowel, and *thə* before a consonant. If, however, you want to single out something or someone that/who is perhaps the epitome, you use the *thē* pronunciation even before a consonant. For example, ... |
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