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29,148 | In the game Portal, there are glowing light platforms. These platforms are (supposedly) made of solid, compressed light. How can these realistically be made? | 2015/11/06 | [
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==
They are not realistic, not in the slightest.
In the real universe, there are two fundamentally different kinds of particles. Fermions are “matter-like” and ultimately that’s why bricks are solid and hard. The way matter behaves comes from the fundamental properties of these particles, which, e.g. cannot be hav... | Portal 2 is a comedy and probably the writers just stringed some scientific jargon together to construct an intentionally nonsensical scientific concept. Probably the writers put a lot less thought into this than we are right now...
Light is a massless particle that travels in a straight line. (incidentally it travels... |
29,148 | In the game Portal, there are glowing light platforms. These platforms are (supposedly) made of solid, compressed light. How can these realistically be made? | 2015/11/06 | [
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==
They are not realistic, not in the slightest.
In the real universe, there are two fundamentally different kinds of particles. Fermions are “matter-like” and ultimately that’s why bricks are solid and hard. The way matter behaves comes from the fundamental properties of these particles, which, e.g. cannot be hav... | The other answers are correct in that solid light is not possible, however keep in mind that something similar to that and called that might be possible.
For example what if there were particles in the air that normally just act as a gas. When hit by a laser they clump together and form a solid platform. By shining a ... |
29,148 | In the game Portal, there are glowing light platforms. These platforms are (supposedly) made of solid, compressed light. How can these realistically be made? | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29148",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | As others have said, a solid platform made of light is completely unrealistic. However, it is entirely possible for light to exert a force on an object and hold it up, though the force required to support a human's mass against Earth's gravity would require a truly ferocious amount of light.
Using some serious estimat... | Some of the key traits of solid matter that make it solid matter are these:
* It tends to stay where it is.
* It excludes other matter from being in the same space.
* It has a shape and tends to hold onto that shape even in the face of attempts to change it.
In more detail, matter never moves at the speed of light in... |
29,148 | In the game Portal, there are glowing light platforms. These platforms are (supposedly) made of solid, compressed light. How can these realistically be made? | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29148",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | As others have said, a solid platform made of light is completely unrealistic. However, it is entirely possible for light to exert a force on an object and hold it up, though the force required to support a human's mass against Earth's gravity would require a truly ferocious amount of light.
Using some serious estimat... | Portal 2 is a comedy and probably the writers just stringed some scientific jargon together to construct an intentionally nonsensical scientific concept. Probably the writers put a lot less thought into this than we are right now...
Light is a massless particle that travels in a straight line. (incidentally it travels... |
29,148 | In the game Portal, there are glowing light platforms. These platforms are (supposedly) made of solid, compressed light. How can these realistically be made? | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29148",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/15069/"
] | As others have said, a solid platform made of light is completely unrealistic. However, it is entirely possible for light to exert a force on an object and hold it up, though the force required to support a human's mass against Earth's gravity would require a truly ferocious amount of light.
Using some serious estimat... | The other answers are correct in that solid light is not possible, however keep in mind that something similar to that and called that might be possible.
For example what if there were particles in the air that normally just act as a gas. When hit by a laser they clump together and form a solid platform. By shining a ... |
29,148 | In the game Portal, there are glowing light platforms. These platforms are (supposedly) made of solid, compressed light. How can these realistically be made? | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29148",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/15069/"
] | Portal 2 is a comedy and probably the writers just stringed some scientific jargon together to construct an intentionally nonsensical scientific concept. Probably the writers put a lot less thought into this than we are right now...
Light is a massless particle that travels in a straight line. (incidentally it travels... | Some of the key traits of solid matter that make it solid matter are these:
* It tends to stay where it is.
* It excludes other matter from being in the same space.
* It has a shape and tends to hold onto that shape even in the face of attempts to change it.
In more detail, matter never moves at the speed of light in... |
29,148 | In the game Portal, there are glowing light platforms. These platforms are (supposedly) made of solid, compressed light. How can these realistically be made? | 2015/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29148",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/15069/"
] | The other answers are correct in that solid light is not possible, however keep in mind that something similar to that and called that might be possible.
For example what if there were particles in the air that normally just act as a gas. When hit by a laser they clump together and form a solid platform. By shining a ... | Some of the key traits of solid matter that make it solid matter are these:
* It tends to stay where it is.
* It excludes other matter from being in the same space.
* It has a shape and tends to hold onto that shape even in the face of attempts to change it.
In more detail, matter never moves at the speed of light in... |
2,095,649 | Last term I started a weekly seminar like thing. The basic idea was this -- At the beginning of the term each person will choose a topic that they don't know about and isn't usually covered in the standard undergraduate math curriculum. They'll work on it throughout the term and present it at some point during the term... | 2017/01/13 | [
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] | You might try pilfering a few **topics from summer schools** (particularly ones your students don't have access to, for whatever reason). For example, the [LMS Summer School page](https://www.lms.ac.uk/content/lms-summer-schools) has links to what was talked about in previous years, and for some you even get free lectu... | Conway's **On Numbers and Games**. Definitely. |
2,095,649 | Last term I started a weekly seminar like thing. The basic idea was this -- At the beginning of the term each person will choose a topic that they don't know about and isn't usually covered in the standard undergraduate math curriculum. They'll work on it throughout the term and present it at some point during the term... | 2017/01/13 | [
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] | You might try pilfering a few **topics from summer schools** (particularly ones your students don't have access to, for whatever reason). For example, the [LMS Summer School page](https://www.lms.ac.uk/content/lms-summer-schools) has links to what was talked about in previous years, and for some you even get free lectu... | I think it might be a good idea to look at past IMO and Putnam papers
Some of the questions in those papers when looked into deeply have enough scope of discussion for a whole lecture |
2,095,649 | Last term I started a weekly seminar like thing. The basic idea was this -- At the beginning of the term each person will choose a topic that they don't know about and isn't usually covered in the standard undergraduate math curriculum. They'll work on it throughout the term and present it at some point during the term... | 2017/01/13 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2095649",
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] | You might try pilfering a few **topics from summer schools** (particularly ones your students don't have access to, for whatever reason). For example, the [LMS Summer School page](https://www.lms.ac.uk/content/lms-summer-schools) has links to what was talked about in previous years, and for some you even get free lectu... | * **Integer-point enumeration in polyhedra.** This is a subject with a low entrance threshold, but which is still at the frontiers of current research. It also blends ideas from combinatorics, number theory, and geometry in a natural way. The book *[Computing the Continuous Discretely](http://math.sfsu.edu/beck/papers/... |
2,095,649 | Last term I started a weekly seminar like thing. The basic idea was this -- At the beginning of the term each person will choose a topic that they don't know about and isn't usually covered in the standard undergraduate math curriculum. They'll work on it throughout the term and present it at some point during the term... | 2017/01/13 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2095649",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
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] | The following references are free available (and the first paragraph in spanish but) I will write the topics in english (I hope that my translation is right for the specification of this topics is right). I write this literature and you can search such key words to find the literature or ideas that is required for your... | Conway's **On Numbers and Games**. Definitely. |
2,095,649 | Last term I started a weekly seminar like thing. The basic idea was this -- At the beginning of the term each person will choose a topic that they don't know about and isn't usually covered in the standard undergraduate math curriculum. They'll work on it throughout the term and present it at some point during the term... | 2017/01/13 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2095649",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
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] | The following references are free available (and the first paragraph in spanish but) I will write the topics in english (I hope that my translation is right for the specification of this topics is right). I write this literature and you can search such key words to find the literature or ideas that is required for your... | I think it might be a good idea to look at past IMO and Putnam papers
Some of the questions in those papers when looked into deeply have enough scope of discussion for a whole lecture |
2,095,649 | Last term I started a weekly seminar like thing. The basic idea was this -- At the beginning of the term each person will choose a topic that they don't know about and isn't usually covered in the standard undergraduate math curriculum. They'll work on it throughout the term and present it at some point during the term... | 2017/01/13 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2095649",
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] | The following references are free available (and the first paragraph in spanish but) I will write the topics in english (I hope that my translation is right for the specification of this topics is right). I write this literature and you can search such key words to find the literature or ideas that is required for your... | * **Integer-point enumeration in polyhedra.** This is a subject with a low entrance threshold, but which is still at the frontiers of current research. It also blends ideas from combinatorics, number theory, and geometry in a natural way. The book *[Computing the Continuous Discretely](http://math.sfsu.edu/beck/papers/... |
1,166 | Suppose I go a ballpark or some mall, and I forget to take the tickets or something like that along with me; I realize it on my way to the mall/ballpark.
Can I say:
>
> Midway through to the mall, I realized that I did not have the tickets and so I headed back.
>
>
> | 2013/02/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/1166",
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] | There are two issues here: which word to use, and which preposition(s) to use.
As for the word, normally, I'd probably say *halfway*, instead of *midway*, assuming I was roughly halfway there. If I wasn't around the midpoint of the trip, though, I'd be more likely to say, "Partway to the mall..." However, that's a sty... | The sentence is not quite correct. I can see two possible intentions:
1. I am going to the mall (I haven't got there yet) - when I realize I that I don't have the tickets
2. I am at the mall, but not at the specific location that needs tickets to get in (malls are fairly big) - when I realize I don't have the tickets.... |
1,166 | Suppose I go a ballpark or some mall, and I forget to take the tickets or something like that along with me; I realize it on my way to the mall/ballpark.
Can I say:
>
> Midway through to the mall, I realized that I did not have the tickets and so I headed back.
>
>
> | 2013/02/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/1166",
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] | There are two issues here: which word to use, and which preposition(s) to use.
As for the word, normally, I'd probably say *halfway*, instead of *midway*, assuming I was roughly halfway there. If I wasn't around the midpoint of the trip, though, I'd be more likely to say, "Partway to the mall..." However, that's a sty... | I think this sentence is OK as is, by my understanding of its meaning.
You are moving, indicated by 'through". "midway" indicates somewhere in the middle of the mall, but not necessarily halfway.
Certainly there are other ways to say it, but as is I think its OK. |
427,095 | Either a large, constrained cylinder of water or a large volume of open water (perhaps in the ocean) could be persuaded to form a vortex by pumping energy in. The body of water would be acting as a fluid version of a flywheel, storing energy.
If one then removed the input energy, would the vortex continue for a signif... | 2018/09/06 | [
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] | Yes, this would be horribly inefficient compared to pumped hydro or even a regular flywheel.
With a rotating fluid, there's a lot of viscosity. This viscosity generates heat and slows the fluid down. You would be able to offset this somewhat if you kept the container for the fluid moving with the fluid itself; but eve... | As mentioned by other writers, water viscosity will rapidly convert any kinetic energy into heat. However, efficient energy storage could be attainable with superfluids. Superfluids are related to Bose-Einstein condensates. (but they are not always interchangeable) Their special property is having absolutely no viscosi... |
985,156 | Fans have been the common cooling method in hardware for a long time. However, fans depend on moving parts and therefore require maintenance and have a limited lifespan.
An alternative cooling method in use today is the heat sink. Heat sinks have also been around quite a while and can be found in everything from mothe... | 2015/10/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/985156",
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] | A solution involving a fan will also include some kind of heatsink. It's not like you are removing a heatsink and replacing it with just a fan, the fan will be integrated with some kind of heatsink as well. Generally though, with good airflow provided by the fan heatsinks can often be a lot smaller.
The only benefit t... | Heat sink is strategically located such that it sucks the heat from the processor and other such parts and then directs it to the area near the exhaust.
However, if there is little air movement near the exhaust, the heat may take considerable time to escape. This is more prominent when you are using laptop (any other... |
985,156 | Fans have been the common cooling method in hardware for a long time. However, fans depend on moving parts and therefore require maintenance and have a limited lifespan.
An alternative cooling method in use today is the heat sink. Heat sinks have also been around quite a while and can be found in everything from mothe... | 2015/10/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/985156",
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] | A solution involving a fan will also include some kind of heatsink. It's not like you are removing a heatsink and replacing it with just a fan, the fan will be integrated with some kind of heatsink as well. Generally though, with good airflow provided by the fan heatsinks can often be a lot smaller.
The only benefit t... | In a high end system you can't avoid having both easily. The heatsink would have to be so massive it would have to have its own support legs to prevent its weight and/or size from breaking the printed circuit board of the device your trying to cool and/or the motherboard.
On a low/medium end system a heatsink is enoug... |
985,156 | Fans have been the common cooling method in hardware for a long time. However, fans depend on moving parts and therefore require maintenance and have a limited lifespan.
An alternative cooling method in use today is the heat sink. Heat sinks have also been around quite a while and can be found in everything from mothe... | 2015/10/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/985156",
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] | A solution involving a fan will also include some kind of heatsink. It's not like you are removing a heatsink and replacing it with just a fan, the fan will be integrated with some kind of heatsink as well. Generally though, with good airflow provided by the fan heatsinks can often be a lot smaller.
The only benefit t... | More options...
Water cooling kits:
<https://www.google.se/?gfe_rd=cr&safe=off#safe=off&q=water%20cooling%20pc>
Heat pipes:
<https://www.google.se/?gfe_rd=cr&safe=off#safe=off&q=heat%20pipe%20cooling%20pc>
Both these might be more effective, and still be even less noisy than a pure fan and heatsink. |
40,711 | I am looking at Madhur Jaffrey's Chicken Korma recipe as given at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/creamychickenkormawi_90196>; however I only have chicken breasts. In what manner should I modify the final simmering process or the spice/flavor balance or make up for this discrepancy? | 2013/12/30 | [
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] | Adding salt and lemon should do it, or at least help a lot.
What you want to do is to chop them up and rub in a little salt and a splash of lemon juice (vinegar should work too). Obviously you don't want to add so much of either that you won't want to eat the onion.
Leave to sit in the fridge overnight and enjoy. | Red onions are the best to use raw, and as I know a few people who get uncomfortable or upset stomachs when eating raw onion, even though others don't. I think it could be a particular allergy type thing. I'm not sure though so I will check that out. It could be good to store them in something though before serving (th... |
11,523,983 | I have previous experience with JAX-WS, but I am struggling to understand:
1) What WSO2 ESB does? The official documentation didn't help me very much.
2) Is it a sort of manager that adds security to web services? Where should I place my web service?
3) I was using Netbeans+Glassfish to deploy Java Web Services, bu... | 2012/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11523983",
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"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1246909/"
] | Maybe this will be useful to someone else:
1) WSO2 ESB is an Open Source Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). It allows administrators to simply and easily configure message routing, i.e. linking the different components of an SOA system.
2) It is more about integration of services. ESB can host your services but you can de... | WSO2 is an open source enterprise service bus (ESB) product. There are many ESB products out there, some open source (e.g. Mule), some not (e.g. Oracle Service Bus).
ESB products provide an integration mechanism for dealing with business processes that span complex networks of systems and services, spread across dive... |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
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] | Duplicate the text layer? That's what I wind up doing. | press and hold alt and drag the text need to be copied.
All layer styles will also copied. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
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] | Character Style and Paragraph Styles are designed for just this.
Much like layer styles, you simply format a text layer how you'd like it then click the little "new" icon at the bottom of one of the style panels. This will create a new style. When you then wish to format... | Duplicate the text layer? That's what I wind up doing. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
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] | Character Style and Paragraph Styles are designed for just this.
Much like layer styles, you simply format a text layer how you'd like it then click the little "new" icon at the bottom of one of the style panels. This will create a new style. When you then wish to format... | If you select a text layer with the text tool it will copy the text style. But the text size isn't copied across if you use transform tool. If you use the font size selector it works as expected. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
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] | Yes, there is. Ctrl + click (with + shift or shift alone, if there are many) all text layers in layers dialog to select them, then in character settings window, just set italic, font-family, weight, etc. For layer style, has been explained above. | Duplicate the text layer? That's what I wind up doing. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
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] | Yes, there is. Ctrl + click (with + shift or shift alone, if there are many) all text layers in layers dialog to select them, then in character settings window, just set italic, font-family, weight, etc. For layer style, has been explained above. | Layer style? Or actually text style?
Right click on the layer to copy the layer style. Right click again to paste on the new layer.
For the text formatting itself, duplicating the text layer is the easiest option. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
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] | Layer style? Or actually text style?
Right click on the layer to copy the layer style. Right click again to paste on the new layer.
For the text formatting itself, duplicating the text layer is the easiest option. | Duplicate the text layer? That's what I wind up doing. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/888",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/317/"
] | Character Style and Paragraph Styles are designed for just this.
Much like layer styles, you simply format a text layer how you'd like it then click the little "new" icon at the bottom of one of the style panels. This will create a new style. When you then wish to format... | press and hold alt and drag the text need to be copied.
All layer styles will also copied. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/888",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/317/"
] | Layer style? Or actually text style?
Right click on the layer to copy the layer style. Right click again to paste on the new layer.
For the text formatting itself, duplicating the text layer is the easiest option. | press and hold alt and drag the text need to be copied.
All layer styles will also copied. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/888",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/317/"
] | If you select a text layer with the text tool it will copy the text style. But the text size isn't copied across if you use transform tool. If you use the font size selector it works as expected. | press and hold alt and drag the text need to be copied.
All layer styles will also copied. |
888 | Is there a way to copy text style(font, weight, etc) in Photoshop? | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/888",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/317/"
] | Layer style? Or actually text style?
Right click on the layer to copy the layer style. Right click again to paste on the new layer.
For the text formatting itself, duplicating the text layer is the easiest option. | If you select a text layer with the text tool it will copy the text style. But the text size isn't copied across if you use transform tool. If you use the font size selector it works as expected. |
214,936 | I'm trying to construct this organism in my world, that is completely biological, but is almost like a large human-esque brain organ with slug-like apparatus extending from it. Like multiple tentacles and minor organs for sight and sound, and overtime these "tentacles" form the basis for piezoelectric muscles for movem... | 2021/10/06 | [
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] | >
> Hard to ask my question, but where should I begin and stop in regards to how much this organism should be cybernetic?
>
>
>
A problem you will need to solve - "use it or lose it"
1. if the brain doesn't exercise a function immediately after it was born, the volume of neurons dedicated for the function will be... | Yes.
----
Whay you've invented here, is called wetware. These hypothetical systems use neural tissues as an organic processor for the machine they reside in. Your idea is actually a bit overengineered since you don't need it to have any sensors or muscles, and everything it needs to function can be provided by the mec... |
90,474 | I "think" I clearly heard the word, *“Fortunity*” in the following statement of the Wall Street Journal Report of this week (November 5th), introducing the unique service of Sanchez Delta Airline via Far East Network Radio broadcast.
>
> "Airlines Sanchez Delta, a charter company caters to teams with
> tricked-out ... | 2012/11/07 | [
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] | SF's conjecture, *fraternity*, appears to be correct. I couldn't find the audio, but what I take to be either the transcript or the original from which the read story was adapted is [**here**](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203897404578076574126494236.html). Below is the portion corresponding to your tra... | The Oxford English Dictionary online has citations for *fortunity* from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the meaning is given as ‘fortune, hap’. If the word is making a comeback, it seems to be doing so with a rather different meaning. Is a *fortunity party* perhaps what used to be called a 'surprise party'... |
108,353 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NUwnS.jpg)
GIF available [here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SFIf7.gif)
Wookieepedia [states](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_choke#cite_note-Episode_VI:_Return_of_the_Jedi-12) that
>
> Luke Skywalker demonstrated [fo... | 2015/11/21 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/108353",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/54827/"
] | The [transcript](http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi.html) implies that he used a Jedi mind-trick, or something similar:
>
> Luke raises his hand and points at the puzzled guards, who immediately
> lower their spears and fall back. The young Jedi lowers his hand and
> moves on down the hallway.
... | From the James Kahn novelization (are novelizations still canon?) :
>
> Luke raised his hand and pointed at the guards.Before either could draw a weapon, they were both clutching their own
> throats, choking, gasping. They fell to their knees.
>
>
>
Does not sound like a "mind-trick" to me. |
108,353 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NUwnS.jpg)
GIF available [here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SFIf7.gif)
Wookieepedia [states](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_choke#cite_note-Episode_VI:_Return_of_the_Jedi-12) that
>
> Luke Skywalker demonstrated [fo... | 2015/11/21 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/108353",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/54827/"
] | The [transcript](http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi.html) implies that he used a Jedi mind-trick, or something similar:
>
> Luke raises his hand and points at the puzzled guards, who immediately
> lower their spears and fall back. The young Jedi lowers his hand and
> moves on down the hallway.
... | *He does choke them, but...*
The Gamorreans clearly act as if in pain or choking, which probably was used as a callback to Vader choking Motti to make the audience feel as if Luke was falling to the Dark Side.
In any case, the so called "force choke" seems to be just an application of telekinesis, not a unique power ... |
108,353 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NUwnS.jpg)
GIF available [here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SFIf7.gif)
Wookieepedia [states](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_choke#cite_note-Episode_VI:_Return_of_the_Jedi-12) that
>
> Luke Skywalker demonstrated [fo... | 2015/11/21 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/108353",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/54827/"
] | From the James Kahn novelization (are novelizations still canon?) :
>
> Luke raised his hand and pointed at the guards.Before either could draw a weapon, they were both clutching their own
> throats, choking, gasping. They fell to their knees.
>
>
>
Does not sound like a "mind-trick" to me. | *He does choke them, but...*
The Gamorreans clearly act as if in pain or choking, which probably was used as a callback to Vader choking Motti to make the audience feel as if Luke was falling to the Dark Side.
In any case, the so called "force choke" seems to be just an application of telekinesis, not a unique power ... |
3,315,730 | I do not understand the difference between operating system and kernel. Can someone please explain it? | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3315730",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/399934/"
] | The [kernel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel) is part of the [operating system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system) and closer to the hardware it provides
low level services like:
* device driver
* process management
* memory management
* system calls
An operating system also includes applications like... | The difference between an operating system and a kernel:
The kernel is a part of an operating system. The operating system is the software package that communicates directly to the hardware and our application. The kernel is the lowest level of the operating system. The kernel is the main part of the operating system ... |
3,315,730 | I do not understand the difference between operating system and kernel. Can someone please explain it? | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3315730",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/399934/"
] | The [kernel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel) is part of the [operating system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system) and closer to the hardware it provides
low level services like:
* device driver
* process management
* memory management
* system calls
An operating system also includes applications like... | Basically the Kernel is the interface between hardware (devices which are available in Computer) and Application software is like MS Office, Visual Studio, etc.
If I answer "what is an OS?" then the answer could be the same. Hence the kernel is the part & core of the OS.
The very sensitive tasks of an OS like memory ... |
3,315,730 | I do not understand the difference between operating system and kernel. Can someone please explain it? | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3315730",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/399934/"
] | The difference between an operating system and a kernel:
The kernel is a part of an operating system. The operating system is the software package that communicates directly to the hardware and our application. The kernel is the lowest level of the operating system. The kernel is the main part of the operating system ... | Basically the Kernel is the interface between hardware (devices which are available in Computer) and Application software is like MS Office, Visual Studio, etc.
If I answer "what is an OS?" then the answer could be the same. Hence the kernel is the part & core of the OS.
The very sensitive tasks of an OS like memory ... |
4,631,250 | Let's say that we put a Flatlander on the Mobius strip and make them move forward. Every X feet they travel, we put another one X feet behind them so that they can see each other. Then, after both of them move forward another X feet, we add another one and repeat the whole process.
Now, let’s keep doing it until the f... | 2023/02/02 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4631250",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/78968/"
] | The last one will see the first one as mirrored, and will also see the visible ones behind the first one (the first several) as mirrored, to the limit of their vision. At the same time, the first one will see the last one mirrored (as well as the second-to-last one, etc.).
You can do this experiment yourself! with a M... | Let circumference length be L. If I understood right, equivalently let the second flatlander be stationary, only the first one moves in relative motion.
When there is no twist, first flatlander will be mirrored by the second after traversing length L.
Walking on a twisted Moebius Band the mirroring takes place after ... |
4,631,250 | Let's say that we put a Flatlander on the Mobius strip and make them move forward. Every X feet they travel, we put another one X feet behind them so that they can see each other. Then, after both of them move forward another X feet, we add another one and repeat the whole process.
Now, let’s keep doing it until the f... | 2023/02/02 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4631250",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/78968/"
] | Let's imagine a slightly different experiment which illustrates the same issue you are trying to highlight.
Alice and Bob are standing next to each other on a Möbius strip, facing each other. Bob walks backwards, tracing his way around the Möbius strip. Alice maintains eye contact as Bob backs away; we assume that Ali... | Let circumference length be L. If I understood right, equivalently let the second flatlander be stationary, only the first one moves in relative motion.
When there is no twist, first flatlander will be mirrored by the second after traversing length L.
Walking on a twisted Moebius Band the mirroring takes place after ... |
48,390 | When you click on a search result, you navigate to that node or user. I would like to show the search results in a block when a user navigates to one of the search results, so the other results are always quickly available. Any idea if this is possible?
I was thinking... Make search result variable ($search\_results) ... | 2012/10/22 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/48390",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/8354/"
] | You can use the "strings override" module to change the text. | You could do it from the comments-wrapper.tpl.php (or check comments.tpl.php too) file in the comments module (/modules/comments) |
239,085 | I have a site collection that I am unable to locate in the SharePoint Admin Center. This site collection was created by someone clicking the "Create Site +" button on the home page. I am the Site Collection Administrator of the site collection, but am unable to "give" this site collection to the Admin account to make h... | 2018/04/02 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/239085",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/72578/"
] | This was created as a Modern Team. These sites do not show up in the SharePoint Admin Center. Instead, you need to use the Preview admin center or PowerShell. You can enable Targeted Release for your SharePoint Admin accounts (or tenant-wide) and you should see a link at the top right of the SharePoint Admin center tha... | I faced the same problem. But what i did was simple. In modern page you will have created site+ and create post if am not wrong.
You just need to open the same site something like this.
<https://ABCD.sharepoint.com/sitepages/home.aspx>.
The one which you see will be under this url where you won't find admin site nav... |
13,658 | Can a result from Google ever be an anchor link "into" a document, like for example
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Tyre#Early_life>
(As opposed to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Tyre>) | 2011/03/20 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/13658",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/2175/"
] | Yes, a link within a page or a named anchor can be part of a Google search result's [snippet](http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2009/09/jump-to-information-you-want-right-from.html)
If you try this link - <https://www.google.com/search?q=trans+fats>
..you will notice that the first result (at least at the time I write) ... | The short answer is no.
Probably because anchor links just go to a certain point on a page and Google is interested in the whole document. There is a more in-depth answer in [this article](http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/anchor-links.html), which also talks about how AJAX calls with `!#` are handled. |
73,501 | I am trying to identify this bike.
It has a club cutout in lugs and 4 card suits on inside of fork crown. Frame's serial number is 75390.
Also has direct frame mount above rim mafac Brake bosses. Takes a 27.2mm seat post.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.co... | 2020/11/22 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/73501",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/53875/"
] | More photos might be helpful, but the club motif is strongly identified with Colnago. Apparently Colnago was pretty spotty about serial numbers for a long time. [Here's some info](https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/830017-colnago-super-timeline-corrections-additions.html) | Downtube shifter bosses suggest an 80s bike, or an earlier 90s frame.
The handlebars are untaped and what I can see looks like galvinised steel, which leans toward 80s.
All I can say is a lugged steel frame from the 80s. Please add a full photo from the bike's right-hand side.
---
Aside - your shiny new brake pads ... |
73,501 | I am trying to identify this bike.
It has a club cutout in lugs and 4 card suits on inside of fork crown. Frame's serial number is 75390.
Also has direct frame mount above rim mafac Brake bosses. Takes a 27.2mm seat post.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.co... | 2020/11/22 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/73501",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/53875/"
] | The frame looks like a Mercian Strada Speciale based on the clover leaf cut outs in the lugs.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/paHYD.jpg)
[LFGSS.com 1985 Mercian Strada Speciale](https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/254068/)
At the [Mercian website the... | More photos might be helpful, but the club motif is strongly identified with Colnago. Apparently Colnago was pretty spotty about serial numbers for a long time. [Here's some info](https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/830017-colnago-super-timeline-corrections-additions.html) |
73,501 | I am trying to identify this bike.
It has a club cutout in lugs and 4 card suits on inside of fork crown. Frame's serial number is 75390.
Also has direct frame mount above rim mafac Brake bosses. Takes a 27.2mm seat post.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.co... | 2020/11/22 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/73501",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/53875/"
] | The frame looks like a Mercian Strada Speciale based on the clover leaf cut outs in the lugs.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/paHYD.jpg)
[LFGSS.com 1985 Mercian Strada Speciale](https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/254068/)
At the [Mercian website the... | Downtube shifter bosses suggest an 80s bike, or an earlier 90s frame.
The handlebars are untaped and what I can see looks like galvinised steel, which leans toward 80s.
All I can say is a lugged steel frame from the 80s. Please add a full photo from the bike's right-hand side.
---
Aside - your shiny new brake pads ... |
10,400 | In my quest for finding the right test management tool, I ended up with [Xray for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.xpandit.plugins.xray).
A key requirement was: good integration with Jira.
Xray for Jira didn't pop up by googling around. Somebody recommended it and for sure it looks promising. Beside ... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10400",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9106/"
] | we are testing Xray for Jira at the moment if it fits our needs. It works quite well. We will have to use the Xporter Extension as well because we want to keep the older versions of tests and the documentation separated from Jira in Confluence. The only bug I came across so far is that it is only possible to a single p... | Nick - Xray for JIRA tool is good if you want to get everything paid. If you want to use free then will get very limited feature and also I think will not get real goal for which you want to use tool. |
10,400 | In my quest for finding the right test management tool, I ended up with [Xray for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.xpandit.plugins.xray).
A key requirement was: good integration with Jira.
Xray for Jira didn't pop up by googling around. Somebody recommended it and for sure it looks promising. Beside ... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10400",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9106/"
] | we are testing Xray for Jira at the moment if it fits our needs. It works quite well. We will have to use the Xporter Extension as well because we want to keep the older versions of tests and the documentation separated from Jira in Confluence. The only bug I came across so far is that it is only possible to a single p... | We are using XRAY with Jira and its going good.
You can create Test Plans
You can create Test Sets (suites)
You can Create Test Runs/ Test Environments / and Tracebility Matrix and other reports are available in it.
Setup Takes time for the first time but its easy and works well. |
192,432 | How many users can be connected to an iPhone's personal hotspot? Does the limit differ from device to device? I want to know the limit of maximum users. | 2015/06/20 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/192432",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/132715/"
] | Quoting from an [Apple support article about Personal Hotspot](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204023) (emphasis mine):
>
> When you connect a device to your Personal Hotspot, the status bar turns blue and shows how many devices have joined. **The number of devices that can join your Personal Hotspot at one time de... | You can have up to 21 people join I have had that many people and I have 5s |
61,940,428 | I have been trying to parse some data from *<https://www.epicgames.com/store>*.
I work in android studio (java).
This site does not use any json file. I need JavaScript to download data so I can't use Jsoup. Is there any possibility to parse list of games? In sources I have found something called "GraphQL". I were tryi... | 2020/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/61940428",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13591108/"
] | If you want to use Chrome:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path of the exe file\chromedriver.exe");
// Initialize browser
WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
// Open facebook
driver.get("<http://www.facebook.com>");
// Maximize browser
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
You have to download t... | You could use a cloud module. Your server could use selenium (a WebDriver services), where you can see and download sources, textes and more. You have to use a server, because you can't use a device and the website will pop up in the foreground. After getting data with this amazing WebDriver, the server should upload t... |
38,637,640 | I'm building an app with Android Studio, and one of my activities (which lets the user draw on a canvas) has a 'toolbar', with things like 'Clear', 'Undo', 'Redo' etc.
I'm using the built-in icons for this - ie I go to the 'Drawables' folder, right-click, go to 'Add vector asset' and then select the appropriate icon. ... | 2016/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/38637640",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/583271/"
] | You should increase the toolbar height, the icon will fit its container automatically.
In case, if you want to change the size of the icon, double-click the xml file of the icon and change the width and height inside. Do not touch the viewportWidth and viewportHeight parameters!
In general, you should not do this, ... | app:itemIconsize="30dp" |
15,478,549 | Mobile chrome (IOS/Android) has a feature where if you swipe at the left or right hand margins of the screen it changes tabs.
My web app uses swiping, and this "feature" just seems to get in the way. Is there a way to disable this? | 2013/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15478549",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/838993/"
] | No, there's no way to disable this gesture.
There's a ticket requesting the feature over at <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117657> if you want to star it / chime in. | If you use two/multi fingers, the swipe works even from the edge/borders. |
98,144 | I have 7 port USB hub with external supply.
I tried turning it off by removing external power but then it takes power from motherboard and is still working.
I have many external hardrives connected to it.
i was worrying if i turn off the power it may damage the motherboard by withdrawing so much power from that USB | 2010/01/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/98144",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/21729/"
] | USB ports can supply up to 500mA per port for powered ports, and 100mA per port for unpowered.
Also, the hubs usually say they draw 100mA of power, that is why you usually see four port unpowered hubs (100mA for the hub, and 100mA x 4 ports = 500mA which the powered port can supply).
Not all devices require 100mA, for... | I'm not quite sure what you're asking, as the question can be parsed many ways, but here is my stab at it...
1. If your trying to unplug the hub from the PC and therefore all the accessories plugged into the hub, you should eject them first. Not doing so can potentially corrupt those hard drives.
2. If you just want t... |
98,144 | I have 7 port USB hub with external supply.
I tried turning it off by removing external power but then it takes power from motherboard and is still working.
I have many external hardrives connected to it.
i was worrying if i turn off the power it may damage the motherboard by withdrawing so much power from that USB | 2010/01/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/98144",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/21729/"
] | USB ports can supply up to 500mA per port for powered ports, and 100mA per port for unpowered.
Also, the hubs usually say they draw 100mA of power, that is why you usually see four port unpowered hubs (100mA for the hub, and 100mA x 4 ports = 500mA which the powered port can supply).
Not all devices require 100mA, for... | In my experience multiple hard disk drives were not working. In normal conditions a USB port will deliver 500MA power with 5V. When we connect multiple devices that power may not be sufficient to drive all the devices connected. That is why there is another product came in to market that have a external power supply.
... |
98,144 | I have 7 port USB hub with external supply.
I tried turning it off by removing external power but then it takes power from motherboard and is still working.
I have many external hardrives connected to it.
i was worrying if i turn off the power it may damage the motherboard by withdrawing so much power from that USB | 2010/01/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/98144",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/21729/"
] | In my experience multiple hard disk drives were not working. In normal conditions a USB port will deliver 500MA power with 5V. When we connect multiple devices that power may not be sufficient to drive all the devices connected. That is why there is another product came in to market that have a external power supply.
... | I'm not quite sure what you're asking, as the question can be parsed many ways, but here is my stab at it...
1. If your trying to unplug the hub from the PC and therefore all the accessories plugged into the hub, you should eject them first. Not doing so can potentially corrupt those hard drives.
2. If you just want t... |
49,721,718 | Can you kindly help with the real world applications of non preeemptive scheduling as there seem to be no operating systems which use this sceduling is this just for theory or are there any working operating systems which use this scheduling? If what type of tasks are these opereating systems desginated to handle if th... | 2018/04/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49721718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5288584/"
] | First, it's important to understand that preemption is a spectrum. You can imagine that one end of the spectrum is some form of hardcore preemtive scheduling, while the other end is some form of hardcore non-preemtive scheduling. In between the two extremes, there is a whole range of options, some of which exist as res... | Windoze, prior to NT, is an example. |
16,741,272 | Is there a way to change the color of a sprite to white? Changing the color to white does not do anything. Note: I am using GLES2 | 2013/05/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16741272",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1067141/"
] | There does not appear to be a way. The only way to change color implemented is through Entitiy.setColor(). All color values are multiplied times the pixel's initial value, and value checked for being less than one. So you can tint to a color, but not make it any brighter.
However, making an all white version of your ... | What about using the shaders as somebody suggested in the forums?
<http://www.andengine.org/forums/gles2/changing-a-sprite-s-color-to-white-t12114.html#p51903>
Not sure if that qualifies as "within the existing code base of andengine". But using shaders it should be possible not only to change the sprite to white but... |
1,538 | I'm using image transforms to create 1x versions of hdpi 2x images but one area I get slammed on web page performance is loading these images. Is it possible to compress them and if so, how? | 2014/07/31 | [
"https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1538",
"https://craftcms.stackexchange.com",
"https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/users/231/"
] | Yes, you can do this if you use the Imager plugin. Here's how: [Creating Optimized Images in Craft CMS](https://nystudio107.com/blog/creating-optimized-images-in-craft-cms) | Double check that the page speed reports are not flagging the images because you're rendering them at a smaller size than their natural pixel size. I believe it give a very similar message if you do.
For example; check you're not using a 1000px wide image and displaying it at only 700px. You'll want to look into the P... |
550,285 | A few words that are close are ‘chip’, ‘saw’ and drill but they don’t quite capture the meaning accurately. The process smoothens the edge of the tooth. | 2020/10/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/550285",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/273317/"
] | You have clearly done some research or thought on the matter but have missed the obvious *abrade*
>
> Abrade = to remove part of the surface of something by rubbing
>
>
> [Cambridge dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/abrade)
>
>
>
The abrading smooths the surface. If the abrasion is... | For the specific process of smoothing the edge of a tooth, "teeth recontouring" or "teeth reshaping" [seem to be the formal medical term](https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/recontouring-teeth#1). However, "teeth shaving" also seems to be used quite often to describe this. |
550,285 | A few words that are close are ‘chip’, ‘saw’ and drill but they don’t quite capture the meaning accurately. The process smoothens the edge of the tooth. | 2020/10/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/550285",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/273317/"
] | 'Chip', 'saw' and 'drill' are all terms drawn from craft and industrial processes working on wood, stone and metal and all predate the invention of the dentist's drill. It is, however, appropriate to use craft and industrial terms to describe some of the processes in dentistry although the terms can be quite disconcert... | For the specific process of smoothing the edge of a tooth, "teeth recontouring" or "teeth reshaping" [seem to be the formal medical term](https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/recontouring-teeth#1). However, "teeth shaving" also seems to be used quite often to describe this. |
32,863 | I doing gym for almost 5 months.I got nice shoulders and chest.But when it come to arms i feel something left out.I was thinking of doing arms 2-3 times a week.Is it good to do that and if i do that how i'm gonna cover my other body parts.
I have chest of 38-40 inches and i got arms of 12 inches only. I like to go for... | 2016/12/14 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/32863",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/24280/"
] | Large muscle groups develop in a more obvious way than the smaller ones. That said, you clearly understand how to build muscle through effective diet and exercise.
Arms can be trained through a number of means, there are 3 major muscle groups. I'll list the best exercises that have their major focus on that muscle gro... | >
> “I was thinking of doing arms 2-3 times a week.Is it good to do that
> and if i do that how i'm gonna cover my other body parts.”
>
>
>
If your goal is a balanced, aesthetic physique, then, “more is **not** necessarily better”. Hypertrophy is a very **individual** thing. There’s **no** specific set of exercis... |
32,863 | I doing gym for almost 5 months.I got nice shoulders and chest.But when it come to arms i feel something left out.I was thinking of doing arms 2-3 times a week.Is it good to do that and if i do that how i'm gonna cover my other body parts.
I have chest of 38-40 inches and i got arms of 12 inches only. I like to go for... | 2016/12/14 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/32863",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
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] | Large muscle groups develop in a more obvious way than the smaller ones. That said, you clearly understand how to build muscle through effective diet and exercise.
Arms can be trained through a number of means, there are 3 major muscle groups. I'll list the best exercises that have their major focus on that muscle gro... | These are principles given by Arnold
1. Basically it you should consider training weak parts on high priority.
You can train then multiple times
2. You can train arms twice a week but you will need to make sure that hypertrophy is attained
3. You need to give sufficient rest to your muscles to recover, biceps require... |
32,863 | I doing gym for almost 5 months.I got nice shoulders and chest.But when it come to arms i feel something left out.I was thinking of doing arms 2-3 times a week.Is it good to do that and if i do that how i'm gonna cover my other body parts.
I have chest of 38-40 inches and i got arms of 12 inches only. I like to go for... | 2016/12/14 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/32863",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/24280/"
] | >
> “I was thinking of doing arms 2-3 times a week.Is it good to do that
> and if i do that how i'm gonna cover my other body parts.”
>
>
>
If your goal is a balanced, aesthetic physique, then, “more is **not** necessarily better”. Hypertrophy is a very **individual** thing. There’s **no** specific set of exercis... | These are principles given by Arnold
1. Basically it you should consider training weak parts on high priority.
You can train then multiple times
2. You can train arms twice a week but you will need to make sure that hypertrophy is attained
3. You need to give sufficient rest to your muscles to recover, biceps require... |
11,930,087 | I want to convert word doc into pdf format. I have a cloud base server of java.
But problem is I can't install openoffice on it. Can I have any other option to do so. or can I use OpenOffice API without install open office on server. | 2012/08/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11930087",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/725368/"
] | >
> Can I have any other option to do so. or can I use OpenOffice API without install open office on server?
>
>
>
---> YES, [OpenOffice.org](http://www.openoffice.org/api/) offers a language independent application programming interface (API) which allows to program the office in different programming languages (... | Not many systems can do doc->pdf. Since you have installation limitations you probably need to use a service on the net. If you want to simply convert documents look at something like [Convert.Files](http://www.convertfiles.com). [Docmosis](http://www.docmosis.com) has a cloud-service that can help if you want to gener... |
3,870,745 | I would like to use the HTTPS to secure the communication between my client and the server. The first encrypted communication will be used to authenticate the user - i.e. checking his/her user name and password.
After the user credentials will be successfully checked by server I would like to start getting some data ... | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3870745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384115/"
] | The simplest method is to require all communication to go via HTTPS (so the data is confidential; nobody other than the client and the server can see it) and to use simple username and password on every request inside that secure connection. This is dead simple to do in practice (the username and password actually go o... | Inventing custom authentication mechanism in your case is very risky - it's easy to make a mistake that will let lots of wrong doing. So the right approach, as for me, would be to use HTTPS and pass user credentials with each request. |
23,166 | For example if I would like to say that something will happen in the near future such as in this sentence:
* "I am about to leave"
will it mean the same as "I am to leave soon" or "I am to leave?"
It is unclear, because I have read that the construction of "is to do" or "is to be done" can be used to convey something ... | 2014/05/11 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/23166",
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] | *Reach* is most often used as a transitive verb, meaning that it takes a direct object, without the need of a preposition:
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> I can't reach the apple from here.
>
>
> Finally we reached the shore.
>
>
> You can reach me anytime on my cellphone.
>
>
>
In all of the senses where someone is trying to physically... | In English, it's normal that some prepositions are omitted, for example
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> I will send you a text message.
>
>
>
Which is the same as
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> I will send *to* you a text message.
>
>
>
Or
>
> I will send a text message *to* you.
>
>
>
In the first sentence, the preposition *to* is omitted.
Your example... |
23,166 | For example if I would like to say that something will happen in the near future such as in this sentence:
* "I am about to leave"
will it mean the same as "I am to leave soon" or "I am to leave?"
It is unclear, because I have read that the construction of "is to do" or "is to be done" can be used to convey something ... | 2014/05/11 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/23166",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/6276/"
] | *Reach* is most often used as a transitive verb, meaning that it takes a direct object, without the need of a preposition:
>
> I can't reach the apple from here.
>
>
> Finally we reached the shore.
>
>
> You can reach me anytime on my cellphone.
>
>
>
In all of the senses where someone is trying to physically... | If you look "reach" up in the [M-W dictionary](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reach), you'll see the definition 2c(2):
>
> to get up to or as far as : come to
>
> your letter reached me yesterday
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> his voice reached the last rows
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> they hoped to reach an agreement
>
>
>
This is listed as ... |
89,211 | I would like to get the balance of a Bitcoin address at a particular block number or date.
Is there any way to retrieve this data from JSON-RPC? Alternatively, is there any API or blockchain analytics service that provides this? Thanks. | 2019/07/18 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/89211",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/97061/"
] | Account/address balance are higher level constructs that are built on Bitcoin's low-level transaction scripting language and cryptography. As such, data related to funds 'belonging' to a particular address is not readily available in the blockchain, but has to be built separately by scanning the entire database. The Bi... | That's rather complicated as "balance" is an higher order construct which exists only at wallet application level.
This means that you need to do some substancial coding.
Anyway, you could approach the problem this way:
1) convert the desired point in time to block height
2) query the blockchain by address. You can... |
89,211 | I would like to get the balance of a Bitcoin address at a particular block number or date.
Is there any way to retrieve this data from JSON-RPC? Alternatively, is there any API or blockchain analytics service that provides this? Thanks. | 2019/07/18 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/89211",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/97061/"
] | Account/address balance are higher level constructs that are built on Bitcoin's low-level transaction scripting language and cryptography. As such, data related to funds 'belonging' to a particular address is not readily available in the blockchain, but has to be built separately by scanning the entire database. The Bi... | I have written a program in Python3 that allows you to search for any address on bitcoin core whether it belongs to your wallet or not.
Here is the github link:
<https://github.com/ORP967/Bitcoin_Core_RPC_par_address>
Let me know what you think or if you have any improvements you might have. |
89,211 | I would like to get the balance of a Bitcoin address at a particular block number or date.
Is there any way to retrieve this data from JSON-RPC? Alternatively, is there any API or blockchain analytics service that provides this? Thanks. | 2019/07/18 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/89211",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/97061/"
] | That's rather complicated as "balance" is an higher order construct which exists only at wallet application level.
This means that you need to do some substancial coding.
Anyway, you could approach the problem this way:
1) convert the desired point in time to block height
2) query the blockchain by address. You can... | I have written a program in Python3 that allows you to search for any address on bitcoin core whether it belongs to your wallet or not.
Here is the github link:
<https://github.com/ORP967/Bitcoin_Core_RPC_par_address>
Let me know what you think or if you have any improvements you might have. |
518,524 | Most of us have heard plenty of examples of the so-called *Intrusive-R*. It is a feature of non-rhotic dialects, including British RP and some New England dialects. It occurs between two vowels that are normally articulated, such as a vowel ending one word followed immediately by a vowel beginning another word, presuma... | 2019/11/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/518524",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/2303/"
] | **Short answer**
Yes, there are varieties of English that use linking and intrusive *l* in a similar way to how other non-rhotic varieties use linking and intrusive *r*.
* spa /spa:/
* is /ɪz/
* the spa is /ðə spɑ:r ɪz/ "*the spar is*" (intrusive *r*)
* the spa is /ðə spɑ:l ɪz/ "*the spal is*" (intrusive *l*)
The e... | I was not aware of /l/ being ever used in the way /r/ is in RP to link two words ending and beginning with a vocalic sound respectively until I read Araucaria's answer. In any event, it might be worth quoting J. C. Wells at length on so-called Bristol *l*, even though it is not a sandhi phenomenon.
Here is the relevan... |
65,168 | For some reason I thought "egrarious" was a word, but I cannot find any authoritative reference to the word.
I thought it meant "ostentatiously bad".
I am aware there is a word "egregious". | 2012/04/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65168",
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"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/60722/"
] | It does now that you've asked about it, but I've no idea what it means. It could indeed be a misspelling of *egregious*, which has the distinction of describing something that is remarkable in both a good sense and a bad sense. | ***egrarious*** adj.
(egregious + gregarious)
standing out from the crowd; promiminent; conspicuous ...
...and enjoying it, letting others enjoy.
see details on [quizlet.com](http://quizlet.com/dictionary/egrarious/)
Like fantabulous; chillax; brunch. |
366,846 | I have a proliant ML150 G6 that has storage controller problems (a Smart Array P410/Zero Memory). It has 2 HDDs in a RAID 1 (or 1+0 I do not remember).
I have another proliant DL180 with a similar controller (a Smart Array P410/256MB) and it has 2 arrays (RAID1 of 2 HDDs and RAID5 of 3 HDDs).
The question is, may I m... | 2012/03/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/366846",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/113091/"
] | Typically the RAID controller will detect the "foreign" drives and will ask if you want it to read its configuration from the drives. This will not happen automatically - you'll either be prompted during the boot process or you'll need to go into the RAID controller BIOS. | No, you cannot just create a new Array and have the Information back. What you could try is getting the HP Support to tell you the RAID Metadata-Format and edit the Partition Headers by hand to make it recognized on the new Server. This is a very complicated method and I cannot recommend it.
For the future, I would s... |
366,846 | I have a proliant ML150 G6 that has storage controller problems (a Smart Array P410/Zero Memory). It has 2 HDDs in a RAID 1 (or 1+0 I do not remember).
I have another proliant DL180 with a similar controller (a Smart Array P410/256MB) and it has 2 arrays (RAID1 of 2 HDDs and RAID5 of 3 HDDs).
The question is, may I m... | 2012/03/06 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/366846",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/113091/"
] | Typically the RAID controller will detect the "foreign" drives and will ask if you want it to read its configuration from the drives. This will not happen automatically - you'll either be prompted during the boot process or you'll need to go into the RAID controller BIOS. | This is a feature of most controllers moving between the same brand, but you can only go up in version, not back. This does not work between vendors though sometimes you can do it if you are running mamdm on linux and its one of the soft types it recognizes, but usually not. Most people think it can because they use AM... |
178,020 | I published a journal paper about one year ago. I used content from other people's work with correct citation, but I described it with the wrong organization name. For example:
***Sam, from NYU, reported good performance of this prediction method in 20XX. (Sam, 20XX)***.
Although the citation in the parentheses is co... | 2021/11/15 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/178020",
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] | First of all, a decision on whether a corrigendum is issued is up to the publisher, who usually acts according to the recommendations of the journal editor.
Consider [Elsevier's "Policy and Best Practices: errata and corrigendum"](https://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk/policy-and-best-practice-errata-And-corrigenda) (e... | If the person is easy to find, say with an uncommon name, then it probably isn't serious. But you can submit the correction and the editor will decide what to do with it.
The purpose of the citation, other than plagiarism, is to let readers see the context of your work more completely. The name of the institution is p... |
55,384 | I have seen that some companies can send you money to your credit card. What type of transaction is it? I guess it is not wire transfer. And can this be achieved from your local bank? ( I live in europe) Or it is done through Visa or Mastercard? | 2015/10/29 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/55384",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/34489/"
] | You're right. That's pretty much it.
You get a deduction for any medical expenses above 10% of your Adjusted Gross Income. You also have to itemize your deductions; claiming the standard deduction won't do. | You **can** deduct eyesight correction surgery if it is medically necessary, you itemize deductions, and your medical expenses exceed 10% of your AGI.
Obviously, the portion you paid with the money from FSA doesn't count, since it is considered reimbursement, but the FSA contributions are pre-tax. Similarly with HSA. |
141,880 | My plan is to build a discrete CMOS inverter(just out of curiosity) out of two complementary MOSFETS. Hence, I am currently looking for a nice pair of complementary MOSFETS, which is quite hard, because there is such an enormous variety. Furthermore, it is really important, that there is a spice model available for the... | 2014/12/07 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/141880",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/59921/"
] | I would suggest a much older chip, the CD4007. It's designed to be used in exactly the way you describe, to make CMOS inverters. | Sure, that chip could work. But you'd need 3 of them in a row since using only one would allow the transistors in the output stage to remain in their ohmic region, causing the device to acts more as an amplifier than an inverter. |
141,880 | My plan is to build a discrete CMOS inverter(just out of curiosity) out of two complementary MOSFETS. Hence, I am currently looking for a nice pair of complementary MOSFETS, which is quite hard, because there is such an enormous variety. Furthermore, it is really important, that there is a spice model available for the... | 2014/12/07 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/141880",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/59921/"
] | I would suggest a much older chip, the CD4007. It's designed to be used in exactly the way you describe, to make CMOS inverters. | The main issue I can see is that you'll likely see some fairly large current spikes during the transitions when both MOSFETs are on. If that's okay with you, party on. |
598,414 | I seem to have a phrase in my head for a long time that i can't remember where I picked it up.
>
> It will boot you none to attempt this/try.
>
>
>
The implication being that there will be no advantage or benefit in trying or doing something.
Anybody else use it this way? I can't find a reference cause Google re... | 2022/11/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/598414",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/467914/"
] | This wasn't in the first online dictionary I looked in, so here's an answer.
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> **boot** ... [2] [verb] (1) *booted; booting; boots*
>
>
> [archaic]: avail, profit
>
>
>
[[Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boot)]
The sense is very rare nowadays, except in stylised historical fiction,... | #### "Boot" means profits. (As in pirate "booty", say.) Hence the common phrase "boots you nothing."
#### OP misheard "none" for "nothing".
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> "... boot you nothing"
>
>
>
or
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> "... boots you nothing"
>
>
>
is a commonplace phrase.
"... none" is a mishearing, it would be meaningless. ("None profit" is ... |
163,803 | I've been playing Plants vs. Zombies 2, and have made it to the end of Far Future. I've beaten all 75 prior levels of Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, and Wild West, and the 24 levels leading up to the turnip of Far Future. The path from the turnip to the 25th level is missing. Is something wrong?
I thought completing it m... | 2014/04/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/163803",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/38834/"
] | In previous versions, the final level was available for each world as soon as you unlocked it. [Then they made some big changes to the game](http://plantsvszombies.wikia.com/wiki/Plants_vs._Zombies_2:_It%27s_About_Time#Update_History) including keeping level 25 (the boss fight) locked for each world. Each world's level... | it's a Bug!
if you go to other world then see the boss at the end, and then back to level 25 in Far Future you see level 25 is defeated! |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | This is standard. The keyboard USB port gives you enough power for a mouse, but not enough for most other devices. | The keyboard has a non-powered hub inside, and can only supply 100mA of power to any connected USB device.
Recent Macs will support 1,000mA (1A), and some very recent might support 2,000mA (2A), but since the keyboard hub doesn't, then attached devices will still only receive 100mA, too little to charge an iPad.
Newe... |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
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] | Yes, but only with the iPad in sleep mode.
==========================================
The **iPad requires at least 500mA** from a USB port:
>
> Apple peripheral devices *may* request more than 500 mA (Milliamps) at 5 V (Volts) from a port to function or to allow for *faster charging*. Such Apple peripheral devices i... | This is standard. The keyboard USB port gives you enough power for a mouse, but not enough for most other devices. |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is standard. The keyboard USB port gives you enough power for a mouse, but not enough for most other devices. | Best solution for extra USB ports on a mac is to purchase a usb extension lead to plug directly into your mac - this will then give you four full powered extra sockets |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Yes, but only with the iPad in sleep mode.
==========================================
The **iPad requires at least 500mA** from a USB port:
>
> Apple peripheral devices *may* request more than 500 mA (Milliamps) at 5 V (Volts) from a port to function or to allow for *faster charging*. Such Apple peripheral devices i... | The keyboard has a non-powered hub inside, and can only supply 100mA of power to any connected USB device.
Recent Macs will support 1,000mA (1A), and some very recent might support 2,000mA (2A), but since the keyboard hub doesn't, then attached devices will still only receive 100mA, too little to charge an iPad.
Newe... |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Looking at this the other way, iPads want far more than the "standard" charge when in operation and show "not charging" to let you know that although power is present, the battery will not take any significant charging while not sleeping.
The article [Apple Computers and Displays: Powering peripherals through USB](htt... | The keyboard has a non-powered hub inside, and can only supply 100mA of power to any connected USB device.
Recent Macs will support 1,000mA (1A), and some very recent might support 2,000mA (2A), but since the keyboard hub doesn't, then attached devices will still only receive 100mA, too little to charge an iPad.
Newe... |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | The keyboard has a non-powered hub inside, and can only supply 100mA of power to any connected USB device.
Recent Macs will support 1,000mA (1A), and some very recent might support 2,000mA (2A), but since the keyboard hub doesn't, then attached devices will still only receive 100mA, too little to charge an iPad.
Newe... | Best solution for extra USB ports on a mac is to purchase a usb extension lead to plug directly into your mac - this will then give you four full powered extra sockets |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Yes, but only with the iPad in sleep mode.
==========================================
The **iPad requires at least 500mA** from a USB port:
>
> Apple peripheral devices *may* request more than 500 mA (Milliamps) at 5 V (Volts) from a port to function or to allow for *faster charging*. Such Apple peripheral devices i... | Looking at this the other way, iPads want far more than the "standard" charge when in operation and show "not charging" to let you know that although power is present, the battery will not take any significant charging while not sleeping.
The article [Apple Computers and Displays: Powering peripherals through USB](htt... |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Yes, but only with the iPad in sleep mode.
==========================================
The **iPad requires at least 500mA** from a USB port:
>
> Apple peripheral devices *may* request more than 500 mA (Milliamps) at 5 V (Volts) from a port to function or to allow for *faster charging*. Such Apple peripheral devices i... | Best solution for extra USB ports on a mac is to purchase a usb extension lead to plug directly into your mac - this will then give you four full powered extra sockets |
46,628 | As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of ... | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46628",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Looking at this the other way, iPads want far more than the "standard" charge when in operation and show "not charging" to let you know that although power is present, the battery will not take any significant charging while not sleeping.
The article [Apple Computers and Displays: Powering peripherals through USB](htt... | Best solution for extra USB ports on a mac is to purchase a usb extension lead to plug directly into your mac - this will then give you four full powered extra sockets |
9,400,545 | CoffeeScript gets converted to JavaScript, Groovy to Java.
Is there a language that was designed to allow its functions to be converted into multiple languages?
One could write string manipulation or HTML snippet generation that could be used as a library, but if a similar requirement is found in another language, th... | 2012/02/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9400545",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/463304/"
] | What about [Haxe](http://haxe.org/doc)? C++, Flash, JavaScript, and more. | UML - Unified Modeling Language, has several tools that can translate into C++, Java, and others. That's not really a "language" like C or Java, however. It's all diagrams.
I don't know much about other languages, but the Java bytecode, when the compiled with the right flags in `javac`, contains debugging information ... |
9,400,545 | CoffeeScript gets converted to JavaScript, Groovy to Java.
Is there a language that was designed to allow its functions to be converted into multiple languages?
One could write string manipulation or HTML snippet generation that could be used as a library, but if a similar requirement is found in another language, th... | 2012/02/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9400545",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/463304/"
] | What about [Haxe](http://haxe.org/doc)? C++, Flash, JavaScript, and more. | I think what you're looking for is [LLVM](http://llvm.org/). Also, [this similar question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/446883/best-compiler-destination/) may be relevant. |
256,082 | When my iPhone 5s dies, it usually turns on after 5-7 minutes of charging. Now, it sometimes takes 45 mins to over an hour to turn on while it's plugged in.
It also dies very easily. It can be at 100% battery, then within 10 minutes it's at 60%. Sometimes my phone even turns off at 100 or 50%.
Can somebody explain wh... | 2016/10/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/256082",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/204834/"
] | This makes great sense if your battery is aging in the normal way for a lithium cell. The automatic turn on happens when the voltage level from the battery raises above a set limit and when the battery is new, it won't discharge as deeply or take as long to rebound when you re-apply charging current.
A simple battery ... | You may need a battery replacement or bring it to Apple |
91,603 | I have a workflow that runs whenever a new item is created in a list, and I want the workflow to execute a piece of JavaScript code. So far I haven't found a way to call a function through a workflow, so I was wondering if anyone might have an idea on how to do so.
The reason I need this is that instead of sending u... | 2014/02/26 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/91603",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/14299/"
] | This would require you to only send JavaScript to a specific user in a specific session. I guess some technology like webworkers or SignalR could accomplish this, but it will be no easy solution.
Basically every user session would have to be connected to some sort of hub (SignalR) and then you would have to trigger an... | This is the way I would do it:
1. Create a new field on the list, for example: Notification (boolean), yes/no
2. Create a user control or web part that use some server side logic to read the username and the list item property.
3. On the user control you can do some jquery in the document.ready(), do some CSOM Calls t... |
3,811,684 | apostrophes in tinymce editor breaks the mysql query, how do I fix this? | 2010/09/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3811684",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2058243/"
] | I suggest including a dummy field in the dataset, set to a constant value throughout the report. Group at the top level on the dummy field, move the tablix column headings into the group header and follow the rest of the steps in the MSDN blog. | 
select Advance Mode in Group Properties
Select Static Group from Row Group
in Static Group Properties,
set RepeatOnNewPage as True
and additionally KeepWithGroup as After
by setting this,
you can view row header in each and every pages.
thanks. |
70,120,277 | I am working on android studio project and after completing the code i run the on my android device and it showed an error-
***Failed to install-
Installation did not succeed.
The application could not be installed.
List of apks:
[0] 'app\build\outputs\apk\debug\app-debug.apk'
Installation failed due to: 'Failed to ins... | 2021/11/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/70120277",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17493859/"
] | This error generally occurs when device doesn't have sufficiant storage space to install the apk.
Check your phone storage, clean some memory to make sure you have enough memory to fully install/run your application | Check versionNameSuffix of productFlavors and buildTypes in build.gradle (:app) for each installation of build variant will be unique |
70,120,277 | I am working on android studio project and after completing the code i run the on my android device and it showed an error-
***Failed to install-
Installation did not succeed.
The application could not be installed.
List of apks:
[0] 'app\build\outputs\apk\debug\app-debug.apk'
Installation failed due to: 'Failed to ins... | 2021/11/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/70120277",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17493859/"
] | This is happening because of less memory on the emulator device
how to solve it :-
1. Go to device manager
2. Click on emulator setting(The pen symbol)
3. Then click on advance settings
4. Increase the internal memory of the device to at least 2Gb
The problem should be resolved . | Check versionNameSuffix of productFlavors and buildTypes in build.gradle (:app) for each installation of build variant will be unique |
80,701 | Should it be way that the interaction is designed for password field in any web form or login page? Can it be the right way to showing total number of character of a password while user enters it?
Just a thought! for example
Showing first and last character (a\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*g)
Total number of characters (\*\*\*... | 2015/06/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80701",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/64245/"
] | Although following your suggestion of providing password information when entering a password may make it easier to get the right password (although this is still arguable), it comes at the cost of **worse security**.
If someone needs an easier to remember password, let them choose that, but by you revealing something... | Well then.
==========
This probably wouldn't be a great idea.
### It would be easier to hack
If you did this at the start/middle/end of the word, it would take barely any time to brute-force the account. Basically, that means that the hacker could systematically use dictionary words until they found the correct one.... |
214,128 | In the sentence given below
>
> [**U.S. objections draw** in part from its eagerness to export liquefied natural gas to Europe, besides thwarting Moscow’s ambition to dominate the region’s energy market.](https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/st-petersburg-consensus/article27705948.ece)
>
>
>
I don't unders... | 2019/06/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/214128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Definition (6) [ODE](https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/draw).
>
> Be the cause of (a specified response)
>
>
> ‘He drew criticism for his lavish spending’
>
>
>
> >
> > 6.5 Formulate or perceive (a comparison or distinction)
> >
> >
> > The law drew a clear distinction between innocent and fraudulent misre... | The writer is misusing a metaphor. In this metaphor the word "draw" means "to pull something toward oneself". Some examples of its literal meaning.
>
> He brought a bucket to draw water from the well.
>
>
>
Here the person with the bucket will pull the water up out of the well. Here is another example:
>
> The ... |
214,128 | In the sentence given below
>
> [**U.S. objections draw** in part from its eagerness to export liquefied natural gas to Europe, besides thwarting Moscow’s ambition to dominate the region’s energy market.](https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/st-petersburg-consensus/article27705948.ece)
>
>
>
I don't unders... | 2019/06/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/214128",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Definition (6) [ODE](https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/draw).
>
> Be the cause of (a specified response)
>
>
> ‘He drew criticism for his lavish spending’
>
>
>
> >
> > 6.5 Formulate or perceive (a comparison or distinction)
> >
> >
> > The law drew a clear distinction between innocent and fraudulent misre... | This is the middle voice, where a verb is in an active and intransitive form but actually has a passive and transitive meaning. [See Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_(grammar)#Middle), which says
>
> In English there is no verb form for the middle voice, though some uses may be classified by traditional... |
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