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4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
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] | use Scott Brown's enhanced method:
instead of dropping opacity of "glass" layer, play with its blend modes and levels. hard light seems to work well
 | There's no easy way to do this. At best, you could carefully erase the entire background from the edges of the images via various tools, but as you state, since it's glass, you'll still see the background color behind the glass, which will likely look funny if you then place this image on any other background. |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
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] | The way I deal with glass is to cut out the glass section using the polygonal select tool and remove it to its own layer. From there I drop the opacity in layers panel to 20% and bump up the exposure buy a little, drop the offset by quite a lot and increase gamma correction quite a bit too. This give a nice transparent... | Most usual methods have the following drawbacks:
* The glass seems milky or smoky
* Forgotten totally that glass affects to the background like a bizarre lens
Check the following and go on reading, if interested:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k7wms.jpg)
... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
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] | Copy the image to a new layer. I find it easier to turn off the original layer, also, while I work.
With the new layer picked, go to IMAGE/ADJUSTMENTS/LEVELS. Adjust the sliders to get the most contrast you can get in the image. I could get every edge except some of the right lower edge of the bottle to have pretty de... | If you are using Photoshop, then hope to get a better solution here. You could try Color Range function. He used to take the Color Range to earn it <https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-remove-a-background-from-a-transparent-object-in-Photoshop>
**Note:** That was my mistake that I wrongly gave another link. But here the f... |
417,980 | Right click and click and drag not working in Photoshop CS5 and only photoshop. Running windows 7 64bit.
Would synergy affect this? | 2012/04/28 | [
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] | This was happening to me as well, so I quit Synergy and it worked fine after restarting Photoshop. I'm also running Win7 64 with Photoshop CS5 64-bit. | There is a related issue being tracked. See: <http://synergy-foss.org/tracker/issues/467#note-12>
Try setting up your server to use the synergy application instead of the service (if that applies). It got my Photoshop cs5 working just fine. |
417,980 | Right click and click and drag not working in Photoshop CS5 and only photoshop. Running windows 7 64bit.
Would synergy affect this? | 2012/04/28 | [
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] | This was happening to me as well, so I quit Synergy and it worked fine after restarting Photoshop. I'm also running Win7 64 with Photoshop CS5 64-bit. | I've also seen this happening in Google Chrome (v. 19): click-and-dragging to select text in the address bar fails - the initial click is registered, but no dragging ever occurs.
I have found that a temporary fix is to hit the Windows key twice (once to show the Start menu, then again to dismiss it). This doesn't fix ... |
417,980 | Right click and click and drag not working in Photoshop CS5 and only photoshop. Running windows 7 64bit.
Would synergy affect this? | 2012/04/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/417980",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/32860/"
] | There is a related issue being tracked. See: <http://synergy-foss.org/tracker/issues/467#note-12>
Try setting up your server to use the synergy application instead of the service (if that applies). It got my Photoshop cs5 working just fine. | I've also seen this happening in Google Chrome (v. 19): click-and-dragging to select text in the address bar fails - the initial click is registered, but no dragging ever occurs.
I have found that a temporary fix is to hit the Windows key twice (once to show the Start menu, then again to dismiss it). This doesn't fix ... |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
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] | CADG is the most common way I've heard this term used for basses. It could also refer to the drop D tuning with a low C on the bottom according to Wikipedia, in guitar context: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_c_tuning>
Incidentally orchestral basses fitted with a low C extention have the CADG tuning too, although w... | In my experience 'dropped' tuning means that you detune the bottom E string by a whole tone compared to standard guitar tuning so that you get a 5th (power chord) with a simple barre across the bottom two strings.
Just doing this gives you 'dropped D' tuning which can be useful for playing power chord riffs and some ... |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | CADG is the most common way I've heard this term used for basses. It could also refer to the drop D tuning with a low C on the bottom according to Wikipedia, in guitar context: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_c_tuning>
Incidentally orchestral basses fitted with a low C extention have the CADG tuning too, although w... | There is no true definition, since the term is an abbreviation, *but most commonly refers to CGCFAD* for guitar, CGCF for a 4 string bass.
==========================================================================================================================================
This means the definition can vary. Howev... |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | Your second tuning (C-A-D-G) is drop c, because the 'drop' part only refers to the lowest string. The first tuning you showed (C-G-C-F) would be D drop C, because every string is tuned down a whole step to D-G-F-C (D-standard tuning), and the lowest string is tuned down further to a C. | Drop C tuning is Drop D with all 6 strings down a further full step down. So the the high E is tuned down two whole-tones and the other 5 strings a single whole step. |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | Coming from a guitar perspective, Drop D is usually used to make power chords easier. If it was simply to gain access to the lower D then you would drop all the strings, to keep their tension more consistent and keep access to all your normal chord shapes.
The same theory then applies to Drop C. Take EADG(Be), lower a... | There is no international registry of names for tunings. There is no "true definition".
You've noticed that saying "Drop C" isn't enough to get your meaning across, so be more specific when saying it, and ask for clarification when you hear it. |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | CADG is the most common way I've heard this term used for basses. It could also refer to the drop D tuning with a low C on the bottom according to Wikipedia, in guitar context: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_c_tuning>
Incidentally orchestral basses fitted with a low C extention have the CADG tuning too, although w... | Drop C tuning is Drop D with all 6 strings down a further full step down. So the the high E is tuned down two whole-tones and the other 5 strings a single whole step. |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
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] | Your second tuning (C-A-D-G) is drop c, because the 'drop' part only refers to the lowest string. The first tuning you showed (C-G-C-F) would be D drop C, because every string is tuned down a whole step to D-G-F-C (D-standard tuning), and the lowest string is tuned down further to a C. | I'm probably the best from a technical standpoint but from what I have been taught and understand from others is:
Drop C (C1-G1-C2-F2)
Low C (C1-A1-D2-G2) |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | Coming from a guitar perspective, Drop D is usually used to make power chords easier. If it was simply to gain access to the lower D then you would drop all the strings, to keep their tension more consistent and keep access to all your normal chord shapes.
The same theory then applies to Drop C. Take EADG(Be), lower a... | There is no true definition, since the term is an abbreviation, *but most commonly refers to CGCFAD* for guitar, CGCF for a 4 string bass.
==========================================================================================================================================
This means the definition can vary. Howev... |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | There is no true definition, since the term is an abbreviation, *but most commonly refers to CGCFAD* for guitar, CGCF for a 4 string bass.
==========================================================================================================================================
This means the definition can vary. Howev... | I'm probably the best from a technical standpoint but from what I have been taught and understand from others is:
Drop C (C1-G1-C2-F2)
Low C (C1-A1-D2-G2) |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | There is no international registry of names for tunings. There is no "true definition".
You've noticed that saying "Drop C" isn't enough to get your meaning across, so be more specific when saying it, and ask for clarification when you hear it. | Drop C tuning is Drop D with all 6 strings down a further full step down. So the the high E is tuned down two whole-tones and the other 5 strings a single whole step. |
4,883 | Since I play bass I will tackle this question from a bass guitar perspective.
I've had some musicians state that the following tuning is Drop C tuning (E is dropped to D, and then all strings are dropped 1 additional step):
C - G - C - F
I've also had other musicians that state the following tuning is Drop C (only E... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4883",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1635/"
] | Your second tuning (C-A-D-G) is drop c, because the 'drop' part only refers to the lowest string. The first tuning you showed (C-G-C-F) would be D drop C, because every string is tuned down a whole step to D-G-F-C (D-standard tuning), and the lowest string is tuned down further to a C. | Well, assuming that sufficient fighting has gone into it, you can take a look at the [music typesetter LilyPond's definition](http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/predefined-string-tunings).
It has a drop c tuning apparently only for guitar (which then is one step down from drop d) but not for bass... |
65,535,268 | I’m building a service and I’m planning to charge a fixed price for each lambda call.
How to count requests per client if the lambda function being called is the same? I’m planning to pass a client id | 2021/01/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/65535268",
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] | You can use API Gateway Usage Plans for your requirement.
After you create, test, and deploy your APIs, you can use API Gateway usage plans to make them available as product offerings for your customers. You can configure usage plans and API keys to allow customers to access selected APIs at agreed-upon request rates ... | You can use api gateway <https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/>
"Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. APIs act as the "front door" for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from your ba... |
142,920 | My father put a new superuser password on my laptop, and now i cant access my computer without him putting the password in.
I am really helpless.
How can i get rid of his superuser control?
Can i delete or change the superuser thing?
Please help!!!! | 2010/05/19 | [
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] | Assuming it's not a boot password:
You'll need to physically remove the hard disk and mount the drive in another machine. Edit /etc/sudoers and *carefully* add your username to the list. (I've done this once after mucking up my only admin account's group memberships but be careful! You're bypassing the normal protecti... | How about ask your father to remove the superuser password?
In any case, I don't understand why you'd need the superuser password just to access the computer - are you logging in as root? Or are you thinking of the BIOS password? |
489,369 | I'm looking to create an appropriate title for a science fair project and I'm questioning which of these three words would be most grammatically appropriate and correct: "optimal","optimum" or "ideal". "Creating the Optimal Computer for Literacy at Half the Cost", "Creating the Optimum Computer for Literacy at Half the... | 2019/03/12 | [
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] | [The New World of Words](https://books.google.com/books?id=PHBUAAAAYAAJ&vq=congress&pg=PP170#v=snippet&q=congress&f=false) (despite its name) had an edition published in 1706 with these definitions:
>
> **Congress**, a coming together, Meeting, or Rencounter; an Encount'ring: It is now generally taken for the Assembl... | It seems that your question is about the etymology of the word congress, and specifically was it a verb or a noun denoting an action (the act of meeting) until the nascent USA used it as a noun (a body that meets), and a proper noun at that.
According to this site it had the sense of a meeting of individuals from c. 1... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
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] | Let's broaden the question. You have two paths down which the plot can proceed. You find both equally appealing. How do you choose? Consider, then, this:
* Which option offers more character growth, for the MC, and also possibly for other characters?
* Which option offers more conflict? Conflict is the soul of a story... | A school friend had a perfect way to make a difficult choice. He would toss a coin. If he was willing to accept the result then he went with it. If he resented the choice made by the coin, he would override it.
EDIT
I've been asked to make this clearer.
Designate one girl as heads and the other as tails. Toss the co... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/40065",
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] | Let's broaden the question. You have two paths down which the plot can proceed. You find both equally appealing. How do you choose? Consider, then, this:
* Which option offers more character growth, for the MC, and also possibly for other characters?
* Which option offers more conflict? Conflict is the soul of a story... | Sometimes it is a matter not of detachment, but rather of slipping into the MCs head and seeing where he is at.
Where do you want this story to go?
Why must he choose someone who has broken his heart as his potential life partner?
I have a character with multiple potential love interests and his relatives and frie... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/40065",
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] | Let's broaden the question. You have two paths down which the plot can proceed. You find both equally appealing. How do you choose? Consider, then, this:
* Which option offers more character growth, for the MC, and also possibly for other characters?
* Which option offers more conflict? Conflict is the soul of a story... | If neither choice jumps out at you, the writer, as being the best choice for your story, you can always go back and revise earlier parts of the story so that one choice is clearly better (clearly better for the story, that is--it can still be a difficult choice for the character to make). The choice that your main char... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
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] | **There's another character in this equation: the MC. It's why this is called a *love triangle*** rather than a love-decision or a love-fork.
Relationships are not like ordering "chicken or fish". The MC is *completed*, or *complemented*, differently by each woman. Figure out the chemistry between the main character a... | If neither choice jumps out at you, the writer, as being the best choice for your story, you can always go back and revise earlier parts of the story so that one choice is clearly better (clearly better for the story, that is--it can still be a difficult choice for the character to make). The choice that your main char... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/40065",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | Let's broaden the question. You have two paths down which the plot can proceed. You find both equally appealing. How do you choose? Consider, then, this:
* Which option offers more character growth, for the MC, and also possibly for other characters?
* Which option offers more conflict? Conflict is the soul of a story... | I don't think there's a real choice here; your main character has the opportunity to be with his first love, the new girl doesn't stand a chance, period. The only time I've heard of a married man *leaving*, not cheating on but actually walking away from, his wife was when he found he had the option of going back to his... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/40065",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | **There's another character in this equation: the MC. It's why this is called a *love triangle*** rather than a love-decision or a love-fork.
Relationships are not like ordering "chicken or fish". The MC is *completed*, or *complemented*, differently by each woman. Figure out the chemistry between the main character a... | Let's broaden the question. You have two paths down which the plot can proceed. You find both equally appealing. How do you choose? Consider, then, this:
* Which option offers more character growth, for the MC, and also possibly for other characters?
* Which option offers more conflict? Conflict is the soul of a story... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/40065",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/33835/"
] | **There's another character in this equation: the MC. It's why this is called a *love triangle*** rather than a love-decision or a love-fork.
Relationships are not like ordering "chicken or fish". The MC is *completed*, or *complemented*, differently by each woman. Figure out the chemistry between the main character a... | A school friend had a perfect way to make a difficult choice. He would toss a coin. If he was willing to accept the result then he went with it. If he resented the choice made by the coin, he would override it.
EDIT
I've been asked to make this clearer.
Designate one girl as heads and the other as tails. Toss the co... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/40065",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/33835/"
] | I don't think there's a real choice here; your main character has the opportunity to be with his first love, the new girl doesn't stand a chance, period. The only time I've heard of a married man *leaving*, not cheating on but actually walking away from, his wife was when he found he had the option of going back to his... | A school friend had a perfect way to make a difficult choice. He would toss a coin. If he was willing to accept the result then he went with it. If he resented the choice made by the coin, he would override it.
EDIT
I've been asked to make this clearer.
Designate one girl as heads and the other as tails. Toss the co... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/40065",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/33835/"
] | Let's broaden the question. You have two paths down which the plot can proceed. You find both equally appealing. How do you choose? Consider, then, this:
* Which option offers more character growth, for the MC, and also possibly for other characters?
* Which option offers more conflict? Conflict is the soul of a story... | Take a look at which relationship is stronger. Seeing as Cassidy has been around him longer, that means that there has been more time for them to bond. But since Cassidy, unlike Diane, grew up with him, he could feel a greater brother-sister relationship.
Take a look at more sides and see who is bonded more. In the en... |
40,065 | So, my dilemma is as follows. I have a romance project with the MC trying to choose between two women who he cares for very much. Each has broken his heart, but are willing to make amends and provided justification for their misdeeds.
In order to give you more information, I'll talk a bit about the persons involved.
... | 2018/11/11 | [
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] | Obviously as an author, you are going to wind up with
1) No girls,
2) Girl 1,
3) Girl 2,
4) Both girls.
You have to decide. Probably, no matter the outcome, you should have him try with both girls. Take the one he will not end up with, so he discovers in the course of that relationship **why** he can't be wi... | Your best bet is to read from the start by putting yourself in the MC shoes and see if while you are reading if you get more of a reaction out of one girl than the other.
Another option is to consider what you want the MC and the girls to be like by the end. If you have an endpoint in mind for each, you can choose the... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | OK here's my stab at this question. There are a lot of differences between the book and the movie, and if I was to use a term to collectively describe these differences I would say **narration density**. Watchmen is a rather dense book that effectively uses it's panels to tell several tangential stories. That's very ha... | **Very short answer**: It tried harder to be different and more "grown-up. (I'm sure we'll get some thesis-level answer, but this is a few bullet-points just to get the ball rolling.)
The cover is page one, panel one. *That was new.* And they played more with transitions between panels and pages, using composition and... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | **Very short answer**: It tried harder to be different and more "grown-up. (I'm sure we'll get some thesis-level answer, but this is a few bullet-points just to get the ball rolling.)
The cover is page one, panel one. *That was new.* And they played more with transitions between panels and pages, using composition and... | Like in this awesome Video from kaptainkristian
Watchmen - Adapting The Unadaptable
A look at the "unfilmable" work of Alan Moore that deconstructed the entire comic book medium.
**EDIT 0**
He he is mentioning that the movie is too brutal (compared to the comic) but on the other hand it has moved the attention t... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | OK here's my stab at this question. There are a lot of differences between the book and the movie, and if I was to use a term to collectively describe these differences I would say **narration density**. Watchmen is a rather dense book that effectively uses it's panels to tell several tangential stories. That's very ha... | One example for the unique (and new) quality of the comic is issue #5 of *Watchmen*: The whole of the issue's layout was intended to be symmetrical, culminating in this center spread, where the pages reflect one another.
I seriously doubt that the movie (which I continue to ignore) even tried to achieve this - and ev... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | OK here's my stab at this question. There are a lot of differences between the book and the movie, and if I was to use a term to collectively describe these differences I would say **narration density**. Watchmen is a rather dense book that effectively uses it's panels to tell several tangential stories. That's very ha... | This is a great question and timely as I just acquired Zack Snyder's attempt at adapting these books to film.
As mentioned in another response the symmetrical panel layout with a larger center panel is something that can only be appreciated when reading the source material vs film. I thought it would be nice to have a... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
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24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | OK here's my stab at this question. There are a lot of differences between the book and the movie, and if I was to use a term to collectively describe these differences I would say **narration density**. Watchmen is a rather dense book that effectively uses it's panels to tell several tangential stories. That's very ha... | Like in this awesome Video from kaptainkristian
Watchmen - Adapting The Unadaptable
A look at the "unfilmable" work of Alan Moore that deconstructed the entire comic book medium.
**EDIT 0**
He he is mentioning that the movie is too brutal (compared to the comic) but on the other hand it has moved the attention t... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | One example for the unique (and new) quality of the comic is issue #5 of *Watchmen*: The whole of the issue's layout was intended to be symmetrical, culminating in this center spread, where the pages reflect one another.
I seriously doubt that the movie (which I continue to ignore) even tried to achieve this - and ev... | Like in this awesome Video from kaptainkristian
Watchmen - Adapting The Unadaptable
A look at the "unfilmable" work of Alan Moore that deconstructed the entire comic book medium.
**EDIT 0**
He he is mentioning that the movie is too brutal (compared to the comic) but on the other hand it has moved the attention t... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | This is a great question and timely as I just acquired Zack Snyder's attempt at adapting these books to film.
As mentioned in another response the symmetrical panel layout with a larger center panel is something that can only be appreciated when reading the source material vs film. I thought it would be nice to have a... | Like in this awesome Video from kaptainkristian
Watchmen - Adapting The Unadaptable
A look at the "unfilmable" work of Alan Moore that deconstructed the entire comic book medium.
**EDIT 0**
He he is mentioning that the movie is too brutal (compared to the comic) but on the other hand it has moved the attention t... |
24,093 | The comic book [*Watchmen*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) is universally regarded as one of the best examples of its medium. But even more than that, a large part of its point seems to have been to play with the medium of comics itself and demonstrate its unique abilities and qualities:
>
> Moore and Gibbons... | 2014/08/22 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/24093",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | The existing answers here have already provided some very good insights into the particular advantages of the comic medium due to its different structural form of storytelling, which I guess to a large degree come down to the comic's discrete presentation and the customizable pacing of its consumption. In addition to t... | Like in this awesome Video from kaptainkristian
Watchmen - Adapting The Unadaptable
A look at the "unfilmable" work of Alan Moore that deconstructed the entire comic book medium.
**EDIT 0**
He he is mentioning that the movie is too brutal (compared to the comic) but on the other hand it has moved the attention t... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
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] | Just FYI, due to a recent spate of events, EL&U has a "titles must be censored" policy, which is why [this revision](https://english.stackexchange.com/posts/9293/revisions), helpful though it is, should not have gone through. I haven't edited it back because I don't want to bump it, so I would appreciate it if you woul... | I never noticed you before and considering this post is recent, that explains why. I think it was a nice decision to post this question so as to avoid incomprehensions.
But you made it sound like it's your only task... Is it or am I wrong? I mean, it sounds weird to know of a *specific-purpose* moderator... Just sayi... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
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"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'm sorry for the confusion about what I'm doing here. Check out this post for more info: <https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/100137/what-is-the-meaning-of-chaos-is-it-related-to-the-psi-character> | I never noticed you before and considering this post is recent, that explains why. I think it was a nice decision to post this question so as to avoid incomprehensions.
But you made it sound like it's your only task... Is it or am I wrong? I mean, it sounds weird to know of a *specific-purpose* moderator... Just sayi... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
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"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'm sorry for the confusion about what I'm doing here. Check out this post for more info: <https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/100137/what-is-the-meaning-of-chaos-is-it-related-to-the-psi-character> | Really, have The Powers That Be decided we are such an obstreperous lot here, with such faulty moderation and so high a proportion of posts not sufficiently edited for the [old lady in Dubuque](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker) that we have become a constant source of embarrassment to said Powers, and now ne... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
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1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
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] | Could you give us some clarifications on what kind of criteria you're using to identify the posts you're going to alter? Namely, what are the things you look for in determining what you'll change, and what kind of approach do you plan to take while making those changes? | Really, have The Powers That Be decided we are such an obstreperous lot here, with such faulty moderation and so high a proportion of posts not sufficiently edited for the [old lady in Dubuque](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker) that we have become a constant source of embarrassment to said Powers, and now ne... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
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But you made it sound like it's your only task... Is it or am I wrong? I mean, it sounds weird to know of a *specific-purpose* moderator... Just sayi... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
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] | Could you give us some clarifications on what kind of criteria you're using to identify the posts you're going to alter? Namely, what are the things you look for in determining what you'll change, and what kind of approach do you plan to take while making those changes? | I never noticed you before and considering this post is recent, that explains why. I think it was a nice decision to post this question so as to avoid incomprehensions.
But you made it sound like it's your only task... Is it or am I wrong? I mean, it sounds weird to know of a *specific-purpose* moderator... Just sayi... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1666",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Just FYI, due to a recent spate of events, EL&U has a "titles must be censored" policy, which is why [this revision](https://english.stackexchange.com/posts/9293/revisions), helpful though it is, should not have gone through. I haven't edited it back because I don't want to bump it, so I would appreciate it if you woul... | Really, have The Powers That Be decided we are such an obstreperous lot here, with such faulty moderation and so high a proportion of posts not sufficiently edited for the [old lady in Dubuque](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker) that we have become a constant source of embarrassment to said Powers, and now ne... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1666",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Really, have The Powers That Be decided we are such an obstreperous lot here, with such faulty moderation and so high a proportion of posts not sufficiently edited for the [old lady in Dubuque](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker) that we have become a constant source of embarrassment to said Powers, and now ne... | I never noticed you before and considering this post is recent, that explains why. I think it was a nice decision to post this question so as to avoid incomprehensions.
But you made it sound like it's your only task... Is it or am I wrong? I mean, it sounds weird to know of a *specific-purpose* moderator... Just sayi... |
1,666 | I just wanted to let you all know that I'm a StackExchange employee and I'm working on improving the English Language site. Basically, that means I'll be correcting things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, and trying to make titles clearer (and represent the actual question better). Of course, we are a collaborative... | 2011/07/27 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1666",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/11387/"
] | I'm not entirely clear about the wording of this 'question'. If you are changing, for example, titles to make them 'safe for radio' then I'm happy with that (in the specialized sense of "I think it's a really bad idea but I'm not paying for this site and I'd rather put up with it than go somewhere else"). But if you st... | Just FYI, due to a recent spate of events, EL&U has a "titles must be censored" policy, which is why [this revision](https://english.stackexchange.com/posts/9293/revisions), helpful though it is, should not have gone through. I haven't edited it back because I don't want to bump it, so I would appreciate it if you woul... |
13,261 | I have the notion of a social network which is robust against malicious attacks from the outside. My vision is a system that is structurally built up as a distributed network of equal servers that operate on the same data and offer the identical services. Users should all interact on the same network, independent of th... | 2013/07/13 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/13261",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/9169/"
] | You might be interested in these papers:
* The [LOCKSS](http://www.lockss.org/news-media/publications/) system
* [Publius: A robust, tamper-evident, censorship-resistant web publishing system](http://www.cs.nyu.edu/~waldman/publius/publius.pdf)
* [The Eternity Service](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/eternity.pd... | To me, what you are looking for is the "replicated state machine" approach, which is a general method for implementing a fault-tolerant service by replicating servers and coordinating client interactions with server replicas.
You can first check the [wiki: State machine replication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stat... |
5,358,109 | I am working with an embedded platform that has 16MB of RAM only. And I need to deep packet filter HTTP streams. To prevent a Denial of Service attack on the device I'd like some statistical averages regarding HTTP stream sizes, specifically the HTTP header in particular. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5358109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504239/"
] | From [Google's SPDY research project whitepaper](http://dev.chromium.org/spdy/spdy-whitepaper)
>
> Uncompressed request and response headers. Request headers today vary in size **from ~200 bytes to over 2KB**. As applications use more cookies and user agents expand features, **typical header sizes of 700-800 bytes is... | I don't have any statistics to back this up (what does it mean to take a statistical average of HTTP header sizes? average over what?), but from anecdotal experience a typical HTTP header is 0.5KB and might go up to 1K or 2K (depending on cookie size, etc.). You could theoretically get HTTP headers up to 4K or 8K but t... |
5,358,109 | I am working with an embedded platform that has 16MB of RAM only. And I need to deep packet filter HTTP streams. To prevent a Denial of Service attack on the device I'd like some statistical averages regarding HTTP stream sizes, specifically the HTTP header in particular. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5358109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504239/"
] | The HTTP HEAD response from www.google.com is 823 bytes, as checked just now. This is without any authentication. About half of that is the Set-Cookie header. An easy way to check is the `curl` command. | I don't have any statistics to back this up (what does it mean to take a statistical average of HTTP header sizes? average over what?), but from anecdotal experience a typical HTTP header is 0.5KB and might go up to 1K or 2K (depending on cookie size, etc.). You could theoretically get HTTP headers up to 4K or 8K but t... |
5,358,109 | I am working with an embedded platform that has 16MB of RAM only. And I need to deep packet filter HTTP streams. To prevent a Denial of Service attack on the device I'd like some statistical averages regarding HTTP stream sizes, specifically the HTTP header in particular. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5358109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504239/"
] | I don't have any statistics to back this up (what does it mean to take a statistical average of HTTP header sizes? average over what?), but from anecdotal experience a typical HTTP header is 0.5KB and might go up to 1K or 2K (depending on cookie size, etc.). You could theoretically get HTTP headers up to 4K or 8K but t... | The size might vary based on what is presented by the web application, also we need to consider that a 200KB web page is not likely to be a solid 200KB. More likely it is 20KB of HTML, 30KB of Javascript/CSS and 150KB in 10 x 15KB images for a total of 12 requests perhaps. So the average request/response pair would NOT... |
5,358,109 | I am working with an embedded platform that has 16MB of RAM only. And I need to deep packet filter HTTP streams. To prevent a Denial of Service attack on the device I'd like some statistical averages regarding HTTP stream sizes, specifically the HTTP header in particular. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5358109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504239/"
] | From [Google's SPDY research project whitepaper](http://dev.chromium.org/spdy/spdy-whitepaper)
>
> Uncompressed request and response headers. Request headers today vary in size **from ~200 bytes to over 2KB**. As applications use more cookies and user agents expand features, **typical header sizes of 700-800 bytes is... | The HTTP HEAD response from www.google.com is 823 bytes, as checked just now. This is without any authentication. About half of that is the Set-Cookie header. An easy way to check is the `curl` command. |
5,358,109 | I am working with an embedded platform that has 16MB of RAM only. And I need to deep packet filter HTTP streams. To prevent a Denial of Service attack on the device I'd like some statistical averages regarding HTTP stream sizes, specifically the HTTP header in particular. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5358109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504239/"
] | From [Google's SPDY research project whitepaper](http://dev.chromium.org/spdy/spdy-whitepaper)
>
> Uncompressed request and response headers. Request headers today vary in size **from ~200 bytes to over 2KB**. As applications use more cookies and user agents expand features, **typical header sizes of 700-800 bytes is... | The size might vary based on what is presented by the web application, also we need to consider that a 200KB web page is not likely to be a solid 200KB. More likely it is 20KB of HTML, 30KB of Javascript/CSS and 150KB in 10 x 15KB images for a total of 12 requests perhaps. So the average request/response pair would NOT... |
5,358,109 | I am working with an embedded platform that has 16MB of RAM only. And I need to deep packet filter HTTP streams. To prevent a Denial of Service attack on the device I'd like some statistical averages regarding HTTP stream sizes, specifically the HTTP header in particular. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5358109",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504239/"
] | The HTTP HEAD response from www.google.com is 823 bytes, as checked just now. This is without any authentication. About half of that is the Set-Cookie header. An easy way to check is the `curl` command. | The size might vary based on what is presented by the web application, also we need to consider that a 200KB web page is not likely to be a solid 200KB. More likely it is 20KB of HTML, 30KB of Javascript/CSS and 150KB in 10 x 15KB images for a total of 12 requests perhaps. So the average request/response pair would NOT... |
980,014 | I had some problem in my memory card. I don't know how, but sometimes the data in my memory card exceeds the limits of its storage capacity.
This is the screenshot of the properties of my memory card and the folder inside it.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/agxPA.png)
... | 2015/09/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/980014",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/291850/"
] | It is also possible that that card is counterfeit. There is an identifier on the card which indicates its size. If you are a counterfeiter, you modify the bit and then sell the card as a larger size. When you query the card, it states that the card is X in size when it actually isn't. When you start storing files, what... | You don't actually have that many files it is a simple error writing to the media. A long time ago it was great fun to prank people, by using a sector editor to alter the file size. It was even more fun to create a cyclic loop in the FAT table so the file system would actually copy the same 1-4 sectors hundred of thous... |
980,014 | I had some problem in my memory card. I don't know how, but sometimes the data in my memory card exceeds the limits of its storage capacity.
This is the screenshot of the properties of my memory card and the folder inside it.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/agxPA.png)
... | 2015/09/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/980014",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/291850/"
] | It is also possible that that card is counterfeit. There is an identifier on the card which indicates its size. If you are a counterfeiter, you modify the bit and then sell the card as a larger size. When you query the card, it states that the card is X in size when it actually isn't. When you start storing files, what... | Bad drives sometimes report enormous sizes. I've seen half-terabyte drives report *PETABYTES* of remaining data to transfer. If any of the data on that drive is important to you, back it up immediately.
You could perhaps still get some use out of that drive (maybe it's just one bad block in the partition table), but y... |
980,014 | I had some problem in my memory card. I don't know how, but sometimes the data in my memory card exceeds the limits of its storage capacity.
This is the screenshot of the properties of my memory card and the folder inside it.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/agxPA.png)
... | 2015/09/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/980014",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/291850/"
] | It is also possible that that card is counterfeit. There is an identifier on the card which indicates its size. If you are a counterfeiter, you modify the bit and then sell the card as a larger size. When you query the card, it states that the card is X in size when it actually isn't. When you start storing files, what... | It makes sense that your card can't be read in this state. It's not possible, of course, for your card to hold that much. It's a case of filesystem corruption, although I'm not sure what's causing it. I've seen this on floppy disks in which GB's of data are supposedly stored when I tampered with sectors. |
20,332 | What kind of machines, devices, environments and other projects have you come across that you consider to be particularly interesting in terms of how humans (spontaneously?) shape their environment to sound in a particular way? We might exclude stuff like mobile phones, computers and electronic entertainment devices, b... | 2013/09/09 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/20332",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/6448/"
] | Well, we have a long way to go, but here are some low tech solutions.
One simple example of how the sound of an environment is enhanced is ofcourse a sound barrier near a highway. It blocks/reflects/disperses the sounds created by the cars.
A more sophisticated example is the usage of big trees (like populus\*) next ... | I understand now :D
Giving electric cars the sound of gasoline motors to prevent accidents (electric cars are very quiet and so confusing for people crossing the road etc.) |
20,332 | What kind of machines, devices, environments and other projects have you come across that you consider to be particularly interesting in terms of how humans (spontaneously?) shape their environment to sound in a particular way? We might exclude stuff like mobile phones, computers and electronic entertainment devices, b... | 2013/09/09 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/20332",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/6448/"
] | Well, we have a long way to go, but here are some low tech solutions.
One simple example of how the sound of an environment is enhanced is ofcourse a sound barrier near a highway. It blocks/reflects/disperses the sounds created by the cars.
A more sophisticated example is the usage of big trees (like populus\*) next ... | I really like Diego Stocco and how he explores the world around him in order to compose his pieces. His works amplify exactly what has always been there- that we are surrounded by interesting wonderful sounds that when mic'ed, change in timbre and pitch which expose the diversity/complexity of these sounds. Using lapel... |
482,808 | I have an HP 1740 monitor that, when I turn it on, just remains 2-3 seconds to display and turns off completely (even the pilot). It seems to me that the problem is not in the backlight. I opened the monitor and on the power supply board, I didn't find anything visually damaged.
I measured all the capacitors with a mu... | 2020/02/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/482808",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/243449/"
] | I found the issue. The problem are in the board of controller buttons of the screen. I didn't understand what is wrong. I disconnected and now it works normally.
Thank you all for the reply. | There are a few possibilities come to my mind:
1. Latched OLP (over load protection): Unlike the hiccup mode, the PSU shuts itself down on an overload or short circuit. And it requires a power cycle after removing the cause of the extreme situation. You may want to check the load side against any ahort circuit.
2. Th... |
22,712 | Apparently Ethiopia is the [birthplace of coffee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_arabica). In the southern highlands of Coffee got cultivated first.
Is the coffee plant still growing in the wild in that area, and is possible to go for a coffee picking, burning and subsequent drinking-trip to Ethiopia? | 2013/12/23 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/22712",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As mentioned in Choster's comment, there are some wild coffee plants in Ethiopia. You can go and pick coffee cherries, for sure.
However, that is not the case for actually drinking the coffee you picked. It needs to be processed. Processing coffee has few different methods; the one that is mostly used in Ethiopia is c... | Not impossible but very hard...
Coffee grows in the shadow and [more than 90%](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_by_region#Africa) of the Ethiopian forest is gone.
I am not saying it's impossible, but as you can imagine, this "per se", reduces your chances of finding it in the wild a lot.
Wild coffee does ac... |
73,317 | I feel like there is a lot of excitement involving the initial steps towards developing games. Kids (myself younger self included) get very excited about making games and talk for hours about the games in their imaginations. Then comes the initial game making experience. A lot can happen there. It feels like a no-man's... | 2014/04/12 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/73317",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/43397/"
] | That is a very tough question. The only advice I can offer is to procrastinate as little as humanly possible. If you are impulsive and often procrastinate and get tempted easily into doing other things with your time, you might want to learn how to limit your procrastination.
Another piece of advice is to think about ... | The most important thing to keep in mind is to take it slow, one step at a time. There are many areas where a new game developer can make himself noticed. Focusing on the elites and their activity while at the beginning will only make you seem small, while making the workplace seem daunting, and that's not a good way t... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'd rather write your example using *since* like:
>
> **Since** I'm not feeling well, I'm unable to work.
>
>
>
"Hence" is a synonym of "therefore", "consequently", "because of that", etc, and being a **conjunctive adverb** that connects a main clause and a subordinate one, it should appear within the subordinate... | When used in one of its archaic forms it's conceivable to have 'hence' appear as the first word of a sentence.
>
> Hence go I, for the mistreatment I endured.
>
>
> Hence was my young wife taken, after a losing duel with death.
>
>
>
I'm sure you can find equally awkward constructs that are still grammatically ... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Something no one has pointed out here.
Hence can also be followed directly by a noun. Examples:
*He is sick, hence his absence.*
*It is winter, hence the snow.*
*I just received a promotion at work, hence the new car.*
*His mother was a piano teacher, hence his interest in classical music.*
In all of these, the s... | "Hence" is a final conjunction; hence it should not be used at the beginning of a sentence in formal writing, according to the [Chicago Manual of Style](http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org).
Other final conjunctions include *thus*, *so* and *therefore*.
You could rephrase your sentence as:
>
> I am not feeling well... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You *can* use **hence** at the beginning of a sentence, but not like that. Because it means "therefore", it needs to come *after* the cause. If you want a conjunction that can come *before* the cause, use **since**.
>
> **Since** I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
>
>
> I am not feeling well, **henc... | I'd rather write your example using *since* like:
>
> **Since** I'm not feeling well, I'm unable to work.
>
>
>
"Hence" is a synonym of "therefore", "consequently", "because of that", etc, and being a **conjunctive adverb** that connects a main clause and a subordinate one, it should appear within the subordinate... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When used in one of its archaic forms it's conceivable to have 'hence' appear as the first word of a sentence.
>
> Hence go I, for the mistreatment I endured.
>
>
> Hence was my young wife taken, after a losing duel with death.
>
>
>
I'm sure you can find equally awkward constructs that are still grammatically ... | *Hence* is one of the ablative demonstratives, the others being *thence* and *whence*. All of them sound archaic, especially the latter two. Their literal meanings are "from here," "from there," and "from where," respectively, but they can also mean "because of this," "because of that," and "because of which." (cf. als... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You *can* use **hence** at the beginning of a sentence, but not like that. Because it means "therefore", it needs to come *after* the cause. If you want a conjunction that can come *before* the cause, use **since**.
>
> **Since** I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
>
>
> I am not feeling well, **henc... | Something no one has pointed out here.
Hence can also be followed directly by a noun. Examples:
*He is sick, hence his absence.*
*It is winter, hence the snow.*
*I just received a promotion at work, hence the new car.*
*His mother was a piano teacher, hence his interest in classical music.*
In all of these, the s... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You *can* use **hence** at the beginning of a sentence, but not like that. Because it means "therefore", it needs to come *after* the cause. If you want a conjunction that can come *before* the cause, use **since**.
>
> **Since** I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
>
>
> I am not feeling well, **henc... | *Hence* is one of the ablative demonstratives, the others being *thence* and *whence*. All of them sound archaic, especially the latter two. Their literal meanings are "from here," "from there," and "from where," respectively, but they can also mean "because of this," "because of that," and "because of which." (cf. als... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When used in one of its archaic forms it's conceivable to have 'hence' appear as the first word of a sentence.
>
> Hence go I, for the mistreatment I endured.
>
>
> Hence was my young wife taken, after a losing duel with death.
>
>
>
I'm sure you can find equally awkward constructs that are still grammatically ... | 1. Needless to say, "Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work" is absurd.
2. "Since I am not feeling well, I am unable to work" implies the cause ("I am not feeling well") is already known to the listener.
3. "I am unable to work, for I am not feeling well" is also close to this sense.
4. "As I am not feeling ... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'd rather write your example using *since* like:
>
> **Since** I'm not feeling well, I'm unable to work.
>
>
>
"Hence" is a synonym of "therefore", "consequently", "because of that", etc, and being a **conjunctive adverb** that connects a main clause and a subordinate one, it should appear within the subordinate... | "Hence" is a final conjunction; hence it should not be used at the beginning of a sentence in formal writing, according to the [Chicago Manual of Style](http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org).
Other final conjunctions include *thus*, *so* and *therefore*.
You could rephrase your sentence as:
>
> I am not feeling well... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You *can* use **hence** at the beginning of a sentence, but not like that. Because it means "therefore", it needs to come *after* the cause. If you want a conjunction that can come *before* the cause, use **since**.
>
> **Since** I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
>
>
> I am not feeling well, **henc... | When used in one of its archaic forms it's conceivable to have 'hence' appear as the first word of a sentence.
>
> Hence go I, for the mistreatment I endured.
>
>
> Hence was my young wife taken, after a losing duel with death.
>
>
>
I'm sure you can find equally awkward constructs that are still grammatically ... |
18,909 | Can the word ‘hence’ be used at the beginning of a sentence? For example:
>
> Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work.
>
>
> | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18909",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Something no one has pointed out here.
Hence can also be followed directly by a noun. Examples:
*He is sick, hence his absence.*
*It is winter, hence the snow.*
*I just received a promotion at work, hence the new car.*
*His mother was a piano teacher, hence his interest in classical music.*
In all of these, the s... | 1. Needless to say, "Hence, I am not feeling well, I am unable to work" is absurd.
2. "Since I am not feeling well, I am unable to work" implies the cause ("I am not feeling well") is already known to the listener.
3. "I am unable to work, for I am not feeling well" is also close to this sense.
4. "As I am not feeling ... |
129,460 | Since zombies are not shown to be any stronger than normal humans and their only weapons are teeth and bare hands, any form of body armour would surely be a very effective defence against them. Yet in the TV show the characters hardly ever wear anything more sturdy than casual clothes, often dooming them to be bitten o... | 2016/05/28 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/129460",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | TL;DR: It isn't explained outright on the show or in the comics, but we do know that the characters often wear body armor when:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. It is available
2. There is a good reason for wearing it.
-... | The show takes place primarily in the southern United States. It's primarily the summer season for the first few seasons I have watched. If you have ever been to the South in the summer you would understand that wearing body armor which is heavy and at LEAST as warm as wearing sweats and a hoodie could dehydrate you an... |
10,276,892 | Are the xor gate and the not gate logically complete. In other words, can we implement an logic circuit using them? | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10276892",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/539085/"
] | NOR and NAND are the only functionally complete singleton gate sets. Hence, XOR is not functionally complete on its own (or together with NOT, since as point out above NOT can be created using XOR).
XOR can be complemented to a two-element functionally complete gate sets. One should add (left or right) implication.
Y... | All of the basic logic gates may be created with the NOT gate. An XOR gate acts as a NOT gate if one of the inputs are permanently zero.
AND: NOT(NOT(A) OR NOT(B))
OR: (may be made simply by connecting wires together, and maybe use some diodes)
NAND: NOT(A) OR NOT(B)
XOR: NOT(NOT(A) OR NOT(NOT(A) OR NOT(B))) ... |
24,238 | For the purposes of airspeed restrictions within airspace, the FAA regulations list the following area description (emphasis mine):
[14 CFR 91.117 (C)](http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=c5da463aeef18b9cee56fe93e6e7b124&mc=true&node=se14.2.91_1117&rgn=div8)
>
> No person may operate an aircraft in **the airspa... | 2016/01/10 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/24238",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/12720/"
] | Yes, there is [a legal interpretation](https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/practice_areas/regulations/interpretations/data/interps/2015/duncan-afs-1_4%20-%20(2015)%20legal%20interpretation.pdf) on this:
>
> [...] under the express language of the regulation, aircraft
> operating in the air... | To add to Pondlife's answer, the reason for this rule is that many VFR aircraft will try to fly under Class B airspace to avoid dealing with ATC so the airspace underneath the shelves of class B can be congested. Therefore the FAA put this lower speed limit in place to allow for better VFR separation of aircraft under ... |
60,180 | I have a 768MB VPS, on which I host 1 website. That website has WordPress installed and a MyBB forum and it fills 22 GB in space. It shouldn't have more than 1 GB. And a few weeks ago it had 15 GB in space, so it's increasing even though I haven't added/uploaded anything. The email service is disabled and I've looked t... | 2014/04/02 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/60180",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/37476/"
] | Check for error logs. I had a Wordpress site that was constantly running out of disk space and it turned out to be a large error log. If this is the issue the first thing you do is fix the issue that is being logged as not doing so will result in this problem never going away. | Login to the server and execute the command below. It will show the files which are in GB's. It will help you to investigate it further.
cd / ; find ./ -size +1000000000c |
60,180 | I have a 768MB VPS, on which I host 1 website. That website has WordPress installed and a MyBB forum and it fills 22 GB in space. It shouldn't have more than 1 GB. And a few weeks ago it had 15 GB in space, so it's increasing even though I haven't added/uploaded anything. The email service is disabled and I've looked t... | 2014/04/02 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/60180",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/37476/"
] | Check for error logs. I had a Wordpress site that was constantly running out of disk space and it turned out to be a large error log. If this is the issue the first thing you do is fix the issue that is being logged as not doing so will result in this problem never going away. | Search for large logs. Also check to see if anyone has uploaded large (or multiple) files through the forum somehow.
Try backing up your server to your computer and see which folders are holding that much data. Also some servers backup the files to a archive which is on the server, which might increase space usage. |
60,180 | I have a 768MB VPS, on which I host 1 website. That website has WordPress installed and a MyBB forum and it fills 22 GB in space. It shouldn't have more than 1 GB. And a few weeks ago it had 15 GB in space, so it's increasing even though I haven't added/uploaded anything. The email service is disabled and I've looked t... | 2014/04/02 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/60180",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/37476/"
] | Login to the server and execute the command below. It will show the files which are in GB's. It will help you to investigate it further.
cd / ; find ./ -size +1000000000c | Search for large logs. Also check to see if anyone has uploaded large (or multiple) files through the forum somehow.
Try backing up your server to your computer and see which folders are holding that much data. Also some servers backup the files to a archive which is on the server, which might increase space usage. |
17,326 | A LSTM model can be trained to generate text sequences by feeding the first word. After feeding the first word, the model will generate a sequence of words (a sentence). Feed the first word to get the second word, feed the first word + the second word to get the third word, and so on.
However, about the next sentence,... | 2020/01/02 | [
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/17326",
"https://ai.stackexchange.com",
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/users/2844/"
] | Take the sentence that was generated by your LSTM and feed it back into the LSTM as input. Then the LSTM will generate the next sentence. So the LSTM is using it's previous output as it's input. That's what makes it recursive. The intial word is just your base case. Also you should consider using GPT2 by open AI to do ... | As you know, an LSTM language model takes in the past word and tries to predict the new one and continue over a loop. A sentence is divided into **tokens** and depending on different method, the tokens are divided differently. Some model maybe **character based models** which simply uses each character as input and out... |
3,343 | DNA analysis has a very important and scientifically acknowledged role to play in forensics and medicine and law (for example) but the analysis provided by most commercial organisations selling to the general public and claiming deep genealogical insights is little more than modern day snake oil - bunkum (at least to d... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3343",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/users/782/"
] | Having read your question several times, I'm still finding it hard to understand the point you're trying to make, but let me take a stab at paraphrasing your question and then responding to that.
**Paraphrasing your question:**
DNA analysis is important in some scientific/legal contexts but rubbish in a genealogical ... | My opinion is that genetic genealogy is simply another tool in the toolbox, and the same concerns that we have about DNA also apply to what people might now call 'paper-trail' genealogy. We now have the capability to analyze DNA much faster than we could before. And because of technological advances, we can now gather ... |
72,239,046 | It occurred to me that interfaces cannot be instantiated and hence I could create an interface containing only a bunch of static utilities methods that I need as opposed to a regular class with a private constructor and public static methods. Any comments on that? Should I do it or does it not really matter? | 2022/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/72239046",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19115113/"
] | A program is not just a set of instructions for a computer to obey. It's also a message to future developers. You should use the statements in your program to indicate to other developers (or even yourself a few months into the future), what you intend for the computer to do.
That's why we give variables, methods and ... | Although this is possible interfaces should be used
>
> when it is important for disparate groups of programmers to agree to a "contract" that spells out how their software interacts. Each group should be able to write their code without any knowledge of how the other group's code is written. Generally speaking, inte... |
334,735 | I read somewhere that in a mixed signal ckt , the analog part and the digital part are supposed to be better when they have different power rails and ground lines , but to avoid floating of the ground , the different ground lines and power lines have to be connected at a point called the star point , so that there is a... | 2017/10/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/334735",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/135821/"
] | It really depends on your circuitry and how the digital and analog parts interact with one another.
For example in the circuit below you have a purely digital clock on the right and a radio receiver on the left. In order to minimize the amount of digital noise reaching the analog side it is prudent to connect the grou... | Simply put, if you connect the ground of every section of the board (analog, digital, etc) to a single point, you are pretty much guaranteed that they are all referenced to the same voltage ("ground"). If you have a bus going across the board that you have designated as ground, the voltage may change along the bus due ... |
462,758 | It is quite obvious that we can't build an amplifier out of resistors (because of their linearity). But is there a circuit theorem that states the impossibility of building an amplifier out of diodes (semiconductor or vacuum tube ones) without using transistors, relays and other 3-terminal devices? | 2019/10/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/462758",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/210900/"
] | Gunn diodes have a region of negative resistance, i.e., at certain input voltage the current flowing through the diode is increased when the voltage is decreased. These diodes can be used to amplify RF, but they only become practical at microwave frequencies.
[Wikipedia: Gunn diode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunn_... | You can make an amplifier from tunnel diodes, but that's probably not what you are talking about, since ordinary diodes do not exhibit a negative resistance characteristic, at least not in the normal range of operation.
It's possible to make a [parametric amplifier](http://www.tuks.nl/pdf/Reference_Material/Parametri... |
127,658 | Working as a freelancer, I receive many weird, invalid or incomplete requests from the actual or potential customers. The most frequent case is this one:
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> Hi,
>
>
> I need a website where people can register and there are also postings and ratings. How much will it cost to me?
>
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> Thank you.
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>
The re... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/127658",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6605/"
] | If you can afford to give up an hour or two of your time for nothing, then you could offer to set up a meeting, ostensibly to "discuss their requirements in more detail". If you can get them to sit in a room with you for an hour, you can ask them what they expect, and toss some ideas their way. Hopefully, this will all... | The problem is that most people who want a website don't know what is involved in building one. It's magic to them. They just see it as a big Word document that someone wrote up and put on the web. How hard can that be?
Because they don't know what is involved, they see your attempts at clarification as trying to jack... |
127,658 | Working as a freelancer, I receive many weird, invalid or incomplete requests from the actual or potential customers. The most frequent case is this one:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I need a website where people can register and there are also postings and ratings. How much will it cost to me?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
The re... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/127658",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6605/"
] | There are many ways to answer such queries -
Answer 1: It will cost you X Euros per hour to define the system, after which I can give you a fixed price for a set of agreed-upon features.
Answer 2: send them a video clip of sharks in a feeding frenzy, and ask them how long it will take them to count the fish (not just... | Are you sure, you really want such customers? I have managed many projects that were started by someone else who underestimated the effort by the factor of five to ten. The result was a huge mess in the project, my customer having serious trouble with his customers and much more serious trouble between my customer and ... |
127,658 | Working as a freelancer, I receive many weird, invalid or incomplete requests from the actual or potential customers. The most frequent case is this one:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I need a website where people can register and there are also postings and ratings. How much will it cost to me?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
The re... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/127658",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6605/"
] | If you can afford to give up an hour or two of your time for nothing, then you could offer to set up a meeting, ostensibly to "discuss their requirements in more detail". If you can get them to sit in a room with you for an hour, you can ask them what they expect, and toss some ideas their way. Hopefully, this will all... | Are you sure, you really want such customers? I have managed many projects that were started by someone else who underestimated the effort by the factor of five to ten. The result was a huge mess in the project, my customer having serious trouble with his customers and much more serious trouble between my customer and ... |
127,658 | Working as a freelancer, I receive many weird, invalid or incomplete requests from the actual or potential customers. The most frequent case is this one:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I need a website where people can register and there are also postings and ratings. How much will it cost to me?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
The re... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/127658",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6605/"
] | Your primary problem and the reason you aren't getting this less-than-educated (to be put lightly) client base is because they are not used to dealing with how freelance contractors work, how they determine prices and how they interact with their clients. They really don't want all that because deep down inside nobody ... | Are you sure, you really want such customers? I have managed many projects that were started by someone else who underestimated the effort by the factor of five to ten. The result was a huge mess in the project, my customer having serious trouble with his customers and much more serious trouble between my customer and ... |
127,658 | Working as a freelancer, I receive many weird, invalid or incomplete requests from the actual or potential customers. The most frequent case is this one:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I need a website where people can register and there are also postings and ratings. How much will it cost to me?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
The re... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/127658",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6605/"
] | There are many ways to answer such queries -
Answer 1: It will cost you X Euros per hour to define the system, after which I can give you a fixed price for a set of agreed-upon features.
Answer 2: send them a video clip of sharks in a feeding frenzy, and ask them how long it will take them to count the fish (not just... | The problem is that most people who want a website don't know what is involved in building one. It's magic to them. They just see it as a big Word document that someone wrote up and put on the web. How hard can that be?
Because they don't know what is involved, they see your attempts at clarification as trying to jack... |
127,658 | Working as a freelancer, I receive many weird, invalid or incomplete requests from the actual or potential customers. The most frequent case is this one:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I need a website where people can register and there are also postings and ratings. How much will it cost to me?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
The re... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/127658",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6605/"
] | The best way to deal with vague customers is to give them something concrete to choose between. Here is what I would reply.
>
> Hi Bob
>
>
> Thanks for your interest. We are a bespoke design company. That means
> you get exactly what you want but it can be a little hard to give you
> a price without knowing all y... | You can probably take a guess at what they would want, most sites require a basic set of core functions. I would imagine you don't code up the same fundamentals each time but use a common set over and over.
So do a bit of preparatory work and create some form responses you can send out in these cases. Write once, send... |
127,658 | Working as a freelancer, I receive many weird, invalid or incomplete requests from the actual or potential customers. The most frequent case is this one:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I need a website where people can register and there are also postings and ratings. How much will it cost to me?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
The re... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/127658",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6605/"
] | What I have never done, but I know others do, and it is awful, but apparently it works, is this:
Give them a quote (say, €500) for the simplest possible web site that covers their requirements. (The crummiest thinkable two-story house made of matchsticks.) They will like it, and they will stop talking to your competit... | The best way to deal with vague customers is to give them something concrete to choose between. Here is what I would reply.
>
> Hi Bob
>
>
> Thanks for your interest. We are a bespoke design company. That means
> you get exactly what you want but it can be a little hard to give you
> a price without knowing all y... |
553,625 | i recently posted a question, but didn't had an answer (my fault :) ).
my question wasn't straight-forward and clear.
so my final goal is to communicate between nodered (raspberry-pi) and my lg tv. I'm getting stuck on every step I take... So I will try to start step by step.
so to begin I wanna try controlling the tv... | 2021/03/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/553625",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/255738/"
] | Use "Find Similar Objects" and select the layer you want (or "Any").
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/24zQB.png) | There are multiple ways of achieving this. I would suggest using the [PCB Filter](https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/pcb-pnl-pcbfilterpcb-filter-ad) panel:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5XUYi.png) |
15,698 | Being only a third time brewer, and feeling ambitious and experimental i decided to step away from kit directions and experiment. anyone have experience with the following combo? any opinions on how this will taste?
2 oz Columbus: 60 min (bittering)
2 oz columbus: 15 min
2 oz cascade: flame out
3 oz Citra: dry hop we... | 2015/07/07 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/15698",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/12377/"
] | Hey experimenting is half the fun of brewing! If you keep good notes on recipes and final product you can really start to understand what works together and produce better and better beer.
Without knowing what your grain bill I would say this looks a little aggressive. As a reference, let's say you were shooting for ... | Looks pretty reasonable, although as Ryan noted, 2 oz. Columbus at 60 minutes will be quite bitter. Personally, I find that boiling Columbus for more than 30 minutes results in a harsh bitterness that lingers far too long on my tongue. (I wake up tasting it the next day.) For that reason, I no longer use Columbus for b... |
806,846 | This might be a stupid and weird question but I really can't sleep until I find the answer. How does the computer know how to display text and GUI on the screen?
If I'm not mistaken the boot process of a x86 computers goes like this:
* BIOS starts the CPU and the rest of the hardware and it checks if everything is wo... | 2014/09/03 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/806846",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/364643/"
] | Basically, there's a ROM (read only memory) chip on the motherboard that tells it how to display whatever GUI it needs to. You think of it as having no software, but it does, it comes preinstalled from the manufacturer. Actually, you'd more likely call this "firmware" since it's software that's hard wired to the chip.
... | In two major parts:
1. After MBR is loaded its code loads a second stage of boot code called Windows Boot Manager or GRUB on Linux. This boot manager/loader has text and graphics functions implemented in code or uses direct BIOS access for text output.
2. After loading the OS (Windows, Linux, etc.) using any programmi... |
1,503,192 | While debugging the crash on customer's machine we noticed that our application runs under verifier.dll. e.g each thread stack starts with verifier.dll and every system function is intercepted with verifier.dll stub.
Common sense and running Google search for "verifier.dll" clearly indicates that this dll belongs to [... | 2009/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1503192",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53861/"
] | Application Verifier is a debugging feature of the operating system, so it is always there. It can be configured by modifying the registry even if you haven't got the Application Verifier tool installed on the system.
[This article on MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc265944.aspx) gives details of the r... | Sounds like a virus scanner type thingy. However I suggest you use [process explorer](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) to look at the dll and where it's loaded from and and other such info. |
460,404 | It seems that regions like Japan or Singapore travel the long way around the globe and go from US to EU and then reach destinations in Middle-East.
What is the best region? Do you have any first hand experience or statistics? | 2012/12/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/460404",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/106171/"
] | I don't think it is possible for anyone to guarantee that a certain location will be better since amazon does not have a node in middle-east nor is it one of their priority locations.
I do not have any first hand experience, but in theory EU should be the best option for you. Though parts of east asia may be geographi... | Consider having a look at internet cables map to know how internet flow from one country to another.
<http://submarinecablemap.com/>
The answer to your question vary depending on which country you are targeting.
Dubai for example has direct connection to India so you should use EC2 server in India / Mumbai.
The other... |
460,404 | It seems that regions like Japan or Singapore travel the long way around the globe and go from US to EU and then reach destinations in Middle-East.
What is the best region? Do you have any first hand experience or statistics? | 2012/12/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/460404",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/106171/"
] | I don't think it is possible for anyone to guarantee that a certain location will be better since amazon does not have a node in middle-east nor is it one of their priority locations.
I do not have any first hand experience, but in theory EU should be the best option for you. Though parts of east asia may be geographi... | Now AWS provides service in the Middle East from Bahrain
[AWS Bahrain](https://aws.amazon.com/local/middle_east/) |
460,404 | It seems that regions like Japan or Singapore travel the long way around the globe and go from US to EU and then reach destinations in Middle-East.
What is the best region? Do you have any first hand experience or statistics? | 2012/12/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/460404",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/106171/"
] | Consider having a look at internet cables map to know how internet flow from one country to another.
<http://submarinecablemap.com/>
The answer to your question vary depending on which country you are targeting.
Dubai for example has direct connection to India so you should use EC2 server in India / Mumbai.
The other... | Now AWS provides service in the Middle East from Bahrain
[AWS Bahrain](https://aws.amazon.com/local/middle_east/) |
14,394 | What are smart antennas? How are they used in amateur radio, and how might they better than conventional antennas? | 2019/04/24 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/14394",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/14723/"
] | "Smart antennas" are antenna arrays with software-controlled phasing.
Antenna arrays are commonly used in the amateur radio hobby, such as in Yagis, four-square antennas, etc. However, the phasing for these arrays is either fixed (as in the Yagi) or sometimes selectable between a few configurations via a switch (as in... | Smart antennas, the software controlled ones with directional phased arrays, are typically too expensive for the radio amateur.
Additionally, benefits of a smart antenna for simplex communication typically does not outweigh the cost of implementing such an antenna system. Variable phase adjusters are extremely expensi... |
3,821 | In the 11th Doctor story [The Almost People](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011lqwt) I could have sworn the Doctor muttered something about [Cybermats](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Cybermat). Was I hallucinating?
This was at the beginning of the episode when the Doctor and his "ganger" were confronting each other. I... | 2011/05/28 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/3821",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1779/"
] | Yes you heard it (no, you weren't hallucinating). [Cybermats](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Cybermat), mentioned by the Doctor's Ganger, are rodent-like killers created by the Cybermen.
These creatures were first seen in [The Tomb of the Cybermen](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0562967/) (2nd Doctor). | See [page Series 6 on TARDIS Wiki](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Series_6_%28Doctor_Who%29)
They are returning in the second-to-last episode. They just started randomly talking about them - maybe as a hint. |
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