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47,616 | I have an established 16 mile mountain bike loop I've been riding for a long time. I recently purchased a Magellan Cyclo 315 bike computer which I load files to Strava Premium from. Everything works great except the distance data. The distance value on the computer is always very close to 16 miles, but when I upload th... | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/47616",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/33491/"
] | It might have to do with how frequently the computer writes your GPS location to file. To optimize storage some write out a location to file once every few seconds, but carry out its own calculations on a higher resolution dataset in-memory before purging. If your route is quite twisty this can result in a shorter dist... | There is a combination of 2 things that might be going on here.
1- The GPS trail you have has a certain degree of uncertainty (+- 1 to 10m depending on signal quality). Depending on the sampling frequency it can make it look as though you are zig-zagging and add a bit of distance vs your actual path traveled. Some algo... |
47,616 | I have an established 16 mile mountain bike loop I've been riding for a long time. I recently purchased a Magellan Cyclo 315 bike computer which I load files to Strava Premium from. Everything works great except the distance data. The distance value on the computer is always very close to 16 miles, but when I upload th... | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/47616",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/33491/"
] | If you have the 315hc model with the speed/cadence sensor then there can be a discrepancy if your wheel size is entered incorrectly. Strava prefers wheel sensors over GPS because of GPS update frequency issues that the other answer notes has its own proprietary way of calculating distance (most likely also incorporatin... | Strava has a proprietary secret algorithm for internally calculating distance, which involves smoothing the GPS data internally, although the original GPS data points are still stored in your history. If that Strava-calculated distance varies from the device distance more than a threshold, Strava replaces the device di... |
47,616 | I have an established 16 mile mountain bike loop I've been riding for a long time. I recently purchased a Magellan Cyclo 315 bike computer which I load files to Strava Premium from. Everything works great except the distance data. The distance value on the computer is always very close to 16 miles, but when I upload th... | 2017/06/28 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/47616",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/33491/"
] | If you have the 315hc model with the speed/cadence sensor then there can be a discrepancy if your wheel size is entered incorrectly. Strava prefers wheel sensors over GPS because of GPS update frequency issues that the other answer notes has its own proprietary way of calculating distance (most likely also incorporatin... | There is a combination of 2 things that might be going on here.
1- The GPS trail you have has a certain degree of uncertainty (+- 1 to 10m depending on signal quality). Depending on the sampling frequency it can make it look as though you are zig-zagging and add a bit of distance vs your actual path traveled. Some algo... |
5,093,931 | As I write a WPF application with MVVM Light, I'm trying to determine the best way to allow for Navigation in the application. I've been reading about creating Services, Interfaces, and Helpers, but unfortunately my head still hasn't grasped the great advice being offered on SO. I got down a spiral of starting with a s... | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5093931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/78768/"
] | The problem seems light, but it's hard. The solution must cover several aspects as navigating to an existing view, closing a view, injecting the viewmodel before navigating to the view, animated transitions, etc.
 Please check out [Magellan](http://ww... | A simple navigation mvvm-light navigation demo.
<https://bitbucket.org/dbeattie/navdemo/src> |
52,753,425 | I migrated my website over AWS and the billing option I selected for EC2 was 'On Demand', Now Its been around 30 days and I want to change 'On Demand' to '1 Yr Reserved billing option'.
So how Can I do it?
Would appreciate if anyone can help me at earliest. | 2018/10/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52753425",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5033492/"
] | **Using the AWS Management Console**
Log in to the AWS Management Console.
1-In the Amazon Web Services menu choose “EC2”.
2-In the left navigation pane, choose “Reserved Instances”.
3-Choose “Purchase Reserved Instances”.
4-Select your Reserved Instance type, platform, payment option, instance type, offering cl... | I think u can create at ami with your current ec2, create another ec2 with reserved instance option. Then terminate the current one. |
52,753,425 | I migrated my website over AWS and the billing option I selected for EC2 was 'On Demand', Now Its been around 30 days and I want to change 'On Demand' to '1 Yr Reserved billing option'.
So how Can I do it?
Would appreciate if anyone can help me at earliest. | 2018/10/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52753425",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5033492/"
] | **Using the AWS Management Console**
Log in to the AWS Management Console.
1-In the Amazon Web Services menu choose “EC2”.
2-In the left navigation pane, choose “Reserved Instances”.
3-Choose “Purchase Reserved Instances”.
4-Select your Reserved Instance type, platform, payment option, instance type, offering cl... | Reserved instances are not "attached" to a specific resource, but they are a quota you're purchasing to cover for instances in specific region/AZ, type, size and platform.
Check the usage amount of your instances and base your purchase on what you use. Make sure to purchase RIs only to instances that are 24/7 online..... |
52,753,425 | I migrated my website over AWS and the billing option I selected for EC2 was 'On Demand', Now Its been around 30 days and I want to change 'On Demand' to '1 Yr Reserved billing option'.
So how Can I do it?
Would appreciate if anyone can help me at earliest. | 2018/10/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52753425",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5033492/"
] | Reserved instances are not "attached" to a specific resource, but they are a quota you're purchasing to cover for instances in specific region/AZ, type, size and platform.
Check the usage amount of your instances and base your purchase on what you use. Make sure to purchase RIs only to instances that are 24/7 online..... | I think u can create at ami with your current ec2, create another ec2 with reserved instance option. Then terminate the current one. |
6,397 | My application displays data that can be periodically changed. Changes follow 5-10 times per second. I have to avoid so frequent updates to increase application performance. But I have to add some safe option: refresh frequency, or something else, that user can change refresh frequency. My question is: what is the bett... | 2011/04/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/6397",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/79/"
] | The Trackbar control might make the most sense. You can even consider highlighting the optimal range:
In any case, if optimal value is one time per 6-10 seconds I would also warn them if they chose a number that is less frequent then this, but still ... | * Go for whichever will **make the most-usual settings**, or most-sensible settings, **whole numbers**.
If your users will typically be updating between 1 and 5 times per second, then use 'refreshes per second'. If your users will typically be updating between 1 and 0.2 times per second, well, they will have to think ... |
795,116 | I cannot set as default program libre office instead of wps for docx files only. I can set libre office as default for doc files though. Why? | 2016/07/05 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/795116",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/435648/"
] | Changing default application in GUI
-----------------------------------
1. Right-click your *.docx* file.
2. Click in *Properties*.
3. Select *Open With* tab.
4. Select application from lists *Related Applications* or *Other Application*.
5. Click in *Set as default*.
6. Close *Properties* window.
If you want to roll... | After a fresh re-instalation of both libre and wps I can now set libre as default through the right click menu |
314,305 | I need a software that enables me to anonymously bypass an ISP filter -- I need my IP and location to be anonymous so that I can surf the Internet freely. I used to use UltraSurF but it was blocked by the ISP.
If any one knows or uses a small and quickly connecting software like UltraSurf, I'll be thankful. | 2011/07/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/314305",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/28012/"
] | Both come for free and are relatively easy to set up:
---
### [Tor – The Onion Router](https://www.torproject.org/)
>
> Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy
>
>
>
It basically routes your traffic over se... | You can use premium VPNS to effectivly tunnel all your traffic through your ISP to the VPN company and then out from there to where ever you want. |
314,305 | I need a software that enables me to anonymously bypass an ISP filter -- I need my IP and location to be anonymous so that I can surf the Internet freely. I used to use UltraSurF but it was blocked by the ISP.
If any one knows or uses a small and quickly connecting software like UltraSurf, I'll be thankful. | 2011/07/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/314305",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/28012/"
] | Both come for free and are relatively easy to set up:
---
### [Tor – The Onion Router](https://www.torproject.org/)
>
> Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy
>
>
>
It basically routes your traffic over se... | You can use encrypted SSH tunnels or VPNs that create a tunnel from your PC to other servers, to redirect your traffic. There are good services that allow you to surf anonymously, unblock any site and service like SKype, etc.
Here are more details for review: <http://blog.pirateray.com/post/35136605543/pirateray-and... |
314,305 | I need a software that enables me to anonymously bypass an ISP filter -- I need my IP and location to be anonymous so that I can surf the Internet freely. I used to use UltraSurF but it was blocked by the ISP.
If any one knows or uses a small and quickly connecting software like UltraSurf, I'll be thankful. | 2011/07/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/314305",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/28012/"
] | Both come for free and are relatively easy to set up:
---
### [Tor – The Onion Router](https://www.torproject.org/)
>
> Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy
>
>
>
It basically routes your traffic over se... | Use Free VPN (OpenVPN,L2TP,PPTP,SSTP) services. Goto this link <http://www.vpngratis.net/> where you can get updates about FREEVPNs. |
1,677,489 | I'm thinking to start learning **R**, but I want to know one thing, Is it embeddable(Windows CE, Palm OS)? | 2009/11/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1677489",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126353/"
] | R can be embedded, and this is documented in the R Extensions manual (see the [manuals](http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html) page for more).
The [RInside](http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rinside.html) classes make it easy to embed R inside C++ applications (at least on Linux / OS X). Windows has (D)COM.
But wha... | Certainly not on Palm OS. Plus, most of the interaction is through the console, so typing with the virtual keyboard will be painful. |
1,677,489 | I'm thinking to start learning **R**, but I want to know one thing, Is it embeddable(Windows CE, Palm OS)? | 2009/11/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1677489",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126353/"
] | R has also been used [on the iPhone and Google Android](http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e8/devel/09/10/0146.html), if you're looking for a mobile OS. | Certainly not on Palm OS. Plus, most of the interaction is through the console, so typing with the virtual keyboard will be painful. |
1,677,489 | I'm thinking to start learning **R**, but I want to know one thing, Is it embeddable(Windows CE, Palm OS)? | 2009/11/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1677489",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126353/"
] | R can be embedded, and this is documented in the R Extensions manual (see the [manuals](http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html) page for more).
The [RInside](http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rinside.html) classes make it easy to embed R inside C++ applications (at least on Linux / OS X). Windows has (D)COM.
But wha... | R has also been used [on the iPhone and Google Android](http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e8/devel/09/10/0146.html), if you're looking for a mobile OS. |
6,383,762 | Yesterday I read an article in PowerTimes ( dec. 2002 :) ) about a great SQL Optimization tool called SQL Expert created by Leccotech. This company is probably taken over by Quest Software and I faced a lot of bugs in the trial version of Quest SQL Optimizer 8.0.0.
Which software do you prefer to optimize your Oracle ... | 2011/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6383762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/789347/"
] | I use EXPLAIN PLAN with the SQL client of my choice | I also use the explain plan.
The best method to tune a query is to know as much about what it's purpose is and what it is doing.
Learn about the tables, indexes, constraints, data most importantly, and how the CBO (or RBO) is going to retrieve the data.
You can use software to point and click your way through, but ... |
6,383,762 | Yesterday I read an article in PowerTimes ( dec. 2002 :) ) about a great SQL Optimization tool called SQL Expert created by Leccotech. This company is probably taken over by Quest Software and I faced a lot of bugs in the trial version of Quest SQL Optimizer 8.0.0.
Which software do you prefer to optimize your Oracle ... | 2011/06/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6383762",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/789347/"
] | I too use explain plan (and a decent grasp on [Oracle Concepts](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28318/toc.htm) and the [optimizer](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28274/toc.htm)), but I'll also mention that Oracle develops a [SQL Developer](http://www.oracle.com/technet... | I also use the explain plan.
The best method to tune a query is to know as much about what it's purpose is and what it is doing.
Learn about the tables, indexes, constraints, data most importantly, and how the CBO (or RBO) is going to retrieve the data.
You can use software to point and click your way through, but ... |
13,550 | It was reported today that the US government shut down the web site Silk Road, where people bought and sold things (allegedly including illegal drugs) using Bitcoins. The operator was arrested, and BTC 26000 was seized. (Source: [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/nyregion/operator-of-online-market-for-i... | 2013/10/02 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/13550",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/5757/"
] | If you made more than 100 transactions and individual receiving addresses combined, yes.
Best way to find out is to try. | Unfortunately you are right. If you run out of addresses (100 in the pool) Bitcoin-qt would have generated new addresses and those are not in that old backup, so you don't have the newly created private keys then you can't access the coins on them.
You better start using a deterministic wallet, like Electrum or Armory... |
737,447 | This is with Postgresql.
A column in a table contains string values with punctuations. The values are "aac", ".aaa", "aa\_b", etc. When this column is specified in order by clause, the order of results is almost random. The strings starting with a period should appear at the top, which doesn't happen. They appear som... | 2009/04/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/737447",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/77308/"
] | The "order by" (string comparison) behaviour depends on [the cluster's locale](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/locale.html#AEN26966). | First, check the EXPLAIN and see how it's doing the sort.
* If it's calling an user-defined comparison function, look at that function.
* If it's walking an index, see if that index is using an incorrect sorting function (one that's not transitive or some such).
If EXPLAIN doesn't show anything odd, check the cluster... |
128,887 | He said that he *would have a man knockt in the head that should write anything in Mathematiques that had been written of before*. I think in order to understand this sentence one should have some background knowledge. Can anyone explain it? | 2017/05/09 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/128887",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/55007/"
] | First, in case you've never encountered the construction *HAVE Object* + *past participle*, you should know that this is not a perfect but a causative. *Have a man knocked in the head* means *cause [somebody unspecified] to knock a man in the head*. We use the same construction in *I'm having my car fixed*.
Beyond thi... | >
> would have a man knockt in the head that should write anything in Mathematiques that had been written of before.
>
>
>
I've modernized the translation to make it easier to understand.
* "knockt in the head" = beaten.
* "a man ... that should write anything" = a man who writes something
* "that had been writt... |
46,220 | I [read](https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=6267&context=law_lawreview) that
>
> The United States Constitution and forty-three state constitutions
> include a Speech or Debate Clause granting legislators a legal privilege for
> their legislati... | 2019/10/03 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/46220",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/18373/"
] | The linked article in the original article relies for this assertion on Steven F. Huefner, "[The Neglected Value of the Legislative Privilege in State Legislatures](https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1305&context=wmlr)", 45 WM. & MARY L. REV. 221, 221... | As a partial answer (found later in the same source), Florida is one such state without an explicit provision. On the other hand, Florida's supreme court has concluded that there is an implicit equivalent privilege granted by their constitution's separation of powers clause. However they also found that this [implied] ... |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | That's completely implementation defined. The C++ standard does not specify any sort of a virtual function table at all -- that's just how it's typically implemented. | Virtual table is implementation specific. It may be laid out in any order. Even there may be no virtual table at all to implement polymorphism. I recommend **[this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_method_table)** article on Wikipedia, which gives some answers to your questions. |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | 1. (a) As far as the standard is concerned, you can't, (in fact you can't even assume that vtables exist). (b) Probably, but what are the circumstances in which you need to control the order, but you can't check for yourself? The way to check is to look at the disassembly of a virtual call (and find the offset(s) added... | That's completely implementation defined. The C++ standard does not specify any sort of a virtual function table at all -- that's just how it's typically implemented. |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | That's completely implementation defined. The C++ standard does not specify any sort of a virtual function table at all -- that's just how it's typically implemented. | The question your question really begs is for what reason would you ever need to have the vtable in a particular order?
One of the reasons this is implementation dependent is because a compiler may make choices about how to layout the vtable for performance reasons, or other requirements, particular to a given CPU ar... |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | That's completely implementation defined. The C++ standard does not specify any sort of a virtual function table at all -- that's just how it's typically implemented. | While certainly 100% true, the other answers ignore an obvious truth.
It's not a stupid question, depending on the posters goals. All too often, we're forced to use platform-specific technologies to achieve our goal. In particular, what the poster is trying to do is strikingly similar to COM on windows... writing pur... |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | 1. (a) As far as the standard is concerned, you can't, (in fact you can't even assume that vtables exist). (b) Probably, but what are the circumstances in which you need to control the order, but you can't check for yourself? The way to check is to look at the disassembly of a virtual call (and find the offset(s) added... | Virtual table is implementation specific. It may be laid out in any order. Even there may be no virtual table at all to implement polymorphism. I recommend **[this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_method_table)** article on Wikipedia, which gives some answers to your questions. |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | Virtual table is implementation specific. It may be laid out in any order. Even there may be no virtual table at all to implement polymorphism. I recommend **[this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_method_table)** article on Wikipedia, which gives some answers to your questions. | The question your question really begs is for what reason would you ever need to have the vtable in a particular order?
One of the reasons this is implementation dependent is because a compiler may make choices about how to layout the vtable for performance reasons, or other requirements, particular to a given CPU ar... |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | 1. (a) As far as the standard is concerned, you can't, (in fact you can't even assume that vtables exist). (b) Probably, but what are the circumstances in which you need to control the order, but you can't check for yourself? The way to check is to look at the disassembly of a virtual call (and find the offset(s) added... | The question your question really begs is for what reason would you ever need to have the vtable in a particular order?
One of the reasons this is implementation dependent is because a compiler may make choices about how to layout the vtable for performance reasons, or other requirements, particular to a given CPU ar... |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | 1. (a) As far as the standard is concerned, you can't, (in fact you can't even assume that vtables exist). (b) Probably, but what are the circumstances in which you need to control the order, but you can't check for yourself? The way to check is to look at the disassembly of a virtual call (and find the offset(s) added... | While certainly 100% true, the other answers ignore an obvious truth.
It's not a stupid question, depending on the posters goals. All too often, we're forced to use platform-specific technologies to achieve our goal. In particular, what the poster is trying to do is strikingly similar to COM on windows... writing pur... |
3,225,211 | 1. How can I control the order of virtual functions in the virtual table? Are they laid out in the same order that they are declared in?
2. When inheriting a class with a virtual table, is the virtual table of the inherited class an extension of the base class, or is an entirely new virtual table created with only the ... | 2010/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3225211",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257627/"
] | While certainly 100% true, the other answers ignore an obvious truth.
It's not a stupid question, depending on the posters goals. All too often, we're forced to use platform-specific technologies to achieve our goal. In particular, what the poster is trying to do is strikingly similar to COM on windows... writing pur... | The question your question really begs is for what reason would you ever need to have the vtable in a particular order?
One of the reasons this is implementation dependent is because a compiler may make choices about how to layout the vtable for performance reasons, or other requirements, particular to a given CPU ar... |
553 | What is the best way to implement a recurring time dependent workflow?
Ex. An action should be performed every year.
I've heard of some Button Click Admin tricks where we could use two workflows that trigger each other to make the workflow rule recurring but I haven't been able to fully utilize the process yet. | 2012/08/17 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/553",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/314/"
] | The best approach for executing a recurring task would be to use scheduled apex. With scheduled apex you can set your apex to run monthly, weekly or daily.
<http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_scheduler.htm>
Workflow if designed more to trigger events off of other events rather that recu... | This is the free tool we developed internally to help schedule recurring process builder or workflow tasks/events/anything.
It is based on the report engine, so you can drag on any id field, any custom field (date/time) and set the filters you need and the schedules you need. Then this tool will update all of those r... |
5,207,320 | There is an online facebook poker game. This game is constantly sending and receiving information to the player's browser about all the things going on in the game. How hard would it be for a good programmer to make a program that could interface with the game server so that the user wouldn't have to use their web brow... | 2011/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5207320",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/404020/"
] | I'd put it in the 'medium' challenge bin offhand, but the specifics of the game could make it a lot harder or a lot easier.
If the game isn't sending the data encrypted it could get harder, if the game is using Flash or Silverlight with TCP sockets or some specific protocol (like flash remoting), then you'll limit you... | Moderately. They probably use remote procedure call, or other communication form, which is native to the chosen platform (Flash?). If it is HTML5 (probably JSON structures) then it is pretty easy to implement it in other languages. If it is flash then you need some middleware which implements flash's communication prot... |
5,550 | Why do Shi'a Muslims hit chests, slapping cheeks, hit shoulders with chains and, hit heads with swords and shed blood during Ashura?
These reprehensible things forbidden by the Prophet (peace be upon him) as he did not tell his followers to make something of it or close to it, for the death of a great, or loss of a Sh... | 2012/11/25 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/5550",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/181/"
] | As @Ali has already mentioned the holy Prophet --peace be upon him and his household-- has stated that "**Hussain is from me and I'm from Hussain**". But what does it mean? It is clear that Hussain peace be upon him is from Prophet as he is the Prophet's grandson. But what about the part saying "*and I'm from Hussain*"... | Shiites wear black on Ashura day. They go to mourning ceremonies and mourn.
Because their Imam was martyred thousands of years ago by ungrateful people.
The woman and his children were also abused and beaten
On this day, the Shiites mourn with their Imam |
242,074 | How to get Flight Training (and an according rating) during the TNG era for persons who did not want to join Starfleet but were inhabitant of a planet within the Federation?
We have, as an example, Kasidy Yates(-Sisko). In her [biography on Memory Alpha](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kasidy_Yates-Sisko), it is ... | 2021/01/18 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/242074",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/120088/"
] | The earliest look we have at civilian warp ships is in Star Trek Enterprise. The back story of Ensign Mayweather was that he was born to a space faring family/clan aboard the freighter ECS Horizon. It is mentioned that most freighters of that time were owned and operated by family clans who took care of their own train... | Canonically there is no real answer one can presume that Yates and other non Starfleet citizens of the Federation are accredited somehow but honestly there is no real requirement for them to be especially if they stay in known space where an autopilot can take care of flying the ship.
The closest answer would be we re... |
223,617 | Work your ass off for what you have stood up!
or
Work your ass off for what you have stood up for! | 2015/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/223617",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/107386/"
] | If you want to go the angle of totally avoiding trailing prepositions but sounding stilted and unworkable, perhaps:
>
> Work your ass off for that up for which you have stood.
>
>
>
But that's horrible.
You should see the following on "hypercorrection": <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection>
The most f... | 'Stood for' is more prominent and meaningful than 'stoop up for', which doesn't necessarily mean 'stood for'. 'Stood up for' can be used to point/refer a hypocritical stand. E-g. He 'stood up for' honesty in public life but he just 'stood up for' but did not 'stand for' the same. |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | If the possibility of spirit journeys and visions of supernatural creatures is of interest, I recommend The Carlos Castaneda series. In the first book , [Teachings of Don Juan](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0671600419) the author goes on psychotropic trips and meets spirit creatures. He analyzes his experie... | You want your drug to produce not just any hallucination but a specific hallucination. Mundane drugs can't do that, but perhaps nanites could.
Nanites are designed to carry bits of information to the brain. As a result, the brain receives visual and audio information and interprets it as a gigantic god or Monster. Th... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | This sounds like an opioid addiction, [opium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium), from poppy, from pollen. (I think pollen)
Pollen can be widely distributed or collected and intensified. It can have mass effects, or specific effects.
Star Trek Enterprise had an [episode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_New_W... | We've been there, done that, have the holy book.
[The Acacia tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Acacia_species_known_to_contain_psychoactive_alkaloids)
['Moses was high on hallucinogenic drug when he received Ten Commandments,' claims top academic](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-525993/Moses-high-h... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | What you need is a substance that makes users highly open to suggestion.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If the cult has access to a drug similar to [Devil's Breath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoscine) or [LSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide) (but ... | If the possibility of spirit journeys and visions of supernatural creatures is of interest, I recommend The Carlos Castaneda series. In the first book , [Teachings of Don Juan](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0671600419) the author goes on psychotropic trips and meets spirit creatures. He analyzes his experie... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | Nutmegs have this feature!
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg> (see psychoactivity and toxicity)
The active compounds are Myristicin and Elemicin. Besides mostly similar neurotoxic effects, psychosis, anxiety and even sensation of impending doom are dominant. The result is not perfectly identical hallucinations, ... | We've been there, done that, have the holy book.
[The Acacia tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Acacia_species_known_to_contain_psychoactive_alkaloids)
['Moses was high on hallucinogenic drug when he received Ten Commandments,' claims top academic](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-525993/Moses-high-h... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | You want your drug to produce not just any hallucination but a specific hallucination. Mundane drugs can't do that, but perhaps nanites could.
Nanites are designed to carry bits of information to the brain. As a result, the brain receives visual and audio information and interprets it as a gigantic god or Monster. Th... | Nutmegs have this feature!
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg> (see psychoactivity and toxicity)
The active compounds are Myristicin and Elemicin. Besides mostly similar neurotoxic effects, psychosis, anxiety and even sensation of impending doom are dominant. The result is not perfectly identical hallucinations, ... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | If the possibility of spirit journeys and visions of supernatural creatures is of interest, I recommend The Carlos Castaneda series. In the first book , [Teachings of Don Juan](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0671600419) the author goes on psychotropic trips and meets spirit creatures. He analyzes his experie... | Nutmegs have this feature!
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg> (see psychoactivity and toxicity)
The active compounds are Myristicin and Elemicin. Besides mostly similar neurotoxic effects, psychosis, anxiety and even sensation of impending doom are dominant. The result is not perfectly identical hallucinations, ... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | This sounds like an opioid addiction, [opium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium), from poppy, from pollen. (I think pollen)
Pollen can be widely distributed or collected and intensified. It can have mass effects, or specific effects.
Star Trek Enterprise had an [episode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_New_W... | You want your drug to produce not just any hallucination but a specific hallucination. Mundane drugs can't do that, but perhaps nanites could.
Nanites are designed to carry bits of information to the brain. As a result, the brain receives visual and audio information and interprets it as a gigantic god or Monster. Th... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | This sounds like an opioid addiction, [opium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium), from poppy, from pollen. (I think pollen)
Pollen can be widely distributed or collected and intensified. It can have mass effects, or specific effects.
Star Trek Enterprise had an [episode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_New_W... | Nutmegs have this feature!
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg> (see psychoactivity and toxicity)
The active compounds are Myristicin and Elemicin. Besides mostly similar neurotoxic effects, psychosis, anxiety and even sensation of impending doom are dominant. The result is not perfectly identical hallucinations, ... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | What you need is a substance that makes users highly open to suggestion.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If the cult has access to a drug similar to [Devil's Breath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoscine) or [LSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide) (but ... | We've been there, done that, have the holy book.
[The Acacia tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Acacia_species_known_to_contain_psychoactive_alkaloids)
['Moses was high on hallucinogenic drug when he received Ten Commandments,' claims top academic](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-525993/Moses-high-h... |
95,524 | I've been thinking about structuring a cult that brews or harvests a liquid drug. That drug is then sealed in jugs and shipped to cities.
The drug gives a sense of complete relaxation but also leads the user to hallucinate a horrible entity, with thousands of closed eyes, that's facing away from the drug addict.
As t... | 2017/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95524",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43920/"
] | What you need is a substance that makes users highly open to suggestion.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If the cult has access to a drug similar to [Devil's Breath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoscine) or [LSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide) (but ... | This sounds like an opioid addiction, [opium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium), from poppy, from pollen. (I think pollen)
Pollen can be widely distributed or collected and intensified. It can have mass effects, or specific effects.
Star Trek Enterprise had an [episode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_New_W... |
27,752 | I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so "rusty" is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.
I would like all in one d... | 2009/06/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/27752",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/800/"
] | I've had a lot of luck with my NetGear ProSafe [FVS338](http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS338.aspx). NetGear also has a Gb switch - [FVS336G](http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS336G.aspx). US $200 and $300 respectively.
Pretty much does what you need... | OpenBSD is especially nice for setting up a firewall as it is "secure by default", meaning that there are no holes if you don't make them.
Also, the configuration itself is very easy, even when you dig deeper into NAT, IPsec VPN, ...
Of course you'll have to know networking with any box (what NAT means, basics of how... |
27,752 | I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so "rusty" is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.
I would like all in one d... | 2009/06/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/27752",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/800/"
] | Linksys has some decent routers which are above a home router, but below a full on kick a\*\* router. Something like the WRV54G. It's small, supports IPSec VPN, is a router, DHCP, etc. Only part it doesn't fit is that it's 100 Meg. But to overload 100 Meg you'll have to push a lot of traffic.
This won'd handle load ba... | If you really want a single box, doing all that, you could go for a Cisco 3750 (or comparable switch), it can do basic (admittedly VERY basic) firewalling (access-lists, nothing really fancy) and route packets. Don't know to what extent they provide a "simple" VPN config, but you should be able to configure IPSEC endpo... |
27,752 | I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so "rusty" is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.
I would like all in one d... | 2009/06/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/27752",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/800/"
] | I'd suggest a [Sonicwall device in the SMB category](http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/UTM_Firewall_VPN.html). I have managed a few of these devices, and they did not ONCE let me down. The interface is a bit better than the typical Linksys.
I won't be the first to suggest to use this only as the gateway/VPN/firewal... | OpenBSD is especially nice for setting up a firewall as it is "secure by default", meaning that there are no holes if you don't make them.
Also, the configuration itself is very easy, even when you dig deeper into NAT, IPsec VPN, ...
Of course you'll have to know networking with any box (what NAT means, basics of how... |
27,752 | I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so "rusty" is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.
I would like all in one d... | 2009/06/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/27752",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/800/"
] | Go take a peek at Vyatta. They have a pretty comprehensive product that uses Linux Kernel, offering such things as VPN, Router, NAT, DNS Forwarding, DHCP Server, and More... [www.vyatta.com](http://www.vyatta.com) or [www.vyatta.org](http://www.vyatta.org) for the community versions. You can run it on their appliance, ... | You might be interested in [pfSense](http://www.pfsense.com/). |
27,752 | I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so "rusty" is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.
I would like all in one d... | 2009/06/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/27752",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/800/"
] | Go take a peek at Vyatta. They have a pretty comprehensive product that uses Linux Kernel, offering such things as VPN, Router, NAT, DNS Forwarding, DHCP Server, and More... [www.vyatta.com](http://www.vyatta.com) or [www.vyatta.org](http://www.vyatta.org) for the community versions. You can run it on their appliance, ... | OpenBSD is especially nice for setting up a firewall as it is "secure by default", meaning that there are no holes if you don't make them.
Also, the configuration itself is very easy, even when you dig deeper into NAT, IPsec VPN, ...
Of course you'll have to know networking with any box (what NAT means, basics of how... |
27,752 | I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so "rusty" is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.
I would like all in one d... | 2009/06/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/27752",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/800/"
] | I've had a lot of luck with my NetGear ProSafe [FVS338](http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS338.aspx). NetGear also has a Gb switch - [FVS336G](http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS336G.aspx). US $200 and $300 respectively.
Pretty much does what you need... | You might be interested in [pfSense](http://www.pfsense.com/). |
27,752 | I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so "rusty" is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.
I would like all in one d... | 2009/06/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/27752",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/800/"
] | I've had a lot of luck with my NetGear ProSafe [FVS338](http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS338.aspx). NetGear also has a Gb switch - [FVS336G](http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS336G.aspx). US $200 and $300 respectively.
Pretty much does what you need... | If you really want a single box, doing all that, you could go for a Cisco 3750 (or comparable switch), it can do basic (admittedly VERY basic) firewalling (access-lists, nothing really fancy) and route packets. Don't know to what extent they provide a "simple" VPN config, but you should be able to configure IPSEC endpo... |
210,641 | I have to advise a training on unit testing in my company.
I would like to show a striking, real-life example of an unexpected regression not caught by compilation (of course) but detectable with unit testing.
Something more like a seemingly valid change that in fact cause a regression in another part of the program.... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/210641",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/39510/"
] | Personally, I actually value the unit tests more at the point of creation, in their ability to force the developer to think about the code they have written, and to validate how they think their code behaves.
When a historic unit test breaks, in my experience it is usually has been because of an intended functionality... | (yes I'm answering my own question - just happened to remember a good example)
I remember finding and busting some tricky C++ smart-pointers reference loop with the combination of unit-testing + valgrind.
Seeing some leaks in unit (= limited) tests make it easier to diagnose who is holding the unexpected reference th... |
210,641 | I have to advise a training on unit testing in my company.
I would like to show a striking, real-life example of an unexpected regression not caught by compilation (of course) but detectable with unit testing.
Something more like a seemingly valid change that in fact cause a regression in another part of the program.... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/210641",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/39510/"
] | Personally, I actually value the unit tests more at the point of creation, in their ability to force the developer to think about the code they have written, and to validate how they think their code behaves.
When a historic unit test breaks, in my experience it is usually has been because of an intended functionality... | IMHO the value of unit tests can be understood most clearly whenever you have to create reusable libraries, especially when those libs are generic, with only few or no dependencies to other parts of the system.
Think of a mathematical library (for example, for vector or matrix operations, for graphs, or for graphical... |
210,641 | I have to advise a training on unit testing in my company.
I would like to show a striking, real-life example of an unexpected regression not caught by compilation (of course) but detectable with unit testing.
Something more like a seemingly valid change that in fact cause a regression in another part of the program.... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/210641",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/39510/"
] | Personally, I actually value the unit tests more at the point of creation, in their ability to force the developer to think about the code they have written, and to validate how they think their code behaves.
When a historic unit test breaks, in my experience it is usually has been because of an intended functionality... | Sounds like you are trying to 'sell' unit testing in your company. (Good for you!)
I am going to risk being hated here, but it sounds like you youself might not
be 100% clear on all the benefits of writing unit tests. As other
answers have pointed out, there are many reasons unit tests are extremely
useful (sometimes... |
210,641 | I have to advise a training on unit testing in my company.
I would like to show a striking, real-life example of an unexpected regression not caught by compilation (of course) but detectable with unit testing.
Something more like a seemingly valid change that in fact cause a regression in another part of the program.... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/210641",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/39510/"
] | IMHO the value of unit tests can be understood most clearly whenever you have to create reusable libraries, especially when those libs are generic, with only few or no dependencies to other parts of the system.
Think of a mathematical library (for example, for vector or matrix operations, for graphs, or for graphical... | (yes I'm answering my own question - just happened to remember a good example)
I remember finding and busting some tricky C++ smart-pointers reference loop with the combination of unit-testing + valgrind.
Seeing some leaks in unit (= limited) tests make it easier to diagnose who is holding the unexpected reference th... |
210,641 | I have to advise a training on unit testing in my company.
I would like to show a striking, real-life example of an unexpected regression not caught by compilation (of course) but detectable with unit testing.
Something more like a seemingly valid change that in fact cause a regression in another part of the program.... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/210641",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/39510/"
] | Sounds like you are trying to 'sell' unit testing in your company. (Good for you!)
I am going to risk being hated here, but it sounds like you youself might not
be 100% clear on all the benefits of writing unit tests. As other
answers have pointed out, there are many reasons unit tests are extremely
useful (sometimes... | (yes I'm answering my own question - just happened to remember a good example)
I remember finding and busting some tricky C++ smart-pointers reference loop with the combination of unit-testing + valgrind.
Seeing some leaks in unit (= limited) tests make it easier to diagnose who is holding the unexpected reference th... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | I think you might be able to get away with some of this...perhaps not all...by altering the world to include much greater climate variations and extreme isolation.
Giants are actually one of the more challenging aspects to justify...the size of a species is directly realted to the environment they are in. Rich oxygen ... | As twelfth has already mentioned, genetic modification is not your only concern here.
To answer your question: yes, you can alter a creature's genes to make it look the way you want it. However whether that creature will be able to sustain its life in its ecosystem is a completely other thing. It is quite complex and ... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | I think you might be able to get away with some of this...perhaps not all...by altering the world to include much greater climate variations and extreme isolation.
Giants are actually one of the more challenging aspects to justify...the size of a species is directly realted to the environment they are in. Rich oxygen ... | Evolution will produce organisms based on the parameters you give it to work with. Earth's evolutionary process produced humans - we're perfectly adapted for the terranean environment. That means
* 101kPa mean surface pressure
* 0-30oC temperature (with modern materials and techniques we can survive more)
* 78% nitrog... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | I think you might be able to get away with some of this...perhaps not all...by altering the world to include much greater climate variations and extreme isolation.
Giants are actually one of the more challenging aspects to justify...the size of a species is directly realted to the environment they are in. Rich oxygen ... | Over millions of years it's certainly possible to see a massive range of genetic variations, just look at the various species of great apes but then consider that voles, elephants, dolphins and moles are all mammals too.
Creating the variation isn't the problem, the only thing that is a problem is giving those variati... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | I think you might be able to get away with some of this...perhaps not all...by altering the world to include much greater climate variations and extreme isolation.
Giants are actually one of the more challenging aspects to justify...the size of a species is directly realted to the environment they are in. Rich oxygen ... | Yes, it is possible, in a world of abundance
--------------------------------------------
When humans, elephants, bats and dolphins have all evolved from some lemur-like proto-mammal, it seems that there are nearly unlimited possibilities with the same starting DNA. The problem is whether the species survive in the lo... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | Evolution will produce organisms based on the parameters you give it to work with. Earth's evolutionary process produced humans - we're perfectly adapted for the terranean environment. That means
* 101kPa mean surface pressure
* 0-30oC temperature (with modern materials and techniques we can survive more)
* 78% nitrog... | As twelfth has already mentioned, genetic modification is not your only concern here.
To answer your question: yes, you can alter a creature's genes to make it look the way you want it. However whether that creature will be able to sustain its life in its ecosystem is a completely other thing. It is quite complex and ... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | Yes, it is possible, in a world of abundance
--------------------------------------------
When humans, elephants, bats and dolphins have all evolved from some lemur-like proto-mammal, it seems that there are nearly unlimited possibilities with the same starting DNA. The problem is whether the species survive in the lo... | As twelfth has already mentioned, genetic modification is not your only concern here.
To answer your question: yes, you can alter a creature's genes to make it look the way you want it. However whether that creature will be able to sustain its life in its ecosystem is a completely other thing. It is quite complex and ... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | Evolution will produce organisms based on the parameters you give it to work with. Earth's evolutionary process produced humans - we're perfectly adapted for the terranean environment. That means
* 101kPa mean surface pressure
* 0-30oC temperature (with modern materials and techniques we can survive more)
* 78% nitrog... | Over millions of years it's certainly possible to see a massive range of genetic variations, just look at the various species of great apes but then consider that voles, elephants, dolphins and moles are all mammals too.
Creating the variation isn't the problem, the only thing that is a problem is giving those variati... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | Evolution will produce organisms based on the parameters you give it to work with. Earth's evolutionary process produced humans - we're perfectly adapted for the terranean environment. That means
* 101kPa mean surface pressure
* 0-30oC temperature (with modern materials and techniques we can survive more)
* 78% nitrog... | Yes, it is possible, in a world of abundance
--------------------------------------------
When humans, elephants, bats and dolphins have all evolved from some lemur-like proto-mammal, it seems that there are nearly unlimited possibilities with the same starting DNA. The problem is whether the species survive in the lo... |
38,610 | A theory about [One Piece](http://onepiece.wikia.com) comes to my mind recently: the series contain a lot of impossible, non-existent and "fairy tale"-like elements, such as various giant animals, bizarre cross-species, giant or simply [impossibly tall](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Donquixote_Doflamingo) humans, sapi... | 2016/03/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/38610",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/144/"
] | Yes, it is possible, in a world of abundance
--------------------------------------------
When humans, elephants, bats and dolphins have all evolved from some lemur-like proto-mammal, it seems that there are nearly unlimited possibilities with the same starting DNA. The problem is whether the species survive in the lo... | Over millions of years it's certainly possible to see a massive range of genetic variations, just look at the various species of great apes but then consider that voles, elephants, dolphins and moles are all mammals too.
Creating the variation isn't the problem, the only thing that is a problem is giving those variati... |
56,651,554 | I search to use spring boot, spring-cloud-gateway, netflix eureka.
Is there anything to do to have a load balancer and circuit breaker for micro-service instance?
I found few information ex ribbon when spring gateway is used instead of zuul.
Actually I have an application for the gateway, another for eureka, another... | 2019/06/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/56651554",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1095362/"
] | With Spring Cloud Gateway, you can currently use the [Hystrix Gateway Filter](https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-gateway/spring-cloud-gateway.html#hystrix). | Consider using [Hystrix](https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/How-it-Works). It is extremely good for microservices and aligns well with Spring cloud stack. Also, take a look at [Feign](https://github.com/OpenFeign/feign), due to its simplistic approach to communication between microservices and integration with hys... |
1,303 | Shamelessly ripping off Monica Cellio's post on [The Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5754/75187).
The HNQ list consists of [hot questions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/61343/377968) from around the network of Stack Exchange sites. It's visible on the Stack Exchange front page and on the ... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1303",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/30519/"
] | No, I don't think we should opt out of HNQ. Parenting's community is quite small, and I think it's important to bring new visitors here - even at the cost HNQs bring. HNQs aren't perfect, but they're better than not getting new users - they're how many of our current users, myself included, found the site. | Having suffered through quite a few questions popping up in the HNQ, I am very much in favour of having it removed. HNQ typically brings many new visitors who have no experience in parenting, and often no social or moral filter- we have had comments with abusive language, rudeness, racism and other problems, and our on... |
1,303 | Shamelessly ripping off Monica Cellio's post on [The Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5754/75187).
The HNQ list consists of [hot questions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/61343/377968) from around the network of Stack Exchange sites. It's visible on the Stack Exchange front page and on the ... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1303",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/30519/"
] | I very much disagree with opting-out. Yea we get some bad. But with the bad we also get plenty of good. It brings visibility to the site; visibility that this site needs because, let's face it, we're kinda fizzling out here.
Content generation seems to increase after HNQ traffic dies down so perhaps people don't quit... | Having suffered through quite a few questions popping up in the HNQ, I am very much in favour of having it removed. HNQ typically brings many new visitors who have no experience in parenting, and often no social or moral filter- we have had comments with abusive language, rudeness, racism and other problems, and our on... |
1,303 | Shamelessly ripping off Monica Cellio's post on [The Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5754/75187).
The HNQ list consists of [hot questions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/61343/377968) from around the network of Stack Exchange sites. It's visible on the Stack Exchange front page and on the ... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1303",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/30519/"
] | I only know about Parenting.SE BECAUSE I saw something interesting (yes, it was probably controversial) on the HNQ list once-upon-a-time.
Perhaps a middle ground could be reached such as a question being "protected" as soon as it hits the HNQ list? That would allow the "publicity" of being on the list while also helpi... | Having suffered through quite a few questions popping up in the HNQ, I am very much in favour of having it removed. HNQ typically brings many new visitors who have no experience in parenting, and often no social or moral filter- we have had comments with abusive language, rudeness, racism and other problems, and our on... |
1,303 | Shamelessly ripping off Monica Cellio's post on [The Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5754/75187).
The HNQ list consists of [hot questions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/61343/377968) from around the network of Stack Exchange sites. It's visible on the Stack Exchange front page and on the ... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1303",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/30519/"
] | No, I don't think we should opt out of HNQ. Parenting's community is quite small, and I think it's important to bring new visitors here - even at the cost HNQs bring. HNQs aren't perfect, but they're better than not getting new users - they're how many of our current users, myself included, found the site. | I cannot support @Rory Alsop's answer more strongly without all caps: Yes, yes, yes, I am also in favor of opting out!
For all the reasons Rory named, and (also) in case it's not obvious: TROLLS.
@Joe makes a good point, and if the HNQ is the reason he's here, then I may be wrong to want to opt out. But... but... it ... |
1,303 | Shamelessly ripping off Monica Cellio's post on [The Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5754/75187).
The HNQ list consists of [hot questions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/61343/377968) from around the network of Stack Exchange sites. It's visible on the Stack Exchange front page and on the ... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1303",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/30519/"
] | I very much disagree with opting-out. Yea we get some bad. But with the bad we also get plenty of good. It brings visibility to the site; visibility that this site needs because, let's face it, we're kinda fizzling out here.
Content generation seems to increase after HNQ traffic dies down so perhaps people don't quit... | I cannot support @Rory Alsop's answer more strongly without all caps: Yes, yes, yes, I am also in favor of opting out!
For all the reasons Rory named, and (also) in case it's not obvious: TROLLS.
@Joe makes a good point, and if the HNQ is the reason he's here, then I may be wrong to want to opt out. But... but... it ... |
1,303 | Shamelessly ripping off Monica Cellio's post on [The Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5754/75187).
The HNQ list consists of [hot questions](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/61343/377968) from around the network of Stack Exchange sites. It's visible on the Stack Exchange front page and on the ... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1303",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/30519/"
] | I only know about Parenting.SE BECAUSE I saw something interesting (yes, it was probably controversial) on the HNQ list once-upon-a-time.
Perhaps a middle ground could be reached such as a question being "protected" as soon as it hits the HNQ list? That would allow the "publicity" of being on the list while also helpi... | I cannot support @Rory Alsop's answer more strongly without all caps: Yes, yes, yes, I am also in favor of opting out!
For all the reasons Rory named, and (also) in case it's not obvious: TROLLS.
@Joe makes a good point, and if the HNQ is the reason he's here, then I may be wrong to want to opt out. But... but... it ... |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | [AutoHotkey](http://www.autohotkey.com/) has a very good macro recorder available as a helpful tool with it, namely AutoScriptWriter.
There is a menu item for it, but if you can't find it look in the installation folder. The recorded macros may need some improvement by hand, but are a very good start. | The best commercial one we tried is [Jitbit Macro Recorder](http://www.jitbit.com/macro-recorder/). It can even compile macros to EXE files.
Also, there's a comparison article over at Wikipedia: [Comparison of macro recorder software](http://wayback.archive.org/web/20151127201520/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparis... |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | I've used [Macro Express](http://www.macroexpress.com/index.htm) for years and would be lost without it. It is not free though. | If you already have MS-Office there's a macro recorder built in. I'm not sure how much it works with things outside the Office world though. |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | [AutoHotkey](http://www.autohotkey.com/) has a very good macro recorder available as a helpful tool with it, namely AutoScriptWriter.
There is a menu item for it, but if you can't find it look in the installation folder. The recorded macros may need some improvement by hand, but are a very good start. | I've used [Macro Express](http://www.macroexpress.com/index.htm) for years and would be lost without it. It is not free though. |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | You can try this one: <http://www.macro-recorder.com/>
It's also working on Windows 7! | I've used [Macro Express](http://www.macroexpress.com/index.htm) for years and would be lost without it. It is not free though. |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | Early versions of Windows included a free macro recorder, but this seemed to be unstable if used on later editions.
About five years ago we had considerable success with MacroScheduler from MJTnet. This will enable you to record sessions, and also allow you to edit the session as a script - great for optimizing and tw... | If you already have MS-Office there's a macro recorder built in. I'm not sure how much it works with things outside the Office world though. |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | The best commercial one we tried is [Jitbit Macro Recorder](http://www.jitbit.com/macro-recorder/). It can even compile macros to EXE files.
Also, there's a comparison article over at Wikipedia: [Comparison of macro recorder software](http://wayback.archive.org/web/20151127201520/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparis... | **Eventcorder** is a good one, but I can't get it to work on Vista, but it works fine on WinXP. It's functionality is like Jitbit. I think version 2.0.44 is still free. |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | **Eventcorder** is a good one, but I can't get it to work on Vista, but it works fine on WinXP. It's functionality is like Jitbit. I think version 2.0.44 is still free. | If you already have MS-Office there's a macro recorder built in. I'm not sure how much it works with things outside the Office world though. |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | [AutoHotkey](http://www.autohotkey.com/) has a very good macro recorder available as a helpful tool with it, namely AutoScriptWriter.
There is a menu item for it, but if you can't find it look in the installation folder. The recorded macros may need some improvement by hand, but are a very good start. | Early versions of Windows included a free macro recorder, but this seemed to be unstable if used on later editions.
About five years ago we had considerable success with MacroScheduler from MJTnet. This will enable you to record sessions, and also allow you to edit the session as a script - great for optimizing and tw... |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | The best commercial one we tried is [Jitbit Macro Recorder](http://www.jitbit.com/macro-recorder/). It can even compile macros to EXE files.
Also, there's a comparison article over at Wikipedia: [Comparison of macro recorder software](http://wayback.archive.org/web/20151127201520/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparis... | I've used [Macro Express](http://www.macroexpress.com/index.htm) for years and would be lost without it. It is not free though. |
107,113 | I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.
I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?
The solution... | 2010/02/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/107113",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26294/"
] | You can try this one: <http://www.macro-recorder.com/>
It's also working on Windows 7! | The best commercial one we tried is [Jitbit Macro Recorder](http://www.jitbit.com/macro-recorder/). It can even compile macros to EXE files.
Also, there's a comparison article over at Wikipedia: [Comparison of macro recorder software](http://wayback.archive.org/web/20151127201520/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparis... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | Yes, it should be the same. A new tab is more or less a new window, it just happens to be held in the same parent container as the original tab. | I think it is still in the realm of personal preference, but depending on what I am browsing I am finding more and more that I open links in new tabs. I do this a lot when I a reading a page with a lot of related links but I want to finish reading the main page first. That way when I am done I can go look at all those ... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | Are we discussing links that leave your site? Our company benefits provider has a web site for administering our flexible spending acct. It opens 3 separate windows from the time I login until I reach the page to submit a claim. I have never been a fan of opening a new tab/window when navigating within a site.
Though... | I'm going to wear out my scroll wheel button by the amount of tabs I open. There's a great Firefox extension that allows you to close the current tab with a single keypress, and I've assigned to it, so it's very easy to close tabs quickly. |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | I think consistency is the most important thing to keep in mind. Browsers are beginning to provide ways to open links in multiple tabs regardless of the web site's design decisions, so maintaining similar functionality as other websites is probably the biggest concern.
You really want your site's core features to beha... | Yes, it should be the same. A new tab is more or less a new window, it just happens to be held in the same parent container as the original tab. |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | Some browsers actually open a new window when asked to open a new window (*gasp*), **even if they support tabs**. I usually have two or three different browser windows open, each with a number of tabs, grouped by task. If some site unexpectedly forces a new window on me, I now have to re-integrate it as a tab into one ... | I think it is still in the realm of personal preference, but depending on what I am browsing I am finding more and more that I open links in new tabs. I do this a lot when I a reading a page with a lot of related links but I want to finish reading the main page first. That way when I am done I can go look at all those ... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | I think consistency is the most important thing to keep in mind. Browsers are beginning to provide ways to open links in multiple tabs regardless of the web site's design decisions, so maintaining similar functionality as other websites is probably the biggest concern.
You really want your site's core features to beha... | Some browsers actually open a new window when asked to open a new window (*gasp*), **even if they support tabs**. I usually have two or three different browser windows open, each with a number of tabs, grouped by task. If some site unexpectedly forces a new window on me, I now have to re-integrate it as a tab into one ... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | If you prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the back button, then by all means, click links with your middle mouse button. But please don't force your surfing preferences on others. Tabs don't change this principle in the slightest. | Some browsers actually open a new window when asked to open a new window (*gasp*), **even if they support tabs**. I usually have two or three different browser windows open, each with a number of tabs, grouped by task. If some site unexpectedly forces a new window on me, I now have to re-integrate it as a tab into one ... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | If you prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the back button, then by all means, click links with your middle mouse button. But please don't force your surfing preferences on others. Tabs don't change this principle in the slightest. | Are we discussing links that leave your site? Our company benefits provider has a web site for administering our flexible spending acct. It opens 3 separate windows from the time I login until I reach the page to submit a claim. I have never been a fan of opening a new tab/window when navigating within a site.
Though... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | Are we discussing links that leave your site? Our company benefits provider has a web site for administering our flexible spending acct. It opens 3 separate windows from the time I login until I reach the page to submit a claim. I have never been a fan of opening a new tab/window when navigating within a site.
Though... | I think it is still in the realm of personal preference, but depending on what I am browsing I am finding more and more that I open links in new tabs. I do this a lot when I a reading a page with a lot of related links but I want to finish reading the main page first. That way when I am done I can go look at all those ... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | If you prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the back button, then by all means, click links with your middle mouse button. But please don't force your surfing preferences on others. Tabs don't change this principle in the slightest. | I think it is still in the realm of personal preference, but depending on what I am browsing I am finding more and more that I open links in new tabs. I do this a lot when I a reading a page with a lot of related links but I want to finish reading the main page first. That way when I am done I can go look at all those ... |
123,000 | It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/123000",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21238/"
] | I think consistency is the most important thing to keep in mind. Browsers are beginning to provide ways to open links in multiple tabs regardless of the web site's design decisions, so maintaining similar functionality as other websites is probably the biggest concern.
You really want your site's core features to beha... | Are we discussing links that leave your site? Our company benefits provider has a web site for administering our flexible spending acct. It opens 3 separate windows from the time I login until I reach the page to submit a claim. I have never been a fan of opening a new tab/window when navigating within a site.
Though... |
2,042,179 | The JVM is required to run a java application.
I wanted to know is there any equivalent in c#?
If yes what is it? | 2010/01/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2042179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241717/"
] | The [Common Language Runtime](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/8bs2ecf4.aspx) or CLR. This is the runtime that supports not just C# but also other .NET languages, such as Visual Basic.NET. Typically, each language exposes developers to a subset of the features available on the CLR (for instance, method overloadi... | You need to have Common Language Runtime (CLR ) to run C# applications. |
2,042,179 | The JVM is required to run a java application.
I wanted to know is there any equivalent in c#?
If yes what is it? | 2010/01/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2042179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241717/"
] | The [Common Language Runtime](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/8bs2ecf4.aspx) or CLR. This is the runtime that supports not just C# but also other .NET languages, such as Visual Basic.NET. Typically, each language exposes developers to a subset of the features available on the CLR (for instance, method overloadi... | There is no .NET equivalent to the JVM, because .NET does not run inside a virtualized sandbox like Java does.
Java: Source > Java Bytecode > Intepreted by JVM compiled for specific platform.
.NET: Source > MSIL > Compiled to native code the first time the MSIL assembly is executed.
As such, .NET code can be compil... |
2,042,179 | The JVM is required to run a java application.
I wanted to know is there any equivalent in c#?
If yes what is it? | 2010/01/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2042179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241717/"
] | You need to have Common Language Runtime (CLR ) to run C# applications. | There is no .NET equivalent to the JVM, because .NET does not run inside a virtualized sandbox like Java does.
Java: Source > Java Bytecode > Intepreted by JVM compiled for specific platform.
.NET: Source > MSIL > Compiled to native code the first time the MSIL assembly is executed.
As such, .NET code can be compil... |
79,735 | I am aware that the Canon 430EX II can only be used as a slave, but if I have the hot shoe adaptor with a standard PC cable connecting it to my Cybersync receiver (which fires upon connection) when shooting from my 5D Mark II with my Cybersync transmitter, shouldn't that work?
Is it my technology that is not compatibl... | 2016/06/30 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/79735",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/53499/"
] | Simply having the 430EXII in Manual mode isn't sufficient. **It must also be out of slave mode.** The slave modes for the 430EXII are for Canon's wireless eTTL optical-based system. Your Cybersync triggers are replacing that system, and using the PC sync port to trigger the flash. If the 430EXII is in Slave mode, it's ... | The flash should be set in *Manual* mode, not *Slave* mode. When used in *Slave* mode there must be a *Master* flash optically controlling the 430EX II through the optical receiver on the flash. In *Slave* mode the signals through the pins on the flash shoe are ignored. If there are channel and slave symbols visible in... |
93,714 | In the PHB on page 270 we can read in the desription of Protection from Evil and Good that:
>
> Components: V,S,M(holy water or powdered silver and iron, which the
> spell consumes)
>
>
>
Since the material components are consumed, they cannot be replaced with a spellcasting focus, as per the PHB (p.203)
>
> I... | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93714",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/33200/"
] | As with any component that does not specify a specific amount, either by size/weight description, or by cost, the amount is any amount. A pinch, a drop, a dollop, or a house sized mound are all valid amounts that would cause the spell to function. The fact that one possible component listed is sold by the flask accordi... | Holy water does not necesseraly come in "perfect units of 25 gp".
Protection from Evil is a pretty basic spell. Since no price is specifically listed, only a few drops are required.
Otherwise the material component entry would have been written like this:
Components: V,S,M (25 gp of holy water or of powdered silver
... |
17,352 | I have a Power PC and I have been wanting to do a live screencast of a this thing I do, but there doesn't seem to be a single widget out there that would help me out.
It is not just a matter of grabbing the screen, I have Snapz Pro X and it will work, but I want to share it with a bunch of people in real-time. There i... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/17352",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/7775/"
] | How about Copernicus?
<http://danicsoft.com/software/copernicus/>
Or this (More promising, as it is live):
<http://b-l-a-c-k-o-p.com/GrabberRaster.html> | What about VNC? There is a good server for mac that I used to use named [Vine Server](http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxvnc/).
Or you could just use the built in one:
1. Open System Preferences
2. Go to Sharing
3. Tick the "Screen Sharing" box
4. Open "Computer Preferences" and make sure the "Allow VNC users to contr... |
41,538,295 | How do I dock the [Browser Console](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Browser_Console) window in Firefox?
The Browser Console currently opens in a separate window. I'd prefer for it to be docked to the bottom of the main window.
There's [a similar question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/709941/how-... | 2017/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41538295",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2890856/"
] | There is no stock way to dock the [Browser Console](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Browser_Console) to a specific window. The Browser Console is for the entirety of the Firefox browser. What it shows is not limited to a single window. Thus, from a user interface point of view, it does not make sense to ... | I don't know of any way with the built-in console. However, the 'Web Developer Extension' add-on console has toggles to dock to a window, but also several additional useful layouts. |
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