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2,607,923 | There has been a lot of talk recently about NoSQL.
The #1 reason why I hear people use NoSQL is because they start to de-normalize their DBMS data so much so, to increase performance, that they end up with just one table with all of their data within that single table.
With Materialized Views however, you can keep yo... | 2010/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2607923",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/312262/"
] | One reason is that materialized views will perform poorly in an OLTP situation where there is a heavy amount of INSERTs vs. SELECTs.
Everytime data is inserted the materialized views indexes must be updated, which not only slows down inserts but selects as well. The primary reason for using NoSQL is performance. By be... | NoSQL is not about getting better performance out of your SQL database. It is about considering options other than the default SQL storage when there is no particular reason for the data to be in SQL at all.
If you have an established SQL Database with a well designed schema and your only new requirement is improved p... |
2,607,923 | There has been a lot of talk recently about NoSQL.
The #1 reason why I hear people use NoSQL is because they start to de-normalize their DBMS data so much so, to increase performance, that they end up with just one table with all of their data within that single table.
With Materialized Views however, you can keep yo... | 2010/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2607923",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/312262/"
] | One reason is that materialized views will perform poorly in an OLTP situation where there is a heavy amount of INSERTs vs. SELECTs.
Everytime data is inserted the materialized views indexes must be updated, which not only slows down inserts but selects as well. The primary reason for using NoSQL is performance. By be... | Another reason is the dynamic nature of NoSQL. Each view you create will need created before-hand and a "guess" as to how an application might use it.
With NoSQL you can change as the data changes; dynamically varying your data to suit the application. |
2,607,923 | There has been a lot of talk recently about NoSQL.
The #1 reason why I hear people use NoSQL is because they start to de-normalize their DBMS data so much so, to increase performance, that they end up with just one table with all of their data within that single table.
With Materialized Views however, you can keep yo... | 2010/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2607923",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/312262/"
] | NoSQL is not about getting better performance out of your SQL database. It is about considering options other than the default SQL storage when there is no particular reason for the data to be in SQL at all.
If you have an established SQL Database with a well designed schema and your only new requirement is improved p... | Another reason is the dynamic nature of NoSQL. Each view you create will need created before-hand and a "guess" as to how an application might use it.
With NoSQL you can change as the data changes; dynamically varying your data to suit the application. |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | Remember that a colorblind person doesn't necessarily see the world in black and white but rather *some* colors change their appearance. There are several different kinds of color-blindness out there and each looks different. [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness#Classification_of_color_deficiencies) are ... | I was told by one of my users that his sight disability requires him to use the High Contrast Black setting. So what I do to test that my program will appear fine to sight impaired people (including various types of color blindness), is to temporarily change to that setting.
[Sample of High Contrast Black http://www.d... |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | There are a number of tools listed [on this site](http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/colorblind.html) that provide a filter or a way of looking at your website/application/etc. as if you were colorblind. This is a very simple way to test and does not require you to find every color-blind type individual out there (... | I've been using Color Oracle on OS X but just bought [xScope](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xscope/id447661441?mt=12) today because it's on a 30% discount and also has a ruler, guides and a color picker among other tools. |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | I was told by one of my users that his sight disability requires him to use the High Contrast Black setting. So what I do to test that my program will appear fine to sight impaired people (including various types of color blindness), is to temporarily change to that setting.
[Sample of High Contrast Black http://www.d... | There is a cool iPhone app called [Simulate](http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=317595979&mt=8) that will allow you to take a screen-shot or a photo to see how things look. It also includes sample images that really let you see how things might appear to a color-blind person. |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | Remember that a colorblind person doesn't necessarily see the world in black and white but rather *some* colors change their appearance. There are several different kinds of color-blindness out there and each looks different. [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness#Classification_of_color_deficiencies) are ... | Technically, there is really no way in which you could do this other than to use a black and white interface. There are many different types of color blindness and there are varying degrees to each of those types (I happen to have Tritanomaly, which means that I have difficulty with the entire spectrum of Blue). There ... |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | you can change the color of your screenshots using this website: <http://www.vischeck.com/daltonize/> | [Color Oracle](http://colororacle.cartography.ch/)
--------------------------------------------------
It's for Win/Mac/\*nix. It takes the image that is currently shown on your screen and applies a colorblindness filter, so that you easily can see how it looks, without having to capture screenshots and use photoshop t... |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | [Color Oracle](http://colororacle.cartography.ch/)
--------------------------------------------------
It's for Win/Mac/\*nix. It takes the image that is currently shown on your screen and applies a colorblindness filter, so that you easily can see how it looks, without having to capture screenshots and use photoshop t... | I just found from Futjusu "Color Doctor" that can display website in 4 modes of color blind: [Color Doctor](http://www.fujitsu.com/global/accessibility/assistance/cd/). |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | you can change the color of your screenshots using this website: <http://www.vischeck.com/daltonize/> | There is a cool iPhone app called [Simulate](http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=317595979&mt=8) that will allow you to take a screen-shot or a photo to see how things look. It also includes sample images that really let you see how things might appear to a color-blind person. |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | Remember that a colorblind person doesn't necessarily see the world in black and white but rather *some* colors change their appearance. There are several different kinds of color-blindness out there and each looks different. [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness#Classification_of_color_deficiencies) are ... | I've been using Color Oracle on OS X but just bought [xScope](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xscope/id447661441?mt=12) today because it's on a 30% discount and also has a ruler, guides and a color picker among other tools. |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | Search for **color blindness simulation tools** on the net. You will find for example
* **Sim Daltonism** (Mac OS X): <http://michelf.com/projects/sim-daltonism/>
* **Colorblind Web Page Filter** (Web): <http://colorfilter.wickline.org/>
* 15 Tools If You Are (Not) Colorblind: <http://www.colblindor.com/2008/12/23/15-... | I've been using Color Oracle on OS X but just bought [xScope](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xscope/id447661441?mt=12) today because it's on a 30% discount and also has a ruler, guides and a color picker among other tools. |
1,520,491 | Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person?
I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? | 2009/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1520491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13913/"
] | [Color Oracle](http://colororacle.cartography.ch/)
--------------------------------------------------
It's for Win/Mac/\*nix. It takes the image that is currently shown on your screen and applies a colorblindness filter, so that you easily can see how it looks, without having to capture screenshots and use photoshop t... | There is a cool iPhone app called [Simulate](http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=317595979&mt=8) that will allow you to take a screen-shot or a photo to see how things look. It also includes sample images that really let you see how things might appear to a color-blind person. |
299,688 | ### What has happened...
Two days ago, while checking the review-queue for suggested edits, I approved an edit of a question where an **API-key got revealed**. To be clear, the API-key was present in the original post and the suggested edit was there to obfuscate the key. I considered this as **sensitive information**... | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/299688",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5024726/"
] | Personally, I don't think that flag should have been declined. An API key is something that probably should not remain in a public post or a revision history if it could lead to a developer or their site being exploited, and I don't think this API key was just for testing.
However, I should say that not all personally... | * Delete the post if you're able.
* Flag the post for moderator attention (Flag -> Other -> "Sensitive information such as the API key has been exposed. Please remove.")
* Once two moderators remove the sensitive information, the post will be undeleted. |
299,688 | ### What has happened...
Two days ago, while checking the review-queue for suggested edits, I approved an edit of a question where an **API-key got revealed**. To be clear, the API-key was present in the original post and the suggested edit was there to obfuscate the key. I considered this as **sensitive information**... | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/299688",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5024726/"
] | * Delete the post if you're able.
* Flag the post for moderator attention (Flag -> Other -> "Sensitive information such as the API key has been exposed. Please remove.")
* Once two moderators remove the sensitive information, the post will be undeleted. | **Mind that the accepted answer is outdated: moderators now have more power.** This answer shall look at the feature you can use to remove all of the previous "edits", leaving alive the most recent version of your post.
### Redact prior revisions (so that only the last revision is kept)
See the [status-completed](/qu... |
299,688 | ### What has happened...
Two days ago, while checking the review-queue for suggested edits, I approved an edit of a question where an **API-key got revealed**. To be clear, the API-key was present in the original post and the suggested edit was there to obfuscate the key. I considered this as **sensitive information**... | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/299688",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5024726/"
] | Personally, I don't think that flag should have been declined. An API key is something that probably should not remain in a public post or a revision history if it could lead to a developer or their site being exploited, and I don't think this API key was just for testing.
However, I should say that not all personally... | **Mind that the accepted answer is outdated: moderators now have more power.** This answer shall look at the feature you can use to remove all of the previous "edits", leaving alive the most recent version of your post.
### Redact prior revisions (so that only the last revision is kept)
See the [status-completed](/qu... |
35,186 | The reign of Charles I of England can be summarized to a large degree as a continued attempt to raise revenue without authorization from Parliament. As is well known, Charles and his advisers had to resort to ever more vexatious expedients to do this and ultimately were not successful.
What puzzles me is that they app... | 2017/01/28 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/35186",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1569/"
] | **SHORT ANSWER**
Charles I did borrow money from abroad but it was never enough to meet his needs. The financial drain of the Thirty Years War on much of Europe, a muddled foreign policy, and a lack of both collateral and trust were the main reasons Charles I could not borrow enough abroad. Potential lenders were also... | Based on what I know about the period, for me it's more a case of why would other countries help a weakened England? England at that time was strong, but not the strongest fish in the pond. So why would one help a small fish to swallow bigger ones? Spain was already in decline, the Holy Roman Empire was fading, France ... |
31,073 | We would like to use Google Hangouts for corporate multi-user communication, mainly for screensharing. The default setting does not support fullscreen mode, the only option is to resize the browser window to fullscreen (F11). Unfortunatelly with this the screen share size is still not big enough.
Is there any way way ... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/31073",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/24412/"
] | This is not supported at the moment.
However, I found [this Google+ post](https://plus.google.com/+KatherineGramann/posts/dT8g4zF5UVm) from a Google employee that involves a little hacking to get it done for On Air Hangouts. Haven't tried this myself though. | The following was announced by Google on June 11, 2015:
>
> For a richer experience when presenting screen-shared content, today
> we’re launching full-view screen sharing for Google Hangouts.
>
>
> Moving forward, when people using Hangouts present to meeting
> participants in ‘Present to everyone’ mode─or another... |
31,073 | We would like to use Google Hangouts for corporate multi-user communication, mainly for screensharing. The default setting does not support fullscreen mode, the only option is to resize the browser window to fullscreen (F11). Unfortunatelly with this the screen share size is still not big enough.
Is there any way way ... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/31073",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/24412/"
] | Even if you could do this, the quality may not be what you expect. The screenshare is done by sending the screen image into a video stream, rather than trying to send a screen image itself. The video streaming is better tuned to handle actual video from a camera, and is of a resolution (640x360) that is probably far sm... | The following was announced by Google on June 11, 2015:
>
> For a richer experience when presenting screen-shared content, today
> we’re launching full-view screen sharing for Google Hangouts.
>
>
> Moving forward, when people using Hangouts present to meeting
> participants in ‘Present to everyone’ mode─or another... |
137,106 | I have a faculty interview for a Canadian university coming up some time in the next week. For this interview I have to prepare 2 lectures.
I still havent received the date, nor the lecture topics. So I havent even booked time off work yet.
How much advanced warning is expected for this sort of thing? I feel that I ... | 2019/09/13 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/137106",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/57489/"
] | It's totally reasonable for you to want to plan your schedule at least a week ahead.
Contact them and ask if they have the date yet, or if not, when they expect to have it. | *"How much advanced warning is expected for this sort of thing?"*
The answer is that it varies between departments, schools, faculties, universities, countries, etc., and even between different recruitment rounds within the *same* department.
Although it is not helpful for the candidate to get this information very l... |
25,691 | Is it necessary to ask confirmation from user while removing sharing permission that has been shared earlier? Assume cases where there won't be any data loss. E.g., Folder sharing in OS (mac asks), Sharing an album in a photo sharing site, etc. Note, the owner can anyhow share again.
One good technique to avoid such ... | 2012/09/12 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/25691",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/12931/"
] | It depends on the mechanism for enabling sharing in the first place. If it's just a boolean setting, i.e. "This is shared" or "This is not shared", it is obviously very easy to reverse any change and probably doesn't need to ask for confirmation.
If, by revoking a share, you are doing something that cannot be reversed... | If the action is non-destructive, as easy to undo as it is do, and the users actions are not being constantly reversed then I would not add any friction to the flow.
If on the other hand the re-share action requires significant effort, or the user is struggling with this I might add a user configurable warning, that ... |
519,540 | Why is the pressure on the ground equal to the weight of the atmospheric column on it? On the table top, the coins are stacked together, and the pressure on the table top is equal to the weight of the coin column, because the coins are in contact with each other. The atmospheric molecules are not in contact with each o... | 2019/12/14 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/519540",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/176092/"
] | The atmospheric molecules are in contact with each other. They bounce off one another constantly, and at high speed. In this way, each molecule communicates to those below it the pressure generated by the weight of those above it. | >
> On the table top, the coins are stacked together, and the pressure on the table top is equal to the weight of the coin column, because the coins are in contact with each other. The atmospheric molecules are not in contact with each other.
>
>
>
Even the coins are not in a total contact with each other. If you... |
519,540 | Why is the pressure on the ground equal to the weight of the atmospheric column on it? On the table top, the coins are stacked together, and the pressure on the table top is equal to the weight of the coin column, because the coins are in contact with each other. The atmospheric molecules are not in contact with each o... | 2019/12/14 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/519540",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/176092/"
] | So, what has happened is that you have over simplified your explanation for the stack of coins, and now you're having trouble simplifying the atmosphere in the same way. The actual explanation is the interplay of two principles so similar that they are regularly confused by undergraduates.
The first question is, why i... | >
> On the table top, the coins are stacked together, and the pressure on the table top is equal to the weight of the coin column, because the coins are in contact with each other. The atmospheric molecules are not in contact with each other.
>
>
>
Even the coins are not in a total contact with each other. If you... |
31,076 | I'm wondering if riding hard strengthens the knee or causes degradation?
I exercise regularly and am in solid physical condition. When strength training off of the bike, I do a lot of leg work including heavy squats, deadlifts, lunges, etc. I've been doing this seriously for 5 years or so alongside riding, mostly road... | 2015/06/04 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/31076",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/19106/"
] | The key point in your question is *I get on the bike and ride hard*.
There's nothing wrong with riding hard, but it sounds like you're riding too hard for your knees to be happy.
Since you like doing weights, I suspect that you like to push the pedals hard, and this is causing the problem.
Bike fit issues can cause ... | I'd guess you're doing the majority of the damage to your knees with the squats and that the riding the bike heavily just exacerbates it. Maybe you also just don't really have any other occasion to use your knee ligaments in a way to feel the damage you're doing. I'm a pedal masher too but heavy squats are a real kille... |
31,076 | I'm wondering if riding hard strengthens the knee or causes degradation?
I exercise regularly and am in solid physical condition. When strength training off of the bike, I do a lot of leg work including heavy squats, deadlifts, lunges, etc. I've been doing this seriously for 5 years or so alongside riding, mostly road... | 2015/06/04 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/31076",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/19106/"
] | If you are doing exercises that cause pain in your knee, it generally could mean one of two things, your mechanics are bad and putting strain on your joint, or your joint hasn't seen such hard use and the tendons, ligaments and joint capsule aren't adapted to such use. Since it sounds like you strength train regularly,... | I'd guess you're doing the majority of the damage to your knees with the squats and that the riding the bike heavily just exacerbates it. Maybe you also just don't really have any other occasion to use your knee ligaments in a way to feel the damage you're doing. I'm a pedal masher too but heavy squats are a real kille... |
478,088 | I want to request people to update my contact number.
Here's the message I wrote:
>
> Hey! I am changing my WhatsApp to a new number. Here it is: XXXXXXX.
>
>
>
Should I then add
>
> Please update your contact information **for me.**
>
>
>
or
>
> Please update your contact information **of me.**
>
>
> | 2018/12/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/478088",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/329036/"
] | I would use:
>
> Please update your contact information for me.
>
>
>
It is the information they use for contacting you, not details they use of contacting you.
Actually, if I could change it I would say:
>
> Please update the relevant contact information
>
>
>
They might not need to update all the inform... | Personally I would go for "Please update the contact information you have for me." or "Please update my contact details in your contacts list." that said, if you specifically want to use one of the two options you have listed, I would use the first as it is the information they use **for** contacting you, not details t... |
478,088 | I want to request people to update my contact number.
Here's the message I wrote:
>
> Hey! I am changing my WhatsApp to a new number. Here it is: XXXXXXX.
>
>
>
Should I then add
>
> Please update your contact information **for me.**
>
>
>
or
>
> Please update your contact information **of me.**
>
>
> | 2018/12/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/478088",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/329036/"
] | If it is anything it's ***for*** me. But it is not a common construction in this context; I have found just one example of it in published literature on google books:
*I specifically authorize the release of information pertaining to Slate Canyon's detention hearing paperwork on CHILD, including **contact information ... | Personally I would go for "Please update the contact information you have for me." or "Please update my contact details in your contacts list." that said, if you specifically want to use one of the two options you have listed, I would use the first as it is the information they use **for** contacting you, not details t... |
48,737 | After killing my last rubber plant through over watering, I've been very careful not to do the same. So much so, that I came back from holiday to find all the leaves drooping. I watered it but a month later the leaves are still falling off every day! I'm watering from the bottom so the soil at the top still feels quite... | 2019/12/13 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/48737",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/27591/"
] | Arecas grow fine in full sun in central and south Florida. Deeper green in the shade, more yellow in the sun.
They will definitely outgrow those pots. Arecas planted in the ground will grow to 25 feet tall. They can easily have 10 to 50 trunks from the same plant. Each trunk can be 2 to 4 inches in diameter. At any gi... | Areca palm (Latin name *Dypsis lutescens*) prefers bright, indirect light - in full sun, the leaves will be quite yellow. It also prefers temperature zones between 40-50 deg F, so I don't think they will cope with the situation on your roof. Some info on growing Areca outdoors <https://homeguides.sfgate.com/care-outsid... |
77,188 | 1. a **new pair of** shoes / pants / scissors
2. a **pair of new** shoes / pants / scissors
I can’t find which one of those two it should be, and I’ve seen some debate about it.
“A new pair of shoes”: Could it imply that the shoes previously were part of a different pair?
But on the other hand, if it’s a pair of s... | 2012/08/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77188",
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] | Both are found, but *a new pair of . . .* is four times as frequent as *a pair of new . . .* in the Corpus of Contemporary American English and over five times as frequent in the British National Corpus. | The terms **pair of scissors** and **pair of pants** both refer to single objects that are, in normal use, never separated into the components that make them nominally a pair. When these terms are modified, they are modified as a whole — effectively a new *pair-of-pants* or new *pair-of-scissors*.
Shoes exist singly a... |
77,188 | 1. a **new pair of** shoes / pants / scissors
2. a **pair of new** shoes / pants / scissors
I can’t find which one of those two it should be, and I’ve seen some debate about it.
“A new pair of shoes”: Could it imply that the shoes previously were part of a different pair?
But on the other hand, if it’s a pair of s... | 2012/08/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77188",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9947/"
] | Both are found, but *a new pair of . . .* is four times as frequent as *a pair of new . . .* in the Corpus of Contemporary American English and over five times as frequent in the British National Corpus. | One thing that's fascinating about this question is the change over time in the usage of the phrases "new pair of shoes", "pair of new shoes", "old pair of shoes", "pair of old shoes". Consider the following [ngram](http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=new%20pair%20of%20shoes,pair%20of%20new%20shoes,old%20pair%... |
77,188 | 1. a **new pair of** shoes / pants / scissors
2. a **pair of new** shoes / pants / scissors
I can’t find which one of those two it should be, and I’ve seen some debate about it.
“A new pair of shoes”: Could it imply that the shoes previously were part of a different pair?
But on the other hand, if it’s a pair of s... | 2012/08/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77188",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9947/"
] | Both are found, but *a new pair of . . .* is four times as frequent as *a pair of new . . .* in the Corpus of Contemporary American English and over five times as frequent in the British National Corpus. | In British English I am pretty sure that both usages would be correct but with different meanings.
A new pair of scissors implies that the pair is new, but not necessarily the scissors. For example, having tried to cut something and failed I might "try with a new pair of scissors". The scissors might be old.
By cont... |
77,188 | 1. a **new pair of** shoes / pants / scissors
2. a **pair of new** shoes / pants / scissors
I can’t find which one of those two it should be, and I’ve seen some debate about it.
“A new pair of shoes”: Could it imply that the shoes previously were part of a different pair?
But on the other hand, if it’s a pair of s... | 2012/08/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77188",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9947/"
] | The terms **pair of scissors** and **pair of pants** both refer to single objects that are, in normal use, never separated into the components that make them nominally a pair. When these terms are modified, they are modified as a whole — effectively a new *pair-of-pants* or new *pair-of-scissors*.
Shoes exist singly a... | One thing that's fascinating about this question is the change over time in the usage of the phrases "new pair of shoes", "pair of new shoes", "old pair of shoes", "pair of old shoes". Consider the following [ngram](http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=new%20pair%20of%20shoes,pair%20of%20new%20shoes,old%20pair%... |
77,188 | 1. a **new pair of** shoes / pants / scissors
2. a **pair of new** shoes / pants / scissors
I can’t find which one of those two it should be, and I’ve seen some debate about it.
“A new pair of shoes”: Could it imply that the shoes previously were part of a different pair?
But on the other hand, if it’s a pair of s... | 2012/08/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77188",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9947/"
] | The terms **pair of scissors** and **pair of pants** both refer to single objects that are, in normal use, never separated into the components that make them nominally a pair. When these terms are modified, they are modified as a whole — effectively a new *pair-of-pants* or new *pair-of-scissors*.
Shoes exist singly a... | In British English I am pretty sure that both usages would be correct but with different meanings.
A new pair of scissors implies that the pair is new, but not necessarily the scissors. For example, having tried to cut something and failed I might "try with a new pair of scissors". The scissors might be old.
By cont... |
444,405 | We receive roughly 10 emails a day for new vm creations or take downs and I am wondering if its possible to create a webapp that would allow the customer to pick and choose what they need on this VM and click say "Create" and have it spin up by itself. | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/444405",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/132199/"
] | This already exists. There is an [API](http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/index.html) so that you can roll your own, or [vCloud Director](http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director/overview.html) provides a self-service web portal for provisioning. | Sure. vSphere has an API for such things. <http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/index.html> |
444,405 | We receive roughly 10 emails a day for new vm creations or take downs and I am wondering if its possible to create a webapp that would allow the customer to pick and choose what they need on this VM and click say "Create" and have it spin up by itself. | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/444405",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/132199/"
] | Sounds like you could do with a basic installation of VMWare's [vCloud Director](http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director/overview.html). | Sure. vSphere has an API for such things. <http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/index.html> |
444,405 | We receive roughly 10 emails a day for new vm creations or take downs and I am wondering if its possible to create a webapp that would allow the customer to pick and choose what they need on this VM and click say "Create" and have it spin up by itself. | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/444405",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/132199/"
] | This already exists. There is an [API](http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/index.html) so that you can roll your own, or [vCloud Director](http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director/overview.html) provides a self-service web portal for provisioning. | Sounds like you could do with a basic installation of VMWare's [vCloud Director](http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director/overview.html). |
444,405 | We receive roughly 10 emails a day for new vm creations or take downs and I am wondering if its possible to create a webapp that would allow the customer to pick and choose what they need on this VM and click say "Create" and have it spin up by itself. | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/444405",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/132199/"
] | This already exists. There is an [API](http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/index.html) so that you can roll your own, or [vCloud Director](http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director/overview.html) provides a self-service web portal for provisioning. | [uProvision](http://www.urbancode.com/html/products/provision/) is a web application for automatically provisioning environments of VMware virtual machines, optionally within private networks. You can define templates for your desired configuration of virtual machines. It runs on top of an open-source command line prov... |
444,405 | We receive roughly 10 emails a day for new vm creations or take downs and I am wondering if its possible to create a webapp that would allow the customer to pick and choose what they need on this VM and click say "Create" and have it spin up by itself. | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/444405",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/132199/"
] | Sounds like you could do with a basic installation of VMWare's [vCloud Director](http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director/overview.html). | [uProvision](http://www.urbancode.com/html/products/provision/) is a web application for automatically provisioning environments of VMware virtual machines, optionally within private networks. You can define templates for your desired configuration of virtual machines. It runs on top of an open-source command line prov... |
74,129 | Buddies,
I'm looking for an app that allow me to manage the document creation process inside salesforce.com. I'd already try Conga Composer and S-Docs but, to fit my needs, it's important to user be able to edit the text after the template merge process and before the print process.
Can someone suggest me some other a... | 2015/05/04 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/74129",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/4637/"
] | Plausible reason(s) for this would be:
* merging two Opportunities typically means merging opportunity line items as well. This would make the UI more complex than currently provided by the Merge Accounts UI;
* If the merge source Oppos had different pricebooks, this would be problematic if some line items from one Op... | Try <https://www.duplicatecheck.com/> - it handles opportunities. Per the reference above, since the UI would be messy it does take the approach to combine all the product line items and then you have to manually clean up the merged opportunity. Not perfect, but about as close as it gets out there I think. Decent produ... |
85,130 | I'm getting a Health Rule throwing the error in the title. Full details on this:
>
> MidTier process account should have 'Full Read' permission on all associated SPWebApplications
>
>
>
It also gives [a link](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh230899%28v=SQL.110%29.aspx) for reference, basically saying th... | 2013/12/13 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/85130",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/10162/"
] | In general there is no way to make it such that editing a web part once is pushed into multiple pages, that requires some form of code.
**BUT for the Content Editor** web part you have the option of specifying a file with the content (see picture) instead of adding it to each web part. Then you can just modify that fi... | You can add the webpart to a page layout and use that page layout to whichever page the webpart is needed. Hence you can edit the webpart in the page layout and will be reflected in all other places. |
153,002 | I am a newbie to all of this stuff.
Initially I had a OS CD of Ubuntu 10.4 version. I never tried to install it. Now I have lost my CD somewhere. Earlier I copied the content to my laptop. When I tried to install by copying to another CD/pendrive it didn't install.
Now i am using Windows. But I would like to install ... | 2012/06/19 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/153002",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/71723/"
] | You can download copy of ubuntu iso at <http://www.ubuntu.com>.
For a pen drive installation,
The motherboard has to support booting from a USB flash/pen/key drive. Please consult your BIOS manufacture reference for more details.
An image is a copy of a cd/dvd that can be directly used for burning/mounting. Its more ... | You can use this tool for creating your bootable USB drive
it can be used from Windows / Linux /Mac
It can also directly download the iso file to create the bootable usb stick for you.
[unetbootin](http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) |
153,002 | I am a newbie to all of this stuff.
Initially I had a OS CD of Ubuntu 10.4 version. I never tried to install it. Now I have lost my CD somewhere. Earlier I copied the content to my laptop. When I tried to install by copying to another CD/pendrive it didn't install.
Now i am using Windows. But I would like to install ... | 2012/06/19 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/153002",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/71723/"
] | We have study your own This informative article and that I have known numerous data using this site.For more info, an individual can turn to This specific site..
<http://www.datagifted.com/how-to-make-bootable-usb-or-pendrive/> | You can use this tool for creating your bootable USB drive
it can be used from Windows / Linux /Mac
It can also directly download the iso file to create the bootable usb stick for you.
[unetbootin](http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) |
153,002 | I am a newbie to all of this stuff.
Initially I had a OS CD of Ubuntu 10.4 version. I never tried to install it. Now I have lost my CD somewhere. Earlier I copied the content to my laptop. When I tried to install by copying to another CD/pendrive it didn't install.
Now i am using Windows. But I would like to install ... | 2012/06/19 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/153002",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/71723/"
] | You can download copy of ubuntu iso at <http://www.ubuntu.com>.
For a pen drive installation,
The motherboard has to support booting from a USB flash/pen/key drive. Please consult your BIOS manufacture reference for more details.
An image is a copy of a cd/dvd that can be directly used for burning/mounting. Its more ... | We have study your own This informative article and that I have known numerous data using this site.For more info, an individual can turn to This specific site..
<http://www.datagifted.com/how-to-make-bootable-usb-or-pendrive/> |
410,141 | I want to add a crossover to my network toolbox. Aside from an actual an actual crossover cable, I like the idea of an adapter (figure 1). There are crossover adapters available online, but I’m wondering about making one out of an Ethernet coupler (figure 2).
There are plenty of pages that show wiring diagrams for cro... | 2012/07/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/410141",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/14019/"
] | There are no caveats to doing this with 10/100 NICs. Most people would use 568B on one end, and 568A on the other, on a Cat5(e)/6 cable.
You seem to not be most people. You need to just make sure that these pins have continuity across the coupler:
1 <-> 3
2 <-> 6
3 <-> 1
6 <-> 2 | While I'm certain it's fun and easy to do this yourself... may I suggest you go after something that can do even more?
<http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c890/?srp=1> |
410,141 | I want to add a crossover to my network toolbox. Aside from an actual an actual crossover cable, I like the idea of an adapter (figure 1). There are crossover adapters available online, but I’m wondering about making one out of an Ethernet coupler (figure 2).
There are plenty of pages that show wiring diagrams for cro... | 2012/07/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/410141",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/14019/"
] | While I'm certain it's fun and easy to do this yourself... may I suggest you go after something that can do even more?
<http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c890/?srp=1> | These can also be had in retail or wholesale quantities at monoprice, cablewholesale, etc... There are definitely non auto-MDI GE ports out there still, especially on network hardware. Keeping a dozen straight and another dozen or so crossover (in different colors!!) makes a lot of sense. What -also- makes a lot of sen... |
410,141 | I want to add a crossover to my network toolbox. Aside from an actual an actual crossover cable, I like the idea of an adapter (figure 1). There are crossover adapters available online, but I’m wondering about making one out of an Ethernet coupler (figure 2).
There are plenty of pages that show wiring diagrams for cro... | 2012/07/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/410141",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/14019/"
] | While I'm certain it's fun and easy to do this yourself... may I suggest you go after something that can do even more?
<http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c890/?srp=1> | Crossover cables are useful enough to keep a bunch around.
We get ours in orange, and they're the only cables we get in that colour so they stand out. We get them all 6' long, which is enough to cross-connect ports in our wiring closets, and the few times we need a longer one, we use a straight coupler to connect a n... |
410,141 | I want to add a crossover to my network toolbox. Aside from an actual an actual crossover cable, I like the idea of an adapter (figure 1). There are crossover adapters available online, but I’m wondering about making one out of an Ethernet coupler (figure 2).
There are plenty of pages that show wiring diagrams for cro... | 2012/07/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/410141",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/14019/"
] | There are no caveats to doing this with 10/100 NICs. Most people would use 568B on one end, and 568A on the other, on a Cat5(e)/6 cable.
You seem to not be most people. You need to just make sure that these pins have continuity across the coupler:
1 <-> 3
2 <-> 6
3 <-> 1
6 <-> 2 | These can also be had in retail or wholesale quantities at monoprice, cablewholesale, etc... There are definitely non auto-MDI GE ports out there still, especially on network hardware. Keeping a dozen straight and another dozen or so crossover (in different colors!!) makes a lot of sense. What -also- makes a lot of sen... |
410,141 | I want to add a crossover to my network toolbox. Aside from an actual an actual crossover cable, I like the idea of an adapter (figure 1). There are crossover adapters available online, but I’m wondering about making one out of an Ethernet coupler (figure 2).
There are plenty of pages that show wiring diagrams for cro... | 2012/07/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/410141",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/14019/"
] | There are no caveats to doing this with 10/100 NICs. Most people would use 568B on one end, and 568A on the other, on a Cat5(e)/6 cable.
You seem to not be most people. You need to just make sure that these pins have continuity across the coupler:
1 <-> 3
2 <-> 6
3 <-> 1
6 <-> 2 | Crossover cables are useful enough to keep a bunch around.
We get ours in orange, and they're the only cables we get in that colour so they stand out. We get them all 6' long, which is enough to cross-connect ports in our wiring closets, and the few times we need a longer one, we use a straight coupler to connect a n... |
278,503 | I don't manage to get sound working on my Ubuntu 12.10. The output of my alsa-info.sh is located [here](http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=4e7e9ba1d3405de22a8f1a59e935e9a05459b4b4).
I would appreciate any help to fix this problem! | 2013/04/06 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/278503",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/147255/"
] | For what it's worth, I've just resolved a no-sound problem on my HDA Intel PCH card: I ran 'alsamixer' in a terminal and unmuted the 'Line' column (with the M key).
Other info:
* I also made sure to unmute the Master, Headphone, Front, Surround, Center and LFE columns, but it's only when I unmuted Line that sound got... | I had this same problem on my Asus K55A laptop, and I fixed it by doing the following:
open terminal and:
**sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf**
at the end of the script add this line:
**options snd-hda-intel model=pch position\_fix=1**
**ctrl+x** to exit
When you try to exit it will ask yout to save, enter... |
7,876,709 | As mentioned on another similar thread I started recently, I am porting an ASP MVC application to Sinatra, partly for learning, partly for production purposes.
Currently my ASP MVC application has no views, it just exposes models as Xml/Json etc and accepts them in the same way. So in the scenario of someone sending a... | 2011/10/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7876709",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/476660/"
] | Errno 24 means: "Too many open files".
After some thoughts I think the application opens a file, which is not allowed by the system anymore. The application can not handle this situation correctly, and crashes with a segmentation fault. Are the return values from the "open" system call checked correctly everywhere? | To handle this situation, I found 2 ways to resolve it. Either to work on same alloted file descriptor number or close FD just after their work have been done. |
3,099,461 | I am trying to find a clean and elegant way to trap all display driver drawing commands on Mac OS X so I have visibility to anything that gets drawn on the screen, before it goes to the physical display driver. Simple bitmaps won't do it -- I need the actual drawing commands and not just notifications on which areas ha... | 2010/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3099461",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/373944/"
] | Look into the technique [GLIntercept](http://glintercept.nutty.org/) uses. You'll probably have to adapt it to whatever OSX uses for [LD\_PRELOAD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_injection). | I can't answer your question directly. But I remember a talk by Amit Singh, who near the end of the talk scambled the way applications were drawn on the screen (I can't describe it in words, you'll better see it yourself). Maybe it can give you some insights.
* <http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_m4v_1721.html>
* <http://c... |
74,512 | I'm looking for a new job in a technical area (Software Dev) and I'm building a list of in-house recruiters of several companies I'd like to work for.
Is it a good idea to email my resume to several of them at the same time? Some recruiters post which teams they are hiring for, many do not.
I don't want to lose an o... | 2016/08/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74512",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/56433/"
] | Recruiter performance is often measured by the number of contacts and hires -- by submitting to multiple people within the organization you may create confusion for them internally.
I would submit to one initially -- if you do not receive a timely response, then send to another. Good recruiters will follow up with you... | It can't hurt. It's likely that the resume will end up as a single copy in their database. (Yes, they go into a database). But at least all those recruiters will have you in mind for current gigs, without having to LOOK for you. |
74,512 | I'm looking for a new job in a technical area (Software Dev) and I'm building a list of in-house recruiters of several companies I'd like to work for.
Is it a good idea to email my resume to several of them at the same time? Some recruiters post which teams they are hiring for, many do not.
I don't want to lose an o... | 2016/08/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74512",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/56433/"
] | Recruiter performance is often measured by the number of contacts and hires -- by submitting to multiple people within the organization you may create confusion for them internally.
I would submit to one initially -- if you do not receive a timely response, then send to another. Good recruiters will follow up with you... | If there are multiple recruiters in a company they may be responsile for hiring for different positions.
First, you can find a connection or a friend in that company and ask them who should you contact for each position. You can easily find this out by calling the administrator of that company asking for this as well... |
49,064 | How many unique images are mathematically possible given the perceptive ability of the human eye? | 2015/02/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/49064",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/40165/"
] | If you have a combination lock like this
you have 4 spaces (r) and 10 possible options on each of those spaces (n). The formula to get this is called a permutation ... | Your question is unanswerable, other than a vague "extremely large number".
Defining "uniquely discernable" is not possible. If I show you an all-black 512x512 image, how much white do I need to add until 10 people say "it's different"? If I use Lena instead, and shift the feathers from purple to bluish-purple, where ... |
49,064 | How many unique images are mathematically possible given the perceptive ability of the human eye? | 2015/02/28 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/49064",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/40165/"
] | If you have a combination lock like this
you have 4 spaces (r) and 10 possible options on each of those spaces (n). The formula to get this is called a permutation ... | The human sensory system is a bit complicated to summarize in a Q&A format. But here goes:
First you have to realize that there's quite a lot of variation in humans. Hell some people can actually see four colors (see [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy#Possibility_of_human_tetrachromats), for a light exp... |
113,034 | Should I add a dot navigation in a mega menu? Or are there other options to show a long list submenu? [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgLSL.png) | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108038/"
] | Short answer is no. You can add a standard pagination but the dots like you did are :
- not actionable
- it is very hard to understand what they are for at first glance.
You should find something else that does not have those problems.
A pagination could be enhanced with the dots like you have though, but then take c... | I agree with @Armands. Too much information on the screen will most certainly lead to a higher chance of overlooking something. And overlooking something is a failure. No user likes to fail and be forced to repeat the given task.
Since in this menu you are showing classes sorted by year you can actually replace this w... |
113,034 | Should I add a dot navigation in a mega menu? Or are there other options to show a long list submenu? [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgLSL.png) | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108038/"
] | Don't do it
-----------
The purpose of having a navigation is to help the users and make it easy for them to find the required page in the website. Having overly-layered, complex or huge navigation menus defeat that very purpose.
**Instead, Restructure your navigation**
In your case, *Classrooms(should be called Cla... | I agree with @Armands. Too much information on the screen will most certainly lead to a higher chance of overlooking something. And overlooking something is a failure. No user likes to fail and be forced to repeat the given task.
Since in this menu you are showing classes sorted by year you can actually replace this w... |
113,034 | Should I add a dot navigation in a mega menu? Or are there other options to show a long list submenu? [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgLSL.png) | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108038/"
] | **Do not add dot navigation.**
The problem with this type of navigation is that user has to scan/read all data.
Instead, you can break classroom into divisions of 10. That would easy for the user to select instead of showing all data(class of 2010, class 2017 & so on) at once.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgLSL.png) | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108038/"
] | I think that pattern is not the best for the user, what do you think about using an input field to enter the year, and showing in small text the range of years that are available?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GcqKB.jpg) | I agree with @Armands. Too much information on the screen will most certainly lead to a higher chance of overlooking something. And overlooking something is a failure. No user likes to fail and be forced to repeat the given task.
Since in this menu you are showing classes sorted by year you can actually replace this w... |
113,034 | Should I add a dot navigation in a mega menu? Or are there other options to show a long list submenu? [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgLSL.png) | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108038/"
] | **Do not add dot navigation.**
The problem with this type of navigation is that user has to scan/read all data.
Instead, you can break classroom into divisions of 10. That would easy for the user to select instead of showing all data(class of 2010, class 2017 & so on) at once.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgLSL.png) | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108038/"
] | **Do not add dot navigation.**
The problem with this type of navigation is that user has to scan/read all data.
Instead, you can break classroom into divisions of 10. That would easy for the user to select instead of showing all data(class of 2010, class 2017 & so on) at once.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgLSL.png) | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/113034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/108038/"
] | **Do not add dot navigation.**
The problem with this type of navigation is that user has to scan/read all data.
Instead, you can break classroom into divisions of 10. That would easy for the user to select instead of showing all data(class of 2010, class 2017 & so on) at once.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GcqKB.jpg) |
91,763 | I would like to know whether Robb or Jon is older. I, for myself, haven't read the books. So do we know the (exact?) birth-dates of those "siblings" and can compare them?
As far as I know, we can't date Jon's birth exactly, as we don't know for sure who his mother is. But maybe we can assure a precise span of time? I ... | 2015/06/06 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/91763",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17254/"
] | **Robb and Jon are both 17 at the start of the show. This is in contrast to the books where they are both 14 at the start.**
As to who is older, I don't think there is a Canon answer to this. The closest I'm aware of is this book quote implying that Robb is older.
>
> Many men fathered bastards. Catelyn had grown u... | With the unraveling of current events, it is undetermined who is older as
>
> Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark
>
>
>
could have conceived Jon prior to Robb being conceived by Ned and Catelyn Stark. |
91,763 | I would like to know whether Robb or Jon is older. I, for myself, haven't read the books. So do we know the (exact?) birth-dates of those "siblings" and can compare them?
As far as I know, we can't date Jon's birth exactly, as we don't know for sure who his mother is. But maybe we can assure a precise span of time? I ... | 2015/06/06 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/91763",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17254/"
] | **Robb and Jon are both 17 at the start of the show. This is in contrast to the books where they are both 14 at the start.**
As to who is older, I don't think there is a Canon answer to this. The closest I'm aware of is this book quote implying that Robb is older.
>
> Many men fathered bastards. Catelyn had grown u... | In the show both boys appear to be 16/17 with the [wikia for Jon](http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Snow#cite_note-0) stating the following of their ages:
>
> Jon is roughly the same age as Robb Stark, and they were both born near the end of Robert's Rebellion - which in the novels was 15 years before the begin... |
91,763 | I would like to know whether Robb or Jon is older. I, for myself, haven't read the books. So do we know the (exact?) birth-dates of those "siblings" and can compare them?
As far as I know, we can't date Jon's birth exactly, as we don't know for sure who his mother is. But maybe we can assure a precise span of time? I ... | 2015/06/06 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/91763",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17254/"
] | **Robb and Jon are both 17 at the start of the show. This is in contrast to the books where they are both 14 at the start.**
As to who is older, I don't think there is a Canon answer to this. The closest I'm aware of is this book quote implying that Robb is older.
>
> Many men fathered bastards. Catelyn had grown u... | Although they must be close in age as they are both born in 283 AC. Jon's age [is confirmed](http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Years_after_Aegon%27s_Conquest/Calculations_Ages_(Continued)#Jon_Snow) through his turning of 14 to 15 while Robb's age [is confirmed](http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Years_after_Aegon%... |
91,763 | I would like to know whether Robb or Jon is older. I, for myself, haven't read the books. So do we know the (exact?) birth-dates of those "siblings" and can compare them?
As far as I know, we can't date Jon's birth exactly, as we don't know for sure who his mother is. But maybe we can assure a precise span of time? I ... | 2015/06/06 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/91763",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17254/"
] | In the show both boys appear to be 16/17 with the [wikia for Jon](http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Snow#cite_note-0) stating the following of their ages:
>
> Jon is roughly the same age as Robb Stark, and they were both born near the end of Robert's Rebellion - which in the novels was 15 years before the begin... | With the unraveling of current events, it is undetermined who is older as
>
> Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark
>
>
>
could have conceived Jon prior to Robb being conceived by Ned and Catelyn Stark. |
91,763 | I would like to know whether Robb or Jon is older. I, for myself, haven't read the books. So do we know the (exact?) birth-dates of those "siblings" and can compare them?
As far as I know, we can't date Jon's birth exactly, as we don't know for sure who his mother is. But maybe we can assure a precise span of time? I ... | 2015/06/06 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/91763",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17254/"
] | Although they must be close in age as they are both born in 283 AC. Jon's age [is confirmed](http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Years_after_Aegon%27s_Conquest/Calculations_Ages_(Continued)#Jon_Snow) through his turning of 14 to 15 while Robb's age [is confirmed](http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Years_after_Aegon%... | With the unraveling of current events, it is undetermined who is older as
>
> Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark
>
>
>
could have conceived Jon prior to Robb being conceived by Ned and Catelyn Stark. |
17,390,301 | I am looking for free online (flash, silverlight, or javascript - simply "browser-based") tool for creating UML diagrams & ER diagrams. In the past, there was great tools like cacoo.com, creately.com, gliffy.com, or lucidchart.com. But now, they are all paid or limited for free users.
So, is there any **free online**... | 2013/06/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17390301",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1632572/"
] | GenMyModel seems to match: [UML tool](http://www.genmymodel.com "UML tool"). It is an online modeler in the cloud. It does more than drawing as you get models conforming the UML metamodel. It's free and online. Presently for class diagrams and use case diagrams. | EverGraph is free for use and despite being notation agnostic can handle program structure / architecture visualization: <http://evergraph.io> |
113,441 | For example, if you have a progression in D major that ends on G, would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D. It certainly sounds like it is functioning like a dominant chord but note sure how or why. | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113441",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | Chords are not defined simply by the notes in them; rather, they are defined by their musical role. So adding a 9th to a subdominant chord ... it's still a subdominant chord – subdominant is a role.
However, ignoring the original name of the chord, a chord (in the key of D) containing G, A, and D could easily sound li... | A dominant chord is generally made from the root of the dominant note in a key. In key D, the dominant note is 5 - A. Just adding A to a chord can't make that chord dominant. The dominant *chord* there is A C♯ E, with G added to make it a dominant seventh.There are also secondary dominants, but this is unlikely to be o... |
113,441 | For example, if you have a progression in D major that ends on G, would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D. It certainly sounds like it is functioning like a dominant chord but note sure how or why. | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113441",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | Chords are not defined simply by the notes in them; rather, they are defined by their musical role. So adding a 9th to a subdominant chord ... it's still a subdominant chord – subdominant is a role.
However, ignoring the original name of the chord, a chord (in the key of D) containing G, A, and D could easily sound li... | >
> would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D.
>
>
>
Not really. The main issue is the note D, which clashes with the leading tone, C#. Presence of notes A and D in the same chord suggests the root isn't A.
Some other people suggested it might ... |
113,441 | For example, if you have a progression in D major that ends on G, would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D. It certainly sounds like it is functioning like a dominant chord but note sure how or why. | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113441",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | No, changing the chord quality via suspending the second of the chord is not going to make it dominant. But with that said, placing that A in the bass would make a strong case for reinterpreting the chord as a different type of dominant chord: [A G D] is nearly [A G B D], which would be G/A or A9sus, a suspended domina... | A dominant chord is generally made from the root of the dominant note in a key. In key D, the dominant note is 5 - A. Just adding A to a chord can't make that chord dominant. The dominant *chord* there is A C♯ E, with G added to make it a dominant seventh.There are also secondary dominants, but this is unlikely to be o... |
113,441 | For example, if you have a progression in D major that ends on G, would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D. It certainly sounds like it is functioning like a dominant chord but note sure how or why. | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113441",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | Adding a 9th does nothing but add a new note to an existing chord and that does not make it dominant. You have more than one alteration to your chord not indicated in your title. Namely dropping the 3rd.
You can add the 9th to the IV chord and have a G add 9 = (G B D A). If you drop the 3rd you have a suspended 2 chor... | A dominant chord is generally made from the root of the dominant note in a key. In key D, the dominant note is 5 - A. Just adding A to a chord can't make that chord dominant. The dominant *chord* there is A C♯ E, with G added to make it a dominant seventh.There are also secondary dominants, but this is unlikely to be o... |
113,441 | For example, if you have a progression in D major that ends on G, would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D. It certainly sounds like it is functioning like a dominant chord but note sure how or why. | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113441",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | >
> would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D.
>
>
>
Not really. The main issue is the note D, which clashes with the leading tone, C#. Presence of notes A and D in the same chord suggests the root isn't A.
Some other people suggested it might ... | A dominant chord is generally made from the root of the dominant note in a key. In key D, the dominant note is 5 - A. Just adding A to a chord can't make that chord dominant. The dominant *chord* there is A C♯ E, with G added to make it a dominant seventh.There are also secondary dominants, but this is unlikely to be o... |
113,441 | For example, if you have a progression in D major that ends on G, would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D. It certainly sounds like it is functioning like a dominant chord but note sure how or why. | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113441",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | Chords are not defined simply by the notes in them; rather, they are defined by their musical role. So adding a 9th to a subdominant chord ... it's still a subdominant chord – subdominant is a role.
However, ignoring the original name of the chord, a chord (in the key of D) containing G, A, and D could easily sound li... | No, changing the chord quality via suspending the second of the chord is not going to make it dominant. But with that said, placing that A in the bass would make a strong case for reinterpreting the chord as a different type of dominant chord: [A G D] is nearly [A G B D], which would be G/A or A9sus, a suspended domina... |
113,441 | For example, if you have a progression in D major that ends on G, would adding an A to the G chord and losing the 3rd make the chord dominant? You would have the notes G A and D. It certainly sounds like it is functioning like a dominant chord but note sure how or why. | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/113441",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/35708/"
] | Chords are not defined simply by the notes in them; rather, they are defined by their musical role. So adding a 9th to a subdominant chord ... it's still a subdominant chord – subdominant is a role.
However, ignoring the original name of the chord, a chord (in the key of D) containing G, A, and D could easily sound li... | Adding a 9th does nothing but add a new note to an existing chord and that does not make it dominant. You have more than one alteration to your chord not indicated in your title. Namely dropping the 3rd.
You can add the 9th to the IV chord and have a G add 9 = (G B D A). If you drop the 3rd you have a suspended 2 chor... |
29,595,997 | I'm trying to write a genetic algorithm for pieces of ride track, and thinking about how to implement mutation/crossover. The goal is to evolve a) a complete loop and b) an exciting ride (I have criteria for this).
I have about sixty pieces to choose from but not all of them are compatible with each other. For example... | 2015/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29595997",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/329700/"
] | Two approaches you could try:
* **manage the "piece compatibility requirement" as a constraint** and use a bi-dimensional vector as fitness value.
The first element would be the result of a penalty function applied to a track (measuring the amount of constraint violation, e.g. the sum of deviations of a track-piece f... | A different way to what manlio answered is the use of an indirect encoding. You can design such encoding that ensures validity of all solutions. Look at Grammatical Evolution and the way the solutions are encoded or even use it directly with a grammar that describes your solutions. |
5,154 | I'm looking for an image which will boot quickly (I assume it'll be linux) and have LAN drivers- for sending TCP / UDP packets to another system in the same network.
Ideally, if possible, I would like to have an image with a parameter - the destination address for sending the packets but otherwise I'll just send - broa... | 2010/12/26 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5154",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/3317/"
] | You will have to download the needed linux source from the kernel.org.
Install the development tools. For eg. in Fedora
>
> yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
>
> yum install ncurses-devel
>
> yum install qt-devel
>
>
>
Then untar the source code and place it in /usr/src/kernels/
Then go inside t... | A linux kernel image with a custom initramfs that suits your needs (i.e. includes said program to send said packets). |
5,154 | I'm looking for an image which will boot quickly (I assume it'll be linux) and have LAN drivers- for sending TCP / UDP packets to another system in the same network.
Ideally, if possible, I would like to have an image with a parameter - the destination address for sending the packets but otherwise I'll just send - broa... | 2010/12/26 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5154",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/3317/"
] | Any live Linux distribution will work just fine for this.
* [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/) has a fancy GUI.
* [SystemRescueCD](http://www.sysresccd.org/) comes with many system repair tools, including networking tools.
* [**BackTrack**](http://www.backtrack-linux.org/) is targetted at penetration testing, so it come... | A linux kernel image with a custom initramfs that suits your needs (i.e. includes said program to send said packets). |
5,154 | I'm looking for an image which will boot quickly (I assume it'll be linux) and have LAN drivers- for sending TCP / UDP packets to another system in the same network.
Ideally, if possible, I would like to have an image with a parameter - the destination address for sending the packets but otherwise I'll just send - broa... | 2010/12/26 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5154",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/3317/"
] | The best answer to this question will depend on (1) how fast is "fast", (2) how exotic the hardware you need to support is and (3) how robust of a system you want after boot.
There are a good number of Linux distribution aimed at being small and a good number that provide live images. The intersection of these two set... | A linux kernel image with a custom initramfs that suits your needs (i.e. includes said program to send said packets). |
5,154 | I'm looking for an image which will boot quickly (I assume it'll be linux) and have LAN drivers- for sending TCP / UDP packets to another system in the same network.
Ideally, if possible, I would like to have an image with a parameter - the destination address for sending the packets but otherwise I'll just send - broa... | 2010/12/26 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5154",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/3317/"
] | Any live Linux distribution will work just fine for this.
* [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/) has a fancy GUI.
* [SystemRescueCD](http://www.sysresccd.org/) comes with many system repair tools, including networking tools.
* [**BackTrack**](http://www.backtrack-linux.org/) is targetted at penetration testing, so it come... | You will have to download the needed linux source from the kernel.org.
Install the development tools. For eg. in Fedora
>
> yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
>
> yum install ncurses-devel
>
> yum install qt-devel
>
>
>
Then untar the source code and place it in /usr/src/kernels/
Then go inside t... |
5,154 | I'm looking for an image which will boot quickly (I assume it'll be linux) and have LAN drivers- for sending TCP / UDP packets to another system in the same network.
Ideally, if possible, I would like to have an image with a parameter - the destination address for sending the packets but otherwise I'll just send - broa... | 2010/12/26 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5154",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/3317/"
] | The best answer to this question will depend on (1) how fast is "fast", (2) how exotic the hardware you need to support is and (3) how robust of a system you want after boot.
There are a good number of Linux distribution aimed at being small and a good number that provide live images. The intersection of these two set... | You will have to download the needed linux source from the kernel.org.
Install the development tools. For eg. in Fedora
>
> yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
>
> yum install ncurses-devel
>
> yum install qt-devel
>
>
>
Then untar the source code and place it in /usr/src/kernels/
Then go inside t... |
919,972 | I have tried uploading a transparent PNG image to a SQL server image field, and retrieving it using the DynamicData ImageHandler. The Transparent areas in the image appear white upon rendering. Please advise about any solutions | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/919972",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9425/"
] | I agree with Tom, I could hardly believe that SQL would change the image, giving the problems you are experiencing.
Furthermore, why storing the images in a SQL server image field? You should have a real good reason for doing so, because otherwise it's better (in my experience) to store a reference to the file in a var... | Use a BLOB directly and put the image's raw data into that. |
919,972 | I have tried uploading a transparent PNG image to a SQL server image field, and retrieving it using the DynamicData ImageHandler. The Transparent areas in the image appear white upon rendering. Please advise about any solutions | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/919972",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9425/"
] | The problem was the content type of the returned response from the handler. After setting the content type to image/png, it worked | Use a BLOB directly and put the image's raw data into that. |
919,972 | I have tried uploading a transparent PNG image to a SQL server image field, and retrieving it using the DynamicData ImageHandler. The Transparent areas in the image appear white upon rendering. Please advise about any solutions | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/919972",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9425/"
] | I agree with Tom, I could hardly believe that SQL would change the image, giving the problems you are experiencing.
Furthermore, why storing the images in a SQL server image field? You should have a real good reason for doing so, because otherwise it's better (in my experience) to store a reference to the file in a var... | I'm not 100% sure but I suspect that ImageHandler is manipulating your image in a way that causes the transparency to disappear. |
919,972 | I have tried uploading a transparent PNG image to a SQL server image field, and retrieving it using the DynamicData ImageHandler. The Transparent areas in the image appear white upon rendering. Please advise about any solutions | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/919972",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9425/"
] | The problem was the content type of the returned response from the handler. After setting the content type to image/png, it worked | I'm not 100% sure but I suspect that ImageHandler is manipulating your image in a way that causes the transparency to disappear. |
5,271,766 | Is it possible to set/assign value in session using java script?
Basically, I have few links on my JSP page and on click of those links, I need to set a variable in session. | 2011/03/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5271766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/644518/"
] | session is server side concept, while javascript plays on browser
* You can either use ajax on click of those link make a request to server and pass the info. and set it to session @ server
Or
* If those links on whichuser is going to click is your server's then pass some param with it. and track it at server | The easiest approach is to use a hidden input element bound to a bean property in session scope, and put a JavaScript onclick handler in a commandlink that sets the hidden element's value before submitting the page. |
35,655,346 | In order to investigate some issues with unreleased system resources I'd like to **force immediate garbage collection** on an **already running** python script.
Is this somehow possible, e.g. by sending some kind of signal that Python would understand as an order to run gc; or any other similar way? Thanks.
I'm runni... | 2016/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35655346",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2263517/"
] | Install a signal handler using the built-in [signal](https://docs.python.org/2/library/signal.html) module, then call [gc.collect()](https://docs.python.org/2/library/gc.html) from your custom handler.
If you have no control over the application, you'll have to use something like [pyringe](https://github.com/google/py... | You can attach to a running python script with debugger and issue any command within it, like inside interactive console. I used PyCharm's debugger, but there are variety of them. |
166,287 | During the Ministry fight in *Order of the Phoenix* there's an attempt by the kids to lock themselves in.
Sorry about the long passage but it's necessary for context.
>
> He heaved Ron towards a door; they were within a few feet of it when another door across the hall burst open and three Death Eaters sped in, led b... | 2017/08/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/166287",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/64888/"
] | **At first the doors weren't locked, so Alohomora wasn't needed and might not have worked.**
It's possible that Alohomora is only effective on unlocking a locked door, not throwing open an unlocked door. At least one door at the Ministry, the one that melted the knife, is shown to not have a handle. If Alohomora would... | The doors of the Department of Mysteries were *really* easy to open. One small push was all it took to open them.
>
> Harry still did not want to take them all with him, but it seemed he
> had no choice. He turned to face the door and walked forward. Just as it had in his dream, it swung open and he marched forward... |
166,287 | During the Ministry fight in *Order of the Phoenix* there's an attempt by the kids to lock themselves in.
Sorry about the long passage but it's necessary for context.
>
> He heaved Ron towards a door; they were within a few feet of it when another door across the hall burst open and three Death Eaters sped in, led b... | 2017/08/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/166287",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/64888/"
] | The doors of the Department of Mysteries were *really* easy to open. One small push was all it took to open them.
>
> Harry still did not want to take them all with him, but it seemed he
> had no choice. He turned to face the door and walked forward. Just as it had in his dream, it swung open and he marched forward... | I can't find any canon evidence for this, so take from this answer what you please-
It's possible that it had an anti-Alohorma charm on it, as we see that in other instances throughout the books. Similar to the way the locket had an anti-summoning charm, the doors to the Ministry would almost certainly be anti-unlock ... |
166,287 | During the Ministry fight in *Order of the Phoenix* there's an attempt by the kids to lock themselves in.
Sorry about the long passage but it's necessary for context.
>
> He heaved Ron towards a door; they were within a few feet of it when another door across the hall burst open and three Death Eaters sped in, led b... | 2017/08/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/166287",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/64888/"
] | **At first the doors weren't locked, so Alohomora wasn't needed and might not have worked.**
It's possible that Alohomora is only effective on unlocking a locked door, not throwing open an unlocked door. At least one door at the Ministry, the one that melted the knife, is shown to not have a handle. If Alohomora would... | I can't find any canon evidence for this, so take from this answer what you please-
It's possible that it had an anti-Alohorma charm on it, as we see that in other instances throughout the books. Similar to the way the locket had an anti-summoning charm, the doors to the Ministry would almost certainly be anti-unlock ... |
21,677 | This is a pretty basic question. Hartshorne defines "intersection multiplicity" for any two divisors on a surface. Fulton has an impressive framework of generalizing this in his book (my understanding of which is scant). But for whatever reason, in arithmetic texts one often sees intersection multiplicities defined onl... | 2010/04/17 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/21677",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/5309/"
] | When you intersect two divisor, you obtain a algebraic cycle of codimension 2. For a smooth surface, this is a collection of points that is well-defined up to rational equivalence. Now, if the surface is also proper ('compact'), you can count these points i.e. the number of points is the same for all representatives in... | Also, I strongly suspect that arithmetic varieties are not really special in this matter. You would probably get the same restrictions in the 'geometric' situation i.e. when your surface is smooth proper over a smooth non-proper curve. The main difference is that in the arithmetic situation it is much more difficult to... |
21,677 | This is a pretty basic question. Hartshorne defines "intersection multiplicity" for any two divisors on a surface. Fulton has an impressive framework of generalizing this in his book (my understanding of which is scant). But for whatever reason, in arithmetic texts one often sees intersection multiplicities defined onl... | 2010/04/17 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/21677",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/5309/"
] | When you intersect two divisor, you obtain a algebraic cycle of codimension 2. For a smooth surface, this is a collection of points that is well-defined up to rational equivalence. Now, if the surface is also proper ('compact'), you can count these points i.e. the number of points is the same for all representatives in... | I have a question in relation to the above discussion. If there exists a dominant morphism between two fibered, proper surfaces, then does one have a projection formula without vertical divisors? |
21,677 | This is a pretty basic question. Hartshorne defines "intersection multiplicity" for any two divisors on a surface. Fulton has an impressive framework of generalizing this in his book (my understanding of which is scant). But for whatever reason, in arithmetic texts one often sees intersection multiplicities defined onl... | 2010/04/17 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/21677",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/5309/"
] | Also, I strongly suspect that arithmetic varieties are not really special in this matter. You would probably get the same restrictions in the 'geometric' situation i.e. when your surface is smooth proper over a smooth non-proper curve. The main difference is that in the arithmetic situation it is much more difficult to... | I have a question in relation to the above discussion. If there exists a dominant morphism between two fibered, proper surfaces, then does one have a projection formula without vertical divisors? |
3,361,133 | Is SQL classified as a [fourth generation language](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_programming_language) or as a [fifth generation language](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth-generation_programming_language)? | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3361133",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182959/"
] | SQL tries to be a 5GL, by allowing the user to express their intent at a high level of abstraction while leaving the determination of an algorithm for achieving the intent up to the engine.
Unfortunately, due to various deficiencies in the language, it falls far short of that goal. | Neither. But does it matter? |
3,361,133 | Is SQL classified as a [fourth generation language](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_programming_language) or as a [fifth generation language](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth-generation_programming_language)? | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3361133",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182959/"
] | SQL tries to be a 5GL, by allowing the user to express their intent at a high level of abstraction while leaving the determination of an algorithm for achieving the intent up to the engine.
Unfortunately, due to various deficiencies in the language, it falls far short of that goal. | Neither. It is a query language, not a general purpose programming language. |
1,112,536 | I have a game implemented in Java that was having a problem when running too much code from scripts: depending on the script language, the game could have these "hiccups" where the game would freeze for a couple frames every now and then, making the game "jerky" at times.
After some research, I discovered that was hap... | 2009/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1112536",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/132611/"
] | You can definitely do this with [JNLP](http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/syntax.html), which can be configured to add a shortcut to the desktop and automatically keep jars up to date, among other things. | Besides Java Web Start, you could consider wrapping with JSMooth. It gives an EXE which in turn invokes the JVM - you can provide arguments there. |
1,112,536 | I have a game implemented in Java that was having a problem when running too much code from scripts: depending on the script language, the game could have these "hiccups" where the game would freeze for a couple frames every now and then, making the game "jerky" at times.
After some research, I discovered that was hap... | 2009/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1112536",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/132611/"
] | From just a jar file, you can't do this. Adding [Java WebStart](http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javawebstart/index.jsp) can allow you to add java VM commands. If you are not against wrapping the jar in an executable [Launch4J](http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/) will wrap the jar in a executable as well. ... | One option - I always wondered - is to re-run the jar program with Runtime.exec() call when the parameters are inadequate? Never tried it but seems possible. |
1,112,536 | I have a game implemented in Java that was having a problem when running too much code from scripts: depending on the script language, the game could have these "hiccups" where the game would freeze for a couple frames every now and then, making the game "jerky" at times.
After some research, I discovered that was hap... | 2009/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1112536",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/132611/"
] | No, there's no way to do that. VM arguments can only be supplied as command-line parameters to JVM invocation: [Java Tool](http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html) | I don't know of too many java apps outside of internal coorporate or dev stuff that people run via clicking a jar. Even a shortcut can specify this. Fancier options exist that let you create an exe, run as a service, or even wrap the whole thing in an installer... if we are talking windows, similar things exist for lin... |
1,112,536 | I have a game implemented in Java that was having a problem when running too much code from scripts: depending on the script language, the game could have these "hiccups" where the game would freeze for a couple frames every now and then, making the game "jerky" at times.
After some research, I discovered that was hap... | 2009/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1112536",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/132611/"
] | No, there's no way to do that. VM arguments can only be supplied as command-line parameters to JVM invocation: [Java Tool](http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html) | One option - I always wondered - is to re-run the jar program with Runtime.exec() call when the parameters are inadequate? Never tried it but seems possible. |
1,112,536 | I have a game implemented in Java that was having a problem when running too much code from scripts: depending on the script language, the game could have these "hiccups" where the game would freeze for a couple frames every now and then, making the game "jerky" at times.
After some research, I discovered that was hap... | 2009/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1112536",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/132611/"
] | No, there's no way to do that. VM arguments can only be supplied as command-line parameters to JVM invocation: [Java Tool](http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html) | You can definitely do this with [JNLP](http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/syntax.html), which can be configured to add a shortcut to the desktop and automatically keep jars up to date, among other things. |
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