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8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | You may need to add git to the list of version control in the settings
settings > Version Control
then make sure that git is listed in the table as a VCS
I had to do this otherwise git wasn't listed in the VCS menu in the menu bar.
 | In my case, we had recently upgraded from CVS to GIT (gasp). There were some old CVS specific files in the project (i.e. .cvsignore) that must have indicated to IntelliJ that this was a CVS project. I had to manually remove this file for IntelliJ to recognize the new .git folder and related files. |
8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | I have successfully opened a Maven subproject within IDEA. Naturally, it hasn't enabled Git integration automatically. From VCS menu I have selected "Enable Version Control Integration" and chose "Git" from submenu.
Then IDEA complained that there is no .git folder within the project and offered to select parent .git ... | Just delete .idea/vcs.xml and restart intelliJ |
8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | You may need to add git to the list of version control in the settings
settings > Version Control
then make sure that git is listed in the table as a VCS
I had to do this otherwise git wasn't listed in the VCS menu in the menu bar.
 | In my case I added a new Maven module to an existing multi-module project outside of IDEA. After importing the module into IDEA it refused to detect it as a Git project.
What helped was to add a VCS directory mapping entry:
-> Settings -> Version Control -> shows a list of the existing modules and their assigned VCS (... |
8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | It helped me, hope it will solve your issue
VCS -> Enable Version Control Integration
And then choose what you use
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AfJEI.png) | In my case I added a new Maven module to an existing multi-module project outside of IDEA. After importing the module into IDEA it refused to detect it as a Git project.
What helped was to add a VCS directory mapping entry:
-> Settings -> Version Control -> shows a list of the existing modules and their assigned VCS (... |
8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | It helped me, hope it will solve your issue
VCS -> Enable Version Control Integration
And then choose what you use
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AfJEI.png) | If your issue is that the Version Control tab is missing use View/Tool Windows/Version Control.
This will bring the Version Control window into the bottom frame, provided all the remaining pieces of your git configuration are correct. |
8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | Just delete .idea/vcs.xml and restart intelliJ | In my case I added a new Maven module to an existing multi-module project outside of IDEA. After importing the module into IDEA it refused to detect it as a Git project.
What helped was to add a VCS directory mapping entry:
-> Settings -> Version Control -> shows a list of the existing modules and their assigned VCS (... |
8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | I have successfully opened a Maven subproject within IDEA. Naturally, it hasn't enabled Git integration automatically. From VCS menu I have selected "Enable Version Control Integration" and chose "Git" from submenu.
Then IDEA complained that there is no .git folder within the project and offered to select parent .git ... | In my case, I was not able to get Intellij to detect Git on the module. So I removed the module from the project and re-added it. That time it was detected and I could use the Git menu. |
8,724,748 | I have multi-module project built with Maven. I imported only single sub-module (not parent) from that project as IDEA project, and looks like IDE doesn't recognize .git folder (because it is one level up from project root I used to import, I guess)
Is there still a possibility to add Git support for intelliJ somehow? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8724748",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/741404/"
] | I have successfully opened a Maven subproject within IDEA. Naturally, it hasn't enabled Git integration automatically. From VCS menu I have selected "Enable Version Control Integration" and chose "Git" from submenu.
Then IDEA complained that there is no .git folder within the project and offered to select parent .git ... | In my case, we had recently upgraded from CVS to GIT (gasp). There were some old CVS specific files in the project (i.e. .cvsignore) that must have indicated to IntelliJ that this was a CVS project. I had to manually remove this file for IntelliJ to recognize the new .git folder and related files. |
93,656 | In this world, after Babbage designed his analytical engine, research lead to developpement of mechanical computers based on Babbage's model but with tinier and tinier metal pieces (going on the nanoscopic scale in the twenty-first century).
Assuming that all computers in widespread use follow this mechanical model (m... | 2017/09/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/93656",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/38924/"
] | I think there might be some advances, but they wouldn't be in the hardware. It would be in Algorithms.
I feel pretty sure that the limits of a purely mechanical system would be realized very quickly and a transition to electrical computers would happen in fairly short order.
Algorithms, however, are a different stor... | Computer science would be the same because the field is more about math than computers or science. Mechanical computers would eventually have to go digital anyways as analogue systems are just not easy to manipulate and design logic around. Eventually digital mechanical computers would get ousted by electronic digital ... |
93,656 | In this world, after Babbage designed his analytical engine, research lead to developpement of mechanical computers based on Babbage's model but with tinier and tinier metal pieces (going on the nanoscopic scale in the twenty-first century).
Assuming that all computers in widespread use follow this mechanical model (m... | 2017/09/29 | [
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"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Assuming that you mean mechanical computers were pretty much all there was in your world by the 21st century, then everything runs a lot slower than we're used to.
Modern transistor based computers have billions of circuits that run almost as fast as the speed of light. A mechanical computer will never get anywhere cl... | Babbage's 'computer' was basically a programmable calculator, that used base ten, not binary. We would probably not have formulated our concepts of digital logic and binary. Some early, powerful computers (the PDP line) were analogue, base ten. They would be great for arithmetic, but a lot of our AI is based on binary ... |
93,656 | In this world, after Babbage designed his analytical engine, research lead to developpement of mechanical computers based on Babbage's model but with tinier and tinier metal pieces (going on the nanoscopic scale in the twenty-first century).
Assuming that all computers in widespread use follow this mechanical model (m... | 2017/09/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/93656",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Ironically enough, high performance computing (HPC). Mechanical computers would be millions of times slower than electronic ones, and HPC is the field of trying to get the most out of ANY kind of computer, from the 20 cent processors to the \$5000 processors. It is finding the algorithms and code organization to use th... | Babbage's 'computer' was basically a programmable calculator, that used base ten, not binary. We would probably not have formulated our concepts of digital logic and binary. Some early, powerful computers (the PDP line) were analogue, base ten. They would be great for arithmetic, but a lot of our AI is based on binary ... |
93,656 | In this world, after Babbage designed his analytical engine, research lead to developpement of mechanical computers based on Babbage's model but with tinier and tinier metal pieces (going on the nanoscopic scale in the twenty-first century).
Assuming that all computers in widespread use follow this mechanical model (m... | 2017/09/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/93656",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/38924/"
] | Computer science would be the same because the field is more about math than computers or science. Mechanical computers would eventually have to go digital anyways as analogue systems are just not easy to manipulate and design logic around. Eventually digital mechanical computers would get ousted by electronic digital ... | Babbage's 'computer' was basically a programmable calculator, that used base ten, not binary. We would probably not have formulated our concepts of digital logic and binary. Some early, powerful computers (the PDP line) were analogue, base ten. They would be great for arithmetic, but a lot of our AI is based on binary ... |
93,656 | In this world, after Babbage designed his analytical engine, research lead to developpement of mechanical computers based on Babbage's model but with tinier and tinier metal pieces (going on the nanoscopic scale in the twenty-first century).
Assuming that all computers in widespread use follow this mechanical model (m... | 2017/09/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/93656",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | The computer hardware side would be vastly different, but that doesn't necessarily mean the code would be different at all. Theoretically if it were possible to make fast mechanical computers they would likely also work by preforming vast strings of binary calculations.
Unless they were to design a computer where each... | Unfortunately we will never get to the level of speed that we are now, and things will be incredibly complicated to do. Now, once any known programming language and (by some miracle) a monitor is implemented to work with a mechanical computer that runs exactly one program at a time on it written in that language we are... |
93,656 | In this world, after Babbage designed his analytical engine, research lead to developpement of mechanical computers based on Babbage's model but with tinier and tinier metal pieces (going on the nanoscopic scale in the twenty-first century).
Assuming that all computers in widespread use follow this mechanical model (m... | 2017/09/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/93656",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/38924/"
] | Mechanical computers would never become as advanced as electronic ones.
Because of limitations that moving mechanical parts impose on design, mechanical computers can never reach speeds and memory volumes that even 1980s PCs were displaying. A large scale, multicore design may approach this level, but mechanical units... | Computer science would be the same because the field is more about math than computers or science. Mechanical computers would eventually have to go digital anyways as analogue systems are just not easy to manipulate and design logic around. Eventually digital mechanical computers would get ousted by electronic digital ... |
93,656 | In this world, after Babbage designed his analytical engine, research lead to developpement of mechanical computers based on Babbage's model but with tinier and tinier metal pieces (going on the nanoscopic scale in the twenty-first century).
Assuming that all computers in widespread use follow this mechanical model (m... | 2017/09/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/93656",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/38924/"
] | I think there might be some advances, but they wouldn't be in the hardware. It would be in Algorithms.
I feel pretty sure that the limits of a purely mechanical system would be realized very quickly and a transition to electrical computers would happen in fairly short order.
Algorithms, however, are a different stor... | Babbage's 'computer' was basically a programmable calculator, that used base ten, not binary. We would probably not have formulated our concepts of digital logic and binary. Some early, powerful computers (the PDP line) were analogue, base ten. They would be great for arithmetic, but a lot of our AI is based on binary ... |
9,081,315 | How does Android determine this Dbm strength? I know the basics of CDMA and that its networks can have anything from EVDO0, EVDO-A all the way up to LTE under its belt. I also know some older "feature" phones used to overlay "data" over the standard signal bars.
So, I'm just trying to understand what *exactly* is the... | 2012/01/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9081315",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/401263/"
] | EVDO is a separate network from CDMA, and has its own parameters (including power settings) which are controlled completely differently from CDMA. In fact, you could assign a different PN for an EVDO carrier interdependently from the PN assignment for CDMA, so EVDO KPIs are completely independent from CDMA, except that... | It seems that the Android API has a method to grab the signal strength for all the various network types. There is stuff for EVDO / CDMA / GSM. I would assume that you need to make use of TelephonyManager to find out which network type is currently in use.
As LTE is based on GSM then I would assume that you would need... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> *"If not, is the modern English language is going toward inventing such a pronoun?"*
>
>
>
Up until the mid-20th century English used the generic 'he' to refer to both genders. Language is defined by usage - if you frequently and consistently use 'he' generically, people will come to interpret it generically.
... | There have been several attempts to coin one, including *e*/*em*/*eir*, *xe*/*xem*/*xir*, *sie*/*hem*/*hir* and *ze*/*zem*/*zir*, along with many other variations. Some of these have been around for more than a century, but none has caught on and become standard English. Singular *they* has, as others have mentioned. Y... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | >
> *"If not, is the modern English language is going toward inventing such a pronoun?"*
>
>
>
Up until the mid-20th century English used the generic 'he' to refer to both genders. Language is defined by usage - if you frequently and consistently use 'he' generically, people will come to interpret it generically.
... | **Mathematician Michael Spivak says 'e' for he/she.**
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun>
**Prepare to downvote me.**
I will not **directly** use people's preferred pronouns. I will use e/h/h and thereby **indirectly use anyone's** preferred pronouns, and **therefore I am never wrong.** if you want she an... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | **"They"** is typically the English pronoun you would use here. It is a generally accepted, gender-neutral pronoun that has been in usage for centuries to refer to any of the following:
1. A group of people that may contain multiple genders ("*They* went to the Silicon Valley conference yesterday."). This differs from... | >
> *"If not, is the modern English language is going toward inventing such a pronoun?"*
>
>
>
Up until the mid-20th century English used the generic 'he' to refer to both genders. Language is defined by usage - if you frequently and consistently use 'he' generically, people will come to interpret it generically.
... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | There have been several attempts to coin one, including *e*/*em*/*eir*, *xe*/*xem*/*xir*, *sie*/*hem*/*hir* and *ze*/*zem*/*zir*, along with many other variations. Some of these have been around for more than a century, but none has caught on and become standard English. Singular *they* has, as others have mentioned. Y... | **Mathematician Michael Spivak says 'e' for he/she.**
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun>
**Prepare to downvote me.**
I will not **directly** use people's preferred pronouns. I will use e/h/h and thereby **indirectly use anyone's** preferred pronouns, and **therefore I am never wrong.** if you want she an... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | >
> *"If not, is the modern English language is going toward inventing such a pronoun?"*
>
>
>
Up until the mid-20th century English used the generic 'he' to refer to both genders. Language is defined by usage - if you frequently and consistently use 'he' generically, people will come to interpret it generically.
... | A different sort of idea:
=========================
This is not official English, but I have a thought, and don't downvote it just because it's not official. Alternate pronouns are new territory linguistically. **I'm interested in feedback more than votes, so feel free to leave a comment on your opinion.**
I would no... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | **"They"** is typically the English pronoun you would use here. It is a generally accepted, gender-neutral pronoun that has been in usage for centuries to refer to any of the following:
1. A group of people that may contain multiple genders ("*They* went to the Silicon Valley conference yesterday."). This differs from... | A different sort of idea:
=========================
This is not official English, but I have a thought, and don't downvote it just because it's not official. Alternate pronouns are new territory linguistically. **I'm interested in feedback more than votes, so feel free to leave a comment on your opinion.**
I would no... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | **"They"** is typically the English pronoun you would use here. It is a generally accepted, gender-neutral pronoun that has been in usage for centuries to refer to any of the following:
1. A group of people that may contain multiple genders ("*They* went to the Silicon Valley conference yesterday."). This differs from... | **Mathematician Michael Spivak says 'e' for he/she.**
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun>
**Prepare to downvote me.**
I will not **directly** use people's preferred pronouns. I will use e/h/h and thereby **indirectly use anyone's** preferred pronouns, and **therefore I am never wrong.** if you want she an... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | A different sort of idea:
=========================
This is not official English, but I have a thought, and don't downvote it just because it's not official. Alternate pronouns are new territory linguistically. **I'm interested in feedback more than votes, so feel free to leave a comment on your opinion.**
I would no... | **Mathematician Michael Spivak says 'e' for he/she.**
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun>
**Prepare to downvote me.**
I will not **directly** use people's preferred pronouns. I will use e/h/h and thereby **indirectly use anyone's** preferred pronouns, and **therefore I am never wrong.** if you want she an... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | You are looking for "they" (which can be used as singular or as plural). | A different sort of idea:
=========================
This is not official English, but I have a thought, and don't downvote it just because it's not official. Alternate pronouns are new territory linguistically. **I'm interested in feedback more than votes, so feel free to leave a comment on your opinion.**
I would no... |
59,103 | Some languages like Persian do not have gender for pronouns. For example, they use just one pronoun (Ou) to refer to he/she. This makes the language gender-neutral which to me it is more convenient in the modern world in which men and women are equal. For example, as a university lecturer in Sweden, we are facing this ... | 2021/09/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59103",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/51212/"
] | You are looking for "they" (which can be used as singular or as plural). | **Mathematician Michael Spivak says 'e' for he/she.**
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun>
**Prepare to downvote me.**
I will not **directly** use people's preferred pronouns. I will use e/h/h and thereby **indirectly use anyone's** preferred pronouns, and **therefore I am never wrong.** if you want she an... |
26,416,285 | Is it possible to retrieve the list of users in a Google Apps Domain with a **non-admin** account? | 2014/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26416285",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/420558/"
] | Non-admin users can call [users.list(viewType=domain\_public)](https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/reference/users/list) which offers the same amount of details that the users see in the [domain contacts directory](https://support.google.com/a/answer/60218?hl=en). | Depends on what you think an admin account is.
Long ago the user roles were just "regular" and "admin". Now you can choose from a fine-grained set of permissions and define a role name for them. "Superadmin" is now a built-in role that has every permission possible.
So, if you define a role which can retrieve the use... |
26,416,285 | Is it possible to retrieve the list of users in a Google Apps Domain with a **non-admin** account? | 2014/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26416285",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/420558/"
] | Non-admin users can call [users.list(viewType=domain\_public)](https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/reference/users/list) which offers the same amount of details that the users see in the [domain contacts directory](https://support.google.com/a/answer/60218?hl=en). | As a complement to the other (excellent) answer, what I do in our domain is to create a full list of domain users in a spreadsheet with all necessary informations and run a script every night that updates the spreadsheet automatically. When I make a change (add or remove user) I can run the script manually to avoid tem... |
646,777 | Is there a way to hook into how specific types are serialized when using WCF and Silverlight. For example, I need to tweak how System.DateTime properties are serialized/deserialized. | 2009/03/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/646777",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4231/"
] | Be careful here. Any time you change how something is serialized, you'll also have to change how the client deserializes it. You should have a very good reason in mind before changing how a data contract serializes, as they are made to be very interoperable. Anything you change could reduce the level of interoperabilit... | In your datacontract, use the [OnSerialized] attribute. |
646,777 | Is there a way to hook into how specific types are serialized when using WCF and Silverlight. For example, I need to tweak how System.DateTime properties are serialized/deserialized. | 2009/03/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/646777",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4231/"
] | Be careful here. Any time you change how something is serialized, you'll also have to change how the client deserializes it. You should have a very good reason in mind before changing how a data contract serializes, as they are made to be very interoperable. Anything you change could reduce the level of interoperabilit... | Since Silverlight doesn't support serialization callbacks (see [here](http://blog.wouldbetheologian.com/2009/10/really-missing-serialization-callbacks.html)), you best bet might be to add a secondary property to any objects which wraps the DateTime property you need to control, and handle any "serialization" needs in t... |
48,313 | Recent leaks about widespread NSA surveillance have brought privacy and security to the forefront of the public consciousness as we strive to determine best practices in governance for the Internet era. People are also concerned about network neutrality and how the Internet currently relies on protocols (such as DNS) t... | 2014/01/09 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/48313",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/36883/"
] | Bitcoin brings with it the blockchain protocol, which in my opinion is one of the most exciting solutions to decentralization problems that exists today.
Namecoin and dot-bit have already leveraged the blockchain protocol to provide a decentralized DNS. In principle, as long as the majority of participants in the netw... | Realistically, VPNs and any successors to VPN technology will play a huge role, in fact VPN already does. People will eventually realise that they want both a lack of surveillance and, more to the point for the average Joe, an ability to get up to whatever they like, be it torrenting etc.
It's only an opinion (and the... |
77,323 | How would one properly format a department/office/lab/subsection of a university? If say I work in Lab X of University Y, should I format it like this?
Lab X, University Y
or
University Y, Lab X? Or something else? | 2016/09/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/77323",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/56425/"
] | Don't stress out about the responses, since it's nearly impossible to get reliable information by reading between the lines. The variation in how people might respond is enormous, and unless you really know the people involved it's hard to know what it means. For example, suppose someone sends a friendly, encouraging r... | There is probably a small positive correlation between how encouraging e-mail responses are and how much of a chance you have. But there is also a large amount of random chance, depending on the personality of the responder. It can be maddening, and it is probably useless, to try to extract the signal from the noise.
... |
77,323 | How would one properly format a department/office/lab/subsection of a university? If say I work in Lab X of University Y, should I format it like this?
Lab X, University Y
or
University Y, Lab X? Or something else? | 2016/09/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/77323",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/56425/"
] | Don't stress out about the responses, since it's nearly impossible to get reliable information by reading between the lines. The variation in how people might respond is enormous, and unless you really know the people involved it's hard to know what it means. For example, suppose someone sends a friendly, encouraging r... | A few years ago, fresh out of PhD, I was hunting for a university job. I applied to a bunch of universities ranging from world's top to average/below average. I knew I didn't have a faintest chance to get a job at prestigious university, but I really enjoyed reading their responses:
>
> Despite your excellent qualifi... |
77,323 | How would one properly format a department/office/lab/subsection of a university? If say I work in Lab X of University Y, should I format it like this?
Lab X, University Y
or
University Y, Lab X? Or something else? | 2016/09/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/77323",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/56425/"
] | Don't stress out about the responses, since it's nearly impossible to get reliable information by reading between the lines. The variation in how people might respond is enormous, and unless you really know the people involved it's hard to know what it means. For example, suppose someone sends a friendly, encouraging r... | Don't infer anything from a return email, other than whether you get an invitation for a meeting/interview, or not. That's the first level of "screening" and that's all that can be reasonably done through email. Other than that, an email is no place to get even an "indication" of where you stand. It was sent by one con... |
77,323 | How would one properly format a department/office/lab/subsection of a university? If say I work in Lab X of University Y, should I format it like this?
Lab X, University Y
or
University Y, Lab X? Or something else? | 2016/09/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/77323",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/56425/"
] | There is probably a small positive correlation between how encouraging e-mail responses are and how much of a chance you have. But there is also a large amount of random chance, depending on the personality of the responder. It can be maddening, and it is probably useless, to try to extract the signal from the noise.
... | A few years ago, fresh out of PhD, I was hunting for a university job. I applied to a bunch of universities ranging from world's top to average/below average. I knew I didn't have a faintest chance to get a job at prestigious university, but I really enjoyed reading their responses:
>
> Despite your excellent qualifi... |
77,323 | How would one properly format a department/office/lab/subsection of a university? If say I work in Lab X of University Y, should I format it like this?
Lab X, University Y
or
University Y, Lab X? Or something else? | 2016/09/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/77323",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/56425/"
] | There is probably a small positive correlation between how encouraging e-mail responses are and how much of a chance you have. But there is also a large amount of random chance, depending on the personality of the responder. It can be maddening, and it is probably useless, to try to extract the signal from the noise.
... | Don't infer anything from a return email, other than whether you get an invitation for a meeting/interview, or not. That's the first level of "screening" and that's all that can be reasonably done through email. Other than that, an email is no place to get even an "indication" of where you stand. It was sent by one con... |
77,323 | How would one properly format a department/office/lab/subsection of a university? If say I work in Lab X of University Y, should I format it like this?
Lab X, University Y
or
University Y, Lab X? Or something else? | 2016/09/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/77323",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/56425/"
] | A few years ago, fresh out of PhD, I was hunting for a university job. I applied to a bunch of universities ranging from world's top to average/below average. I knew I didn't have a faintest chance to get a job at prestigious university, but I really enjoyed reading their responses:
>
> Despite your excellent qualifi... | Don't infer anything from a return email, other than whether you get an invitation for a meeting/interview, or not. That's the first level of "screening" and that's all that can be reasonably done through email. Other than that, an email is no place to get even an "indication" of where you stand. It was sent by one con... |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | [Merriam-Webster give](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise) an example using *premises*: <the basic *premises* of the argument>.
I do not think there is anything wrong with this use of *premises*. I don’t find homophony or having multiple meanings to be valid reasons to criticize use of a word. | *Premisses* is sometimes used to distinguish the logical term, but *premises* is more common. There was allegedly a professor who continued to lecture during an air-raid even though plaster was falling from the walls, till the chairman said "I'm afraid I must stop you there, our premises will not sustain your conclusio... |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | [Merriam-Webster give](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise) an example using *premises*: <the basic *premises* of the argument>.
I do not think there is anything wrong with this use of *premises*. I don’t find homophony or having multiple meanings to be valid reasons to criticize use of a word. | I think that the confusion stems from multiple possible uses of "premises."
The first is "premise" as a synonym for "proposition." Then it's one premise, two premises.
But "premises" (with an s) can also refer to a location such as a house or building. Then the proper use of the world is "premises." |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | [Merriam-Webster give](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise) an example using *premises*: <the basic *premises* of the argument>.
I do not think there is anything wrong with this use of *premises*. I don’t find homophony or having multiple meanings to be valid reasons to criticize use of a word. | Sometimes 'premiss' is used in UK English for 'premise,' which perhaps gives someone the impression that 'premisses' is the plural rather than 'premises.' It would seem to be connected with whether you are starting with the standard American spelling or an alternative British spelling.
But whatever you do, don't prono... |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | [Merriam-Webster give](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise) an example using *premises*: <the basic *premises* of the argument>.
I do not think there is anything wrong with this use of *premises*. I don’t find homophony or having multiple meanings to be valid reasons to criticize use of a word. | This is one of the most wonderful dilema/thrases know to man.
The plural of premise being premises and meaning two different things offers a dilema.
Anything can offer a dilemma but when it is existential it provides a trend to adhere to. |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | *Premisses* is sometimes used to distinguish the logical term, but *premises* is more common. There was allegedly a professor who continued to lecture during an air-raid even though plaster was falling from the walls, till the chairman said "I'm afraid I must stop you there, our premises will not sustain your conclusio... | I think that the confusion stems from multiple possible uses of "premises."
The first is "premise" as a synonym for "proposition." Then it's one premise, two premises.
But "premises" (with an s) can also refer to a location such as a house or building. Then the proper use of the world is "premises." |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | *Premisses* is sometimes used to distinguish the logical term, but *premises* is more common. There was allegedly a professor who continued to lecture during an air-raid even though plaster was falling from the walls, till the chairman said "I'm afraid I must stop you there, our premises will not sustain your conclusio... | Sometimes 'premiss' is used in UK English for 'premise,' which perhaps gives someone the impression that 'premisses' is the plural rather than 'premises.' It would seem to be connected with whether you are starting with the standard American spelling or an alternative British spelling.
But whatever you do, don't prono... |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | *Premisses* is sometimes used to distinguish the logical term, but *premises* is more common. There was allegedly a professor who continued to lecture during an air-raid even though plaster was falling from the walls, till the chairman said "I'm afraid I must stop you there, our premises will not sustain your conclusio... | This is one of the most wonderful dilema/thrases know to man.
The plural of premise being premises and meaning two different things offers a dilema.
Anything can offer a dilemma but when it is existential it provides a trend to adhere to. |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | Sometimes 'premiss' is used in UK English for 'premise,' which perhaps gives someone the impression that 'premisses' is the plural rather than 'premises.' It would seem to be connected with whether you are starting with the standard American spelling or an alternative British spelling.
But whatever you do, don't prono... | I think that the confusion stems from multiple possible uses of "premises."
The first is "premise" as a synonym for "proposition." Then it's one premise, two premises.
But "premises" (with an s) can also refer to a location such as a house or building. Then the proper use of the world is "premises." |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | I think that the confusion stems from multiple possible uses of "premises."
The first is "premise" as a synonym for "proposition." Then it's one premise, two premises.
But "premises" (with an s) can also refer to a location such as a house or building. Then the proper use of the world is "premises." | This is one of the most wonderful dilema/thrases know to man.
The plural of premise being premises and meaning two different things offers a dilema.
Anything can offer a dilemma but when it is existential it provides a trend to adhere to. |
2,546 | Someone criticized me for using the word "premises" to denote a set of assumed "propositions", due to its connotation with houses and buildings.
Is that correct? If so, what should be the proper plural form of "premise"? | 2010/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2546",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1020/"
] | Sometimes 'premiss' is used in UK English for 'premise,' which perhaps gives someone the impression that 'premisses' is the plural rather than 'premises.' It would seem to be connected with whether you are starting with the standard American spelling or an alternative British spelling.
But whatever you do, don't prono... | This is one of the most wonderful dilema/thrases know to man.
The plural of premise being premises and meaning two different things offers a dilema.
Anything can offer a dilemma but when it is existential it provides a trend to adhere to. |
175,722 | We recently had our kitchen remodeled and after the installation, I noticed that the power for the garbage disposal was placed right below the faucet. This prevents the faucet hose from smoothly moving when using the detachable faucet head (I have a Delta Ashton, #19922Z-SSSD-DST). When I pull out the faucet head, I ha... | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/175722",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/107730/"
] | You could probably shorten the sleeve through which the hose feeds so there's more clearance above the box. This alone would probably resolve the problem. The extra length doesn't appear to be necessary in this case. It's mostly to accommodate thicker mounting situations. Be sure to ease (bevel or smooth) the edge of t... | Raise the weight. You'll get less line to pull out, but it'll retract. The line is binding on the electric box, but the weight is resting on the PVC pipe.
If the final position of the weight is horizontal it can't do its job. |
147,945 | I have received an NDA from a company and inside of the NDA there is nowhere that salary is mentioned. I will work as a part-time employee in the company. Is it regular not mentioning the paid per hour in the contract?
Should I ask for a modification to my contract? | 2019/11/13 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147945",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/97397/"
] | An NDA is a Non-Disclosure Agreement, which legally prohibits you from discussing anything that the company is doing during your employment.
You may be required to sign this NDA before any employment contracts are issued.
You should not expect to find any Employment Contract details, including any details of your pos... | >
> Is it regular not mentioning the paid per hour in the contract?
>
>
>
An NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) is not an employment contract. The NDA doesn't include salary information.
>
> Should I ask for a modification to my contract?
>
>
>
The employment contract (or offer letter) itself should include sala... |
5,074,035 | Using Google analytics I have started noticing some sort of spam/attack/bounce rate manipulation happening with one of my sites. Essentially, there are a large number of daily hits from the same user, searching for the same long tail keyword, that always immediately bounces out of the page. This has been going on for o... | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5074035",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/483777/"
] | Given that you tagged your question with *Google Analytics*, i assume that your question is directed to identifying this false traffic so you can prevent it from contaminating your web metrics--rather than how to actually stop the offending activity. In any event, my question is only directed to the former.
Rather th... | Try blocking the IP with .htaccess <http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess5.shtml> |
527 | There are many online sources about common risk factors in investing and trading e.g. market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk. There are various factor models (Fama-French, Carhart) and risk management methods to mitigate them.
What are examples of non-financial risk, such as hardware or network connection failur... | 2011/02/15 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/527",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/352/"
] | To give an example of a source of risk that isn't one of the ones you mentioned but still broadly on-topic for a Quant Finance site: [operational risk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_risk) - for which there are many references for contigency plans. This is the domain of the back office. Trades are created (pr... | Data is the lifeblood of a quantitative strategy. So I would say that the primary operational risks facing quantitative models are related to data.
Some places where this can be an issue:
* Misinterpreting post-hoc data: Many economic indicators are revised on a periodic basis, and it's critical to understand what t... |
527 | There are many online sources about common risk factors in investing and trading e.g. market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk. There are various factor models (Fama-French, Carhart) and risk management methods to mitigate them.
What are examples of non-financial risk, such as hardware or network connection failur... | 2011/02/15 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/527",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/352/"
] | To give an example of a source of risk that isn't one of the ones you mentioned but still broadly on-topic for a Quant Finance site: [operational risk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_risk) - for which there are many references for contigency plans. This is the domain of the back office. Trades are created (pr... | I consider market risk, credit risk and **operational risk** to be the three major forms of financial risk exposure. @jeebs addressed the trade settlement component of operational risk. I would also include the third bullet point that @shane gave in his answer as belonging to the category of operational risk.
Another ... |
527 | There are many online sources about common risk factors in investing and trading e.g. market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk. There are various factor models (Fama-French, Carhart) and risk management methods to mitigate them.
What are examples of non-financial risk, such as hardware or network connection failur... | 2011/02/15 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/527",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/352/"
] | There are all sorts of financial and non-financial risks.
I define financial risk as all risks defined from events in the financial markets that affect all participants. Non-financial risks are all other forms of risk (including risks that a particular firm may face).
Financial:
* Market value risk (interest rate ri... | Data is the lifeblood of a quantitative strategy. So I would say that the primary operational risks facing quantitative models are related to data.
Some places where this can be an issue:
* Misinterpreting post-hoc data: Many economic indicators are revised on a periodic basis, and it's critical to understand what t... |
527 | There are many online sources about common risk factors in investing and trading e.g. market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk. There are various factor models (Fama-French, Carhart) and risk management methods to mitigate them.
What are examples of non-financial risk, such as hardware or network connection failur... | 2011/02/15 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/527",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/352/"
] | There are all sorts of financial and non-financial risks.
I define financial risk as all risks defined from events in the financial markets that affect all participants. Non-financial risks are all other forms of risk (including risks that a particular firm may face).
Financial:
* Market value risk (interest rate ri... | I consider market risk, credit risk and **operational risk** to be the three major forms of financial risk exposure. @jeebs addressed the trade settlement component of operational risk. I would also include the third bullet point that @shane gave in his answer as belonging to the category of operational risk.
Another ... |
480,363 | I can't seem to find information on installing a Swedish language package on my machine.
The language is not listed on [the Firefox website](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/) and the hits on Google I got led nowhere (or, rather, to the said page). I have language support on the system (includin... | 2012/09/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/480363",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/161760/"
] | [Found at this forum](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/922082):
>
> There is this Swedish dictionary from the Open Office project.
>
>
> <http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/dict-sv>
>
>
> You will have to extract the two files (sv\_SE.aff and sv\_SE.dic) in the /dictionaries folder in tha... | The [Firefox download page](http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html) lists a Swedish version:
 |
480,363 | I can't seem to find information on installing a Swedish language package on my machine.
The language is not listed on [the Firefox website](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/) and the hits on Google I got led nowhere (or, rather, to the said page). I have language support on the system (includin... | 2012/09/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/480363",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/161760/"
] | The [Firefox download page](http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html) lists a Swedish version:
 | <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/3064/>
Here you can find the dictionary.
Just click in the latest and agree to install it. |
480,363 | I can't seem to find information on installing a Swedish language package on my machine.
The language is not listed on [the Firefox website](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/) and the hits on Google I got led nowhere (or, rather, to the said page). I have language support on the system (includin... | 2012/09/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/480363",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/161760/"
] | [Found at this forum](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/922082):
>
> There is this Swedish dictionary from the Open Office project.
>
>
> <http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/dict-sv>
>
>
> You will have to extract the two files (sv\_SE.aff and sv\_SE.dic) in the /dictionaries folder in tha... | The Language Pack Install Helper add-on allows you to install any language pack:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/language-pack-install-helpe/?src=api> |
480,363 | I can't seem to find information on installing a Swedish language package on my machine.
The language is not listed on [the Firefox website](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/) and the hits on Google I got led nowhere (or, rather, to the said page). I have language support on the system (includin... | 2012/09/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/480363",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/161760/"
] | [Found at this forum](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/922082):
>
> There is this Swedish dictionary from the Open Office project.
>
>
> <http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/dict-sv>
>
>
> You will have to extract the two files (sv\_SE.aff and sv\_SE.dic) in the /dictionaries folder in tha... | <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/3064/>
Here you can find the dictionary.
Just click in the latest and agree to install it. |
480,363 | I can't seem to find information on installing a Swedish language package on my machine.
The language is not listed on [the Firefox website](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/) and the hits on Google I got led nowhere (or, rather, to the said page). I have language support on the system (includin... | 2012/09/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/480363",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/161760/"
] | The Language Pack Install Helper add-on allows you to install any language pack:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/language-pack-install-helpe/?src=api> | <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/3064/>
Here you can find the dictionary.
Just click in the latest and agree to install it. |
758,240 | I'm using pfSense as our office firewall and am attempting to setup a second HTTPS server that needs to be visible to the outside. Because they are HTTPS servers, they need separate IP addresses. How do I configure pfSense to accept the other static IP addresses I've gotten from our ISP?
Assigned IPs: x.x.x.24-27
Gate... | 2016/02/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/758240",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/339315/"
] | Sorry if this sounds trite, however, have you tried to install it? The installer with throw up an error if there is a version mismatch. | MS15-034 wasn't issued for Server 2008. Ask your security consultants how they came to the conclusion that it should be installed on that server.
If they figured it out by some dynamic method like attempting the exploit, you should open a case with Microsoft (or upgrade your servers, but since Server 2008 is in extend... |
1,601,978 | I am trying to populate the right-hand-side of a HorizontalPanel used in an onModuleLoad() method from another class (containing other widgets) so to keep the code separate.
What I am trying to achieve is similar to a PHP include where I can alter the code in another class and it will affect the right-hand panel only.... | 2009/10/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1601978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193867/"
] | I would think during QA testing you would keep track of the average length of time it takes a user to do a task on the site. With this average in mind you would adjust accordingly and figure out the standard deviation, using that to make a good timeout time.
An example..
It takes a user an average of 5 minutes to pe... | I think it's too dependent on the scope. A banking site is going to have a shorter timeout than a forum. 5 minutes is probably a good standard for important things, 20 minutes for less important things. |
5,152,703 | After installation of Delphi 6 at new working station I issued problem with breakpoints. In debug mode environment doesn't trigger breakpoints like they are not placed at all...
Have you experienced similar situation? I suppose reason is some setting, but I cannot find which one...
TnX in advance!
Nemanja | 2011/03/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5152703",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/335175/"
] | Yes, this sometimes happens (not only in 6).
* Enable all debug information except debug DCU's unless you want to debug the Borland code. (Don't forget to check for compiler switches in the code).
* Disable code optimizer.
* Rebuild all code.
* If you are using DLL's be sure to enable debug code in all projects and se... | I applied all settings that @Gamecat suggested, so you can look at this answer like short addition to previous answer.
I missed only one more to solve my problem. In Tools>Debugger Options I checked Integrated Debugging which alive my breakpoints. When breakpoints started to work, I got error message 'Project *\_*.exe... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | **You should include your birth name in the application.**
It may seem like an unnecessary complexity, but really it's just filling in one line of a form. On the other hand if you ever have to reveal that you in fact had a different name at birth (after having said you didn't) this will hugely increase the level of su... | If you were named on your birth certificate, that is one name you officially used.
If you changed your name later, so you now have a different name on your passport, that is a different name so yes, you should mention your name from your birth certificate. At a later date you may need to use your birth certificate f... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | Consider the two ways you can be wrong here: you can omit it when the right thing is to include it, or include it when the right thing is to omit it. One is much worse than the other.
If you include it when you should omit it, you believe (without evidence, you've just heard horror stories) that it might delay your ap... | **You should include your birth name in the application.**
It may seem like an unnecessary complexity, but really it's just filling in one line of a form. On the other hand if you ever have to reveal that you in fact had a different name at birth (after having said you didn't) this will hugely increase the level of su... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | **You should include your birth name in the application.**
It may seem like an unnecessary complexity, but really it's just filling in one line of a form. On the other hand if you ever have to reveal that you in fact had a different name at birth (after having said you didn't) this will hugely increase the level of su... | I've only run the paperwork for immigration once, but the person I did the paperwork for had three names across various legal documents from various countries with various attempts at spelling. I thought it would totally put red flags all over us, but INSTEAD, they picked ANOTHER new spelling for one of her names and g... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | **You should include your birth name in the application.**
It may seem like an unnecessary complexity, but really it's just filling in one line of a form. On the other hand if you ever have to reveal that you in fact had a different name at birth (after having said you didn't) this will hugely increase the level of su... | As a VWP traveler who is generally entering the US in transit to another country, I'm rather absent-minded at immigration, usually sleepy and jetlagged, just going through the motions.
You don't have to give a lot of thought to what you're saying, because you just have to answer each question truthfully and move on.
O... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | Consider the two ways you can be wrong here: you can omit it when the right thing is to include it, or include it when the right thing is to omit it. One is much worse than the other.
If you include it when you should omit it, you believe (without evidence, you've just heard horror stories) that it might delay your ap... | If you were named on your birth certificate, that is one name you officially used.
If you changed your name later, so you now have a different name on your passport, that is a different name so yes, you should mention your name from your birth certificate. At a later date you may need to use your birth certificate f... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | If you were named on your birth certificate, that is one name you officially used.
If you changed your name later, so you now have a different name on your passport, that is a different name so yes, you should mention your name from your birth certificate. At a later date you may need to use your birth certificate f... | I've only run the paperwork for immigration once, but the person I did the paperwork for had three names across various legal documents from various countries with various attempts at spelling. I thought it would totally put red flags all over us, but INSTEAD, they picked ANOTHER new spelling for one of her names and g... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | Consider the two ways you can be wrong here: you can omit it when the right thing is to include it, or include it when the right thing is to omit it. One is much worse than the other.
If you include it when you should omit it, you believe (without evidence, you've just heard horror stories) that it might delay your ap... | I've only run the paperwork for immigration once, but the person I did the paperwork for had three names across various legal documents from various countries with various attempts at spelling. I thought it would totally put red flags all over us, but INSTEAD, they picked ANOTHER new spelling for one of her names and g... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | Consider the two ways you can be wrong here: you can omit it when the right thing is to include it, or include it when the right thing is to omit it. One is much worse than the other.
If you include it when you should omit it, you believe (without evidence, you've just heard horror stories) that it might delay your ap... | As a VWP traveler who is generally entering the US in transit to another country, I'm rather absent-minded at immigration, usually sleepy and jetlagged, just going through the motions.
You don't have to give a lot of thought to what you're saying, because you just have to answer each question truthfully and move on.
O... |
161,370 | I am filling a Canadian Application and they are asking if I ever used any other name.
I had a birth name that was changed during my school studies and that name is not referenced on any legal document that I am submitting with my application or any document that I will be using.
So can I choose 'No' to avoid unneces... | 2020/11/27 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/161370",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/115422/"
] | As a VWP traveler who is generally entering the US in transit to another country, I'm rather absent-minded at immigration, usually sleepy and jetlagged, just going through the motions.
You don't have to give a lot of thought to what you're saying, because you just have to answer each question truthfully and move on.
O... | I've only run the paperwork for immigration once, but the person I did the paperwork for had three names across various legal documents from various countries with various attempts at spelling. I thought it would totally put red flags all over us, but INSTEAD, they picked ANOTHER new spelling for one of her names and g... |
62,698 | I don't mean a TI-84 type calculator, and I also do not mean a simple calculator app on your phone.
Does a basic scientific calculator require an operating system? | 2016/08/18 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/62698",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/39286/"
] | No.
Operating systems have several purposes, such as interfacing with the hardware and, managing multiple concurrent or sequential applications and providing protection between different users. A calculator has only user and only one application so there's nothing to manage there. And the hardware is simple enough tha... | **yes we need a os for calculator which will manage the embedded os .purpose of os is to control hardware resources.OS by itself can not be used, it will need an embedded os for calculator** |
62,698 | I don't mean a TI-84 type calculator, and I also do not mean a simple calculator app on your phone.
Does a basic scientific calculator require an operating system? | 2016/08/18 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/62698",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/39286/"
] | No.
Operating systems have several purposes, such as interfacing with the hardware and, managing multiple concurrent or sequential applications and providing protection between different users. A calculator has only user and only one application so there's nothing to manage there. And the hardware is simple enough tha... | Of course, old 80s Calculator have OS that is written completely in c
and compiled and feeded into Calculator's hardware |
8,837 | My ceiling fan light bulbs burnout frequently. From what I can tell the fan is mounted well and does not oscillate more than I would expect it to. I use GE multi-use soft white 40 watt intermediate light bulbs which are marketed for use in ceiling fans. Unfortunately, my local Home Depot does not carry any other bulb b... | 2011/09/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/8837",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/727/"
] | Does your ceiling fan **wobble**? Shaking a light bulb can break the filament. See [How do I balance a ceiling fan?](https://diy.stackexchange.com/q/801/80)
Is your **line voltage** reliable? An electrician told me once that he swears by **130V-rated** bulbs. If voltage surges a little, the 130V bulb will tolerate it ... | Have you considered compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs? No moving parts mean no need to worry about vibration. Admittedly, they're not the nicest-looking things that you can stick in a fixture, and the color balance may not be what you want. |
8,837 | My ceiling fan light bulbs burnout frequently. From what I can tell the fan is mounted well and does not oscillate more than I would expect it to. I use GE multi-use soft white 40 watt intermediate light bulbs which are marketed for use in ceiling fans. Unfortunately, my local Home Depot does not carry any other bulb b... | 2011/09/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/8837",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/727/"
] | Does your ceiling fan **wobble**? Shaking a light bulb can break the filament. See [How do I balance a ceiling fan?](https://diy.stackexchange.com/q/801/80)
Is your **line voltage** reliable? An electrician told me once that he swears by **130V-rated** bulbs. If voltage surges a little, the 130V bulb will tolerate it ... | I have the same issue with any intermediate base bulb. I even tried not running my ceiling fan. Same thing: one week and they were burned out.
My suggestion is extreme but it's the best solution, and that is to change the light fixture to one that uses anything but intermediate base bulbs. Don't beat yourself up tryin... |
8,837 | My ceiling fan light bulbs burnout frequently. From what I can tell the fan is mounted well and does not oscillate more than I would expect it to. I use GE multi-use soft white 40 watt intermediate light bulbs which are marketed for use in ceiling fans. Unfortunately, my local Home Depot does not carry any other bulb b... | 2011/09/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/8837",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/727/"
] | Does your ceiling fan **wobble**? Shaking a light bulb can break the filament. See [How do I balance a ceiling fan?](https://diy.stackexchange.com/q/801/80)
Is your **line voltage** reliable? An electrician told me once that he swears by **130V-rated** bulbs. If voltage surges a little, the 130V bulb will tolerate it ... | I have a ceiling fan with four sockets. One socket would not work at all, and one caused a CFL light to flicker and hum when in use, and burn out in about a month.
I disassembled the fan to check the wiring. Redoing the lamp wiring (5 white wires into a twist-on wire connector, and 5 black wires into another twist-on ... |
208,095 | This question is related to the fact that Stack Overflow has a great community that gives insightful answers. Quick.
For many programming topics, I believe the set of all answerable/relevant questions is finite. Because of this the amount of duplicate questions will only increase with time.
It could happen that some ... | 2013/11/19 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/208095",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/241572/"
] | >
> For many programming topics, I believe the set of all answerable/relevant questions is finite.
>
>
>
I believe you lack imagination ;)
New languages, platforms, paradigms, hardware and more keep coming. I don't see that stopping.
>
> for existing languages acquiring reputation points is still going to be h... | New users start with one reputation, not zero. Creating a new user and asking no questions at all creates a reputation point.
There is no rule against creating multiple accounts, so long as you don't use them for voting fraud.
Thus, even if the number of valid questions is finite (a premise I reject, by the way) an i... |
208,095 | This question is related to the fact that Stack Overflow has a great community that gives insightful answers. Quick.
For many programming topics, I believe the set of all answerable/relevant questions is finite. Because of this the amount of duplicate questions will only increase with time.
It could happen that some ... | 2013/11/19 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/208095",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/241572/"
] | >
> For many programming topics, I believe the set of all answerable/relevant questions is finite.
>
>
>
I believe you lack imagination ;)
New languages, platforms, paradigms, hardware and more keep coming. I don't see that stopping.
>
> for existing languages acquiring reputation points is still going to be h... | For any given topic who is to say that there will be a finite set of questions? Moreover, the fact remains that there is an infinite amount of possible topics provided that time continues to elapse.
So, how is stackoverflow going to handle reputation in the future? More or less the same exact way it handles reputation... |
208,095 | This question is related to the fact that Stack Overflow has a great community that gives insightful answers. Quick.
For many programming topics, I believe the set of all answerable/relevant questions is finite. Because of this the amount of duplicate questions will only increase with time.
It could happen that some ... | 2013/11/19 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/208095",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/241572/"
] | New users start with one reputation, not zero. Creating a new user and asking no questions at all creates a reputation point.
There is no rule against creating multiple accounts, so long as you don't use them for voting fraud.
Thus, even if the number of valid questions is finite (a premise I reject, by the way) an i... | For any given topic who is to say that there will be a finite set of questions? Moreover, the fact remains that there is an infinite amount of possible topics provided that time continues to elapse.
So, how is stackoverflow going to handle reputation in the future? More or less the same exact way it handles reputation... |
3,169,198 | Does anybody know if there is an implementation of 7-Zip (LZMA) that would work on iPhone (iOS)? | 2010/07/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3169198",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/370919/"
] | You can try this [7zip port for Mac](http://sourceforge.net/projects/keka/), but I'm not sure if it works on iOS. | Yes you can use 7zip terminal package if you have ifile installed in your iphone. you can install 7zip from cydia. |
3,169,198 | Does anybody know if there is an implementation of 7-Zip (LZMA) that would work on iPhone (iOS)? | 2010/07/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3169198",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/370919/"
] | I have created an iPhone example app with integrated 7zip LZMA SDK support. You can download it [here](http://www.modejong.com/iOS/). This example is based on LZMA SDK 9.21 beta. It includes only decode functions and the adler checksum logic is disabled at compile time, to improve performance. The example download is a... | You can try this [7zip port for Mac](http://sourceforge.net/projects/keka/), but I'm not sure if it works on iOS. |
3,169,198 | Does anybody know if there is an implementation of 7-Zip (LZMA) that would work on iPhone (iOS)? | 2010/07/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3169198",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/370919/"
] | I have created an iPhone example app with integrated 7zip LZMA SDK support. You can download it [here](http://www.modejong.com/iOS/). This example is based on LZMA SDK 9.21 beta. It includes only decode functions and the adler checksum logic is disabled at compile time, to improve performance. The example download is a... | Yes you can use 7zip terminal package if you have ifile installed in your iphone. you can install 7zip from cydia. |
7,677 | I am looking for ideas to make some homemade terrain for combat; I am not a great miniature painter as I usually fat-finger most of them, but I am pretty handy and know my way around my neighborhood hardware store.
My criteria are as follow:
1. Inexpensive (I still haven't found that money tree yet),
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | The *most* portable terrain type is also the least convertible: papercraft. There are piles and piles of papercraft building, landscape, cave, etc. terrain PDFs out there, but of course whatever's printed on the terrain is what's printed.
Personally, I like papercraft because it's quick and you can generate a large am... | Another approach: **Re-purpose/Reuse**
At the end of Reavers of Harkenwold there is an encounter that has a elevated loft:
It has roughly the same dimensions as the hut + stairs from the Desert of Athas tile set (but the loft stairs are wider):
,
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | I found a hot knife and foam board to be handy for making the basic form for buildings. In a campaign I recently ran, it worked quite well for building a ziggurat with a long staircase, and it allows you to cut the 1" squares right into the surface. But it also makes a good terrain base. Add some ground cover, pebbles,... | Another approach: **Re-purpose/Reuse**
At the end of Reavers of Harkenwold there is an encounter that has a elevated loft:
It has roughly the same dimensions as the hut + stairs from the Desert of Athas tile set (but the loft stairs are wider):
,
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | The *most* portable terrain type is also the least convertible: papercraft. There are piles and piles of papercraft building, landscape, cave, etc. terrain PDFs out there, but of course whatever's printed on the terrain is what's printed.
Personally, I like papercraft because it's quick and you can generate a large am... | It ain't pretty, but for quick and dirty 3d terrain nothing I've encountered beats Construx. They're a building toy from the late 80s that never quite got as mainstream as Legos. Anyway the flat panels are almost the right size to line up with a traditional grid if you mark them with a sharpee or line them with thin bl... |
7,677 | I am looking for ideas to make some homemade terrain for combat; I am not a great miniature painter as I usually fat-finger most of them, but I am pretty handy and know my way around my neighborhood hardware store.
My criteria are as follow:
1. Inexpensive (I still haven't found that money tree yet),
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | For some tiles, you may want to do a Google search on heroquest or warhammer for tile. Here's a few links for tiles:
* <http://greywolf.critter.net/tiles.htm>
* <http://www.donjon-esselcay.org/> (in french - click door to open, tiles are in pieces de donjon)
* <http://kurt.helborg.free.fr/warhammer_quest/sections_de_d... | Another approach: **Re-purpose/Reuse**
At the end of Reavers of Harkenwold there is an encounter that has a elevated loft:
It has roughly the same dimensions as the hut + stairs from the Desert of Athas tile set (but the loft stairs are wider):
,
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | It ain't pretty, but for quick and dirty 3d terrain nothing I've encountered beats Construx. They're a building toy from the late 80s that never quite got as mainstream as Legos. Anyway the flat panels are almost the right size to line up with a traditional grid if you mark them with a sharpee or line them with thin bl... | A tool you'll want to become familiar with is modeling flock. [This link](http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/nHhRAibLVkcD) says it will teach you to make it cheaply (looks like a fairly good website in general, too).
One technique I've seen used is to take a grape stem (cleaned of grapes), put glue on the bits where... |
7,677 | I am looking for ideas to make some homemade terrain for combat; I am not a great miniature painter as I usually fat-finger most of them, but I am pretty handy and know my way around my neighborhood hardware store.
My criteria are as follow:
1. Inexpensive (I still haven't found that money tree yet),
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | It ain't pretty, but for quick and dirty 3d terrain nothing I've encountered beats Construx. They're a building toy from the late 80s that never quite got as mainstream as Legos. Anyway the flat panels are almost the right size to line up with a traditional grid if you mark them with a sharpee or line them with thin bl... | Another approach: **Re-purpose/Reuse**
At the end of Reavers of Harkenwold there is an encounter that has a elevated loft:
It has roughly the same dimensions as the hut + stairs from the Desert of Athas tile set (but the loft stairs are wider):
,
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | The *most* portable terrain type is also the least convertible: papercraft. There are piles and piles of papercraft building, landscape, cave, etc. terrain PDFs out there, but of course whatever's printed on the terrain is what's printed.
Personally, I like papercraft because it's quick and you can generate a large am... | For some tiles, you may want to do a Google search on heroquest or warhammer for tile. Here's a few links for tiles:
* <http://greywolf.critter.net/tiles.htm>
* <http://www.donjon-esselcay.org/> (in french - click door to open, tiles are in pieces de donjon)
* <http://kurt.helborg.free.fr/warhammer_quest/sections_de_d... |
7,677 | I am looking for ideas to make some homemade terrain for combat; I am not a great miniature painter as I usually fat-finger most of them, but I am pretty handy and know my way around my neighborhood hardware store.
My criteria are as follow:
1. Inexpensive (I still haven't found that money tree yet),
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | The *most* portable terrain type is also the least convertible: papercraft. There are piles and piles of papercraft building, landscape, cave, etc. terrain PDFs out there, but of course whatever's printed on the terrain is what's printed.
Personally, I like papercraft because it's quick and you can generate a large am... | A tool you'll want to become familiar with is modeling flock. [This link](http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/nHhRAibLVkcD) says it will teach you to make it cheaply (looks like a fairly good website in general, too).
One technique I've seen used is to take a grape stem (cleaned of grapes), put glue on the bits where... |
7,677 | I am looking for ideas to make some homemade terrain for combat; I am not a great miniature painter as I usually fat-finger most of them, but I am pretty handy and know my way around my neighborhood hardware store.
My criteria are as follow:
1. Inexpensive (I still haven't found that money tree yet),
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | I found a hot knife and foam board to be handy for making the basic form for buildings. In a campaign I recently ran, it worked quite well for building a ziggurat with a long staircase, and it allows you to cut the 1" squares right into the surface. But it also makes a good terrain base. Add some ground cover, pebbles,... | A tool you'll want to become familiar with is modeling flock. [This link](http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/nHhRAibLVkcD) says it will teach you to make it cheaply (looks like a fairly good website in general, too).
One technique I've seen used is to take a grape stem (cleaned of grapes), put glue on the bits where... |
7,677 | I am looking for ideas to make some homemade terrain for combat; I am not a great miniature painter as I usually fat-finger most of them, but I am pretty handy and know my way around my neighborhood hardware store.
My criteria are as follow:
1. Inexpensive (I still haven't found that money tree yet),
2. Portable (My... | 2011/05/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7677",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1527/"
] | For some tiles, you may want to do a Google search on heroquest or warhammer for tile. Here's a few links for tiles:
* <http://greywolf.critter.net/tiles.htm>
* <http://www.donjon-esselcay.org/> (in french - click door to open, tiles are in pieces de donjon)
* <http://kurt.helborg.free.fr/warhammer_quest/sections_de_d... | A tool you'll want to become familiar with is modeling flock. [This link](http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/nHhRAibLVkcD) says it will teach you to make it cheaply (looks like a fairly good website in general, too).
One technique I've seen used is to take a grape stem (cleaned of grapes), put glue on the bits where... |
11,207,411 | I am a bit new to jquery mobile I am working an a app which will find the nearest restraunt near the users position of gps. How should I approach & how to use google api for it. | 2012/06/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11207411",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1482707/"
] | The Google Maps [place-search API](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#PlaceSearchRequest) is your friend.
The **types** parameter will allow you to restrict results to those of type [restaurant](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/supported_types).
In addition, ... | Alternatives to Google:
* <https://gist.github.com/2504683> ( Unofficial OpenTable API )
* <http://blog.foursquare.com/2012/01/18/find-what-you%E2%80%99re-craving-and-check-out-the-menu-too/> ( FourSquare )
* <http://openmenu.org/api/docs/restaurant.php> ( OpenMenu )
HTML5 Geo location
* <http://html5demos.com/geo>
... |
235,340 | I'm currently in the phase of planning a time system for my world and I am starting to run into logistical issues.
My world essentially is an island in an endless ocean. No universe, no rotation of sun nor planet (there is no planet, it's essentially a flat endless plane).
I have a pretty solid explanation for days (... | 2022/09/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/235340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Convergences of independent cycles
==================================
In the real world, there are some species of cicadas that have evolved to [only emerge after a prime number of years](https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2001/11/27/421251.htm). As the article points out, species that emerge every 13 years and s... | By reigns of some big wig. Be it emperor, king, political or religious leader. Or on scale their families like Chinese dynasties. So long term would consist one of these which is variable length an intermediary period possibly and then some administrative cycles inside these reigns. How does the government work with ta... |
235,340 | I'm currently in the phase of planning a time system for my world and I am starting to run into logistical issues.
My world essentially is an island in an endless ocean. No universe, no rotation of sun nor planet (there is no planet, it's essentially a flat endless plane).
I have a pretty solid explanation for days (... | 2022/09/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/235340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/82228/"
] | If those living on this place are human or humanoids, they could end up with a decimal grouping for time, or any other numerical base:
* 1 day
* 10 days = 1 decade
* 10 decades = 1 month
* ad libitum | I'll add on to the menstrual cycle (as a 'month'), a 'year' based on a typical pregnancy or the closest approximation of months, so their year may be nine months.
While this gives you a period (no pun intended), it doesn't give you a common start date, and may not even be consistent between communities. |
235,340 | I'm currently in the phase of planning a time system for my world and I am starting to run into logistical issues.
My world essentially is an island in an endless ocean. No universe, no rotation of sun nor planet (there is no planet, it's essentially a flat endless plane).
I have a pretty solid explanation for days (... | 2022/09/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/235340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/82228/"
] | This is a tricky one, but perhaps a year based on the passing of the generations? A new year could start when the first born child of the ruling/head/royal family is born/passes initiation into adulthood/etc and the year ends when the next generation reaches the same period, perhaps with some intercalary time (during t... | It sounds like you need at least one thing that’s constantly in a looping rotation, that way people could keep time by that. If you don’t want to have anything in a loop *outside* of the planet, you could try having them look to a certain type of animal that comes around yearly, a giant bird that travels around the ear... |
235,340 | I'm currently in the phase of planning a time system for my world and I am starting to run into logistical issues.
My world essentially is an island in an endless ocean. No universe, no rotation of sun nor planet (there is no planet, it's essentially a flat endless plane).
I have a pretty solid explanation for days (... | 2022/09/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/235340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/82228/"
] | 2 forms of options come to mind, natural cycles or manmade cycles.
**Natural Cycles**
Several common timings (years, days) com from natural phenomena. Rotation around the sun and the rotation of the earth. But these phenomena don't exist in your world, instead if the most common crop has a regular period (going fro... | I'll add on to the menstrual cycle (as a 'month'), a 'year' based on a typical pregnancy or the closest approximation of months, so their year may be nine months.
While this gives you a period (no pun intended), it doesn't give you a common start date, and may not even be consistent between communities. |
235,340 | I'm currently in the phase of planning a time system for my world and I am starting to run into logistical issues.
My world essentially is an island in an endless ocean. No universe, no rotation of sun nor planet (there is no planet, it's essentially a flat endless plane).
I have a pretty solid explanation for days (... | 2022/09/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/235340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/82228/"
] | This is a tricky one, but perhaps a year based on the passing of the generations? A new year could start when the first born child of the ruling/head/royal family is born/passes initiation into adulthood/etc and the year ends when the next generation reaches the same period, perhaps with some intercalary time (during t... | In the real world some people measure distance in feet. But when they get to larger distances that lead to inconveniently large numbers of feet, they switch to using yards or miles (or less commonly now: furlongs, leagues, etc). And of course it's easier to talk about inches than small fractions of a foot, etc.
There'... |
235,340 | I'm currently in the phase of planning a time system for my world and I am starting to run into logistical issues.
My world essentially is an island in an endless ocean. No universe, no rotation of sun nor planet (there is no planet, it's essentially a flat endless plane).
I have a pretty solid explanation for days (... | 2022/09/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/235340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/82228/"
] | This is a tricky one, but perhaps a year based on the passing of the generations? A new year could start when the first born child of the ruling/head/royal family is born/passes initiation into adulthood/etc and the year ends when the next generation reaches the same period, perhaps with some intercalary time (during t... | If those living on this place are human or humanoids, they could end up with a decimal grouping for time, or any other numerical base:
* 1 day
* 10 days = 1 decade
* 10 decades = 1 month
* ad libitum |
235,340 | I'm currently in the phase of planning a time system for my world and I am starting to run into logistical issues.
My world essentially is an island in an endless ocean. No universe, no rotation of sun nor planet (there is no planet, it's essentially a flat endless plane).
I have a pretty solid explanation for days (... | 2022/09/09 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/235340",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/82228/"
] | Every season
============
Instead of every 360 something days, you could do it based on seasons. I’ll use conventional seasons for ease of explaining.
We have winter, spring, summer, fall as our seasons. Every time winter starts, a new year starts. Therefore, we have season cycle (year) X, season X, day X. | I'll add on to the menstrual cycle (as a 'month'), a 'year' based on a typical pregnancy or the closest approximation of months, so their year may be nine months.
While this gives you a period (no pun intended), it doesn't give you a common start date, and may not even be consistent between communities. |
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