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80,644 | iPhone apps can have a tab bar at the bottom of the screen and the tabs can have badges such as Notifications (3) and Tasks (12). This is fine for the iPhone, but what should we do when we build the same app for Android phones? Android tells us to put our primary navigation in a drawer -- and that's fine in most cases,... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80644",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67868/"
] | I would categorize your question as being one of "writing style" or "voice and tone". But, it's still a good question.
I'm looking for a public corporate style guides that covers this topic... and not finding much. You can try browsing through the articles at <http://styleguides.io/> for more research on other compani... | It's simple. **Use normal, natural language in your entire UI as much as possible**. Let's take an example of a message box:
Wrong: "Delete?"
Right: "Are you sure you want to delete this file?"
To understand where these short message boxes and labels come from we need to go back to a time where computers were much m... |
80,644 | iPhone apps can have a tab bar at the bottom of the screen and the tabs can have badges such as Notifications (3) and Tasks (12). This is fine for the iPhone, but what should we do when we build the same app for Android phones? Android tells us to put our primary navigation in a drawer -- and that's fine in most cases,... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80644",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67868/"
] | I would categorize your question as being one of "writing style" or "voice and tone". But, it's still a good question.
I'm looking for a public corporate style guides that covers this topic... and not finding much. You can try browsing through the articles at <http://styleguides.io/> for more research on other compani... | This is difficult to answer because a lot rests on context. Depending on your app or page and the familiarity of the user with the task, a label like "Type" may be either blindingly obvious or as clear as mud. This is where user testing is so helpful.
As a general rule I try to keep all labels short as this improves th... |
80,644 | iPhone apps can have a tab bar at the bottom of the screen and the tabs can have badges such as Notifications (3) and Tasks (12). This is fine for the iPhone, but what should we do when we build the same app for Android phones? Android tells us to put our primary navigation in a drawer -- and that's fine in most cases,... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80644",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67868/"
] | There isn't a UX answer to this except for answering some basic questions.
1. What do your user expect?
2. How will your users react to your choice?
These basic questions will result in widely different answers based on who your users are.
Expert users (people who use the system constantly for work) and who are bomb... | Other issues include:
Is this a website or an app? Websites are typically friendlier and zippier.
Will the text be localized? Other languages may have trouble translating labels that are too short to provide context.
How much room is there in the UI? If space is really constrained, you might not have any choice. |
80,644 | iPhone apps can have a tab bar at the bottom of the screen and the tabs can have badges such as Notifications (3) and Tasks (12). This is fine for the iPhone, but what should we do when we build the same app for Android phones? Android tells us to put our primary navigation in a drawer -- and that's fine in most cases,... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80644",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67868/"
] | There isn't a UX answer to this except for answering some basic questions.
1. What do your user expect?
2. How will your users react to your choice?
These basic questions will result in widely different answers based on who your users are.
Expert users (people who use the system constantly for work) and who are bomb... | It's simple. **Use normal, natural language in your entire UI as much as possible**. Let's take an example of a message box:
Wrong: "Delete?"
Right: "Are you sure you want to delete this file?"
To understand where these short message boxes and labels come from we need to go back to a time where computers were much m... |
80,644 | iPhone apps can have a tab bar at the bottom of the screen and the tabs can have badges such as Notifications (3) and Tasks (12). This is fine for the iPhone, but what should we do when we build the same app for Android phones? Android tells us to put our primary navigation in a drawer -- and that's fine in most cases,... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80644",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67868/"
] | There isn't a UX answer to this except for answering some basic questions.
1. What do your user expect?
2. How will your users react to your choice?
These basic questions will result in widely different answers based on who your users are.
Expert users (people who use the system constantly for work) and who are bomb... | This is difficult to answer because a lot rests on context. Depending on your app or page and the familiarity of the user with the task, a label like "Type" may be either blindingly obvious or as clear as mud. This is where user testing is so helpful.
As a general rule I try to keep all labels short as this improves th... |
80,644 | iPhone apps can have a tab bar at the bottom of the screen and the tabs can have badges such as Notifications (3) and Tasks (12). This is fine for the iPhone, but what should we do when we build the same app for Android phones? Android tells us to put our primary navigation in a drawer -- and that's fine in most cases,... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80644",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67868/"
] | It's simple. **Use normal, natural language in your entire UI as much as possible**. Let's take an example of a message box:
Wrong: "Delete?"
Right: "Are you sure you want to delete this file?"
To understand where these short message boxes and labels come from we need to go back to a time where computers were much m... | Other issues include:
Is this a website or an app? Websites are typically friendlier and zippier.
Will the text be localized? Other languages may have trouble translating labels that are too short to provide context.
How much room is there in the UI? If space is really constrained, you might not have any choice. |
80,644 | iPhone apps can have a tab bar at the bottom of the screen and the tabs can have badges such as Notifications (3) and Tasks (12). This is fine for the iPhone, but what should we do when we build the same app for Android phones? Android tells us to put our primary navigation in a drawer -- and that's fine in most cases,... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80644",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67868/"
] | It's simple. **Use normal, natural language in your entire UI as much as possible**. Let's take an example of a message box:
Wrong: "Delete?"
Right: "Are you sure you want to delete this file?"
To understand where these short message boxes and labels come from we need to go back to a time where computers were much m... | This is difficult to answer because a lot rests on context. Depending on your app or page and the familiarity of the user with the task, a label like "Type" may be either blindingly obvious or as clear as mud. This is where user testing is so helpful.
As a general rule I try to keep all labels short as this improves th... |
12,855,738 | We have upgraded our Team Foundation Server 2010 to Team Foundation Server 2012 and are now using the great TFS2012 web access to handle our product backlog, our sprints and our scrum board. And it all works very well. All except this: On our TFS2012 web access I go to WORK and I see my Product Backlog. However I expec... | 2012/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12855738",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600559/"
] | There isn't any option to hide work items that are already in a sprint/iteration or change the backlog query. I also checked the TFS 2012 Update 1 CTP that includes a number of enhancements too. I think this would be a very useful feature. I created a Visual Studio UserVoice feature suggestion. If you have any votes av... | You need to change the PBI to the appropriate state. Once it has been "committed" to a Sprint, it will no longer be in the backlog. |
12,855,738 | We have upgraded our Team Foundation Server 2010 to Team Foundation Server 2012 and are now using the great TFS2012 web access to handle our product backlog, our sprints and our scrum board. And it all works very well. All except this: On our TFS2012 web access I go to WORK and I see my Product Backlog. However I expec... | 2012/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12855738",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600559/"
] | There isn't any option to hide work items that are already in a sprint/iteration or change the backlog query. I also checked the TFS 2012 Update 1 CTP that includes a number of enhancements too. I think this would be a very useful feature. I created a Visual Studio UserVoice feature suggestion. If you have any votes av... | If a PBI is assigned to a specific sprint and you set the state of the PBI to anything but New, it will disappear from the backlog and only show in the sprint. If you keep it at New, it will show in both. |
12,855,738 | We have upgraded our Team Foundation Server 2010 to Team Foundation Server 2012 and are now using the great TFS2012 web access to handle our product backlog, our sprints and our scrum board. And it all works very well. All except this: On our TFS2012 web access I go to WORK and I see my Product Backlog. However I expec... | 2012/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12855738",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600559/"
] | You need to change the PBI to the appropriate state. Once it has been "committed" to a Sprint, it will no longer be in the backlog. | If a PBI is assigned to a specific sprint and you set the state of the PBI to anything but New, it will disappear from the backlog and only show in the sprint. If you keep it at New, it will show in both. |
63,228 | I am familiar with GTD applications for Mac OS X, such as Things, the Hit List, etc.
However, I'm trying to find a GTD application that I can use across different OS.
**One main feature I would like to have is real-time synchronization.**
If I update on my macbook, I want to see it updated for the app on Windows.
Is ... | 2009/10/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/63228",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15769/"
] | It sounds like what you want is a web app. [Remember the milk](http://www.rememberthemilk.com/) does everything you want *and has offline syncing*. | Web apps are the best way to get cross-platform sync. (It isn't really sync, you just access the same db from different OS).
I use [Toodledo](http://www.toodledo.com), which has iphone app(s) and also lets you add sidebars and gadgets to your gmail, google calendar and igoogle pages. The iphone app even works when you... |
63,228 | I am familiar with GTD applications for Mac OS X, such as Things, the Hit List, etc.
However, I'm trying to find a GTD application that I can use across different OS.
**One main feature I would like to have is real-time synchronization.**
If I update on my macbook, I want to see it updated for the app on Windows.
Is ... | 2009/10/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/63228",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15769/"
] | It sounds like what you want is a web app. [Remember the milk](http://www.rememberthemilk.com/) does everything you want *and has offline syncing*. | A tool which I use regurlarly is [Evernote](http://www.evernote.com). It has a web interface, and a cross platform client for Windows and MacOSX.
It has a free version as well as a more comprehensive paid for subscription. Not entirely GTD but meets the requirements regarding synchronization and being cross platform,... |
63,228 | I am familiar with GTD applications for Mac OS X, such as Things, the Hit List, etc.
However, I'm trying to find a GTD application that I can use across different OS.
**One main feature I would like to have is real-time synchronization.**
If I update on my macbook, I want to see it updated for the app on Windows.
Is ... | 2009/10/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/63228",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15769/"
] | It sounds like what you want is a web app. [Remember the milk](http://www.rememberthemilk.com/) does everything you want *and has offline syncing*. | [Wunderlist](https://www.wunderlist.com/) is cross platform, and the free version provides a very complete feature set. |
63,228 | I am familiar with GTD applications for Mac OS X, such as Things, the Hit List, etc.
However, I'm trying to find a GTD application that I can use across different OS.
**One main feature I would like to have is real-time synchronization.**
If I update on my macbook, I want to see it updated for the app on Windows.
Is ... | 2009/10/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/63228",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15769/"
] | A tool which I use regurlarly is [Evernote](http://www.evernote.com). It has a web interface, and a cross platform client for Windows and MacOSX.
It has a free version as well as a more comprehensive paid for subscription. Not entirely GTD but meets the requirements regarding synchronization and being cross platform,... | Web apps are the best way to get cross-platform sync. (It isn't really sync, you just access the same db from different OS).
I use [Toodledo](http://www.toodledo.com), which has iphone app(s) and also lets you add sidebars and gadgets to your gmail, google calendar and igoogle pages. The iphone app even works when you... |
63,228 | I am familiar with GTD applications for Mac OS X, such as Things, the Hit List, etc.
However, I'm trying to find a GTD application that I can use across different OS.
**One main feature I would like to have is real-time synchronization.**
If I update on my macbook, I want to see it updated for the app on Windows.
Is ... | 2009/10/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/63228",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15769/"
] | Web apps are the best way to get cross-platform sync. (It isn't really sync, you just access the same db from different OS).
I use [Toodledo](http://www.toodledo.com), which has iphone app(s) and also lets you add sidebars and gadgets to your gmail, google calendar and igoogle pages. The iphone app even works when you... | [Wunderlist](https://www.wunderlist.com/) is cross platform, and the free version provides a very complete feature set. |
63,228 | I am familiar with GTD applications for Mac OS X, such as Things, the Hit List, etc.
However, I'm trying to find a GTD application that I can use across different OS.
**One main feature I would like to have is real-time synchronization.**
If I update on my macbook, I want to see it updated for the app on Windows.
Is ... | 2009/10/30 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/63228",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15769/"
] | A tool which I use regurlarly is [Evernote](http://www.evernote.com). It has a web interface, and a cross platform client for Windows and MacOSX.
It has a free version as well as a more comprehensive paid for subscription. Not entirely GTD but meets the requirements regarding synchronization and being cross platform,... | [Wunderlist](https://www.wunderlist.com/) is cross platform, and the free version provides a very complete feature set. |
25,544 | As a QA lead or QC/tester, in your company/projects, were you involved in the discussions during requirement phase itself or only during or after design/development phase? | 2017/02/16 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/25544",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/24086/"
] | Preventing bugs is always preferable to catching them. Use the 1/10/100 rule. The cost of catching a bug in production can be an order of magnitude more expensive than catching it in test, which can be an order of magnitude more expensive than catching it before it's been written. QA should strive to be involved earlie... | The earlier, the better. In addition to what J Doe says, that the earlier you catch defects, the better, being involved with the design and implementation can lead to more testable code.
For example, there might be areas of error recovery code that would be difficult to enter in a normal environment, so the code coul... |
25,544 | As a QA lead or QC/tester, in your company/projects, were you involved in the discussions during requirement phase itself or only during or after design/development phase? | 2017/02/16 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/25544",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/24086/"
] | Preventing bugs is always preferable to catching them. Use the 1/10/100 rule. The cost of catching a bug in production can be an order of magnitude more expensive than catching it in test, which can be an order of magnitude more expensive than catching it before it's been written. QA should strive to be involved earlie... | I have been involved both before and after the requirement phase, more recently with Agile organizations where requirements are constantly collected.
From these experiences I have learned that being involved before requirements is beneficial because:
* You get a chance to give input on testing requirements
* You ge... |
25,544 | As a QA lead or QC/tester, in your company/projects, were you involved in the discussions during requirement phase itself or only during or after design/development phase? | 2017/02/16 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/25544",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/24086/"
] | Preventing bugs is always preferable to catching them. Use the 1/10/100 rule. The cost of catching a bug in production can be an order of magnitude more expensive than catching it in test, which can be an order of magnitude more expensive than catching it before it's been written. QA should strive to be involved earlie... | As QA I have worked in 10 different projects and clients. Client throughout the world. I observed below points with respect to the above question asked by @kankara.
* It depends upon when does client involves QA into the project. It would be requirement phase or would not.
* It also involves how much knowledge the cli... |
109,084 | Welcome to the Sons of Ether JPL, the playgrounds for Matter mages. And there is a whole coven living in them, and when they work together, well, you know how that turns out: Flying cars, Autonomous buildings (with or without murderous intention) and plans for guns that aim themselves.
But now the current archmage of ... | 2017/10/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/109084",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/30306/"
] | * **Correspondence 1** to detect and lock the targets spatially. This presumes that you actually want the bullets to travel through space to get to the targets like mundane bullets rather than just teleport the bullets or bend space in exotic ways. You'll want **Correspondence 2** if you want bullets going around corne... | I would think that the targeting itself does not really need a sentient mind. Mind 1 is enough to detect if there is a sentient or semi-sentient creature there, and a Matter 2 or 3 should be enough to effectively exclude humans from the possible targets, and Correspondence 1 and Forces 3 would do the physical steering ... |
126,351 | Consider the following scenario:
I use a cloud service that is not considered secure (meaning no encryption whatsoever) i.e. Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive etc. In my account I have a .zip or .7z file that is encrypted using a **very strong password**. For the sake of argument, let's say that I used PeaZip to create... | 2016/06/07 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/126351",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/7613/"
] | Privacy and confidentiality are different things...
A Zip file, even encrypted, is still there, and onlookers may observe not only the archive presence, name and size, but also the individual names and sizes of files within the archive, because these are not encrypted.
Traditional Zip encryption is [weak](http://www.... | Dropbox and others have encryption by default, but if your account has-been compromised, you lost one layer of security.
Are you familiarized with the concept "Security in depth"? It Means That You need to add layer after layer (like an onion) to feel more secure.
Maybe you need is a very strong password to secure yo... |
9,567,565 | We have a java application which essentially performs ETL - reading from and writing to files/databases with transformation rules applied in the middle.
I've started looking into automating acceptance testing for the application however am struggling to apply the frameworks i've looked at so far (concordion, cucumber ... | 2012/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9567565",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/672119/"
] | Who is the audience of the test? If this is purely a technical exercise and there are no non technical business owners that need to interact with the test then just doing it with your favorite unit testing framework is fine. Fitnesse works best when there is collaboration for the acceptance criteria with non techies.
... | Did you try JBehave ?
read more information about it at <http://www.qatestingtools.com/jbehave> |
9,567,565 | We have a java application which essentially performs ETL - reading from and writing to files/databases with transformation rules applied in the middle.
I've started looking into automating acceptance testing for the application however am struggling to apply the frameworks i've looked at so far (concordion, cucumber ... | 2012/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9567565",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/672119/"
] | Who is the audience of the test? If this is purely a technical exercise and there are no non technical business owners that need to interact with the test then just doing it with your favorite unit testing framework is fine. Fitnesse works best when there is collaboration for the acceptance criteria with non techies.
... | At a leading bank in the Netherlands we have setup testautomation with Fitnesse and ETL fixtures. It is an Agile project and for our ETL solution we use Informatica Powercenter and Oracle DB. For us our test automation/specification in Fitnesse is of great value now.
We have SLIM fixtures for truncating tables, inserti... |
9,567,565 | We have a java application which essentially performs ETL - reading from and writing to files/databases with transformation rules applied in the middle.
I've started looking into automating acceptance testing for the application however am struggling to apply the frameworks i've looked at so far (concordion, cucumber ... | 2012/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9567565",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/672119/"
] | At a leading bank in the Netherlands we have setup testautomation with Fitnesse and ETL fixtures. It is an Agile project and for our ETL solution we use Informatica Powercenter and Oracle DB. For us our test automation/specification in Fitnesse is of great value now.
We have SLIM fixtures for truncating tables, inserti... | Did you try JBehave ?
read more information about it at <http://www.qatestingtools.com/jbehave> |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | Windows DVD maker is not capable to handle .mp4 files unless you install a codec package like [Haali Media Splitter](http://haali.su/mkv/).
But a no-brainer solution is [DVDstyler](http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/)
>
> DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking ... | I do not use that SW, but I would use [Avidemux](http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/) which is free and opensource, to load the video and then save using main menu *Auto/Optical Disc/DVD* which should automatically set correct settings for export. Then save video using menu File/Save/Save video. Just make sure, that the ... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | I do not use that SW, but I would use [Avidemux](http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/) which is free and opensource, to load the video and then save using main menu *Auto/Optical Disc/DVD* which should automatically set correct settings for export. Then save video using menu File/Save/Save video. Just make sure, that the ... | I converted my .mp4 file to .wmv, which is Windows-native format. Windows DVD Maker seems to like that. I carried out the conversion with RealPlayer (circa 2015), which allows you to perform conversions on Movies and Music from one format to another. Just get the basic free Real Player and convert your .mp4 to .wmv fro... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | I do not use that SW, but I would use [Avidemux](http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/) which is free and opensource, to load the video and then save using main menu *Auto/Optical Disc/DVD* which should automatically set correct settings for export. Then save video using menu File/Save/Save video. Just make sure, that the ... | Similar to Robert Casey's answer, I converted the MP4 file to an AVI file using [SimpleVideoConverter](http://sourceforge.net/projects/svideoconverter/), which is a Java based wrapper for [MEncoder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder). You could also convert the format to any other one Windows DVD maker supports.
... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | I do not use that SW, but I would use [Avidemux](http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/) which is free and opensource, to load the video and then save using main menu *Auto/Optical Disc/DVD* which should automatically set correct settings for export. Then save video using menu File/Save/Save video. Just make sure, that the ... | I used [Freemake Video Converter](http://www.freemake.com/download?id=FreemakeVideoConverter.exe) - it can convert a bunch of formats to DVD (or DVD ISO as well). I tried the solutions listed above but they meant I had to fiddle with video bitrates etc. Freemake does all the calculations for you. The only thing is it a... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | Windows DVD maker is not capable to handle .mp4 files unless you install a codec package like [Haali Media Splitter](http://haali.su/mkv/).
But a no-brainer solution is [DVDstyler](http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/)
>
> DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking ... | I converted my .mp4 file to .wmv, which is Windows-native format. Windows DVD Maker seems to like that. I carried out the conversion with RealPlayer (circa 2015), which allows you to perform conversions on Movies and Music from one format to another. Just get the basic free Real Player and convert your .mp4 to .wmv fro... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | Windows DVD maker is not capable to handle .mp4 files unless you install a codec package like [Haali Media Splitter](http://haali.su/mkv/).
But a no-brainer solution is [DVDstyler](http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/)
>
> DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking ... | Similar to Robert Casey's answer, I converted the MP4 file to an AVI file using [SimpleVideoConverter](http://sourceforge.net/projects/svideoconverter/), which is a Java based wrapper for [MEncoder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder). You could also convert the format to any other one Windows DVD maker supports.
... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | Windows DVD maker is not capable to handle .mp4 files unless you install a codec package like [Haali Media Splitter](http://haali.su/mkv/).
But a no-brainer solution is [DVDstyler](http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/)
>
> DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking ... | I used [Freemake Video Converter](http://www.freemake.com/download?id=FreemakeVideoConverter.exe) - it can convert a bunch of formats to DVD (or DVD ISO as well). I tried the solutions listed above but they meant I had to fiddle with video bitrates etc. Freemake does all the calculations for you. The only thing is it a... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | I converted my .mp4 file to .wmv, which is Windows-native format. Windows DVD Maker seems to like that. I carried out the conversion with RealPlayer (circa 2015), which allows you to perform conversions on Movies and Music from one format to another. Just get the basic free Real Player and convert your .mp4 to .wmv fro... | I used [Freemake Video Converter](http://www.freemake.com/download?id=FreemakeVideoConverter.exe) - it can convert a bunch of formats to DVD (or DVD ISO as well). I tried the solutions listed above but they meant I had to fiddle with video bitrates etc. Freemake does all the calculations for you. The only thing is it a... |
392,227 | I'm trying to create a DVD from an MP4 file using Windows DVD Maker (on Windows 7) but when doing so I get the error that the file type is not supported and cannot be imported. What is the easiest way to resolve this? | 2012/02/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/392227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3248/"
] | Similar to Robert Casey's answer, I converted the MP4 file to an AVI file using [SimpleVideoConverter](http://sourceforge.net/projects/svideoconverter/), which is a Java based wrapper for [MEncoder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder). You could also convert the format to any other one Windows DVD maker supports.
... | I used [Freemake Video Converter](http://www.freemake.com/download?id=FreemakeVideoConverter.exe) - it can convert a bunch of formats to DVD (or DVD ISO as well). I tried the solutions listed above but they meant I had to fiddle with video bitrates etc. Freemake does all the calculations for you. The only thing is it a... |
16,872,721 | Since the site reorg, I'm unable to find current information on supported video formats and their browser and platform compatibility. There's no search I can find on the videojs.com site, support links to SO, docs to the github readme, and far as I can see, none of those have this basic info. I'm probably just being th... | 2013/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16872721",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/736006/"
] | They themselves don't support video formats, with HTML5 video the browser does all the work and when it falls back to flash player, then it's any format that flash supports.
For the HTML5 Support see [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#Browser_support "HTML5 Browser Support"):
For Flash Support see [here]... | As another answer mentioned, the VideoJs library itself is **format-agnostic**. However there is a blogpost a year or so ago by Brightcove that spells out best practice for picking video formats with videojs (and by extension html video in general).
The post gives a breakdown of browser support. By far your best start... |
76,549 | I was wondering why bitcoin wasn't hosted on the internet? Why create a completely separate decentralized network, I thought the internet was already decentralized. For example, couldn't they have rented a few amazon ec2's or some other servers hosted on xyz host and call it a day?
(Sorry for newb question) | 2018/06/23 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/76549",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/57488/"
] | First of all, bitcoin is on the internet, and the Internet is not decentralized, its managed by several private companies, universities and governmental institutions.
You said "couldn't they have rented a few amazon ec2's or some other servers hosted on xyz host and call it a day"
I don't know who do you mean by "the... | Agree with Adam. Bitcoin relies on blockchain, without it BTC can't exist. And Blockchain uses the Internet basically. Maybe some day people would create another blockchain technology, which wouldn't require the Internet connection... but that's another story. |
204,760 | Someone said this course wasn't supposed to be hard. What meaning is this sentence. Did he think this course was difficult or easy or it only can be know based on the tone? | 2019/04/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/204760",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/77369/"
] | The word "thing" is singular while the word "things" is plural. Thus, you would use the word "thing" when you are referring to one singular funny thing, and you would use the word "things" when you are referring to multiple funny things.
The word "only" does not imply that something is singular; rather, it implies a l... | "Only" has a number of meanings, but in this context it defines some subset of a group. That subset can be any number. For example:
>
> My sister's **children** are the **only** ones in my family who have red hair.
>
>
>
i.e., of all the children in my family, they are the only ones with red hair.
>
> Those are... |
25,649 | Some considered me lucky, others not
Turn me sideways, I can give you endless lot
Turn me upside down, I can give you the same pot
But be careful with that, I might lose oxygen and rot
**Hint 1**
>
> I look like 20 but I'm younger than you thought
>
>
>
What am I? | 2016/01/22 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/25649",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/16036/"
] | You are
>
> The number 8
>
>
>
Turned sideways it's
>
> Infinity
>
>
>
Upside down it's
>
> Also 8
>
>
>
I might lose oxygen and rot:
>
> Oxygen's atomic number is 8
>
>
>
Not sure about the hint | I know this was already answered, but I think the answer could also be a penny. |
137,365 | Worked as a web developer in a start up company for 4 years after I graduated. I was taken to a disciplinary for poor performance after the 4th year when things started to sour with management.
I am however concerned that this may affect future job opportunities from not being able to get a favourable reference from t... | 2019/05/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/137365",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/105099/"
] | Let it go.
If this 4 jobs and many years ago, no one will care or ask. References have a significant "time constant" to them: the more recent, the more valuable & relevant they are. If there is 4 more recent jobs to chose from, no hiring manager will go to them for input.
You can partially control this too: Put "refe... | Edit 2:
I initially missed that OP had left that job and started a new job where everything is currently fine. obviously in OP's case my first advice is un needed. I am leaving it in the post for anyone who finds them self in the same position but hasn't started looking for another job yet.
---
First thing I would s... |
137,365 | Worked as a web developer in a start up company for 4 years after I graduated. I was taken to a disciplinary for poor performance after the 4th year when things started to sour with management.
I am however concerned that this may affect future job opportunities from not being able to get a favourable reference from t... | 2019/05/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/137365",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/105099/"
] | Let it go.
If this 4 jobs and many years ago, no one will care or ask. References have a significant "time constant" to them: the more recent, the more valuable & relevant they are. If there is 4 more recent jobs to chose from, no hiring manager will go to them for input.
You can partially control this too: Put "refe... | Couple of points (Which cross over a little to your other question about your CV)
* Most employers do not request, or supply anything other than a 'Yes they had this role' and a declaration of any time off sick. If this employer is providing a genuine anecdotal reference, especially a bad one it is highly unusual.
... |
66,062 | >
> Acts 16:13 (NIV)
>
> On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.
>
>
>
I conclude the situation is something like this:
Just before the writer sit down, there are already some ... | 2018/08/23 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/66062",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/33405/"
] | Calvinists consistently hold that Lydia, at the time Paul met her, followed the Jewish religion and was not a believer in Christ. But then God worked in her heart so that she would respond to Paul's teaching of the gospel.
At first, in "time frame 1," as you call it, Lydia "was a Jewess" (Calvin) or "a proselyte to th... | God drew Lydia's attention to Paul's exhortation.
On the basis of the preaching of the gospel message, Lydia believed.
I find no exegetical basis for the Calvinistic view that she was regenerated before she believed.
The text cannot speak out of silence. |
7,333 | I'm new to robotics and this is my first time building a quadcopter. I'm unable to work out why I keep losing ESCs.
Most recently in testing, I've managed to calibrate all 4 ESCs and accurately control the speed of all 4 motors. But after neatly securing them to the frame, 1 motor didn't work. I recalibrated the ESCs ... | 2015/05/23 | [
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/7333",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/users/9770/"
] | I use those RCtimer ESCs and they have always worked great for me, generally thease (and most) ESCs will be looking for 50Hz pwm with a period between 1-2ms, though generally you will not damage them by altering the pwm output. I would recommended cutting the 5v supply on each ESC as they can act funny and even damage ... | It doesn't seem like those motors are well matched to your battery. They recommend a 2or3 cell LiPo (7.2V or 11.1V) while you are using a 1 cell LiPo (3.6V). I think you'll find most motors will recommend 2 or 3 cells. With only 1 cell you won't likely get enough lift for a multirotor.
Also as a side note, your ESCs s... |
7,333 | I'm new to robotics and this is my first time building a quadcopter. I'm unable to work out why I keep losing ESCs.
Most recently in testing, I've managed to calibrate all 4 ESCs and accurately control the speed of all 4 motors. But after neatly securing them to the frame, 1 motor didn't work. I recalibrated the ESCs ... | 2015/05/23 | [
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/7333",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/users/9770/"
] | I use those RCtimer ESCs and they have always worked great for me, generally thease (and most) ESCs will be looking for 50Hz pwm with a period between 1-2ms, though generally you will not damage them by altering the pwm output. I would recommended cutting the 5v supply on each ESC as they can act funny and even damage ... | I think it sounds like your motor mounting bolts are too long pressing against or dangerously near the motor windings |
7,333 | I'm new to robotics and this is my first time building a quadcopter. I'm unable to work out why I keep losing ESCs.
Most recently in testing, I've managed to calibrate all 4 ESCs and accurately control the speed of all 4 motors. But after neatly securing them to the frame, 1 motor didn't work. I recalibrated the ESCs ... | 2015/05/23 | [
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/7333",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/users/9770/"
] | It doesn't seem like those motors are well matched to your battery. They recommend a 2or3 cell LiPo (7.2V or 11.1V) while you are using a 1 cell LiPo (3.6V). I think you'll find most motors will recommend 2 or 3 cells. With only 1 cell you won't likely get enough lift for a multirotor.
Also as a side note, your ESCs s... | I think it sounds like your motor mounting bolts are too long pressing against or dangerously near the motor windings |
2,373,019 | **Requirements:**
I wish there was a software that does:
* runs my application in "learn mode"
* logs any network traffic
* creates a database of request-response combination (e.g. http)
* runs my application in "offline mode"
* catches any network traffic (e.g. http), and returns a response from the request-respons... | 2010/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2373019",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/79461/"
] | Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I use WireShark. It is a network connection sniffer and it can pick up all packets and show them in raw format. You can sort them by destination, source, protocol and all that. I don't know if you can automate it but it does give you a good diagnostic view of your network... | I'm actually creating a Java network simulator interface to NS-3 (a C++ network simulator) at the moment, and it works with realtime events (although I'm currently fixing some bugs and implementing realtime scheduling properly using the TAP code as a guide about what to do). It allows you to create individual applicati... |
2,373,019 | **Requirements:**
I wish there was a software that does:
* runs my application in "learn mode"
* logs any network traffic
* creates a database of request-response combination (e.g. http)
* runs my application in "offline mode"
* catches any network traffic (e.g. http), and returns a response from the request-respons... | 2010/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2373019",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/79461/"
] | Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I use WireShark. It is a network connection sniffer and it can pick up all packets and show them in raw format. You can sort them by destination, source, protocol and all that. I don't know if you can automate it but it does give you a good diagnostic view of your network... | Have you looked at [The Grinder](http://grinder.sourceforge.net/)? It's a load-testing tool that allows you to write scripts which feed in the data used when it runs. It might not hit all of your requirements, but it's the only thing that comes to mind. |
2,373,019 | **Requirements:**
I wish there was a software that does:
* runs my application in "learn mode"
* logs any network traffic
* creates a database of request-response combination (e.g. http)
* runs my application in "offline mode"
* catches any network traffic (e.g. http), and returns a response from the request-respons... | 2010/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2373019",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/79461/"
] | Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I use WireShark. It is a network connection sniffer and it can pick up all packets and show them in raw format. You can sort them by destination, source, protocol and all that. I don't know if you can automate it but it does give you a good diagnostic view of your network... | Fiddler could fit your needs.
It analyzes network traffic and has an autoresponder, which sends responses to your requests before they leave the networkadapter.
The problem is, that it can only choose from responses depending on the url that you request was about to be sent to.
It can not e.g. parse a soap req... |
4,937 | Which of the permutations for accessing secure content do folks prefer? In this instance I'm referring to a saved quote and have usernames, email addresses and quote reference numbers available.
E.g:
Email/
Password
Username/
Password
Email/
Reference
Usename/
Reference
I guess the real issue is the choice betwe... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4937",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | My personal feeling on this is that it depends on the nature of the user's experience. You mentioned this is to access a quote - is on of the goals to make the user feel that getting a quote is quick and easy? If so, I would say generate a quote number and send them an email with a link drectly to the quote to access i... | I couldn't tell quite for sure based on what you are saying, but I'm assuming that right now, you have username, but **not** password; is that correct? If so, I don't see the reasoning for even having a username without having a password associated with it - it's just an extra piece of information you are asking your u... |
4,937 | Which of the permutations for accessing secure content do folks prefer? In this instance I'm referring to a saved quote and have usernames, email addresses and quote reference numbers available.
E.g:
Email/
Password
Username/
Password
Email/
Reference
Usename/
Reference
I guess the real issue is the choice betwe... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4937",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | My feeling on this is that the average person has far too many passwords to remember: our day-to-day activities are inundated with logins. For this reason, I prefer to always cater to user memory. If the user is going to need to log in again, make sure they will remember the login. A frustrating experience trying to re... | I couldn't tell quite for sure based on what you are saying, but I'm assuming that right now, you have username, but **not** password; is that correct? If so, I don't see the reasoning for even having a username without having a password associated with it - it's just an extra piece of information you are asking your u... |
31,935 | >
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks excluding bicycles.
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks but bicycles.
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks but not bicycles.
>
>
>
Is the sense of these sentences exactly the same? | 2011/06/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/31935",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/10100/"
] | I would write this your sentence as:
>
> There are a lot of vehicles — cars, buses, airplanes, trucks — but no bicycles.
>
>
>
Changes from your phrase include:
1. I changed your colon (:) to a dash (—). Colons work best where you just have a simple list ("cars, buses, airplanes and trucks"), but is less elegant... | You could try this:
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks -- no bicycles though.
>
>
>
Means you don't need the word 'but'
"But" is only exclusive when used with "not" i.e. "but not...." or like this:
>
> All but J.Korns were present at the dinner.
>
>
> |
31,935 | >
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks excluding bicycles.
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks but bicycles.
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks but not bicycles.
>
>
>
Is the sense of these sentences exactly the same? | 2011/06/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/31935",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/10100/"
] | I would write this your sentence as:
>
> There are a lot of vehicles — cars, buses, airplanes, trucks — but no bicycles.
>
>
>
Changes from your phrase include:
1. I changed your colon (:) to a dash (—). Colons work best where you just have a simple list ("cars, buses, airplanes and trucks"), but is less elegant... | I would call them *motor* vehicles, which cars, buses, airplanes and trucks all are. But not bicycles. |
31,935 | >
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks excluding bicycles.
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks but bicycles.
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks but not bicycles.
>
>
>
Is the sense of these sentences exactly the same? | 2011/06/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/31935",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/10100/"
] | You could try this:
>
> There are a lot of vehicles: cars, buses, airplanes, trucks -- no bicycles though.
>
>
>
Means you don't need the word 'but'
"But" is only exclusive when used with "not" i.e. "but not...." or like this:
>
> All but J.Korns were present at the dinner.
>
>
> | I would call them *motor* vehicles, which cars, buses, airplanes and trucks all are. But not bicycles. |
11,039 | I'm interested in putting up a tool wall in my garage/workshop.
Taking into consideration the price, strength, ease of use and versatility. Which of the two boards will be best for the job and what material (wood, metal, plastic...) would suite the enviroment?
**Links:** [Pegwall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfora... | 2011/12/31 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/11039",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/2609/"
] | This is just my preference/opinion on the subject.
Both types have their uses. If you have space for more than a single board, I would advise a mixture with more peg boards then slat boards. If you only have space for a single board then I'd recommend a pegboard because I find them to be more versitile overall.
The ... | Here is a great DIY version of a wall-slat type system: [Hyper-Organize Your Shop](http://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/hyperorganize-your-shop)
 |
61,222 | How do I securely communicate my bank connection details (IBAN + full name) to an otherwise trusted person with email being the only connection? Obviously I wouldn't use (plaintext) e-mail since any person that ever gets access to either mine or the recipient's inbox will also have access to that data.
What tricks do ... | 2014/06/17 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/61222",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/49469/"
] | There is an [OpenPGP](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4880) standard for encrypting and signing email so that you can provide, confidentiality, integrity and authentication towards the person who is reading your email. | The standard solution for secure email is exchanging public keys and using [PGP](http://www.openpgp.org/).
When you or the other party doesn't want to install PGP, a more convenient alternative is to put the data into a password-protected (encrypted) ZIP archive and tell them the password via another communication cha... |
61,222 | How do I securely communicate my bank connection details (IBAN + full name) to an otherwise trusted person with email being the only connection? Obviously I wouldn't use (plaintext) e-mail since any person that ever gets access to either mine or the recipient's inbox will also have access to that data.
What tricks do ... | 2014/06/17 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/61222",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/49469/"
] | You can use a web-based encyption service like [Infoencrypt](http://www.infoencrypt.com/) or [Sendinc](https://www.sendinc.com/) for sending your emails.
They are free and they encrypt your email from end to end.
There is also an extension for google chrome, [SafeGmail](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/safeg... | The standard solution for secure email is exchanging public keys and using [PGP](http://www.openpgp.org/).
When you or the other party doesn't want to install PGP, a more convenient alternative is to put the data into a password-protected (encrypted) ZIP archive and tell them the password via another communication cha... |
61,222 | How do I securely communicate my bank connection details (IBAN + full name) to an otherwise trusted person with email being the only connection? Obviously I wouldn't use (plaintext) e-mail since any person that ever gets access to either mine or the recipient's inbox will also have access to that data.
What tricks do ... | 2014/06/17 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/61222",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/49469/"
] | >
> Is there something like a trusted pastebin service with password-option and expiration date?
>
>
>
Yes, there is. I found it [via this answer](https://security.stackexchange.com/a/13280/1163) and I've used it a few times now. It is:
**<https://onetimesecret.com/>**
They appear to take security very seriously... | The standard solution for secure email is exchanging public keys and using [PGP](http://www.openpgp.org/).
When you or the other party doesn't want to install PGP, a more convenient alternative is to put the data into a password-protected (encrypted) ZIP archive and tell them the password via another communication cha... |
5,827,375 | I have a class UI to handle console I/O for my C++ program.
It will have 4-5 member functions that will use a variable 'string input' to get the cin input, and some of these functions will be recursive.
Now I was wondering if I should declare 'string input' at the beginning of each of these functions, or if it was bett... | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5827375",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/666956/"
] | If the string input is not persistently associated with your object in the long term, and is just being used locally in the short term, make it a local variable.
1) It's semantically what you mean anyway.
2) If you're calling yourself recursively, you probably want separate variables per recursive call, which local v... | Agree with dfan. Another point is if you define it as member variable, you probably need decouple your member functions implementation with knowledge of the source of this string. So that when you change the source of the string in future, e.g., you read it from a file I/O instead of std::cin, your methods will remain ... |
196,878 | We've detected an unknown protocol attempting to communicate on port 443 on our network. The first five bytes are:
[67 66 75 80 80]
I haven't been able to match this up with any known TLS protocol but perhaps I've missed something. As reference, the first five bytes of TLS 1.2 are:
First byte: Content Type - typical... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/196878",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/190335/"
] | We solved it. This was a proprietary protocol used by Honeywell in their alarm systems. They are sending it over port 443, which is a terribly bad idea as their documentation states they have problems with many different routers (because of it).
I wish I could say that we figured this out in some elegant manner. I pro... | I don't think that is TLS, looks like someone is miss configure a system that use that protocol to connect to your systems basically, It would be nice if you could upload the pcap file with the TCP connection for understand a bit more the unknown protocol if needed |
12 | I'm seeing a phenomenon wherein questions receive multiple answers that are very similar in nature (for example, the 0.9999... = 1 question) or answers that do not build off or acknowledge the existence of other answers very well. The first case, at least, seems like something we should discourage in favor of upvoting.... | 2010/07/20 | [
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] | Multiple redundant answers are annoying and seriously affect the usability of the site. You can't find the other answers if all the answers are the same. However, one or two duplicates isn't terrible and as sepp2k says can't really be avoided.
I think the solution is downvote duplicates that aren't roughly simultaneou... | I'm interested to see what users of the trilogy sites think. This same problem exists there, but I don't think there is any dedicated method to stop it.
In fact, I'd wager it's not a big deal. So what if there are 10 answers? People just looking for the "best" answer will be looking at the first answers anyway. |
12 | I'm seeing a phenomenon wherein questions receive multiple answers that are very similar in nature (for example, the 0.9999... = 1 question) or answers that do not build off or acknowledge the existence of other answers very well. The first case, at least, seems like something we should discourage in favor of upvoting.... | 2010/07/20 | [
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] | Multiple redundant answers are annoying and seriously affect the usability of the site. You can't find the other answers if all the answers are the same. However, one or two duplicates isn't terrible and as sepp2k says can't really be avoided.
I think the solution is downvote duplicates that aren't roughly simultaneou... | From my experience on StackOverflow, this tends to only be a major problem with community wiki poll questions. It is slightly annoying on other questions, but not a major issue |
12 | I'm seeing a phenomenon wherein questions receive multiple answers that are very similar in nature (for example, the 0.9999... = 1 question) or answers that do not build off or acknowledge the existence of other answers very well. The first case, at least, seems like something we should discourage in favor of upvoting.... | 2010/07/20 | [
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] | For questions such as the .999=1 that you mentioned, that receive a ridiculous amount of marginally different answers (or answers that are posted simply to add one or two thoughts to one previously posted), I think the best response is to make the question community wiki and users can help to combine the many anemic an... | Multiple redundant answers are annoying and seriously affect the usability of the site. You can't find the other answers if all the answers are the same. However, one or two duplicates isn't terrible and as sepp2k says can't really be avoided.
I think the solution is downvote duplicates that aren't roughly simultaneou... |
12 | I'm seeing a phenomenon wherein questions receive multiple answers that are very similar in nature (for example, the 0.9999... = 1 question) or answers that do not build off or acknowledge the existence of other answers very well. The first case, at least, seems like something we should discourage in favor of upvoting.... | 2010/07/20 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | For questions such as the .999=1 that you mentioned, that receive a ridiculous amount of marginally different answers (or answers that are posted simply to add one or two thoughts to one previously posted), I think the best response is to make the question community wiki and users can help to combine the many anemic an... | I'm interested to see what users of the trilogy sites think. This same problem exists there, but I don't think there is any dedicated method to stop it.
In fact, I'd wager it's not a big deal. So what if there are 10 answers? People just looking for the "best" answer will be looking at the first answers anyway. |
12 | I'm seeing a phenomenon wherein questions receive multiple answers that are very similar in nature (for example, the 0.9999... = 1 question) or answers that do not build off or acknowledge the existence of other answers very well. The first case, at least, seems like something we should discourage in favor of upvoting.... | 2010/07/20 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | For questions such as the .999=1 that you mentioned, that receive a ridiculous amount of marginally different answers (or answers that are posted simply to add one or two thoughts to one previously posted), I think the best response is to make the question community wiki and users can help to combine the many anemic an... | From my experience on StackOverflow, this tends to only be a major problem with community wiki poll questions. It is slightly annoying on other questions, but not a major issue |
1,838 | This question is prompted by [What's going on with the Russian etymology questions?](https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1836/whats-going-on-with-the-russian-etymology-questions)
In this particular case, most of his questions are quite universally negatively voted. Though this is the first time I have... | 2019/03/07 | [
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1838",
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/126/"
] | Personally, I think the problem with the Russian questions isn't their focus but their lack of effort. I've answered several of them with a quick glance at Wiktionary or Vasmer's etymological dictionary, which the asker could just as easily check for himself.
However, I feel that etymology and derivation questions can... | I concur with @Draconis' answer, but I wanted to address the problem from an amateur perspective.
Being an amateur myself, I started my interest for Linguistics.SE with etymology questions back in 2012. Coincidentally, one of them [was about a Slavonic word](https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/q/2711/1009) that also... |
1,838 | This question is prompted by [What's going on with the Russian etymology questions?](https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1836/whats-going-on-with-the-russian-etymology-questions)
In this particular case, most of his questions are quite universally negatively voted. Though this is the first time I have... | 2019/03/07 | [
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1838",
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/126/"
] | Personally, I think the problem with the Russian questions isn't their focus but their lack of effort. I've answered several of them with a quick glance at Wiktionary or Vasmer's etymological dictionary, which the asker could just as easily check for himself.
However, I feel that etymology and derivation questions can... | yes, I agree that this batch of questions could easily be answered if the person would just look for answers on his/her own. So basically a flood of silly questions more or less amounts to spam. That being said, I believe the site should not ban etymological questions in principio. |
1,838 | This question is prompted by [What's going on with the Russian etymology questions?](https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1836/whats-going-on-with-the-russian-etymology-questions)
In this particular case, most of his questions are quite universally negatively voted. Though this is the first time I have... | 2019/03/07 | [
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1838",
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/126/"
] | I concur with @Draconis' answer, but I wanted to address the problem from an amateur perspective.
Being an amateur myself, I started my interest for Linguistics.SE with etymology questions back in 2012. Coincidentally, one of them [was about a Slavonic word](https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/q/2711/1009) that also... | yes, I agree that this batch of questions could easily be answered if the person would just look for answers on his/her own. So basically a flood of silly questions more or less amounts to spam. That being said, I believe the site should not ban etymological questions in principio. |
110,895 | On Stack Exchange we can upvote comments, answers, and questions.
Is it correct to say that
* I put an upvote *on* a question.
* There are four upvotes *for* this answer.
* I ~~made~~ cast an upvote *on* your post.
Which is the correct preposition? | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/110895",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16328/"
] | I would turn *upvote* into a verb:
>
> I **upvoted** your post.
>
>
>
Also,
>
> This answer has four upvotes.
>
>
> | Either can be correct, but with a slight difference of emphasis.
"On this particular post there are three upvotes and two comments" is of interest to the moderators, indicating a level of activity; the emphasis is on the post as such. "I put an upvote on your answer" would imply, to me, that the vote was less to do wi... |
110,895 | On Stack Exchange we can upvote comments, answers, and questions.
Is it correct to say that
* I put an upvote *on* a question.
* There are four upvotes *for* this answer.
* I ~~made~~ cast an upvote *on* your post.
Which is the correct preposition? | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/110895",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16328/"
] | You ask, “Which is the correct preposition?” regarding three examples that use *upvote on* and *upvote for*. The examples are grammatically correct and semantically sound. But more-natural sentences result from slight rewordings, or as suggested in a previous answer, from using *upvote* as a verb:
>
> • I put an upv... | I would turn *upvote* into a verb:
>
> I **upvoted** your post.
>
>
>
Also,
>
> This answer has four upvotes.
>
>
> |
110,895 | On Stack Exchange we can upvote comments, answers, and questions.
Is it correct to say that
* I put an upvote *on* a question.
* There are four upvotes *for* this answer.
* I ~~made~~ cast an upvote *on* your post.
Which is the correct preposition? | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/110895",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16328/"
] | I would turn *upvote* into a verb:
>
> I **upvoted** your post.
>
>
>
Also,
>
> This answer has four upvotes.
>
>
> | This is an interesting question as 'upvote' isn't a real word (i.e. not in the dictionary yet). So there isn't really an established grammar for whether votes are applied on, to or for posts.
The other answers are correct that using 'upvote' as a verb sounds better, and is more concise. But if you wanted to use upvote... |
110,895 | On Stack Exchange we can upvote comments, answers, and questions.
Is it correct to say that
* I put an upvote *on* a question.
* There are four upvotes *for* this answer.
* I ~~made~~ cast an upvote *on* your post.
Which is the correct preposition? | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/110895",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16328/"
] | You ask, “Which is the correct preposition?” regarding three examples that use *upvote on* and *upvote for*. The examples are grammatically correct and semantically sound. But more-natural sentences result from slight rewordings, or as suggested in a previous answer, from using *upvote* as a verb:
>
> • I put an upv... | Either can be correct, but with a slight difference of emphasis.
"On this particular post there are three upvotes and two comments" is of interest to the moderators, indicating a level of activity; the emphasis is on the post as such. "I put an upvote on your answer" would imply, to me, that the vote was less to do wi... |
110,895 | On Stack Exchange we can upvote comments, answers, and questions.
Is it correct to say that
* I put an upvote *on* a question.
* There are four upvotes *for* this answer.
* I ~~made~~ cast an upvote *on* your post.
Which is the correct preposition? | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/110895",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16328/"
] | You ask, “Which is the correct preposition?” regarding three examples that use *upvote on* and *upvote for*. The examples are grammatically correct and semantically sound. But more-natural sentences result from slight rewordings, or as suggested in a previous answer, from using *upvote* as a verb:
>
> • I put an upv... | This is an interesting question as 'upvote' isn't a real word (i.e. not in the dictionary yet). So there isn't really an established grammar for whether votes are applied on, to or for posts.
The other answers are correct that using 'upvote' as a verb sounds better, and is more concise. But if you wanted to use upvote... |
32,127,544 | I need to simulate file transfer of particular size by Thread.sleep(). I have 4 files sizes-1KB, 10KB, 100KB and 1000KB.
What is the standard file transfer rate served by web servers which I can assign to these files?
I am simulating a web server behavior.For example, if a HTML file of 1kb is transferred in 1 millis... | 2015/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32127544",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5248785/"
] | I have looked for an answer to this question some time ago and all I could come up with was setting a [spark.sql.autoBroadcastJoinThreshold](https://spark.apache.org/docs/1.3.0/sql-programming-guide.html#other-configuration-options) parameter, which is by default 10 MB. It will then attempt to automatically broadcast a... | This is the upcoming **Spark 2.3** here (**RC2** is being voted for the next release).
>
> As of v1.4.1, Spark SQL does not support the STREAMTABLE hint.
>
>
>
It does not in the latest (and voted to be released soon) Spark 2.3 either.
There is no support for STREAMTABLE hint, but given the recent change (in [SP... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | You should definitely not sign the offer letter if you were expecting a different offer. The offer letter is what they are offering, no matter what was said to you previously. However:
**Don't assume malevolence where a mistake is a valid explanation.**
Return the contract with a simple statement that the salary in t... | They sent you an offer letter. You agreed to the information on the letter.
If the contract had added a key provision not mentioned in the offer letter, such as working hours, and you disagree with that provision you can try and negotiate or inform them that you no longer want to move forward with the offer. But if yo... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | >
> I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was
> lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the offer said there was an
> error on typing the salary on the offer letter. I haven't signed the
> contract yet and don't know what to do.
>
>
>
*Assuming you actually require the salary amount cont... | Ask them to fix the letter so that you can sign the contract. Do not sign it with incorrect information!
In terms of asking, you should call rather than email. You want to get this cleared up quickly, so you and they can move forward.
Mistakes happen, and the best way to deal with them is to speak up and deal with th... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | At this point there are two possibilities:
* It was a legitimate error
* This is a bait-and-switch
Either way, the job offer needs to be reevaluated based on the new information you have. The type of things you should think about are:
* Are you willing to work for the lower salary?
* Are you okay with working for a ... | Ask them to fix the letter so that you can sign the contract. Do not sign it with incorrect information!
In terms of asking, you should call rather than email. You want to get this cleared up quickly, so you and they can move forward.
Mistakes happen, and the best way to deal with them is to speak up and deal with th... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | >
> I haven't signed the contract yet and don't know what to do.
>
>
>
HR has already told you that the salary on the offer letter was a typing error.
If you believe that they are lying then politely decline their offer and move on to your next opportunity.
If you believe that they are truthful then you need to ... | Ask them to fix the letter so that you can sign the contract. Do not sign it with incorrect information!
In terms of asking, you should call rather than email. You want to get this cleared up quickly, so you and they can move forward.
Mistakes happen, and the best way to deal with them is to speak up and deal with th... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | >
> I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was
> lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the offer said there was an
> error on typing the salary on the offer letter. I haven't signed the
> contract yet and don't know what to do.
>
>
>
*Assuming you actually require the salary amount cont... | They sent you an offer letter. You agreed to the information on the letter.
If the contract had added a key provision not mentioned in the offer letter, such as working hours, and you disagree with that provision you can try and negotiate or inform them that you no longer want to move forward with the offer. But if yo... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | You should definitely not sign the offer letter if you were expecting a different offer. The offer letter is what they are offering, no matter what was said to you previously. However:
**Don't assume malevolence where a mistake is a valid explanation.**
Return the contract with a simple statement that the salary in t... | Ask them to fix the letter so that you can sign the contract. Do not sign it with incorrect information!
In terms of asking, you should call rather than email. You want to get this cleared up quickly, so you and they can move forward.
Mistakes happen, and the best way to deal with them is to speak up and deal with th... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | >
> I haven't signed the contract yet and don't know what to do.
>
>
>
HR has already told you that the salary on the offer letter was a typing error.
If you believe that they are lying then politely decline their offer and move on to your next opportunity.
If you believe that they are truthful then you need to ... | The answer comes down to how much you need this job. If you are desperate to be employed ASAP, and don't think you'll get an offer somewhere else quickly enough, then you probably have no other choice than to accept working at the lower rate.
On the other hand, if you don't need this job urgently, because you have som... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | At this point there are two possibilities:
* It was a legitimate error
* This is a bait-and-switch
Either way, the job offer needs to be reevaluated based on the new information you have. The type of things you should think about are:
* Are you willing to work for the lower salary?
* Are you okay with working for a ... | They sent you an offer letter. You agreed to the information on the letter.
If the contract had added a key provision not mentioned in the offer letter, such as working hours, and you disagree with that provision you can try and negotiate or inform them that you no longer want to move forward with the offer. But if yo... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | >
> I haven't signed the contract yet and don't know what to do.
>
>
>
HR has already told you that the salary on the offer letter was a typing error.
If you believe that they are lying then politely decline their offer and move on to your next opportunity.
If you believe that they are truthful then you need to ... | They sent you an offer letter. You agreed to the information on the letter.
If the contract had added a key provision not mentioned in the offer letter, such as working hours, and you disagree with that provision you can try and negotiate or inform them that you no longer want to move forward with the offer. But if yo... |
184,165 | I had a job offer in writing via email after working at the school for 5 months through an agency. School offered to take me in and send an email about the position, the working hours, holidays and salary. I accepted the offer, then when I got the contract, the salary was lower than the offer. The HR whom sent me the o... | 2022/04/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/184165",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/134198/"
] | At this point there are two possibilities:
* It was a legitimate error
* This is a bait-and-switch
Either way, the job offer needs to be reevaluated based on the new information you have. The type of things you should think about are:
* Are you willing to work for the lower salary?
* Are you okay with working for a ... | The answer comes down to how much you need this job. If you are desperate to be employed ASAP, and don't think you'll get an offer somewhere else quickly enough, then you probably have no other choice than to accept working at the lower rate.
On the other hand, if you don't need this job urgently, because you have som... |
186,259 | My Mum’s had the cowboys in and they’ve made a complete mess of fitting the skirting boards. On one wall about a third of it isn’t even attached to the wall. I had a hard time finding the stud in the wall but eventually got it using a magnet, marked the spots on the wall where the magnet stuck and followed the line dow... | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/186259",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/113198/"
] | That's an odd place for caulking to be applied.
Chances are very good that you have a leak above this that is dripping water down onto the drywall and softening it. | If the water damage on your ceiling were extensive I would suggest cutting the ceiling open because you'd probably have to replace some of it anyway - but it looks minor. With the shower directly above this spot that's the likely culprit. However, water does strange things and can travel some distance before the leak s... |
720,112 | Netflix has suddenly and mysteriously stopped working for me when using it through Chrome version 47.0.2526.106 (64-bit) and ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When I click on a movie it gives me the spinning "loading wheel" continuously but never actually plays anything. I have googled how to fix it but the only thing I could find sug... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/720112",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/492230/"
] | Right-click on your desktop, click on Desktop Settings. There you should have 3 tabs: Background, Menus, and Icons. CLick on Icons and you should see Icon size. Adjust Icon size accordingly. | The comment above gives the correct answer:
From this answer: askubuntu.com/questions/129820/…. -- Open file explorer -- Edit > Preferences > Icon View Defaults Set as you wish. – md\_essam |
720,112 | Netflix has suddenly and mysteriously stopped working for me when using it through Chrome version 47.0.2526.106 (64-bit) and ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When I click on a movie it gives me the spinning "loading wheel" continuously but never actually plays anything. I have googled how to fix it but the only thing I could find sug... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/720112",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/492230/"
] | Right-click on your desktop, click on Desktop Settings. There you should have 3 tabs: Background, Menus, and Icons. CLick on Icons and you should see Icon size. Adjust Icon size accordingly. | For the file manager in Ubuntu 16.04 you use scroll wheel and crtl in the file manager, only it does not get any smaller than 32 pt. |
720,112 | Netflix has suddenly and mysteriously stopped working for me when using it through Chrome version 47.0.2526.106 (64-bit) and ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When I click on a movie it gives me the spinning "loading wheel" continuously but never actually plays anything. I have googled how to fix it but the only thing I could find sug... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/720112",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/492230/"
] | The comment above gives the correct answer:
From this answer: askubuntu.com/questions/129820/…. -- Open file explorer -- Edit > Preferences > Icon View Defaults Set as you wish. – md\_essam | For the file manager in Ubuntu 16.04 you use scroll wheel and crtl in the file manager, only it does not get any smaller than 32 pt. |
413,100 | In some other stackexchange group, someone used the words "nadir of unprofessionalism" to express that in his opinion, some behaviour was very, very unprofessional.
Now "nadir" is the lowest point, and "zenith" is the highest point. But the words may also be used as "worst" and "best". Being very, very unprofessional... | 2017/10/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/413100",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would say that 'nadir' of unprofessionalism is more effective.
It emphasises the depth that has been reached - that there is no greater depth. I think it is confusing, idiomatically, to say 'zenith' which expresses a pinnacle of height, usually a matter of achievement. | Those phrases are equivalent. Anyway, using "nadir" and "zenith" referring to professionalism doesn't seem very professional to me - they're superfluous. Kinda like that, I could have simply written "unnecessary". Who was the audience for this? Other writers? What if ESL\* writers wanted to follow the thread? Those rea... |
63,926 | Surely he would have caught five, at least, and hid them from Vernon while he was getting sprayed by the letters? Then he could have read any one? | 2014/07/24 | [
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] | Have you ever seen those glass cases where someone stands inside and the turn a fan on and drop cash in and you have like 1 minute to grab as much cash as you can. Typically you don't get much cash out of it because paper on the wind is quite tricky to catch.
1. I assume Harry was in a similar situation with them blo... | I don't actually recall him catching *any* of them in the book - the Dursleys rather hastily moved him away from the letters so he wouldn't.
But in the movie, I recall him catching exactly one, then hastily running off to open it as quick as he could.
Clearly he was only interested in the contents of the letter, an... |
63,926 | Surely he would have caught five, at least, and hid them from Vernon while he was getting sprayed by the letters? Then he could have read any one? | 2014/07/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/63926",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | Simply put, because Vernon didn’t give him a chance. In the book, he pulls Harry out of the room before he has a chance to grab a single letter, let alone several:
>
> Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught him sharply on the back of the head. Next moment, thirty or forty letters came... | I don't actually recall him catching *any* of them in the book - the Dursleys rather hastily moved him away from the letters so he wouldn't.
But in the movie, I recall him catching exactly one, then hastily running off to open it as quick as he could.
Clearly he was only interested in the contents of the letter, an... |
376,875 | I've had the (mis)fortune to get a new work laptop with the O' so great Touch Bar which I so immensely hate and have changed the Touch Bar to display F-keys.
However one thing I do miss is my global Media Keys. I'm primarily listen to Spotify and I know it has shortcuts but that requires me to make the Spotify windo... | 2019/12/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/376875",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | This solution is a bit of a workaround, but I think that it should work for you.
First, you can write some AppleScripts that will perform the actions Next, Prev., and Play/Pause. I found some examples [here](https://gist.github.com/NoobsArePeople2/5121597). If you are on macOS Catalina, you will need to replace "iTun... | I had a similar problem, using a basic, non-apple, USB keyboard pressing F8 wouldn't pause my music whether or not I checked the "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" option.
I spent a while trying to get Applescripts to control Chrome but it was more complicated than controlling Spotify.
What ended up he... |
376,875 | I've had the (mis)fortune to get a new work laptop with the O' so great Touch Bar which I so immensely hate and have changed the Touch Bar to display F-keys.
However one thing I do miss is my global Media Keys. I'm primarily listen to Spotify and I know it has shortcuts but that requires me to make the Spotify windo... | 2019/12/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/376875",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/47956/"
] | This solution is a bit of a workaround, but I think that it should work for you.
First, you can write some AppleScripts that will perform the actions Next, Prev., and Play/Pause. I found some examples [here](https://gist.github.com/NoobsArePeople2/5121597). If you are on macOS Catalina, you will need to replace "iTun... | Everything in @beninato's answer worked for me. The only thing I had trouble with was that when setting the keyboard shortcut for the services I created, it had to include the command key for the service to be run by the shortcut.
Maybe that was your issue @Mestika? |
376,875 | I've had the (mis)fortune to get a new work laptop with the O' so great Touch Bar which I so immensely hate and have changed the Touch Bar to display F-keys.
However one thing I do miss is my global Media Keys. I'm primarily listen to Spotify and I know it has shortcuts but that requires me to make the Spotify windo... | 2019/12/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/376875",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/47956/"
] | I had a similar problem, using a basic, non-apple, USB keyboard pressing F8 wouldn't pause my music whether or not I checked the "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" option.
I spent a while trying to get Applescripts to control Chrome but it was more complicated than controlling Spotify.
What ended up he... | Everything in @beninato's answer worked for me. The only thing I had trouble with was that when setting the keyboard shortcut for the services I created, it had to include the command key for the service to be run by the shortcut.
Maybe that was your issue @Mestika? |
376,875 | I've had the (mis)fortune to get a new work laptop with the O' so great Touch Bar which I so immensely hate and have changed the Touch Bar to display F-keys.
However one thing I do miss is my global Media Keys. I'm primarily listen to Spotify and I know it has shortcuts but that requires me to make the Spotify windo... | 2019/12/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/376875",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/47956/"
] | With the advent of Shortcuts on macOS Monterey, you don't need so many steps now.
You need to just create a shortcut which runs the macOS Play/Pause action and then make it a Quick Action, check Finder, and set your keyboard shortcut.
Here is an example shortcut I created: <https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/aa8c4a50ec... | I had a similar problem, using a basic, non-apple, USB keyboard pressing F8 wouldn't pause my music whether or not I checked the "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" option.
I spent a while trying to get Applescripts to control Chrome but it was more complicated than controlling Spotify.
What ended up he... |
376,875 | I've had the (mis)fortune to get a new work laptop with the O' so great Touch Bar which I so immensely hate and have changed the Touch Bar to display F-keys.
However one thing I do miss is my global Media Keys. I'm primarily listen to Spotify and I know it has shortcuts but that requires me to make the Spotify windo... | 2019/12/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/376875",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/47956/"
] | With the advent of Shortcuts on macOS Monterey, you don't need so many steps now.
You need to just create a shortcut which runs the macOS Play/Pause action and then make it a Quick Action, check Finder, and set your keyboard shortcut.
Here is an example shortcut I created: <https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/aa8c4a50ec... | Everything in @beninato's answer worked for me. The only thing I had trouble with was that when setting the keyboard shortcut for the services I created, it had to include the command key for the service to be run by the shortcut.
Maybe that was your issue @Mestika? |
28,722 | If the nuclear holocaust happened in 2077, then why are the clothes and music in the style of the 1950s? ([source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3)) | 2011/08/25 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28722",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3609/"
] | Because the Fallout universe is set in an alternate history. Basically the Fallout universe explores how the world could have evolved if the nuclear visions of the 50's would have come true. It's called [Retro-futurism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro-futurism), and it's been executed perfectly by the game designers... | I heard its because both timelines played out exactly the same, but in the 50's we made the transistor which replaced all nuclear things and they didnt. |
3,094 | [Should we move to close old, abandoned questions with not enough detail?](https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1989/should-we-move-to-close-old-abandoned-questions-with-not-enough-detail) asked about old questions that are probably abandoned. I note this question <https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/57422/... | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3094",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8563/"
] | Voting to close as "too localized" is non-pejorative and works as a splendid catch-all for such situations. | *Abandoned, vague, poorly formulated question?*
**vote it down!** (and comment why)
This advice isn't intended as a replacement to flagging for close, you're welcome to do that too. A down vote takes effect immediately, and everyone sees it. A close flag on the other hand is relatively concealed and may not be acted ... |
3,094 | [Should we move to close old, abandoned questions with not enough detail?](https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1989/should-we-move-to-close-old-abandoned-questions-with-not-enough-detail) asked about old questions that are probably abandoned. I note this question <https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/57422/... | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3094",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8563/"
] | Voting to close as "too localized" is non-pejorative and works as a splendid catch-all for such situations. | As suggested in a Comment by @whuber on an Answer to this Question ...
>
> **Moderators now can (in consultation with the community) create custom close reasons**
>
>
>
I would like to revisit
[Do we need new Reason to Close old Questions when Originator appears to have lost interest?](https://gis.meta.stackexch... |
16,271 | As my client software uses lat/lon coordinates when communicating with my (spherical mercator) postgis database i decided to ST\_Transform every geometry to WGS-84.
However i noticed that ST\_Distance for WGS-84 returns units as degrees (i need meters). So i decided to use ST\_DistanceSpheroid(geom1, geom2, 'SPHEROID[... | 2011/10/28 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/16271",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4031/"
] | WGS-84 is unprojected data. It uses a geodetic coordinate system, which means points are located on a spherical (ellipsoidal to be exact) modelisation of the earth.
As a consequence, euclidian geometry is not valid for this kind of data.
PostGIS «geometry» data type and associated functions work with planar coordinate... | Distance measurements in EPSG:900913 are not a good idea since distances are very distorted in this projection. ST\_Distance\_Spherical() will be much more accurate. |
2,681,960 | I have a database table. There is a field name "Sequence" that indicate sequence when user presents the rows in report or grid visually.
When the rows are retrieved and presented in a grid, there are few UI gadget that allow user to reorder the rows arbitrary. The new sequence will be persist in database table when us... | 2010/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2681960",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/186849/"
] | What about storing the sequence as a linked list in the database? Your table would have some sort of unique ID column, and a next\_id column.
When the user reorders rows, the only updates you need to issue are for rows that with different next\_id pointers.
Another option is to use a floating point sequence column an... | If you're worried about how long it's going to take to update N rows then it makes me wonder how many rows are in the grid. It sounds like your talking about thousands if not tens of thousands. If that's the case you might want to rethink how you're presenting the information.
Having said that. it's quite common to us... |
2,681,960 | I have a database table. There is a field name "Sequence" that indicate sequence when user presents the rows in report or grid visually.
When the rows are retrieved and presented in a grid, there are few UI gadget that allow user to reorder the rows arbitrary. The new sequence will be persist in database table when us... | 2010/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2681960",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/186849/"
] | I assume you want to use minimum number of SQL/Database UPDATE-s when you change a record. For example, if you move just one record up or down, you'd want to just do one update, not multiple updates.
You probably already thought of this algorithm since you mentioned floats, but I'm going to explain it any way so I can... | If you're worried about how long it's going to take to update N rows then it makes me wonder how many rows are in the grid. It sounds like your talking about thousands if not tens of thousands. If that's the case you might want to rethink how you're presenting the information.
Having said that. it's quite common to us... |
4,886,823 | How do I inspect in what parts of my memory my heap, stack etc lie? I am currently looking at a program in C, and in looking at the .elf file I can see what memory addresses the program is using, but I don't know if it's in the heap or stack. | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4886823",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/537160/"
] | That's quite hard to know from a static analysis of the compiled code itself. You should be able to see any static initialized data areas, and also static uninitialized (BSS) sections, but exactly how those are loaded with respect to stack, heap and so on is down to the platform's executable loader. | If you are working in embedded platform , you should probably use some linker scripts(lcf files) along with building the program, then you can identify in detail all the sections(stack,heap,intvec,bss,text,code) ,its placement in the memory (whether in L1 cache,L2 cache or DDR) and its starting/ending address while loa... |
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