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930 | The following stanza is from Robert Frost's *Into My Own*:
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> One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
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> So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
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> Were not, as ’twere, the merest mask of gloom,
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> But stretched away unto the **edge of doom**.
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>
>
(Emphasis mine.)
I am guessing that t... | 2017/01/25 | [
"https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/930",
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] | In Sonnet 116 of Shakespeare, we also find the phrase "the edge of doom":
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> Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
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> Within his bending sickle's compass come;
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> Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
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> But bears it out even to **the edge of doom**.
>
>
>
Indeed, it sugges... | The phrase “the edge of doom” comes from Shakespeare’s [sonnet 116](https://archive.org/details/shakespearesson01shakgoog/page/n108/mode/2up):
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> Loue alters not with his breefe houres and weekes,
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> But beares it out euen to the edge of doome
>
>
>
“Doom” means “fate” or “judgement” and here it is being use... |
11,554 | In the Shalya Parva of the Mahabharata, right before Bhima's famous mace battle with Duryodhana, Krishna tells Arjuna that Bhima should fight unfairly, as that's the only way to defeat Duryodhana. He [tells](http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m09/m09058.htm) Arjuna that even the gods have resorted to deception in fighting... | 2016/04/21 | [
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] | I found the answer to my question in [this chapter](http://www.hinduscriptures.in/Content/Articles/PDFs/25345/44f_chapter_18_3.pdf) of the Kedara Kanda of the Skanda Purana. Virochana, like his future son Mahabali, is extremely generous, so Indra approaches him in the form of an old Brahmana beggar and asks him for a g... | From what I remember from seeing on Vishnu Puran teleserial, Virochana knows about the threat to his life by Indra. He is advised to pray to Lord Surya for a crown that grants immortality to anyone who wears it. He obtains it after penance and Indra becomes even more insecure of this. Perhaps either on a pilgrimage or ... |
225,324 | Why do they (e.g. characters in american movies) say "he's with the FBI" or "she's with O.I.A" instead of for instance "he's from the FBI" or simply "he works for the FBI"? Is the expression "be with " used in any other contexts? | 2015/02/03 | [
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] | Because it sounds scarier.
If someone's from the FBI, the FBI is somewhere else and I'm talking to an employee who's been sent here.
But if someone's *with* the FBI, the FBI are *here*! They're talking to me right now! | The FBI is a force to be reckoned with. They are rarely alone, and where there is one, there are usually several more very close nearby. Each operation is backed by the force as a whole. That is probably why the term is "with the FBI" and not "from the FBI". |
225,324 | Why do they (e.g. characters in american movies) say "he's with the FBI" or "she's with O.I.A" instead of for instance "he's from the FBI" or simply "he works for the FBI"? Is the expression "be with " used in any other contexts? | 2015/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225324",
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] | The word "with" carries connotations of unity, whereas "works for" implies a subordinate position. The word "of" carries only the connotation of "part of" (or sometimes "from") and does not imply authority; neither does "works for." Thus, use of the word "with" implies all the authority of the object.
In context, we c... | Because it sounds scarier.
If someone's from the FBI, the FBI is somewhere else and I'm talking to an employee who's been sent here.
But if someone's *with* the FBI, the FBI are *here*! They're talking to me right now! |
225,324 | Why do they (e.g. characters in american movies) say "he's with the FBI" or "she's with O.I.A" instead of for instance "he's from the FBI" or simply "he works for the FBI"? Is the expression "be with " used in any other contexts? | 2015/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225324",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | The word "with" carries connotations of unity, whereas "works for" implies a subordinate position. The word "of" carries only the connotation of "part of" (or sometimes "from") and does not imply authority; neither does "works for." Thus, use of the word "with" implies all the authority of the object.
In context, we c... | The FBI is a force to be reckoned with. They are rarely alone, and where there is one, there are usually several more very close nearby. Each operation is backed by the force as a whole. That is probably why the term is "with the FBI" and not "from the FBI". |
220,708 | In chrome (chromium running on Ubuntu 10.04 specifically) is there a way to open all bookmarks in a bookmark folder, each in their own new window? I realize that I could just open them all in tabs, then drag each to its own window, but I'd rather not do that extra step for each window. Is this possible?
**Update:**
N... | 2010/12/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/220708",
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] | 1. Just install the extension [New Tab, New Window](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-new-window/dndlcbaomdoggooaficldplkcmkfpgff) *(opens all new tabs as new windows)*,
2. Then middle click the bookmark folder *(to open all contained bookmarks)*.
--
Leave the extension disabled for normal tab behavio... | Right click on one of the folders in your bookmark bar. You will notice 3 options:
Open all bookmarks
Open all bookmarks in new window
Open all bookmarks in incognito window |
90,380 | Bats and Whales, and some monsters like the Hook Horror, have blindsight based on hearing. You can tell it's based on hearing because they also have the Echolocation trait that says their blindsight does not work if they are deafened. For the purpose of this discussion, please assume a totally dark environment.
Beyond... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/90380",
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] | RAW, Keen Hearing and Blindsight do not in any way work together or "stack". They are both used completely independently of each other. It does not require there to be "a completely dark room" to interpret the rules:
* Within the range of the blindsight the creature can use blindsight to "see" and and can use wis(per)... | **Within the Blindsight**: They act as normal, as if they see the target. If the target is blinded (by the darkness) they get advantage on their attacks.
**Outside the Blindsight**: They are Blinded.
>
> * A blinded creature can't see and automatically fails any ability
> check that requires sight.
> * Attack roll... |
90,380 | Bats and Whales, and some monsters like the Hook Horror, have blindsight based on hearing. You can tell it's based on hearing because they also have the Echolocation trait that says their blindsight does not work if they are deafened. For the purpose of this discussion, please assume a totally dark environment.
Beyond... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/90380",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Within the Blindsight**: They act as normal, as if they see the target. If the target is blinded (by the darkness) they get advantage on their attacks.
**Outside the Blindsight**: They are Blinded.
>
> * A blinded creature can't see and automatically fails any ability
> check that requires sight.
> * Attack roll... | If the creature they want to target is outside their blindsight range and *not* hidden, they can target them with disadvantage from being blinded. This is not something particular to Keen Hearing, anyone can do this.
You appear to be making a mistake in thinking that if a creature cannot be seen then the default state... |
90,380 | Bats and Whales, and some monsters like the Hook Horror, have blindsight based on hearing. You can tell it's based on hearing because they also have the Echolocation trait that says their blindsight does not work if they are deafened. For the purpose of this discussion, please assume a totally dark environment.
Beyond... | 2016/11/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/90380",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/32368/"
] | RAW, Keen Hearing and Blindsight do not in any way work together or "stack". They are both used completely independently of each other. It does not require there to be "a completely dark room" to interpret the rules:
* Within the range of the blindsight the creature can use blindsight to "see" and and can use wis(per)... | If the creature they want to target is outside their blindsight range and *not* hidden, they can target them with disadvantage from being blinded. This is not something particular to Keen Hearing, anyone can do this.
You appear to be making a mistake in thinking that if a creature cannot be seen then the default state... |
106,335 | Rather than show a confirmation dialogue when someone wants to archive a project (each row in the animation is a 'project'), I've decided to immediately archive, with the option to undo.
My question is, should this row disappear after a certain time? Or should it persist until the user visits another screen?
[![Archi... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106335",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would lean towards suggesting that it should remain until the user leaves the page, or refreshes. It feels like it doesn't detract by having it there after the user performs the 'archive' action.
I'm making the assumption that the user wants to archive the project, rather than 'clean up' the list of projects - if th... | I suggest you keep the item in the list, with a notice it is archived and a button to Undo, but occupying the same height it has right now and modifying the item rather than adding an extra line. This way the user can:
* archive several projects
* decide to Undo any of those without having to change multiple times of ... |
106,335 | Rather than show a confirmation dialogue when someone wants to archive a project (each row in the animation is a 'project'), I've decided to immediately archive, with the option to undo.
My question is, should this row disappear after a certain time? Or should it persist until the user visits another screen?
[![Archi... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106335",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/98975/"
] | I would lean towards suggesting that it should remain until the user leaves the page, or refreshes. It feels like it doesn't detract by having it there after the user performs the 'archive' action.
I'm making the assumption that the user wants to archive the project, rather than 'clean up' the list of projects - if th... | Based on the following :
* **Consistency**. Keep the message always in the same possition. Also, this kind of modelles feedback is usually located on the top (see gmail).
* **Relevancy**. The message should be visible only for as long it is relevant, otherwise it is noise to the user. It will not be relevant when the ... |
106,335 | Rather than show a confirmation dialogue when someone wants to archive a project (each row in the animation is a 'project'), I've decided to immediately archive, with the option to undo.
My question is, should this row disappear after a certain time? Or should it persist until the user visits another screen?
[![Archi... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106335",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/98975/"
] | I would lean towards suggesting that it should remain until the user leaves the page, or refreshes. It feels like it doesn't detract by having it there after the user performs the 'archive' action.
I'm making the assumption that the user wants to archive the project, rather than 'clean up' the list of projects - if th... | I think that choosing when to remove a deleted item from view depends heavily on four things:
* **Impactfulness** - Is the impact of the action high or low - are the consequences significant or trivial?
* **Immediacy** - if it's *impactful*, is a user likely to *realise* they've made a mistake in taking this action st... |
106,335 | Rather than show a confirmation dialogue when someone wants to archive a project (each row in the animation is a 'project'), I've decided to immediately archive, with the option to undo.
My question is, should this row disappear after a certain time? Or should it persist until the user visits another screen?
[![Archi... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106335",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/98975/"
] | I suggest you keep the item in the list, with a notice it is archived and a button to Undo, but occupying the same height it has right now and modifying the item rather than adding an extra line. This way the user can:
* archive several projects
* decide to Undo any of those without having to change multiple times of ... | Based on the following :
* **Consistency**. Keep the message always in the same possition. Also, this kind of modelles feedback is usually located on the top (see gmail).
* **Relevancy**. The message should be visible only for as long it is relevant, otherwise it is noise to the user. It will not be relevant when the ... |
106,335 | Rather than show a confirmation dialogue when someone wants to archive a project (each row in the animation is a 'project'), I've decided to immediately archive, with the option to undo.
My question is, should this row disappear after a certain time? Or should it persist until the user visits another screen?
[![Archi... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106335",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/98975/"
] | I think that choosing when to remove a deleted item from view depends heavily on four things:
* **Impactfulness** - Is the impact of the action high or low - are the consequences significant or trivial?
* **Immediacy** - if it's *impactful*, is a user likely to *realise* they've made a mistake in taking this action st... | I suggest you keep the item in the list, with a notice it is archived and a button to Undo, but occupying the same height it has right now and modifying the item rather than adding an extra line. This way the user can:
* archive several projects
* decide to Undo any of those without having to change multiple times of ... |
106,335 | Rather than show a confirmation dialogue when someone wants to archive a project (each row in the animation is a 'project'), I've decided to immediately archive, with the option to undo.
My question is, should this row disappear after a certain time? Or should it persist until the user visits another screen?
[![Archi... | 2017/03/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/106335",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/98975/"
] | I think that choosing when to remove a deleted item from view depends heavily on four things:
* **Impactfulness** - Is the impact of the action high or low - are the consequences significant or trivial?
* **Immediacy** - if it's *impactful*, is a user likely to *realise* they've made a mistake in taking this action st... | Based on the following :
* **Consistency**. Keep the message always in the same possition. Also, this kind of modelles feedback is usually located on the top (see gmail).
* **Relevancy**. The message should be visible only for as long it is relevant, otherwise it is noise to the user. It will not be relevant when the ... |
2,690,656 | I am developing a game in VB6 (plz don't ask me why :) ).
The storyboard is ready and a rough implementation is underway.
I am following a "pure-software-rendering" approach. (i.e. no DirectX, no openGL etc.)
Amongst many others, the following **"serious"** problems exist:
* **2D alpha transparency** reqd. to imp... | 2010/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2690656",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/319204/"
] | [EGL25](https://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=68507&lngWId=1) by Erkan Sanli is a fast open source VB 6 renderer that can render, rotate, animate, etc. complex solid shapes made of thousands of polygons. Just Windows API calls – no DirectX, no OpenGL.
[ ).
The storyboard is ready and a rough implementation is underway.
I am following a "pure-software-rendering" approach. (i.e. no DirectX, no openGL etc.)
Amongst many others, the following **"serious"** problems exist:
* **2D alpha transparency** reqd. to imp... | 2010/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2690656",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/319204/"
] | You may want to check out the [Game Programming Wiki](http://www.gpwiki.org/) -- it used to be "Lucky's VB Game Site" (and we're talking a LONG time ago) but all of the content (VB5/6 centric) moved to the Wiki with the addition of other languages.
It appears that much of the legacy VB6 content is still available on t... | Have a look at DxIce : <http://gamedev.digiapp.com/> |
2,690,656 | I am developing a game in VB6 (plz don't ask me why :) ).
The storyboard is ready and a rough implementation is underway.
I am following a "pure-software-rendering" approach. (i.e. no DirectX, no openGL etc.)
Amongst many others, the following **"serious"** problems exist:
* **2D alpha transparency** reqd. to imp... | 2010/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2690656",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/319204/"
] | [EGL25](https://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=68507&lngWId=1) by Erkan Sanli is a fast open source VB 6 renderer that can render, rotate, animate, etc. complex solid shapes made of thousands of polygons. Just Windows API calls – no DirectX, no OpenGL.
[ you said you didn't want to use unless you want to BitBLT everything yourself using API cal... |
2,690,656 | I am developing a game in VB6 (plz don't ask me why :) ).
The storyboard is ready and a rough implementation is underway.
I am following a "pure-software-rendering" approach. (i.e. no DirectX, no openGL etc.)
Amongst many others, the following **"serious"** problems exist:
* **2D alpha transparency** reqd. to imp... | 2010/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2690656",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/319204/"
] | You may want to check out the [Game Programming Wiki](http://www.gpwiki.org/) -- it used to be "Lucky's VB Game Site" (and we're talking a LONG time ago) but all of the content (VB5/6 centric) moved to the Wiki with the addition of other languages.
It appears that much of the legacy VB6 content is still available on t... | I think you will find no well-acknowledged written games in VB6 for precisely the reasons you state above.
It was not designed to be a high performance language. For that you NEED to use the graphics libraries (DirectX, OpenGL) you said you didn't want to use unless you want to BitBLT everything yourself using API cal... |
2,690,656 | I am developing a game in VB6 (plz don't ask me why :) ).
The storyboard is ready and a rough implementation is underway.
I am following a "pure-software-rendering" approach. (i.e. no DirectX, no openGL etc.)
Amongst many others, the following **"serious"** problems exist:
* **2D alpha transparency** reqd. to imp... | 2010/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2690656",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/319204/"
] | You may want to check out the [Game Programming Wiki](http://www.gpwiki.org/) -- it used to be "Lucky's VB Game Site" (and we're talking a LONG time ago) but all of the content (VB5/6 centric) moved to the Wiki with the addition of other languages.
It appears that much of the legacy VB6 content is still available on t... | [EGL25](https://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=68507&lngWId=1) by Erkan Sanli is a fast open source VB 6 renderer that can render, rotate, animate, etc. complex solid shapes made of thousands of polygons. Just Windows API calls – no DirectX, no OpenGL.
[ ).
The storyboard is ready and a rough implementation is underway.
I am following a "pure-software-rendering" approach. (i.e. no DirectX, no openGL etc.)
Amongst many others, the following **"serious"** problems exist:
* **2D alpha transparency** reqd. to imp... | 2010/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2690656",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/319204/"
] | [EGL25](https://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=68507&lngWId=1) by Erkan Sanli is a fast open source VB 6 renderer that can render, rotate, animate, etc. complex solid shapes made of thousands of polygons. Just Windows API calls – no DirectX, no OpenGL.
[, are only free for non-commercial use. I also suggest avoiding the built-in multimedia playback object. |
2,690,656 | I am developing a game in VB6 (plz don't ask me why :) ).
The storyboard is ready and a rough implementation is underway.
I am following a "pure-software-rendering" approach. (i.e. no DirectX, no openGL etc.)
Amongst many others, the following **"serious"** problems exist:
* **2D alpha transparency** reqd. to imp... | 2010/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2690656",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/319204/"
] | You may want to check out the [Game Programming Wiki](http://www.gpwiki.org/) -- it used to be "Lucky's VB Game Site" (and we're talking a LONG time ago) but all of the content (VB5/6 centric) moved to the Wiki with the addition of other languages.
It appears that much of the legacy VB6 content is still available on t... | For audio playback, I have used <http://www.fmod.org/> in the past. This, and other libraries like [BASS](http://www.un4seen.com/), are only free for non-commercial use. I also suggest avoiding the built-in multimedia playback object. |
18,776,414 | I have a problem...
I need to store a daily barrage of about 3,000 mid-sized XML documents (100 to 200 data elements).
The data is somewhat unstable in the sense that the schema changes from time to time and the changes are not announced with enough advance notice, but need to be dealt with retroactively on an emerge... | 2013/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18776414",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/196032/"
] | You may have a look at BaseX, (Basex.org), with built in XQuery processor and Lucene text indexing. | ### That Data Volume is Small
If there is no need for parallel data processing, there is no need for Mongo DB. Especially if dealing with small data amounts like 4GB, the overhead of distributing work can easily get larger than the actual evaluation effort.
4GB / 60k nodes is not large of XML databases, either. After... |
40,097 | Wondering if I have to boil my homemade jars of salsa to seal them if they sealed on their own. (Yes I sterilized them before hand)
The salsa went in hot and once the lid was on, about 5 minutes later there was the telltale pop!
IF this is safe, how long does something like homemade salsa and homemade sauces keep for... | 2013/12/09 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40097",
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] | Yes, you should fully process your salsa, even if you got the "hot jelly" seal just from hot packing.
The reason for this is that part of the processing is to ensure that the entire contents of the jar, all the way through, is at a high enough temperature for a long enough time to be safe as a shelf-stable product. Th... | All the books I have read on canning and preserving say that in order to safely process a non,or low acid fruit or veg ,you must pressure can it. They even go so far as to say that Tomatoes ,which have usually been the one "veg" you can hot -water bath, should be pressure canned ,because todays' market tomatoes are low... |
9,543 | People [often say](https://ham.stackexchange.com/search?q=outside%20of%20the%20shield) common-mode current flows on the outside of the shield, while the current on the inside of the shield is always opposed by an equal but opposite current on the center conductor. This is because skin effect separates the inside and ou... | 2017/11/20 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/9543",
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] | First, does it matter where the common-mode currents flow? Coax works as a transmission line because the (ideally) equal but opposite currents on the center and shield create opposite fields which exactly cancel for points outside the cable. Thus, it does not radiate. And by reciprocity, external interference is reject... | The statement "common-mode current flows on the outside of the shield" is true for a perfect shield. A low cost 60 ohm TV cable might have some common-mode current on the inside. Look at it the other way, Inject a common-mode current on the coax by use of a toroid transformer and measure the voltage between screen and ... |
9,543 | People [often say](https://ham.stackexchange.com/search?q=outside%20of%20the%20shield) common-mode current flows on the outside of the shield, while the current on the inside of the shield is always opposed by an equal but opposite current on the center conductor. This is because skin effect separates the inside and ou... | 2017/11/20 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/9543",
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] | It is helpful to understand the basic functioning of a coaxial cable. But first there are two important phenomenons that must be understood in order to proceed.
**Skin Effect**
When direct current (time invariant current) passes through a conductor it tends to uniformly use the entire cross sectional area of the cond... | The statement "common-mode current flows on the outside of the shield" is true for a perfect shield. A low cost 60 ohm TV cable might have some common-mode current on the inside. Look at it the other way, Inject a common-mode current on the coax by use of a toroid transformer and measure the voltage between screen and ... |
9,543 | People [often say](https://ham.stackexchange.com/search?q=outside%20of%20the%20shield) common-mode current flows on the outside of the shield, while the current on the inside of the shield is always opposed by an equal but opposite current on the center conductor. This is because skin effect separates the inside and ou... | 2017/11/20 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/9543",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/218/"
] | First, does it matter where the common-mode currents flow? Coax works as a transmission line because the (ideally) equal but opposite currents on the center and shield create opposite fields which exactly cancel for points outside the cable. Thus, it does not radiate. And by reciprocity, external interference is reject... | The name "common mode" means that the current on the shield and the center conductor is traveling in a common direction. This condition is a violation of the assumptions required to make a transmission line work.
For the transmission line to work correctly, the current must be in opposite directions on the shield and ... |
9,543 | People [often say](https://ham.stackexchange.com/search?q=outside%20of%20the%20shield) common-mode current flows on the outside of the shield, while the current on the inside of the shield is always opposed by an equal but opposite current on the center conductor. This is because skin effect separates the inside and ou... | 2017/11/20 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/9543",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/218/"
] | It is helpful to understand the basic functioning of a coaxial cable. But first there are two important phenomenons that must be understood in order to proceed.
**Skin Effect**
When direct current (time invariant current) passes through a conductor it tends to uniformly use the entire cross sectional area of the cond... | The name "common mode" means that the current on the shield and the center conductor is traveling in a common direction. This condition is a violation of the assumptions required to make a transmission line work.
For the transmission line to work correctly, the current must be in opposite directions on the shield and ... |
9,543 | People [often say](https://ham.stackexchange.com/search?q=outside%20of%20the%20shield) common-mode current flows on the outside of the shield, while the current on the inside of the shield is always opposed by an equal but opposite current on the center conductor. This is because skin effect separates the inside and ou... | 2017/11/20 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/9543",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
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] | It is helpful to understand the basic functioning of a coaxial cable. But first there are two important phenomenons that must be understood in order to proceed.
**Skin Effect**
When direct current (time invariant current) passes through a conductor it tends to uniformly use the entire cross sectional area of the cond... | First, does it matter where the common-mode currents flow? Coax works as a transmission line because the (ideally) equal but opposite currents on the center and shield create opposite fields which exactly cancel for points outside the cable. Thus, it does not radiate. And by reciprocity, external interference is reject... |
186,940 | I'm working on an iOS Game and I found a piece of code on this site that I **really** want to use, and don't want to waste time studying and writing my own similar one that follows the same basic idea. Am I allowed to directly copy the code for my game?
Thanks in advance. | 2013/07/01 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/186940",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/251952/"
] | Yes. Any code posted on Stackoverflow is for the benefit, help, and use of others. If you use a ton of code give credit where credit is due. | In short: **Yes**
I see no reason you couldn't use it as a template for your own work or even copy sections directly, after all building on top of things other people have created is totally normal.
*However*, you'll probably find you get more from doing it yourself. Plus it's often more fun.
See: [Do I have to worr... |
186,940 | I'm working on an iOS Game and I found a piece of code on this site that I **really** want to use, and don't want to waste time studying and writing my own similar one that follows the same basic idea. Am I allowed to directly copy the code for my game?
Thanks in advance. | 2013/07/01 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/186940",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/251952/"
] | Since contributors to Stack Overflow license their work under the [CC-Wiki license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)...
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But only under the following conditions:
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> ![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur... | In short: **Yes**
I see no reason you couldn't use it as a template for your own work or even copy sections directly, after all building on top of things other people have created is totally normal.
*However*, you'll probably find you get more from doing it yourself. Plus it's often more fun.
See: [Do I have to worr... |
52,270 | I'm writing a blog post about the impacts of an autoimmune disease. The sentence I'm trying to construct looks like this:
"The disease importunately follows me around like a god damn..."
I'm struggling to come up with something better than "... Puppy who lost his ball."
Any suggestions? The cruder, the better. A pop... | 2020/08/22 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52270",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46507/"
] | I'm not quite getting the emotional effect you're shooting for. The disease follows me around like a:
* bad memory.
* black cloud.
* stain on my soul.
* poison in my veins.
* sad, needy child demanding my attention.
* wad of gum on my shoe - always sticking, dragging me down.
* broken heart.
* note pinned to my sleeve... | I suppose you could say, "The disease follows me around...
* like a moth drawn to a flame. (pretty cliche)
* like a crazy ex. (also cliche)
* like a bloodhound tracking down a stag.
* like a mosquito/Great White/vampire
drawn to blood.
* like a curse/nightmare that reminds me everyday of my terrible luck/life.
* like ... |
28,777 | I have read and researched online about electric monitoring systems like the kill a watt and wattspn and i have observed something in vpmmon, they do reuire intrusive devices like sockets as means of controlling (on or off the devices) and monitoring mechanism. Now is there a diffent way or idea in order to control and... | 2012/03/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/28777",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/8769/"
] | On/off control is, by definition, intrusive. ie
The act of turning something off IS intrusive.
The act of turning something on IS intrusive.
BUT:
You can measure AC current without intrusion and
You can measure AC voltage with very close to zero intrusion.
While it IS possible to monitor voltage witho... | While it is possible to measure load current in a non-intrusive way, using a clamp ammeter like this:
It is not really possible to control the current in the cable. Certainly not possible to switch appliances on and off. |
6,935 | I installed Kubuntu 9.04 with Dutch as the language setting. However, when I first started, everything was actually in English. In the system settings -> region and language I set the system language to Dutch. This didn't change anything immediately, but after a while things suddenly started appearing in Dutch.
I quic... | 2009/07/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/6935",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2579/"
] | This was solved when I upgraded to KDE 4.3 | It sounds like, if they aren't being renamed back properly, you might need to reinstall. Otherwise can I suggest perhaps moving your .kde directory to "reset" all your settings temporarily and see if that works. |
300,740 | I am developing a *Geographic Information System* where GPS coordinates are gathered and analyzed in a server. I have a module where I collect coordinates/points in a map where a person has stopped for an allocated length of time.
So, my question is what **term/word** can I used for those points (which will be equiva... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/300740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/156082/"
] | *Idle Location* is grammatically correct. Some more ideas: *Idle Area*, *Idle Zone*, *Rest Spot*, *Resting Point*, *Break Point* | Consider **intermission point**. [Dictionary.com defines intermission](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intermission) as "a period during which action temporarily ceases." |
562,716 | I've been looking for a general word to define an idea that seems true, but simply isn't.
A simple example: "The Earth is flat." If all you know is the world outside your window, and you've never done any basic experiments, read books, or seen photos to the contrary, this seems like a reasonable explanation. But it do... | 2021/03/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/562716",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/76909/"
] | **Seemingly** works well for the given context.
>
> appearing to be something, especially when this is not true:
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>
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*He remains confident and seemingly untroubled by his recent problems.*
[Cambridge]
You could this say: *The earth is **seemingly** flat.* (which it isn't in reality.) | I would use *ostensibly*.
OED : as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so |
2,656,485 | I am on a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I hear that the assembly language I work with has to be valid with the chipset that you use. I am completely new to this I have a basic background in C and Objective-C programming and an almost strong background in PHP. I have always wanted to see what assembly is all about.
... | 2010/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2656485",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/305680/"
] | The assembly language you use is not dependent on your OS but rather your CPU's instruction set. Judging by your Mac version, I'd say you are using an Intel processor - so you would want to learn x86 or amd64 assembly. | An assembly language is instruction architecture specific. Chips are an instantiation of an instruction architecture.
In my opinion, you are best served by getting TextWrangler and directly compiling with gcc.
The file extension you are looking for is `.s`. |
2,656,485 | I am on a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I hear that the assembly language I work with has to be valid with the chipset that you use. I am completely new to this I have a basic background in C and Objective-C programming and an almost strong background in PHP. I have always wanted to see what assembly is all about.
... | 2010/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2656485",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/305680/"
] | A good way to pick up assembly is to get yourself an embedded device to play with.
TI has some [nice, inexpensive devkits](http://focus.ti.com/mcu/docs/mcuprodmsptoolsw.tsp?sectionId=95&tabId=1203&familyId=342&toolTypeId=1) to play with. I've poked around with the Chronos kit ($50) which has digital watch with a progr... | An assembly language is instruction architecture specific. Chips are an instantiation of an instruction architecture.
In my opinion, you are best served by getting TextWrangler and directly compiling with gcc.
The file extension you are looking for is `.s`. |
2,656,485 | I am on a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I hear that the assembly language I work with has to be valid with the chipset that you use. I am completely new to this I have a basic background in C and Objective-C programming and an almost strong background in PHP. I have always wanted to see what assembly is all about.
... | 2010/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2656485",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/305680/"
] | The assembly language you use is not dependent on your OS but rather your CPU's instruction set. Judging by your Mac version, I'd say you are using an Intel processor - so you would want to learn x86 or amd64 assembly. | Assembly, for any processor, will be more or less the same in concept. However, the *complexity* varies between processors. From what I see in your site, you'd be doing x86 assembler, (x86 being the instruction set all consumer-line Intel processors use, which recent Macs and all PCs use) which can turn out to be fairl... |
2,656,485 | I am on a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I hear that the assembly language I work with has to be valid with the chipset that you use. I am completely new to this I have a basic background in C and Objective-C programming and an almost strong background in PHP. I have always wanted to see what assembly is all about.
... | 2010/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2656485",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/305680/"
] | The assembly language you use is not dependent on your OS but rather your CPU's instruction set. Judging by your Mac version, I'd say you are using an Intel processor - so you would want to learn x86 or amd64 assembly. | A good way to pick up assembly is to get yourself an embedded device to play with.
TI has some [nice, inexpensive devkits](http://focus.ti.com/mcu/docs/mcuprodmsptoolsw.tsp?sectionId=95&tabId=1203&familyId=342&toolTypeId=1) to play with. I've poked around with the Chronos kit ($50) which has digital watch with a progr... |
2,656,485 | I am on a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I hear that the assembly language I work with has to be valid with the chipset that you use. I am completely new to this I have a basic background in C and Objective-C programming and an almost strong background in PHP. I have always wanted to see what assembly is all about.
... | 2010/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2656485",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/305680/"
] | The assembly language you use is not dependent on your OS but rather your CPU's instruction set. Judging by your Mac version, I'd say you are using an Intel processor - so you would want to learn x86 or amd64 assembly. | The linked tutorials look like they use NASM, which is included with Macs. However, system calls are usually different on different platforms (they're very different between Mac and Linux), and without seeing the tutorials, it's hard to know whether they'll target different platforms (I'd guess not, though). A better b... |
2,656,485 | I am on a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I hear that the assembly language I work with has to be valid with the chipset that you use. I am completely new to this I have a basic background in C and Objective-C programming and an almost strong background in PHP. I have always wanted to see what assembly is all about.
... | 2010/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2656485",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/305680/"
] | A good way to pick up assembly is to get yourself an embedded device to play with.
TI has some [nice, inexpensive devkits](http://focus.ti.com/mcu/docs/mcuprodmsptoolsw.tsp?sectionId=95&tabId=1203&familyId=342&toolTypeId=1) to play with. I've poked around with the Chronos kit ($50) which has digital watch with a progr... | Assembly, for any processor, will be more or less the same in concept. However, the *complexity* varies between processors. From what I see in your site, you'd be doing x86 assembler, (x86 being the instruction set all consumer-line Intel processors use, which recent Macs and all PCs use) which can turn out to be fairl... |
2,656,485 | I am on a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I hear that the assembly language I work with has to be valid with the chipset that you use. I am completely new to this I have a basic background in C and Objective-C programming and an almost strong background in PHP. I have always wanted to see what assembly is all about.
... | 2010/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2656485",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/305680/"
] | A good way to pick up assembly is to get yourself an embedded device to play with.
TI has some [nice, inexpensive devkits](http://focus.ti.com/mcu/docs/mcuprodmsptoolsw.tsp?sectionId=95&tabId=1203&familyId=342&toolTypeId=1) to play with. I've poked around with the Chronos kit ($50) which has digital watch with a progr... | The linked tutorials look like they use NASM, which is included with Macs. However, system calls are usually different on different platforms (they're very different between Mac and Linux), and without seeing the tutorials, it's hard to know whether they'll target different platforms (I'd guess not, though). A better b... |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | **[Scrabble](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/320/scrabble)**
The game mechanics are very simple, but the game is far from simple. Unlike a game like Magic the Gathering, Scrabble achieves it's depth of near infinite possibilities with a simple board and a 100 wooden tiles. Each play on the board has an immediate ef... | **Hex** and other connection games like Twixt
Cameron Browne has written a book of analysis and online play is pretty active. I haven't heard of any tournaments in person, though. As much as I love Hex, my personal favourite connection game is Akron, invented by Cameron Browne. |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | **[Scrabble](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/320/scrabble)**
The game mechanics are very simple, but the game is far from simple. Unlike a game like Magic the Gathering, Scrabble achieves it's depth of near infinite possibilities with a simple board and a 100 wooden tiles. Each play on the board has an immediate ef... | One game that has "not yet had time to, but..." has the seeds of depth is **Settlers of Catan**.
It's too new to really have the depth of community analysis we're talking about here yet. Yet it *does* have an entrenched and widespread community, multiple (electronic and board) reimplementations, and the strategic dep... |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | Magic - The Gathering
---------------------
This simple looking card game transformed the industry quickly leading to huge tournaments culminating in a World Championship. It has been going strong for over 15 years and shows no sign of stopping.
Strategies mutate and change with every release, but the good players ar... | **Hex** and other connection games like Twixt
Cameron Browne has written a book of analysis and online play is pretty active. I haven't heard of any tournaments in person, though. As much as I love Hex, my personal favourite connection game is Akron, invented by Cameron Browne. |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | Magic - The Gathering
---------------------
This simple looking card game transformed the industry quickly leading to huge tournaments culminating in a World Championship. It has been going strong for over 15 years and shows no sign of stopping.
Strategies mutate and change with every release, but the good players ar... | **Contract Bridge and Duplicate Bridge**
Technically speaking the modern form of the game was devised around 1925 (by Harold S Vanderbilt). There were variants earlier like auction bridge, which don't fall into the past century category I suppose.
Every point you speak of is true for bridge (concentrating mainly on U... |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | **Diplomacy**
This has all of these things - a distinctive culture, played in tournaments, ranking systems, extensive opening and endgame analysis with named opening patterns.
There is also a still-extant play-by-mail culture, PBEM through the Judges and a [string](http://www.conquestofnations.com/) [of](http://www.p... | **Hex** and other connection games like Twixt
Cameron Browne has written a book of analysis and online play is pretty active. I haven't heard of any tournaments in person, though. As much as I love Hex, my personal favourite connection game is Akron, invented by Cameron Browne. |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | Dominion
========
I don't expect a lot of votes up because the game is very new, but I think Dominion has the potential to do a much better job qualifying in the long run than Magic: The Gathering. The problem with any Trading Card Game, in my opinion, is the high financial barrier to entry, as well as the potential s... | ### [Advanced Squad Leader](http://www.multimanpublishing.com) (ASL)
The ultimate game of WW2 squad level fighting, where anything that could be done in WW2 can be modeled (rockets, paratroopers, any vehicle ever used, etc.). It has a dedicated community with ongoing tournaments. There are over two thousand scenarios ... |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | **[Scrabble](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/320/scrabble)**
The game mechanics are very simple, but the game is far from simple. Unlike a game like Magic the Gathering, Scrabble achieves it's depth of near infinite possibilities with a simple board and a 100 wooden tiles. Each play on the board has an immediate ef... | **Contract Bridge and Duplicate Bridge**
Technically speaking the modern form of the game was devised around 1925 (by Harold S Vanderbilt). There were variants earlier like auction bridge, which don't fall into the past century category I suppose.
Every point you speak of is true for bridge (concentrating mainly on U... |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | One game that has "not yet had time to, but..." has the seeds of depth is **Settlers of Catan**.
It's too new to really have the depth of community analysis we're talking about here yet. Yet it *does* have an entrenched and widespread community, multiple (electronic and board) reimplementations, and the strategic dep... | **Hex** and other connection games like Twixt
Cameron Browne has written a book of analysis and online play is pretty active. I haven't heard of any tournaments in person, though. As much as I love Hex, my personal favourite connection game is Akron, invented by Cameron Browne. |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | Magic - The Gathering
---------------------
This simple looking card game transformed the industry quickly leading to huge tournaments culminating in a World Championship. It has been going strong for over 15 years and shows no sign of stopping.
Strategies mutate and change with every release, but the good players ar... | **Diplomacy**
This has all of these things - a distinctive culture, played in tournaments, ranking systems, extensive opening and endgame analysis with named opening patterns.
There is also a still-extant play-by-mail culture, PBEM through the Judges and a [string](http://www.conquestofnations.com/) [of](http://www.p... |
343 | One of the appeals of traditional games such as Chess, Go, Backgammon, or Poker is the depth that they have acquired over the years; long-standing communities and traditions, wide range of players from different backgrounds, depth of strategic analysis that has occurred over the years, and wide range of skill levels wi... | 2010/10/20 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/343",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/112/"
] | **Contract Bridge and Duplicate Bridge**
Technically speaking the modern form of the game was devised around 1925 (by Harold S Vanderbilt). There were variants earlier like auction bridge, which don't fall into the past century category I suppose.
Every point you speak of is true for bridge (concentrating mainly on U... | **Hex** and other connection games like Twixt
Cameron Browne has written a book of analysis and online play is pretty active. I haven't heard of any tournaments in person, though. As much as I love Hex, my personal favourite connection game is Akron, invented by Cameron Browne. |
456,018 | I am looking over something before posting it online and I have a sentence that simply doesn't seem to 'sound' right either way I write it. Specifically, I am trying to decide whether it is more correct to use 'oasis' or 'oases' in the sentence below.
There are two types of [oasis/oases] in the world.
If it makes a d... | 2018/07/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/456018",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/162157/"
] | The plural of **oasis** is **oases**, which you should use if you have more than one:
>
> There are two types of oases in the world.
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>
But if that doesn't sound right to you, make it singular:
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> There is more than one type of oasis in the world.
>
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> | In a comment, John Lawler wrote:
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> This arises with any word; *There are two types of mountain/banana/book in the world* versus *There are two types of mountains/bananas/books in the world*. Both are correct, singular or plural; there is no difference in meaning. Just speaker's choice, like most such choices.
>
> ... |
36,928 | Recent exchange here got me thinking. Nagarjuna's karika, 1.[3](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fdf/0f7fba9abd29f4151ea20673e21e072463d2.pdf) ([Batchelor](https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/verses-from-the-center))
>
> [Na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate](https://wikisource.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlam... | 2020/02/05 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/36928",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I presume you equate emptiness with analysis because on analysis things are empty, and non-emptiness with 'empirical' because to our senses things are non-empty. Is that it?
Thus our senses lead us into naive realism, while analysis leads us out again.
The complication would be experience, which some folk classify a... | >
> I've asked a question about philosophical reasoning from this phrase.
> Suffice to say I was wondering if it can be read as an argument for a
> karmically conditioned rebirth
>
>
>
Its the opposite. When there is no essence of things nor in conditions, there can be no "rebirth". |
36,928 | Recent exchange here got me thinking. Nagarjuna's karika, 1.[3](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fdf/0f7fba9abd29f4151ea20673e21e072463d2.pdf) ([Batchelor](https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/verses-from-the-center))
>
> [Na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate](https://wikisource.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlam... | 2020/02/05 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/36928",
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] | The argument -- for karma -- is that causes have essences in the exact same way as they bring about their effects
>
> The essence of things does not exist in conditions and so on... Since there is no effect, what could [be its] non-conditions or conditions?
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One answer -- to the rhetorical question -- is tha... | >
> I've asked a question about philosophical reasoning from this phrase.
> Suffice to say I was wondering if it can be read as an argument for a
> karmically conditioned rebirth
>
>
>
Its the opposite. When there is no essence of things nor in conditions, there can be no "rebirth". |
36,928 | Recent exchange here got me thinking. Nagarjuna's karika, 1.[3](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fdf/0f7fba9abd29f4151ea20673e21e072463d2.pdf) ([Batchelor](https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/verses-from-the-center))
>
> [Na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate](https://wikisource.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlam... | 2020/02/05 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/36928",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Subtleties... The *concept* of emptiness is a mental object that is predicated on other things. We only get to the *concept* of emptiness by seeing through and negating the *fullness* (meaningfulness) of other concepts.
The experience of emptiness in not predicated on the concept of it. To experience emptiness is to s... | >
> I've asked a question about philosophical reasoning from this phrase.
> Suffice to say I was wondering if it can be read as an argument for a
> karmically conditioned rebirth
>
>
>
Its the opposite. When there is no essence of things nor in conditions, there can be no "rebirth". |
36,928 | Recent exchange here got me thinking. Nagarjuna's karika, 1.[3](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fdf/0f7fba9abd29f4151ea20673e21e072463d2.pdf) ([Batchelor](https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/verses-from-the-center))
>
> [Na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate](https://wikisource.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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] | That is a highly eccentric use of analytic and empirical, that can only cause confusion. Analytic truth typically means truth by definition, or from definition. Empirical, from observation, or events. Both depend on causes and conditions, and their results lack inherent nature.
>
> "To think ‘it is,’ is eternalism,
>... | >
> I've asked a question about philosophical reasoning from this phrase.
> Suffice to say I was wondering if it can be read as an argument for a
> karmically conditioned rebirth
>
>
>
Its the opposite. When there is no essence of things nor in conditions, there can be no "rebirth". |
36,928 | Recent exchange here got me thinking. Nagarjuna's karika, 1.[3](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fdf/0f7fba9abd29f4151ea20673e21e072463d2.pdf) ([Batchelor](https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/verses-from-the-center))
>
> [Na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate](https://wikisource.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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] | Subtleties... The *concept* of emptiness is a mental object that is predicated on other things. We only get to the *concept* of emptiness by seeing through and negating the *fullness* (meaningfulness) of other concepts.
The experience of emptiness in not predicated on the concept of it. To experience emptiness is to s... | I presume you equate emptiness with analysis because on analysis things are empty, and non-emptiness with 'empirical' because to our senses things are non-empty. Is that it?
Thus our senses lead us into naive realism, while analysis leads us out again.
The complication would be experience, which some folk classify a... |
36,928 | Recent exchange here got me thinking. Nagarjuna's karika, 1.[3](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fdf/0f7fba9abd29f4151ea20673e21e072463d2.pdf) ([Batchelor](https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/verses-from-the-center))
>
> [Na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate](https://wikisource.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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] | Subtleties... The *concept* of emptiness is a mental object that is predicated on other things. We only get to the *concept* of emptiness by seeing through and negating the *fullness* (meaningfulness) of other concepts.
The experience of emptiness in not predicated on the concept of it. To experience emptiness is to s... | The argument -- for karma -- is that causes have essences in the exact same way as they bring about their effects
>
> The essence of things does not exist in conditions and so on... Since there is no effect, what could [be its] non-conditions or conditions?
>
>
>
One answer -- to the rhetorical question -- is tha... |
36,928 | Recent exchange here got me thinking. Nagarjuna's karika, 1.[3](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6fdf/0f7fba9abd29f4151ea20673e21e072463d2.pdf) ([Batchelor](https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/verses-from-the-center))
>
> [Na hi svabhāvo bhāvānāṃ pratyayādiṣu vidyate](https://wikisource.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlam... | 2020/02/05 | [
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] | Subtleties... The *concept* of emptiness is a mental object that is predicated on other things. We only get to the *concept* of emptiness by seeing through and negating the *fullness* (meaningfulness) of other concepts.
The experience of emptiness in not predicated on the concept of it. To experience emptiness is to s... | That is a highly eccentric use of analytic and empirical, that can only cause confusion. Analytic truth typically means truth by definition, or from definition. Empirical, from observation, or events. Both depend on causes and conditions, and their results lack inherent nature.
>
> "To think ‘it is,’ is eternalism,
>... |
144,353 | I was wondering are there exist any restrictions as to what kind of research can be published. In particular, are there any laws in place that require certain published works to be removed from the public record?
It seems fairly odd that you see a dozen negative studies on acts which are illegal, but not a single posi... | 2020/02/18 | [
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] | The existing answers already correctly state that there are of course things that you are not allowed to publish on, period - for example state secrets, or national security related research. Depending on how strict you are about the word "allowed" some industrial research that is covered by a Non-Disclosure Agreement ... | >
> are there...any restrictions [on] what...research can be published.
>
>
>
Yes. For example, national security laws restrict the publication of certain works and legality of human/animal experimentation restrict others. |
247,264 | Case in point:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/awWdQ.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TIkmU.jpg)
Anyone know what's happening here? | 2015/12/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/247264",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/106721/"
] | This particular requirement seems to be buggy, and I had the same thing happen to me. I resolved it by logging out and logging in again. Upon entering the game, I was awarded with the Season's Journey progress. | That achievement is buggy.
Same thing happened to me, but once I hit 100 extracts, all those achievements unlocked. |
22,340 | I have been playing Civ 5 on difficulty 5 for a bunch of AI's, FFA style. I am having issues getting a good foot hold in my games. I feel as though the other players are expanding towards me first, cutting down on my space to grown. This wouldn't be so bad but it also appears as though I always start within 15 hexes of... | 2011/05/17 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/22340",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/9485/"
] | Start with a bigger world? If all you want is room to spread out. In Civ 5 there are actually reasons not to want to spread out so much, if you want to go for culture instead. 4 cities with decent resources is plenty to get you to the modern age, with the added advantage that you'll have 4-5 more social advancements th... | You could also try setting it to archipelago which usually results in every player being on their own little island.
This should make the game a little easier by giving you more time to prepare. |
4,453,438 | I am planning to create an iphone app which uses CoreData. There might be enhancements added later as new versions of the app.
My question is;
When using CoreData, what are the factors to keep in mind to ensure if the user upgrades the version, his previous data remains intact ? Like I heard we should keep the.sqlite f... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4453438",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/486205/"
] | Data migration concepts are important to understand if you're going to maintain it over time, since you're likely to want to change at least some things eventually.
The ideal is **[Lightweight Migration](http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreDataVersioning/Articles/vmLightweight.ht... | One thing we have done is to manage two separate core data databases.
First, a "read-only" core data database that gets supplied with app updates (assuming you want to be sending data with the app, if not then don't bother with this part).
Second, a local core data database (data store) that's stored on the phone that ... |
213,736 | Is it possible to upgrade from 10.1.x to 10.3.x directly in **one step? or I have to upgrade first to 10.2. x then to 10.3.x.**
Please it is so important question regarding upgrading our production MariaDB servers and I couldn't find any answer or notes regarding upgrade from 10.1 series to 10.3 series.
So i have to ... | 2018/08/01 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/213736",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/59966/"
] | Upgrades are only tested from one major version to the next, so you'll have to do 10.1->10.2.
Documentation for each upgrade:
[Upgrading from MariaDB 10.1 to MariaDB 10.2](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/upgrading-from-mariadb-101-to-mariadb-102/)
[Upgrading from MariaDB 10.2 to MariaDB 10.3](https://mariadb.com/k... | If you must go the direct route, but actual direct upgrading doesn't work, what you can do is:
1. Install MariaDB 10.3 on a new server
2. Make a logical backup (typically `mysqldump`) of the 10.1 production server
3. Import the backup to the new MariaDB 10.3 production server. |
58,662,833 | I need to force mapbox maps to work completely offline when I need it.
For now, even if I downloaded offline maps, but did not switch off the internet connection of a device, the maps continue to update itself. Moreover, if the current view region downloaded only up to, for example, x6 zoom level, when you try to zoom... | 2019/11/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/58662833",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6390942/"
] | Offline maps supports [this](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-native) Mapbox open source fork now. | I've been rummaging through mapbox's documentation for a while and unfortunately I haven't noticed anything like what you're describing.
I'm going to take a wild guess and assume you are trying to VIEW the map so you can WORK ON the map and have it save your stuff much like saving a scene. While I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WIT... |
467,849 | The phrase "choose your battles" conceptualises encounters as adversarial.
Any suggestions for less adversarial alternatives? | 2018/10/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/467849",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Distilling the central meanings from the "battles" idiom, the phrases "**save your strength**" or "**don't waste your time**" comes close without invoking confrontation or combat. They could even be used together.
Or, as an alternative, someone might "**consider the cost**" and ask themselves "**Is it worth it?**".
<... | It occurred to me just a few days ago that “choose your battles”
(or, alternatively, [“pick your battles”](https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pick+your+battles))
is basically an abbreviated form of [The Serenity Prayer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer),
>
> God, grant me the serenity to accept the thi... |
8,505,672 | In my current project I'm testing one web application against different browsers.
so I've got one selenium/maven project and 16 jobs in `jenkins`: tests in IE8, 9, FF, Chrome, windows 7, windows xp, 32 and 64 bit environments
Jobs results are generating sourcefire reports and I've got nice and clean overall charts.
B... | 2011/12/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8505672",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/970007/"
] | You should probably be using the "matrix" job type, called "Build multi-configuration project" in the New Job page.
There you configure the job once, and it gets executed automatically multiple times across all the combinations of axes you supply
I'm not sure about the specifics of Selenium with Jenkins, but you woul... | Have you tried **Test Results Analyzer** plugin in Jenkins?
<https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Test+Results+Analyzer+Plugin> |
46,821 | I am on my second 12v motorcycle battery in a couple of weeks. Will a faulty regulator, ie too higher volts, cause this?
Also I have upgraded my ct110 to a 160cc, all works well for a few days, then gone.
Cheers | 2017/08/04 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/46821",
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] | Yes, a bad regulator will cause your motorcycle battery to be overcharged. This is a common failure because of the way motorcycle alternators work.
Measure the battery voltage while the engine is running. It should be between 12V and maybe 14.8V max. Now rev up the engine and see if the voltage shoots above that. If i... | I believe you mean alternator. It charges your battery when your motorcycle is running.
The alternator needs to output 12.6V to 14.4V when it's working fine, use a multimeter to check it out. |
172,308 | I have visualforce page that displays information from custom object. I get id from the url and do SOQL query in controller.
Client wants to send the link to this page (hosted on Salesforce site). What is the best practices for record id? I'm not sure that is good solution to provide link like site.force.com/your\_pag... | 2017/05/01 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/172308",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/43288/"
] | For the most part, exposing an ID is completely harmless. The limited exception I'd place on that rule are 00DXXXXXXXXXXXX Id values, which can allow spammers to hit your web-to-lead or web-to-case queues if enabled. Even salesforce.com uses ID values in various places, such as Help & Training, the Developer Forums, et... | If you want the URL to be in encoded form then you can have a java-script button that will encode the id and will send it to custom attribute with a random name like not a obvious name like '?Id=\*' . Then you can in constructor get the apex parameter value, decode it and run the SOQL. |
682 | Sometimes I download an app but it fails to download or install. The message just says that, no further details. It generally seems that the app never installs after that. Is there anyway I can find out more details about why it failed? Is there any good way to get stuff to install after this has happened.
I am using ... | 2010/07/22 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
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] | Can you get any app to install? First thing to always try is to reboot the phone.
If that doesnt work, try downloading aLogCat from the market (if you can install it). If it installs, then go to the market and try to download the app you're having issues with. If it STILL wont download, then open aLogCat and look at ... | Are you out of internal storage for apps? Have you tried a hard reset? Can you upgrade your phone to a newer Android release? Personally I would try upgrading your device first then see if you still have problems. |
682 | Sometimes I download an app but it fails to download or install. The message just says that, no further details. It generally seems that the app never installs after that. Is there anyway I can find out more details about why it failed? Is there any good way to get stuff to install after this has happened.
I am using ... | 2010/07/22 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Can you get any app to install? First thing to always try is to reboot the phone.
If that doesnt work, try downloading aLogCat from the market (if you can install it). If it installs, then go to the market and try to download the app you're having issues with. If it STILL wont download, then open aLogCat and look at ... | Does the OS actually tell you it failed to download, or do you just notice? When i was running 2.0.1 i noticed a particular problem with trying to update/download multiple apps at once. If you are doing synchronous dls try one at a time.
Another option MAY be to try using Appbrain. It is an alternative installation ap... |
682 | Sometimes I download an app but it fails to download or install. The message just says that, no further details. It generally seems that the app never installs after that. Is there anyway I can find out more details about why it failed? Is there any good way to get stuff to install after this has happened.
I am using ... | 2010/07/22 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
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"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When this happens to me there's one thing that helps every time:
Open the Market and go to the Downloads section, then perform a long click on the stalled download. Cancel the download from here. Now you should be able to reinstall / update the app. | Are you out of internal storage for apps? Have you tried a hard reset? Can you upgrade your phone to a newer Android release? Personally I would try upgrading your device first then see if you still have problems. |
682 | Sometimes I download an app but it fails to download or install. The message just says that, no further details. It generally seems that the app never installs after that. Is there anyway I can find out more details about why it failed? Is there any good way to get stuff to install after this has happened.
I am using ... | 2010/07/22 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When this happens to me there's one thing that helps every time:
Open the Market and go to the Downloads section, then perform a long click on the stalled download. Cancel the download from here. Now you should be able to reinstall / update the app. | Does the OS actually tell you it failed to download, or do you just notice? When i was running 2.0.1 i noticed a particular problem with trying to update/download multiple apps at once. If you are doing synchronous dls try one at a time.
Another option MAY be to try using Appbrain. It is an alternative installation ap... |
120,124 | Yesterday I was playing a normal game, and I suggested to do Nashor.
One of my teammates said: Are you crazy?
I was reading about that but I didn't get a clear answer, but I know it's a really good point for you team if you can kill it.
So i dont know if I am crazy or not, but i want to know:
When is the best minu... | 2013/06/12 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/120124",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/47421/"
] | **Baron Nashor Benefits**
Baron can be very beneficial to your team. The monster drops 300 gold to your entire team and the buff gives stats equal to about 3000ish Gold per person (Depends on the gold efficiency in LoL). It is enough to turn a team that is slightly behind to being overwhelming more powerful.
With th... | Trying to do Baron before your team is around level 13 is probably a bad idea, on aggregate, because you simply don't have the damage to take him out at any kind of speed or without losing major health.
Even then, you need to know where the enemies are, or at the very least prevent them from knowing where you are. Thi... |
56,151 | I am asking this question to the Stack Overflow team.
Until two months ago we were able to access the Stack Overflow site in our office. But one fine morning when I tried to access the site, it was not accessible. I checked out with our network team and finally they told us it's an issue with Stack Overflow. They may ... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56151",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/144845/"
] | I suggest email to team@stackoverflow.com. I think it is reasonably likely that your company's IP has been blocked by SO based on either voting irregularities or usage patterns. This could be especially true if you're coming through a proxy which makes it appear that all of the users in your company are from the same I... | There is always the possibility that the SO team banned your work's ip address, but this is unlikely |
48,065 | I have a form where users can choose a month and year to display a series of reports.
(there is no need to choose the day - all the reports for that month will be displayed)
What is the best practice for this?
I can think of 3 options:
1. Two drop downs (one for the month, one for the year) and a "GO" button.
* ... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/48065",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Dropdowns and textfields are always faster, assuming that the user can type somewhat quickly and can Tab through the form, and especially if s/he will be fetching multiple reports.**
A date picker is intuitive and fail-safe, but the clicks add up if you're thinking of a standard picker; the ones that I've used only ... | There are only twelve months but if there are too many years (hundred for age) it's much better to let the user type. |
48,065 | I have a form where users can choose a month and year to display a series of reports.
(there is no need to choose the day - all the reports for that month will be displayed)
What is the best practice for this?
I can think of 3 options:
1. Two drop downs (one for the month, one for the year) and a "GO" button.
* ... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/48065",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/38190/"
] | I think is important to point out that **HTML 5** has a new **[input type=month](http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Elements/input/month)** which seems to be exactly what you want.
And altought [most browsers doesn't support it yet](http://caniuse.com/input-datetime) that doesn't mean we should overlook that. Because they'll... | There are only twelve months but if there are too many years (hundred for age) it's much better to let the user type. |
48,065 | I have a form where users can choose a month and year to display a series of reports.
(there is no need to choose the day - all the reports for that month will be displayed)
What is the best practice for this?
I can think of 3 options:
1. Two drop downs (one for the month, one for the year) and a "GO" button.
* ... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/48065",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/38190/"
] | **Dropdowns and textfields are always faster, assuming that the user can type somewhat quickly and can Tab through the form, and especially if s/he will be fetching multiple reports.**
A date picker is intuitive and fail-safe, but the clicks add up if you're thinking of a standard picker; the ones that I've used only ... | Date picker definitely sounds most intuitive of the three. In what way will Javascript enabled be a poorer user experience?
Questions to ask:
* Who are your users? Are they technical or non-technical? Non-technical may not get the step to click "Go" twice to refresh the page and become frustrated. A solution would b... |
48,065 | I have a form where users can choose a month and year to display a series of reports.
(there is no need to choose the day - all the reports for that month will be displayed)
What is the best practice for this?
I can think of 3 options:
1. Two drop downs (one for the month, one for the year) and a "GO" button.
* ... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/48065",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/38190/"
] | I think is important to point out that **HTML 5** has a new **[input type=month](http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Elements/input/month)** which seems to be exactly what you want.
And altought [most browsers doesn't support it yet](http://caniuse.com/input-datetime) that doesn't mean we should overlook that. Because they'll... | Date picker definitely sounds most intuitive of the three. In what way will Javascript enabled be a poorer user experience?
Questions to ask:
* Who are your users? Are they technical or non-technical? Non-technical may not get the step to click "Go" twice to refresh the page and become frustrated. A solution would b... |
48,065 | I have a form where users can choose a month and year to display a series of reports.
(there is no need to choose the day - all the reports for that month will be displayed)
What is the best practice for this?
I can think of 3 options:
1. Two drop downs (one for the month, one for the year) and a "GO" button.
* ... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/48065",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/38190/"
] | I think is important to point out that **HTML 5** has a new **[input type=month](http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Elements/input/month)** which seems to be exactly what you want.
And altought [most browsers doesn't support it yet](http://caniuse.com/input-datetime) that doesn't mean we should overlook that. Because they'll... | **Dropdowns and textfields are always faster, assuming that the user can type somewhat quickly and can Tab through the form, and especially if s/he will be fetching multiple reports.**
A date picker is intuitive and fail-safe, but the clicks add up if you're thinking of a standard picker; the ones that I've used only ... |
155,857 | I have a Cordova based mobile app that is hitting some API via a local server on mobile. The mobile app sets origin as Localhost. Here cors kicks in and I can't make the request. Now these API's can be used via a terminal, postman and other non-browser environments without triggering CORS.
Now in this scenario what ar... | 2017/04/06 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/155857",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/1216/"
] | The answer really depends on what API you created and how it works.
[This site](https://mobilejazz.com/blog/which-security-risks-do-cors-imply/) gives a very good explanation on the goods and bads of CORS. In short, the author creates a fictional API that is used to send e-mails from another domain. He states:
>
> If... | No, this is *NOT* (necessarily) safe. The other answers are mostly correct, except they are making two (common, but incorrect) assumptions: that localhost is always 127.0.0.1, and that a webserver running on your machine is one you wanted to run. **THESE ARE NOT SAFE ASSUMPTIONS**.
Some machines, due to either deliber... |
34,023 | >
> KJV 1Ki 7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the
> north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the
> south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above
> upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
>
>
>
Do these oxen represent the foundations ... | 2018/07/28 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/34023",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/20832/"
] | The problem with looking at the oxen as a representation of the "foundations of the earth" is that the Bible never describes the earth as resting on top of oxen.
The earth is usually described as resting on pillars (I Samuel 2:8; Job 9:6), and once as hanging on nothing (Job 26:7), but oxen have no place in the many p... | The "sea" of Solomon had numerous interpretations in Rabbinic literature, many reflecting what you have suggested but also including numerical features of Israel's history. All this is extra-biblical - The Bible text itself contains no hint about its symbolism with the possible exception of Jesus being the water of lif... |
13,690,225 | I want to create a modal popup in my webpage, but I don't know enough about them to make one on my own. Can you help me with any links to tutorials, code, etc.?
This is what I want my modal to look like:
 | 2012/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13690225",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1493448/"
] | You might want to look into jQuery UI Dialogue <http://jqueryui.com/dialog/>
Names for that are: pop up, modal box, and dialogue box, though I'm sure there are plenty of others. | [Create a pop up window with HTML](http://www.quackit.com/html/codes/html_popup_window_code.cfm)
Probably not the best place to point. But it will show/give you the code to create a popup window.
Customization of that is up to you.
Future Refernce: **Do Your Research First** |
13,690,225 | I want to create a modal popup in my webpage, but I don't know enough about them to make one on my own. Can you help me with any links to tutorials, code, etc.?
This is what I want my modal to look like:
 | 2012/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13690225",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1493448/"
] | You might want to look into jQuery UI Dialogue <http://jqueryui.com/dialog/>
Names for that are: pop up, modal box, and dialogue box, though I'm sure there are plenty of others. | Check Twitter Bootstrap's Modals; they look something like that:
[Twitter Bootstrap | GitHub](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#modals)
Stack overflow is not a place for you to get code. It is a place to post what you have already done and ask for help with revisions. |
25,930,167 | getting the Tomcat log file data by giving specific dates(from and to) and display it as a file in java.
Can anyone please guide me how to do this part asap.
Thanks in Adavance | 2014/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25930167",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4057639/"
] | You can close the socket. The peer can close the connection. | >
> I thought only close() function could close the tcp connection.
>
>
>
Why would that be? TCP is a software-defined protocol. The OS can implement it however it likes. All sensible OS'es clean up all resources that a terminated process was using. Sockets will be closed as well. What good would a TCP connection ... |
104,283 | A few online merchants are offering special deals for using [Visa Checkout](https://usa.visa.com/pay-with-visa/visa-checkout.html?country=US&locale=en-US), a payment service similar to PayPal, so I've been trying to learn something about it before signing up. When you are on a shopping site and click the Visa Checkout ... | 2015/11/01 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/104283",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/69230/"
] | The problem you mention is a real one.
This scheme was a subject of criticism and led to a newer implementation ("3D Secure by ...", the old one unfortunately also sometimes uses this name) which is two-factor (you usually get an SMS with a code you must input on the merchant's page). You are also warned of the upcom... | >
> Is this scheme secure?
>
>
>
Security is never absolute, so it's impossible to answer whether this is outright "secure".
In the Visa scenario you're essentially placing your trust in newegg. Behind the scenes the Visa popup probably uses TLS, but for all intents and purposes newegg could serve you a phishing ... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | Music is such a big field that it isn't really possible to answer this.
There are organisations and colleges such as Berklee which have some international reputation, it can be helpful to have something from them.
But in many areas, the qualification is simply showing you can do what is needed. For instance, as a jaz... | Adding to @danmcb answer: In some cases a college degree matters. E.g. in some countries Master in music is required to teach in a public school. A degree might be a plus when applying for other music related jobs.
But if the focus the job is music performance, a video showing you playing will be worth more than any p... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | Music is such a big field that it isn't really possible to answer this.
There are organisations and colleges such as Berklee which have some international reputation, it can be helpful to have something from them.
But in many areas, the qualification is simply showing you can do what is needed. For instance, as a jaz... | Generally speaking, just about every country will have music exam boards, a lot of them world wide, like ABRSM. Most have been established for many years, and the standard at any particular grade should be just that - standard.
So, on a c.v., stating Grade VI clarinet ABRSM, Trinity, LCM, AMEB etc., should give a good... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | There are systems of graded examinations in performance for most instruments, and for theory, designed to cover the stages from beginner to pre-college.
Here's a couple of 'classical' ones
[https://gb.abrsm.org/](https://gb.abrsm.org/en/)
[www.trinitycollege.com/](https://www.trinitycollege.com/qualifications/music/... | Music is such a big field that it isn't really possible to answer this.
There are organisations and colleges such as Berklee which have some international reputation, it can be helpful to have something from them.
But in many areas, the qualification is simply showing you can do what is needed. For instance, as a jaz... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | Music is such a big field that it isn't really possible to answer this.
There are organisations and colleges such as Berklee which have some international reputation, it can be helpful to have something from them.
But in many areas, the qualification is simply showing you can do what is needed. For instance, as a jaz... | **Nothing completely world-wide, it seems.**
I'm just a hobby musician, but before joining this stack I had never heard of the type of "grades" people seem to use to measure proficiency with musical instruments. I live in **Sweden**, and it doesn't seem to be a thing here. There are entry exams you need to pass to get... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | There are systems of graded examinations in performance for most instruments, and for theory, designed to cover the stages from beginner to pre-college.
Here's a couple of 'classical' ones
[https://gb.abrsm.org/](https://gb.abrsm.org/en/)
[www.trinitycollege.com/](https://www.trinitycollege.com/qualifications/music/... | Adding to @danmcb answer: In some cases a college degree matters. E.g. in some countries Master in music is required to teach in a public school. A degree might be a plus when applying for other music related jobs.
But if the focus the job is music performance, a video showing you playing will be worth more than any p... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | Adding to @danmcb answer: In some cases a college degree matters. E.g. in some countries Master in music is required to teach in a public school. A degree might be a plus when applying for other music related jobs.
But if the focus the job is music performance, a video showing you playing will be worth more than any p... | **Nothing completely world-wide, it seems.**
I'm just a hobby musician, but before joining this stack I had never heard of the type of "grades" people seem to use to measure proficiency with musical instruments. I live in **Sweden**, and it doesn't seem to be a thing here. There are entry exams you need to pass to get... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | There are systems of graded examinations in performance for most instruments, and for theory, designed to cover the stages from beginner to pre-college.
Here's a couple of 'classical' ones
[https://gb.abrsm.org/](https://gb.abrsm.org/en/)
[www.trinitycollege.com/](https://www.trinitycollege.com/qualifications/music/... | Generally speaking, just about every country will have music exam boards, a lot of them world wide, like ABRSM. Most have been established for many years, and the standard at any particular grade should be just that - standard.
So, on a c.v., stating Grade VI clarinet ABRSM, Trinity, LCM, AMEB etc., should give a good... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | Generally speaking, just about every country will have music exam boards, a lot of them world wide, like ABRSM. Most have been established for many years, and the standard at any particular grade should be just that - standard.
So, on a c.v., stating Grade VI clarinet ABRSM, Trinity, LCM, AMEB etc., should give a good... | **Nothing completely world-wide, it seems.**
I'm just a hobby musician, but before joining this stack I had never heard of the type of "grades" people seem to use to measure proficiency with musical instruments. I live in **Sweden**, and it doesn't seem to be a thing here. There are entry exams you need to pass to get... |
92,633 | Are there any world-wide known Music Certification tests that you can take to use in your resume: for example, to demonstrate basic musical abilities?
I used to work in IT, where it is very common for companies like Oracle and Zend to arrange that kind of certification for a programming language or framework. | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92633",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/26620/"
] | There are systems of graded examinations in performance for most instruments, and for theory, designed to cover the stages from beginner to pre-college.
Here's a couple of 'classical' ones
[https://gb.abrsm.org/](https://gb.abrsm.org/en/)
[www.trinitycollege.com/](https://www.trinitycollege.com/qualifications/music/... | **Nothing completely world-wide, it seems.**
I'm just a hobby musician, but before joining this stack I had never heard of the type of "grades" people seem to use to measure proficiency with musical instruments. I live in **Sweden**, and it doesn't seem to be a thing here. There are entry exams you need to pass to get... |
507,192 | As light is electromagnetic radiation. Then why I don't see any magnet bending light wave? Or why light doesn't diffract whenever it passes by a live wire? | 2019/10/09 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/507192",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In vacuum electromagnetic fields obey superposition to a very high degree of accuracy. A magnetic field does not have any effect on light. Light in material media *can* be affected by a magnetic field. This is known as the [Kerr effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_effect).
As for current carrying wires, these r... | Electromagnetic fields simply superpose. They don’t interact with each other. (I am ignoring quantum effects at *enormous* field strengths.) Two waves go right through each other. A wave goes right through a static field.
Electromagnetic fields interact with *charges*. No charge, no interaction. |
507,192 | As light is electromagnetic radiation. Then why I don't see any magnet bending light wave? Or why light doesn't diffract whenever it passes by a live wire? | 2019/10/09 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/507192",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Electromagnetic fields simply superpose. They don’t interact with each other. (I am ignoring quantum effects at *enormous* field strengths.) Two waves go right through each other. A wave goes right through a static field.
Electromagnetic fields interact with *charges*. No charge, no interaction. | In classical physics, electromagnetic fields and waves are additive so nothing can happen in vacuum between electromagnetic fields. They don't see each other.
In quantum physics, photons theoretically DO interact. The effect is rather small even in high-energy experiments, so don't expect some visible distortion with ... |
507,192 | As light is electromagnetic radiation. Then why I don't see any magnet bending light wave? Or why light doesn't diffract whenever it passes by a live wire? | 2019/10/09 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/507192",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In vacuum electromagnetic fields obey superposition to a very high degree of accuracy. A magnetic field does not have any effect on light. Light in material media *can* be affected by a magnetic field. This is known as the [Kerr effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_effect).
As for current carrying wires, these r... | Roughly speaking, electric fields push and pull charges, while magnetic fields cause charges to loop around (by 'loop around' I'm saying that the magnetic fields cause the charges to accelerate at a right angle to their direction of motion).
Since light doesn't have an electric charge, there is nothing for electric f... |
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