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3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | Look in the "Extending Ruby" section of the Pickaxe book:
<http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html> | you should have a look at [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/) - it allows you to create ruby extensions in C/C++. |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | Besides "Extending Ruby", here are two other resources:
* [README.EXT (extension.rdoc)](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/doc/extension.rdoc) - shows you more about how to build C extensions. A good compliment to "Extending Ruby"
* [Ruby Inline](http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/RubyInline/) - This is a libr... | Compile your high performance code into a system service/executable, and call it from inside Ruby...? |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | Look in the "Extending Ruby" section of the Pickaxe book:
<http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html> | Seems like you need to read up on [Extending Ruby](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html) |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | We use [ffi](http://rubygems.org/gems/ffi) in one of our projects.
>
> Ruby-FFI is a ruby extension for
> programmatically loading dynamic
> libraries, binding functions within
> them, and calling those functions from
> Ruby code. Moreover, a Ruby-FFI
> extension works without changes on
> Ruby and JRuby.
>
> ... | Seems like you need to read up on [Extending Ruby](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html) |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | you should have a look at [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/) - it allows you to create ruby extensions in C/C++. | Seems like you need to read up on [Extending Ruby](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html) |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | Look in the "Extending Ruby" section of the Pickaxe book:
<http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html> | We use [ffi](http://rubygems.org/gems/ffi) in one of our projects.
>
> Ruby-FFI is a ruby extension for
> programmatically loading dynamic
> libraries, binding functions within
> them, and calling those functions from
> Ruby code. Moreover, a Ruby-FFI
> extension works without changes on
> Ruby and JRuby.
>
> ... |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | We use [ffi](http://rubygems.org/gems/ffi) in one of our projects.
>
> Ruby-FFI is a ruby extension for
> programmatically loading dynamic
> libraries, binding functions within
> them, and calling those functions from
> Ruby code. Moreover, a Ruby-FFI
> extension works without changes on
> Ruby and JRuby.
>
> ... | Compile your high performance code into a system service/executable, and call it from inside Ruby...? |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | Besides "Extending Ruby", here are two other resources:
* [README.EXT (extension.rdoc)](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/doc/extension.rdoc) - shows you more about how to build C extensions. A good compliment to "Extending Ruby"
* [Ruby Inline](http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/RubyInline/) - This is a libr... | Seems like you need to read up on [Extending Ruby](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html) |
3,250,056 | C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.
I would like to know how to add C/C++ code into Ruby code; any other language for that matter.
Are there any practical applications of this which you noticed in open source projects or else? | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3250056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15139/"
] | Besides "Extending Ruby", here are two other resources:
* [README.EXT (extension.rdoc)](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/doc/extension.rdoc) - shows you more about how to build C extensions. A good compliment to "Extending Ruby"
* [Ruby Inline](http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/RubyInline/) - This is a libr... | We use [ffi](http://rubygems.org/gems/ffi) in one of our projects.
>
> Ruby-FFI is a ruby extension for
> programmatically loading dynamic
> libraries, binding functions within
> them, and calling those functions from
> Ruby code. Moreover, a Ruby-FFI
> extension works without changes on
> Ruby and JRuby.
>
> ... |
38,647 | I have seen videos of simulated lower gravity (possibly for training astronauts). I am curious what methods/techniques can be used to simulate lower gravity like environments without leaving the planet itself (that of course exculudes free-fall by definition). Or is it impossible? | 2019/09/08 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/38647",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/33094/"
] | The two most commonly used techniques for humans are neutral buoyancy and parabolic flights.
Neutral Buoyancy
================
>
> Neutral buoyancy simulates the weightless environment of space. First equipment is lowered into the pool using an overhead crane. Suited astronauts then get in the tank and support diver... | NASA used several methods to simulate the effects of lunar gravity on astronauts, in preparation to the lunar landing. Neil Armstrong mentions "various simulations" when walking on the Moon for the first time:
>
> "There seems to be no difficulty in moving around as we suspected. It's even perhaps easier than the sim... |
38,647 | I have seen videos of simulated lower gravity (possibly for training astronauts). I am curious what methods/techniques can be used to simulate lower gravity like environments without leaving the planet itself (that of course exculudes free-fall by definition). Or is it impossible? | 2019/09/08 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/38647",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/33094/"
] | The two most commonly used techniques for humans are neutral buoyancy and parabolic flights.
Neutral Buoyancy
================
>
> Neutral buoyancy simulates the weightless environment of space. First equipment is lowered into the pool using an overhead crane. Suited astronauts then get in the tank and support diver... | In theory one could induce a reduced gravitational field over a surface region on the ground by placing an extremely large mass *over* that region, counter-attracting whatever is beneath it\*. In practice such a mass would almost certainly be so large as to collapse whatever was supporting it and crush the region.
(\*... |
38,647 | I have seen videos of simulated lower gravity (possibly for training astronauts). I am curious what methods/techniques can be used to simulate lower gravity like environments without leaving the planet itself (that of course exculudes free-fall by definition). Or is it impossible? | 2019/09/08 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/38647",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/33094/"
] | The two most commonly used techniques for humans are neutral buoyancy and parabolic flights.
Neutral Buoyancy
================
>
> Neutral buoyancy simulates the weightless environment of space. First equipment is lowered into the pool using an overhead crane. Suited astronauts then get in the tank and support diver... | In addition to the topic. About a planetrovers.
For testing a planetrovers, the method with parabolic flight is used. There are also special crane systems to which the device under test is suspended (using the same method, the moving parts of satellites are tested).
As well as inclined ramps.
All this can be seen in t... |
38,647 | I have seen videos of simulated lower gravity (possibly for training astronauts). I am curious what methods/techniques can be used to simulate lower gravity like environments without leaving the planet itself (that of course exculudes free-fall by definition). Or is it impossible? | 2019/09/08 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/38647",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/33094/"
] | NASA used several methods to simulate the effects of lunar gravity on astronauts, in preparation to the lunar landing. Neil Armstrong mentions "various simulations" when walking on the Moon for the first time:
>
> "There seems to be no difficulty in moving around as we suspected. It's even perhaps easier than the sim... | In theory one could induce a reduced gravitational field over a surface region on the ground by placing an extremely large mass *over* that region, counter-attracting whatever is beneath it\*. In practice such a mass would almost certainly be so large as to collapse whatever was supporting it and crush the region.
(\*... |
38,647 | I have seen videos of simulated lower gravity (possibly for training astronauts). I am curious what methods/techniques can be used to simulate lower gravity like environments without leaving the planet itself (that of course exculudes free-fall by definition). Or is it impossible? | 2019/09/08 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/38647",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/33094/"
] | NASA used several methods to simulate the effects of lunar gravity on astronauts, in preparation to the lunar landing. Neil Armstrong mentions "various simulations" when walking on the Moon for the first time:
>
> "There seems to be no difficulty in moving around as we suspected. It's even perhaps easier than the sim... | In addition to the topic. About a planetrovers.
For testing a planetrovers, the method with parabolic flight is used. There are also special crane systems to which the device under test is suspended (using the same method, the moving parts of satellites are tested).
As well as inclined ramps.
All this can be seen in t... |
38,647 | I have seen videos of simulated lower gravity (possibly for training astronauts). I am curious what methods/techniques can be used to simulate lower gravity like environments without leaving the planet itself (that of course exculudes free-fall by definition). Or is it impossible? | 2019/09/08 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/38647",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/33094/"
] | In addition to the topic. About a planetrovers.
For testing a planetrovers, the method with parabolic flight is used. There are also special crane systems to which the device under test is suspended (using the same method, the moving parts of satellites are tested).
As well as inclined ramps.
All this can be seen in t... | In theory one could induce a reduced gravitational field over a surface region on the ground by placing an extremely large mass *over* that region, counter-attracting whatever is beneath it\*. In practice such a mass would almost certainly be so large as to collapse whatever was supporting it and crush the region.
(\*... |
23,568,186 | XG transactions [must be explicitly enabled](https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/datastore/transactions) when using JPA/JDO. Why so?
Are there possible problems or side effects by enabling them? | 2014/05/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23568186",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1889762/"
] | Quoting from the [docs](https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/datastore/#Java_Cross_group_transactions)
>
> * An XG transaction that touches only a single entity group has exactly the same performance and cost as a single-group, non-XG
> transaction.
> * In an XG transaction that touches multiple entity... | The guys who develeloped the datastore push you to be conscient of the underlaying infrastructure. That's why you cannot generate indexes in production, or run cross entity group transactions by default. You have to know why you use both of these features, with the tradeoffs they imply.
See [@Jimmy Kane](https://stack... |
44,638 | I am looking for a substitute for port wine in a "dessert risotto" that I would like to make. It's not that I'm worried about the alcohol (I would actually prefer to use the port), I just can't purchase alcohol since I'm under 21 and living in the US.
Since context is everything, here is the recipe for the [Port Rasp... | 2014/06/04 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/44638",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/25288/"
] | Please do not use a cooking wine. Those are awful. Pick a juice, any juice. I'd say cranberry. You probably don't want anything too sweet. | The best nonalcoholic substitution that I can think of for a ruby-style port would be pomegranate or black cherry juice, something not from concentrate. The POM brand is readily available, at least in my local market.
You may want to thicken this a little to help mimic the silky texture of a port. I'd recommend starti... |
25,407 | I'm looking for an image viewer for Windows which always displays a full-screen view of the newest image a specific folder. Preferably with raw image format support (Nikon) and free or inexpensive (< 20 Euros).
[FastPictureViewer](http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/) works very well, but since I only need this one featu... | 2015/10/05 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/25407",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/18235/"
] | You can easily monitor a given directory for new files using [python](http://python.org), see [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/182197/how-do-i-watch-a-file-for-changes-using-python) for 20+ answers, [rawpy](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rawpy) can convert almost any cameras raw format to an 8 bit RGB array *in... | Irfan view has an hotfolder function that allows you to do this and is freeware. |
25,407 | I'm looking for an image viewer for Windows which always displays a full-screen view of the newest image a specific folder. Preferably with raw image format support (Nikon) and free or inexpensive (< 20 Euros).
[FastPictureViewer](http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/) works very well, but since I only need this one featu... | 2015/10/05 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/25407",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/18235/"
] | You can easily monitor a given directory for new files using [python](http://python.org), see [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/182197/how-do-i-watch-a-file-for-changes-using-python) for 20+ answers, [rawpy](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rawpy) can convert almost any cameras raw format to an 8 bit RGB array *in... | Irfanview hotfolder fn as mentioned above
Honeyview does not automatically show new files added to a folder in which a file is already opened but automatically re-scans the current folder so that new files added to that folder can be accessed without having to close and reopen Honeyview which is exactly what is necess... |
25,407 | I'm looking for an image viewer for Windows which always displays a full-screen view of the newest image a specific folder. Preferably with raw image format support (Nikon) and free or inexpensive (< 20 Euros).
[FastPictureViewer](http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/) works very well, but since I only need this one featu... | 2015/10/05 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/25407",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/18235/"
] | Irfan view has an hotfolder function that allows you to do this and is freeware. | Irfanview hotfolder fn as mentioned above
Honeyview does not automatically show new files added to a folder in which a file is already opened but automatically re-scans the current folder so that new files added to that folder can be accessed without having to close and reopen Honeyview which is exactly what is necess... |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | There are several column oriented SQL DBMSs and they have been around for years. Sybase IQ and Vertica being two well known examples. These are columnn stores in the sense that they use column based storage internally - they still use exactly the same SQL table-based data model as any other SQL DBMS.
Unfortunately the... | There are several [column-oriented databases](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS) commercially available, for example [Vertica](http://www.vertica.com/). I worked on a specialized high insert rate, write-mostly store with fixed schema. While the optimized indexing was important, more important to us was ... |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | There are several column oriented SQL DBMSs and they have been around for years. Sybase IQ and Vertica being two well known examples. These are columnn stores in the sense that they use column based storage internally - they still use exactly the same SQL table-based data model as any other SQL DBMS.
Unfortunately the... | If you look for "nosql" you'll find a whole bunch of recent databases which aren't row-oriented, eg couchdb |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | Google's proprietary database is already column-based. That's one of the reasons your searches and other Googly things happen so quickly. See this [wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigTable) which also includes links and references to other implementations.
As far as why this type of db is not in use? There ... | "If one could design column oriented db..."
* Check out **<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS>**.
* Also, we have some good recommendations at [**recommendations for column-oriented database**](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/321280/recommendations-for-column-oriented-database). |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | >
> Are all modern RDBMS row oriented?
>
>
>
No. They're designed for specific tasks, say OLTP vs OLAP. Even the popular ones like MySQL have column-store engines (ex: [Infobright](http://www.infobright.org/)). And there are DBMS's that are built as a column-oriented DB from the ground up as well.
Here's a potent... | "If one could design column oriented db..."
* Check out **<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS>**.
* Also, we have some good recommendations at [**recommendations for column-oriented database**](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/321280/recommendations-for-column-oriented-database). |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | You mean like this?
[Vector Database](http://www.vectordatabase.com/)
You might be interested in OLAP as well.
[OLAP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_analytical_processing) | "If one could design column oriented db..."
* Check out **<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS>**.
* Also, we have some good recommendations at [**recommendations for column-oriented database**](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/321280/recommendations-for-column-oriented-database). |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | There are several [column-oriented databases](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS) commercially available, for example [Vertica](http://www.vertica.com/). I worked on a specialized high insert rate, write-mostly store with fixed schema. While the optimized indexing was important, more important to us was ... | If you look for "nosql" you'll find a whole bunch of recent databases which aren't row-oriented, eg couchdb |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | >
> Are all modern RDBMS row oriented?
>
>
>
No. They're designed for specific tasks, say OLTP vs OLAP. Even the popular ones like MySQL have column-store engines (ex: [Infobright](http://www.infobright.org/)). And there are DBMS's that are built as a column-oriented DB from the ground up as well.
Here's a potent... | You mean like this?
[Vector Database](http://www.vectordatabase.com/)
You might be interested in OLAP as well.
[OLAP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_analytical_processing) |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | Google's proprietary database is already column-based. That's one of the reasons your searches and other Googly things happen so quickly. See this [wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigTable) which also includes links and references to other implementations.
As far as why this type of db is not in use? There ... | If you look for "nosql" you'll find a whole bunch of recent databases which aren't row-oriented, eg couchdb |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | >
> Are all modern RDBMS row oriented?
>
>
>
No. They're designed for specific tasks, say OLTP vs OLAP. Even the popular ones like MySQL have column-store engines (ex: [Infobright](http://www.infobright.org/)). And there are DBMS's that are built as a column-oriented DB from the ground up as well.
Here's a potent... | There are several column oriented SQL DBMSs and they have been around for years. Sybase IQ and Vertica being two well known examples. These are columnn stores in the sense that they use column based storage internally - they still use exactly the same SQL table-based data model as any other SQL DBMS.
Unfortunately the... |
3,507,069 | Is there a way to figure out if you are connected to a Bluetooth Device?
I have my app connecting, sending/receiving just fine. However I need a way to see if I'm still connected say.. if I walk out of range and walk back into range.
I noticed there isnt an isConnected function in the Bluetooth Socket, like there is... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3507069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/409686/"
] | There are several [column-oriented databases](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS) commercially available, for example [Vertica](http://www.vertica.com/). I worked on a specialized high insert rate, write-mostly store with fixed schema. While the optimized indexing was important, more important to us was ... | "If one could design column oriented db..."
* Check out **<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS>**.
* Also, we have some good recommendations at [**recommendations for column-oriented database**](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/321280/recommendations-for-column-oriented-database). |
6,228,326 | What javascript OOP frameworks do you use?
I need a library to emulate Javascript OOP programming with constructors, members, properties(public, private), inheritance
Thanks for your answer | 2011/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6228326",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/771453/"
] | Check out the **[Prototype](http://www.prototypejs.org/)** framework,
>
> Featuring a unique, easy-to-use
> toolkit for class-driven development
> and the nicest Ajax library around,
> Prototype is quickly becoming the
> codebase of choice for web application
> developers everywhere
>
>
> | JavaScript is not an explicit object oriented language. But you can use it to implement all the Object oriented ideas if you know it well. I would suggest looking at following w.r.t JavaScript programming:
1. Defining custom objects in JS. This is done in a manner very much similar to "function" definition, that is wh... |
6,228,326 | What javascript OOP frameworks do you use?
I need a library to emulate Javascript OOP programming with constructors, members, properties(public, private), inheritance
Thanks for your answer | 2011/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6228326",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/771453/"
] | Javascript is fully Object Oriented Language, if you didn't know it yet, it means you don't know it well enough. Though some concepts differ from e.g. JAVA, or C# (like inheritance, encapsulation & etc.) they can be successfully simulated (using prototype chaining, closures & etc.).
take a better look at language and... | JavaScript is not an explicit object oriented language. But you can use it to implement all the Object oriented ideas if you know it well. I would suggest looking at following w.r.t JavaScript programming:
1. Defining custom objects in JS. This is done in a manner very much similar to "function" definition, that is wh... |
6,228,326 | What javascript OOP frameworks do you use?
I need a library to emulate Javascript OOP programming with constructors, members, properties(public, private), inheritance
Thanks for your answer | 2011/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6228326",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/771453/"
] | You may use [**Coffee Script**](http://coffeescript.org/), a language that 'compiles' to JavaScript. | JavaScript is not an explicit object oriented language. But you can use it to implement all the Object oriented ideas if you know it well. I would suggest looking at following w.r.t JavaScript programming:
1. Defining custom objects in JS. This is done in a manner very much similar to "function" definition, that is wh... |
419,353 | Note that my question is **not** *why do you tilt your bike when on a curve*. It's about the reduction in turning radius when one tilts the bike inwards.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2FNMl.jpg)
Short to-the-point answers are welcome. | 2018/07/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/419353",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/155230/"
] | It is actually **not the tilting that causes more turning**. You could in theory turn just as much while being straight up by just turning your steering wheel.
But if you do that straight up, you fall. The torque produced by the friction from the turned wheel is unbalanced and will flip you over. When you turn on a bi... | Another way of seeing this that you would fall faster when the bike is tilted more. So you are more in a hurry to move the contact point with the road below your center of gravity. |
419,353 | Note that my question is **not** *why do you tilt your bike when on a curve*. It's about the reduction in turning radius when one tilts the bike inwards.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2FNMl.jpg)
Short to-the-point answers are welcome. | 2018/07/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/419353",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/155230/"
] | It is actually **not the tilting that causes more turning**. You could in theory turn just as much while being straight up by just turning your steering wheel.
But if you do that straight up, you fall. The torque produced by the friction from the turned wheel is unbalanced and will flip you over. When you turn on a bi... | Leaning and turning are independent in the case of an uncoordinated turn, but this only occurs during transitions in lean angle or perhaps a pothole dodge maneuver (described below). Uncoordinated turns are only temporary, eventually a bike will fall inwards or outwards in an uncoordinated turn.
The key point I'm maki... |
419,353 | Note that my question is **not** *why do you tilt your bike when on a curve*. It's about the reduction in turning radius when one tilts the bike inwards.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2FNMl.jpg)
Short to-the-point answers are welcome. | 2018/07/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/419353",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/155230/"
] | Another way of seeing this that you would fall faster when the bike is tilted more. So you are more in a hurry to move the contact point with the road below your center of gravity. | With the bike upright and either no turn or a very slight one the most outer circumference is in contact with the roadway.
When you [lean in a sharp turn](https://geekswipe.net/science/physics/why-bike-lean-in-turn/) the inward torque will balance the outward torque created by the centripetal force (preventing tipping... |
419,353 | Note that my question is **not** *why do you tilt your bike when on a curve*. It's about the reduction in turning radius when one tilts the bike inwards.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2FNMl.jpg)
Short to-the-point answers are welcome. | 2018/07/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/419353",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/155230/"
] | It is actually **not the tilting that causes more turning**. You could in theory turn just as much while being straight up by just turning your steering wheel.
But if you do that straight up, you fall. The torque produced by the friction from the turned wheel is unbalanced and will flip you over. When you turn on a bi... | >
> I am sure the answer lies in the point of contact of the wheels with the ground.
>
>
>
I think you are right. You don't need torque or centripetal forces or gyroscopic forces to understand this. Two wheels also complicates this unnecessarily. The answer lies in geometry.
If you take a (e.g. lego) wheel and st... |
419,353 | Note that my question is **not** *why do you tilt your bike when on a curve*. It's about the reduction in turning radius when one tilts the bike inwards.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2FNMl.jpg)
Short to-the-point answers are welcome. | 2018/07/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/419353",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/155230/"
] | >
> I am sure the answer lies in the point of contact of the wheels with the ground.
>
>
>
I think you are right. You don't need torque or centripetal forces or gyroscopic forces to understand this. Two wheels also complicates this unnecessarily. The answer lies in geometry.
If you take a (e.g. lego) wheel and st... | With the bike upright and either no turn or a very slight one the most outer circumference is in contact with the roadway.
When you [lean in a sharp turn](https://geekswipe.net/science/physics/why-bike-lean-in-turn/) the inward torque will balance the outward torque created by the centripetal force (preventing tipping... |
60,955 | I have two maps that are exactly the same, except of different sizes (the maps are proportional). I place the smaller of the two maps onto the larger, both face up so that the smaller map is completely within the borders of the larger map.
Is there always an overlapping point corresponding to the same geographic plac... | 2018/02/23 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/60955",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/41399/"
] | Yes. Here's a simple proof.
>
> The smaller map defines a region within the larger map. You can draw that region on the smaller map too. That region you've just drawn is a smaller version of the map. In this smaller version of map you can draw that same region again, which is an even smaller version of the map. You ... | Yes.
----
This is a special case of [Brouwer's fixed point theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouwer_fixed-point_theorem):
>
> Every continuous function from a convex compact subset K of a Euclidean space to K itself has a fixed point.
>
>
>
The function sending one of your maps to the other is a simple iso... |
60,955 | I have two maps that are exactly the same, except of different sizes (the maps are proportional). I place the smaller of the two maps onto the larger, both face up so that the smaller map is completely within the borders of the larger map.
Is there always an overlapping point corresponding to the same geographic plac... | 2018/02/23 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/60955",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/41399/"
] | Yes.
----
This is a special case of [Brouwer's fixed point theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouwer_fixed-point_theorem):
>
> Every continuous function from a convex compact subset K of a Euclidean space to K itself has a fixed point.
>
>
>
The function sending one of your maps to the other is a simple iso... | Yes,
>
> Theoretically its /they are the centroids (G) of them, physically/mathematically.
>
>
> |
60,955 | I have two maps that are exactly the same, except of different sizes (the maps are proportional). I place the smaller of the two maps onto the larger, both face up so that the smaller map is completely within the borders of the larger map.
Is there always an overlapping point corresponding to the same geographic plac... | 2018/02/23 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/60955",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/41399/"
] | Yes. Here's a simple proof.
>
> The smaller map defines a region within the larger map. You can draw that region on the smaller map too. That region you've just drawn is a smaller version of the map. In this smaller version of map you can draw that same region again, which is an even smaller version of the map. You ... | Yes,
>
> Theoretically its /they are the centroids (G) of them, physically/mathematically.
>
>
> |
323,539 | The term *[deadeye](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/deadeye)* means
>
> (informal, chiefly North American) An expert marksman
>
>
>
*Oxford Dictionaries Online*
(There is an apparently unrelated sense of the term referring to a specific type of nautical block.)
Numerous other [... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/23491/"
] | I have not been able to find a concrete link, but in addition to all of the above, it seems to have roots and influences in nautical/mechanical terms, hunting/sportsman terms, and with the shift from outdoor shooting/hunting to target shooting/marksmanship, the shift from "dead shot" to "dead eye" happened sometime aft... | I believe the phrase originated from a person, particularly a marksman, having 1 eye or a “dead eye” in which this would help person aim because as they would look down the barrel of the gun. They would only see with a single eye making it easier to aim the gun, hence why people close on of their eyes. The “deadeye” do... |
323,539 | The term *[deadeye](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/deadeye)* means
>
> (informal, chiefly North American) An expert marksman
>
>
>
*Oxford Dictionaries Online*
(There is an apparently unrelated sense of the term referring to a specific type of nautical block.)
Numerous other [... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/23491/"
] | I think this is related to the phrase "dead on," which is also used in marksmanship and comes from the fact that what makes a shot successful is often that it's fatal.
OED has:
>
> Quite certain, sure, unerring. (Cf. dead certainty in sense A. 31a.) dead shot, one whose aim is certain death; so **dead on the bird. d... | You've referred to etymonline, but perhaps you need to think of it as a compound adjective+noun, not a simple noun:
<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=dead>
>
> Used from 16c. in adjectival sense of "utter, absolute, quite" (as in *dead drunk*, first attested 1590s; *dead heat*, 1796)
>
>
>
As such, someo... |
323,539 | The term *[deadeye](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/deadeye)* means
>
> (informal, chiefly North American) An expert marksman
>
>
>
*Oxford Dictionaries Online*
(There is an apparently unrelated sense of the term referring to a specific type of nautical block.)
Numerous other [... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/23491/"
] | I think this is related to the phrase "dead on," which is also used in marksmanship and comes from the fact that what makes a shot successful is often that it's fatal.
OED has:
>
> Quite certain, sure, unerring. (Cf. dead certainty in sense A. 31a.) dead shot, one whose aim is certain death; so **dead on the bird. d... | I have not been able to find a concrete link, but in addition to all of the above, it seems to have roots and influences in nautical/mechanical terms, hunting/sportsman terms, and with the shift from outdoor shooting/hunting to target shooting/marksmanship, the shift from "dead shot" to "dead eye" happened sometime aft... |
323,539 | The term *[deadeye](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/deadeye)* means
>
> (informal, chiefly North American) An expert marksman
>
>
>
*Oxford Dictionaries Online*
(There is an apparently unrelated sense of the term referring to a specific type of nautical block.)
Numerous other [... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/23491/"
] | You've referred to etymonline, but perhaps you need to think of it as a compound adjective+noun, not a simple noun:
<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=dead>
>
> Used from 16c. in adjectival sense of "utter, absolute, quite" (as in *dead drunk*, first attested 1590s; *dead heat*, 1796)
>
>
>
As such, someo... | The term came into origin early for archers that could hit a knight in full suit of armor. Moderate breast plates stopped bullets at intermediate distances. Good plate armor stopped crossbow bolts. Many full suits of armor had only slits for the eyes and the only practical killing point for archers and slug throwing we... |
323,539 | The term *[deadeye](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/deadeye)* means
>
> (informal, chiefly North American) An expert marksman
>
>
>
*Oxford Dictionaries Online*
(There is an apparently unrelated sense of the term referring to a specific type of nautical block.)
Numerous other [... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/23491/"
] | An educated guess: A particular type of deadeye was called the *bull's eye*. It is most likely that the former came to be used for a sharp shooter that often hit the bull's eye.
The slang meaning is quite recent and very rare in BE, is found in AE since 1940, usually associated with 'shot', which suggests that the mea... | I believe the phrase originated from a person, particularly a marksman, having 1 eye or a “dead eye” in which this would help person aim because as they would look down the barrel of the gun. They would only see with a single eye making it easier to aim the gun, hence why people close on of their eyes. The “deadeye” do... |
323,539 | The term *[deadeye](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/deadeye)* means
>
> (informal, chiefly North American) An expert marksman
>
>
>
*Oxford Dictionaries Online*
(There is an apparently unrelated sense of the term referring to a specific type of nautical block.)
Numerous other [... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/23491/"
] | An educated guess: A particular type of deadeye was called the *bull's eye*. It is most likely that the former came to be used for a sharp shooter that often hit the bull's eye.
The slang meaning is quite recent and very rare in BE, is found in AE since 1940, usually associated with 'shot', which suggests that the mea... | The term came into origin early for archers that could hit a knight in full suit of armor. Moderate breast plates stopped bullets at intermediate distances. Good plate armor stopped crossbow bolts. Many full suits of armor had only slits for the eyes and the only practical killing point for archers and slug throwing we... |
323,539 | The term *[deadeye](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/deadeye)* means
>
> (informal, chiefly North American) An expert marksman
>
>
>
*Oxford Dictionaries Online*
(There is an apparently unrelated sense of the term referring to a specific type of nautical block.)
Numerous other [... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/323539",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/23491/"
] | I believe the phrase originated from a person, particularly a marksman, having 1 eye or a “dead eye” in which this would help person aim because as they would look down the barrel of the gun. They would only see with a single eye making it easier to aim the gun, hence why people close on of their eyes. The “deadeye” do... | The term came into origin early for archers that could hit a knight in full suit of armor. Moderate breast plates stopped bullets at intermediate distances. Good plate armor stopped crossbow bolts. Many full suits of armor had only slits for the eyes and the only practical killing point for archers and slug throwing we... |
20,124,797 | I'm trying to program (on OpenCV, C++) some code to stitch some images from a face (taken from different angles) and create a 2D panorama of the whole face.
Do you know where can I find some example code to do this?
Thanks a lot. | 2013/11/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20124797",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2932931/"
] | In the OpenCV page you can find all the info you need for stitching:
<http://docs.opencv.org/modules/stitching/doc/stitching.html> | Here you find a helpful example, You may modify it up to your need.
<http://feelmare.blogspot.fr/2013/11/opencv-stitching-example-stitcher-class.html> |
1,752,840 | I'm setting up the cover pages for a musical work and listing the instrumentation required. The text I need to display is
>
> Flute 1-2
>
> Oboe 1-2
>
> Clarinet in B*b* 1-2
>
> Bassoon 1-2
>
>
> Horn in F 1-4
>
> Trumpet in B*b* 1-2
>
> Trombone 1-3
>
> Tuba
>
>
>
... and so on. In the above,... | 2022/11/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1752840",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1697062/"
] | A few other possibilities:
Use a smaller point size for the flat character. (Changing the character scale in Font->Advanced will probably leave the character with the same vertical spacing so I don't think that would work).
If all you want is the same spacing for all the paragraphs and you don't really mind if it's l... | I hope someone can find a *better* way to fix this, because this method uses absolute positioning for the flat symbol and it would be very easy for the spacing to get messed up, but this is a work-around that I used.
1. Create a text-box with the correct flat symbol.
2. Set it to have no outline, and to appear behind ... |
37,138,726 | If a plone version is upgraded, should security patches be removed?
**Hypothetical example:**
* Plone X.4.4 is running with Security Patch-XYZ from May 4th 2015
* Plone is upgraded to X.4.5 which is released after Security Patch-XYZ
I assume the security patches are included in the next release. Should they be remov... | 2016/05/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37138726",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2315707/"
] | In general, yes. There is one exception to date: the 20151006 hotfix, which is only partially included in Plone 4.3.9. See the [hotfix notes](https://plone.org/security/20151006) for detail. The background is that this hotfix applies some very aggressive automated CSRF defenses that are not appropriate for all situatio... | In addition to Steve's answer: it is advised to remove the hotfixes from your buildout when the patches are included in core Plone, but when you forget this no breakage is expected. In most cases the worst that will happen is that you get a warning in the logs that a hotfix could not be cleanly applied. |
12,147,707 | I have a db in MS SQL 2008 R2 I would like to know if there exists some utility (in MS Management Studio) or other which can automatically rebuild my indexes for a database.
By automatically I mean rebuilding once at week or at regular interval of time. | 2012/08/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12147707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/379008/"
] | Under the Management folder, there is a Maintenance Plan folder. You can right-click on that and select the Maintenance plan wizard.
If you want to go beyond that take a look here for widely used, highly flexible scripts that go well beyond the wizard: <http://ola.hallengren.com/> | See [How to: Rebuild an Index (SQL Server Management Studio)](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187874%28v=sql.105%29.aspx) and [Rebuild Index Using Transact-SQL](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189858.aspx#TsqlProcedureReorg). |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | How good is your algorithm? Are you confident the results will be relevant?
Reps don't use these tools because information is hard to find (poor matching on terms Reps use) or there is too much information returned (lack of precision).
I ran big call centers in a previous life, I would say having one or two highly re... | I would probably try something like this:
Remarks: If there is the possibility of lots of results from one source, the "show more" link should probably open on a new page (with the option to go back to your result of course). The additional text uses a lot of sp... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | In my experience the most result sets are only from one or a few sources. Thus there is no need to have scrollbars or collapsible containers; just **display all results and cap the maximum per source**.
(I have recently been working on such a search... | How good is your algorithm? Are you confident the results will be relevant?
Reps don't use these tools because information is hard to find (poor matching on terms Reps use) or there is too much information returned (lack of precision).
I ran big call centers in a previous life, I would say having one or two highly re... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | In my experience the most result sets are only from one or a few sources. Thus there is no need to have scrollbars or collapsible containers; just **display all results and cap the maximum per source**.
(I have recently been working on such a search... | Actually either of your two designs should work well if the users can predict the source most likely to have their answer. Either way, they pick the source they think is right and start scanning. The answers by [Lode](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131/how-to-combine-search-results-from-multiple-sources-onto-t... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | How good is your algorithm? Are you confident the results will be relevant?
Reps don't use these tools because information is hard to find (poor matching on terms Reps use) or there is too much information returned (lack of precision).
I ran big call centers in a previous life, I would say having one or two highly re... | Why not follow good ol' Microsoft? Its MSDN search results display the source of the reference in a column on the right. This way results can also be ordered by their relevance to the search terms, regardless of their source. If grouping by source is important it would be pretty easy in this setup to offer a "sort by s... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | In my experience the most result sets are only from one or a few sources. Thus there is no need to have scrollbars or collapsible containers; just **display all results and cap the maximum per source**.
(I have recently been working on such a search... | Why not follow good ol' Microsoft? Its MSDN search results display the source of the reference in a column on the right. This way results can also be ordered by their relevance to the search terms, regardless of their source. If grouping by source is important it would be pretty easy in this setup to offer a "sort by s... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would probably try something like this:
Remarks: If there is the possibility of lots of results from one source, the "show more" link should probably open on a new page (with the option to go back to your result of course). The additional text uses a lot of sp... | Why not follow good ol' Microsoft? Its MSDN search results display the source of the reference in a column on the right. This way results can also be ordered by their relevance to the search terms, regardless of their source. If grouping by source is important it would be pretty easy in this setup to offer a "sort by s... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | How good is your algorithm? Are you confident the results will be relevant?
Reps don't use these tools because information is hard to find (poor matching on terms Reps use) or there is too much information returned (lack of precision).
I ran big call centers in a previous life, I would say having one or two highly re... | Mashing up the results - unless this is what you meant with "consolidated" - can give you freedom in terms of sorting. With checkboxes categories could be blended out. With colors (and/or text) you can assign the results their categories. If it doesn't fit to the screen's height scrolling and pagination can be used.
!... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | Actually either of your two designs should work well if the users can predict the source most likely to have their answer. Either way, they pick the source they think is right and start scanning. The answers by [Lode](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131/how-to-combine-search-results-from-multiple-sources-onto-t... | I would probably try something like this:
Remarks: If there is the possibility of lots of results from one source, the "show more" link should probably open on a new page (with the option to go back to your result of course). The additional text uses a lot of sp... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | Actually either of your two designs should work well if the users can predict the source most likely to have their answer. Either way, they pick the source they think is right and start scanning. The answers by [Lode](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131/how-to-combine-search-results-from-multiple-sources-onto-t... | Mashing up the results - unless this is what you meant with "consolidated" - can give you freedom in terms of sorting. With checkboxes categories could be blended out. With colors (and/or text) you can assign the results their categories. If it doesn't fit to the screen's height scrolling and pagination can be used.
!... |
7,131 | I am building a call center tool user interface. The search consolidates results from multiple sources, - approximately 10. There is crossover between the different sources. For example I cannot always be sure that the answer to a certain type of problem is in a particular source. In a call center, time is quite litera... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5359/"
] | Actually either of your two designs should work well if the users can predict the source most likely to have their answer. Either way, they pick the source they think is right and start scanning. The answers by [Lode](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7131/how-to-combine-search-results-from-multiple-sources-onto-t... | Why not follow good ol' Microsoft? Its MSDN search results display the source of the reference in a column on the right. This way results can also be ordered by their relevance to the search terms, regardless of their source. If grouping by source is important it would be pretty easy in this setup to offer a "sort by s... |
40,520 | SO is a great place to know how sharp people are there and how in-depth knowledge they have. They certainly become a source of inspiration for us. Just wanted to know who are you most inspired by here at SO in terms of good knowledge, quick answers with *great details* and more. Personally, I am really inspired by thes... | 2010/02/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40520",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140077/"
] | I am inspired by the [Waffle Bunny](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/37493/what-do-stack-overflow-users-like-for-breakfast/37495#37495). I mean .. ***It's the Waffle Bunny!***
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tn2rP.jpg)
(source: [wikimedia... | Honestly, [Joel](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/4/joel-spolsky) for his amazing ability to be both a competent programmer and businessman, and for taking a stand for good treatment of programmers. |
40,520 | SO is a great place to know how sharp people are there and how in-depth knowledge they have. They certainly become a source of inspiration for us. Just wanted to know who are you most inspired by here at SO in terms of good knowledge, quick answers with *great details* and more. Personally, I am really inspired by thes... | 2010/02/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40520",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140077/"
] | I am inspired by the [Waffle Bunny](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/37493/what-do-stack-overflow-users-like-for-breakfast/37495#37495). I mean .. ***It's the Waffle Bunny!***
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tn2rP.jpg)
(source: [wikimedia... | [Eric Lippert](https://stackoverflow.com/users/88656/eric-lippert) |
40,520 | SO is a great place to know how sharp people are there and how in-depth knowledge they have. They certainly become a source of inspiration for us. Just wanted to know who are you most inspired by here at SO in terms of good knowledge, quick answers with *great details* and more. Personally, I am really inspired by thes... | 2010/02/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40520",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140077/"
] | I am inspired by the [Waffle Bunny](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/37493/what-do-stack-overflow-users-like-for-breakfast/37495#37495). I mean .. ***It's the Waffle Bunny!***
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tn2rP.jpg)
(source: [wikimedia... | [Urdnot the Krogan's](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/52443/urdnot-the-krogan-has-a-posse) severed Klingon head, who keeps a vigilant watch for [dire](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40436/is-there-anyone-making-actual-physical-badges/40438#40438 "defective-by-design") [threats](https://meta.stackexchange... |
40,520 | SO is a great place to know how sharp people are there and how in-depth knowledge they have. They certainly become a source of inspiration for us. Just wanted to know who are you most inspired by here at SO in terms of good knowledge, quick answers with *great details* and more. Personally, I am really inspired by thes... | 2010/02/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40520",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140077/"
] | [Eric Lippert](https://stackoverflow.com/users/88656/eric-lippert) | Honestly, [Joel](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/4/joel-spolsky) for his amazing ability to be both a competent programmer and businessman, and for taking a stand for good treatment of programmers. |
40,520 | SO is a great place to know how sharp people are there and how in-depth knowledge they have. They certainly become a source of inspiration for us. Just wanted to know who are you most inspired by here at SO in terms of good knowledge, quick answers with *great details* and more. Personally, I am really inspired by thes... | 2010/02/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40520",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140077/"
] | [Urdnot the Krogan's](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/52443/urdnot-the-krogan-has-a-posse) severed Klingon head, who keeps a vigilant watch for [dire](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40436/is-there-anyone-making-actual-physical-badges/40438#40438 "defective-by-design") [threats](https://meta.stackexchange... | Honestly, [Joel](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/4/joel-spolsky) for his amazing ability to be both a competent programmer and businessman, and for taking a stand for good treatment of programmers. |
41,175 | Parasite are very unusual creatures, their entire livelihood relies on an unwilling host to allow them to live, some parasite even [control the creature itself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps)! Despite this, to my knowledge, there are no parasites that are very intelligent, never mind sapient.
My question is ... | 2016/05/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/41175",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/11049/"
] | While we might not see that ***exact*** behavior on Earth, it is quite reasonable to imagine that it exists somewhere in our Universe.
And if we relax the definition of "parasitic" a little bit you will find that there are quite a few examples on Earth as well.
Whenever we hear the term "parasite" we get a mental i... | SpaceLizard has pointed out that your parasites would have to be big to have an intelligent nervous system, and therefore the hosts would have to be much bigger.
But what if a parasite depended on a group of hosts, rather than just one?
What if that parasite at one stage depended on one host, and then on another a... |
142,724 | I was reading a journal of astronomy and came to the most famous opponent of Big Bang theory:
>
> **The Steady State Theory**:
>
>
> The 20th - century theory was proposed by Hoyle,Gold and Bondie. The theory is based on the [Perfect Cosmological Principle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_cosmological_principl... | 2014/10/23 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/142724",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | [Here](http://www.aip.org/history/cosmology/ideas/bigbang.htm) is a good basic summary of the history of the steady-state theory and the observations that caused it to fall out of favor, mainly the second two mentioned by Kyle Kanos. One of these was the observation of intense radio sources that didn't seem evenly dist... | The steady state theory fails to model a few **observed** features of the universe:
* the accelerated [expansion of the universe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_universe)
* [radio galaxies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_galaxy) and [quasars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar) that are only observed a... |
142,724 | I was reading a journal of astronomy and came to the most famous opponent of Big Bang theory:
>
> **The Steady State Theory**:
>
>
> The 20th - century theory was proposed by Hoyle,Gold and Bondie. The theory is based on the [Perfect Cosmological Principle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_cosmological_principl... | 2014/10/23 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/142724",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The steady state theory fails to model a few **observed** features of the universe:
* the accelerated [expansion of the universe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_universe)
* [radio galaxies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_galaxy) and [quasars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar) that are only observed a... | The main problem for steady state theory now would be bow can steady state theory produce dark matter and baryonic matter?
That is a big problem for the theory.It would be hard to find a conservation law for this process. |
142,724 | I was reading a journal of astronomy and came to the most famous opponent of Big Bang theory:
>
> **The Steady State Theory**:
>
>
> The 20th - century theory was proposed by Hoyle,Gold and Bondie. The theory is based on the [Perfect Cosmological Principle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_cosmological_principl... | 2014/10/23 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/142724",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | [Here](http://www.aip.org/history/cosmology/ideas/bigbang.htm) is a good basic summary of the history of the steady-state theory and the observations that caused it to fall out of favor, mainly the second two mentioned by Kyle Kanos. One of these was the observation of intense radio sources that didn't seem evenly dist... | The following passage has been extracted from the book Parallel worlds:
>
> Finally, in Nature magazine in 1965, Hoyle officially conceded defeat,
> citing the microwave background and helium abundance as reasons
> for abandoning his steady state theory.
>
>
> |
142,724 | I was reading a journal of astronomy and came to the most famous opponent of Big Bang theory:
>
> **The Steady State Theory**:
>
>
> The 20th - century theory was proposed by Hoyle,Gold and Bondie. The theory is based on the [Perfect Cosmological Principle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_cosmological_principl... | 2014/10/23 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/142724",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The following passage has been extracted from the book Parallel worlds:
>
> Finally, in Nature magazine in 1965, Hoyle officially conceded defeat,
> citing the microwave background and helium abundance as reasons
> for abandoning his steady state theory.
>
>
> | The main problem for steady state theory now would be bow can steady state theory produce dark matter and baryonic matter?
That is a big problem for the theory.It would be hard to find a conservation law for this process. |
142,724 | I was reading a journal of astronomy and came to the most famous opponent of Big Bang theory:
>
> **The Steady State Theory**:
>
>
> The 20th - century theory was proposed by Hoyle,Gold and Bondie. The theory is based on the [Perfect Cosmological Principle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_cosmological_principl... | 2014/10/23 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/142724",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | [Here](http://www.aip.org/history/cosmology/ideas/bigbang.htm) is a good basic summary of the history of the steady-state theory and the observations that caused it to fall out of favor, mainly the second two mentioned by Kyle Kanos. One of these was the observation of intense radio sources that didn't seem evenly dist... | The main problem for steady state theory now would be bow can steady state theory produce dark matter and baryonic matter?
That is a big problem for the theory.It would be hard to find a conservation law for this process. |
183,928 | Allow me to introduce to you the epaulette shark:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5WQqD.jpg)
This one species stands out over the other 511 in that it can breathe out of water. How? It actually has several adaptations:
1. They slow down their circulato... | 2020/08/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/183928",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10274/"
] | Air breathing evolved multiple times on Earth, using different organs and strategies. Also, about this:
>
> Since it's already filled with air, it's easy for some species of fish to modify them into something comparable to a lung
>
>
>
[Evidence suggests that lungs existed before swim bladders became a thing:](ht... | **The air breathing sharks use the spiracle to move air into a body of water held in the mouth and throat.**
Shark have gills. The gills are in continuity with the mouth and water streams thru the mouth and out the gills when the sharks are swimming. This is ram ventilation and is used by fast swimming sharks. Those s... |
183,928 | Allow me to introduce to you the epaulette shark:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5WQqD.jpg)
This one species stands out over the other 511 in that it can breathe out of water. How? It actually has several adaptations:
1. They slow down their circulato... | 2020/08/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/183928",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10274/"
] | **By gulping air and storing it in a capilary-rich intestine or chamber of the stomach**
Some sharks, most notably the sand tiger shark (*Carcharias taurus*), gulp air to aid in buoyancy, allowing them to float near motionless in the water column (if you've ever been to an aquarium and seen sandtigers, you've probably... | **The air breathing sharks use the spiracle to move air into a body of water held in the mouth and throat.**
Shark have gills. The gills are in continuity with the mouth and water streams thru the mouth and out the gills when the sharks are swimming. This is ram ventilation and is used by fast swimming sharks. Those s... |
183,928 | Allow me to introduce to you the epaulette shark:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5WQqD.jpg)
This one species stands out over the other 511 in that it can breathe out of water. How? It actually has several adaptations:
1. They slow down their circulato... | 2020/08/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/183928",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/10274/"
] | Air breathing evolved multiple times on Earth, using different organs and strategies. Also, about this:
>
> Since it's already filled with air, it's easy for some species of fish to modify them into something comparable to a lung
>
>
>
[Evidence suggests that lungs existed before swim bladders became a thing:](ht... | **By gulping air and storing it in a capilary-rich intestine or chamber of the stomach**
Some sharks, most notably the sand tiger shark (*Carcharias taurus*), gulp air to aid in buoyancy, allowing them to float near motionless in the water column (if you've ever been to an aquarium and seen sandtigers, you've probably... |
27,178 | >
> Sweeping changes to the way Australia delivers welfare have been flagged in a report that calls for thousands to have their disability pensions cut if they can work. ([Aussie ABC](http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2014/s4035614.htm))
>
>
>
[Question 1] This structure is not easy to understand. I guess that-clau... | 2014/06/29 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/27178",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/504/"
] | The Australian government has released a report. This report recommends significant changes to Australian welfare payments. As a result, Australians who are able to work may lose their pensions.
1. The *that*-clause is not extraposed. It modifies *report*, not *sweeping changes*.
2. Yes, that's what *Australia deliver... | The syntax is something resembling this very ad-hoc tree:
As you can see, the order of the sentence is conventional. Probably the only element that can be called extraposed is "a report", which is a subject that appears to have moved out of clause *... |
16,462 | Just want to know about the processes happening in full text indexing. I know by defining the full text indexing for a table, it will index all the words saved in that table.
But i didn't get the use of creating a catalog for a full text index. And how an index related to catalog. Simply what the full text catalog wil... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/16462",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/991/"
] | From BOL:
After columns have been added to a full-text index, users and applications can run full-text queries on the text in the columns. These queries can search for any of the following:
* One or more specific words or phrases (simple term)
* A word or a phrase where the words begin with specified text (prefix
ter... | The following was copied (and lightly edited) from [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/24788685/173497) to this Stack Overflow question:
* [sql server - What is better 1 Full-Text Catalog for all tables or 1 per table? - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24787718/what-is-better-1-full-text-cata... |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208196",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/53961/"
] | There's little consistency in the articles we use (or don't use) with names of illnesses.
Ex:
I have *a* cold
I have *the* flu
I have diarrhea
*Strep* or *strep throat* is one of the many illnesses that do not get an article:
I have strep/strep throat
But this is only true when we're using *strep* as the na... | If you say "I have a sore throat," the *a* refers to your throat, so this is grammatically correct.
In [various medical texts](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=918&ei=AzHDXOvuF4vLwQL3k7_AAQ&q=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&oq=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3.... |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208196",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/53961/"
] | There's little consistency in the articles we use (or don't use) with names of illnesses.
Ex:
I have *a* cold
I have *the* flu
I have diarrhea
*Strep* or *strep throat* is one of the many illnesses that do not get an article:
I have strep/strep throat
But this is only true when we're using *strep* as the na... | You can have a sore throat because of a number of different causes; a streptococcus ("strep") infection is just one of them. A strep throat is a sore throat but not always the reverse. |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208196",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/53961/"
] | There's little consistency in the articles we use (or don't use) with names of illnesses.
Ex:
I have *a* cold
I have *the* flu
I have diarrhea
*Strep* or *strep throat* is one of the many illnesses that do not get an article:
I have strep/strep throat
But this is only true when we're using *strep* as the na... | The difference between "I have a sore throat" and "I have strep throat" lies in the predicate of the sentence.
When the word "Has/Had/Have" is used, we use an article for singular predicates, no article for plural predicates, and also no article for proper nouns or compound nouns (depending on use).
>
> I have a mov... |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208196",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/53961/"
] | There's little consistency in the articles we use (or don't use) with names of illnesses.
Ex:
I have *a* cold
I have *the* flu
I have diarrhea
*Strep* or *strep throat* is one of the many illnesses that do not get an article:
I have strep/strep throat
But this is only true when we're using *strep* as the na... | I think this has to do with the difference between mass and count nouns, but I am not sure.
So English makes a distinction between *things* and *stuff*. Things come in individual chunks. So, for example, you can count them. I can have three drinks, or five friends, or three left shoes. Stuff is some sort of substance ... |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208196",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/53961/"
] | If you say "I have a sore throat," the *a* refers to your throat, so this is grammatically correct.
In [various medical texts](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=918&ei=AzHDXOvuF4vLwQL3k7_AAQ&q=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&oq=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3.... | You can have a sore throat because of a number of different causes; a streptococcus ("strep") infection is just one of them. A strep throat is a sore throat but not always the reverse. |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208196",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | If you say "I have a sore throat," the *a* refers to your throat, so this is grammatically correct.
In [various medical texts](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=918&ei=AzHDXOvuF4vLwQL3k7_AAQ&q=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&oq=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3.... | The difference between "I have a sore throat" and "I have strep throat" lies in the predicate of the sentence.
When the word "Has/Had/Have" is used, we use an article for singular predicates, no article for plural predicates, and also no article for proper nouns or compound nouns (depending on use).
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> I have a mov... |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
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> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
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] | If you say "I have a sore throat," the *a* refers to your throat, so this is grammatically correct.
In [various medical texts](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=918&ei=AzHDXOvuF4vLwQL3k7_AAQ&q=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&oq=site%3Agov+%22sore+throat%22+-%22a+sore+throat%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3.... | I think this has to do with the difference between mass and count nouns, but I am not sure.
So English makes a distinction between *things* and *stuff*. Things come in individual chunks. So, for example, you can count them. I can have three drinks, or five friends, or three left shoes. Stuff is some sort of substance ... |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
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] | You can have a sore throat because of a number of different causes; a streptococcus ("strep") infection is just one of them. A strep throat is a sore throat but not always the reverse. | I think this has to do with the difference between mass and count nouns, but I am not sure.
So English makes a distinction between *things* and *stuff*. Things come in individual chunks. So, for example, you can count them. I can have three drinks, or five friends, or three left shoes. Stuff is some sort of substance ... |
208,196 | If my throat is red and it feels painful to swallow, I say
>
> I have a sore throat.
>
>
>
Recently, I've come across "strep throat". It's an infection and it doesn't seem to be used interchangeably with "sore throat". And I am wondering why.
>
> I have a throat infection.
>
>
>
If it's a type of infection,... | 2019/04/26 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/208196",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/53961/"
] | The difference between "I have a sore throat" and "I have strep throat" lies in the predicate of the sentence.
When the word "Has/Had/Have" is used, we use an article for singular predicates, no article for plural predicates, and also no article for proper nouns or compound nouns (depending on use).
>
> I have a mov... | I think this has to do with the difference between mass and count nouns, but I am not sure.
So English makes a distinction between *things* and *stuff*. Things come in individual chunks. So, for example, you can count them. I can have three drinks, or five friends, or three left shoes. Stuff is some sort of substance ... |
560,292 | It goes something like this
A: did you do that?
B: pray, no .....
And another example is "Just pray no" | 2021/02/13 | [
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] | Pray in this since is used in place of "please". It is from a Shakespearean usage, if I'm correct. 'I pray you' = 'I am asking you, please' Also, prithee = 'I pray thee'. Pray basically means to ask. To super-politely ask would be to ask, and add, if it pleases you. | In modern usage pray means ask a deity, and by extension hope strongly. "Pray, no" would mean "I really hope I didn't", and "Just pray no" would mean "Just hope/pray that the answer is no". |
16,597 | I agree that many people like it more when chess puzzles do not give a clue on the tactical theme. That is not my question, and I would like to focus on how to study a collection of chess puzzles classified by themes. I have one of those books, with one chapter devoted to each theme. In each chapter the difficulty is s... | 2017/02/09 | [
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] | Whatever works best for you.
I guess for a beginner it does make sense to see / study different variations of the same theme first. If you feel that it is too easy studying one chapter at a time, i.e. if you can spot the solution within a few seconds, it would make sense to mix it up a bit. You can do this by randomly... | Yes.
Play at least 10 of the same type of problems at one sitting so your brain gets better at seeing the underlying pattern and remembering it.
Repeat as needed after two days until you have no problem with that type of problem.
When you are positive that it is burned into your memory then repeat after a month to b... |
16,597 | I agree that many people like it more when chess puzzles do not give a clue on the tactical theme. That is not my question, and I would like to focus on how to study a collection of chess puzzles classified by themes. I have one of those books, with one chapter devoted to each theme. In each chapter the difficulty is s... | 2017/02/09 | [
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] | top author..yakov neishadt..uses a theme by theme intro..then a mixed theme no hints format..he was the editor of "64" a Soviet pub..lev alburt uses a mix format in his "300 most important positions and ideas"..optimum review time for the brain to transfer from short term memory to long term is 5 to 7 min..
timothy fer... | Yes.
Play at least 10 of the same type of problems at one sitting so your brain gets better at seeing the underlying pattern and remembering it.
Repeat as needed after two days until you have no problem with that type of problem.
When you are positive that it is burned into your memory then repeat after a month to b... |
16,597 | I agree that many people like it more when chess puzzles do not give a clue on the tactical theme. That is not my question, and I would like to focus on how to study a collection of chess puzzles classified by themes. I have one of those books, with one chapter devoted to each theme. In each chapter the difficulty is s... | 2017/02/09 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/16597",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/12396/"
] | "Is it better to focus on one tactical motive for a while instead?"
My answer would be 'yes', the reason being that seeing a motif repeated in multiple different forms makes you more aware of what kinds of positions will have that motif.
That is how I solve large amounts of tactical chess puzzles in one sitting. | Yes.
Play at least 10 of the same type of problems at one sitting so your brain gets better at seeing the underlying pattern and remembering it.
Repeat as needed after two days until you have no problem with that type of problem.
When you are positive that it is burned into your memory then repeat after a month to b... |
168,873 | I tagged this question with [a-song-of-ice-and-fire](/questions/tagged/a-song-of-ice-and-fire "show questions tagged 'a-song-of-ice-and-fire'") just in case details from the books did not make it into the show.
The title says it all, really.
We see that the Night's Watch has to vote to elect a new Lord Commander, but... | 2017/09/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/168873",
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] | The Commander of each castle votes on behalf anyone who stays behind. Here is the quote from A Storm of Swords:
>
> You were allowed to have a friend cast your token if you had duty, so some men took two tokens, three, or four, and Ser Denys and Cotter Pyke voted for the garrisons they had left behind.
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Thi... | Show Only Answer
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**TL;DR:** It appears that they don't though it isn't conclusive either way with the evidence we are given.
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Looking through the transcript it appears only those present in the room have a vote. However, people can be voted on that are not necessarily present, though I haven't re... |
164,561 | I am trying to run a DOS application (`.com`) in Windows 7 64bit. It will not run on anything newer than XP. Is there any way? I can set the comand prompt to run in XP compatibility mode? The only options I'm seeing are Vista and Server 2008.
I have tried DOSBox, and I can't seem to get OS/2 to install under virtual b... | 2010/07/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/164561",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | Windows 7 64bit does not support a 16 bit sub system, so no 16bit DOS applications will run in Windows 7 64bit. Your title is not quite clear, Maybe you are using the wrong term, here is what XP Mode is, and may be the solution you are looking for.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx> | Edit: Never mind. I just noticed the 64bit part. You won't be able to get it working unless you use a VM as already mentioned.
You might want to download the Microsoft Compatability Toolkit from here:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=24da89e9-b581-47b0-b45e-492dd6da2971&displaylang=en>
It wi... |
33,026 | It is inherent in our truth tables that we configure a statement to be either true or false, but it seems that this might have certain exceptions, especially in conditionals.
For example, the commonly held tradition when faced with a conditional in which the antecedent never occurs or is 'false' is to hold that the c... | 2016/03/16 | [
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] | There's two different things going in your question.
1. Should there be "exceptions" to the classical laws of logic (identity, excluded middle, and non-contradiction"?
2. How should we treat conditionals with false antecedents? (i.e. is the classic solution of considering them True problematic and if so what should be... | A better way to put it is not that the law of excluded middle (LEM) has exceptions, but rather the situations where it holds are an exception. This applies to all laws of classical logic, they require precise, ideal and unchangeable domain of discourse to hold. This is the case in mathematics and some mathematized scie... |
33,026 | It is inherent in our truth tables that we configure a statement to be either true or false, but it seems that this might have certain exceptions, especially in conditionals.
For example, the commonly held tradition when faced with a conditional in which the antecedent never occurs or is 'false' is to hold that the c... | 2016/03/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/33026",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/19833/"
] | A better way to put it is not that the law of excluded middle (LEM) has exceptions, but rather the situations where it holds are an exception. This applies to all laws of classical logic, they require precise, ideal and unchangeable domain of discourse to hold. This is the case in mathematics and some mathematized scie... | Even in the strictest terms, Russel's paradox indicates the need for an exception to the Law of the Excluded Middle.
Take the set of all sets that do not contain themselves as elements
>
> R = {x: x ∉ x}
>
>
>
and try to decide whether it is in itself,
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> R ∈ R ?
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>
>
You can't. If it is in itself, then ... |
33,026 | It is inherent in our truth tables that we configure a statement to be either true or false, but it seems that this might have certain exceptions, especially in conditionals.
For example, the commonly held tradition when faced with a conditional in which the antecedent never occurs or is 'false' is to hold that the c... | 2016/03/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/33026",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/19833/"
] | A better way to put it is not that the law of excluded middle (LEM) has exceptions, but rather the situations where it holds are an exception. This applies to all laws of classical logic, they require precise, ideal and unchangeable domain of discourse to hold. This is the case in mathematics and some mathematized scie... | The point is at what level one contemplates the systematic structure of any logic - at the level of defining its foundational elements, or at the level of its application. For example one says that the law of excluded middle is not valid in intuitionistic logic - but for defining the foundational elements of intuitioni... |
33,026 | It is inherent in our truth tables that we configure a statement to be either true or false, but it seems that this might have certain exceptions, especially in conditionals.
For example, the commonly held tradition when faced with a conditional in which the antecedent never occurs or is 'false' is to hold that the c... | 2016/03/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/33026",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
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] | There's two different things going in your question.
1. Should there be "exceptions" to the classical laws of logic (identity, excluded middle, and non-contradiction"?
2. How should we treat conditionals with false antecedents? (i.e. is the classic solution of considering them True problematic and if so what should be... | Even in the strictest terms, Russel's paradox indicates the need for an exception to the Law of the Excluded Middle.
Take the set of all sets that do not contain themselves as elements
>
> R = {x: x ∉ x}
>
>
>
and try to decide whether it is in itself,
>
> R ∈ R ?
>
>
>
You can't. If it is in itself, then ... |
33,026 | It is inherent in our truth tables that we configure a statement to be either true or false, but it seems that this might have certain exceptions, especially in conditionals.
For example, the commonly held tradition when faced with a conditional in which the antecedent never occurs or is 'false' is to hold that the c... | 2016/03/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/33026",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/19833/"
] | There's two different things going in your question.
1. Should there be "exceptions" to the classical laws of logic (identity, excluded middle, and non-contradiction"?
2. How should we treat conditionals with false antecedents? (i.e. is the classic solution of considering them True problematic and if so what should be... | The point is at what level one contemplates the systematic structure of any logic - at the level of defining its foundational elements, or at the level of its application. For example one says that the law of excluded middle is not valid in intuitionistic logic - but for defining the foundational elements of intuitioni... |
33,026 | It is inherent in our truth tables that we configure a statement to be either true or false, but it seems that this might have certain exceptions, especially in conditionals.
For example, the commonly held tradition when faced with a conditional in which the antecedent never occurs or is 'false' is to hold that the c... | 2016/03/16 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/33026",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/19833/"
] | The point is at what level one contemplates the systematic structure of any logic - at the level of defining its foundational elements, or at the level of its application. For example one says that the law of excluded middle is not valid in intuitionistic logic - but for defining the foundational elements of intuitioni... | Even in the strictest terms, Russel's paradox indicates the need for an exception to the Law of the Excluded Middle.
Take the set of all sets that do not contain themselves as elements
>
> R = {x: x ∉ x}
>
>
>
and try to decide whether it is in itself,
>
> R ∈ R ?
>
>
>
You can't. If it is in itself, then ... |
8,327,948 | I was wondering where I can find a web tutorial or book to show me how to set up a Java web App J2EE from scratch? Which starts from showing you what you need to install and how, To getting a server up and a Hello world on the browser?
I would rather not to use a framework such as spring or grails because I want to un... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8327948",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/218183/"
] | You are trying to understand at Java Level? Well you need to know many things before:
If you want to learn J2EE specification try [the JavaEE Sun (Nows Oracle) Tutorial](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/).
It is a large one, but it is perfect if you want to know the JavaEE specification. You don't want to ... | The best thing to do is to get Maven installed in your development machine, get the m2e Maven plugin installed in your eclipse, create a new Maven project, search for a jboss javaEE 6 archetype (one that deploys to a jboss as) or an appfuse archetype (they have ready made archetypes that deploy well to many application... |
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