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6,411,283 | Hi I am trying to capture a video in my android mobile and upload it to a server. My current video size is 44mb and which crashes in the middle of the upload. But my other videos which are less in size gets uploaded without any trouble.
So I just want to know,
1. is there any upload limit in the mobile ? or
2. The p... | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6411283",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/603744/"
] | You are probably running out of memory because the upload stream isn't uploaded by parts but instead the whole thing is stored until the upload is complete and then garbage collected. I have tried every available buffering solution but it isn't happening unless you use multipart.
If this is the error you are getting y... | http upload may run into the 2gb limitation problem. Can use ftp upload instead. |
12,357 | I'm fact checking the statement: "There isn't enough Lithium in the planet (Earth) to store enough energy to make it 4 months through the Winter" here: <https://youtu.be/fzzWVLSPgK4?t=192>
What assumptions need to be made to answer this question, and what is the answer, based on these assumptions? | 2022/10/05 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/12357",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/14400/"
] | TL/DR Yes, but it is meaningless. The meaningless is well covered by juhist's answer.
Lithium in the earths crust:
[Estimates for the Earth's crustal content range from 20 to 70 ppm by weight.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium) Middle = 55/1,000,000
Mass of Earths Crust: [Earths crust is 2.3-2.8 \*10^19 tonnes](... | No there isn't, but we don't need lithium for that. The lithium reserves are barely adequate to make all cars electric. They are not adequate for grid energy storage.
We need about 500 hours worth of storage (three weeks, not four months, since presumably in areas with real winter, power production is predominantly wi... |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | These are perhaps more important that the notes, in conveying what the composer wanted.
So definitely memorise them! | As my father kept reminding me over and over: "There are no accidental pen strokes. Beethoven put that there for a reason." As you mention, those "small symbols...indicate some intent from the composer." IMHO, you should respect that intent. |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | As a general rule of thumb, you should be including these. I can think of two things you should always keep in mind with ornaments:
**They often were not written by the composer:**
They are many cases where they were *not* written by the composer, but rather by the editor. If this is the case, it probably means (as... | These are perhaps more important that the notes, in conveying what the composer wanted.
So definitely memorise them! |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | Concerning ornaments (dynamic, expressive and tempo indications are a different case) I think you should try to look at them and train yourself to play them as they are written and by this I mean that you should train to
* see them as very useful abbreviations, as composers do to write down their music faster
* eleme... | These are perhaps more important that the notes, in conveying what the composer wanted.
So definitely memorise them! |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | **Yes you can! That is as much part of the piece and everything else.**
**If something says pizzicato you should not use your bow to play it. You should memorize those specifications if and as much as you memorize the pitch and duration of each note.**
A proper interpretation of a piece will try to take into account... | As my father kept reminding me over and over: "There are no accidental pen strokes. Beethoven put that there for a reason." As you mention, those "small symbols...indicate some intent from the composer." IMHO, you should respect that intent. |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | As a general rule of thumb, you should be including these. I can think of two things you should always keep in mind with ornaments:
**They often were not written by the composer:**
They are many cases where they were *not* written by the composer, but rather by the editor. If this is the case, it probably means (as... | As my father kept reminding me over and over: "There are no accidental pen strokes. Beethoven put that there for a reason." As you mention, those "small symbols...indicate some intent from the composer." IMHO, you should respect that intent. |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | Concerning ornaments (dynamic, expressive and tempo indications are a different case) I think you should try to look at them and train yourself to play them as they are written and by this I mean that you should train to
* see them as very useful abbreviations, as composers do to write down their music faster
* eleme... | As my father kept reminding me over and over: "There are no accidental pen strokes. Beethoven put that there for a reason." As you mention, those "small symbols...indicate some intent from the composer." IMHO, you should respect that intent. |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | As a general rule of thumb, you should be including these. I can think of two things you should always keep in mind with ornaments:
**They often were not written by the composer:**
They are many cases where they were *not* written by the composer, but rather by the editor. If this is the case, it probably means (as... | **Yes you can! That is as much part of the piece and everything else.**
**If something says pizzicato you should not use your bow to play it. You should memorize those specifications if and as much as you memorize the pitch and duration of each note.**
A proper interpretation of a piece will try to take into account... |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | Concerning ornaments (dynamic, expressive and tempo indications are a different case) I think you should try to look at them and train yourself to play them as they are written and by this I mean that you should train to
* see them as very useful abbreviations, as composers do to write down their music faster
* eleme... | **Yes you can! That is as much part of the piece and everything else.**
**If something says pizzicato you should not use your bow to play it. You should memorize those specifications if and as much as you memorize the pitch and duration of each note.**
A proper interpretation of a piece will try to take into account... |
218 | Debussy's *Étude pour les agréments* focuses on all those small symbols on a score that indicate some intent from the composer: accentuation marks, hairping (crescendi, decrescendi), pizzicati, appoggiaturas, rest commas, etc.
Do you usually read all of them and memorize them along with the notes without skimming a si... | 2011/04/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | As a general rule of thumb, you should be including these. I can think of two things you should always keep in mind with ornaments:
**They often were not written by the composer:**
They are many cases where they were *not* written by the composer, but rather by the editor. If this is the case, it probably means (as... | Concerning ornaments (dynamic, expressive and tempo indications are a different case) I think you should try to look at them and train yourself to play them as they are written and by this I mean that you should train to
* see them as very useful abbreviations, as composers do to write down their music faster
* eleme... |
2,197,768 | Is it possible that there will still be leaks when running my app on an iPhone even if the simulator has absolutely none?? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197768",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/265735/"
] | If you run your app through Instruments, and there don't appear to be any memory leaks, you're probably okay. Make sure to thoroughly test the application, to cover as many scenarios and as much code as possible.
No software is perfect, so there's always a chance, but if you are thorough with testing, you should be fi... | It is possible that some memory leaks to be present when tested on a real device. Since the firmware of the device is different than of the simulator, and also due to the fact that simulator is a software, that won't always be perfect as andy suggested, you have to test for memory leaks in the device itself before subm... |
2,197,768 | Is it possible that there will still be leaks when running my app on an iPhone even if the simulator has absolutely none?? | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2197768",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/265735/"
] | If you run your app through Instruments, and there don't appear to be any memory leaks, you're probably okay. Make sure to thoroughly test the application, to cover as many scenarios and as much code as possible.
No software is perfect, so there's always a chance, but if you are thorough with testing, you should be fi... | My first answer would be: Yes, always. All that matters is the hardware in the end. The simulator is just there to reduce the time between iterations when testing.
My second answer would be: it's possible because there's no way to prove that an app *won't* leak memory. See also: the halting problem. |
4,636,942 | I know that many people use Sinatra when programming webapps in Ruby because they don't want their framework to get in the way by forcing them to use MVC.
Is there something similar in Python? I'm looking for a framework which provides the glue between Python and the web, and not much more. I've looked at Web.py, but ... | 2011/01/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4636942",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/338794/"
] | Take a look at the [Flask microframework](http://flask.pocoo.org/) | There are several micro web frameworks. I personally like [Bottle](https://bottlepy.org/docs/dev/)
A good [overview list of options exist here](https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks). |
28,999 | I've seen that there are already some questions about odd sounds but I thought if anywhere is likely to provide a specific answer or a suggestion, here would be a good place to look.
I have a beeping sound that goes off from what appears to be the fridge, I only assume that because it can only really be heard in the ... | 2013/06/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/28999",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/12990/"
] | You would be advised to not depend on the condition of some old discontinued water pipe for grounding. That pipe may have rusted and corroded so much that a lot of it is missing or not even making a low resistance connection into the earth.
If it was me looking to correct this condition I would contact my local build... | You *may* be able to use the old steel pipe, if the resistance to ground is less than 25 ohms. [Mike Holt](http://www.mikeholt.com) has a good article that explains how to [measure ground resistance](http://www.mikeholt.com/videodisplaynew.php?pageid=4134). If the resistance to ground is greater than 25 ohms, you'll ne... |
28,999 | I've seen that there are already some questions about odd sounds but I thought if anywhere is likely to provide a specific answer or a suggestion, here would be a good place to look.
I have a beeping sound that goes off from what appears to be the fridge, I only assume that because it can only really be heard in the ... | 2013/06/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/28999",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/12990/"
] | You would be advised to not depend on the condition of some old discontinued water pipe for grounding. That pipe may have rusted and corroded so much that a lot of it is missing or not even making a low resistance connection into the earth.
If it was me looking to correct this condition I would contact my local build... | You need to sink a ground rod into the ground untill it zeroes a megaohm meter. Usually it is best to put it near your panel. Don't believe that less than 25 ohm crap, you want that megger at zero! Then and only then will you have a solid ground. And no, you cannot use a regular multi meter it has to be a megaohm meter... |
28,999 | I've seen that there are already some questions about odd sounds but I thought if anywhere is likely to provide a specific answer or a suggestion, here would be a good place to look.
I have a beeping sound that goes off from what appears to be the fridge, I only assume that because it can only really be heard in the ... | 2013/06/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/28999",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/12990/"
] | You *may* be able to use the old steel pipe, if the resistance to ground is less than 25 ohms. [Mike Holt](http://www.mikeholt.com) has a good article that explains how to [measure ground resistance](http://www.mikeholt.com/videodisplaynew.php?pageid=4134). If the resistance to ground is greater than 25 ohms, you'll ne... | You need to sink a ground rod into the ground untill it zeroes a megaohm meter. Usually it is best to put it near your panel. Don't believe that less than 25 ohm crap, you want that megger at zero! Then and only then will you have a solid ground. And no, you cannot use a regular multi meter it has to be a megaohm meter... |
3,050,161 | The question is simple - we have a sample / test Solr app running that only responds with XML right now. Is there an easy way to change that output to HTML? Running Tomcat as the app server. | 2010/06/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3050161",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175082/"
] | You need to do XSLT transformations. There are a few samples built in I believe... check out <http://wiki.apache.org/solr/XsltResponseWriter> | Check out [VelocityResponseWriter](http://wiki.apache.org/solr/VelocityResponseWriter) (aka Solritas) which uses [Velocity](http://velocity.apache.org/) templates to generate output. It's substantially easier to use than XSLT.
Here's an [introduction](http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2009/11/04/solritas-solr-1-4s-... |
2,530,610 | I'm running my own (albeit, basic) benchmarks in a linux-based sandbox. However, I'd love to find a per-function or per-task performance / benchmark reference or utility for comparison.
Does this exist?
Of course I've done my own fair diligence / searching and have so far come up empty handed..
(I'm primarily intere... | 2010/03/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2530610",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1198507/"
] | Googling brings up the two I know best:
* [The PHP Benchmark](http://www.phpbench.com/)
* [PHP Benchmarks](http://www.php.lt/benchmark/phpbench.php)
they don't do *function* benchmarks, though, they mostly just compare language constructs. I know at least one good site that also tests file I/O operations and the like... | You can use a profiler to evaluate which function calls are more costly.
[XDebug](http://xdebug.org) can also provide log files that you can later load into [KCacheGrind](http://kcachegrind.sourceforge.net) to get a nice tree output of what time was spent where in your code. |
2,530,610 | I'm running my own (albeit, basic) benchmarks in a linux-based sandbox. However, I'd love to find a per-function or per-task performance / benchmark reference or utility for comparison.
Does this exist?
Of course I've done my own fair diligence / searching and have so far come up empty handed..
(I'm primarily intere... | 2010/03/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2530610",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1198507/"
] | Googling brings up the two I know best:
* [The PHP Benchmark](http://www.phpbench.com/)
* [PHP Benchmarks](http://www.php.lt/benchmark/phpbench.php)
they don't do *function* benchmarks, though, they mostly just compare language constructs. I know at least one good site that also tests file I/O operations and the like... | It doesn't contain any specific times, but it does have the Big-O for a number of array\_\* functions.
[List of Big-O for PHP functions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2473989/list-of-big-o-for-php-functions) |
2,530,610 | I'm running my own (albeit, basic) benchmarks in a linux-based sandbox. However, I'd love to find a per-function or per-task performance / benchmark reference or utility for comparison.
Does this exist?
Of course I've done my own fair diligence / searching and have so far come up empty handed..
(I'm primarily intere... | 2010/03/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2530610",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1198507/"
] | You can use a profiler to evaluate which function calls are more costly.
[XDebug](http://xdebug.org) can also provide log files that you can later load into [KCacheGrind](http://kcachegrind.sourceforge.net) to get a nice tree output of what time was spent where in your code. | It doesn't contain any specific times, but it does have the Big-O for a number of array\_\* functions.
[List of Big-O for PHP functions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2473989/list-of-big-o-for-php-functions) |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | It actually depends. At first, testing requires other skills than programming. If you will became test engineer with programming experience you would be able to automate more efficient and find accidental regressions better.
>
> less pressure on work.
>
>
>
and again, softare testing could be very responsible jo... | You can switch your career from java developer to testing field. Mainly software testing includes :
* Manual testing
* Automation testing
At first, you should learn what is software testing.
**What is software testing:**
1. Test plan, test cases, test scenarios creation
2. Test design techniques
3. Bug reports usin... |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | You can switch your career from java developer to testing field. Mainly software testing includes :
* Manual testing
* Automation testing
At first, you should learn what is software testing.
**What is software testing:**
1. Test plan, test cases, test scenarios creation
2. Test design techniques
3. Bug reports usin... | Any time someone considers a career change it can be difficult and stressful as you go from an area of comfort to an area of relative unknowns. The difficult thing with learning about testing is there are so many people out there with misconceptions about what we do that it can be hard for someone new to get and stay o... |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | You can switch your career from java developer to testing field. Mainly software testing includes :
* Manual testing
* Automation testing
At first, you should learn what is software testing.
**What is software testing:**
1. Test plan, test cases, test scenarios creation
2. Test design techniques
3. Bug reports usin... | Every employees other than a TESTER believes like testing is an easy job to do, and it consist of less work pressure and work.
Firstly, I would like to remind you that every job has its own dignity. If you want to become a good programmer then you could had taken programming as a passion, Likewise If you want to beco... |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | I think you should first decide: Manual or Automated testing ?
If you decide automated then you will be programming. You'll need concepts and practices to manage data and algorithms. So more programming. Decide if that's what you want to continue doing. One huge advantage - it's quite well paid, as much as twice as mu... | You can switch your career from java developer to testing field. Mainly software testing includes :
* Manual testing
* Automation testing
At first, you should learn what is software testing.
**What is software testing:**
1. Test plan, test cases, test scenarios creation
2. Test design techniques
3. Bug reports usin... |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | It actually depends. At first, testing requires other skills than programming. If you will became test engineer with programming experience you would be able to automate more efficient and find accidental regressions better.
>
> less pressure on work.
>
>
>
and again, softare testing could be very responsible jo... | Any time someone considers a career change it can be difficult and stressful as you go from an area of comfort to an area of relative unknowns. The difficult thing with learning about testing is there are so many people out there with misconceptions about what we do that it can be hard for someone new to get and stay o... |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | It actually depends. At first, testing requires other skills than programming. If you will became test engineer with programming experience you would be able to automate more efficient and find accidental regressions better.
>
> less pressure on work.
>
>
>
and again, softare testing could be very responsible jo... | Every employees other than a TESTER believes like testing is an easy job to do, and it consist of less work pressure and work.
Firstly, I would like to remind you that every job has its own dignity. If you want to become a good programmer then you could had taken programming as a passion, Likewise If you want to beco... |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | I think you should first decide: Manual or Automated testing ?
If you decide automated then you will be programming. You'll need concepts and practices to manage data and algorithms. So more programming. Decide if that's what you want to continue doing. One huge advantage - it's quite well paid, as much as twice as mu... | Any time someone considers a career change it can be difficult and stressful as you go from an area of comfort to an area of relative unknowns. The difficult thing with learning about testing is there are so many people out there with misconceptions about what we do that it can be hard for someone new to get and stay o... |
10,385 | I am working as a java senior software developer.
I would like to switch my career from programming to testing. Usually I do manual testing in our projects.
I have java exp so I can easily learn selenium tool right?
How hard it will be to switch the career?
What concepts should I focus more on manual testing... | 2014/11/25 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/10385",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/9366/"
] | I think you should first decide: Manual or Automated testing ?
If you decide automated then you will be programming. You'll need concepts and practices to manage data and algorithms. So more programming. Decide if that's what you want to continue doing. One huge advantage - it's quite well paid, as much as twice as mu... | Every employees other than a TESTER believes like testing is an easy job to do, and it consist of less work pressure and work.
Firstly, I would like to remind you that every job has its own dignity. If you want to become a good programmer then you could had taken programming as a passion, Likewise If you want to beco... |
107,973 | Do you say “All but one person **forgets** something” or “All but one person **forget** something”?
I'm assuming that if *all* means five people, for example, then the example can be rewritten as *Four people forget something*, so the latter sentence would be correct, but I'm not sure. | 2013/03/20 | [
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] | Plural. Don't get confused by the word "one" popping up in there. "One" is not the subject of the sentence. The entire phrase "all but one" is the subject, and it is treated as plural because it IS plural. It's a group. | Since *all swans but one are white* is indisputably correct, I would perhaps say *?all but one swan are white*; the singular \**all but one swan is white* doesn't make sense.
However, I think *all swans but one are white* is (nearly?) always superior to *all but one swan are/is white*, and so I would probably never wr... |
35,267,774 | I have limited (read next to none) experience with AWS. I only know of a few instances where someone has moved to AWS for flexibility:
* Moved a busy forum from a dedicated server to AWS
* Created an instance for an integration server
In both cases, AWS simply did not work. Both sites were too slow to the point they ... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35267774",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | If you are trying AWS with the micro instances, you may find them too slow for your purposes. Like with any cloud computing service, the larger instances will respond much more quickly.
Compared with my experience with companies like Rackspace and Softlayer, there is a larger learning curve with AWS, but with huge adv... | I have been using AWS for quite a while and it offers capabilities that others dont right out of the box.
As far as the question goes, I will try to give you a general perspective since the question is not technical:
Examples:
Big companies like Netflix or Heroku claim to implement their infrastructure on EC2 Instan... |
35,267,774 | I have limited (read next to none) experience with AWS. I only know of a few instances where someone has moved to AWS for flexibility:
* Moved a busy forum from a dedicated server to AWS
* Created an instance for an integration server
In both cases, AWS simply did not work. Both sites were too slow to the point they ... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35267774",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1012398/"
] | [here's a short list of companies that primarily host their operations on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/). It was a novel thing in 2008 but it's incredibly common now. Generally the "it didn't work for us" comments are from companies who don't understand how to do "devops" or think they can do more... | I have been using AWS for quite a while and it offers capabilities that others dont right out of the box.
As far as the question goes, I will try to give you a general perspective since the question is not technical:
Examples:
Big companies like Netflix or Heroku claim to implement their infrastructure on EC2 Instan... |
35,267,774 | I have limited (read next to none) experience with AWS. I only know of a few instances where someone has moved to AWS for flexibility:
* Moved a busy forum from a dedicated server to AWS
* Created an instance for an integration server
In both cases, AWS simply did not work. Both sites were too slow to the point they ... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35267774",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1012398/"
] | If you are trying AWS with the micro instances, you may find them too slow for your purposes. Like with any cloud computing service, the larger instances will respond much more quickly.
Compared with my experience with companies like Rackspace and Softlayer, there is a larger learning curve with AWS, but with huge adv... | We're getting very fast performance from AWS.
Choose m3.xlarge or higher to get into the "Fast" networking speeds.
You can provision the I/Os per Second that you need on IOPS volumes.
Make sure you size your load balancers and NATs to also have "Fast" networking speeds.
Use Solid State drives if appropriate.
Pop i... |
35,267,774 | I have limited (read next to none) experience with AWS. I only know of a few instances where someone has moved to AWS for flexibility:
* Moved a busy forum from a dedicated server to AWS
* Created an instance for an integration server
In both cases, AWS simply did not work. Both sites were too slow to the point they ... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35267774",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1012398/"
] | [here's a short list of companies that primarily host their operations on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/). It was a novel thing in 2008 but it's incredibly common now. Generally the "it didn't work for us" comments are from companies who don't understand how to do "devops" or think they can do more... | We're getting very fast performance from AWS.
Choose m3.xlarge or higher to get into the "Fast" networking speeds.
You can provision the I/Os per Second that you need on IOPS volumes.
Make sure you size your load balancers and NATs to also have "Fast" networking speeds.
Use Solid State drives if appropriate.
Pop i... |
63,908 | A certain part of my workflow involves importing images into LR with their original names (DSC\_Whatever), editing them and exporting as a new name e.g. LL\_001. The new name is a custom name including the initials of the client and the numbers in their set.
The problem I have is that when a client orders their pictur... | 2015/05/21 | [
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] | I'm not sure what you're referring to. In Lr 6 if I create a virtual copy of a file named img\_1234.jpg Lr designates that as Copy 1; there's no file name because a virtual copy isn't a file. You'll see the "Copy name" field under "File name" in the Metadata panel.
If I export a FILE to the same folder as the original... | Open the Metadata panel in Library view for the Copy, you will see a section called 'Copy Name'. Simply change the name there.
However, you can't, as far as I know, apply any automation or sequence numbers at import or creation of copies.
You can add sequence numbers to Copies on Export, which has a function to auto... |
63,908 | A certain part of my workflow involves importing images into LR with their original names (DSC\_Whatever), editing them and exporting as a new name e.g. LL\_001. The new name is a custom name including the initials of the client and the numbers in their set.
The problem I have is that when a client orders their pictur... | 2015/05/21 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/63908",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/22869/"
] | Perhaps we need to rethink the workflow to achieve the same ends in a different manner, since Lr doesn't do what you want.
Many Lr users export edited files to others and then have to access the originals in Lr to produce new exports, prints, etc. The easiest way to do this, of course, is to use the same name for the ... | Open the Metadata panel in Library view for the Copy, you will see a section called 'Copy Name'. Simply change the name there.
However, you can't, as far as I know, apply any automation or sequence numbers at import or creation of copies.
You can add sequence numbers to Copies on Export, which has a function to auto... |
204,632 | Can anybody explain the concept of M-aware geometry?
I want to construct the M-aware polyline by using xy values. Before doing this exercise I want to understand the concept of M-aware and work on it. | 2016/08/03 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/204632",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/78680/"
] | An m-aware polyline has the ability to store m-values (in addition to x and y values). M-values are 'measurement' values, for example the distance along a given line. They are often used in linear referencing datasets.
Read more on the concept of linear referencing: <http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/guide-book... | The M in M-aware stand for Measure and is another coordinate value like an X, Y or Z coordinate on each node. Measures are typically the relative linear distance of each vertex measured from the start of the line. M-aware lines are also assigned a unique Route ID and can then be used to create an event table for points... |
207,710 | Looking for the title of a short story I read some years (10+) ago. I think it was in an anthology or possibly a book of linked stories, not sure on that.
What I can remember of the story is as follows:
* The story is set on a space station or similar edifice in space,
someone has been killed.
* The hero is approache... | 2019/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/207710",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/74137/"
] | It's only a partial match, but my immediate though was of [The Dying Night by Isaac Asimov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dying_Night).
The victim, Romero Villiers, had invented the first matter transfer device and is due to announce it at a conference. Three old college aquaintances (not friends - Villers was an ... | Could be Asimov's *The Dying Night*, (F&SF July 1956)
There are three suspects, all astronomers, working respectively on Mercury, the Moon and the planetoid Ceres.It turns on the fact that the culprit left a strip of unexposed film outside on a ledge during the night. The detective realises that only the one from Merc... |
207,710 | Looking for the title of a short story I read some years (10+) ago. I think it was in an anthology or possibly a book of linked stories, not sure on that.
What I can remember of the story is as follows:
* The story is set on a space station or similar edifice in space,
someone has been killed.
* The hero is approache... | 2019/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/207710",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/74137/"
] | I propose "[Coup de Grace](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?43711)" by Jack Vance.
1. Takes place on a space station and yes, the hero is approached by the manager of the station, to identify who the killer is.
2. Several suspects, the detective uses reasoning to determine the killer and as [Lorendiac](https://... | It's only a partial match, but my immediate though was of [The Dying Night by Isaac Asimov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dying_Night).
The victim, Romero Villiers, had invented the first matter transfer device and is due to announce it at a conference. Three old college aquaintances (not friends - Villers was an ... |
207,710 | Looking for the title of a short story I read some years (10+) ago. I think it was in an anthology or possibly a book of linked stories, not sure on that.
What I can remember of the story is as follows:
* The story is set on a space station or similar edifice in space,
someone has been killed.
* The hero is approache... | 2019/03/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/207710",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/74137/"
] | I propose "[Coup de Grace](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?43711)" by Jack Vance.
1. Takes place on a space station and yes, the hero is approached by the manager of the station, to identify who the killer is.
2. Several suspects, the detective uses reasoning to determine the killer and as [Lorendiac](https://... | Could be Asimov's *The Dying Night*, (F&SF July 1956)
There are three suspects, all astronomers, working respectively on Mercury, the Moon and the planetoid Ceres.It turns on the fact that the culprit left a strip of unexposed film outside on a ledge during the night. The detective realises that only the one from Merc... |
2,054 | It's my understanding that WOTC is releasing a string of 4e products under a label they're calling "Essentials", that there's substantial revisions/errata attached to this product line, and that the primary goal is to provide a superior learning curve for players who are new to RPGs.
My question is this: What problems... | 2010/09/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/2054",
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"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/447/"
] | Until we get the books in our hands we can't be sure what changes Essentials will hold for the core rules. But remember this D&D 4.0 is an exception based system. In that it is similar to Magic the Gathering. MtG is not the same as it was back when it was first released. However it is the same game. What makes it diffe... | My favorite essentials change is item rarity. I'm sure everyone has been in a game were the group finds a neat item but everyone has already used their "starter cash" to pick out the perfect gear so the item goes unused. The item rarity change puts the power back into the DM's hands (well it was always there but now it... |
27,042,757 | I have been connected to my remote repo for a while now through Xcode with no problems. All of a sudden today, Xcode (v6.1 which I've had since it came out) tells me to enter a password to connect to my remote repo. My repo is connected via ssh so should I even need a username and password? When I try to pull/push Xcod... | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27042757",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1438339/"
] | I have no idea what happened, but I needed to go to Xcode > Preferences > Accounts and delete the repository it had listed there. | I've had a similar problem a few times, where the problem was the address of the repository wasn't right. In several cases the difference was simply a dash in the name, i.e.
>
> <https://name@bitbucket.org/teamname/reponame.git>
>
> vs
>
> <https://name@bitbucket.org/teamname/repo-name.git>
>
>
>
I don't ... |
27,042,757 | I have been connected to my remote repo for a while now through Xcode with no problems. All of a sudden today, Xcode (v6.1 which I've had since it came out) tells me to enter a password to connect to my remote repo. My repo is connected via ssh so should I even need a username and password? When I try to pull/push Xcod... | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27042757",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1438339/"
] | I have no idea what happened, but I needed to go to Xcode > Preferences > Accounts and delete the repository it had listed there. | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pxeVw.png)
i have resolve "No remotes available" using these steps... |
27,042,757 | I have been connected to my remote repo for a while now through Xcode with no problems. All of a sudden today, Xcode (v6.1 which I've had since it came out) tells me to enter a password to connect to my remote repo. My repo is connected via ssh so should I even need a username and password? When I try to pull/push Xcod... | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27042757",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1438339/"
] | I had this same issue. It turns out that all I needed to do was go into "Configure [Project Name]", which is located here:
Once I entered the URL here, then I was good to go. | I've had a similar problem a few times, where the problem was the address of the repository wasn't right. In several cases the difference was simply a dash in the name, i.e.
>
> <https://name@bitbucket.org/teamname/reponame.git>
>
> vs
>
> <https://name@bitbucket.org/teamname/repo-name.git>
>
>
>
I don't ... |
27,042,757 | I have been connected to my remote repo for a while now through Xcode with no problems. All of a sudden today, Xcode (v6.1 which I've had since it came out) tells me to enter a password to connect to my remote repo. My repo is connected via ssh so should I even need a username and password? When I try to pull/push Xcod... | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27042757",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1438339/"
] | I had this same issue. It turns out that all I needed to do was go into "Configure [Project Name]", which is located here:
Once I entered the URL here, then I was good to go. | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pxeVw.png)
i have resolve "No remotes available" using these steps... |
27,042,757 | I have been connected to my remote repo for a while now through Xcode with no problems. All of a sudden today, Xcode (v6.1 which I've had since it came out) tells me to enter a password to connect to my remote repo. My repo is connected via ssh so should I even need a username and password? When I try to pull/push Xcod... | 2014/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27042757",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1438339/"
] | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pxeVw.png)
i have resolve "No remotes available" using these steps... | I've had a similar problem a few times, where the problem was the address of the repository wasn't right. In several cases the difference was simply a dash in the name, i.e.
>
> <https://name@bitbucket.org/teamname/reponame.git>
>
> vs
>
> <https://name@bitbucket.org/teamname/repo-name.git>
>
>
>
I don't ... |
30,468 | In my inventory, there are two seemingly identical stone brick blocks.
The stack of 48 stone bricks was crafted from furnaced stone. The stack of 9 stone bricks was dug from stone brick stairs, which were crafted from stone bricks. The two stacks are identical in nam... | 2011/09/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/30468",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3454/"
] | **East-facing stairs break into the second type of plain stone brick, due to a glitch.**
Some blocks hold a data value, to determine things like the hue of wool or the height of wheat. All stairs use a data value of 0-3 to determine which direction they face:
* 0: South
* 1: North
* 2: West
* 3: East
But stone brick... | It might be worth noting that Stone Brick blocks and Double Stone Brick Slab blocks are functionally identical. It's not impossible that, say, the stone brick stairs are incorrectly converting into Double Stone Brick Slab blocks in your inventory, but the Double Stone Brick Slab blocks are being reported by the game as... |
30,468 | In my inventory, there are two seemingly identical stone brick blocks.
The stack of 48 stone bricks was crafted from furnaced stone. The stack of 9 stone bricks was dug from stone brick stairs, which were crafted from stone bricks. The two stacks are identical in nam... | 2011/09/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/30468",
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"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3454/"
] | It might be worth noting that Stone Brick blocks and Double Stone Brick Slab blocks are functionally identical. It's not impossible that, say, the stone brick stairs are incorrectly converting into Double Stone Brick Slab blocks in your inventory, but the Double Stone Brick Slab blocks are being reported by the game as... | Maybe it's just a bug. Check the MC value. If it's different, nothing will happen. |
30,468 | In my inventory, there are two seemingly identical stone brick blocks.
The stack of 48 stone bricks was crafted from furnaced stone. The stack of 9 stone bricks was dug from stone brick stairs, which were crafted from stone bricks. The two stacks are identical in nam... | 2011/09/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/30468",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3454/"
] | **East-facing stairs break into the second type of plain stone brick, due to a glitch.**
Some blocks hold a data value, to determine things like the hue of wool or the height of wheat. All stairs use a data value of 0-3 to determine which direction they face:
* 0: South
* 1: North
* 2: West
* 3: East
But stone brick... | Maybe it's just a bug. Check the MC value. If it's different, nothing will happen. |
309,800 | Huygens principal says that every point wavefront is the source of a secondary wavelet. If this is true, why do those wavelets not interfere with the main wave? Shouldn't waves looks like a circle of interfering circles? | 2017/02/05 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/309800",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/143863/"
] | Huygens' model of wave propagation breaks the 'main wave' down into its constituent points. Each of these points becomes a center for a Huygens' wavelet. *At that point in the model the 'main wave' is essentially replaced by the set of wavelets--so the wavelets don't actually coexist with the 'main wave', so no interfe... | Huygens principle is taught at the high school level because it was an important historical concept that broke down the old particle only theory of light and showed that a wave model would explain the observed interference pattern. It worked well until in the early to mid 1900s quantum concepts about light as a wave fu... |
192,501 | An ancient organization is a powerful cult devoted to Tsathoggua and operates as a shadow government behind the world's institutions. It's network of power has inflitrated administrative agencies, bureaucracies, armed forces, social authorities, and other organs of state in various nations in pursuit of its own agenda:... | 2020/12/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192501",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52361/"
] | It is not the ward that must heal between assaults, it is our world. There are multiple wards and each ward is stronger than the previous, requiring more negative energy to unmake than its predecessor. It is therefore necessary to build the world up in between each successful unmaking so that it can fall a greater dist... | Wards are destroyed not by negative energy itself, but a cycle of negative and positive energy.
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We might draw an analogy to thermal stress in engineering. Steady, gradually applied heat and cold aren't as effective at break... |
192,501 | An ancient organization is a powerful cult devoted to Tsathoggua and operates as a shadow government behind the world's institutions. It's network of power has inflitrated administrative agencies, bureaucracies, armed forces, social authorities, and other organs of state in various nations in pursuit of its own agenda:... | 2020/12/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192501",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52361/"
] | Perhaps the ward is not destroyed by the negative energy of global suffering. Perhaps a better description would be that it is unlocked, by a series of negative energy bursts of exactly the right intensities, delivered across a precisely timed schedule of decades, in an exact order. This could be something like a mysti... | Wards are destroyed not by negative energy itself, but a cycle of negative and positive energy.
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We might draw an analogy to thermal stress in engineering. Steady, gradually applied heat and cold aren't as effective at break... |
192,501 | An ancient organization is a powerful cult devoted to Tsathoggua and operates as a shadow government behind the world's institutions. It's network of power has inflitrated administrative agencies, bureaucracies, armed forces, social authorities, and other organs of state in various nations in pursuit of its own agenda:... | 2020/12/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192501",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52361/"
] | ### More People = Bigger Death Spike
In order for there to be deaths to power the negative energy backlashes, there needs to be people to kill. Killing too many people in too short of a time can leave too few humans alive to be killed. 1200 years ago, killing 2 million people with a plague would wipe out a half of the... | Wards are destroyed not by negative energy itself, but a cycle of negative and positive energy.
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We might draw an analogy to thermal stress in engineering. Steady, gradually applied heat and cold aren't as effective at break... |
192,501 | An ancient organization is a powerful cult devoted to Tsathoggua and operates as a shadow government behind the world's institutions. It's network of power has inflitrated administrative agencies, bureaucracies, armed forces, social authorities, and other organs of state in various nations in pursuit of its own agenda:... | 2020/12/21 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/192501",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52361/"
] | You don't break a ward, you unweave it.
A ward can contain an elder god because if you try to brute force it it pushes back even harder. maybe the cultists tried brute forcing it and the ward got stronger. The only way to take it apart is to slowly unweave it bit by bit. You can't just throw energy at it you have to a... | Wards are destroyed not by negative energy itself, but a cycle of negative and positive energy.
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We might draw an analogy to thermal stress in engineering. Steady, gradually applied heat and cold aren't as effective at break... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I like the suggested image of a book-shelf suggested above:
* Warm or living colours (notwithstanding what Sklivvs said about [Blue is the color of science](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3184/2703))
* Very suggestive of finding reference... | There are a few things which are, in my opinion, completely wrong:
1. Dark backgrounds. They are distracting because they offer too much contrast. Moving all the grays towards lighter tones (e.g. #AAA) makes the site much more readable
2. *All* images. They are bad!
* The body background is simply distracting, the ... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This answer can collect images that convey a mood/concept that you think would be a good fit for this site. I don't imagine a designer would actually use elements present in any of these images (i.e. I'm not suggesting literally using books as part of the design, but they convey a respect for information), but this is ... | [Weeeew](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174/can-we-redo-the-design/3175#3175)!
I'm going to start an answer that just lists different concepts that we might want our brand to evoke. Feel free to add!
* evidence
* logic
* information
* investigation
* questioning
* open-mindedness
* rationality
* s... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The design is going to be reviewed!
As part of the [new CSS implementation](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253359/list-of-communities-with-base-css-updates-completed), there's a review happening. If you can make a good case here, the designer might implement some of the suggestions, or be convinced to re-exa... | There are a few things which are, in my opinion, completely wrong:
1. Dark backgrounds. They are distracting because they offer too much contrast. Moving all the grays towards lighter tones (e.g. #AAA) makes the site much more readable
2. *All* images. They are bad!
* The body background is simply distracting, the ... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The design is going to be reviewed!
As part of the [new CSS implementation](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253359/list-of-communities-with-base-css-updates-completed), there's a review happening. If you can make a good case here, the designer might implement some of the suggestions, or be convinced to re-exa... | [Weeeew](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174/can-we-redo-the-design/3175#3175)!
I'm going to start an answer that just lists different concepts that we might want our brand to evoke. Feel free to add!
* evidence
* logic
* information
* investigation
* questioning
* open-mindedness
* rationality
* s... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The design is going to be reviewed!
As part of the [new CSS implementation](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253359/list-of-communities-with-base-css-updates-completed), there's a review happening. If you can make a good case here, the designer might implement some of the suggestions, or be convinced to re-exa... | Minor thing, but: On Stack Exchange sites, the username of the asker of a question is highlighted when they post a comment or an answer. On most sites, this highlight is a light blue or grey. On Skeptics, the highlighting is an extremely light yellow, which is extremely low-contrast to the point of being almost invisib... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This answer can collect images that convey a mood/concept that you think would be a good fit for this site. I don't imagine a designer would actually use elements present in any of these images (i.e. I'm not suggesting literally using books as part of the design, but they convey a respect for information), but this is ... | Minor thing, but: On Stack Exchange sites, the username of the asker of a question is highlighted when they post a comment or an answer. On most sites, this highlight is a light blue or grey. On Skeptics, the highlighting is an extremely light yellow, which is extremely low-contrast to the point of being almost invisib... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This answer can collect images that convey a mood/concept that you think would be a good fit for this site. I don't imagine a designer would actually use elements present in any of these images (i.e. I'm not suggesting literally using books as part of the design, but they convey a respect for information), but this is ... | There are a few things which are, in my opinion, completely wrong:
1. Dark backgrounds. They are distracting because they offer too much contrast. Moving all the grays towards lighter tones (e.g. #AAA) makes the site much more readable
2. *All* images. They are bad!
* The body background is simply distracting, the ... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I like the suggested image of a book-shelf suggested above:
* Warm or living colours (notwithstanding what Sklivvs said about [Blue is the color of science](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3184/2703))
* Very suggestive of finding reference... | [Weeeew](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174/can-we-redo-the-design/3175#3175)!
I'm going to start an answer that just lists different concepts that we might want our brand to evoke. Feel free to add!
* evidence
* logic
* information
* investigation
* questioning
* open-mindedness
* rationality
* s... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I like the suggested image of a book-shelf suggested above:
* Warm or living colours (notwithstanding what Sklivvs said about [Blue is the color of science](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3184/2703))
* Very suggestive of finding reference... | Minor thing, but: On Stack Exchange sites, the username of the asker of a question is highlighted when they post a comment or an answer. On most sites, this highlight is a light blue or grey. On Skeptics, the highlighting is an extremely light yellow, which is extremely low-contrast to the point of being almost invisib... |
3,174 | The design of Skeptics Stackexchange seems rushed, messy, and dated.
Here are just a few things that have jumped to my mind since joining:
* [The paper background texture in meta](http://cdn.sstatic.net/skepticsmeta/img/paperTexture.jpg). It looks pixilated. It is barely visible on some screens and just adds noise, m... | 2015/04/29 | [
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | There are a few things which are, in my opinion, completely wrong:
1. Dark backgrounds. They are distracting because they offer too much contrast. Moving all the grays towards lighter tones (e.g. #AAA) makes the site much more readable
2. *All* images. They are bad!
* The body background is simply distracting, the ... | [Weeeew](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3174/can-we-redo-the-design/3175#3175)!
I'm going to start an answer that just lists different concepts that we might want our brand to evoke. Feel free to add!
* evidence
* logic
* information
* investigation
* questioning
* open-mindedness
* rationality
* s... |
192,384 | I use notepad and often open multiple instances of it. Is there a way to close all instances of it in a single click ?
Closing them one at a is a real pain.
( I do not like to use notepad++ ) | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/192384",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40526/"
] | If you have the "Group similar task bar buttons" option (**Start > Properties > Taskbar**) checked, then you should be able to right click on the Notepad group in the taskbar and close all instances of the application. | Settings -> Preferences -> MISC.
There find the option called "Remember current session for next launch" and uncheck it. |
309,765 | I would be happy to get some confirmation whether I understand the use of the articles correctly in my sentences:
1. Case:
* sentence: I heard you've got **a** beautiful house.
* context: I haven't seen the house yet.
2. Case:
* sentence: You've got beautiful house. **(no article at all)**
* context: I am now in... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/309765",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/117029/"
] | Consider [**funding**](http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/funding.html)
>
> Providing financial resources to finance a need, program, or project.
> In general, this term is used when a firm fills the need for cash from
> its own internal reserves, and the term 'financing' is used when the
> need is filled f... | You could consider using "fund [**account**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/account)". Account means:
>
> a record of debit and credit entries to cover transactions involving a
> particular item or a particular person or concern
>
>
>
[Merriam-Webster]
Your example:
>
> To be more specific, a **f... |
309,765 | I would be happy to get some confirmation whether I understand the use of the articles correctly in my sentences:
1. Case:
* sentence: I heard you've got **a** beautiful house.
* context: I haven't seen the house yet.
2. Case:
* sentence: You've got beautiful house. **(no article at all)**
* context: I am now in... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/309765",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/117029/"
] | To me, 'campaign' suggests something that has a limited life, like a run for president, a kickstarter project, etc - basically anything that at one point stops collecting funds (making funding in this context a rather ambiguous phrase to use as well, assuming the TS is not talking about long term product R&D).
Service... | You could consider using "fund [**account**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/account)". Account means:
>
> a record of debit and credit entries to cover transactions involving a
> particular item or a particular person or concern
>
>
>
[Merriam-Webster]
Your example:
>
> To be more specific, a **f... |
309,765 | I would be happy to get some confirmation whether I understand the use of the articles correctly in my sentences:
1. Case:
* sentence: I heard you've got **a** beautiful house.
* context: I haven't seen the house yet.
2. Case:
* sentence: You've got beautiful house. **(no article at all)**
* context: I am now in... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/309765",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/117029/"
] | Consider [**funding**](http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/funding.html)
>
> Providing financial resources to finance a need, program, or project.
> In general, this term is used when a firm fills the need for cash from
> its own internal reserves, and the term 'financing' is used when the
> need is filled f... | To me, 'campaign' suggests something that has a limited life, like a run for president, a kickstarter project, etc - basically anything that at one point stops collecting funds (making funding in this context a rather ambiguous phrase to use as well, assuming the TS is not talking about long term product R&D).
Service... |
309,765 | I would be happy to get some confirmation whether I understand the use of the articles correctly in my sentences:
1. Case:
* sentence: I heard you've got **a** beautiful house.
* context: I haven't seen the house yet.
2. Case:
* sentence: You've got beautiful house. **(no article at all)**
* context: I am now in... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/309765",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/117029/"
] | Consider [**funding**](http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/funding.html)
>
> Providing financial resources to finance a need, program, or project.
> In general, this term is used when a firm fills the need for cash from
> its own internal reserves, and the term 'financing' is used when the
> need is filled f... | How about ***drive***?
>
> A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose: *a drive to finish the project before the deadline*; *fund-raising drive* [FOD](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Drive)
>
>
> An effort made by a group of people to achieve a goal, to collect money, etc. [M-W](http://www.merriam-webster.c... |
309,765 | I would be happy to get some confirmation whether I understand the use of the articles correctly in my sentences:
1. Case:
* sentence: I heard you've got **a** beautiful house.
* context: I haven't seen the house yet.
2. Case:
* sentence: You've got beautiful house. **(no article at all)**
* context: I am now in... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/309765",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/117029/"
] | To me, 'campaign' suggests something that has a limited life, like a run for president, a kickstarter project, etc - basically anything that at one point stops collecting funds (making funding in this context a rather ambiguous phrase to use as well, assuming the TS is not talking about long term product R&D).
Service... | How about ***drive***?
>
> A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose: *a drive to finish the project before the deadline*; *fund-raising drive* [FOD](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Drive)
>
>
> An effort made by a group of people to achieve a goal, to collect money, etc. [M-W](http://www.merriam-webster.c... |
34,569,404 | Is it possible to install a mongo db version greater than 3.2 on raspberry pi with RASPBIAN JESSIE LITE installed on the pi?
I only succeed to have the version 2.1 using this tutorial.
<http://www.widriksson.com/install-mongodb-raspberrypi/>
I tried a lot of tutorial but impossible to find one which work for grea... | 2016/01/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34569404",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3343399/"
] | As it was already written in the comments, you are limited to the 32-bit version.
Which comes with severe drawbacks:
* The data which can be stored is less than 2Gb (potentially a lot less), since WiredTiger is not available and MMAPv1 is limited to a maximum file size of 2Gb since it makes heavy use of memory-mappin... | I am the author of the blog <http://www.clarenceho.net/2015/12/building-mongodb-30x-for-arm-armv7l.html> mentioned by @user3343399
Just to add that Arch Linux ARM latest build of MongoDB 3.2.0 seems to be working fine. Except that the default storage engine was compiled as WiredTiger although there is no 32-bit suppor... |
13,474 | There are 32 houses in Monopoly. That's only enough to cover eight properties with four houses each, or two full (three property) monopolies, plus one two property monopoly, either Boardwalk-Park Place, or Mediterranean-Baltic.
So if I own two full monopolies, and cover them with four houses each, there are only eight... | 2013/11/12 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/13474",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/1344/"
] | From the [Official Rules of Monopoly](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Monopoly/Official_Rules) (my **emphasis**):
>
> The bank has a fixed supply of 32 houses and 12 hotels. **If more players decide to build more houses at the same time than there are houses in the bank, the houses are auctioned off one at a time to the... | Yes. It's a deliberate choice, and the rules are such that if there are no houses available you cannot upgrade to hotels - so that it is a perfectly valid tactic to buy 3-4 houses for all your properties and thus prevent opponents from getting hotels. In fact, if I remember correctly, 3 houses is about the point where ... |
13,474 | There are 32 houses in Monopoly. That's only enough to cover eight properties with four houses each, or two full (three property) monopolies, plus one two property monopoly, either Boardwalk-Park Place, or Mediterranean-Baltic.
So if I own two full monopolies, and cover them with four houses each, there are only eight... | 2013/11/12 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/13474",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/1344/"
] | In the original version of the game hotels weren't even a thing. That was added later by other people. The main tactic in that version of the game was to deliberately create a housing shortage, because that's how capitalism works irl. In fact, this game was created by a socialist woman for the sole purpose of showing h... | Yes. It's a deliberate choice, and the rules are such that if there are no houses available you cannot upgrade to hotels - so that it is a perfectly valid tactic to buy 3-4 houses for all your properties and thus prevent opponents from getting hotels. In fact, if I remember correctly, 3 houses is about the point where ... |
13,474 | There are 32 houses in Monopoly. That's only enough to cover eight properties with four houses each, or two full (three property) monopolies, plus one two property monopoly, either Boardwalk-Park Place, or Mediterranean-Baltic.
So if I own two full monopolies, and cover them with four houses each, there are only eight... | 2013/11/12 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/13474",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/1344/"
] | From the [Official Rules of Monopoly](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Monopoly/Official_Rules) (my **emphasis**):
>
> The bank has a fixed supply of 32 houses and 12 hotels. **If more players decide to build more houses at the same time than there are houses in the bank, the houses are auctioned off one at a time to the... | In the original version of the game hotels weren't even a thing. That was added later by other people. The main tactic in that version of the game was to deliberately create a housing shortage, because that's how capitalism works irl. In fact, this game was created by a socialist woman for the sole purpose of showing h... |
43,168 | Until a few weeks ago, I had never drawn a circuit diagram in my life, so bear with me. I am currently trying to design (in Logisim) a circuit that acts like a toggle switch, using only basic logic gates and no clock. Basically, I want the LED output to turn on when the SINGLE button is pressed and off when it is press... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/43168",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/14077/"
] | I duplicated your circuit in Logisim (as an opportunity to do something in Logisim). There's nothing wrong with your circuit. There is something about Logisim I don't understand.
First off, the red lines are not lines in a high state; they are errors. One would expect this sort of error if two outputs were tied togeth... | Based on gbarry's response, it sounds as though LogicSim is using pessimistic "don't know" logic evaluation, meaning that wires are only low if the simulator can tell that, given the stimuli received to date, they should definitely be low; likewise, they're only high if the simulator can tell that they should definitel... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | Not to be rude, but suck it up. Your the IT Manager, part of your job is to snoop on what employees are doing when someone in management feels that it is warranted. If you aren't up for the job, then perhaps it isn't the correct job for you.
And I'm sure this will make few fairly unpopular around here for a while. | You can't let your feelings get involved about it. One can always voice an objection to the people who want the information, but in the end anything done on a company computer on company time...is company information. |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | Not to be rude, but suck it up. Your the IT Manager, part of your job is to snoop on what employees are doing when someone in management feels that it is warranted. If you aren't up for the job, then perhaps it isn't the correct job for you.
And I'm sure this will make few fairly unpopular around here for a while. | I know where you are coming from, but I have to say that your feelings of guilt are misplaced. My take on this issue is pretty simple.
1- I have my job and the users have their jobs. At times the policing duties are distasteful, but they are only required because of user transgressions. I recognize that those duties w... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | You can't let your feelings get involved about it. One can always voice an objection to the people who want the information, but in the end anything done on a company computer on company time...is company information. | Many companies need to do these things from a legal viewpoint (and productivity viewpoint), so nothing wrong in it. If it is part of a job profile, then there is nothing bad about doing it or feeling upset over doing it. Don't put yourself thru a guilt trip over what you are doing right.
I have worked in companies whe... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | Your job is to tend the systems of your employer. Laws do vary by country, but in the United States, any computer equipment purchased by the employer is their property and can be used as they see fit. This is not exactly a wonderful way to look at things, but that's the way it is. That being said...
**Your reputation ... | I know where you are coming from, but I have to say that your feelings of guilt are misplaced. My take on this issue is pretty simple.
1- I have my job and the users have their jobs. At times the policing duties are distasteful, but they are only required because of user transgressions. I recognize that those duties w... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | You can't let your feelings get involved about it. One can always voice an objection to the people who want the information, but in the end anything done on a company computer on company time...is company information. | This can be an area of a real conflict of interest here. A lot of people have said "Its your job, suck it up" - but I feel you're perfectly within your rights to question what you do on a day to day basis.
In fact, the very act of questioning what you do, personally I feel makes you a better person. And the simple fac... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | Not to be rude, but suck it up. Your the IT Manager, part of your job is to snoop on what employees are doing when someone in management feels that it is warranted. If you aren't up for the job, then perhaps it isn't the correct job for you.
And I'm sure this will make few fairly unpopular around here for a while. | Many companies need to do these things from a legal viewpoint (and productivity viewpoint), so nothing wrong in it. If it is part of a job profile, then there is nothing bad about doing it or feeling upset over doing it. Don't put yourself thru a guilt trip over what you are doing right.
I have worked in companies whe... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | I wasn't an IT manager, but usually the guy they asked to do discovery. Here's how I handled it.
* I work for the organization.
* The organization has a right to protect itself. We're not just talking about intellectual property, but also potential lawsuits.
* Employees are properly informed about what they can and ca... | Many companies need to do these things from a legal viewpoint (and productivity viewpoint), so nothing wrong in it. If it is part of a job profile, then there is nothing bad about doing it or feeling upset over doing it. Don't put yourself thru a guilt trip over what you are doing right.
I have worked in companies whe... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | I wasn't an IT manager, but usually the guy they asked to do discovery. Here's how I handled it.
* I work for the organization.
* The organization has a right to protect itself. We're not just talking about intellectual property, but also potential lawsuits.
* Employees are properly informed about what they can and ca... | since you're getting paid for it, what is the problem ? as they are paid to work, not to browse for porn or chit-chat on messengers
it's just a job :) |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | I wasn't an IT manager, but usually the guy they asked to do discovery. Here's how I handled it.
* I work for the organization.
* The organization has a right to protect itself. We're not just talking about intellectual property, but also potential lawsuits.
* Employees are properly informed about what they can and ca... | This can be an area of a real conflict of interest here. A lot of people have said "Its your job, suck it up" - but I feel you're perfectly within your rights to question what you do on a day to day basis.
In fact, the very act of questioning what you do, personally I feel makes you a better person. And the simple fac... |
59,253 | Employees get laid off, do stupid things (like peek at a porn site), talk about personally offensive/suggestive subjects on IM & email. As IT Manager, I am tasked to lock user accounts, change passwords, and compile IM and email summaries for management.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have monitors on every machine. I am... | 2009/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/59253",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/18504/"
] | I wasn't an IT manager, but usually the guy they asked to do discovery. Here's how I handled it.
* I work for the organization.
* The organization has a right to protect itself. We're not just talking about intellectual property, but also potential lawsuits.
* Employees are properly informed about what they can and ca... | I had to do this for a while. Wish I could replay some of the interesting (anonymous) voice mails that I received during that time. It sucked, to be sure. The last thing I wanted to be was a baby-sitter.
I had things anywhere from overzealous daytraders to fantasy football junkies to RAS users dialed in to surf porn t... |
15,252 | As one ages he/she will definitely encounter a lot of people who will do their best to make the most out of him/her.
Are there any books regarding this ?? | 2016/06/17 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/15252",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/12923/"
] | From a hackers perspective I would recommend to check out a term called "social engineering". This is all about manipulating people in order to get sensitive information.
A great book about this is called [The Art of Human Hacking](https://g.co/kgs/sbIwNa) | Look for persuasion methods. Read any book written for sales people. They use these methods a lot. Every time when I came across a sales person I bring my shield up because I know for a fact that most of them are well trained in these methods. For them it is a way of living |
24,914 | It is standard English to write:
>
> He ran up ***a phone bill***.
>
> He ran up ***a debt***.
>
>
>
So, a bill and a debt could be used with the phrase "run up".
Would it okay to write:
>
> He ran up ***a charge***.
>
> He ran up ***an expense***.
>
>
>
, using "charge" and "expense" as objects ... | 2014/06/06 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/24914",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/6362/"
] | To me, the phrase "run up" implies a *number* of different charges; you run up a phone bill by making many expensive calls, or a debt by making a number of charges to your credit card.
For that reason, I don't think "a charge" or "an expense" are valid objects. | First, you need to say "too *many* expenses", not "too *much* expenses". Then
>
> He ran up too many expenses.
>
>
>
I think it is OK but it sounds a bit odd.
But if you think of it as running up the phone bill and the electric bill and the water bill (the expenses) then it makes sense. |
24,914 | It is standard English to write:
>
> He ran up ***a phone bill***.
>
> He ran up ***a debt***.
>
>
>
So, a bill and a debt could be used with the phrase "run up".
Would it okay to write:
>
> He ran up ***a charge***.
>
> He ran up ***an expense***.
>
>
>
, using "charge" and "expense" as objects ... | 2014/06/06 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/24914",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/6362/"
] | "Run up" means accumulating over time, and usually involves many small transactions building into an (often unexpected) larger amount.
So you couldn't really "run up" a bill in a McDonald's (because you order and pay for everything together) but you could "run up" a mobile phone bill over the course of a month.
A 'c... | First, you need to say "too *many* expenses", not "too *much* expenses". Then
>
> He ran up too many expenses.
>
>
>
I think it is OK but it sounds a bit odd.
But if you think of it as running up the phone bill and the electric bill and the water bill (the expenses) then it makes sense. |
24,914 | It is standard English to write:
>
> He ran up ***a phone bill***.
>
> He ran up ***a debt***.
>
>
>
So, a bill and a debt could be used with the phrase "run up".
Would it okay to write:
>
> He ran up ***a charge***.
>
> He ran up ***an expense***.
>
>
>
, using "charge" and "expense" as objects ... | 2014/06/06 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/24914",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/6362/"
] | To me, the phrase "run up" implies a *number* of different charges; you run up a phone bill by making many expensive calls, or a debt by making a number of charges to your credit card.
For that reason, I don't think "a charge" or "an expense" are valid objects. | "Run up" means accumulating over time, and usually involves many small transactions building into an (often unexpected) larger amount.
So you couldn't really "run up" a bill in a McDonald's (because you order and pay for everything together) but you could "run up" a mobile phone bill over the course of a month.
A 'c... |
16,313 | Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.
Is there a way around th... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16313",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10157/"
] | Not a software solution, but you could always try an in-line volume control like this:
[Amazon: Koss VC20 Volume Control](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00001P4XH)
You can get one on ebay for close to US $1:
[ebay search: headphone volume control](http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=headphone+volume+contr... | On rooted phones, it's possible to install custom kernel which can lower the volume setting lower than is available stock. You might want to look around for custom ROM for your device, if it's a common problem it's highly possible someone would make a custom ROM to modify the volume setting. You'd generally want to try... |
16,313 | Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.
Is there a way around th... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16313",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10157/"
] | Not a software solution, but you could always try an in-line volume control like this:
[Amazon: Koss VC20 Volume Control](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00001P4XH)
You can get one on ebay for close to US $1:
[ebay search: headphone volume control](http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=headphone+volume+contr... | the android app, [Maven Music Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maven.blueplayer&rdid=com.maven.blueplayer), has a "pre volume" control that can lower the sound volume below the minimum setting on your phone. |
16,313 | Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.
Is there a way around th... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16313",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10157/"
] | Not a software solution, but you could always try an in-line volume control like this:
[Amazon: Koss VC20 Volume Control](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00001P4XH)
You can get one on ebay for close to US $1:
[ebay search: headphone volume control](http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=headphone+volume+contr... | I know this is a really old thread, but I just bought a bluetooth speaker - a CANZ speaker. It sounds great, capturing all wavelength for pure beats, vocal and instrument separation but it is LOUD - on 1. I went into the standard media player and found the settings and tapped advanced. I was able to lower the whole EQ ... |
16,313 | Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.
Is there a way around th... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16313",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10157/"
] | For me the app [Fine Volume Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=opotech.finevolumev2) was the solution.
It does not need root, unfortunately is not free ($ 2.50) but provides a 7 day trial.
However it does a great job: it subdivides the media volume range in 100 steps, allowing a much finer resolut... | On rooted phones, it's possible to install custom kernel which can lower the volume setting lower than is available stock. You might want to look around for custom ROM for your device, if it's a common problem it's highly possible someone would make a custom ROM to modify the volume setting. You'd generally want to try... |
16,313 | Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.
Is there a way around th... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16313",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10157/"
] | For me the app [Fine Volume Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=opotech.finevolumev2) was the solution.
It does not need root, unfortunately is not free ($ 2.50) but provides a 7 day trial.
However it does a great job: it subdivides the media volume range in 100 steps, allowing a much finer resolut... | the android app, [Maven Music Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maven.blueplayer&rdid=com.maven.blueplayer), has a "pre volume" control that can lower the sound volume below the minimum setting on your phone. |
16,313 | Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.
Is there a way around th... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16313",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10157/"
] | For me the app [Fine Volume Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=opotech.finevolumev2) was the solution.
It does not need root, unfortunately is not free ($ 2.50) but provides a 7 day trial.
However it does a great job: it subdivides the media volume range in 100 steps, allowing a much finer resolut... | I know this is a really old thread, but I just bought a bluetooth speaker - a CANZ speaker. It sounds great, capturing all wavelength for pure beats, vocal and instrument separation but it is LOUD - on 1. I went into the standard media player and found the settings and tapped advanced. I was able to lower the whole EQ ... |
103,576 | Will I need to make adjustments for cook times on something like a casserole or lasagna if using a 8x12 baking dish instead of 9x13?
Thanks | 2019/11/19 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/103576",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/79606/"
] | You may need to cook for a little longer because your ingredients are piled a bit deeper, but it should work more or less unmodified. | Smaller dish, shorter time…
However, there's probably more variance in the oven temp & placement within it to make that much difference anyway.
With a lasagne especially, I always make the final judgement by eye. All you need is the top the right colour, everything in a lasagne is already cooked, so unless you pre-m... |
103,576 | Will I need to make adjustments for cook times on something like a casserole or lasagna if using a 8x12 baking dish instead of 9x13?
Thanks | 2019/11/19 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/103576",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/79606/"
] | You may need to cook for a little longer because your ingredients are piled a bit deeper, but it should work more or less unmodified. | If the dishes have the same depth, and the you put as much ingredients in them (depth wise), no.
Both lasagna and casserole are fairly forgiving in regards to baking. |
103,576 | Will I need to make adjustments for cook times on something like a casserole or lasagna if using a 8x12 baking dish instead of 9x13?
Thanks | 2019/11/19 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/103576",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/79606/"
] | Smaller dish, shorter time…
However, there's probably more variance in the oven temp & placement within it to make that much difference anyway.
With a lasagne especially, I always make the final judgement by eye. All you need is the top the right colour, everything in a lasagne is already cooked, so unless you pre-m... | If the dishes have the same depth, and the you put as much ingredients in them (depth wise), no.
Both lasagna and casserole are fairly forgiving in regards to baking. |
81,672 | So I bought a new iPhone 5 64GB and I enabled iCloud backup. For a while now it has not been able to backup my iPhone, since the 5GB of iCloud storage quickly ran out. I didn't feel like upgrading my storage plan, since there's anyway no storage plan that is able to backup 64GB. So I decided to store the backups on my ... | 2013/02/10 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/81672",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/4700/"
] | Don't worry, you don't loose all your data. You can choose "Set up as new iPhone".
>
> Nothing gets synced or deleted after clicking this option.
>
>
>
After that, you can backup your iPhone.
**Choose "encrypted backup"** to also backup your settings and passwords. | The backup doesn't include media since all your media files should be either in iTunes or iCloud. Backups for my 64GB iPad and 32GB iPhone only take about 3GB of backup space each and that's only because TomTom app had off-line maps that take over a GB. It does include photos and video so that could be an issue. |
81,672 | So I bought a new iPhone 5 64GB and I enabled iCloud backup. For a while now it has not been able to backup my iPhone, since the 5GB of iCloud storage quickly ran out. I didn't feel like upgrading my storage plan, since there's anyway no storage plan that is able to backup 64GB. So I decided to store the backups on my ... | 2013/02/10 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/81672",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/4700/"
] | Don't worry, you don't loose all your data. You can choose "Set up as new iPhone".
>
> Nothing gets synced or deleted after clicking this option.
>
>
>
After that, you can backup your iPhone.
**Choose "encrypted backup"** to also backup your settings and passwords. | If there is backup files in your iTunes, you cannot sync again to backup it, it will delete backup with your new iPhone data. So you need to restart a new account in iTunes and sync back the data to iTunes to backup iPhone. |
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