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949,740 | I have to do some migration training for developers tomorrow who have only ever used VSS. It's been a long time since I used VSS in any capacity and I'm concerned I'll miss a lot of obvious stuff. What I want is a list of things you would want to know if you were going to move to VSS. What would you mention if you were... | 2009/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/949740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3146/"
] | One of the biggest differences is that between the copy-modify-merge model used by Subversion and the lock-modify-unlock model used in Visual SourceSafe.
The Subverson book has a [pretty decent overview of the comparison](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.basic.version-control-basics.html#svn.basic.vsn-models), w... | Last time I saw VSS it was shipped with VC6.0 so I don't know how it looks like today but for me shock was about that I used to have my local copy of sources and to modify anything I had to check it out first. In SVN you have all sources checked out all the time or you have no sources at all. I think it's worth to ment... |
949,740 | I have to do some migration training for developers tomorrow who have only ever used VSS. It's been a long time since I used VSS in any capacity and I'm concerned I'll miss a lot of obvious stuff. What I want is a list of things you would want to know if you were going to move to VSS. What would you mention if you were... | 2009/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/949740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3146/"
] | One of the biggest differences is that between the copy-modify-merge model used by Subversion and the lock-modify-unlock model used in Visual SourceSafe.
The Subverson book has a [pretty decent overview of the comparison](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.basic.version-control-basics.html#svn.basic.vsn-models), w... | The most critical thing is that many VSSers are used to checking out a file and whilst editing it it remains locked and usually VSS integration keeps the file read-only. Clearly this differs with the SVN just edit, commit and may be merge approach.
VSSer will not be familiar with terms such as branch and trunk, such f... |
949,740 | I have to do some migration training for developers tomorrow who have only ever used VSS. It's been a long time since I used VSS in any capacity and I'm concerned I'll miss a lot of obvious stuff. What I want is a list of things you would want to know if you were going to move to VSS. What would you mention if you were... | 2009/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/949740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3146/"
] | [Subversion for VSS Users](http://www.neilstuff.com/subversion/svn-tutorial-for-vss-users.htm) is a good comparison what differs in SVN over VSS | One of the biggest differences is that between the copy-modify-merge model used by Subversion and the lock-modify-unlock model used in Visual SourceSafe.
The Subverson book has a [pretty decent overview of the comparison](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.basic.version-control-basics.html#svn.basic.vsn-models), w... |
949,740 | I have to do some migration training for developers tomorrow who have only ever used VSS. It's been a long time since I used VSS in any capacity and I'm concerned I'll miss a lot of obvious stuff. What I want is a list of things you would want to know if you were going to move to VSS. What would you mention if you were... | 2009/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/949740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3146/"
] | The most critical thing is that many VSSers are used to checking out a file and whilst editing it it remains locked and usually VSS integration keeps the file read-only. Clearly this differs with the SVN just edit, commit and may be merge approach.
VSSer will not be familiar with terms such as branch and trunk, such f... | Last time I saw VSS it was shipped with VC6.0 so I don't know how it looks like today but for me shock was about that I used to have my local copy of sources and to modify anything I had to check it out first. In SVN you have all sources checked out all the time or you have no sources at all. I think it's worth to ment... |
949,740 | I have to do some migration training for developers tomorrow who have only ever used VSS. It's been a long time since I used VSS in any capacity and I'm concerned I'll miss a lot of obvious stuff. What I want is a list of things you would want to know if you were going to move to VSS. What would you mention if you were... | 2009/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/949740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3146/"
] | [Subversion for VSS Users](http://www.neilstuff.com/subversion/svn-tutorial-for-vss-users.htm) is a good comparison what differs in SVN over VSS | Last time I saw VSS it was shipped with VC6.0 so I don't know how it looks like today but for me shock was about that I used to have my local copy of sources and to modify anything I had to check it out first. In SVN you have all sources checked out all the time or you have no sources at all. I think it's worth to ment... |
949,740 | I have to do some migration training for developers tomorrow who have only ever used VSS. It's been a long time since I used VSS in any capacity and I'm concerned I'll miss a lot of obvious stuff. What I want is a list of things you would want to know if you were going to move to VSS. What would you mention if you were... | 2009/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/949740",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3146/"
] | [Subversion for VSS Users](http://www.neilstuff.com/subversion/svn-tutorial-for-vss-users.htm) is a good comparison what differs in SVN over VSS | The most critical thing is that many VSSers are used to checking out a file and whilst editing it it remains locked and usually VSS integration keeps the file read-only. Clearly this differs with the SVN just edit, commit and may be merge approach.
VSSer will not be familiar with terms such as branch and trunk, such f... |
5,529,645 | I want to build a website in ASP.net, and to integrate a module which is written in C#(too complicated to rewrite in VB or ASP).
Now I just want to know whether it is possible to have a website that integrates all three?
Thank you. | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5529645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/658838/"
] | Yes. You can have a WebSite integrating all three.
Just make your complicated C# a .NET library and include it in your VB.NET/ASP.NET project. | I think you only have to reference the dll's from your modules which are written in c# or VB to call your public functions. I've done this in a windows form application and it worked fine. |
5,529,645 | I want to build a website in ASP.net, and to integrate a module which is written in C#(too complicated to rewrite in VB or ASP).
Now I just want to know whether it is possible to have a website that integrates all three?
Thank you. | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5529645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/658838/"
] | Yes. You can have a WebSite integrating all three.
Just make your complicated C# a .NET library and include it in your VB.NET/ASP.NET project. | You may also want to consider simply learning C#. Most of what you know from VB.NET is directly usable in C#, since most work involves using framework classes and the languages share most features.
It is mostly a matter of syntactic preference, and while a new syntax may sting your eyes for a bit the learning curve w... |
5,529,645 | I want to build a website in ASP.net, and to integrate a module which is written in C#(too complicated to rewrite in VB or ASP).
Now I just want to know whether it is possible to have a website that integrates all three?
Thank you. | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5529645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/658838/"
] | Yes. You can have a WebSite integrating all three.
Just make your complicated C# a .NET library and include it in your VB.NET/ASP.NET project. | Since all these assemblies ultimatly use the same CLR (hence the name Common Language Runtime), they can be used together with no problem. |
5,529,645 | I want to build a website in ASP.net, and to integrate a module which is written in C#(too complicated to rewrite in VB or ASP).
Now I just want to know whether it is possible to have a website that integrates all three?
Thank you. | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5529645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/658838/"
] | Yes. You can have a WebSite integrating all three.
Just make your complicated C# a .NET library and include it in your VB.NET/ASP.NET project. | You have a couple of options when integrating languages in ASP.NET. If you're creating a "web site" (as opposed to a "web application" which can use only one language) then each page can use a specified language, because essentially each page is compiled separately. Some can use VB, some can use C#. No problem.
Howeve... |
5,529,645 | I want to build a website in ASP.net, and to integrate a module which is written in C#(too complicated to rewrite in VB or ASP).
Now I just want to know whether it is possible to have a website that integrates all three?
Thank you. | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5529645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/658838/"
] | I think you only have to reference the dll's from your modules which are written in c# or VB to call your public functions. I've done this in a windows form application and it worked fine. | Since all these assemblies ultimatly use the same CLR (hence the name Common Language Runtime), they can be used together with no problem. |
5,529,645 | I want to build a website in ASP.net, and to integrate a module which is written in C#(too complicated to rewrite in VB or ASP).
Now I just want to know whether it is possible to have a website that integrates all three?
Thank you. | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5529645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/658838/"
] | You may also want to consider simply learning C#. Most of what you know from VB.NET is directly usable in C#, since most work involves using framework classes and the languages share most features.
It is mostly a matter of syntactic preference, and while a new syntax may sting your eyes for a bit the learning curve w... | Since all these assemblies ultimatly use the same CLR (hence the name Common Language Runtime), they can be used together with no problem. |
5,529,645 | I want to build a website in ASP.net, and to integrate a module which is written in C#(too complicated to rewrite in VB or ASP).
Now I just want to know whether it is possible to have a website that integrates all three?
Thank you. | 2011/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5529645",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/658838/"
] | You have a couple of options when integrating languages in ASP.NET. If you're creating a "web site" (as opposed to a "web application" which can use only one language) then each page can use a specified language, because essentially each page is compiled separately. Some can use VB, some can use C#. No problem.
Howeve... | Since all these assemblies ultimatly use the same CLR (hence the name Common Language Runtime), they can be used together with no problem. |
53,608 | A recent [article](https://www.city-journal.org/in-portland-the-sexual-revolution-starts-in-kindergarten?wallit_nosession=1) by [conservative activist] Christopher Rufo in *City Journal*, also cited at various places around the Internet such as [The Daily Caller](https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/28/portland-schools-teac... | 2022/07/28 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/53608",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The source documents in OP article are closely related to, but go beyond, official Oregon and Portland Public School policy.
Portland Public School [Administrative Directive 4.30.061-AD](https://www.pps.net/cms/lib/OR01913224/Centricity/Domain/4814/4.30.061-AD.pdf) says:
>
> “LGBTQ2SIA+” is a term that encompasses m... | It's not clear that there is a full or comprehensive answer as to the questions of source or authenticity of what has been posted.
Note that Portland Public Schools (PPS) say that they are the largest public school district in Oregon, with more than 49,000 students in 81 schools.
<https://twitter.com/PPSConnect>
The... |
53,608 | A recent [article](https://www.city-journal.org/in-portland-the-sexual-revolution-starts-in-kindergarten?wallit_nosession=1) by [conservative activist] Christopher Rufo in *City Journal*, also cited at various places around the Internet such as [The Daily Caller](https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/28/portland-schools-teac... | 2022/07/28 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/53608",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
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] | I can confirm that some pages of the "cache of documents" are on google drive links of the Portland Public School website <https://www.pps.net/Page/15891> under the heading "21-22 SY K-5 Growth and Development Lessons (Parent/Guardian Preview) "
There are 6 google drive links, one for each of grades K-5:
[Kindergarte... | The source documents in OP article are closely related to, but go beyond, official Oregon and Portland Public School policy.
Portland Public School [Administrative Directive 4.30.061-AD](https://www.pps.net/cms/lib/OR01913224/Centricity/Domain/4814/4.30.061-AD.pdf) says:
>
> “LGBTQ2SIA+” is a term that encompasses m... |
53,608 | A recent [article](https://www.city-journal.org/in-portland-the-sexual-revolution-starts-in-kindergarten?wallit_nosession=1) by [conservative activist] Christopher Rufo in *City Journal*, also cited at various places around the Internet such as [The Daily Caller](https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/28/portland-schools-teac... | 2022/07/28 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/53608",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/55484/"
] | I can confirm that some pages of the "cache of documents" are on google drive links of the Portland Public School website <https://www.pps.net/Page/15891> under the heading "21-22 SY K-5 Growth and Development Lessons (Parent/Guardian Preview) "
There are 6 google drive links, one for each of grades K-5:
[Kindergarte... | It's not clear that there is a full or comprehensive answer as to the questions of source or authenticity of what has been posted.
Note that Portland Public Schools (PPS) say that they are the largest public school district in Oregon, with more than 49,000 students in 81 schools.
<https://twitter.com/PPSConnect>
The... |
10,411,637 | i tried Excelsior as an alternative to obfuscation i'm realy happy with the results but still i'm not sure if the company i work for would be interrested in Buying the product , so i'm wondering if there's a similar tool i can use for my Java EE web application . | 2012/05/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10411637",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/978769/"
] | DISCLAIMER: I work for the company that makes Excelsior JET.
I maintain a [list of Java code protection tools](https://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-obfuscators.html#products) as part of my article on that topic.
To the best of my knowledge, the only other ahead-of-time Java to native code compiler used to be G... | Try JWrapper. And no its not just install packager. Plus they seem to allow far greater share of capabilities in their free edition which you can download right off the bat and even use commercially. |
162,941 | I have been sending emails (in English) to the "visitor's program" of an institute in Germany. Initially, only one person used to reply to these emails, and I addressed this person.
Recently, two more people started replying from the same account (and they seem to reply in some random order). I started addressing the ... | 2021/02/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/162941",
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] | I would reply to whoever wrote the latest email... it is a reply after all. When other people take over and respond, I interpret that as if the group that monitors the email is always in bbc, and is free to join in the conversation/take over when it becomes useful. When I reply, it's to the last person to have "spoken,... | The customary formal address in written English to an unknown (number of) recipient(s) is "Dear Sir or Madam". In German, it would be "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren".
However, although German etiquette is a tad more formal than US etiquette, it's alright to just omit the salutation after the first or second reply in a... |
162,941 | I have been sending emails (in English) to the "visitor's program" of an institute in Germany. Initially, only one person used to reply to these emails, and I addressed this person.
Recently, two more people started replying from the same account (and they seem to reply in some random order). I started addressing the ... | 2021/02/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/162941",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would reply to whoever wrote the latest email... it is a reply after all. When other people take over and respond, I interpret that as if the group that monitors the email is always in bbc, and is free to join in the conversation/take over when it becomes useful. When I reply, it's to the last person to have "spoken,... | * To whom it may concern
* Dear sir/madam
* ...
Are fine for first contact. Subsequently, **respond inline, which doesn't require a salutation**. |
169,986 | We moved into a house a couple of years ago and found that one of the sockets, at the back of the house, simply didn't work. It wasn't too much of a problem as I ran a power supply from a nearby socket into the room and ran the washing machine from this.
I've revisted this socket as I want to put both my washer and dr... | 2019/07/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/169986",
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] | Mains tester screwdrivers are useless, dangerous and should be thrown away. They rely on current passing through a neon, resistor **and your body** and if they are faulty or they get wet they can kill you. They give false positives and negatives.
Check that all wires are done up tightly in the socket and that the ter... | >
> Strangely, however, when testing the neutral wire inside the socket, the mains tester lit up as it should do
>
>
>
A neon screwdriver or volt stick should not light up when touching the neutral.
If it does then it is likely an indication of a bad neutral connection, which leads to the neutral becoming live vi... |
214,869 | How can I resize images that were already in the Media Library when I created new custom image sizes? I just want WP to process them as if they're new images, taking into account my new settings, creating versions for the new custom sizes. I'm sure this must be possible.
Thanks! | 2016/01/18 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/214869",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/4109/"
] | Doing this on your own is actually quite a lot of work. For the sole purpose of regenerating your custom image sizes I would recommend using this plugin:
[AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-thumbnail-rebuild/)
It allows you to loop through your Image Library and regenerate the different ima... | After some intensive Googling I discovered a couple of plugins for just this purpose. This is the one I used:
[Regenerate Thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/) |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | Pooling will mean that you, typically, cannot make objects immutable. This leads to defencive copying so you ultimately wind up making many more copies than you would if you just made a new immutable object.
Immutability is not always desirable, but more often than not you will find that things can be immutable. Makin... | I agree with Jon Skeet's points, if you don't have a specific reason to create a pool of objects, I wouldn't bother.
There are some situations when a pool is really helpful/necessary though. If you have a resource that is expensive to create, but can be reused (such as a database connection), it might make sense to us... |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | Don't.
This is 2001 thinking. The only object "pool" that is still worth anything now a days is a singleton. I use singletons only to reduce the object creation for purposes of profiling (so I can see more clearly what is impacting the code).
Anything else you are just fragmenting memory for no good purpose.
Go ah... | I agree with Jon Skeet's points, if you don't have a specific reason to create a pool of objects, I wouldn't bother.
There are some situations when a pool is really helpful/necessary though. If you have a resource that is expensive to create, but can be reused (such as a database connection), it might make sense to us... |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | It entirely depends on how expensive your objects are to create, *compared to the number of times you create them*... for instance, objects that are just glorified structs (e.g. contain only a couple of fields, and no methods other than accessors) can be a real use case for pooling.
A real life example: I needed to re... | I agree with Jon Skeet's points, if you don't have a specific reason to create a pool of objects, I wouldn't bother.
There are some situations when a pool is really helpful/necessary though. If you have a resource that is expensive to create, but can be reused (such as a database connection), it might make sense to us... |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | Unless the object is expensive to create, I wouldn't bother.
Benefits:
* Fewer objects created - if object creation is expensive, this can be significant. (The canonical example is probably database connections, where "creation" includes making a network connection to the server, providing authentication etc.)
Downs... | I agree with Jon Skeet's points, if you don't have a specific reason to create a pool of objects, I wouldn't bother.
There are some situations when a pool is really helpful/necessary though. If you have a resource that is expensive to create, but can be reused (such as a database connection), it might make sense to us... |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | Unless the object is expensive to create, I wouldn't bother.
Benefits:
* Fewer objects created - if object creation is expensive, this can be significant. (The canonical example is probably database connections, where "creation" includes making a network connection to the server, providing authentication etc.)
Downs... | It entirely depends on how expensive your objects are to create, *compared to the number of times you create them*... for instance, objects that are just glorified structs (e.g. contain only a couple of fields, and no methods other than accessors) can be a real use case for pooling.
A real life example: I needed to re... |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | First law of optimization: don't do it. Second law: don't do it unless you actually have measured and know for a fact that you need to optimize and where.
Only if objects are really expensive to create, and if they can actually be reused (you can reset the state with only public operations to something that can be reu... | Don't.
This is 2001 thinking. The only object "pool" that is still worth anything now a days is a singleton. I use singletons only to reduce the object creation for purposes of profiling (so I can see more clearly what is impacting the code).
Anything else you are just fragmenting memory for no good purpose.
Go ah... |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | Pooling will mean that you, typically, cannot make objects immutable. This leads to defencive copying so you ultimately wind up making many more copies than you would if you just made a new immutable object.
Immutability is not always desirable, but more often than not you will find that things can be immutable. Makin... | Object pools are generally only a good idea for expensive object like database connections. Up to Java 1.4.2, object pools could improve performance but as of Java 5.0 object pools where more likely to harm performance than help and often object pools were removed to improve performances (and simplicity) |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | Unless the object is expensive to create, I wouldn't bother.
Benefits:
* Fewer objects created - if object creation is expensive, this can be significant. (The canonical example is probably database connections, where "creation" includes making a network connection to the server, providing authentication etc.)
Downs... | Pooling will mean that you, typically, cannot make objects immutable. This leads to defencive copying so you ultimately wind up making many more copies than you would if you just made a new immutable object.
Immutability is not always desirable, but more often than not you will find that things can be immutable. Makin... |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | Don't.
This is 2001 thinking. The only object "pool" that is still worth anything now a days is a singleton. I use singletons only to reduce the object creation for purposes of profiling (so I can see more clearly what is impacting the code).
Anything else you are just fragmenting memory for no good purpose.
Go ah... | Object pools are generally only a good idea for expensive object like database connections. Up to Java 1.4.2, object pools could improve performance but as of Java 5.0 object pools where more likely to harm performance than help and often object pools were removed to improve performances (and simplicity) |
680,514 | What are the pro's and con's of maintaining a pool of frequently used objects and grab one from the pool instead of creating a new one. Something like string interning except that it will be possible for all class objects.
For example it can be considered to be good since it saves gc time and object creation time. On ... | 2009/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/680514",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82413/"
] | First law of optimization: don't do it. Second law: don't do it unless you actually have measured and know for a fact that you need to optimize and where.
Only if objects are really expensive to create, and if they can actually be reused (you can reset the state with only public operations to something that can be reu... | I agree with Jon Skeet's points, if you don't have a specific reason to create a pool of objects, I wouldn't bother.
There are some situations when a pool is really helpful/necessary though. If you have a resource that is expensive to create, but can be reused (such as a database connection), it might make sense to us... |
52,452 | I ride Firefox Rapide 21S, a hybrid bicycle.
It has factory fitted flat-riser handlebars with Shimano EF500 levers for V-brakes with gear shifter integrated.
I am an unprofessional rider, I always liked riding fast, I gained knowledge about dropbars and actual road bikes after getting this one, as I realized I needed ... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/52452",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/36807/"
] | Sorry, but fitting drop bars to a flat bike is a no-go.
The flat bar levers will not fit properly on a drop bar. You will probably not be able to reach the levers easily *which is dangerous* ! Reaching the shifters will also be difficult if not impossible.
The other reason is that frames designed for flat bars are lo... | There's a few of things I think you will have problems with if you use that setup with drop bars.
* While riding with your hands in the drops is good for downhill or when you want a more aero body position to go faster, what you might possibly find is that a lot of your riding will be done on the hoods of the levers. ... |
52,452 | I ride Firefox Rapide 21S, a hybrid bicycle.
It has factory fitted flat-riser handlebars with Shimano EF500 levers for V-brakes with gear shifter integrated.
I am an unprofessional rider, I always liked riding fast, I gained knowledge about dropbars and actual road bikes after getting this one, as I realized I needed ... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/52452",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/36807/"
] | Sorry, but fitting drop bars to a flat bike is a no-go.
The flat bar levers will not fit properly on a drop bar. You will probably not be able to reach the levers easily *which is dangerous* ! Reaching the shifters will also be difficult if not impossible.
The other reason is that frames designed for flat bars are lo... | You can't. The reason is that drop bars are thicker than straight bars, and levers that are designed to match the 22.2mm tube of straight bars can't fit around 23.8mm that is standard drop bar size. The top of drop bars is even thicker: 26 or 31.8mm near the stem. |
52,452 | I ride Firefox Rapide 21S, a hybrid bicycle.
It has factory fitted flat-riser handlebars with Shimano EF500 levers for V-brakes with gear shifter integrated.
I am an unprofessional rider, I always liked riding fast, I gained knowledge about dropbars and actual road bikes after getting this one, as I realized I needed ... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/52452",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/36807/"
] | Sorry, but fitting drop bars to a flat bike is a no-go.
The flat bar levers will not fit properly on a drop bar. You will probably not be able to reach the levers easily *which is dangerous* ! Reaching the shifters will also be difficult if not impossible.
The other reason is that frames designed for flat bars are lo... | Yet another problem with this scheme is that, actually, riders with drop handlebars tend to spend most of their time riding "on the hoods", like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJVln.jpg)
(Image source: [posted to the site by Freiheit](https://bic... |
52,452 | I ride Firefox Rapide 21S, a hybrid bicycle.
It has factory fitted flat-riser handlebars with Shimano EF500 levers for V-brakes with gear shifter integrated.
I am an unprofessional rider, I always liked riding fast, I gained knowledge about dropbars and actual road bikes after getting this one, as I realized I needed ... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/52452",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/36807/"
] | Sorry, but fitting drop bars to a flat bike is a no-go.
The flat bar levers will not fit properly on a drop bar. You will probably not be able to reach the levers easily *which is dangerous* ! Reaching the shifters will also be difficult if not impossible.
The other reason is that frames designed for flat bars are lo... | I had the same idea as you, but the cost do this properly by a bike fitter was 500 pounds. You also have to think about the reach from the seat to the brake lever. So *from a safety point of view* I would say it's a no no. |
52,452 | I ride Firefox Rapide 21S, a hybrid bicycle.
It has factory fitted flat-riser handlebars with Shimano EF500 levers for V-brakes with gear shifter integrated.
I am an unprofessional rider, I always liked riding fast, I gained knowledge about dropbars and actual road bikes after getting this one, as I realized I needed ... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/52452",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/36807/"
] | Sorry, but fitting drop bars to a flat bike is a no-go.
The flat bar levers will not fit properly on a drop bar. You will probably not be able to reach the levers easily *which is dangerous* ! Reaching the shifters will also be difficult if not impossible.
The other reason is that frames designed for flat bars are lo... | I have a Bianchi hybrid bike and I have found the simplest and most economical solution for getting the more aggressive riding position on it without changing to drop bars.
I have attached two Onza vintage bar ends in the middle and bar taped the whole thing. I get at least 4 different hand positions with this setup d... |
52,452 | I ride Firefox Rapide 21S, a hybrid bicycle.
It has factory fitted flat-riser handlebars with Shimano EF500 levers for V-brakes with gear shifter integrated.
I am an unprofessional rider, I always liked riding fast, I gained knowledge about dropbars and actual road bikes after getting this one, as I realized I needed ... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/52452",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/36807/"
] | Sorry, but fitting drop bars to a flat bike is a no-go.
The flat bar levers will not fit properly on a drop bar. You will probably not be able to reach the levers easily *which is dangerous* ! Reaching the shifters will also be difficult if not impossible.
The other reason is that frames designed for flat bars are lo... | In the time since this question was originally asked and answered, there is now a product that allows a flat-bar setup to be replaced with a drop-bar setup while keeping the brakes and shifters: the [Surly Corner Bar](https://surlybikes.com/parts/corner_bar).
The diameter of the bar is sized to fit flat-bar components... |
1,115,063 | I am considering whether I should use Turbogears or Pylons for my project. I know Turbogears2 is based on Pylons. What does Turbogears provide that Pylon doesn't?
Thanks. | 2009/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1115063",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/134397/"
] | Turbogears emphasises integration, while Pylons emphasises modularity -- with TG2, you're getting such components as [genshi](http://genshi.edgewall.org/), [toscawidgets](http://toscawidgets.org/), and [sqlalchemy](http://www.sqlalchemy.org/), all integrated and coordinated. Of course you could integrate and coordinate... | Some time ago I came up with this on IRC:
Imagine you have a puzzle and the picture in the box is a boat out on the sea (yes one of those hard ones).
With Pylons you will start looking at all those blue pieces and putting them together sometimes messing up because you don't know if they are sky or sea.
With TurboG... |
1,115,063 | I am considering whether I should use Turbogears or Pylons for my project. I know Turbogears2 is based on Pylons. What does Turbogears provide that Pylon doesn't?
Thanks. | 2009/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1115063",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/134397/"
] | Turbogears emphasises integration, while Pylons emphasises modularity -- with TG2, you're getting such components as [genshi](http://genshi.edgewall.org/), [toscawidgets](http://toscawidgets.org/), and [sqlalchemy](http://www.sqlalchemy.org/), all integrated and coordinated. Of course you could integrate and coordinate... | neil balkey-milner has a [valuable analysis/comparison](http://nxsy.org/unscientific-and-biased-comparison-of-django-pylons-and-turbogears) of pylons tg and django. |
1,115,063 | I am considering whether I should use Turbogears or Pylons for my project. I know Turbogears2 is based on Pylons. What does Turbogears provide that Pylon doesn't?
Thanks. | 2009/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1115063",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/134397/"
] | Some time ago I came up with this on IRC:
Imagine you have a puzzle and the picture in the box is a boat out on the sea (yes one of those hard ones).
With Pylons you will start looking at all those blue pieces and putting them together sometimes messing up because you don't know if they are sky or sea.
With TurboG... | neil balkey-milner has a [valuable analysis/comparison](http://nxsy.org/unscientific-and-biased-comparison-of-django-pylons-and-turbogears) of pylons tg and django. |
6,980 | What I am interested to see are specific examples/reasons why gravity should be quantized. Something more than "well, everything else is, so why not gravity too". For example, isn't it possible that a quantum field theory on curved space-time would be the way treat QFT and gravity in questions where the effects of neit... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/6980",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/1382/"
] | Gravity has to be subject to quantum mechanics because everything else is quantum, too. The question seems to prohibit this answer but that can't change the fact that it is the only correct answer. This proposition is no vague speculation but a logically indisputable proof of the quantumness.
Consider a simple thought... | I am very much surprised to see that apart from all the valid reasons (specially the argument, *since everything else is quantum hence gravity should also be the same otherwise many inconsistencies will develop*) mentioned by Lubos et. al. no body pointed out that one of the other main motivations to quantize gravity w... |
6,980 | What I am interested to see are specific examples/reasons why gravity should be quantized. Something more than "well, everything else is, so why not gravity too". For example, isn't it possible that a quantum field theory on curved space-time would be the way treat QFT and gravity in questions where the effects of neit... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/6980",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/1382/"
] | I am very much surprised to see that apart from all the valid reasons (specially the argument, *since everything else is quantum hence gravity should also be the same otherwise many inconsistencies will develop*) mentioned by Lubos et. al. no body pointed out that one of the other main motivations to quantize gravity w... | I have seen two converging paths as compelling reasons for quantizing gravity, both dependent on experimental observations.
One is the success of gauge theories in particle physics the past decades, theories that organized knowledge mathematically economically and elegantly. Gravitational equations are very tempting s... |
6,021 | I asked the following question on the Physics stackexchange, only to be notified that it was more suitable for this forum. The link to original post can be found at: <https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/333125/alexandrian-knowledge-on-distance-of-sun-from-earth>
The question is as follows. In the book "Cosmos... | 2017/05/17 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/6021",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/5796/"
] | Aristarchus showed how to determine the relative distances and sizes of earth, sun and moon based on eclipses:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozuEb_qLNys>
But the fact the sun is so far away that its rays can be considered parallel is obvious already without such calculations. When we travel large distances, the cha... | The best answer I can think of is to refer you to a 1985 book by Albert van Helden, "Measuring the Universe, Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley"
(1985, Univ of Chicago Press). The overall history is intricate, it would not be useful for me to try to summarize anything of it: just read the book. Van Helden do... |
6,021 | I asked the following question on the Physics stackexchange, only to be notified that it was more suitable for this forum. The link to original post can be found at: <https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/333125/alexandrian-knowledge-on-distance-of-sun-from-earth>
The question is as follows. In the book "Cosmos... | 2017/05/17 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/6021",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/5796/"
] | Aristarchus showed how to determine the relative distances and sizes of earth, sun and moon based on eclipses:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozuEb_qLNys>
But the fact the sun is so far away that its rays can be considered parallel is obvious already without such calculations. When we travel large distances, the cha... | An increasing number of modern scholars agree that the Alexandrian scholars knew the distance of the Earth from the Sun. The knowledge is found in the dimensions of the Great Pyramid, but how they knew this remains a question for many. More on the ancient Egyptian methods, sources for Eratosthenes' method and a detaile... |
6,021 | I asked the following question on the Physics stackexchange, only to be notified that it was more suitable for this forum. The link to original post can be found at: <https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/333125/alexandrian-knowledge-on-distance-of-sun-from-earth>
The question is as follows. In the book "Cosmos... | 2017/05/17 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/6021",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/5796/"
] | The best answer I can think of is to refer you to a 1985 book by Albert van Helden, "Measuring the Universe, Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley"
(1985, Univ of Chicago Press). The overall history is intricate, it would not be useful for me to try to summarize anything of it: just read the book. Van Helden do... | An increasing number of modern scholars agree that the Alexandrian scholars knew the distance of the Earth from the Sun. The knowledge is found in the dimensions of the Great Pyramid, but how they knew this remains a question for many. More on the ancient Egyptian methods, sources for Eratosthenes' method and a detaile... |
6,251 | Recently I’ve noticed a lot of questions being closed and then being subsequently reopened without major revisions to the question. This appears to happen more often with popular questions. Here are many examples from the past month identified by looking at the top questions from this month and checking the revision hi... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6251",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | The question you asked was: "What should be our commenting etiquette when pointing out that other Stacks exist?"
The answer to that question is trivially obvious. Particularly in the light of the fact of this site has a Be Nice policy. If a WBer believes, rightly or wrongly, that a given question has better fit for an... | >
> Now not knowing your history...
>
>
>
I don't feel comfortable with this mindset. We have people from different places in the world and with different education levels. If we tell people that they don't know their history, and tell them to go look somewhere else, we are sealing ourselves in an ivory tower.
An... |
6,251 | Recently I’ve noticed a lot of questions being closed and then being subsequently reopened without major revisions to the question. This appears to happen more often with popular questions. Here are many examples from the past month identified by looking at the top questions from this month and checking the revision hi... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6251",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/879/"
] | This is deserving of a second, more comprehensive answer.
* To deal with the elephant in the room first, no matter how much you assert that this has nothing to do with the "real-world questions are on-topic" rule, it's involved. It always will be involved. We have trouble getting people to consistently apply VTC using... | >
> Now not knowing your history...
>
>
>
I don't feel comfortable with this mindset. We have people from different places in the world and with different education levels. If we tell people that they don't know their history, and tell them to go look somewhere else, we are sealing ourselves in an ivory tower.
An... |
6,251 | Recently I’ve noticed a lot of questions being closed and then being subsequently reopened without major revisions to the question. This appears to happen more often with popular questions. Here are many examples from the past month identified by looking at the top questions from this month and checking the revision hi... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6251",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/879/"
] | This is deserving of a second, more comprehensive answer.
* To deal with the elephant in the room first, no matter how much you assert that this has nothing to do with the "real-world questions are on-topic" rule, it's involved. It always will be involved. We have trouble getting people to consistently apply VTC using... | The question you asked was: "What should be our commenting etiquette when pointing out that other Stacks exist?"
The answer to that question is trivially obvious. Particularly in the light of the fact of this site has a Be Nice policy. If a WBer believes, rightly or wrongly, that a given question has better fit for an... |
689,297 | I've got two physical computers which are connected to the same unmanaged switch. Said switch is connected to a server handing out IP addresses and acting as a gateway.
This works fine. Clients that plug into the network get an IP, and can access the internet. Those two computers can also access the internet and the g... | 2013/12/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/689297",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/282391/"
] | This was solved by changing the switch out with a completely different brand and model. | It's possible the switch has client isolation enabled. This is especially common with wireless access points and switches. The clients can talk to the switch and anything upstream from it, but are prevented from talking to each other as a security measure. |
689,297 | I've got two physical computers which are connected to the same unmanaged switch. Said switch is connected to a server handing out IP addresses and acting as a gateway.
This works fine. Clients that plug into the network get an IP, and can access the internet. Those two computers can also access the internet and the g... | 2013/12/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/689297",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/282391/"
] | This was solved by changing the switch out with a completely different brand and model. | I had a similar problem. After reading this problem story, I checked the description of the switch and found it has a VLAN switch meant to seperate the clients of the switch. It was set ON, but should be OFF to allow trafic between the clients. That solved my problem. |
45,047 | So, I've been wondering what would be the best technique when users are facing a loading panel.
When we're not sure how long an action would take, it's common practice to use marquee progress bars or progress rings.
But is there any scientific evidence on what the users feel "faster"?
Say an action takes 10 seconds.... | 2013/09/17 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/45047",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/22209/"
] | Technically you can't really make the user feel that the progress is going faster unless you can create an expectation first. Let's say you have an indeterminate process, and you show a spinning circle or hourglass, it doesn't really matter how fast you make the animation go because the user doesn't know what to expect... | There are several studies about that and probably the most famous is the one of Chris Harrison (<http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/ProgressBars2>).
Basically a faster progress bar makes the user feels that the process is going faster. To do that you can play with the pulse (in case of a spinner) or also ... |
45,047 | So, I've been wondering what would be the best technique when users are facing a loading panel.
When we're not sure how long an action would take, it's common practice to use marquee progress bars or progress rings.
But is there any scientific evidence on what the users feel "faster"?
Say an action takes 10 seconds.... | 2013/09/17 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/45047",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/22209/"
] | There are other examples of making something feel like it's "faster than it is" based on the system feedback to a user while actions are happening in the background.
This article points at three things Instagram does to provide feedback to a user instead of making them wait for the process to finish.
<http://www.fa... | There are several studies about that and probably the most famous is the one of Chris Harrison (<http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/ProgressBars2>).
Basically a faster progress bar makes the user feels that the process is going faster. To do that you can play with the pulse (in case of a spinner) or also ... |
2,621,525 | when we say rdbms that means it may be oracle, my sql, ms access etc.. But for dbms what are the examples. Is there any example or it just the concept?. | 2010/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2621525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/300509/"
] | dbms = database management system
rdbms = relational database management system
So every rdbms is also a dbms. | You might want to name Gemstone, an OODBMS, or Cache, a hierarchical one. |
2,621,525 | when we say rdbms that means it may be oracle, my sql, ms access etc.. But for dbms what are the examples. Is there any example or it just the concept?. | 2010/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2621525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/300509/"
] | dbms = database management system
rdbms = relational database management system
So every rdbms is also a dbms. | [Database management system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_management_system) has a list of links to various types of DBMSs which then link to lists of examples for that type, for example a [list of Object DBMSs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_object_database_management_systems) |
2,621,525 | when we say rdbms that means it may be oracle, my sql, ms access etc.. But for dbms what are the examples. Is there any example or it just the concept?. | 2010/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2621525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/300509/"
] | A DBMS is a database management system. There are two crucial features a DBMS must provide:
1. storing data
2. standardised access to the data
The second function is the crucial one. I can connect to a DBMS with a generic client (e.g. through JDBC and discover the organisation of the data stored therein. I can do thi... | You might want to name Gemstone, an OODBMS, or Cache, a hierarchical one. |
2,621,525 | when we say rdbms that means it may be oracle, my sql, ms access etc.. But for dbms what are the examples. Is there any example or it just the concept?. | 2010/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2621525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/300509/"
] | A DBMS is a database management system. There are two crucial features a DBMS must provide:
1. storing data
2. standardised access to the data
The second function is the crucial one. I can connect to a DBMS with a generic client (e.g. through JDBC and discover the organisation of the data stored therein. I can do thi... | [Database management system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_management_system) has a list of links to various types of DBMSs which then link to lists of examples for that type, for example a [list of Object DBMSs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_object_database_management_systems) |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
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> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | I consider it perfectly acceptable to make meta posts about the behaviour of specific moderators while naming them. Calling out regular users is problematic, but I think moderators can deal with some additional scrutiny.
There is a very closely related issue of how constructive the complaint about a moderator is writ... | Naming a moderator when it is relevant should be *encouraged*. If a person doesn't know why something has occurred, and isn't allowed to ask why a moderator action was performed, he will likely continue the activity.
That being said, moderator issues should be dedicated their own question, so that they can be resolve... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
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> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | 1. I don't think there is any reason for *someone other than the OP* to remove a moderator's name from a meta post, as long as it's (a) civil in tone, and (b) related to the moderator's activities on the site. In this case, both conditions are met.
2. I agree with [Mad Scientist](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com... | As I said in my comment, remarks about the behaviour of a specific moderator should be brought up to meta, in a clear question, rather than as a "by the way" statement in an answer to a different question (even though the question is related). The question where the post is should be answered regardless of the identity... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
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> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | I consider it perfectly acceptable to make meta posts about the behaviour of specific moderators while naming them. Calling out regular users is problematic, but I think moderators can deal with some additional scrutiny.
There is a very closely related issue of how constructive the complaint about a moderator is writ... | The original question:
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> Should moderators delete comments that are about moderation, once they become obsolete?
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The contentious part of the answer that was edited out:
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> Of all the 4 moderators, I also think that @ff524 moderates a little too much. There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
>
> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | Naming a moderator when it is relevant should be *encouraged*. If a person doesn't know why something has occurred, and isn't allowed to ask why a moderator action was performed, he will likely continue the activity.
That being said, moderator issues should be dedicated their own question, so that they can be resolve... | First of all, let me say I have nothing about ff524 or any other moderator. In fact, I have recently added a praising comment about ff524's excellent answer in [Protocol for writing a recommendation letter for someone you only know on a personal basis](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/32938/protocol-for-wri... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
>
> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | I consider it perfectly acceptable to make meta posts about the behaviour of specific moderators while naming them. Calling out regular users is problematic, but I think moderators can deal with some additional scrutiny.
There is a very closely related issue of how constructive the complaint about a moderator is writ... | 1. I don't think there is any reason for *someone other than the OP* to remove a moderator's name from a meta post, as long as it's (a) civil in tone, and (b) related to the moderator's activities on the site. In this case, both conditions are met.
2. I agree with [Mad Scientist](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
>
> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | Naming a moderator when it is relevant should be *encouraged*. If a person doesn't know why something has occurred, and isn't allowed to ask why a moderator action was performed, he will likely continue the activity.
That being said, moderator issues should be dedicated their own question, so that they can be resolve... | As I said in my comment, remarks about the behaviour of a specific moderator should be brought up to meta, in a clear question, rather than as a "by the way" statement in an answer to a different question (even though the question is related). The question where the post is should be answered regardless of the identity... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
>
> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | I consider it perfectly acceptable to make meta posts about the behaviour of specific moderators while naming them. Calling out regular users is problematic, but I think moderators can deal with some additional scrutiny.
There is a very closely related issue of how constructive the complaint about a moderator is writ... | As I said in my comment, remarks about the behaviour of a specific moderator should be brought up to meta, in a clear question, rather than as a "by the way" statement in an answer to a different question (even though the question is related). The question where the post is should be answered regardless of the identity... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
>
> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | Naming a moderator when it is relevant should be *encouraged*. If a person doesn't know why something has occurred, and isn't allowed to ask why a moderator action was performed, he will likely continue the activity.
That being said, moderator issues should be dedicated their own question, so that they can be resolve... | The original question:
>
> Should moderators delete comments that are about moderation, once they become obsolete?
>
>
>
The contentious part of the answer that was edited out:
>
> Of all the 4 moderators, I also think that @ff524 moderates a little too much. There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
>
> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | 1. I don't think there is any reason for *someone other than the OP* to remove a moderator's name from a meta post, as long as it's (a) civil in tone, and (b) related to the moderator's activities on the site. In this case, both conditions are met.
2. I agree with [Mad Scientist](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com... | First of all, let me say I have nothing about ff524 or any other moderator. In fact, I have recently added a praising comment about ff524's excellent answer in [Protocol for writing a recommendation letter for someone you only know on a personal basis](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/32938/protocol-for-wri... |
1,404 | The content in [this meta answer](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1385/929) is being disputed. The dispute revolves around an individual being singled out in the answer. The sentence in question, without the individual named is:
>
> There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as in potential duplicates... | 2014/12/10 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1404",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/929/"
] | 1. I don't think there is any reason for *someone other than the OP* to remove a moderator's name from a meta post, as long as it's (a) civil in tone, and (b) related to the moderator's activities on the site. In this case, both conditions are met.
2. I agree with [Mad Scientist](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com... | The original question:
>
> Should moderators delete comments that are about moderation, once they become obsolete?
>
>
>
The contentious part of the answer that was edited out:
>
> Of all the 4 moderators, I also think that @ff524 moderates a little too much. There is simply no need to close questions (e.g. as... |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | Restart xcode and the simulator. It's a bug. | You just need to close XCode and the iOS Simulator apps. Then restart XCode. That's it. |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | You can also fix this by clicking stop button ( next to play button ) on upper left part of xcode. The problem is the simulator is / may be stopped but the debugger is still running on the file. So instead of restarting xcode, just click stop button.
cheers | I tried above all but they could not help me to solve my issue. I removed the Xcode and installed it again then the problem is solved.
Make sure that you have installed Xcode properly otherwise Xcode will not work properly. |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | Check if another instance of Xcode uses the simulator. If so just stop the running application by pressing the rectangle on the top left corner of Xcode. It always happens to me because I forget to close the application that is running. | Check every project window, click "Stop running" button on the top left of XCODE. |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | Check if another instance of Xcode uses the simulator. If so just stop the running application by pressing the rectangle on the top left corner of Xcode. It always happens to me because I forget to close the application that is running. | I hav the same problem. My way to slove it is simple: select the correct simulator from simulator's menu->hardware->device. seems the problem is becasue the simulator device didn't fit the scheme device in the xcode project. |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | I got the solution..
1. First of all quit your simulator.
2. And then quit and restart Xcode.
3. And then run your project.
I hope it will help you... | What might be going on here is that you've terminated the simulator, but you haven't actually terminated the debug session that Xcode still has open with the simulator. You'll notice that the stop button still appears in the top left. The debug session remains open because you never continued from the exception you hit... |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | Try doing a reset content and settings
 | I tried above all but they could not help me to solve my issue. I removed the Xcode and installed it again then the problem is solved.
Make sure that you have installed Xcode properly otherwise Xcode will not work properly. |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | I got the solution..
1. First of all quit your simulator.
2. And then quit and restart Xcode.
3. And then run your project.
I hope it will help you... | I think it a bug in Xcode 5.1
and i use this solution for this issue. "Close all application from background and then run"
To close application from background use,
Select simulator then press "Ctrl+Shift+H+H" So it open background task screen in this close all application from background and then run your applicati... |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | Restart xcode and the simulator. It's a bug. | No need to stop Simulator.
\* Stop debugging all other projects in Xcode.
\* Now Run your desired application.
This worked for me. |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | Restart xcode and the simulator. It's a bug. | Try doing a reset content and settings
 |
22,266,963 | I have a images like below
Here there is a line. This line is not straight everywhere. In the middle part of the line there is a curve. My work is to calculate that how much the lin... | 2014/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22266963",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2029069/"
] | Once we get the error of "Simulator in Use", we will be left with no other option than quitting the Xcode and so the changes made in the code cannot be undone.
The only solution which I came across, is to make a habit to\_
1. Clean the Project twice or more times
2. Reset the simulator before running the project.
An... | I hav the same problem. My way to slove it is simple: select the correct simulator from simulator's menu->hardware->device. seems the problem is becasue the simulator device didn't fit the scheme device in the xcode project. |
34,371 | In [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9943/what-does-the-distribution-of-reputation-in-so-say-about-so-users) a user wrote a tool to gather data about the reputation of users. I'd be interested to see an "official" distribution of reputation. Even better, it would be great to have a feature that showe... | 2010/01/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/34371",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140176/"
] | Here's a histogram of users by reputation (decilog scale on X axis):
 [Stack Overflow Statistics](http://hewgill.com/~greg/stackoverflow/stack_overflow/stats.html) are nothing short of amazing. I agree that adapting the user reputation histogram to show each user where he or she is would be a more interesting way to ... |
34,371 | In [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9943/what-does-the-distribution-of-reputation-in-so-say-about-so-users) a user wrote a tool to gather data about the reputation of users. I'd be interested to see an "official" distribution of reputation. Even better, it would be great to have a feature that showe... | 2010/01/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/34371",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140176/"
] | Here's a histogram of users by reputation (decilog scale on X axis):
 page, reachable also from the Top Users link in the main Stack Exchange page.
It is a powerful tool that allows you to filter by community and by week, month, quarter, year and all time reputation. Users below 200 reputation scores are not tracked.
Unfort... |
34,371 | In [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9943/what-does-the-distribution-of-reputation-in-so-say-about-so-users) a user wrote a tool to gather data about the reputation of users. I'd be interested to see an "official" distribution of reputation. Even better, it would be great to have a feature that showe... | 2010/01/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/34371",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140176/"
] | Here's a histogram of users by reputation (decilog scale on X axis):
. I wrote one a while ago to answer the Meta Stack Overflow question [What is the current distribution of Stack Overflow reputation points?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/357333/475... |
34,371 | In [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9943/what-does-the-distribution-of-reputation-in-so-say-about-so-users) a user wrote a tool to gather data about the reputation of users. I'd be interested to see an "official" distribution of reputation. Even better, it would be great to have a feature that showe... | 2010/01/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/34371",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140176/"
] | [Greg Hewgill's](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/893/greg-hewgill) [Stack Overflow Statistics](http://hewgill.com/~greg/stackoverflow/stack_overflow/stats.html) are nothing short of amazing. I agree that adapting the user reputation histogram to show each user where he or she is would be a more interesting way to ... | Now there is the [leagues](https://stackexchange.com/leagues/) page, reachable also from the Top Users link in the main Stack Exchange page.
It is a powerful tool that allows you to filter by community and by week, month, quarter, year and all time reputation. Users below 200 reputation scores are not tracked.
Unfort... |
34,371 | In [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9943/what-does-the-distribution-of-reputation-in-so-say-about-so-users) a user wrote a tool to gather data about the reputation of users. I'd be interested to see an "official" distribution of reputation. Even better, it would be great to have a feature that showe... | 2010/01/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/34371",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140176/"
] | [Greg Hewgill's](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/893/greg-hewgill) [Stack Overflow Statistics](http://hewgill.com/~greg/stackoverflow/stack_overflow/stats.html) are nothing short of amazing. I agree that adapting the user reputation histogram to show each user where he or she is would be a more interesting way to ... | It's possible to view this distribution with an appropriate query in the [Stack Exchange Data Explorer](https://data.stackexchange.com/). I wrote one a while ago to answer the Meta Stack Overflow question [What is the current distribution of Stack Overflow reputation points?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/357333/475... |
34,371 | In [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9943/what-does-the-distribution-of-reputation-in-so-say-about-so-users) a user wrote a tool to gather data about the reputation of users. I'd be interested to see an "official" distribution of reputation. Even better, it would be great to have a feature that showe... | 2010/01/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/34371",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140176/"
] | It's possible to view this distribution with an appropriate query in the [Stack Exchange Data Explorer](https://data.stackexchange.com/). I wrote one a while ago to answer the Meta Stack Overflow question [What is the current distribution of Stack Overflow reputation points?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/357333/475... | Now there is the [leagues](https://stackexchange.com/leagues/) page, reachable also from the Top Users link in the main Stack Exchange page.
It is a powerful tool that allows you to filter by community and by week, month, quarter, year and all time reputation. Users below 200 reputation scores are not tracked.
Unfort... |
2,226,913 | I would like it to run on Linux, OS X, and Windows (XP/Vista/7).
Thanks for any input. | 2010/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2226913",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/266808/"
] | I believe you're out of luck until Urwid itself is ported to Python 3 (and according to [this post](http://www.mail-archive.com/urwid@lists.excess.org/msg00503.html) from last month, "the real work to port to python 3 hasn't
started yet"). | Your best bet is probably to use [2to3](http://docs.python.org/library/2to3.html) to convert Urwid itself. |
2,226,913 | I would like it to run on Linux, OS X, and Windows (XP/Vista/7).
Thanks for any input. | 2010/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2226913",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/266808/"
] | Your best bet is probably to use [2to3](http://docs.python.org/library/2to3.html) to convert Urwid itself. | Help port Urwid to Python 3! That is most likely more work that just running 2to3 on it, though. |
2,226,913 | I would like it to run on Linux, OS X, and Windows (XP/Vista/7).
Thanks for any input. | 2010/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2226913",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/266808/"
] | I believe you're out of luck until Urwid itself is ported to Python 3 (and according to [this post](http://www.mail-archive.com/urwid@lists.excess.org/msg00503.html) from last month, "the real work to port to python 3 hasn't
started yet"). | Help port Urwid to Python 3! That is most likely more work that just running 2to3 on it, though. |
19,349,572 | So my understanding is that every process has its own virtual memory space ranging from 0x0 to 0xFF....F. These virtual addresses correspond to addresses in physical memory (RAM). Why is this level of abstraction helpful? Why not just use the direct addresses?
I understand why paging is beneficial, but not virtual mem... | 2013/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19349572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2079802/"
] | There are many reasons to do this:
* If you have a compiled binary, each function has a fixed address in memory and the assembly instructions to call functions have that address hardcoded. If virtual memory didn't exist, two programs couldn't be loaded into memory and run at the same time, because they'd potentially n... | The main purpose of virtual memory is multi-tasking and running large programmes. It would be great to use physical memory, because it would be a lot faster, but RAM memory is a lot more expensive than ROM.
Good luck! |
19,349,572 | So my understanding is that every process has its own virtual memory space ranging from 0x0 to 0xFF....F. These virtual addresses correspond to addresses in physical memory (RAM). Why is this level of abstraction helpful? Why not just use the direct addresses?
I understand why paging is beneficial, but not virtual mem... | 2013/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19349572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2079802/"
] | There are many reasons to do this:
* If you have a compiled binary, each function has a fixed address in memory and the assembly instructions to call functions have that address hardcoded. If virtual memory didn't exist, two programs couldn't be loaded into memory and run at the same time, because they'd potentially n... | Short answer: Program code and data required for execution of a process must reside in main memory to be executed, but main memory may not be large enough to accommodate the needs of an entire process.
Two proposals
(1) Using a very large main memory to alleviate any need for storage allocation: it's not feasible du... |
19,349,572 | So my understanding is that every process has its own virtual memory space ranging from 0x0 to 0xFF....F. These virtual addresses correspond to addresses in physical memory (RAM). Why is this level of abstraction helpful? Why not just use the direct addresses?
I understand why paging is beneficial, but not virtual mem... | 2013/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19349572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2079802/"
] | There are many reasons to do this:
* If you have a compiled binary, each function has a fixed address in memory and the assembly instructions to call functions have that address hardcoded. If virtual memory didn't exist, two programs couldn't be loaded into memory and run at the same time, because they'd potentially n... | To execute a process its data is needed in the main memory (RAM). This might not be possible if the process is large.
Virtual memory provides an idealized abstraction of the physical memory which creates the illusion of a larger virtual memory than the physical memory.
Virtual memory combines active RAM and inactive ... |
19,349,572 | So my understanding is that every process has its own virtual memory space ranging from 0x0 to 0xFF....F. These virtual addresses correspond to addresses in physical memory (RAM). Why is this level of abstraction helpful? Why not just use the direct addresses?
I understand why paging is beneficial, but not virtual mem... | 2013/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19349572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2079802/"
] | Short answer: Program code and data required for execution of a process must reside in main memory to be executed, but main memory may not be large enough to accommodate the needs of an entire process.
Two proposals
(1) Using a very large main memory to alleviate any need for storage allocation: it's not feasible du... | The main purpose of virtual memory is multi-tasking and running large programmes. It would be great to use physical memory, because it would be a lot faster, but RAM memory is a lot more expensive than ROM.
Good luck! |
19,349,572 | So my understanding is that every process has its own virtual memory space ranging from 0x0 to 0xFF....F. These virtual addresses correspond to addresses in physical memory (RAM). Why is this level of abstraction helpful? Why not just use the direct addresses?
I understand why paging is beneficial, but not virtual mem... | 2013/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19349572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2079802/"
] | To execute a process its data is needed in the main memory (RAM). This might not be possible if the process is large.
Virtual memory provides an idealized abstraction of the physical memory which creates the illusion of a larger virtual memory than the physical memory.
Virtual memory combines active RAM and inactive ... | The main purpose of virtual memory is multi-tasking and running large programmes. It would be great to use physical memory, because it would be a lot faster, but RAM memory is a lot more expensive than ROM.
Good luck! |
19,349,572 | So my understanding is that every process has its own virtual memory space ranging from 0x0 to 0xFF....F. These virtual addresses correspond to addresses in physical memory (RAM). Why is this level of abstraction helpful? Why not just use the direct addresses?
I understand why paging is beneficial, but not virtual mem... | 2013/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19349572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2079802/"
] | Short answer: Program code and data required for execution of a process must reside in main memory to be executed, but main memory may not be large enough to accommodate the needs of an entire process.
Two proposals
(1) Using a very large main memory to alleviate any need for storage allocation: it's not feasible du... | To execute a process its data is needed in the main memory (RAM). This might not be possible if the process is large.
Virtual memory provides an idealized abstraction of the physical memory which creates the illusion of a larger virtual memory than the physical memory.
Virtual memory combines active RAM and inactive ... |
36,447 | I was recently reading Russell's chapter on Parmenides in *The History of Western Philosophy*, and I came across a fun little argument for the absence of change. Essentially, it says that word meaning cannot refer to anything in the past or anything in the future; therefore, whatever words we use and their meanings we ... | 2016/07/06 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/36447",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/19958/"
] | There is an extra premise for this argument to become an argument against change. Judging by how Parmenides and Zeno generally argued it might be something like this: since the present is fleeting and words do have meanings time and change must be illusions, and only the unchangeable meanings truly exist. This would al... | As a matter of fact, Quine completely adopted Russell's response to Parmenides's argument. This is explicit in Quine's "[on what there is](https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iphil/theor/ressourcen/dateien/braeuer/lehre/metameta/Quine---On-What-There-Is.pdf?lang=en)" (1948).
Curiously, Quine related that argument to Plato ... |
17,808 | I'm trying to move a 4Go file from a PC running Windows XP to another running Windows Vista / 7, but the transfer speed never goes beyond 1Mb/s.
Both computers were connected to a router via WiFi. I then connected them directly with a network cable, and it shows that the connection speed is 1Gb/s like shown, but nothi... | 2009/08/03 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/17808",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | I would probably use a USB stick but your try [TeraCopy](http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php) | Did you set the wired connection as the default connection after you hooked the computers up to ethernet? The easiest way is to temorarily disable the wireless connection. It sounds like your computers were still using wifi. |
157,780 | Demons need to possess human bodies in order to exist on the mortal plane. However, a human body is fragile, and unable to contain the demonic essence for long. This leads to these bodies breaking down after a short period of time, killing the host and sending the demon back to the nether-realm. What is needed to avoid... | 2019/10/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/157780",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52361/"
] | A human gestation can be as short as 22 weeks and still yield a viable fetus. The main difficulties are the immaturity of pulmonary and cardiac systems (and, of course, infections), and all three can be remediated by medicine.
So, a little magic would surely allow a human fetus to be born at 22 weeks. It's no great st... | Wouldn't it be easier to begot a human with a demon soul instead of one provided by God? This is easily done if a witch have sex in a satanic ritual with some dark priest serving as the father. Or perhaps, go into genetic engineering and artificial insemination to assure that a superhuman flesh will begot.
However, it... |
10,186,937 | I know there are many multilingual wp plugins but I'm not sure which method should I use for this purpose;
I'd like to create a wp site with advanced features, partly coded by myself in php. Then I generally want to create duplicates of this site's **structure, design and behavior** in other languages, for example, es... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10186937",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/806061/"
] | You could use any MVC framework to achieve this, and simply store the data in a database with a 'language' field and call only rows from that language.
Google 'MVC Framework'.
A good and free example would be CodeIgniter.
In CodeIgniter, you can include the Wordpress files in your 'libraries' folder then create a mo... | I wouldn't recommend WP for any true multilingual site, searches get messed up, plugin-incompability etc.
Install parallell WP-instances in subdirs and make one the "master" for dev/bugfixes. Content is isolated and you can use standard WP-features without metadata or plugin-hacks.
By "changing the code", I presume y... |
10,186,937 | I know there are many multilingual wp plugins but I'm not sure which method should I use for this purpose;
I'd like to create a wp site with advanced features, partly coded by myself in php. Then I generally want to create duplicates of this site's **structure, design and behavior** in other languages, for example, es... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10186937",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/806061/"
] | I believe this is a perfect case for WordPress Multisite.
>
> ### [Multilingual Network](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-network) (forum thread)
>
>
>
> >
> > *I would like for users to choose their language when they first get to the site - so they can choose to read, register, administer the ent... | I wouldn't recommend WP for any true multilingual site, searches get messed up, plugin-incompability etc.
Install parallell WP-instances in subdirs and make one the "master" for dev/bugfixes. Content is isolated and you can use standard WP-features without metadata or plugin-hacks.
By "changing the code", I presume y... |
10,186,937 | I know there are many multilingual wp plugins but I'm not sure which method should I use for this purpose;
I'd like to create a wp site with advanced features, partly coded by myself in php. Then I generally want to create duplicates of this site's **structure, design and behavior** in other languages, for example, es... | 2012/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10186937",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/806061/"
] | I believe this is a perfect case for WordPress Multisite.
>
> ### [Multilingual Network](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-network) (forum thread)
>
>
>
> >
> > *I would like for users to choose their language when they first get to the site - so they can choose to read, register, administer the ent... | You could use any MVC framework to achieve this, and simply store the data in a database with a 'language' field and call only rows from that language.
Google 'MVC Framework'.
A good and free example would be CodeIgniter.
In CodeIgniter, you can include the Wordpress files in your 'libraries' folder then create a mo... |
343,090 | Sometimes people leave comments with blatantly wrong information. Since this is a learning site, I was wondering if these should be responded to and left intact or flagged in some way to have them removed in hopes that the poison of misinformation doesn't spread. I'm inclined to think they should just be removed but no... | 2017/02/06 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/343090",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1767412/"
] | >
> I'm inclined to think they should just be removed but none of the existing flags seems appropriate.
>
>
>
No. There is no appropriate flag, because moderators won't evaluate technical correctness (either for answers *or* comments).
---
The appropriate action is to leave a "counter" comment of your own. Or, i... | Proposition of feature for StackOverflow: "*undisplayed downvotes for comments*".
The principe would be to allow downvoting comments, but downvotes wouldn't be subtracted to the displayed score. Only high ranked users, like Trusted users or Moderators would know the number of downvotes.
Comments with twice more downv... |
4,017,261 | I read somewhere that in order to use JTA and Tomcat (I'm also using Hibernate) you need to use a JTA version of the JDBC driver. Is this true?
If so, does [this](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a737000d-68d0-4531-b65d-da0f2a735707#Overview) driver include JTA support?
Th... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4017261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/170013/"
] | Yes, it does. See com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXADataSource.
You can also read more on XA transactions with MS SQL [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa342335.aspx) | But having the XA driver is necessary but not sufficient. You have to have a JTA transaction manager as well, and that's not part of JDBC. |
4,017,261 | I read somewhere that in order to use JTA and Tomcat (I'm also using Hibernate) you need to use a JTA version of the JDBC driver. Is this true?
If so, does [this](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a737000d-68d0-4531-b65d-da0f2a735707#Overview) driver include JTA support?
Th... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4017261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/170013/"
] | Yes, it does. See com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXADataSource.
You can also read more on XA transactions with MS SQL [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa342335.aspx) | I've always used the [jTDS](http://jtds.sourceforge.net/) driver for MS SQL Server.
MS SQL Server, was built from a base acquired from Sybase, therefore they both use Tabular Data Stream as a protocol.
And as duffymo has said you'll need a JTA transaction manager such as :
* [JBossTS](http://www.jboss.org/jbosst... |
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