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25,920,208 | I'm having this error pop up once I start Visual Studio professional 2013 with update 3.
I don't know whats going on and also when I created a web form and try to put items from the toolbox into a table in my code it doesn't let me. the items are dim and can't select them any more. before I would make a table and try ... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25920208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3188062/"
] | I got the same issue today, but the error message should be giving you some guidance.
Take a look at mine, it tells me to check the "ActivityLog.xml" for more information.
After looking at the entry my error showed me that it ocured the evening before around 5:30p... | Message could be shown in case of "Path" environment variable longer than 2048 characters. In that case, system doesn't work proply with system paths like %windir%.
If it's your case, shorten "Path" environment variable and everything works again. |
25,920,208 | I'm having this error pop up once I start Visual Studio professional 2013 with update 3.
I don't know whats going on and also when I created a web form and try to put items from the toolbox into a table in my code it doesn't let me. the items are dim and can't select them any more. before I would make a table and try ... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25920208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3188062/"
] | I got the same issue today, but the error message should be giving you some guidance.
Take a look at mine, it tells me to check the "ActivityLog.xml" for more information.
After looking at the entry my error showed me that it ocured the evening before around 5:30p... | Open ActivityLog.xml in a viewer (I've used Microsoft Edge) and you'll find the error. VSPackage is the "Developer Analytics Tools" extension for me.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LAEQw.png)
The error is gone after uninstalling that package. You can ob... |
25,920,208 | I'm having this error pop up once I start Visual Studio professional 2013 with update 3.
I don't know whats going on and also when I created a web form and try to put items from the toolbox into a table in my code it doesn't let me. the items are dim and can't select them any more. before I would make a table and try ... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25920208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3188062/"
] | Visual Studio 2013 Update 4
Tools -> Extensions and Updates
Disabled "Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 v2.1".
That worked for me. | I uninstalled and reinstalled Visual Studio and the problem went away for a little bit. It eventually came back complaining about different packages.
Then I noticed my home directory was encrypted. I decrypted the directory and the problem went away.
If it is not an encryption issue, I'd try just uninstalling and re... |
25,920,208 | I'm having this error pop up once I start Visual Studio professional 2013 with update 3.
I don't know whats going on and also when I created a web form and try to put items from the toolbox into a table in my code it doesn't let me. the items are dim and can't select them any more. before I would make a table and try ... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25920208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3188062/"
] | Visual Studio 2013 Update 4
Tools -> Extensions and Updates
Disabled "Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 v2.1".
That worked for me. | Message could be shown in case of "Path" environment variable longer than 2048 characters. In that case, system doesn't work proply with system paths like %windir%.
If it's your case, shorten "Path" environment variable and everything works again. |
25,920,208 | I'm having this error pop up once I start Visual Studio professional 2013 with update 3.
I don't know whats going on and also when I created a web form and try to put items from the toolbox into a table in my code it doesn't let me. the items are dim and can't select them any more. before I would make a table and try ... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25920208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3188062/"
] | Visual Studio 2013 Update 4
Tools -> Extensions and Updates
Disabled "Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 v2.1".
That worked for me. | Open ActivityLog.xml in a viewer (I've used Microsoft Edge) and you'll find the error. VSPackage is the "Developer Analytics Tools" extension for me.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LAEQw.png)
The error is gone after uninstalling that package. You can ob... |
25,920,208 | I'm having this error pop up once I start Visual Studio professional 2013 with update 3.
I don't know whats going on and also when I created a web form and try to put items from the toolbox into a table in my code it doesn't let me. the items are dim and can't select them any more. before I would make a table and try ... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25920208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3188062/"
] | Open ActivityLog.xml in a viewer (I've used Microsoft Edge) and you'll find the error. VSPackage is the "Developer Analytics Tools" extension for me.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LAEQw.png)
The error is gone after uninstalling that package. You can ob... | I uninstalled and reinstalled Visual Studio and the problem went away for a little bit. It eventually came back complaining about different packages.
Then I noticed my home directory was encrypted. I decrypted the directory and the problem went away.
If it is not an encryption issue, I'd try just uninstalling and re... |
25,920,208 | I'm having this error pop up once I start Visual Studio professional 2013 with update 3.
I don't know whats going on and also when I created a web form and try to put items from the toolbox into a table in my code it doesn't let me. the items are dim and can't select them any more. before I would make a table and try ... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25920208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3188062/"
] | Open ActivityLog.xml in a viewer (I've used Microsoft Edge) and you'll find the error. VSPackage is the "Developer Analytics Tools" extension for me.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LAEQw.png)
The error is gone after uninstalling that package. You can ob... | Message could be shown in case of "Path" environment variable longer than 2048 characters. In that case, system doesn't work proply with system paths like %windir%.
If it's your case, shorten "Path" environment variable and everything works again. |
5,284,025 | I have some legacy code to reuse written in c++ with opengl but most of the examples online are written in objective c... so porting my code would be probably easier in a mixed env.
I would prefer to avoid a "library" solution with separated .so | 2011/03/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5284025",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/566629/"
] | Yes you can. Just add your c++ code in a file called \*.cpp
You can even mix C++ and objective-c code in the same file, but make sure the file is named \*.mm (instead of \*.m). That's a gotacha that a lot of people fall far.
Considering you want to use some legacy C++ code, this is probably exactly what you are look... | Yes, you can use both in a single project. If memory serves, the extension for "Objective-C++" files is `.mm`. |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | My guess would be image and CSS paths. Perhaps they are relative? Definitely need more information (code) to give you a solid answer.
EDIT: A good way to troubleshoot this would be to right click on the image while debugging and copy its address. Then right click on the image when deployed and copy its address. Compar... | Maybe like Mayo say, probably the path.
Are you using ~ before your path ... like ~/\_images/myImage.jpg or \_images/myImage.jpg. |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | What are the exact paths of your deployed and undeployed web sites?
You probably have images and CSS files that are referenced using a path that only works on the undeployed web site.
Try loading the deployed web site while running [Fiddler](http://fiddler2.com) and checking which URLs generate errors.
How exactly a... | Maybe like Mayo say, probably the path.
Are you using ~ before your path ... like ~/\_images/myImage.jpg or \_images/myImage.jpg. |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | My guess would be image and CSS paths. Perhaps they are relative? Definitely need more information (code) to give you a solid answer.
EDIT: A good way to troubleshoot this would be to right click on the image while debugging and copy its address. Then right click on the image when deployed and copy its address. Compar... | Most of the time, it happens because the ASP.NET development server start your application as a website and you probably deploying on iis in a virtual directory (as an application). So path beginning with / will not react the same way.
As suggested by Cédric, you can start your url with ~ but only if you're using a se... |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | What are the exact paths of your deployed and undeployed web sites?
You probably have images and CSS files that are referenced using a path that only works on the undeployed web site.
Try loading the deployed web site while running [Fiddler](http://fiddler2.com) and checking which URLs generate errors.
How exactly a... | I would guess that you have some errors in your image paths. Try checking the resulting HTML with for instance [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com)(which is awesome!) to see if the path is wrong. |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Reasons are addressed by Mayo - but to answer the other question:
No, it is absolutely **not** safe to ignore the issues unless you have a very clear understanding of why they arise at which point you may be able to choose to not worry about them (although I'd probably *not* be particularly happy to have to so do).
T... | Maybe like Mayo say, probably the path.
Are you using ~ before your path ... like ~/\_images/myImage.jpg or \_images/myImage.jpg. |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | My guess would be image and CSS paths. Perhaps they are relative? Definitely need more information (code) to give you a solid answer.
EDIT: A good way to troubleshoot this would be to right click on the image while debugging and copy its address. Then right click on the image when deployed and copy its address. Compar... | I would guess that you have some errors in your image paths. Try checking the resulting HTML with for instance [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com)(which is awesome!) to see if the path is wrong. |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | What are the exact paths of your deployed and undeployed web sites?
You probably have images and CSS files that are referenced using a path that only works on the undeployed web site.
Try loading the deployed web site while running [Fiddler](http://fiddler2.com) and checking which URLs generate errors.
How exactly a... | Reasons are addressed by Mayo - but to answer the other question:
No, it is absolutely **not** safe to ignore the issues unless you have a very clear understanding of why they arise at which point you may be able to choose to not worry about them (although I'd probably *not* be particularly happy to have to so do).
T... |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Reasons are addressed by Mayo - but to answer the other question:
No, it is absolutely **not** safe to ignore the issues unless you have a very clear understanding of why they arise at which point you may be able to choose to not worry about them (although I'd probably *not* be particularly happy to have to so do).
T... | Most of the time, it happens because the ASP.NET development server start your application as a website and you probably deploying on iis in a virtual directory (as an application). So path beginning with / will not react the same way.
As suggested by Cédric, you can start your url with ~ but only if you're using a se... |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | What are the exact paths of your deployed and undeployed web sites?
You probably have images and CSS files that are referenced using a path that only works on the undeployed web site.
Try loading the deployed web site while running [Fiddler](http://fiddler2.com) and checking which URLs generate errors.
How exactly a... | Most of the time, it happens because the ASP.NET development server start your application as a website and you probably deploying on iis in a virtual directory (as an application). So path beginning with / will not react the same way.
As suggested by Cédric, you can start your url with ~ but only if you're using a se... |
1,412,468 | I saw this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
Where can I find, for Mac OS X, a system that automatically syncs a folder to your web server, sort of like Dropbox does? The idea being that I can edit code on my computer, and it automatically updates it on the server.
It seems so simple, but I can't for the life o... | 2009/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1412468",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Reasons are addressed by Mayo - but to answer the other question:
No, it is absolutely **not** safe to ignore the issues unless you have a very clear understanding of why they arise at which point you may be able to choose to not worry about them (although I'd probably *not* be particularly happy to have to so do).
T... | I would guess that you have some errors in your image paths. Try checking the resulting HTML with for instance [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com)(which is awesome!) to see if the path is wrong. |
177,457 | I accidentally bought bulbs that has too long of a stem for my bathroom vanity. It also has a very larger upper region that makes it very touchable. How dangerous is this metal area that is exposed when the power is on? Is this safe to use?
[](https:/... | 2019/10/31 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/177457",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/48515/"
] | First of all, you cannot be sure that the stem is connected to the neutral wire and not to the live one unless you test it with a testing screwdriver, since alternating current is bidirectional.
Even if we consider it to be the neutral one you cannot trust that it is safe to touch. In ideal circumstances, where the ne... | It is dangerous when the circuit is live, as it is carrying mains power. It could also be dangerous when the circuit is off, as there's always the possibility that something was wired backwards. |
54,041,538 | I am trying to preprocess larger amounts of data (one tfrecord file ~1Go) using tensorflow-transform v0.11.0 and beam only locally.
My code is largely inspired from <https://github.com/tensorflow/transform/blob/master/examples/census_example.py>
I have a beam pipeline that works on smaller datasets (<100Mo) but the p... | 2019/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54041538",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5942643/"
] | To add to Anton's comment,
You can utilize Apache Flink to run the pipeline in parallel. More details are summarized in [Tensorflow transform on beams with flink runner](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53844469/tensorflow-transform-on-beams-with-flink-runner/53876185#53876185)
You will also have to set the paral... | I don't believe that's supported. Direct runner's main purpose is to make sure the pipeline implements Beam model correctly. It is not optimized for production use, and will probably actually introduce inefficiencies: <https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/direct/>
As a workaround you can manually start multip... |
54,041,538 | I am trying to preprocess larger amounts of data (one tfrecord file ~1Go) using tensorflow-transform v0.11.0 and beam only locally.
My code is largely inspired from <https://github.com/tensorflow/transform/blob/master/examples/census_example.py>
I have a beam pipeline that works on smaller datasets (<100Mo) but the p... | 2019/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54041538",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5942643/"
] | To add to Anton's comment,
You can utilize Apache Flink to run the pipeline in parallel. More details are summarized in [Tensorflow transform on beams with flink runner](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53844469/tensorflow-transform-on-beams-with-flink-runner/53876185#53876185)
You will also have to set the paral... | @Ankur @Anton Thanks for your answers, I agree that this approach is not production friendly... We will try two other solutions:
* tensorflow-transform on DataFlow
* removing tensorflow-transform altogether and use presto to get vocabulary files for categorical inputs, compute means and standard deviations to scale n... |
24,146 | >
> **Question 1:** What is the name of the Formal Fallacy wherein a Deductive Conclusion is arrived at via the course of an Inductive Argument?
>
>
> **Question 2:** Also, is this fallacy considered a "Deductive Fallacy" since it concludes Deductively; or rather, is it considered an "Inductive Fallacy" because its ... | 2015/05/30 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/24146",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/14831/"
] | 1. A is probably B
2. B is X
3. Therefore, A must be X
Is deductively invalid, so it would fall under the general fallacy type of invalid argument (assuming that it is presented as a deductive argument).
As an inductive argument, the "must" would make it fallacious on the grounds that the conclusion is not supported ... | Proposed Answer:
================
>
> 1. A "Masquerade" is present when an argument's form consists of the bases for one type of argument - but is inconsistently presented as another form.
> 2. The "Masquerade" facilitates the ability to present a stronger or weaker conclusion than is actually merited by the argument... |
24,146 | >
> **Question 1:** What is the name of the Formal Fallacy wherein a Deductive Conclusion is arrived at via the course of an Inductive Argument?
>
>
> **Question 2:** Also, is this fallacy considered a "Deductive Fallacy" since it concludes Deductively; or rather, is it considered an "Inductive Fallacy" because its ... | 2015/05/30 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/24146",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/14831/"
] | >
> What is the name of the fallacy
>
>
>
I'm not sure that this is a fallacy as such, but a problematic (where I am reading fallacy as being something that is always definitely wrong).
>
> This happens a lot in linguistics, philosophy, and religion
>
>
>
Not only in those areas; it's just as true in the phy... | Proposed Answer:
================
>
> 1. A "Masquerade" is present when an argument's form consists of the bases for one type of argument - but is inconsistently presented as another form.
> 2. The "Masquerade" facilitates the ability to present a stronger or weaker conclusion than is actually merited by the argument... |
9,917 | A while ago I saw Neil deGrasse Tyson comparing the number of stars in the universe with the number of words spoken by all of humankind, ever since.
I realize both of these numbers are not strictly defined, but still, we can use our best observations together with our best guesses to find out which number is larger, a... | 2015/02/18 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/9917",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/6593/"
] | ### Number of stars in the observable universe
There are about 100 to 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe. Galaxies range in size from a few billion to hundreds of trillions stars. Using 100 billion galaxies and 1 trillion stars in a galaxy yields 1023 stars in the observable universe as a rough order of m... | 10^19 words have been spoken in all of human history. This accounts for 109 billion people who have ever lived and each speaking 309 billion words in their life time. The amount of stars in the universe in a very rough estimate is somewhere around 10^24. For every word spoken in human existence there are over 100,000 s... |
2,626,798 | i am looking for an Delphi component to connect to an ORACLE database server in an direct way without install the oracle client.
i knew the [Oracle Data Access (ODAC)](http://www.devart.com/odac/) from [DevArt](http://www.devart.com/). there are any other component with this capability?
>
> ODAC offers two connectio... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2626798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/167454/"
] | No, there is no other Delphi Win32 libraries allowing to connect to Oracle without the installed Oracle Client. And, IMHO, that is correct, because:
1. OCI (Oracle Call Interface) is quite complex piece of software. I will say, it is most complex closed sourced DBMS Call Level Interface in the World. And it is changin... | The only solution I found is ODAC, and it's working very nice, I have been using it since years without getting any problem with the direct mode.
there's some limitation with the direct mode, but most of users will not get these limitations with their application. |
2,626,798 | i am looking for an Delphi component to connect to an ORACLE database server in an direct way without install the oracle client.
i knew the [Oracle Data Access (ODAC)](http://www.devart.com/odac/) from [DevArt](http://www.devart.com/). there are any other component with this capability?
>
> ODAC offers two connectio... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2626798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/167454/"
] | No, there is no other Delphi Win32 libraries allowing to connect to Oracle without the installed Oracle Client. And, IMHO, that is correct, because:
1. OCI (Oracle Call Interface) is quite complex piece of software. I will say, it is most complex closed sourced DBMS Call Level Interface in the World. And it is changin... | There is also [Allround Automations](http://www.allroundautomations.com/doa.html) Direct Oracle Access, it do require Oracle SQL\*Net or Net8. but is a brilliant component suite. |
2,626,798 | i am looking for an Delphi component to connect to an ORACLE database server in an direct way without install the oracle client.
i knew the [Oracle Data Access (ODAC)](http://www.devart.com/odac/) from [DevArt](http://www.devart.com/). there are any other component with this capability?
>
> ODAC offers two connectio... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2626798",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/167454/"
] | There is also [Allround Automations](http://www.allroundautomations.com/doa.html) Direct Oracle Access, it do require Oracle SQL\*Net or Net8. but is a brilliant component suite. | The only solution I found is ODAC, and it's working very nice, I have been using it since years without getting any problem with the direct mode.
there's some limitation with the direct mode, but most of users will not get these limitations with their application. |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | I think this is a subtle but very important issue in a gaming group, particular one using a game that is rules-heavy. In my opinion, the rules of the game shape the players' concepts of what they can and cannot do with a given resource (money, time, etc.). I mainly play D&D 3.5, a rules-heavy game, and I've been frustr... | All social contract issues should be handled similar to below:
* Announce you want to talk about the issue in lieu of game, give everyone a chance to know what the discussion will be about and why.
* Bring up the issue (whatever it is, in this case when to rule0 and when to use the book). As the person leading this di... |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | I think that the best option here is to openly sit down together and discuss what type of game it is everyone wants to play. This is really true for any group exercise: everyone should be in trying to create a fairly uniform product, or else the group will have the propensity to diverge and create friction.
That said,... | All social contract issues should be handled similar to below:
* Announce you want to talk about the issue in lieu of game, give everyone a chance to know what the discussion will be about and why.
* Bring up the issue (whatever it is, in this case when to rule0 and when to use the book). As the person leading this di... |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | The hardest part about conflicting expectations is identifying them. It's all well and good to sit down and set expectations as a group, but that discussion is only going to be as constructive as you all have knowledge of the RPG-specific points of friction that need to be discussed. We all play how we learned to play ... | All social contract issues should be handled similar to below:
* Announce you want to talk about the issue in lieu of game, give everyone a chance to know what the discussion will be about and why.
* Bring up the issue (whatever it is, in this case when to rule0 and when to use the book). As the person leading this di... |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | I think this is a subtle but very important issue in a gaming group, particular one using a game that is rules-heavy. In my opinion, the rules of the game shape the players' concepts of what they can and cannot do with a given resource (money, time, etc.). I mainly play D&D 3.5, a rules-heavy game, and I've been frustr... | I don't consider myself a tyrannic GM, but when comes to rules and setting definition the GM is the authority.
I consider a GM as a host. He prepares the game, the setting and the plot. That is a lot of work, and in return players should show the trust and respect to allow him to determine which rules work better with... |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | The hardest part about conflicting expectations is identifying them. It's all well and good to sit down and set expectations as a group, but that discussion is only going to be as constructive as you all have knowledge of the RPG-specific points of friction that need to be discussed. We all play how we learned to play ... | I think this is a subtle but very important issue in a gaming group, particular one using a game that is rules-heavy. In my opinion, the rules of the game shape the players' concepts of what they can and cannot do with a given resource (money, time, etc.). I mainly play D&D 3.5, a rules-heavy game, and I've been frustr... |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | I think that the best option here is to openly sit down together and discuss what type of game it is everyone wants to play. This is really true for any group exercise: everyone should be in trying to create a fairly uniform product, or else the group will have the propensity to diverge and create friction.
That said,... | I don't consider myself a tyrannic GM, but when comes to rules and setting definition the GM is the authority.
I consider a GM as a host. He prepares the game, the setting and the plot. That is a lot of work, and in return players should show the trust and respect to allow him to determine which rules work better with... |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | The hardest part about conflicting expectations is identifying them. It's all well and good to sit down and set expectations as a group, but that discussion is only going to be as constructive as you all have knowledge of the RPG-specific points of friction that need to be discussed. We all play how we learned to play ... | I don't consider myself a tyrannic GM, but when comes to rules and setting definition the GM is the authority.
I consider a GM as a host. He prepares the game, the setting and the plot. That is a lot of work, and in return players should show the trust and respect to allow him to determine which rules work better with... |
22,982 | RPG groups have a unique relationship to rules: we have total control over them. Sure, we choose a ruleset and study it, but it's up to us how much of the rules we ignore or modify, and we can add extra rules as much as we like. Carefully following the system rules exactly as written is an option too.
Many groups leav... | 2013/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/22982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/4398/"
] | The hardest part about conflicting expectations is identifying them. It's all well and good to sit down and set expectations as a group, but that discussion is only going to be as constructive as you all have knowledge of the RPG-specific points of friction that need to be discussed. We all play how we learned to play ... | I think that the best option here is to openly sit down together and discuss what type of game it is everyone wants to play. This is really true for any group exercise: everyone should be in trying to create a fairly uniform product, or else the group will have the propensity to diverge and create friction.
That said,... |
19,425 | That way I could see all the activity and not just my notifications. I guess I'd be most interested in knowing when new cards are created... so perhaps just another notification option is all that's needed. | 2011/09/29 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/19425",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/13751/"
] | No, I don't think so. I've looked, and can't see it.
Also, RSS doesn't appear anywhere on [the Trello Development board](https://trello.com/board/trello-development/4d5ea62fd76aa1136000000c), as a future request, and they already have their own near-instant notification system, with email messages sent out after 24 ho... | May be you can try [this](https://trellocalendar-francois2metz.dotcloud.com/) This web site could have you to build a rss link to subscribe to Google Calendar. |
19,425 | That way I could see all the activity and not just my notifications. I guess I'd be most interested in knowing when new cards are created... so perhaps just another notification option is all that's needed. | 2011/09/29 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/19425",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/13751/"
] | No, I don't think so. I've looked, and can't see it.
Also, RSS doesn't appear anywhere on [the Trello Development board](https://trello.com/board/trello-development/4d5ea62fd76aa1136000000c), as a future request, and they already have their own near-instant notification system, with email messages sent out after 24 ho... | It doesn't seem like Trello is interested in implementing anything like RSS feeds, so I went ahead and made an [app that will create RSS feeds for your Trello boards](https://github.com/naiyt/trello-rss).
You're welcome to use the source from that to create your own feeds, or you can use [the webapp I created with it]... |
19,425 | That way I could see all the activity and not just my notifications. I guess I'd be most interested in knowing when new cards are created... so perhaps just another notification option is all that's needed. | 2011/09/29 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/19425",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/13751/"
] | It doesn't seem like Trello is interested in implementing anything like RSS feeds, so I went ahead and made an [app that will create RSS feeds for your Trello boards](https://github.com/naiyt/trello-rss).
You're welcome to use the source from that to create your own feeds, or you can use [the webapp I created with it]... | May be you can try [this](https://trellocalendar-francois2metz.dotcloud.com/) This web site could have you to build a rss link to subscribe to Google Calendar. |
32,351 | I want to know what all doubly-transitive groups look like. Do you know some good reference where I can read about it? | 2010/07/18 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/32351",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4246/"
] | In Section 7.7 "The Finite 2-transitive Groups" of the book *Permutation groups* by John D. Dixon and Brian Mortimer, the authors describe the complete list of finite 2-transitive groups without proofs but with references.
They list eight infinite families: the alternating, symmetric, affine and projective groups in t... | The solvable case was proved by [Huppert in 1957](http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=94386). It is presented in textbook form in chapter XII.7 of Huppert–Blackburn's Finite Groups Vol. 3. This includes full proof that only certain exceptional cases can occur, but not full coverage of the exceptional cases. It inc... |
43,980 | I'm designing an insurance site.
When users create a quote + select to save, they are asked to create an account.
When users buy a policy, they have to create an account so they can manage their policy online.
My question is whether i should add social logins to the site? so users could save their quote using their ... | 2013/08/21 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/43980",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/33266/"
] | I think a good question to ask is, "Is this appropriate for your type of audience?"
I'm not sure if your end user are clients or brokers, but the thought of a professional brokerage or even a client logging in with their Facebook account seems strange to me.
It's like a bank with social logins. The sensitivity of t... | From my point of view, the usage of social logins makes only sense if you use some kind of functionality. If you just use them as container, so that the user doesn't require to create a new user / password, it leeds to a strange feeling for the user: "why should I connect my Facebook login to the site, when the site mu... |
116,623 | I am translating a British story and I came across this expression
"you look like you lost a shilling and found a penny". I am not sure I understand what it means. | 2013/06/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/116623",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/41696/"
] | A [shilling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilling) and a [penny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny) are two increments of currency, where a shilling is made up of many pence (the multiple for penny when it is a [unit of currency](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny#Value)). As it happens, [the shilling is no longer in... | Prior to 'decimalisation' in February 1971, British currency followed the structure that had been [used since pre-800 AD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling#Anglo-Saxon). This was as follows:
>
> One *pound* (*£1*) = 20 *shillings* (denoted thus: *20s* or *20/-*)
>
> One *shilling* (*1/-*) = 12 *pence* ... |
116,623 | I am translating a British story and I came across this expression
"you look like you lost a shilling and found a penny". I am not sure I understand what it means. | 2013/06/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/116623",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/41696/"
] | A [shilling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilling) and a [penny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny) are two increments of currency, where a shilling is made up of many pence (the multiple for penny when it is a [unit of currency](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny#Value)). As it happens, [the shilling is no longer in... | It is an old fashioned but not obsolete saying for that means you look like something sad happened to you. It would be said in a light hearted way in my area of the North of England. Eg. "Eh lass, what's to do wi you? You look like you've dropped a shill in' and found ha'penny!" (half a penny). It would be meant to lif... |
116,623 | I am translating a British story and I came across this expression
"you look like you lost a shilling and found a penny". I am not sure I understand what it means. | 2013/06/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/116623",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/41696/"
] | Prior to 'decimalisation' in February 1971, British currency followed the structure that had been [used since pre-800 AD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling#Anglo-Saxon). This was as follows:
>
> One *pound* (*£1*) = 20 *shillings* (denoted thus: *20s* or *20/-*)
>
> One *shilling* (*1/-*) = 12 *pence* ... | It is an old fashioned but not obsolete saying for that means you look like something sad happened to you. It would be said in a light hearted way in my area of the North of England. Eg. "Eh lass, what's to do wi you? You look like you've dropped a shill in' and found ha'penny!" (half a penny). It would be meant to lif... |
14,436,025 | I've an application that serialize c# objects to xml file. I'm currently using the .Net XmlSerializer.
The problem I've, is that I need to serialize ~8000 main nodes(with 4-10 subnodes each time), and it takes me currently something like 15-20min to serialize them all.
I've to keep the same XML output, because the fi... | 2013/01/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14436025",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/397830/"
] | Have a look at the below link there are few tips to improve XML serialization performance
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650685.aspx>
If it is possible for you to change the logic of your component I would use a database to store such a big XML as serialization has not been made to store very large XML fi... | Since the bottle neck might be the big string handling you might want to consider hand-writing code that writes directly to FileStream.
If you are adventurous you can also try to generate the code writing IGenerator for [CGbR Project](https://github.com/Toxantron/CGbR). But this only makes sense if you have many diffe... |
123,726 | For example, our company's 401K has an easy choice of "BlackRock US index fund" (for Dow Jones 30 DJI) using Fidelity, and does not require opening a broker account. Should I just start using the 401K account ASAP so I don't miss any paycheck contribution and company matching?
And then, after one or two months, we can... | 2020/04/10 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/123726",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/1552/"
] | In typical 401(k) plans, the investment of the employee's contributions (as well as employer matching funds) *must* be in the mutual funds that are made available by the plan administrator. Current regulations require that the plan must offer certain types of mutual funds, including stock funds, bond funds, etc. Gone a... | >
> For example, our company's 401K has an easy choice of "BlackRock US
> index fund" (for Dow Jones 30 DJI) using Fidelity, and does not
> require opening a broker account. Is it a good choice just to start
> using it, and be able to start an 401K account ASAP so we don't miss
> any paycheck contribution and comp... |
282,650 | I'm writing a research paper on the Quakers, a religious group that arose in the 1600's. Anyways, I was writing a sentence and I can't figure out the correct comma usage:
>
> The “Inward Light” was believed by Quakers to be the inner apprehension, or fear, of God.
>
>
>
Should I have a second comma before "of God... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282650",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/139593/"
] | Everyone will have their own opinion on when to use commas and dashes. That said, I would use a dash, as the dash is used when renaming or further explaining an element in a sentence. So, "...--or fear --of God.
The two commas work, also.
<http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/> | It would depend on the actual meaning, i.e. on whether you'd be willing to put "if you will" after "fear" - or not, making apprehension and fear degrees of the same concept (or not):
Thus, with the comma, you'd have (degrees of the same thing):
**The “Inward Light” was believed by Quakers to be the inner apprehension... |
282,650 | I'm writing a research paper on the Quakers, a religious group that arose in the 1600's. Anyways, I was writing a sentence and I can't figure out the correct comma usage:
>
> The “Inward Light” was believed by Quakers to be the inner apprehension, or fear, of God.
>
>
>
Should I have a second comma before "of God... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282650",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/139593/"
] | Everyone will have their own opinion on when to use commas and dashes. That said, I would use a dash, as the dash is used when renaming or further explaining an element in a sentence. So, "...--or fear --of God.
The two commas work, also.
<http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/> | If one takes "inner apprehension" to be a *comprehension* of God, then the OP is contrasting two different concepts. (Like others, I mistook "or fear" to be a parenthetical description for apprehension.)
So which is better:
>
> ...the comprehension, or fear, of God.
>
>
>
or
>
> ...the comprehension, or fear o... |
282,650 | I'm writing a research paper on the Quakers, a religious group that arose in the 1600's. Anyways, I was writing a sentence and I can't figure out the correct comma usage:
>
> The “Inward Light” was believed by Quakers to be the inner apprehension, or fear, of God.
>
>
>
Should I have a second comma before "of God... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282650",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/139593/"
] | Everyone will have their own opinion on when to use commas and dashes. That said, I would use a dash, as the dash is used when renaming or further explaining an element in a sentence. So, "...--or fear --of God.
The two commas work, also.
<http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/> | Quote 1 is the correct way. Apprehension is a poor word choice, it does not mean fear. The **only** exception to this would be if you mean that the Quakers had differing opinions on the "Inward Light", being fear or apprehension respectively. I cannot know this without context though. In such a case, the whole sentence... |
282,650 | I'm writing a research paper on the Quakers, a religious group that arose in the 1600's. Anyways, I was writing a sentence and I can't figure out the correct comma usage:
>
> The “Inward Light” was believed by Quakers to be the inner apprehension, or fear, of God.
>
>
>
Should I have a second comma before "of God... | 2015/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/282650",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/139593/"
] | Everyone will have their own opinion on when to use commas and dashes. That said, I would use a dash, as the dash is used when renaming or further explaining an element in a sentence. So, "...--or fear --of God.
The two commas work, also.
<http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/> | If we're talking purely punctuation, this is a style issue. Every style guide I've seen recommends using two commas to set off a nonessential clause (*Chicago Manual of Style 6.22*). Also, balance your clauses: both get *the* or neither get *the*
**...either the inner apprehension, or the fear, of God.**
If you feel ... |
20,485 | If a trail is listed as 1500m of elevation change, what *exactly* does that mean?
For example, if the trail goes up 500m, then down 200m, then up 100m, then down 300m, then up 400m, is that considered a 1500m (500+200+100+300+400) elevation change trail?
Or would it be 500m elevation change, since the end is 500m abo... | 2018/09/12 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/20485",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/8028/"
] | There are three different ways of describing elevation gain/change for hikes.
The **least useful** – and sadly a very common – method is simply to subtract the starting elevation from the ending elevation. This should be called the *net* elevation gain and mathematically is identical to the sum of the gains, 1000m in... | You almost have it, you don't count the downhills.
>
> In running, cycling, and mountaineering, **cumulative elevation gain** refers to the **sum of every gain in elevation throughout an entire trip.** It is sometimes also known as cumulative gain or **elevation gain**, or often in the context of mountain travel, sim... |
20,485 | If a trail is listed as 1500m of elevation change, what *exactly* does that mean?
For example, if the trail goes up 500m, then down 200m, then up 100m, then down 300m, then up 400m, is that considered a 1500m (500+200+100+300+400) elevation change trail?
Or would it be 500m elevation change, since the end is 500m abo... | 2018/09/12 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/20485",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/8028/"
] | There are three different ways of describing elevation gain/change for hikes.
The **least useful** – and sadly a very common – method is simply to subtract the starting elevation from the ending elevation. This should be called the *net* elevation gain and mathematically is identical to the sum of the gains, 1000m in... | I use total elevation change -- where down is also counted as well as up. I find that downhill (especially steep downhill) also slows down horizontal travel, so when estimating time for a trail, I count 1000 ft elevation change *up or down* as the equivalent of an extra mile horizontally.
This is an oversimplification... |
18,393,768 | It appears that I can download Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate from this [Microsoft Site](http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=30678), but I couldn't find any licensing related information (cost/keys etc) on that page.
Is Visual Studio 2012 free software? | 2013/08/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18393768",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2243747/"
] | The [Visual Studio article on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio) notes the license type as:
>
> Express edition: [Registerware](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registerware)
>
> Other editions: [Trialware](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trialware)
>
>
>
Not an authoritative source, I ... | From what I've read, this isn't just a trial, but the main loss is not having an advanced MSDN membership. There are certainly paid versions and subscriptions, but it looks like this is genuinely free, albeit without some added support and benefits.
See <http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Visual-Studio... |
3,971,856 | I have an ASMX web service and I have a couple of methods that in their original implementation were of return type bool.
What would the proper way of returning an error to the client? Currently they just return false. Is there a way to return a more complex type that would inform the client of an issue such as a null... | 2010/10/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3971856",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/330430/"
] | Certainly, you can create an object that has a bool if it passed or not and a string that exposes a message. Consumers of the web service will have access to that object just as they would the original bool. | If you are dealing with a .NET service to a .NET client you can pass this data in an exception, simply throw it up in your method being invoked in the service. If you are dealing with different technologies you can still do it to some degree by throwing an exception within the WS method, however you don;t get the inter... |
3,971,856 | I have an ASMX web service and I have a couple of methods that in their original implementation were of return type bool.
What would the proper way of returning an error to the client? Currently they just return false. Is there a way to return a more complex type that would inform the client of an issue such as a null... | 2010/10/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3971856",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/330430/"
] | * The way to do this with SOAP is to return a SOAP Fault message.
* Unfortunately, ASMX web services don't properly support SOAP Fault messages.
The good news is that you should be using WCF for all development of web service clients and servers, and that WCF fully supports SOAP Faults.
Remember that, whatever you do... | If you are dealing with a .NET service to a .NET client you can pass this data in an exception, simply throw it up in your method being invoked in the service. If you are dealing with different technologies you can still do it to some degree by throwing an exception within the WS method, however you don;t get the inter... |
3,971,856 | I have an ASMX web service and I have a couple of methods that in their original implementation were of return type bool.
What would the proper way of returning an error to the client? Currently they just return false. Is there a way to return a more complex type that would inform the client of an issue such as a null... | 2010/10/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3971856",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/330430/"
] | Certainly, you can create an object that has a bool if it passed or not and a string that exposes a message. Consumers of the web service will have access to that object just as they would the original bool. | I think you're looking for [SoapException Class](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.services.protocols.soapexception.aspx) |
3,971,856 | I have an ASMX web service and I have a couple of methods that in their original implementation were of return type bool.
What would the proper way of returning an error to the client? Currently they just return false. Is there a way to return a more complex type that would inform the client of an issue such as a null... | 2010/10/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3971856",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/330430/"
] | * The way to do this with SOAP is to return a SOAP Fault message.
* Unfortunately, ASMX web services don't properly support SOAP Fault messages.
The good news is that you should be using WCF for all development of web service clients and servers, and that WCF fully supports SOAP Faults.
Remember that, whatever you do... | Certainly, you can create an object that has a bool if it passed or not and a string that exposes a message. Consumers of the web service will have access to that object just as they would the original bool. |
3,971,856 | I have an ASMX web service and I have a couple of methods that in their original implementation were of return type bool.
What would the proper way of returning an error to the client? Currently they just return false. Is there a way to return a more complex type that would inform the client of an issue such as a null... | 2010/10/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3971856",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/330430/"
] | * The way to do this with SOAP is to return a SOAP Fault message.
* Unfortunately, ASMX web services don't properly support SOAP Fault messages.
The good news is that you should be using WCF for all development of web service clients and servers, and that WCF fully supports SOAP Faults.
Remember that, whatever you do... | I think you're looking for [SoapException Class](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.services.protocols.soapexception.aspx) |
51,655 | I need to gate a TTL Tx pin @115000bps as the chipset that drives the RxTx lines do not implement UART BREAK for arbitrary time periods.
Thanks to this community's feedback ([Selecting proper vales of Rb, Re and and Rbe in a NPN transistor emitter follower configuration?](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/question... | 2012/12/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/51655",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/10999/"
] | Caveat: I've not built EL wire, but having read some articles and having the background to analyse this here are some guide lines.
*How it works:*
An electric field kicks electrons up to higher orbitals within the phosphor molecule which when then decay/emit light. This orbital decay and light emission will be very fa... | I've done a project or two with EL wire.
The commercial wire that I've dealt with uses a phospher that is aqua (greenish-blue) in color. If you want to get a different color, you encase it in a colored plastic jacket. The brightness of the wire and how good the color looks will differ based upon how close the desired ... |
246,877 | I have a game controller. This controller have USB cable and when connected it is instantly recognized by the computer. I wanted to know what it made of so I opened the case and found "STM32F103C8T6" chip. I googled and found : <http://datasheetz.com/data/Integrated%20Circuits%20(ICs)/Microcontrollers/497-6063-datashee... | 2016/07/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/246877",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/117239/"
] | Your whole post is a bit broad. But taken separately, each question is answerable in itself, so...
>
> ... this is actually a general purpose computer, with custom program loaded in it? So the ability to interface with computer depends solely on the program loaded in this MCU?
>
>
>
In this particular case, you'r... | This microcontroller is a general purpose microcontroller with some built in USB hardware. It can be program to work like many things. Generally these USB devices use the generic USB Human Interface Device (HID) descriptions, and announce as joystick or gamepad. It's fairly simple. Google USB HID joystick for plenty of... |
15,608 | The following [Newsmax article](http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/poll-military-back-Donald-Trump/2016/11/02/id/756721/) says:
>
> A majority of America's military troops are backing Donald Trump –
> with career-minded forces favoring him by a 3-to-1 margin over Hillary
> Clinton, a Military.com poll shows.
>
>
> The... | 2017/02/12 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/15608",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/10873/"
] | The [original source](http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/11/02/survey-career-oriented-troops-favor-trump-over-clinton.html) for the 3:1 number is military.com, and it is worth looking at the source. The poll is from Oct. 24 - Oct. 31 2016.
>
> **Career-oriented** troops favor Republican presidential candidate Do... | The [Cooperative Congressional Election Study](https://cces.gov.harvard.edu/) includes data which provides an insight into this. Looking at the most recent study available, 2018, we can split out respondents based on the following:
* I am currently serving in the U.S. military - 368 respondents.
* I have immediate fam... |
53,190,641 | I am using firebase database in my Android app. The download limit for the database is 10 GB/month. If I upgraded my app to Blaze plan and made another database will each one of them will be able to download up to10 GB?
If I split the data between them will the data be able to be downloaded up to 20GB/month for free? | 2018/11/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/53190641",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10618597/"
] | *firebaser here*
The free quota applies to a project, not to a database. Even if you switch to the Blaze plan and create multiple databases, only the first 10GB of outbound traffic will be free. | Multiple Database in Firebase is only available in Blaze plan. And in Blaze plan, there is no limit so no need to worry about the 10GB/month. See their [Pricing page](https://firebase.google.com/pricing/) for more details. |
27,726 | The short, technical version: upon initial installation of Elementary 5.1.7 onto a Lenovo Flex 5 AMD Ryzen 4700U I am unable to connect to wifi. The Network settings read “Wireless Is Disabled” despite wifi being switched “on.” I was not able to connect to Wifi while installing from USB (as some users I’ve found via go... | 2021/03/28 | [
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/27726",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/users/25427/"
] | The software is free and open-source, donations are optional. | Got it, thank you. I was just wondering if you need to re-install the major software update similar to how you originally install the os vs through their built in software interface from within the os. I should have been more clear about that. Appreciate your response! |
27,726 | The short, technical version: upon initial installation of Elementary 5.1.7 onto a Lenovo Flex 5 AMD Ryzen 4700U I am unable to connect to wifi. The Network settings read “Wireless Is Disabled” despite wifi being switched “on.” I was not able to connect to Wifi while installing from USB (as some users I’ve found via go... | 2021/03/28 | [
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/27726",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/users/25427/"
] | At this point, it is unknown whether installation of version 6 will require a full re-install when it is released. Keep an eye on the [elementary Blog](https://blog.elementary.io) | Got it, thank you. I was just wondering if you need to re-install the major software update similar to how you originally install the os vs through their built in software interface from within the os. I should have been more clear about that. Appreciate your response! |
41,173 | Spaceflight Now's [Astronauts finish repairs to space station cosmic ray detector](https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/25/iss-eva-64/) says:
>
> Originally designed to operate for just three years, the AMS chalked up eight years of operation before being sidelined by the **sequential failures of four carbon dioxide co... | 2020/02/01 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/41173",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/12102/"
] | 1) There is no superconducting magnet in AMS-2. This would have required cooling with liquid helium resulting in a limited life time of only 3 years because of helium evaporating. Instead, they used a normal, rare-earth magnet. It has a lower field strength and is heavier, but does not require any power or cooling. The... | Supplementary answer to this excellent [one](https://space.stackexchange.com/a/41174/6944) because a) I like schematics, and b) downloaded a bunch of info a while back in anticipation of AMS EVA questions that haven't yet been asked.
The cooling system:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OVyZ4... |
47,435 | I just saw this headline on the internet: "Galaxy Nexus: Android Ice Cream Sandwich guinea pig".
My knowledge in English tells me the construction is wrong because of a missing apostrophe after "sandwich", but in the website I saw it nobody seemed to point this out.
I saw a print screen of it on Reddit, by the way, ... | 2015/01/21 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/47435",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/15784/"
] | It depends. Are we referring to 'Android Ice Cream Sandwich' as a brand name or as a real-world project?
Let me replace 'Android Ice Cream Sandwich' with 'iPhone', and 'guinea pig' with 'experiment' to make it easier to read:
>
> Apple announced the launch of their new iPhone experiment
>
>
>
Apple has a new exp... | It's only "wrong" to not use possessive case if proper nouns or a noun referring to a person are involved.
>
> The coat is John's.
>
>
> This is the king's crown.
>
>
>
Otherwise, it does not "have" to be used. It can be clearer, or impart a "personable" quality, if you do use it, though.
>
> This is the oper... |
407,637 | I'm experiencing a strange error when bookmarking pages in a PDF document using Preview. If I bookmark a file whose book-listed page is 666 and whose actual page within the document is 703, for example, preview will bookmark the book-listed page 703 which occurs in the actual document at page 740. The only way I can ge... | 2020/11/30 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/407637",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/397518/"
] | I was having this problem after updating to Big Sur and tried turning off logical page numbers by going to **Preferences > PDF** and then unticking the **Viewing documents: use logical page numbers** box. This worked for me.
Funnily enough, this is the opposite to what Apple tell you to do, as discussed [here](https:/... | Apple did change the way that Preview handles logical vs absolute page numbers at some point, and it's not entirely good.
[Preview shows logical page numbers only in thumbnail view](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/398924/preview-shows-logical-page-numbers-only-in-thumbnail-view)
It's also worth pointing out... |
128,682 | Drupal 7, commerce shipping 2.0, and usps shipping method. Configured the product types with weight and dimension physical field. All products have weights and dimensions. All USPS services checked. The username and the connection address are set. The shipping service pane is in the correct sequence in checkout (after ... | 2014/09/03 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/128682",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/9976/"
] | I had added the weight and dimension fields to the existing products using defaults. I needed to save each product for these to take effect. Works now. | Seems like you got USPS Shipping to work in Drupal Commerce. I have also been trying to get this thing to work, but without much success. I also added the weights and dimensions as defaults. Then, upon seeing your post, saved them all again. I stil get the "No shipping rates found for your order. Please continue the ch... |
17,084 | I previously asked a question about [How can an AI freely make decisions?](https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/17025/2444). I got a great answer about how current algorithms lack *agency*.
The first thing I thought of was *reinforcement learning*, since the entire concept is oriented around an agent getting rewarded for pe... | 2019/12/13 | [
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/17084",
"https://ai.stackexchange.com",
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/users/31978/"
] | Some AI researchers do think RL is a path to AGI, and your intuition about how an agent would need to be *proactive* in selecting actions to learn about is exactly the area these researchers are now focused on.
Much of the work in this area is focused on the idea of *curiosity*, and since [2014](https://sites.ualberta... | A relatively recent but interesting paper that discusses this topic in more detail is [Reward is enough](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370221000862) (Artificial Intelligence, 2021) by David Silver, Satinder Singh, Doina Precup, and Richard S. Sutton (so by some of the godfathers of RL, who are ... |
2,403 | Our beloved chatroom: "Pin 13" is frozen (due to inactivity).
**Can we re-open the chatroom?**
Theoretically, we could start a new chatroom, but that wouldn't be a very neat solution (it can be hard to find anything back, if we keep making new "Pin 13"'s.
**Can we avoid getting it frozen?**
How to avoid getting the... | 2016/11/26 | [
"https://arduino.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2403",
"https://arduino.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8033/"
] | I've unfrozen it.
>
> How can it be beloved and inactive at the same time?
>
>
>
Dat Ha has a good point. It has gone recently for 32 days without activity.
If it goes for 14 days without activity it is frozen automatically. I suggest you chat away in it from time to time to stop that happening. | * 75% of users on this site turn up, ask one question, get their answer, and are never seen again.
* 22% of users on this site turn up, ask one question, don't bother waiting around for an answer, and are never seen again.
* 2% of users on this site are those that show an interest and either want to help others or have... |
182,984 | Possessive Pronouns replace *Possessive adjectives* and *nouns*
For eg - That is my(possessive adjective) ball(noun)
That is mine(possessive pronoun) or
That ball is mine(possessive pronoun)
That ball is my (possessive adjective) ball(noun)
Now my question is : In the sentence , A friend of mine -- What does this mea... | 2018/10/18 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/182984",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/83815/"
] | "A friend of mine" uses the double possessive, since it uses both "of" and a possessive noun/pronoun. The reason we have double possessives in English in the first place is to help eliminate ambiguity. For example, "a picture of me" is a picture that I'm in, while "a picture of mine" is a picture I own.
I'm not entir... | In the phrase "**a friend of mine**", "mine" refers to all of the speaker's friends, and "of" means something like "out of" or "from among". So the whole phrase can be interpreted as "**a friend from among my group of friends**". The phrase identifies some person as belonging to the speaker's group of friends. |
103,564 | Does anyone know of where I can find a complete or semi-complete list of the systems that have representation in the Galactic Senate and the CIS? I'm attempting to write a Clone Wars Model United Nations background guide and in order do that, I need a decently-sized list of member systems in both factions. | 2015/09/23 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/103564",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/53461/"
] | These should get you started:
**[Member worlds](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Republic-aligned_planets) of the Galactic Republic**
* [Alderaan](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Alderaan)
* [Anaxes](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anaxes)
* [Balmorra](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Balmorra)
* [Bothawui](http:/... | In canon, we know of the following members:
* [Vice Chair](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vice_Chair/Canon)
* [Padmé Amidala](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Padm%C3%A9_Amidala/Canon)
* [Bail Antilles](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bail_Antilles/Canon)
* [Lott Dod](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lott_Dod/Canon)
* [Ona... |
66,793 | The 300 GB harddisk has 2 partitions,90 GB and 200 GB! I can see the drives in windows(XP) but unable to access them, the file system is shown as RAW, 0 used space and 0 free space!..chkdsk returns the error "unable to determine volume version and date. chkddsk aborted." Is the MBR corrupt? How do I restore it?
[TestD... | 2009/11/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/66793",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | For DATA recovery, I normally use both D.A.R.T. XP or more recently Recuva. Recuva is nice and free and simple. But DART XP to me seems to work deeper, faster and even on RAW HDD if I remember correctly. I do believe it also have a rebuilding feature to make HDD readable for recovery of data.
[Personal Usage of DART X... | If TestDisk isn't working, I don't know what to propose to recover the partition table. Maybe someone will have better propositions.
However, recovering data from a RAW hard drive can be attempted with another tool from the maker of TestDisk: [PhotoRec](http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec).
PhotoRec is initially ... |
66,793 | The 300 GB harddisk has 2 partitions,90 GB and 200 GB! I can see the drives in windows(XP) but unable to access them, the file system is shown as RAW, 0 used space and 0 free space!..chkdsk returns the error "unable to determine volume version and date. chkddsk aborted." Is the MBR corrupt? How do I restore it?
[TestD... | 2009/11/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/66793",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | I used Powerquest Partition Table Doctor or Active@ Partition Recovery (I installed both but don't remember which one made the trick, I guess both work though) to fix a damaged partition (all the data was made available again).
Prior to that, I had successfully recovered most of the data on this partition to a backu... | If TestDisk isn't working, I don't know what to propose to recover the partition table. Maybe someone will have better propositions.
However, recovering data from a RAW hard drive can be attempted with another tool from the maker of TestDisk: [PhotoRec](http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec).
PhotoRec is initially ... |
66,793 | The 300 GB harddisk has 2 partitions,90 GB and 200 GB! I can see the drives in windows(XP) but unable to access them, the file system is shown as RAW, 0 used space and 0 free space!..chkdsk returns the error "unable to determine volume version and date. chkddsk aborted." Is the MBR corrupt? How do I restore it?
[TestD... | 2009/11/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/66793",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | For DATA recovery, I normally use both D.A.R.T. XP or more recently Recuva. Recuva is nice and free and simple. But DART XP to me seems to work deeper, faster and even on RAW HDD if I remember correctly. I do believe it also have a rebuilding feature to make HDD readable for recovery of data.
[Personal Usage of DART X... | my tool of choice:
>
> **[WinHex](http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/)** is in its core a universal hexadecimal editor,
> particularly helpful in the realm of
> computer forensics, data recovery,
> low-level data processing, and IT
> security. An advanced tool for
> everyday and emergency use: inspect
> and edit all ... |
66,793 | The 300 GB harddisk has 2 partitions,90 GB and 200 GB! I can see the drives in windows(XP) but unable to access them, the file system is shown as RAW, 0 used space and 0 free space!..chkdsk returns the error "unable to determine volume version and date. chkddsk aborted." Is the MBR corrupt? How do I restore it?
[TestD... | 2009/11/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/66793",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | For DATA recovery, I normally use both D.A.R.T. XP or more recently Recuva. Recuva is nice and free and simple. But DART XP to me seems to work deeper, faster and even on RAW HDD if I remember correctly. I do believe it also have a rebuilding feature to make HDD readable for recovery of data.
[Personal Usage of DART X... | Following this thread, and following an SSD failure, I tried D.A.R.T. and Recuva (and a few others) - none of those could make sense much of the disk (which had been running Windows 8). However, [R-Studio](http://www.data-recovery-software.net/) did a much better job, and I was able to recover *basically* most of the d... |
66,793 | The 300 GB harddisk has 2 partitions,90 GB and 200 GB! I can see the drives in windows(XP) but unable to access them, the file system is shown as RAW, 0 used space and 0 free space!..chkdsk returns the error "unable to determine volume version and date. chkddsk aborted." Is the MBR corrupt? How do I restore it?
[TestD... | 2009/11/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/66793",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | I used Powerquest Partition Table Doctor or Active@ Partition Recovery (I installed both but don't remember which one made the trick, I guess both work though) to fix a damaged partition (all the data was made available again).
Prior to that, I had successfully recovered most of the data on this partition to a backu... | my tool of choice:
>
> **[WinHex](http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/)** is in its core a universal hexadecimal editor,
> particularly helpful in the realm of
> computer forensics, data recovery,
> low-level data processing, and IT
> security. An advanced tool for
> everyday and emergency use: inspect
> and edit all ... |
66,793 | The 300 GB harddisk has 2 partitions,90 GB and 200 GB! I can see the drives in windows(XP) but unable to access them, the file system is shown as RAW, 0 used space and 0 free space!..chkdsk returns the error "unable to determine volume version and date. chkddsk aborted." Is the MBR corrupt? How do I restore it?
[TestD... | 2009/11/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/66793",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | I used Powerquest Partition Table Doctor or Active@ Partition Recovery (I installed both but don't remember which one made the trick, I guess both work though) to fix a damaged partition (all the data was made available again).
Prior to that, I had successfully recovered most of the data on this partition to a backu... | Following this thread, and following an SSD failure, I tried D.A.R.T. and Recuva (and a few others) - none of those could make sense much of the disk (which had been running Windows 8). However, [R-Studio](http://www.data-recovery-software.net/) did a much better job, and I was able to recover *basically* most of the d... |
6,086,392 | >
> **Possible Duplicates:**
>
> [Parsing JSON objects to c#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2178821/parsing-json-objects-to-c)
>
> [What JSON library works well for you in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/571168/what-json-library-works-well-for-you-in-net)
>
>
>
Is there a class for parsing ... | 2011/05/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6086392",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/764558/"
] | How about using **[JSON.NET](http://james.newtonking.com/pages/json-net.aspx)**?
Examples on their website :-) | There are many library for json parsing in any language , and also there are many libraries for .net languages.You better to have a look at the bottom of this page:
[here](http://json.org/) |
481,869 | I am studying this circuit, but unable to understand why they put capacitor C30, C33, EC4, inductor L3 on their current place, and their value, i keep searching on google for decoupling capacitor, sound like related, but still can not understand
Please give me some explain or keywords/documents/books that i can read
[... | 2020/02/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/481869",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/243000/"
] | Your example is an ethernet interface, in which the connection to the magnetics isn't directly shown. But the input TPIN pair and the output TPOUT pair are connected to transformers (the "ethernet magnetics") which send or receive pulses down the twisted pair cable to the other ethernet devices.
[ENC28J60 Datasheet](h... | Because the [datasheet](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/39662e.pdf) says so on page 7.
**For C30,** in the text on page 7 on the right you'll find:
>
> Each VDD and VSS pin pair should have a 0.1uF ceramic bypass capacitor (not shown in the schematic)
>
>
>
**For C33 and L3,** A look in the schem... |
481,869 | I am studying this circuit, but unable to understand why they put capacitor C30, C33, EC4, inductor L3 on their current place, and their value, i keep searching on google for decoupling capacitor, sound like related, but still can not understand
Please give me some explain or keywords/documents/books that i can read
[... | 2020/02/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/481869",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/243000/"
] | Your example is an ethernet interface, in which the connection to the magnetics isn't directly shown. But the input TPIN pair and the output TPOUT pair are connected to transformers (the "ethernet magnetics") which send or receive pulses down the twisted pair cable to the other ethernet devices.
[ENC28J60 Datasheet](h... | C30 is a decoupling capacitor. It reduced the variation caused in supply voltage.
L3 and C33 are also used to reduce the variations in check by forming a low-pass capacitor. |
481,869 | I am studying this circuit, but unable to understand why they put capacitor C30, C33, EC4, inductor L3 on their current place, and their value, i keep searching on google for decoupling capacitor, sound like related, but still can not understand
Please give me some explain or keywords/documents/books that i can read
[... | 2020/02/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/481869",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/243000/"
] | Your example is an ethernet interface, in which the connection to the magnetics isn't directly shown. But the input TPIN pair and the output TPOUT pair are connected to transformers (the "ethernet magnetics") which send or receive pulses down the twisted pair cable to the other ethernet devices.
[ENC28J60 Datasheet](h... | L3 and C33
Further to the above answers note that your schematic shows an inductance of 10uH which is almost certainly wrong. As others have commented, L3 should be a ferrite bead. These are described by their impedance at a certain frequency and not their inductance.
Typically they have near zero resistance to DC cu... |
481,869 | I am studying this circuit, but unable to understand why they put capacitor C30, C33, EC4, inductor L3 on their current place, and their value, i keep searching on google for decoupling capacitor, sound like related, but still can not understand
Please give me some explain or keywords/documents/books that i can read
[... | 2020/02/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/481869",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/243000/"
] | Because the [datasheet](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/39662e.pdf) says so on page 7.
**For C30,** in the text on page 7 on the right you'll find:
>
> Each VDD and VSS pin pair should have a 0.1uF ceramic bypass capacitor (not shown in the schematic)
>
>
>
**For C33 and L3,** A look in the schem... | C30 is a decoupling capacitor. It reduced the variation caused in supply voltage.
L3 and C33 are also used to reduce the variations in check by forming a low-pass capacitor. |
481,869 | I am studying this circuit, but unable to understand why they put capacitor C30, C33, EC4, inductor L3 on their current place, and their value, i keep searching on google for decoupling capacitor, sound like related, but still can not understand
Please give me some explain or keywords/documents/books that i can read
[... | 2020/02/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/481869",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/243000/"
] | L3 and C33
Further to the above answers note that your schematic shows an inductance of 10uH which is almost certainly wrong. As others have commented, L3 should be a ferrite bead. These are described by their impedance at a certain frequency and not their inductance.
Typically they have near zero resistance to DC cu... | C30 is a decoupling capacitor. It reduced the variation caused in supply voltage.
L3 and C33 are also used to reduce the variations in check by forming a low-pass capacitor. |
10,670 | I'm a cat person. I just love cats. I want to adopt all kittens I see! :D
>
> **My background:**
>
>
> I live in a congested part of Nepal's capital city. I live with my
> small family in a small house. All of us are usually busy at
> office/college during work time (10am to 4pm).
>
>
> I adopted a cat a few ye... | 2015/10/28 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/10670",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/6019/"
] | Cats have personalities. Some can spend all day alone and don't mind, others want constant attention.
Some are fine being indoors at all times, others want to roam free for hours or days at an end.
My cat for example doesn't mind being alone while I'm at work but will crawl up next to me on the couch when I get h... | Some cats may always come back after they are let out, Some cats may not. There is no way of knowing ahead of time.
In the west we sometimes lock our cats up inside all day with litter boxes. The litter box is cleaned every day so it does not smell too much. A cat that has never been outside does not know what they ar... |
48,543 | I have a POS system that won't work unless the is logged in to the console session. I was thinking since I already have NSClient++ maybe I could monitor a counter via Nagios.
Is there a counter for this that I can alert if the account is not logged in? Is it '\Terminal Services\Total Sessions' ? Right now that shows ... | 2009/07/31 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/48543",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/2561/"
] | Maybe this will suit your needs: Quoted from this [link](http://en.doc.centreon.com/HowToUseSNMPAgentExtension):
You'll need the SmartMonTools package and use *check\_smart.pl* perl script (nagios plugin) to check hard drive health by running S.M.A.R.T. self-tests using the smartctl command, add to your snmpd.conf:
>... | There are patches that add SNMP support to smartd (in smartmontools-devel@ list); none were integrated, as far as I remember. |
3,069 | I use Fage yogurt as an example, but if possible, I'd like a general answer that can apply to products that are similarly packaged (ice cream tubs, detergent, etc.).
Assume the consumer consumes 1kg of yogurt a week. Assume the consumer tosses everything into the recycle bin. Does he do more harm (to the environment) ... | 2014/10/04 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/3069",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Usually its around .5-10 Watts depending on the make/model/size etc. I would recommend getting a kill-a-watt meter and checking a variety of monitors to get a rough idea of the average. Then you could bring that up with regard to yearly savings. A 3 Watts average across 20 monitors per year is not nothing. | If the lights are orange, as you've said, then the monitors are in standby, and are using a minimal amount of power (power to light the amber LED, and power to wait for a wake signal). |
3,069 | I use Fage yogurt as an example, but if possible, I'd like a general answer that can apply to products that are similarly packaged (ice cream tubs, detergent, etc.).
Assume the consumer consumes 1kg of yogurt a week. Assume the consumer tosses everything into the recycle bin. Does he do more harm (to the environment) ... | 2014/10/04 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/3069",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Usually its around .5-10 Watts depending on the make/model/size etc. I would recommend getting a kill-a-watt meter and checking a variety of monitors to get a rough idea of the average. Then you could bring that up with regard to yearly savings. A 3 Watts average across 20 monitors per year is not nothing. | Nowadays manufacturers all provide roughly the same numbers when it comes to power consumption of their monitors in "stand-by", "active off", "power saving mode" or whatever they call it. It's **below 0.5 Watt or sometimes below 0.3 Watt.** So assuming people turn off their computer and the monitor automatically switch... |
3,069 | I use Fage yogurt as an example, but if possible, I'd like a general answer that can apply to products that are similarly packaged (ice cream tubs, detergent, etc.).
Assume the consumer consumes 1kg of yogurt a week. Assume the consumer tosses everything into the recycle bin. Does he do more harm (to the environment) ... | 2014/10/04 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/3069",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Nowadays manufacturers all provide roughly the same numbers when it comes to power consumption of their monitors in "stand-by", "active off", "power saving mode" or whatever they call it. It's **below 0.5 Watt or sometimes below 0.3 Watt.** So assuming people turn off their computer and the monitor automatically switch... | If the lights are orange, as you've said, then the monitors are in standby, and are using a minimal amount of power (power to light the amber LED, and power to wait for a wake signal). |
2,715,200 | **Hi!**
The short question is: what can be the problem?
The overall memory usage of my program (shown by task manager) is almost the same all the time (near 40 minutes) it's running, and I have near 2G more free memory.
Running on win2003r2.
Memory allocation/freeing is high enough - I need to interact with other ... | 2010/04/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2715200",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/140592/"
] | Typically there are only 2 reasons realloc will fail
1. Not enough **contiguous** memory to satsify the request
2. Memory corruption
Even though there is enough overall memory in your program to satisfy the request there may not be enough contiguous memory to do so due to fragmentation. The best way to determine this... | With no code to look at, all I can give you is a workaround.
Try `realloc`ing memory only when you need it to grow, and double it in size instead of just adding however many bytes you need. This helps tremendously with fragmentation. Since you said you have enough memory, don't worry about freeing it when you're done,... |
274,500 | 
I got this far... but there are no Computers listed... while there are 3 other domain members: DC (Domain Controller), VCENTER and BACKUP.
I wish to give both VCENTER\Administrator and BACKUP\Administrator full administration rights to the MSSQL server. | 2011/05/27 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/274500",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/81502/"
] | As far as I am aware, there is no built-in method for the SQL Server to authenticate the local users of another host.
You may try setting the same password for the administrator accounts on MSSQL01, VCENTER, and BACKUP. This has worked in the past for me when authenticating local accounts across separate systems, but ... | I am with Hyppy. You are probably going to have to do is using sql permissions unless you either add them to your domain, or they are in another domain with a trust relationship. Another, but poor way, would be to make sure that the administrators both have the same password, and then add a local administrator with the... |
321,460 | I'm trying to controll a 3-phase brushless DC motor (24V, 4000rpm) with the BOOSTXL-DRV8301 shield for Texas Instruments launchpad. The motor receives one of the following singals on each port (A, B and C):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qUrCV.jpg)
The... | 2017/07/31 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/321460",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/158532/"
] | It is difficult to get good information about output impedance on this ancient (and largely crappy) beast but I'd start here by looking at the equivalent circuit: -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LA8pB.png)
And what I would note are the two resistors i... | If it is an ideal Op-amp you can also assume Vdiff=0(Voltage across op-amp inputs) and therefore the voltage across C equals Vo |
321,460 | I'm trying to controll a 3-phase brushless DC motor (24V, 4000rpm) with the BOOSTXL-DRV8301 shield for Texas Instruments launchpad. The motor receives one of the following singals on each port (A, B and C):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qUrCV.jpg)
The... | 2017/07/31 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/321460",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/158532/"
] | It is difficult to get good information about output impedance on this ancient (and largely crappy) beast but I'd start here by looking at the equivalent circuit: -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LA8pB.png)
And what I would note are the two resistors i... | Those resistors are used for short-circuit protection.
The rout is (mostly) set by the reac of the two bipolars. |
61,422 | Someone who was knowledge told me years ago, that during the Eucharist that all participants are the celebrants and that the priest presides over the liturgy. Additionally, I have participated in small group Eucharistic liturgies where all said the Eucharistic prayer together with an understanding that that was how it ... | 2017/12/28 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/61422",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/39679/"
] | One early description of the administration of the Eucharist [the Thanksgiving] is given by Justin the Martyr. He confirms the OP's understanding. He specifically states that the "presider" of the Eucharist is of the "laity". This of course won't support the later tradition of a sacerdotal priest the OP mentions.
>
>... | The modern English word *priest* is the anglicized form of Jerome's Latin *presbyterus,* which he chose to simply transliterate from the Greek word used by the authors of the NT. Protestants and Catholics disagree to this day about the uses of the various English words "priest", "presbyter", and "elder", but all three ... |
94,412 | I was playing Dishonored and for now, it seems to encourage stealth. Is there a benefit of going for max chaos? ie. killing anyone I see and making evil choices. Are there unique items? Quests dialogs? Anything at all? | 2012/11/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/94412",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13777/"
] | If you play with Very High Chaos and you keep up your bloody sci-fi massacre streak until the end of the game, you'll get a different ending. Check out [this thread for details](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/87372/why-shouldnt-i-murder-all-the-things?rq=1) | Well if you consider a darker atmosphere a benefit then yes, but essentially the game will be harder because of increased weepers and more plague rats. A lot of people consider the chaos system a [punishment](http://penny-arcade.com/2012/10/10), not a choice. |
94,412 | I was playing Dishonored and for now, it seems to encourage stealth. Is there a benefit of going for max chaos? ie. killing anyone I see and making evil choices. Are there unique items? Quests dialogs? Anything at all? | 2012/11/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/94412",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13777/"
] | There is actually a significant difference in how a certain character will behave (and how [a certain mission](http://dishonored.wikia.com/wiki/The_Light_at_the_End) could be played) between high chaos, and *very high* or max chaos (not shown in the ending):
>
> I just finished a 3rd playthrough where I went lethal... | Well if you consider a darker atmosphere a benefit then yes, but essentially the game will be harder because of increased weepers and more plague rats. A lot of people consider the chaos system a [punishment](http://penny-arcade.com/2012/10/10), not a choice. |
94,412 | I was playing Dishonored and for now, it seems to encourage stealth. Is there a benefit of going for max chaos? ie. killing anyone I see and making evil choices. Are there unique items? Quests dialogs? Anything at all? | 2012/11/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/94412",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13777/"
] | Well if you consider a darker atmosphere a benefit then yes, but essentially the game will be harder because of increased weepers and more plague rats. A lot of people consider the chaos system a [punishment](http://penny-arcade.com/2012/10/10), not a choice. | Lke the above three mentioned creating chaos causes "ill"effects in latter missions, unless you want more weepers to kill. it also changes something in the end:
>
> the picture emily draws of you: rather than it saying daddy with hears it shows you on a pile of corpses with your mask on. the game is meant to be a si... |
94,412 | I was playing Dishonored and for now, it seems to encourage stealth. Is there a benefit of going for max chaos? ie. killing anyone I see and making evil choices. Are there unique items? Quests dialogs? Anything at all? | 2012/11/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/94412",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13777/"
] | There is actually a significant difference in how a certain character will behave (and how [a certain mission](http://dishonored.wikia.com/wiki/The_Light_at_the_End) could be played) between high chaos, and *very high* or max chaos (not shown in the ending):
>
> I just finished a 3rd playthrough where I went lethal... | If you play with Very High Chaos and you keep up your bloody sci-fi massacre streak until the end of the game, you'll get a different ending. Check out [this thread for details](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/87372/why-shouldnt-i-murder-all-the-things?rq=1) |
94,412 | I was playing Dishonored and for now, it seems to encourage stealth. Is there a benefit of going for max chaos? ie. killing anyone I see and making evil choices. Are there unique items? Quests dialogs? Anything at all? | 2012/11/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/94412",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13777/"
] | If you play with Very High Chaos and you keep up your bloody sci-fi massacre streak until the end of the game, you'll get a different ending. Check out [this thread for details](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/87372/why-shouldnt-i-murder-all-the-things?rq=1) | Lke the above three mentioned creating chaos causes "ill"effects in latter missions, unless you want more weepers to kill. it also changes something in the end:
>
> the picture emily draws of you: rather than it saying daddy with hears it shows you on a pile of corpses with your mask on. the game is meant to be a si... |
94,412 | I was playing Dishonored and for now, it seems to encourage stealth. Is there a benefit of going for max chaos? ie. killing anyone I see and making evil choices. Are there unique items? Quests dialogs? Anything at all? | 2012/11/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/94412",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13777/"
] | There is actually a significant difference in how a certain character will behave (and how [a certain mission](http://dishonored.wikia.com/wiki/The_Light_at_the_End) could be played) between high chaos, and *very high* or max chaos (not shown in the ending):
>
> I just finished a 3rd playthrough where I went lethal... | Lke the above three mentioned creating chaos causes "ill"effects in latter missions, unless you want more weepers to kill. it also changes something in the end:
>
> the picture emily draws of you: rather than it saying daddy with hears it shows you on a pile of corpses with your mask on. the game is meant to be a si... |
8,396 | Firstly, I understand the need to use hypergolics over cryogenics as part of Dragon 2's abort and landing sequence - they provide "instant on" thrust and are throttlable with very wide margins (SuperDraco itself can throttle down to 20%).
But why use Nitrogen Tetroxide & Monomethyl Hydrazine specifically? Newer chemic... | 2015/03/08 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/8396",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/6537/"
] | TL;DR:
The low technology readiness, the very, very low thrust, and the need for a catalyst bed means this was and still is the wrong technology for the intended purpose of a launch abort system and maneuvering in low Earth orbit.
**Low technology readiness**
SpaceX began working on Dragon V2 over five years ago. At... | * The success of SpaceX is based mostly on using the best of
well-proofed technologies, not on bold innovations. There are
innovations in production process and in business model, but very few
in rocket design.
* Highly energetic monopropellants are very dangerous. Hydroxylammonium nitrate (AF-M315E) is rated as an exp... |
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