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107,969 | Given eggs and sperm, and the means to preserve them for centuries, could an artificially intelligent machine possibly produce its own "children", so to speak?
Assume it has everything it and its offspring will need. Gestation chambers, incubators, nutrient-rich food stores, emergency medical training and equipment...... | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107969",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49066/"
] | Your question appears to be “given the ability to do X, can an intelligent agent do X?” I’d say the answer is, “Yes.” As you say, it has “everything it needs.” | There's really at least two layers to this. The first layer is the physical/biological side. Can an AI, without a female H. sapiens womb, produce viable H. sapiens individuals. The answer appears to be increasingly yes. For many years now, we have been able to artificially inseminate eggs. We're so good at it now that ... |
107,969 | Given eggs and sperm, and the means to preserve them for centuries, could an artificially intelligent machine possibly produce its own "children", so to speak?
Assume it has everything it and its offspring will need. Gestation chambers, incubators, nutrient-rich food stores, emergency medical training and equipment...... | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107969",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49066/"
] | Yes, the AI definitely would be able to do that. Assuming it gets a reason to do so (to avoid the entire point Tim tries to make) the AI would be able to build up and create a fullscale biological ecosystem.
But why use the DNA of these creatures with a bunch of extremely weird designflaws, if you can rebuild that DNA... | I'm starting this answer over because it's clear to me now that there are some distractions in my OP that are causing some measure of emotional distraction among the readership and that protracted discussion on this has not led to a better understanding of whether what's proposed in the question is possible. BTW, thank... |
107,969 | Given eggs and sperm, and the means to preserve them for centuries, could an artificially intelligent machine possibly produce its own "children", so to speak?
Assume it has everything it and its offspring will need. Gestation chambers, incubators, nutrient-rich food stores, emergency medical training and equipment...... | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107969",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49066/"
] | In the present we are very far from this on several fronts. However, the future is hard to predict. I tend to be optimistic and claim:
**Humans are biological machines. Anything a biological machine can do, a mechanical machine will also be able do at some point in the future.**
Present difficulties are:
Preserving ... | I'm starting this answer over because it's clear to me now that there are some distractions in my OP that are causing some measure of emotional distraction among the readership and that protracted discussion on this has not led to a better understanding of whether what's proposed in the question is possible. BTW, thank... |
107,969 | Given eggs and sperm, and the means to preserve them for centuries, could an artificially intelligent machine possibly produce its own "children", so to speak?
Assume it has everything it and its offspring will need. Gestation chambers, incubators, nutrient-rich food stores, emergency medical training and equipment...... | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107969",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49066/"
] | There's really at least two layers to this. The first layer is the physical/biological side. Can an AI, without a female H. sapiens womb, produce viable H. sapiens individuals. The answer appears to be increasingly yes. For many years now, we have been able to artificially inseminate eggs. We're so good at it now that ... | I'm starting this answer over because it's clear to me now that there are some distractions in my OP that are causing some measure of emotional distraction among the readership and that protracted discussion on this has not led to a better understanding of whether what's proposed in the question is possible. BTW, thank... |
107,969 | Given eggs and sperm, and the means to preserve them for centuries, could an artificially intelligent machine possibly produce its own "children", so to speak?
Assume it has everything it and its offspring will need. Gestation chambers, incubators, nutrient-rich food stores, emergency medical training and equipment...... | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107969",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49066/"
] | In the present we are very far from this on several fronts. However, the future is hard to predict. I tend to be optimistic and claim:
**Humans are biological machines. Anything a biological machine can do, a mechanical machine will also be able do at some point in the future.**
Present difficulties are:
Preserving ... | Yes, the AI definitely would be able to do that. Assuming it gets a reason to do so (to avoid the entire point Tim tries to make) the AI would be able to build up and create a fullscale biological ecosystem.
But why use the DNA of these creatures with a bunch of extremely weird designflaws, if you can rebuild that DNA... |
107,969 | Given eggs and sperm, and the means to preserve them for centuries, could an artificially intelligent machine possibly produce its own "children", so to speak?
Assume it has everything it and its offspring will need. Gestation chambers, incubators, nutrient-rich food stores, emergency medical training and equipment...... | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107969",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49066/"
] | In the present we are very far from this on several fronts. However, the future is hard to predict. I tend to be optimistic and claim:
**Humans are biological machines. Anything a biological machine can do, a mechanical machine will also be able do at some point in the future.**
Present difficulties are:
Preserving ... | There's really at least two layers to this. The first layer is the physical/biological side. Can an AI, without a female H. sapiens womb, produce viable H. sapiens individuals. The answer appears to be increasingly yes. For many years now, we have been able to artificially inseminate eggs. We're so good at it now that ... |
6,364,218 | I'm trying to add a file to a subversion repository. I add the file so that it's under revision, and then I try to commit and get this error. I know it's not there, I want to add it! Any help or what transaction 1-1 is would be great.
>
> Adding samflag.pl
>
>
> Transmitting file data .svn: Commit failed (details f... | 2011/06/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6364218",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/800402/"
] | Yes indeed that would be down to the stack space for the recursive calls. | O(log n) is nothing - just pointers requires such amount of memory. |
6,364,218 | I'm trying to add a file to a subversion repository. I add the file so that it's under revision, and then I try to commit and get this error. I know it's not there, I want to add it! Any help or what transaction 1-1 is would be great.
>
> Adding samflag.pl
>
>
> Transmitting file data .svn: Commit failed (details f... | 2011/06/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6364218",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/800402/"
] | Yes indeed that would be down to the stack space for the recursive calls. | It can be considered due to stack space ,also in every recursion you are dividing your array into two parts which for the whole process takes log N time which is quite unavoidable.... |
6,364,218 | I'm trying to add a file to a subversion repository. I add the file so that it's under revision, and then I try to commit and get this error. I know it's not there, I want to add it! Any help or what transaction 1-1 is would be great.
>
> Adding samflag.pl
>
>
> Transmitting file data .svn: Commit failed (details f... | 2011/06/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6364218",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/800402/"
] | It can be considered due to stack space ,also in every recursion you are dividing your array into two parts which for the whole process takes log N time which is quite unavoidable.... | O(log n) is nothing - just pointers requires such amount of memory. |
24,133 | A friend has about 10K numbers in a an excel sheet. He wanted to encrypt these numbers in order to share the file with a 3rd party that will help him reorganize the tables. What he did, to hide the numbers, is to multiply all the numbers by a floating point number.
Based on my limited knowledge of encryption I argued ... | 2015/02/25 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/24133",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/23069/"
] | In addition to what Richie has noted, here are some problems with the encryption method that you normally don't like to see in encryption.
It preserves order (if a > b, then E(a) > E(b)). So, say the cells encode salary information. Even if it doesn't reveal the salary, it still reveals a lot of information.
It is no... | From the information we can describe the encryption algorithm as follows. Given a floating point number (m) and there is some number (nx) where m \* nx = kx.
kx is the encrypted number where x is some position in the list of 10,000 numbers.
So know that nx is going to be some realistic data. In this case you pointed ... |
31,602,793 | I'm assigned to develop web-based GIS, but I'm new with web programming. So, Where I can get an insight to start develop web-based GIS?
thank you before
regards! | 2015/07/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31602793",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3987855/"
] | You have to know about the 2 main components for web programming: front-end and back-end.
Front-end, is how the results/graphics are going to be displayed in the client (pad, monitor).
The most common tools are the javascript libraries like ArcGIS API for JavaScript, or OpenLayers.
For front-end you need to learn abo... | Start with "Requirements". To understand what requirements is, please start with a book on software engineering.
Once you have the requirements, you need to "Design" - what tools/technologies/languages to use. If you are just beginning programming, you typically get a senior to do the design
Then you get to a task, ... |
8,221 | I just saw [Pi Cubed](http://www.sunsetlakesoftware.com/picubed), and now I'm thinking, what Math/Calculator apps are available for iPod Touch? | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8221",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/2216/"
] | I use [wolfram alpha](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wolframalpha/id334989259?mt=8). its a great app for computing basically anything. | I use (and rate) Missing Calculator, although by the looks of things it isn't in the App store (UK) any more.. |
8,221 | I just saw [Pi Cubed](http://www.sunsetlakesoftware.com/picubed), and now I'm thinking, what Math/Calculator apps are available for iPod Touch? | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8221",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/2216/"
] | The best calculators for iOS:
=============================
* [Wolfram Alpha](http://products.wolframalpha.com/iphone/)
* [PCalc](http://www.pcalc.com/iphone/)
* [Calcbot](http://tapbots.com/software/calcbot/)
* [Soulver](http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/iphone/) | I use (and rate) Missing Calculator, although by the looks of things it isn't in the App store (UK) any more.. |
8,221 | I just saw [Pi Cubed](http://www.sunsetlakesoftware.com/picubed), and now I'm thinking, what Math/Calculator apps are available for iPod Touch? | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8221",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/2216/"
] | If you love the old-school reverse-polish-notation (RPN) HP calculators, like I do, then check out [i41CX](http://www.alsoftiphone.com/i41CX/). It's an iOS emulator for the HP-41CX calculator, and is very faithful (except for having *way* more memory than the original): for example, synthetic programming is supported. ... | I use (and rate) Missing Calculator, although by the looks of things it isn't in the App store (UK) any more.. |
8,221 | I just saw [Pi Cubed](http://www.sunsetlakesoftware.com/picubed), and now I'm thinking, what Math/Calculator apps are available for iPod Touch? | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8221",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/2216/"
] | The best calculators for iOS:
=============================
* [Wolfram Alpha](http://products.wolframalpha.com/iphone/)
* [PCalc](http://www.pcalc.com/iphone/)
* [Calcbot](http://tapbots.com/software/calcbot/)
* [Soulver](http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/iphone/) | I use [wolfram alpha](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wolframalpha/id334989259?mt=8). its a great app for computing basically anything. |
8,221 | I just saw [Pi Cubed](http://www.sunsetlakesoftware.com/picubed), and now I'm thinking, what Math/Calculator apps are available for iPod Touch? | 2011/02/11 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8221",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/2216/"
] | The best calculators for iOS:
=============================
* [Wolfram Alpha](http://products.wolframalpha.com/iphone/)
* [PCalc](http://www.pcalc.com/iphone/)
* [Calcbot](http://tapbots.com/software/calcbot/)
* [Soulver](http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/iphone/) | If you love the old-school reverse-polish-notation (RPN) HP calculators, like I do, then check out [i41CX](http://www.alsoftiphone.com/i41CX/). It's an iOS emulator for the HP-41CX calculator, and is very faithful (except for having *way* more memory than the original): for example, synthetic programming is supported. ... |
7,383,170 | I'm developing a system that receives messages related to patient activity in a hospital, parses and stores this data (HL7 2.x messages).
Some messages may contain basic patient information, other messages could contain lab results, transcribed documents, etc.
I'd like to use an asynchronous reliable messaging system... | 2011/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7383170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1310/"
] | You could possible use a Content Based Router
<http://camel.apache.org/content-based-router.html>
And then route messages for "trouble patients" to a special queue. And for patients with no problems you can process them as usual.
Then when a patient is "fixed" you can use a JMS selector to pickup the messages for tha... | How to handle failures for a particular patient ID.
Well having a message queue per patient does not scale at all. You could have 1000's of patients so you would need to maintain the same number of queues. Nightmare.
So to handle multiple patient records on the same queue you need to make the service which reads fr... |
7,383,170 | I'm developing a system that receives messages related to patient activity in a hospital, parses and stores this data (HL7 2.x messages).
Some messages may contain basic patient information, other messages could contain lab results, transcribed documents, etc.
I'd like to use an asynchronous reliable messaging system... | 2011/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7383170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1310/"
] | This is very similar to a recent requirement from a client, here is how we solved this in Camel/ActiveMQ...
* used ActiveMQ [message groups](http://activemq.apache.org/message-groups.html) to single-thread processing (preserve order, etc) for a given patient and still allow multi-threaded processing
* setup Camel [exc... | You could possible use a Content Based Router
<http://camel.apache.org/content-based-router.html>
And then route messages for "trouble patients" to a special queue. And for patients with no problems you can process them as usual.
Then when a patient is "fixed" you can use a JMS selector to pickup the messages for tha... |
7,383,170 | I'm developing a system that receives messages related to patient activity in a hospital, parses and stores this data (HL7 2.x messages).
Some messages may contain basic patient information, other messages could contain lab results, transcribed documents, etc.
I'd like to use an asynchronous reliable messaging system... | 2011/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7383170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1310/"
] | You could possible use a Content Based Router
<http://camel.apache.org/content-based-router.html>
And then route messages for "trouble patients" to a special queue. And for patients with no problems you can process them as usual.
Then when a patient is "fixed" you can use a JMS selector to pickup the messages for tha... | <http://ignaciosuay.com/unit-testing-hl7-messages-with-apache-camel/I> will suggest you to use activemq and camel with the redelivery option on. So if something goes wrong you the message will be redeliver until the message will be processed. Also, You can specify the number of times that could be redeliver. Please, ha... |
7,383,170 | I'm developing a system that receives messages related to patient activity in a hospital, parses and stores this data (HL7 2.x messages).
Some messages may contain basic patient information, other messages could contain lab results, transcribed documents, etc.
I'd like to use an asynchronous reliable messaging system... | 2011/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7383170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1310/"
] | This is very similar to a recent requirement from a client, here is how we solved this in Camel/ActiveMQ...
* used ActiveMQ [message groups](http://activemq.apache.org/message-groups.html) to single-thread processing (preserve order, etc) for a given patient and still allow multi-threaded processing
* setup Camel [exc... | How to handle failures for a particular patient ID.
Well having a message queue per patient does not scale at all. You could have 1000's of patients so you would need to maintain the same number of queues. Nightmare.
So to handle multiple patient records on the same queue you need to make the service which reads fr... |
7,383,170 | I'm developing a system that receives messages related to patient activity in a hospital, parses and stores this data (HL7 2.x messages).
Some messages may contain basic patient information, other messages could contain lab results, transcribed documents, etc.
I'd like to use an asynchronous reliable messaging system... | 2011/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7383170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1310/"
] | This is very similar to a recent requirement from a client, here is how we solved this in Camel/ActiveMQ...
* used ActiveMQ [message groups](http://activemq.apache.org/message-groups.html) to single-thread processing (preserve order, etc) for a given patient and still allow multi-threaded processing
* setup Camel [exc... | <http://ignaciosuay.com/unit-testing-hl7-messages-with-apache-camel/I> will suggest you to use activemq and camel with the redelivery option on. So if something goes wrong you the message will be redeliver until the message will be processed. Also, You can specify the number of times that could be redeliver. Please, ha... |
223,711 | Ontario code now requires 14/3 between the switch and the light. Can someone provide a diagram showing how to wire 2 lights controlled by one switch with power coming into the switch & 14/3 between the switch and the first light? | 2021/05/07 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/223711",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/59572/"
] | I found [this](https://www.strathcona.ca/files/files/residential_wiring_best_practices_-_final_copy_march_27.pdf) guide to the 2018 Canadian electrical code which seems to address this issue. It states, on page 6, that using a 2 conductor cable for a switch leg is no longer approved, and references several figures for ... | I've heard some places are requiring fan-capable wiring to all ceiling boxes. IDK if your code states the motivation but maybe that's the motivation. The third wire allows future installation of a ceiling fan. If that is what your code requires you to install, you don't need a diagram. Just daisy chain the two lights f... |
286,184 | I have a c# winforms program and it opens up a serial port. The problem happens when the end user unplugs the usb cable and then the device disappears. After this the program will crash and want to report the error to microsoft.
Is there a way to capture this event and shut down gracefully? | 2008/11/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/286184",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/32958/"
] | Yes, there is a way to capture the event. Unfortunately, there can be a long delay between the time the device is removed and the time the program receives any notification.
The approach is to trap com port events such as ErrorReceived and to catch the WM\_DEVICECHANGE message.
Not sure why your program is crashing; ... | If your try statement isn't catching the exception then let's hope Microsoft will inspect the dumps.
There are some SetupDi APIs (I think ... it's been a while) that permit you to be advised of device arrivals and removals, but it won't help if you already crashed because the removed device was in the middle of your r... |
12,724 | I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to indicate this somehow: it's worthwhile answering my questions, coz I'll show my appreciation by upvoting your good answers.... | 2008/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12724",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | You should suggest some sort of badge for this. I suggested one for commenting edits, and Jeff seemed to think it was a good idea. I think what you are asking for would be really good if it were some kind of public badge, the way moderator is.
I've created a request [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20081026075832/ht... | At the moment there probably isn't a way - but I agree there should be.
Perhaps a series of badges could be established that encourage people to do as you, and serve to show who else is doing it too.
Alternatively I suppose you could put something in your gravatar image that indicates it. |
12,724 | I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to indicate this somehow: it's worthwhile answering my questions, coz I'll show my appreciation by upvoting your good answers.... | 2008/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12724",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | You should suggest some sort of badge for this. I suggested one for commenting edits, and Jeff seemed to think it was a good idea. I think what you are asking for would be really good if it were some kind of public badge, the way moderator is.
I've created a request [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20081026075832/ht... | I agree. There should be some ort of badge, or series of badges for this. It really helps the system when people are willing to go back and look through their answers and give something back to the people answering them.
There would need to be some safety measures though as some people will do it just to get the badg... |
12,724 | I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to indicate this somehow: it's worthwhile answering my questions, coz I'll show my appreciation by upvoting your good answers.... | 2008/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12724",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | You should suggest some sort of badge for this. I suggested one for commenting edits, and Jeff seemed to think it was a good idea. I think what you are asking for would be really good if it were some kind of public badge, the way moderator is.
I've created a request [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20081026075832/ht... | >
> Any ideas on the best way to do this?
>
>
>
Just do what you're already doing. People will notice their rep has gone up next time they log in, view their profile, and see more votes.
They can't tell that the votes came from *you* AFAIK, but I don't think that's a problem. |
12,724 | I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to indicate this somehow: it's worthwhile answering my questions, coz I'll show my appreciation by upvoting your good answers.... | 2008/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12724",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | You should suggest some sort of badge for this. I suggested one for commenting edits, and Jeff seemed to think it was a good idea. I think what you are asking for would be really good if it were some kind of public badge, the way moderator is.
I've created a request [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20081026075832/ht... | I have stated in [my profile](https://stackoverflow.com/users/527/ggasp") that I vote up every answer my questions get. |
12,724 | I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to indicate this somehow: it's worthwhile answering my questions, coz I'll show my appreciation by upvoting your good answers.... | 2008/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12724",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | At the moment there probably isn't a way - but I agree there should be.
Perhaps a series of badges could be established that encourage people to do as you, and serve to show who else is doing it too.
Alternatively I suppose you could put something in your gravatar image that indicates it. | I have stated in [my profile](https://stackoverflow.com/users/527/ggasp") that I vote up every answer my questions get. |
12,724 | I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to indicate this somehow: it's worthwhile answering my questions, coz I'll show my appreciation by upvoting your good answers.... | 2008/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12724",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | I agree. There should be some ort of badge, or series of badges for this. It really helps the system when people are willing to go back and look through their answers and give something back to the people answering them.
There would need to be some safety measures though as some people will do it just to get the badg... | I have stated in [my profile](https://stackoverflow.com/users/527/ggasp") that I vote up every answer my questions get. |
12,724 | I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to indicate this somehow: it's worthwhile answering my questions, coz I'll show my appreciation by upvoting your good answers.... | 2008/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12724",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | >
> Any ideas on the best way to do this?
>
>
>
Just do what you're already doing. People will notice their rep has gone up next time they log in, view their profile, and see more votes.
They can't tell that the votes came from *you* AFAIK, but I don't think that's a problem. | I have stated in [my profile](https://stackoverflow.com/users/527/ggasp") that I vote up every answer my questions get. |
127,838 | in advance: my English is not perfect ;)
processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz × 2
memory: 3,9 GiB
graphics: GeForce GTX 460
Ubuntu 12.04 32-Bit fresh installed (previously 11.10 32-Bit)
driver: NVIDIAs accelerated Driver (Version current-updates)
probelm: In Ubuntu 12.04 I have problems with the performa... | 2012/04/29 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/127838",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/58266/"
] | Same problem here with my Tecra R840 with Alps touchpad. It's definitely a regression in 12.04. It can slightly be diminished by changing the values of HorizHysteresis and VertHysteresis via synclient (see synaptics manpage). But the problem still exists.
And yes, it really is very annoying and the reason why I don't ... | You may want to try entering "synclient" in the terminal to see what your FingerHigh & FingerLow values are. In my case, the movement was occurring with taps being recognized as released too early. You can see explanations of the different synclient values here: <http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man4/synaptics... |
104,691 | I'm implementing a GUI system to look around a 2D tile-based world. At the moment, I'm updating it every time the mouse moves (which happens to be per frame, since that's when it polls for events). However, I'm wondering if implementing it per-update (by taking all input events, averaging them out, then deferring them ... | 2015/07/28 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/104691",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/67022/"
] | What's the context?
For UI, it's very sensible to poll per-frame, especially for cases where the UI and the game simulation have no good reason to be tied together, e.g. highlights when you mouse over a selectable object.
For control of a character or the like inside the game simulation, this advice can be flipped. C... | It depends on what you want to do, whether it's GUI-like or game-like.
Most game situations only care about **where the mouse is right now**, so you go through all the mouse move events and simply act on the last one. This would be **per-frame**. One example is using the mouse to look.
However, there are some GUI-lik... |
215,674 | I'm currently working on a story set in a planet whose **rotation period lasts around 24 years** (Earth years, or 8766 days). This planet orbits at more or less 0,75 AU from a K-type star, and the *translation period lasts about 365 days*. It is **similar in size and mass to the Earth** except it has no tectonic activi... | 2021/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215674",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/37369/"
] | There's a potentially very important phenomenon that you haven't considered, and that is [atmospheric super-rotation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_super-rotation), whereby strong winds can effectively blow around the world faster than the world's own rotation rate.
Venus notably exhibits this, with very f... | Sorry about this not being in comment form. But just as a small statement, it looks like all the conditions for human or human style life developing are present, as if your climate description is elaborated one and the fauna is at least vaguely earth like it encourages a migratory style for animals, and so would probab... |
215,674 | I'm currently working on a story set in a planet whose **rotation period lasts around 24 years** (Earth years, or 8766 days). This planet orbits at more or less 0,75 AU from a K-type star, and the *translation period lasts about 365 days*. It is **similar in size and mass to the Earth** except it has no tectonic activi... | 2021/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215674",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/37369/"
] | There's a potentially very important phenomenon that you haven't considered, and that is [atmospheric super-rotation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_super-rotation), whereby strong winds can effectively blow around the world faster than the world's own rotation rate.
Venus notably exhibits this, with very f... | The question seems to be a bit vague to me.
I don't know what you mean by a translation period of 365 days.
You say the the rotation period should be 24 years, without specifying whether it is planet years or Earth years.
You say that the planet orbits around a K type star at about 0.75 AU. I assume that the planet ... |
19,871 | I've started a hobby project which is to detect and count the number of impacts (for example someone clapping, bouncing a ball or hitting a boxing bag).
I've been reading and playing around (in java) with a few variations of total amplitude, FFT, IIR etc but with so much information and concepts to grasp (I'm normally... | 2015/01/06 | [
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/19871",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/users/12272/"
] | If your environment's noise level allows it, you can use a quiet no-brainer solution. Just make sure that the impacts have greater peak amplitude than the noise floor in every case.
* Specify a threshold level based on previous experiments. This level has to be great enough for all the impacts you generate and you wan... | If you are only after a certain few types of impact, then you might try this:
1. Make clean recordings of each impact type - trim the recordings to remove extraneous samples before and after the impact.
2. As you are sampling, run a cross correlation with each of the recordings.
3. A peak in a cross correlation indica... |
19,871 | I've started a hobby project which is to detect and count the number of impacts (for example someone clapping, bouncing a ball or hitting a boxing bag).
I've been reading and playing around (in java) with a few variations of total amplitude, FFT, IIR etc but with so much information and concepts to grasp (I'm normally... | 2015/01/06 | [
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/19871",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com",
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/users/12272/"
] | A good advice would be to load the sound file into Audacity, and look at the spectrogram (FFT) representation in there. Impact (impulse) sounds are easily spotted visually in the spectrogram, as they're sharp vertical lines. Echo's may trail, so the right side is usually a bit fuzzy.
That also gives you the simple alg... | If you are only after a certain few types of impact, then you might try this:
1. Make clean recordings of each impact type - trim the recordings to remove extraneous samples before and after the impact.
2. As you are sampling, run a cross correlation with each of the recordings.
3. A peak in a cross correlation indica... |
7,882,713 | Can a human eye perceive a difference between an image that takes 150ms to load and another image that takes 160ms to download?
If a page has 30-40 images, then does this 10ms difference start making a difference? | 2011/10/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7882713",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/211528/"
] | 10 ms might be just barely noticeable. On a typical laptop with a refresh rate of 60 Hz, each frame is on the screen for about 16-17 ms, so (all else being equal) a 10 ms delay means a roughly 66% chance of making the image show up one frame later.
However, a 1-frame delay (which is the maximum delay possible as a res... | If the page takes 150 ms to load and the image takes 160ms that's 310 ms total. The human eye can read 10-12 images per a second, or about 1 every 100 ms's. So yes they would notice the loading if they looked hard enough. |
7,882,713 | Can a human eye perceive a difference between an image that takes 150ms to load and another image that takes 160ms to download?
If a page has 30-40 images, then does this 10ms difference start making a difference? | 2011/10/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7882713",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/211528/"
] | According to 3D Developer John Carmack, ["Human sensory systems can detect very small relative delays in parts of the visual or, especially, audio fields, but when absolute delays are below approximately 20 milliseconds they are generally imperceptible."](http://www.altdevblogaday.com/2013/02/22/latency-mitigation-stra... | If the page takes 150 ms to load and the image takes 160ms that's 310 ms total. The human eye can read 10-12 images per a second, or about 1 every 100 ms's. So yes they would notice the loading if they looked hard enough. |
17,841,783 | I am working on a proof of concept implementation of NServiceBus v4.x for work.
Right now I have two subscribers and a single publisher.
The publisher can publish over 500 message per second. It runs great.
Subscriber A runs without distributors/workers. It is a single process.
Subscriber B runs with a single dist... | 2013/07/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17841783",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1159800/"
] | If you're scaling out with NServiceBus master/worker nodes on one server, then trying to measure performance is meaningless. One process with multiple threads will always do better than a distributor and multiple worker nodes on the same machine because the distributor will become a bottleneck while everything is compe... | The whole chain is transactional. You are paying heavy for this. Increasing the workload across machines will really not increase performance when you do not have very fast disk storage with write through caching to speed up transactional writes.
When you have your poc scaled out to several servers just try to mark a ... |
17,841,783 | I am working on a proof of concept implementation of NServiceBus v4.x for work.
Right now I have two subscribers and a single publisher.
The publisher can publish over 500 message per second. It runs great.
Subscriber A runs without distributors/workers. It is a single process.
Subscriber B runs with a single dist... | 2013/07/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17841783",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1159800/"
] | If you're scaling out with NServiceBus master/worker nodes on one server, then trying to measure performance is meaningless. One process with multiple threads will always do better than a distributor and multiple worker nodes on the same machine because the distributor will become a bottleneck while everything is compe... | Rather than have a dummy handler that does nothing, can you simulate actual processing by adding in some sleep time, say 5 seconds. And then compare the results of having a subscriber and through the distributor?
Scaling out (with or without a distributor) is only useful for where the work being done by a single machi... |
17,841,783 | I am working on a proof of concept implementation of NServiceBus v4.x for work.
Right now I have two subscribers and a single publisher.
The publisher can publish over 500 message per second. It runs great.
Subscriber A runs without distributors/workers. It is a single process.
Subscriber B runs with a single dist... | 2013/07/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17841783",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1159800/"
] | Rather than have a dummy handler that does nothing, can you simulate actual processing by adding in some sleep time, say 5 seconds. And then compare the results of having a subscriber and through the distributor?
Scaling out (with or without a distributor) is only useful for where the work being done by a single machi... | The whole chain is transactional. You are paying heavy for this. Increasing the workload across machines will really not increase performance when you do not have very fast disk storage with write through caching to speed up transactional writes.
When you have your poc scaled out to several servers just try to mark a ... |
35,022,711 | I am using Dreamweaver, but now I am thinking about trying another program. I am kind of new to html and css, but I feel I have kind of control using html and css3. Now I am learning how to creative responsive webdesign using bootstrap.
Might be a stupid and simple question; When I want to create a new html page, I c... | 2016/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35022711",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5772576/"
] | You should try out a standard text editor like Sublime Text or Atom. Do your code editing there and open your page in the browser. Refresh to see changes as you make them. | I like Notepad++.
The problem with programs like DreamWeaver is that they can instill some pretty bad habits in novices. You are absolutely right in wanting to learn without it first.
The reason I like Notepad++ is that it has great code highlighting, one of the things I think draws people in to DW, too. |
2,969,426 | I was wondering if anyone could tell me of a free CMS that will allow me to change the basic content (text, image etc etc) of a website, without forcing it's own templates or designs.
This is the scenario; I have already designed my website, already implemented it, and I just need a way for the actual User to edit the... | 2010/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2969426",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/357865/"
] | With wordpress you can write your own templates (It's called themes there).
I think you can basically pour your own code as is and add calls to the wordpress framework whenever you need the actual content. | It seems that the best option for you (given that your site is basically ready) is to use a WYSIWYG editor. I would recommend [tinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/). It will allow your users to simply create html markup with their content which you can then save to the DB of your app and display it on the content pag... |
2,969,426 | I was wondering if anyone could tell me of a free CMS that will allow me to change the basic content (text, image etc etc) of a website, without forcing it's own templates or designs.
This is the scenario; I have already designed my website, already implemented it, and I just need a way for the actual User to edit the... | 2010/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2969426",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/357865/"
] | I would suggest [MODx](http://www.modxcms.com/) - it's a [very well supported](http://modxcms.com/forums/), free, open source CMS with a great community. You are in complete control and creating templates is a simple as copying and pasting your existing HTML - just replace the content with the [\*content\*] template va... | With wordpress you can write your own templates (It's called themes there).
I think you can basically pour your own code as is and add calls to the wordpress framework whenever you need the actual content. |
2,969,426 | I was wondering if anyone could tell me of a free CMS that will allow me to change the basic content (text, image etc etc) of a website, without forcing it's own templates or designs.
This is the scenario; I have already designed my website, already implemented it, and I just need a way for the actual User to edit the... | 2010/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2969426",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/357865/"
] | I would suggest [MODx](http://www.modxcms.com/) - it's a [very well supported](http://modxcms.com/forums/), free, open source CMS with a great community. You are in complete control and creating templates is a simple as copying and pasting your existing HTML - just replace the content with the [\*content\*] template va... | It seems that the best option for you (given that your site is basically ready) is to use a WYSIWYG editor. I would recommend [tinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/). It will allow your users to simply create html markup with their content which you can then save to the DB of your app and display it on the content pag... |
154,255 | I've been using Blender 2.8 for a few months now and I really like it! However, an issue came up that I just can't figure out. The wireframe overlay around my meshes won't go away! Here's a screenshot of the file, with in solid view mode, with all wireframe setting that I can find turned off:
[![screenshot1](https://i.... | 2019/10/01 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/154255",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/67110/"
] | I figured out the problem. It's still a bug, and wireframe still gets stuck on, but all I need to do to fix it is go to a different frame in the timeline. Then, the stuck wireframe goes away.
Just scrub the timeline to fix. | One more issue: Sometimes the wireframe overlay would get stuck on, but it would only be on certain objects and not others.
Scrubbing timeline didn't fix it for me.
All you need to do is go in and out of edit mode on the effected objects and the stuck overlay goes away. |
20,175 | Which is better for filter, select a single value:
1. Check box ( Use js to keep single selection )
2. Dropdown list
3. Radio buttons
4. Highlighted labels
[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fracol.png) – Wireframes cr... | 2012/04/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/20175",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/12342/"
] | It depends on what you want to do. :)
* Use **checkboxes** (or other toggle buttons) if you want to provide for applying several filters at once. If you want to use them for single value, then listen to @AndroidHustle regarding manipulating them, and only use them for single, **independent, boolean values**.
[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fracol.png) – Wireframes cr... | 2012/04/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/20175",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/12342/"
] | You should **never** manipulate a checkbox option-group to act like a radio option-group, this violates the conventional and expected behaviour of the user interactive element. So no single select checkbox.
**Dropdown list Vs. Radio buttons**: This really depends on the layout of the search form (if that's what this i... | It really depends, I think:
* **radio button**: if there are max 4-5 options to choose from
* **dropdown list**: if there are max 20-30 options (they use it for around 100 options, but in this case it is really hard to use)
* **tabs**: if there are only a few options, and tabs fit into your UI
* **filter field**: if t... |
20,175 | Which is better for filter, select a single value:
1. Check box ( Use js to keep single selection )
2. Dropdown list
3. Radio buttons
4. Highlighted labels
[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fracol.png) – Wireframes cr... | 2012/04/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/20175",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/12342/"
] | It depends on what you want to do. :)
* Use **checkboxes** (or other toggle buttons) if you want to provide for applying several filters at once. If you want to use them for single value, then listen to @AndroidHustle regarding manipulating them, and only use them for single, **independent, boolean values**.
![mockup... | It really depends, I think:
* **radio button**: if there are max 4-5 options to choose from
* **dropdown list**: if there are max 20-30 options (they use it for around 100 options, but in this case it is really hard to use)
* **tabs**: if there are only a few options, and tabs fit into your UI
* **filter field**: if t... |
270,579 | Are all of the programs that can be run on Ubuntu able to run on Linux Mint? I'm thinking of switching (Ubuntu to Mint), but there are a lot of programs (command line mostly) that I'd like to be able to use on Mint.
I believe Mint is based on Ubuntu. | 2011/04/14 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/270579",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/61137/"
] | In general using 'ubuntu' repositories is not a good idea unless you're certain that the version of mint and ubuntu are the same - you MIGHT be able to get away with limited PPAs.
You should for most part be able to run individual programmes as long as all dependancies are met - so the safest way to do it is to insta... | Any FOSS programs that don't work can be recompiled. For ISV programs, consult the ISV in question. |
413 | The recent mass shooting at a school in Connecticut weighs heavy on our minds, but when listening to the coverage I noticed something that I could never understand.
When the state is prosecuting a suspect, they need to collect evidence to build a case. It is well known that authorities cannot search your private prope... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/413",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Property does not tie directly to a particular person, nor is that mapping at all uniform for all members of society. Police still need to get a search warrant to investigate the crime for several reasons, including:
* Police could uncover evidence of other crimes, perhaps committed by other individuals living or asso... | Laws and contracts tend to only be binding on the living.
But, if I live with a serial killer, a search and seizure would violate my rights as a living person (unless I gave consent, which I would probably do). Next-of-kin stuff comes into play here. If I'm single and live alone and I kill a bunch of people and myself... |
413 | The recent mass shooting at a school in Connecticut weighs heavy on our minds, but when listening to the coverage I noticed something that I could never understand.
When the state is prosecuting a suspect, they need to collect evidence to build a case. It is well known that authorities cannot search your private prope... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/413",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Property does not tie directly to a particular person, nor is that mapping at all uniform for all members of society. Police still need to get a search warrant to investigate the crime for several reasons, including:
* Police could uncover evidence of other crimes, perhaps committed by other individuals living or asso... | From a legal point of view, search warrants are issued on probable belief that evidence of a crime exists in a particular place. That is all. There is nothing to say that the crime to be by a living person, or has anything to do with the owner of the property. E.g. if someone buries stolen gold on your land the police ... |
413 | The recent mass shooting at a school in Connecticut weighs heavy on our minds, but when listening to the coverage I noticed something that I could never understand.
When the state is prosecuting a suspect, they need to collect evidence to build a case. It is well known that authorities cannot search your private prope... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/413",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Laws and contracts tend to only be binding on the living.
But, if I live with a serial killer, a search and seizure would violate my rights as a living person (unless I gave consent, which I would probably do). Next-of-kin stuff comes into play here. If I'm single and live alone and I kill a bunch of people and myself... | From a legal point of view, search warrants are issued on probable belief that evidence of a crime exists in a particular place. That is all. There is nothing to say that the crime to be by a living person, or has anything to do with the owner of the property. E.g. if someone buries stolen gold on your land the police ... |
1,812,097 | please suggest me best algo for the below situation:
I have some taks which are to be scheduled by users anytime, the tasks may have recurring options(periodically/weekly/monthly...).I have to run these tasks at the scheduled time.
1. Run only once after a specified start date
2. Run periodically for every 1 hour af... | 2009/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1812097",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/207647/"
] | The [Hudson](http://hudson-ci.org/) integration server does exactly the same (in Java). It even implements the cron syntax allowing complex schedules. And it's [open source](http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Source+code). | I suggest that you look at [Quartz](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/overview/features.html) if you want a Java solution. That link points to the Quartz features page, which looks like it could be a good fit to your requirements. A stack of examples may be found [here](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/docs/examples/index... |
1,812,097 | please suggest me best algo for the below situation:
I have some taks which are to be scheduled by users anytime, the tasks may have recurring options(periodically/weekly/monthly...).I have to run these tasks at the scheduled time.
1. Run only once after a specified start date
2. Run periodically for every 1 hour af... | 2009/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1812097",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/207647/"
] | Use a scheduler like [Quartz](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/) or [cron4j](http://www.sauronsoftware.it/projects/cron4j/) (pretty decent library and more lightweight than Quartz). | I suggest that you look at [Quartz](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/overview/features.html) if you want a Java solution. That link points to the Quartz features page, which looks like it could be a good fit to your requirements. A stack of examples may be found [here](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/docs/examples/index... |
1,812,097 | please suggest me best algo for the below situation:
I have some taks which are to be scheduled by users anytime, the tasks may have recurring options(periodically/weekly/monthly...).I have to run these tasks at the scheduled time.
1. Run only once after a specified start date
2. Run periodically for every 1 hour af... | 2009/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1812097",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/207647/"
] | The [Hudson](http://hudson-ci.org/) integration server does exactly the same (in Java). It even implements the cron syntax allowing complex schedules. And it's [open source](http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Source+code). | [Quartz](http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/;jsessionid=LDKHONNCOPJC) is a nice, open, extendable, Java based library. |
1,812,097 | please suggest me best algo for the below situation:
I have some taks which are to be scheduled by users anytime, the tasks may have recurring options(periodically/weekly/monthly...).I have to run these tasks at the scheduled time.
1. Run only once after a specified start date
2. Run periodically for every 1 hour af... | 2009/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1812097",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/207647/"
] | Use a scheduler like [Quartz](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/) or [cron4j](http://www.sauronsoftware.it/projects/cron4j/) (pretty decent library and more lightweight than Quartz). | [Quartz](http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/;jsessionid=LDKHONNCOPJC) is a nice, open, extendable, Java based library. |
1,812,097 | please suggest me best algo for the below situation:
I have some taks which are to be scheduled by users anytime, the tasks may have recurring options(periodically/weekly/monthly...).I have to run these tasks at the scheduled time.
1. Run only once after a specified start date
2. Run periodically for every 1 hour af... | 2009/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1812097",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/207647/"
] | Use a scheduler like [Quartz](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/) or [cron4j](http://www.sauronsoftware.it/projects/cron4j/) (pretty decent library and more lightweight than Quartz). | The [Hudson](http://hudson-ci.org/) integration server does exactly the same (in Java). It even implements the cron syntax allowing complex schedules. And it's [open source](http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Source+code). |
1,812,097 | please suggest me best algo for the below situation:
I have some taks which are to be scheduled by users anytime, the tasks may have recurring options(periodically/weekly/monthly...).I have to run these tasks at the scheduled time.
1. Run only once after a specified start date
2. Run periodically for every 1 hour af... | 2009/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1812097",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/207647/"
] | The [Hudson](http://hudson-ci.org/) integration server does exactly the same (in Java). It even implements the cron syntax allowing complex schedules. And it's [open source](http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Source+code). | If it's not mandatory that you use Java for this, you should just use [cron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron). This is what cron is *for*. |
1,812,097 | please suggest me best algo for the below situation:
I have some taks which are to be scheduled by users anytime, the tasks may have recurring options(periodically/weekly/monthly...).I have to run these tasks at the scheduled time.
1. Run only once after a specified start date
2. Run periodically for every 1 hour af... | 2009/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1812097",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/207647/"
] | Use a scheduler like [Quartz](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/) or [cron4j](http://www.sauronsoftware.it/projects/cron4j/) (pretty decent library and more lightweight than Quartz). | If it's not mandatory that you use Java for this, you should just use [cron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron). This is what cron is *for*. |
199,110 | I'm designing a FET gate driver that allows 1.8V MCUs to control FETs up to 100kHz.
FETs to be used will vary a lot so I'd like to have as much current drive as I can.
I need it to be based on discrete transistors.
What could I add or remove to improve performance?
Not shown are capacitors close to the driver comp... | 2015/11/05 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/199110",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/61257/"
] | I think without resistor (and zener) values and specific BJTs there's not much that can be said other than "looks ok", except you'll mostly likely want a decoupling cap in parallel with your push-pull stage.
You could also add a speed-up capacitor in parallel with RG10 if this is going to be switched at high frequency... | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uJIkd.jpg)
It's looking good but the most popular arrangement for fast turn-off is the local pnp turn-off circuit as shown above. Please see <http://www.radio-sensors.se/download/gate-driver2.pdf> for additional details.
... |
228,681 | Please help me word exactly what is wrong with using total spends (split by different media) as variables in regression analysis, with sales/store traffic or something similar as the dependant variable
I work in advertising and everyone in the industry is building a lot of models like this (mostly to rationalize incre... | 2016/08/07 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/228681",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/126927/"
] | Using ad spend (or any marketing instrument) in a model predicting unit sales is pretty standard. To your very good point, it is almost always endogenous, e.g., ad spend is frequently a percentage of sales revenue as in the A/S ratio. The statistical solutions are to create and model HAC residuals for the DV and then r... | If you are saying that the spending falls into different groups or categories (e.g. different seasons) then lumping them all together breaks the assumption of independence of observations. E.g. if the observations for spring constitute one group of observations, and the observations for Christmas constitute a different... |
35,818,772 | When I have given 500 concurrent users load via jmeter my server throwing error message but the same time I have called same request via browser showing proper response. How it is possible? Is there any settings in jmeter for avoiding same. | 2016/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35818772",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2425513/"
] | It is hard to say what can go wrong without seeing your JMeter configuration, full server response, JMeter and application under test logs and network dump for browser and JMeter.
The whole idea of performance testing is mimicking real user as close as possible, so you need at least
1. Add [HTTP Request Defaults](ht... | beside, what Dmitri described above, I would also check the actual throughput the server returns in either cases.
Throughput depends a lot on the timers you configured in Jmeter to simulate think time.
Jmeter has no rendering and no javascript engine, so each thread is much much faster than a real browser. |
85,118 | Winter is coming to an end. All the snow/ice in my back lawn is thawing. A massive vertical crack has opened in my basement wall (the foundation) and water is hemmoraging in. I tried parging it with hydraulic cement but it literally is jetting out of the wall and the cement won't hold.
**What kind of contractor do I c... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/85118",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/25156/"
] | Just for future readers, I ended up bringing in structural engineers who found my basement wall was **bowing** from the stress of the soil outside the house (becomming water-logged, freezing, expanding, etc.). This was also the cause of the vertical crack/fissure that opened up, which was my chief complaint in the orig... | It depends a bit on what the actual problem is. A mason won't likely have the answers you need, which are related to water management.
If it's a surface drainage issue, call a landscaper to raise grade and create slope, and/or a rain gutter specialist.
If it's a water table problem, call an excavator to install ext... |
1,417,798 | Has anyone had any experience using Adobe Air to create BitTorrent application?
Is there presently any reference on this?
Please provide as much information as possible. | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108869/"
] | as far as I know, torrent uses [µTP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP_Torrent_Protocol), which is based on UDP ... UDP is not accessible through the AIR API ... you may want to embed a small Java applet (within a HTMLLoader, which is off the display list) ... [signed](http://www.brendonwilson.com/projects/signed-java/)... | AIR can read/write arbitrary binary data over TCP sockets, so in theory an AIR app can implement any protocol you like. The main limitation, though, is that AIR cannot listen for incoming connections, it can only make outgoing requests.
I don't know anything about the BT protocol, but commenter Michael Madsen says tha... |
1,417,798 | Has anyone had any experience using Adobe Air to create BitTorrent application?
Is there presently any reference on this?
Please provide as much information as possible. | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108869/"
] | as far as I know, torrent uses [µTP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP_Torrent_Protocol), which is based on UDP ... UDP is not accessible through the AIR API ... you may want to embed a small Java applet (within a HTMLLoader, which is off the display list) ... [signed](http://www.brendonwilson.com/projects/signed-java/)... | that isn't a problem for windows u use uToerrent they have a API for a AIR Client...
For Mac and Linux can u use Transmission... For transmission [here](http://github.com/lennart/Transmissionair) is the client |
1,417,798 | Has anyone had any experience using Adobe Air to create BitTorrent application?
Is there presently any reference on this?
Please provide as much information as possible. | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108869/"
] | AIR can read/write arbitrary binary data over TCP sockets, so in theory an AIR app can implement any protocol you like. The main limitation, though, is that AIR cannot listen for incoming connections, it can only make outgoing requests.
I don't know anything about the BT protocol, but commenter Michael Madsen says tha... | that isn't a problem for windows u use uToerrent they have a API for a AIR Client...
For Mac and Linux can u use Transmission... For transmission [here](http://github.com/lennart/Transmissionair) is the client |
1,417,798 | Has anyone had any experience using Adobe Air to create BitTorrent application?
Is there presently any reference on this?
Please provide as much information as possible. | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108869/"
] | back2dos is incorrect... check out the [DatagramSocket class](http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/DatagramSocket.html) in the ActionScript 3 reference | AIR can read/write arbitrary binary data over TCP sockets, so in theory an AIR app can implement any protocol you like. The main limitation, though, is that AIR cannot listen for incoming connections, it can only make outgoing requests.
I don't know anything about the BT protocol, but commenter Michael Madsen says tha... |
1,417,798 | Has anyone had any experience using Adobe Air to create BitTorrent application?
Is there presently any reference on this?
Please provide as much information as possible. | 2009/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1417798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108869/"
] | back2dos is incorrect... check out the [DatagramSocket class](http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/DatagramSocket.html) in the ActionScript 3 reference | that isn't a problem for windows u use uToerrent they have a API for a AIR Client...
For Mac and Linux can u use Transmission... For transmission [here](http://github.com/lennart/Transmissionair) is the client |
10,798 | Back when my older brother started his PhD degree I asked him what it meant to be a doctor in something other than medicine. I don't recall the exact wording he used, but the idea he portrayed was that you take a field, a narrow and specific field, and you specialise in it to a level at which when you are done, you hav... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10798",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/5674/"
] | I completely understand your feeling. I can tell you that many other people in this field feel the same. This has nothing to do with how smart or how good they are. This issue also bugged me a lot, but I can offer some insights:
1. Bioinformatics/computational biology is really huge and you cannot be an expert in all ... | This may not be a complete answer, but I can empathise with you, as I am in a similar boat.
My field is an academic puree of atmospheric physics, photobiology, optics, photography, oncology, opthamology, programming and a dash of education, public information and community safety.
The steps that I take are:
* Identi... |
10,798 | Back when my older brother started his PhD degree I asked him what it meant to be a doctor in something other than medicine. I don't recall the exact wording he used, but the idea he portrayed was that you take a field, a narrow and specific field, and you specialise in it to a level at which when you are done, you hav... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10798",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/5674/"
] | As I commented on another board just this morning, the goal of all higher education is ultimately **to learn how to learn.** As a PhD-level scientist, you need to be able to understand, master, and solve problems in fields which you may have never seen before you started to work in them. This means that you need to hav... | This may not be a complete answer, but I can empathise with you, as I am in a similar boat.
My field is an academic puree of atmospheric physics, photobiology, optics, photography, oncology, opthamology, programming and a dash of education, public information and community safety.
The steps that I take are:
* Identi... |
10,798 | Back when my older brother started his PhD degree I asked him what it meant to be a doctor in something other than medicine. I don't recall the exact wording he used, but the idea he portrayed was that you take a field, a narrow and specific field, and you specialise in it to a level at which when you are done, you hav... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10798",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/5674/"
] | I completely understand your feeling. I can tell you that many other people in this field feel the same. This has nothing to do with how smart or how good they are. This issue also bugged me a lot, but I can offer some insights:
1. Bioinformatics/computational biology is really huge and you cannot be an expert in all ... | In my opinion, a PhD is much more than a deep expertise in a particular field. A PhD is a certificate of *the ability to do science*. That's why your PhD is more broadly applicable than in your particular expertise and that's why some people can change topics dramatically after their PhD: from particle physics to atmos... |
10,798 | Back when my older brother started his PhD degree I asked him what it meant to be a doctor in something other than medicine. I don't recall the exact wording he used, but the idea he portrayed was that you take a field, a narrow and specific field, and you specialise in it to a level at which when you are done, you hav... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10798",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/5674/"
] | As I commented on another board just this morning, the goal of all higher education is ultimately **to learn how to learn.** As a PhD-level scientist, you need to be able to understand, master, and solve problems in fields which you may have never seen before you started to work in them. This means that you need to hav... | I completely understand your feeling. I can tell you that many other people in this field feel the same. This has nothing to do with how smart or how good they are. This issue also bugged me a lot, but I can offer some insights:
1. Bioinformatics/computational biology is really huge and you cannot be an expert in all ... |
10,798 | Back when my older brother started his PhD degree I asked him what it meant to be a doctor in something other than medicine. I don't recall the exact wording he used, but the idea he portrayed was that you take a field, a narrow and specific field, and you specialise in it to a level at which when you are done, you hav... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10798",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/5674/"
] | As I commented on another board just this morning, the goal of all higher education is ultimately **to learn how to learn.** As a PhD-level scientist, you need to be able to understand, master, and solve problems in fields which you may have never seen before you started to work in them. This means that you need to hav... | In my opinion, a PhD is much more than a deep expertise in a particular field. A PhD is a certificate of *the ability to do science*. That's why your PhD is more broadly applicable than in your particular expertise and that's why some people can change topics dramatically after their PhD: from particle physics to atmos... |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I think play has support for JPA, but doesn't require JPA. You can just forget about JPA altogether and use whatever API to MongoDB you like (its native API, Brendan's suggestion of Morphia, etc). | As MongoDB is not a relational database, it does not have support for JPA.
There is however [Morphia](http://code.google.com/p/morphia/), an Object Document Mapper for MongoDB + Java which closely emulates the JPA model but using MongoDB appropriate semantics. It is known to work well with Play and if you want this ki... |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | As MongoDB is not a relational database, it does not have support for JPA.
There is however [Morphia](http://code.google.com/p/morphia/), an Object Document Mapper for MongoDB + Java which closely emulates the JPA model but using MongoDB appropriate semantics. It is known to work well with Play and if you want this ki... | You don't need JPA when programming only to MongoDB. But if you have used JPA before then you should consider using PlayMorphia module as it's API is carefully designed to make JPA programmer feel like programming at home. Again PlayMorphia is NOT a JPA implementation, it just looks like it.
Check it out at <http://ww... |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I think play has support for JPA, but doesn't require JPA. You can just forget about JPA altogether and use whatever API to MongoDB you like (its native API, Brendan's suggestion of Morphia, etc). | DataNucleus already supports MongoDB, for JPA and JDO, the standardised APIs in Java. With that you have portability, unlike with the other APIs |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | EclipseLink is planning support for MongoDB from JPA.
See,
<http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/DesignDocs/362899> | Hibernate OGM provides JPA for MongoDB.
MongoDB University has a course for Java Developers, maybe it will help you understand what you want to do. |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | As MongoDB is not a relational database, it does not have support for JPA.
There is however [Morphia](http://code.google.com/p/morphia/), an Object Document Mapper for MongoDB + Java which closely emulates the JPA model but using MongoDB appropriate semantics. It is known to work well with Play and if you want this ki... | EclipseLink is planning support for MongoDB from JPA.
See,
<http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/DesignDocs/362899> |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | As MongoDB is not a relational database, it does not have support for JPA.
There is however [Morphia](http://code.google.com/p/morphia/), an Object Document Mapper for MongoDB + Java which closely emulates the JPA model but using MongoDB appropriate semantics. It is known to work well with Play and if you want this ki... | DataNucleus already supports MongoDB, for JPA and JDO, the standardised APIs in Java. With that you have portability, unlike with the other APIs |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | DataNucleus already supports MongoDB, for JPA and JDO, the standardised APIs in Java. With that you have portability, unlike with the other APIs | You don't need JPA when programming only to MongoDB. But if you have used JPA before then you should consider using PlayMorphia module as it's API is carefully designed to make JPA programmer feel like programming at home. Again PlayMorphia is NOT a JPA implementation, it just looks like it.
Check it out at <http://ww... |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I think play has support for JPA, but doesn't require JPA. You can just forget about JPA altogether and use whatever API to MongoDB you like (its native API, Brendan's suggestion of Morphia, etc). | EclipseLink is planning support for MongoDB from JPA.
See,
<http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/DesignDocs/362899> |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | DataNucleus already supports MongoDB, for JPA and JDO, the standardised APIs in Java. With that you have portability, unlike with the other APIs | Hibernate OGM provides JPA for MongoDB.
MongoDB University has a course for Java Developers, maybe it will help you understand what you want to do. |
6,002,089 | I'm quite confused between those two. I'm looking at the Play! java framework and it says it uses JPA. I'm thinking about using Play! and MongoDB for the first time in a project. I've used JPA before, but I was using it back then to write to a relational database(mysql).
MongoDB is not a relational database, so if I w... | 2011/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6002089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I think play has support for JPA, but doesn't require JPA. You can just forget about JPA altogether and use whatever API to MongoDB you like (its native API, Brendan's suggestion of Morphia, etc). | You don't need JPA when programming only to MongoDB. But if you have used JPA before then you should consider using PlayMorphia module as it's API is carefully designed to make JPA programmer feel like programming at home. Again PlayMorphia is NOT a JPA implementation, it just looks like it.
Check it out at <http://ww... |
101,549 | Suppose you are being interviewed for a job, and while you're making a presentation, you find yourself (in a fit) excessively hand gesturing to the obvious inconvenience of the interviewer. Now you would like to apologize for that:
>
> I'm sorry for making too much gestures.
>
>
> I'm sorry for being excessive with... | 2016/08/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/101549",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'd probably say something like the following:
>
> "I'm sorry for being so animated"
>
>
>
[**Animated**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animated) in this case being used to describe something *full of movement and activity* or *very expressive*.
It's commonly used for people who are very energetic w... | A way you could express your apology is to say "sorry for waving my hands so much" |
101,549 | Suppose you are being interviewed for a job, and while you're making a presentation, you find yourself (in a fit) excessively hand gesturing to the obvious inconvenience of the interviewer. Now you would like to apologize for that:
>
> I'm sorry for making too much gestures.
>
>
> I'm sorry for being excessive with... | 2016/08/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/101549",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'd probably say something like the following:
>
> "I'm sorry for being so animated"
>
>
>
[**Animated**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animated) in this case being used to describe something *full of movement and activity* or *very expressive*.
It's commonly used for people who are very energetic w... | [*Gesticular*](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gesticular)
>
> characterized or accompanied by gesticulation
>
>
>
This fits pretty well, you're just a gesticular person. |
101,549 | Suppose you are being interviewed for a job, and while you're making a presentation, you find yourself (in a fit) excessively hand gesturing to the obvious inconvenience of the interviewer. Now you would like to apologize for that:
>
> I'm sorry for making too much gestures.
>
>
> I'm sorry for being excessive with... | 2016/08/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/101549",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think the word you want is gesticulations.
So you could say either "Sorry for all the gesticulations" or "I'm sorry about my gesticulating." | A way you could express your apology is to say "sorry for waving my hands so much" |
101,549 | Suppose you are being interviewed for a job, and while you're making a presentation, you find yourself (in a fit) excessively hand gesturing to the obvious inconvenience of the interviewer. Now you would like to apologize for that:
>
> I'm sorry for making too much gestures.
>
>
> I'm sorry for being excessive with... | 2016/08/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/101549",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think the word you want is gesticulations.
So you could say either "Sorry for all the gesticulations" or "I'm sorry about my gesticulating." | [*Gesticular*](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gesticular)
>
> characterized or accompanied by gesticulation
>
>
>
This fits pretty well, you're just a gesticular person. |
101,549 | Suppose you are being interviewed for a job, and while you're making a presentation, you find yourself (in a fit) excessively hand gesturing to the obvious inconvenience of the interviewer. Now you would like to apologize for that:
>
> I'm sorry for making too much gestures.
>
>
> I'm sorry for being excessive with... | 2016/08/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/101549",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | [*Gesticular*](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gesticular)
>
> characterized or accompanied by gesticulation
>
>
>
This fits pretty well, you're just a gesticular person. | A way you could express your apology is to say "sorry for waving my hands so much" |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | I started learning a PCB designing software and successfully made a working PCB prototype containing two Arduinos, RTC, external EEPROM, RF module and some other components on a single board all within two weeks.
This is how I did it:
Selection of PCB designing software - I chose Eagle because:
* It's free but with ... | If you use Eagle you can load the Arduino files into it and create your own template - the boards were designed using Eagle. I use Pulsonix PCB software, and imported the files to create a template for that program. You can then create your own shields. |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | If you use Eagle you can load the Arduino files into it and create your own template - the boards were designed using Eagle. I use Pulsonix PCB software, and imported the files to create a template for that program. You can then create your own shields. | There is very little to gain from reusing the Arduino files, as the basic construction is so simple, so don't put too much value in that, it's much more important that you understand what's going on and you get a good EDA package that you can use.
If I was you, then I'd start out looking into a simple clone like the "... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | I started learning a PCB designing software and successfully made a working PCB prototype containing two Arduinos, RTC, external EEPROM, RF module and some other components on a single board all within two weeks.
This is how I did it:
Selection of PCB designing software - I chose Eagle because:
* It's free but with ... | Take a look at [fritzing](http://fritzing.org/). It incorporates:
Schematic Capture
-----------------
Build schematics with just the ardunio chip.
Building breadboards for demonstration
--------------------------------------
The software allows... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | If you use Eagle you can load the Arduino files into it and create your own template - the boards were designed using Eagle. I use Pulsonix PCB software, and imported the files to create a template for that program. You can then create your own shields. | Usually, when you encounter EAGLE for the first time, your biggest challenge will be to find foot prints for the most commonly used parts such as - Resistors, Capacitors, Voltage regulators, etc.
I have compiled a small list of most commonly used component libraries in Eagle, it will help you to get started with PCB ... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | I started learning a PCB designing software and successfully made a working PCB prototype containing two Arduinos, RTC, external EEPROM, RF module and some other components on a single board all within two weeks.
This is how I did it:
Selection of PCB designing software - I chose Eagle because:
* It's free but with ... | Usually, when you encounter EAGLE for the first time, your biggest challenge will be to find foot prints for the most commonly used parts such as - Resistors, Capacitors, Voltage regulators, etc.
I have compiled a small list of most commonly used component libraries in Eagle, it will help you to get started with PCB ... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | I started learning a PCB designing software and successfully made a working PCB prototype containing two Arduinos, RTC, external EEPROM, RF module and some other components on a single board all within two weeks.
This is how I did it:
Selection of PCB designing software - I chose Eagle because:
* It's free but with ... | There is very little to gain from reusing the Arduino files, as the basic construction is so simple, so don't put too much value in that, it's much more important that you understand what's going on and you get a good EDA package that you can use.
If I was you, then I'd start out looking into a simple clone like the "... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | Take a look at [fritzing](http://fritzing.org/). It incorporates:
Schematic Capture
-----------------
Build schematics with just the ardunio chip.
Building breadboards for demonstration
--------------------------------------
The software allows... | There is very little to gain from reusing the Arduino files, as the basic construction is so simple, so don't put too much value in that, it's much more important that you understand what's going on and you get a good EDA package that you can use.
If I was you, then I'd start out looking into a simple clone like the "... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | There is very little to gain from reusing the Arduino files, as the basic construction is so simple, so don't put too much value in that, it's much more important that you understand what's going on and you get a good EDA package that you can use.
If I was you, then I'd start out looking into a simple clone like the "... | Usually, when you encounter EAGLE for the first time, your biggest challenge will be to find foot prints for the most commonly used parts such as - Resistors, Capacitors, Voltage regulators, etc.
I have compiled a small list of most commonly used component libraries in Eagle, it will help you to get started with PCB ... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | Whatever CAD package you use (I use Eagle and the "limitations" have never caused me any grief so far), what you're going to need is gerber files. In Eagle you generate these using what's called a CAM job (I use the [one from Sparkfun](http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/Eagle-DFM/sfe-gerb274x.cam)). Incidentally, the [Sp... | Usually, when you encounter EAGLE for the first time, your biggest challenge will be to find foot prints for the most commonly used parts such as - Resistors, Capacitors, Voltage regulators, etc.
I have compiled a small list of most commonly used component libraries in Eagle, it will help you to get started with PCB ... |
8,539 | Looking for resources on how to start taking my creations to the next level.
**Where I'm at:**
* I'm a software developer nerd with limited hardware design experience
* Comfortable creating stuff with the Arduino Duelimanove / Uno pre-fab boards w/ breadboards, project boxes, and lots of tape and zip ties
**Where I ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8539",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2469/"
] | Take a look at [fritzing](http://fritzing.org/). It incorporates:
Schematic Capture
-----------------
Build schematics with just the ardunio chip.
Building breadboards for demonstration
--------------------------------------
The software allows... | Usually, when you encounter EAGLE for the first time, your biggest challenge will be to find foot prints for the most commonly used parts such as - Resistors, Capacitors, Voltage regulators, etc.
I have compiled a small list of most commonly used component libraries in Eagle, it will help you to get started with PCB ... |
536,999 | I have recently updated my dual boot of Windows 8.1 with Ubuntu 14.04.
I have a Lenovo Mouse N700, which works fine when connected using Wireless USB Dongle.
However, when I try to connect using Bluetooth, it fails.
Ubuntu Bluetooth options shows the Lenovo Mouse N700 as a device found but with TYPE UNKNOWN. I tried ... | 2014/10/14 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/536999",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/338549/"
] | I think is is a problem with BlueZ and Bluetooth 4.0 low power devices.
This past week I tried the Microsoft Arc Touch mouse which is Bluetooth 4.0
and although it would pair its type showed up as Unknown and obviously was not useable as a mouse.
I then bought & tried the Lenovo N700 which again is Bluetooth 4.0 and ... | First try to find your bluetooth in additional drives, if it won't help you have to find your bluetooth driver and install it from oem's site. If you don't know the id of your bluetoot (most probably it's together with your wireless card) by entering`sudo lshw` |
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