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417,190 | I heard this word years ago and can't seem to dig it out of my brain or search engines.
Specifically, the conversation was about the type of people who move from the city out to a rural town to escape, but instead they immediately start trying to change the town into the city they left. This could be minor like how th... | 2017/11/06 | [
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> Brian just moved here from Toronto, and he's already trying to **colonize** the village.
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> | In looking for a single word, I started looking for *assimilate* synonyms. It was a good place to start because you are defining a person whose established norms are from another culture, who moved into a different cultural norm, and brought the previous cultural ideas with them as they *assimilate*. That came up with:... |
40,152,417 | I need to launch solaris os in aws-ec2,
1) Do aws provide solaris ami?
My analysis-i searched but not found anywhere in aws marketplace.
2) can i create vm of solaris in local and than export to aws-ec2 using AWS VM import-export? | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40152417",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6399274/"
] | According to this [link](https://blogs.oracle.com/ec2/entry/oracle_solaris_on_amazon_ec2), no. Looks like they stopped supporting it back in 2011. | Ten years ago EC2 only supported Linux natively. AWS supplied the kernel, and the kernel was Linux 2.6.16 at that point in time. Right now AWS support other operating systems. Some users have had a lot of success running other OS's (e.g. Windows, but Solaris should also work) on top of the native Linux instances we pro... |
21,921 | I live in a country where alcohol is banned and of course all equipments and materials related to brewing are banned as well, I tried turning non alcoholic beer into beer a couple of times but the results weren't so great, so I'm trying another method now, but I feel I'm doing something wrong, here are the ingredients ... | 2017/09/24 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/21921",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
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] | 5gals/24L of beer made with 1Kg of (liquid) malt extract and 1Kg of sugar will be rather weak/thin. I would recommend at least 2Kg (or even 3Kg) of malt extract with the sugar in 5gal/24L. Depending on the hop variety the hops might be increased to (for example) 100g, especially if more malt is added. Meridian is quite... | 4 days into fermentation your beer surely will be cloudy as hell, so no worries on that front. It will start cleaning up in a week or so. You may then want to facilitate that process by adding small amount of gelatin solution (google "clarifying homebrew with gelatin"). Color-wise, you should expect malt extracts to ha... |
35,143,583 | Does any one know how I can change a Shopify theme's name? I can't seem to find the file. I tried using Wingrep to search and find the theme name but didn't come up with any results. | 2016/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35143583",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1724434/"
] | Found it! The theme name that appears in the theme options is defined by the theme's folder's name. So if you want to give your theme a custom name, change the name of the folder before you upload the theme to Shopify. | You just need to Rename it in theme action list.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/liln1.png)
Reference links: <https://ecommerce.shopify.com/c/ecommerce-design/t/how-to-change-name-of-theme-328507> |
17,002 | PPL pilots are taught stall recovery by experiencing it first hand with an instructor.
Do airline pilots intentionally stall an aircraft during training? Or is it all simulator practice because it's too risky? | 2015/07/18 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/17002",
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] | In 727 and 747-100/200 aircraft and their simulators for the two airlines I flew those aircraft for up to my retirement in 1999, all stall training was done in simulators, never in the actual aircraft.
Stall training in the sim consisted of slowing (or otherwise loading up the wing) until the stick shaker started. Rec... | Usually, training is done in a simulator. Not only are the training maneuvers dangerous, but just from an economic perspective, the time in a simulator is cheaper than putting time on a real aircraft, especially for larger types.
Also, stalls are not always covered in regular training for airline pilots. Simulators do... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
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] | Suppose you and your friend had been playing a game many times for years. One day your friend decided to change the rules in the middle of a session in a way that was very advantageous to them. The next time the two of you played, the rule change would benefit you. So you suggested that you do the rule change again. Bu... | If the Senate were able to perform their constitutionally mandated duty to "advise and consent" on Merrick Garland, that is, if there was a hearing and Republicans voted Garland down fair and square 49-51, that would have been as remarkable now as Robert Bork, Douglas Ginsberg, or Harriet Miers as a Supreme Court nomin... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | Why are the Republicans being criticized? Because in 2016 they didn't simply say it was party politics as the reason to oppose Obama's choice, nor even that they disagreed with his choice.
### They chose to portray this as a matter of principle.
On principle, they declared that they believed a new Justice should not ... | Your question and many of these answers seem to be overestimating the importance of principles here.
Republicans didn't oppose Garland's opposition because they believe in the principle that late presidents shouldn't appoint supreme court justices. They didn't do it to honor Scalia. Those explanations were made up to ... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | Republicans and Democrats will make decisions when politically expedient and come up with reasonings like "precedent" and "will of the people" to justify it. In [2016 it was Democrats saying "do your job and give Garland a vote"](https://twitter.com/senatorreid/status/732273622405025793), with Republicans opposing with... | It's important to note that Republicans did not "set a precedent" in 2016; they simply followed the existing precedent.
Statistically speaking, you'd expect approximately 1 in 4 Supreme Court Justice deaths to occur during an election year, so it would be very strange indeed if 2016 were the first time this had ever h... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | >
> which seems symmetrically inconsistent
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No, they're not. The Republicans are asking that precedent *established by them* be disregarded because it benefits them. Democrats are asking that precedent be respected.
So it's not symmetric. There is a difference between arguing for A, then arguing for B, versu... | Mainstream media bias, plain and simple.
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I know it’s a cliched term at this point, but when I say “mainstream media”, I’m referring to the big 3 cable news networks (CNN, MSNBC, and Fox), the big 3 broadcast networks (CBS, ABC, and NBC), and the two largest newspapers in the co... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | Others have answered about the hypocrisy angle, but I also see another difference this time.
In 2016, the Democrats knew that they would face opposition from the Republican Senate. So Obama deliberately chose a moderate candidate, Merrick Garland. He was clearly trying to offer the GOP a compromise by not nominating a... | There are three main differences between the 2016 event and the 2020 event.
1. In 2016, there was not a famous, recent precedent.
2. In 2020, there is a month until the election. In 2016, there were nearly 9 months between nomination and election.
3. In 2016, the party that did not control the presidency argued on pri... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | The Democrats were in favour of appointing Garland in 2016, but now that the Republicans have set a precedent that Supreme Court Justices should not be appointed in an election year, the Republicans are being asked to stick to it. The Democrats are simply asking the Republicans to stick to the principles they used four... | In addition to the other answers, the time frame is different. Scalia died February 13th 2016, and the following day Mitch McConnell stated that the senate would not consider anyone put forwards by Obama.
Meanwhile Ginsburg died 19th September, much closer to the election. So if February was too close to the election ... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The timing reinforces the case for waiting
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In 2016 the gap in the Supreme Court opened in February. That meant that waiting for the election left the seat open for an extra half a year.
In 2020 the gap in the Supreme Court opened in September. In this case appointing a new j... | It's important to note that Republicans did not "set a precedent" in 2016; they simply followed the existing precedent.
Statistically speaking, you'd expect approximately 1 in 4 Supreme Court Justice deaths to occur during an election year, so it would be very strange indeed if 2016 were the first time this had ever h... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | Others have answered about the hypocrisy angle, but I also see another difference this time.
In 2016, the Democrats knew that they would face opposition from the Republican Senate. So Obama deliberately chose a moderate candidate, Merrick Garland. He was clearly trying to offer the GOP a compromise by not nominating a... | Your question and many of these answers seem to be overestimating the importance of principles here.
Republicans didn't oppose Garland's opposition because they believe in the principle that late presidents shouldn't appoint supreme court justices. They didn't do it to honor Scalia. Those explanations were made up to ... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | Why are the Republicans being criticized? Because in 2016 they didn't simply say it was party politics as the reason to oppose Obama's choice, nor even that they disagreed with his choice.
### They chose to portray this as a matter of principle.
On principle, they declared that they believed a new Justice should not ... | There are three main differences between the 2016 event and the 2020 event.
1. In 2016, there was not a famous, recent precedent.
2. In 2020, there is a month until the election. In 2016, there were nearly 9 months between nomination and election.
3. In 2016, the party that did not control the presidency argued on pri... |
57,537 | It's hard to be on the Internet currently without encountering heavy criticism of prominent Republican politicians over Trump nominating a Supreme Court justice so close to the 2020 US election. As per my understanding, criticism primarily highlights inconsistency in the Republican-led blocking of [Obama's 2016 Merrick... | 2020/09/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/57537",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/16767/"
] | Why are the Republicans being criticized? Because in 2016 they didn't simply say it was party politics as the reason to oppose Obama's choice, nor even that they disagreed with his choice.
### They chose to portray this as a matter of principle.
On principle, they declared that they believed a new Justice should not ... | In addition to the other answers, the time frame is different. Scalia died February 13th 2016, and the following day Mitch McConnell stated that the senate would not consider anyone put forwards by Obama.
Meanwhile Ginsburg died 19th September, much closer to the election. So if February was too close to the election ... |
69,775 | I tried searching but didn't get any useful information.
What does the word "Relational" mean here? Is it tables being related to each other just like the real life entities, or does it mean something else? | 2011/04/20 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/69775",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | The word *relational* comes from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_algebra> which was invented by E.F. Codd. SQL and relational databases started as an attempt to make Codd's ideas practical. | A *relation* is a table in database context.
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> A relation is a data structure which consists of a heading and an unordered set of tuples which share the same type. --[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation_%28database%29)
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It's more about how the data is related to the column name and type than h... |
69,775 | I tried searching but didn't get any useful information.
What does the word "Relational" mean here? Is it tables being related to each other just like the real life entities, or does it mean something else? | 2011/04/20 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/69775",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | The word *relational* comes from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_algebra> which was invented by E.F. Codd. SQL and relational databases started as an attempt to make Codd's ideas practical. | From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database):
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> A relational database matches data by
> using common characteristics found
> within the data set. The resulting
> groups of data are organized and are
> much easier for many people to
> understand.
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and further down:
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> A relatio... |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | The book by G. K. Francis entitled "A topological picturebook" is beautiful. Have a look at this [snapshot](http://books.google.com/books?id=L0DhG2_Db3oC&printsec=frontcover&dq=a+topological+picturebook), starting with page 16.
The book explains how to draw and visualize pictures of low dimensional famous topological ... | Knots, links, braids, and 3-manifolds, by Prasolov and Sossinsky (you can look at it on [Google books](http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=znCLtJKnZXQC&dq=Knots,+links,+braids,+and+3-manifolds&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=VYF6LQhJ5j&sig=PhIeG6_joq1PE5HiJqr1mOiEZxM&hl=en&ei=19cTS5LrMN2ZjAfnp7nJAw&sa=X&oi=book_result... |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | A paper that used figures to, in my view, revolutionize the understanding of an area of mathematics is: R. Penrose. Applications of negative dimensional tensors. In D.J.A. Welsh, editor, Combinatorial mathematics and its applications, pages 221–244. Mathematical Institute, Oxford, London, New York, Academic Press, 1971... | The figures in [John Stillwell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stillwell)'s books are always superbly drawn, and really enhance the exposition. |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | H.S.M. Coxeter's books include **Regular Polytopes**. This book deals with the classification of regular polytopes. In this book there are Coxeter diagrams which are closely related to Dynkin diagrams. In his works are many diagrams,figures and illustrations. They influenced M.C Escher. Many of Escher's works reflect h... | String diagrams are a very nice way to turn category-theoretic equations into beautiful pictures.
Here are, for example, the axioms for (co)commutative Hopf algebras, which I find particularly satisfying in string diagram notation (taken from <https://graphicallinearalgebra.net/>).
[![enter image description here](http... |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | I am a huge fan of the drawings of Anatoly Fomenko (for some of his drawings, see [here](http://www.mathe.tu-freiberg.de/~hebisch/cafe/fomenko/fomenko.html); for a description of his odd historical theories, see his wikipedia pages [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Fomenko) and [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/... | Bar-Natan's first paper on Khovanov homology (*On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial*, Algebraic and Geometric Topology 2-16 (2002) 337-370) included a great figure (visible immediately if you follow [this link](http://www.math.toronto.edu/%7Edrorbn/papers/Categorification/)) that summarised the entire... |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | The following is a wondeful candidate: **Jos Leys**, *Lorenz and Modular Flows: A Visual Introduction*, [Feature Column](http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-lorenz) of the AMS web site, November 2006. | The standard diagram for representing a category, showing objects, arrows/morphisms and the composition operation:
 [(source: Wikipedia/Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_theory)
(The required identity... |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | I am a huge fan of the drawings of Anatoly Fomenko (for some of his drawings, see [here](http://www.mathe.tu-freiberg.de/~hebisch/cafe/fomenko/fomenko.html); for a description of his odd historical theories, see his wikipedia pages [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Fomenko) and [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/... | [Edward Tufte's books](http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/) are quite beautiful, though they do not focus so much on mathematical figures/diagrams per se. However, via Tufte, I did come across [this version of Euclid's Elements by Oliver Byrne](http://www.sunsite.ubc.ca/DigitalMathArchive/Euclid/), which presents the pro... |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | The following is a wondeful candidate: **Jos Leys**, *Lorenz and Modular Flows: A Visual Introduction*, [Feature Column](http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-lorenz) of the AMS web site, November 2006. | There is the notion of a "proof without words" and a series (well, n=2) of books with that title.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_without_words> |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | The book by G. K. Francis entitled "A topological picturebook" is beautiful. Have a look at this [snapshot](http://books.google.com/books?id=L0DhG2_Db3oC&printsec=frontcover&dq=a+topological+picturebook), starting with page 16.
The book explains how to draw and visualize pictures of low dimensional famous topological ... | see my starting effort to help see 3-manifolds at <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:3-manifolds> |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | The book by G. K. Francis entitled "A topological picturebook" is beautiful. Have a look at this [snapshot](http://books.google.com/books?id=L0DhG2_Db3oC&printsec=frontcover&dq=a+topological+picturebook), starting with page 16.
The book explains how to draw and visualize pictures of low dimensional famous topological ... | Bar-Natan's first paper on Khovanov homology (*On Khovanov's Categorification of the Jones Polynomial*, Algebraic and Geometric Topology 2-16 (2002) 337-370) included a great figure (visible immediately if you follow [this link](http://www.math.toronto.edu/%7Edrorbn/papers/Categorification/)) that summarised the entire... |
2,949 | Most math papers have few figures, if any, although sometimes a well-chosen figure can be a tremendous help in understanding mathematical concepts. Does anyone have any examples of notable uses of figures in mathematical writing and/or texts that make great use of figures/diagrams/illustrations? | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2949",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/498/"
] | Turning a sphere inside out
<http://www.treeincarnation.com/images/centerfold.gif> | There is the notion of a "proof without words" and a series (well, n=2) of books with that title.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_without_words> |
448,114 | In chapter 10, Tom Joad explains a personal meaning of what preaching is to the preacher Casy and I don't understand it.
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> ”That's preachin'. Doin' good to a fella that's down an' can't smack ya in the puss for it. No, you ain't no preacher. But don't you blow no cornets aroun' here".
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Could someone expla... | 2018/05/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/448114",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/296640/"
] | Steinbeck was critical of the Salvation Army and its take on Christianity. Sure, they helped people, but they forced those they helped to step into the world of the Salvation Army in order to get that help. In Tom's case, he was forced to sit and listen to the Salvation Army play small trumpets (cornets) for hours and ... | [google books](https://books.google.com/books?id=TPyBeuCE6A0C&lpg=PA134&dq=%22blow%20no%20cornets%22&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q=%22blow%20no%20cornets%22&f=false) More text with revealing context.
Tom to Casey with the **blow no cornets** sentence: Tom (Steinbeck?), a critic of Christian charity as practiced by the Salvatio... |
14,532 | How viable is it to play through Dragon Quest IX entirely in multiplayer? I'm hoping to be able to play through the whole thing together with my wife, so I'm just wondering if there are any downsides or impossibilities to doing this.
A couple of main questions, I suppose:
* Neither of us have played it at all, are we... | 2011/01/13 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/14532",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/857/"
] | Well, my wife and I started playing the game over the last few days, so I'm going to leave some notes here for anyone else in a similar situation.
However, I'm going to say that **no, it is not really viable to play the game completely as co-op**.
Here are a few things we've come across already, being about 10 hours ... | You will have to play individually for a while - about 10 hours - until you unlock the co-op mode.
You do get an experience bonus while playing co-op. |
14,532 | How viable is it to play through Dragon Quest IX entirely in multiplayer? I'm hoping to be able to play through the whole thing together with my wife, so I'm just wondering if there are any downsides or impossibilities to doing this.
A couple of main questions, I suppose:
* Neither of us have played it at all, are we... | 2011/01/13 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/14532",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/857/"
] | Well, my wife and I started playing the game over the last few days, so I'm going to leave some notes here for anyone else in a similar situation.
However, I'm going to say that **no, it is not really viable to play the game completely as co-op**.
Here are a few things we've come across already, being about 10 hours ... | There are a few areas that it makes you do alone, like on the Magmaroo summit, at one point you have to go it alone. |
20,990,786 | Have you ever met this error when code Perl to access db MYSQL :
The procedure entry point mysql\_get\_parameters could not be located in libmysql\_.dll ?
I already copied libmysql.dll from D:\xampp\mysql\lib\ to many places and renamed it to libmysql\_.dll:
- D:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\
- C:\WINDOWS\S... | 2014/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20990786",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3172252/"
] | 1. Download Strawberry Perl from <http://strawberryperl.com/>
2. Install it on your PC
3. Find libmysql\_.dll file from C:\strawberry\c\bin
4. Copy it onto D:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\mysql | I know this is an OLD problem, but current strawberry perl (5.24.1.1) will not work as downloaded/installed unless you use the answer above to fix it.
Copy the dll located at [DRIVELETTER]:\Strawberry\c\bin\LIBMYSQL\_.dll
TO: [DRIVELETTER]:\Strawberry\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\mysql
And your legacy mysql scripts wil... |
20,990,786 | Have you ever met this error when code Perl to access db MYSQL :
The procedure entry point mysql\_get\_parameters could not be located in libmysql\_.dll ?
I already copied libmysql.dll from D:\xampp\mysql\lib\ to many places and renamed it to libmysql\_.dll:
- D:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\
- C:\WINDOWS\S... | 2014/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20990786",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3172252/"
] | 1. Download Strawberry Perl from <http://strawberryperl.com/>
2. Install it on your PC
3. Find libmysql\_.dll file from C:\strawberry\c\bin
4. Copy it onto D:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\mysql | Copying
***C:\strawberry\c\bin\libmysql\_.dll***
to
***c:\strawberry\perl\vendor\lib\auto\mysql***
does not work in Release Strawberry 5.28.2.
My solution is rather unusual - but works (until now):
I took the **libmysql\_.dll** from **Release Perl 5.12** from **ActiveState** (yes, sorry, but I was in despair)!!! ... |
492,994 | This is the sentence:
>
> Entrepreneurial leadership is the leader’s ability to influence others, to nurture the culture, to manage resources, and to develop a competitive behavior to seek opportunities and advantages (Ireland et al., 2003).
>
>
>
In my language, we don't repeat the equivalent of "to" multiple ... | 2019/04/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/492994",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/338450/"
] | In your sentence, all the additional "to" seem redundant. But there are some instances where adding additional "to" may be necessary.
For example, in legal documents, when we are empowering someone to do certain acts, we use "to" after every comma to indicate that now a new power is being listed after the comma. Same g... | The example you gave, of a sentence with fewer instances of the word “to” seems perfectly fine to me, as a native English speaker and grammar hobbyist.
I'm inclined to object to using "to" so many times in a single sentence because of general admonishments against redundancy in Strunk and White's "Elements of Style" a... |
179,315 | I am sure there is a simple answer to this one.
I have a docx file that I get an error when trying to download(document cannot be found).... .doc is fine .txt is also fine. I am sure this is just an iis setting, the permissions on the server are all the same for all files. | 2008/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/179315",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Yes, it's just an IIS setting: by default, [it will only serve files for which the extension matches a defined MIME type](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326965).
To allow .docx files to be downloaded, follow the steps from the KB article linked above:
1. Open the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC), right-click t... | When there is no mime type associated with an extension in IIS (6.0 and up), it will give you 404. See [Requests for static files return 404 error (IIS 6.0)](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/deeac9ef-cf55-4acd-86ce-b46022ff5479.mspx). (**Edit:** The original MSDN link is dead a... |
179,315 | I am sure there is a simple answer to this one.
I have a docx file that I get an error when trying to download(document cannot be found).... .doc is fine .txt is also fine. I am sure this is just an iis setting, the permissions on the server are all the same for all files. | 2008/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/179315",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | In step 5 of the solution above you said
>
> In the MIME Type box, type application/msword.
>
>
>
The "application/msword" MIME type is the type for the word 2003 ".doc" files. The correct MIME type for word 2007 ".docx" files is:
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
>
... | When there is no mime type associated with an extension in IIS (6.0 and up), it will give you 404. See [Requests for static files return 404 error (IIS 6.0)](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/deeac9ef-cf55-4acd-86ce-b46022ff5479.mspx). (**Edit:** The original MSDN link is dead a... |
179,315 | I am sure there is a simple answer to this one.
I have a docx file that I get an error when trying to download(document cannot be found).... .doc is fine .txt is also fine. I am sure this is just an iis setting, the permissions on the server are all the same for all files. | 2008/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/179315",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Thanks this is very useful.
If you are interested MIME type for .pptx (Powerpoint 2007) is
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
>
>
>
and .xlsx (Excel 2007) is
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
>
>
>
[These where transposed. I h... | When there is no mime type associated with an extension in IIS (6.0 and up), it will give you 404. See [Requests for static files return 404 error (IIS 6.0)](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/deeac9ef-cf55-4acd-86ce-b46022ff5479.mspx). (**Edit:** The original MSDN link is dead a... |
179,315 | I am sure there is a simple answer to this one.
I have a docx file that I get an error when trying to download(document cannot be found).... .doc is fine .txt is also fine. I am sure this is just an iis setting, the permissions on the server are all the same for all files. | 2008/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/179315",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Yes, it's just an IIS setting: by default, [it will only serve files for which the extension matches a defined MIME type](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326965).
To allow .docx files to be downloaded, follow the steps from the KB article linked above:
1. Open the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC), right-click t... | In step 5 of the solution above you said
>
> In the MIME Type box, type application/msword.
>
>
>
The "application/msword" MIME type is the type for the word 2003 ".doc" files. The correct MIME type for word 2007 ".docx" files is:
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
>
... |
179,315 | I am sure there is a simple answer to this one.
I have a docx file that I get an error when trying to download(document cannot be found).... .doc is fine .txt is also fine. I am sure this is just an iis setting, the permissions on the server are all the same for all files. | 2008/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/179315",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Yes, it's just an IIS setting: by default, [it will only serve files for which the extension matches a defined MIME type](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326965).
To allow .docx files to be downloaded, follow the steps from the KB article linked above:
1. Open the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC), right-click t... | Thanks this is very useful.
If you are interested MIME type for .pptx (Powerpoint 2007) is
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
>
>
>
and .xlsx (Excel 2007) is
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
>
>
>
[These where transposed. I h... |
179,315 | I am sure there is a simple answer to this one.
I have a docx file that I get an error when trying to download(document cannot be found).... .doc is fine .txt is also fine. I am sure this is just an iis setting, the permissions on the server are all the same for all files. | 2008/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/179315",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | In step 5 of the solution above you said
>
> In the MIME Type box, type application/msword.
>
>
>
The "application/msword" MIME type is the type for the word 2003 ".doc" files. The correct MIME type for word 2007 ".docx" files is:
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
>
... | Thanks this is very useful.
If you are interested MIME type for .pptx (Powerpoint 2007) is
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
>
>
>
and .xlsx (Excel 2007) is
>
> application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
>
>
>
[These where transposed. I h... |
5,728 | **AN OVERBROAD PATENT ON providing recommendations based on relative preferences across items for a customer.** - This application from [MIT](http://web.mit.edu/) seeks to patent the idea of...identifying a relative preference list of all users, comparing a user's relative preference list with the canonical preference ... | 2013/12/24 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/5728",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/1767/"
] | It isn't elegant or optimal but you can take a copy of the paper, attach a provisional patent application cover sheet and a check and express mail it to the USPTO. Or do the electronic equivalent with PDFs.
Regarding inventors, they generally will not sign NDAs because they see so many plans that might have overlappin... | Simple old fashioned way - completely and in detail describe your idea/invention on the paper, put everything to the postal letter, glue - take to the Post office and send it to YOURSELF. When you will receive your own letter on your address - do not open it, save in that closed way for the court. The official postal d... |
5,728 | **AN OVERBROAD PATENT ON providing recommendations based on relative preferences across items for a customer.** - This application from [MIT](http://web.mit.edu/) seeks to patent the idea of...identifying a relative preference list of all users, comparing a user's relative preference list with the canonical preference ... | 2013/12/24 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/5728",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/1767/"
] | First i want to answer your question related to publishing as a technical paper before applying for a patent.
In USPTO, prior art exception are made by the US Patent Law under the AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(A) for novelty AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1). These exceptions limit the use of an inventor's own work as prior art, when ... | It isn't elegant or optimal but you can take a copy of the paper, attach a provisional patent application cover sheet and a check and express mail it to the USPTO. Or do the electronic equivalent with PDFs.
Regarding inventors, they generally will not sign NDAs because they see so many plans that might have overlappin... |
5,728 | **AN OVERBROAD PATENT ON providing recommendations based on relative preferences across items for a customer.** - This application from [MIT](http://web.mit.edu/) seeks to patent the idea of...identifying a relative preference list of all users, comparing a user's relative preference list with the canonical preference ... | 2013/12/24 | [
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/5728",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com",
"https://patents.stackexchange.com/users/1767/"
] | First i want to answer your question related to publishing as a technical paper before applying for a patent.
In USPTO, prior art exception are made by the US Patent Law under the AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(A) for novelty AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1). These exceptions limit the use of an inventor's own work as prior art, when ... | Simple old fashioned way - completely and in detail describe your idea/invention on the paper, put everything to the postal letter, glue - take to the Post office and send it to YOURSELF. When you will receive your own letter on your address - do not open it, save in that closed way for the court. The official postal d... |
477,272 | What does "read chapter 18 onwards" mean? Read until chapter 18 or from 18 to end of the book? This is confusing. | 2018/12/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/477272",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/328344/"
] | This means *read chapter 18 and keep going*, as in chapter 18 and all those that come after it. Hope this helps! | This means to read all of Chapter 18 and continue reading until the end of the book.
This typically refers to reading the chapters and not the back matter, which are sections that follow the main text, such as the index, glossary, notes and appendices.
There is no need to read anything before Chapter 18. |
430,605 | How much of a performance benefit is there by selecting only required field in query instead of querying the entire row? For example, if I have a row of 10 fields but only need 5 fields in the display, is it worth querying only those 5? what is the performance benefit with this limitation vs the risk of having to go ba... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | It depends on how many rows are selected, and how much memory do those extra fields consume. It can run much slower if several text/blobs fields are present for example, or many rows are selected.
How is adding fields later a risk? modifying queries to fit changing requirements is a natural part of the development pro... | The only benefit I know of explicitly naming your columns in your select statement is that if a column your code is using gets renamed your select statement will fail before your code. Even better if your select statement is within a proc, your proc and the DB script would not compile. This is very handy if you are usi... |
430,605 | How much of a performance benefit is there by selecting only required field in query instead of querying the entire row? For example, if I have a row of 10 fields but only need 5 fields in the display, is it worth querying only those 5? what is the performance benefit with this limitation vs the risk of having to go ba... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | It depends on how many rows are selected, and how much memory do those extra fields consume. It can run much slower if several text/blobs fields are present for example, or many rows are selected.
How is adding fields later a risk? modifying queries to fit changing requirements is a natural part of the development pro... | The number of fields retrieved is a second order effect on performance relative to the large overhead of the SQL request itself -- going out of process, across the network to another host, and possibly to disk on that host takes many more cycles than shoveling a few extra bytes of data.
Obviously if the extra fields i... |
430,605 | How much of a performance benefit is there by selecting only required field in query instead of querying the entire row? For example, if I have a row of 10 fields but only need 5 fields in the display, is it worth querying only those 5? what is the performance benefit with this limitation vs the risk of having to go ba... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | It depends on how many rows are selected, and how much memory do those extra fields consume. It can run much slower if several text/blobs fields are present for example, or many rows are selected.
How is adding fields later a risk? modifying queries to fit changing requirements is a natural part of the development pro... | If the SQL server is not the same machine from which you're querying, then selecting the extra columns transfers more data over the network (which can be a bottleneck), not forgetting that it has to read more data from the disk, allocate more memory to hold the results.
There's not one thing that would cause a problem... |
430,605 | How much of a performance benefit is there by selecting only required field in query instead of querying the entire row? For example, if I have a row of 10 fields but only need 5 fields in the display, is it worth querying only those 5? what is the performance benefit with this limitation vs the risk of having to go ba... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | It's not just the extra data aspect that you need to consider. Selecting all columns will negate the usefulness of covering indexes, since a bookmark lookup into the clustered index (or table) will be required. | It depends on how many rows are selected, and how much memory do those extra fields consume. It can run much slower if several text/blobs fields are present for example, or many rows are selected.
How is adding fields later a risk? modifying queries to fit changing requirements is a natural part of the development pro... |
430,605 | How much of a performance benefit is there by selecting only required field in query instead of querying the entire row? For example, if I have a row of 10 fields but only need 5 fields in the display, is it worth querying only those 5? what is the performance benefit with this limitation vs the risk of having to go ba... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | It's not just the extra data aspect that you need to consider. Selecting all columns will negate the usefulness of covering indexes, since a bookmark lookup into the clustered index (or table) will be required. | The only benefit I know of explicitly naming your columns in your select statement is that if a column your code is using gets renamed your select statement will fail before your code. Even better if your select statement is within a proc, your proc and the DB script would not compile. This is very handy if you are usi... |
430,605 | How much of a performance benefit is there by selecting only required field in query instead of querying the entire row? For example, if I have a row of 10 fields but only need 5 fields in the display, is it worth querying only those 5? what is the performance benefit with this limitation vs the risk of having to go ba... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | It's not just the extra data aspect that you need to consider. Selecting all columns will negate the usefulness of covering indexes, since a bookmark lookup into the clustered index (or table) will be required. | The number of fields retrieved is a second order effect on performance relative to the large overhead of the SQL request itself -- going out of process, across the network to another host, and possibly to disk on that host takes many more cycles than shoveling a few extra bytes of data.
Obviously if the extra fields i... |
430,605 | How much of a performance benefit is there by selecting only required field in query instead of querying the entire row? For example, if I have a row of 10 fields but only need 5 fields in the display, is it worth querying only those 5? what is the performance benefit with this limitation vs the risk of having to go ba... | 2009/01/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/430605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | It's not just the extra data aspect that you need to consider. Selecting all columns will negate the usefulness of covering indexes, since a bookmark lookup into the clustered index (or table) will be required. | If the SQL server is not the same machine from which you're querying, then selecting the extra columns transfers more data over the network (which can be a bottleneck), not forgetting that it has to read more data from the disk, allocate more memory to hold the results.
There's not one thing that would cause a problem... |
9,453 | I asked a question [(link)](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/442717/why-is-slugify-called-that) about the origin of a term which I see frequently while programming. It was just a personal curiosity, but this type of question seems in line with [many](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/... | 2022/12/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9453",
"https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/users/305816/"
] | My experience with this community here is that sometimes you have to give them around a week or two to react. There are only a handful of members who actively participate in improving things like spelling, grammar or wording of a question. That's somewhat different from Stackoverflow: they have a user base which is mor... | It appears there's been [less than 500](https://data.stackexchange.com/programmers/query/1684255) suggested edits this year. That's less than 2 edits a day.
If there are really so few edits, I'd say it wouldn't be unreasonable to **include regularly reviewing suggested edits in moderator responsibilities**.
That shou... |
314,363 | For example, the famous tweet quoting Forsyth,
>
> [A]djectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll ... | 2022/04/29 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/314363",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Native speakers understand when to use *except* and when to use *except for*. But when I was trying to figure out the rules a few years ago, the majority of explanations on the Internet were wrong.
If *except (for)* is followed by a noun, the rule is: you can use *except* when it's after an expression containing a wor... | It's rather that learners of English *are* given general rules for things that native speakers often don't know off the tops of their heads if asked, like adjective order. These are usually "rules" that have been internalized very early before formal learning in school.
Another example is the idiomatic use of *high* v... |
314,363 | For example, the famous tweet quoting Forsyth,
>
> [A]djectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll ... | 2022/04/29 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/314363",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Native speakers understand when to use *except* and when to use *except for*. But when I was trying to figure out the rules a few years ago, the majority of explanations on the Internet were wrong.
If *except (for)* is followed by a noun, the rule is: you can use *except* when it's after an expression containing a wor... | Native speakers also do not need to be taught about articles—-a, an, and the—when to use which one or none at all. |
4,718 | What is the best free or cheap music editing software available? I am looking for something to write and edit scores with. I know that Finale and Sibelius are the best on the market, but I wouldn't use them enough to justify the price.
I don't need many features, though here are a few that I could really use:
* Audio... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4718",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1546/"
] | Check out Lilypond: <http://lilypond.org/> It's free and powerful, and although it won't do audio playback, I believe it can do the rest of what you ask. It's text-based, and if you are at all familiar with TeX or LaTeX, Lilypond will feel similar. It has a somewhat steep learning curve, but there are some GUIs in acti... | [Denemo](http://wwww.denemo.org) is an open source tool for writing scores. It appears to be quite powerful (and has a lilypond interface as well as playback), but the documentation is weak. I couldn't even figure out how to do score writing with bass-line and melody in the same staff, although I know it's possible. |
4,718 | What is the best free or cheap music editing software available? I am looking for something to write and edit scores with. I know that Finale and Sibelius are the best on the market, but I wouldn't use them enough to justify the price.
I don't need many features, though here are a few that I could really use:
* Audio... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4718",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1546/"
] | [MuseScore](http://musescore.org/)
----------------------------------
is getting some attention. It's free, cross-platform, and imports and exports MusicXML. I have not tried it. | [Denemo](http://wwww.denemo.org) is an open source tool for writing scores. It appears to be quite powerful (and has a lilypond interface as well as playback), but the documentation is weak. I couldn't even figure out how to do score writing with bass-line and melody in the same staff, although I know it's possible. |
4,718 | What is the best free or cheap music editing software available? I am looking for something to write and edit scores with. I know that Finale and Sibelius are the best on the market, but I wouldn't use them enough to justify the price.
I don't need many features, though here are a few that I could really use:
* Audio... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4718",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1546/"
] | As little addon to the [Lillypond](http://lilypond.org/) suggestion:
Check out [this snippet](http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=501) from the [Lilypond Snippet Repository](http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Search)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exZkP.png)
I... | [rosegarden](http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/) is another option. It's mostly meant to be used as a MIDI sequencer/DAW, but has a score facility which I believe will let you edit scores directly. It's only available for linux. |
4,718 | What is the best free or cheap music editing software available? I am looking for something to write and edit scores with. I know that Finale and Sibelius are the best on the market, but I wouldn't use them enough to justify the price.
I don't need many features, though here are a few that I could really use:
* Audio... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4718",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1546/"
] | [rosegarden](http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/) is another option. It's mostly meant to be used as a MIDI sequencer/DAW, but has a score facility which I believe will let you edit scores directly. It's only available for linux. | [Denemo](http://wwww.denemo.org) is an open source tool for writing scores. It appears to be quite powerful (and has a lilypond interface as well as playback), but the documentation is weak. I couldn't even figure out how to do score writing with bass-line and melody in the same staff, although I know it's possible. |
4,718 | What is the best free or cheap music editing software available? I am looking for something to write and edit scores with. I know that Finale and Sibelius are the best on the market, but I wouldn't use them enough to justify the price.
I don't need many features, though here are a few that I could really use:
* Audio... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4718",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1546/"
] | As little addon to the [Lillypond](http://lilypond.org/) suggestion:
Check out [this snippet](http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=501) from the [Lilypond Snippet Repository](http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Search)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exZkP.png)
I... | [Denemo](http://wwww.denemo.org) is an open source tool for writing scores. It appears to be quite powerful (and has a lilypond interface as well as playback), but the documentation is weak. I couldn't even figure out how to do score writing with bass-line and melody in the same staff, although I know it's possible. |
4,718 | What is the best free or cheap music editing software available? I am looking for something to write and edit scores with. I know that Finale and Sibelius are the best on the market, but I wouldn't use them enough to justify the price.
I don't need many features, though here are a few that I could really use:
* Audio... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4718",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1546/"
] | Check out Lilypond: <http://lilypond.org/> It's free and powerful, and although it won't do audio playback, I believe it can do the rest of what you ask. It's text-based, and if you are at all familiar with TeX or LaTeX, Lilypond will feel similar. It has a somewhat steep learning curve, but there are some GUIs in acti... | As little addon to the [Lillypond](http://lilypond.org/) suggestion:
Check out [this snippet](http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=501) from the [Lilypond Snippet Repository](http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Search)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exZkP.png)
I... |
42,561,584 | I'm curious if the Graphaware framework edition (community vs enterprise) must match the Neo4j edition? | 2017/03/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42561584",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1123443/"
] | To add to what MicTech said: there are two aspects, licensing and technical compatibility. Licensing is explained here: <http://graphaware.com/licences/>
Technically, the framework edition on the [downloads](http://products.graphaware.com) page has to match your Neo4j edition. Then you can use any module.
The confusi... | [GraphAware Enterprise](http://graphaware.com/enterprise/) is only for the enterprise version of Neo4j.
Other GraphAware tools and libraries which are publicly available should work with both Neo4j editions.
[Here](http://graphaware.com/products/) you can find more information. |
4,543,266 | I want to categorize tweets within a given set of categories like {'sports', 'entertainment', 'love'}, etc...
My idea is to take the term frequencies of the most commonly used words to help me solve this problem. For example, the word 'love' shows up most frequently in the *love* category but it also shows up in sport... | 2010/12/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4543266",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/400646/"
] | Well you are trying to do text classification into a group of categories. [Naive Bayes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naive_Bayes_classifier "Naive Bayes") does this. In fact, it is a statistical analogue of your idea. It assumes that frequency of words in a text are independent indicators of a category and gives a prob... | You have to classify Documents ( here tweets are your documents ) based on their contents(words-features) and put them in the categories (sports, environment, love etc).
You can use [Naive Bayes Classifier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naive_Bayes_classifier) or Fisher Classifier ( I prefer Fisher ) to categorize yo... |
2,172 | I heard about a local club holding a kermesse race, and I was wondering what exactly they were? | 2010/11/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/2172",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/106/"
] | Not a big fan of this type of answer, but [wikipedia has a pretty good definition of it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermesse_%28Bicycle_Race%29).
>
> The races are usually 90-140
> kilometers in total length. While some
> are longer or shorter, most are about
> 120 kilometers. The race is comprised
> of a set d... | The [answer by domsterr](https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/2172/what-is-a-kermesse-race/2173#2173) is a really good summary of what a kermis is. Here's some additional info:
They have these almost every day in towns across Belgium (and Holland) through the cycling season. (I stayed in Gent and there was al... |
2,658,969 | What is the best way to allow for the adding of images and embedding of video in the body:text field of a Ruby on Rails blog.
I understand that I can use an attachment like Paperclip to add a photo to a record but I am wondering how to get images/vids into the actual body of the post. | 2010/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2658969",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/195699/"
] | Try [CKEditor for Rails](http://github.com/galetahub/rails-ckeditor#readme). It is new version of FCK editor with very clean HTML generator. Very easy to embed. All you need to do is replace your input(text-area) helper tag (for content) with another helper tag. Everything is described nicely in project [README](http:/... | One of the classic ways to get embedded stuff like that is to use a WYSIWYG editor like [TinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ "TinyMCE"). I've used the plugin [TinyMCE](http://github.com/kete/tiny_mce "TinyMCE Plugin") and there is also [TinyMCE Plus](http://github.com/devon/tiny_mce_plus "TinyMCE Plus Plugin"). Ther... |
2,658,969 | What is the best way to allow for the adding of images and embedding of video in the body:text field of a Ruby on Rails blog.
I understand that I can use an attachment like Paperclip to add a photo to a record but I am wondering how to get images/vids into the actual body of the post. | 2010/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2658969",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/195699/"
] | I strongly suggest you give WYSIHAT a try. The biggest problem with the editors mentioned above is its bulky size and "hard-to-customize"(ability). The bad code in most of these editors is a big turn-off. WYSIHAT is more like a framework for a WYSIWYG editor. Extremely easy to customize. Easy to configure. And what mor... | One of the classic ways to get embedded stuff like that is to use a WYSIWYG editor like [TinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ "TinyMCE"). I've used the plugin [TinyMCE](http://github.com/kete/tiny_mce "TinyMCE Plugin") and there is also [TinyMCE Plus](http://github.com/devon/tiny_mce_plus "TinyMCE Plus Plugin"). Ther... |
2,658,969 | What is the best way to allow for the adding of images and embedding of video in the body:text field of a Ruby on Rails blog.
I understand that I can use an attachment like Paperclip to add a photo to a record but I am wondering how to get images/vids into the actual body of the post. | 2010/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2658969",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/195699/"
] | I strongly suggest you give WYSIHAT a try. The biggest problem with the editors mentioned above is its bulky size and "hard-to-customize"(ability). The bad code in most of these editors is a big turn-off. WYSIHAT is more like a framework for a WYSIWYG editor. Extremely easy to customize. Easy to configure. And what mor... | Try [CKEditor for Rails](http://github.com/galetahub/rails-ckeditor#readme). It is new version of FCK editor with very clean HTML generator. Very easy to embed. All you need to do is replace your input(text-area) helper tag (for content) with another helper tag. Everything is described nicely in project [README](http:/... |
993,104 | Really sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I'm looking for a Windows XP (32 bit) driver for this NIC:
>
> Killer e2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.3)
>
>
>
I've tried searching and all I can find is adware trojans!
Can anyone help?
Thanks | 2015/10/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/993104",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/164793/"
] | Several aspects to this:
1. XP drivers for your card apparently aren't supplied by the manufacturer so there is no "officially supported" method to use it under XP. Thankfully, as SuperUsers, we don't care about official support.
2. The card is an AR8161 chip, so you can use ordinary Atheros drivers for it, the follow... | try to install driver for [killer 2100](https://www.visiontek.com/download-drivers.html) i think this network card not much different from 2200, but for her have a driver for WinXP 32bit |
185,112 | How would several intelligent life forms, aka. Aliens or Foreigners to us, who roam around space (in something I would call space ships) and have never seen or heard about earth interpret time?
How would they define it, so that it fits in? (E.g. our earthly time system always kinda felt weird to me... should get chang... | 2020/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/185112",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/77017/"
] | Sleep is important, and being active as a group is also important. In a space ship they'll likely have two groups that sleep when the other is active to make sure the space ship is maintained at all times.
This means that these aliens will have something like a circadian rythm ([https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadi... | Concepts like "days" only make sense with a day/night cycle, or if you have a race like humans who need sleep every 24 hours. So you're right, if there's no days, or no sleep, there's nothing to base your time on.
There is a place on earth with no day night cycle for parts of the year. Its discussed quite well on [Wik... |
147,962 | Ok, I have a tar.gz file somewhere in a web server. The link looks like <http://abcd.com/abcd.tar.gz> .. And I have an FTP server running somewhere. Now, to upload the file to the FTP server, Typically I need to download it from the web server and then upload it again to the FTP server.
But I'm wondering if there is a... | 2010/06/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/147962",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/27555/"
] | You could take a look at the [File eXchange Protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_eXchange_Protocol) if you happen to have FTP access to the website (HTTP) server, and both your FTP server and the the website FTP sever have FXP enabled. | You can take a look at [AutoFileMove](http://www.autofilemove.com) , it allow users to send files direclty to FTP, dropbox and amazon s3 from URL without downloading files to local devices first.
<http://youtu.be/sSgqfeMl9is> |
102,029 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C2Z4w.png)
Please see attached. I need to represent this data within an App. My thoughts are just to keep it as a list - with pretty icons. The user will be doing nothing with this data, it is just for reference. I did con... | 2016/12/01 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/102029",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/93806/"
] | I do agree, it does not make lots of sense to reach the back-end. In the end, it is a prototype rather than the functioning product.
Remember the main focus is evaluating the experience and the interaction of the product, not the content itself.
If the content plays a major role in the experience of using your produ... | Typically functional prototypes shouldn't be complex at all, and they shouldn't cover all cases, only the most major case(s). There reason is for exactly what you said: complex applications take time to build and unless they want a finished version, there prototype shouldn't be coded whatsoever. Instead something like ... |
102,029 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C2Z4w.png)
Please see attached. I need to represent this data within an App. My thoughts are just to keep it as a list - with pretty icons. The user will be doing nothing with this data, it is just for reference. I did con... | 2016/12/01 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/102029",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/93806/"
] | I do agree, it does not make lots of sense to reach the back-end. In the end, it is a prototype rather than the functioning product.
Remember the main focus is evaluating the experience and the interaction of the product, not the content itself.
If the content plays a major role in the experience of using your produ... | This is a problem with the original design brief and the definition of the test rather than the prototype.
You say that you have hundreds of use-cases - you can't possibly test all of them.
At the outset of any UX project, you need to define the problems you are trying to solve - this will dictate the design and the ... |
23,797 | When I run cubase with the asio4all driver, I can no longer record audio with audacity. I used to record with audacity th playback from cubase but now I get an error message in audacity that I can't record because another application is using the program. If I exit cubase then other program can access the sound. I use ... | 2013/07/05 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/23797",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/7206/"
] | I recall that Cubase has an option for this.
Find the 'Device Setup' window, select VST Audiobay and select ***"Release ASIO Driver in Background"***. This should allow you to minimize Cubase and utilize your audio card with other software.
I hope this helps. | It's not obvious why you are recording into an external program.
Instead of that you may just try to record into another submix track inside Cubasis. |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | While I have successfully begun a starter with only 10 grams of flour at the outset, I think I agree with Stephie that doing a little more is more efficient. I used to do very wasteful starters until I happened upon [this site](http://samartha.net/SD/MakeStarter01.html) back in 2002 or something. (Amazingly, it's still... | Starter becomes acidic over time. You need to discard and replenish to keep acid under control. Too much acid inhibits yeast growth...bad for your loaves! |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | While I have successfully begun a starter with only 10 grams of flour at the outset, I think I agree with Stephie that doing a little more is more efficient. I used to do very wasteful starters until I happened upon [this site](http://samartha.net/SD/MakeStarter01.html) back in 2002 or something. (Amazingly, it's still... | It's not clear from the question whether the OP asks about the *starter culture* or the *mother starter*. The answers so far seem to pertain to the *starter culture;* being small and done only once, the quantity of discard from this process is not very meaningful. Discard from repeated uses of the *mother starter* - th... |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | In the beginning of a starter's life, the point is to develop yeast and friendly bacteria, NOT develop lots of starter. If you don't discard, you end up with way too much, and it is not wasteful because tossing about half keeps everything at a manageable amount. You don't want too little either because as was mentioned... | It's not clear from the question whether the OP asks about the *starter culture* or the *mother starter*. The answers so far seem to pertain to the *starter culture;* being small and done only once, the quantity of discard from this process is not very meaningful. Discard from repeated uses of the *mother starter* - th... |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | While I have successfully begun a starter with only 10 grams of flour at the outset, I think I agree with Stephie that doing a little more is more efficient. I used to do very wasteful starters until I happened upon [this site](http://samartha.net/SD/MakeStarter01.html) back in 2002 or something. (Amazingly, it's still... | In the beginning of a starter's life, the point is to develop yeast and friendly bacteria, NOT develop lots of starter. If you don't discard, you end up with way too much, and it is not wasteful because tossing about half keeps everything at a manageable amount. You don't want too little either because as was mentioned... |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | I won't say your idea *doesn't work*, but there are a few points to consider:
A "ripe" sourdough contains a balanced culture of yeast and bacteria (lactobacillus) that can keep fungi and other unwelcome bacteria under control.
Let me use the political landscape of today's US as an example:
You have two big parti... | You need the flour to feed the bacteria. The amounts given in the starter-process mean that the colony of bacteria will be happily fed and able to grow until the discarding and filling up.
Your starting-amount will simply not keep the colony happy and fed for the required time. Also, with that small a mass, chances ar... |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | I won't say your idea *doesn't work*, but there are a few points to consider:
A "ripe" sourdough contains a balanced culture of yeast and bacteria (lactobacillus) that can keep fungi and other unwelcome bacteria under control.
Let me use the political landscape of today's US as an example:
You have two big parti... | Starter becomes acidic over time. You need to discard and replenish to keep acid under control. Too much acid inhibits yeast growth...bad for your loaves! |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | While I have successfully begun a starter with only 10 grams of flour at the outset, I think I agree with Stephie that doing a little more is more efficient. I used to do very wasteful starters until I happened upon [this site](http://samartha.net/SD/MakeStarter01.html) back in 2002 or something. (Amazingly, it's still... | You need the flour to feed the bacteria. The amounts given in the starter-process mean that the colony of bacteria will be happily fed and able to grow until the discarding and filling up.
Your starting-amount will simply not keep the colony happy and fed for the required time. Also, with that small a mass, chances ar... |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | Starter becomes acidic over time. You need to discard and replenish to keep acid under control. Too much acid inhibits yeast growth...bad for your loaves! | You need the flour to feed the bacteria. The amounts given in the starter-process mean that the colony of bacteria will be happily fed and able to grow until the discarding and filling up.
Your starting-amount will simply not keep the colony happy and fed for the required time. Also, with that small a mass, chances ar... |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | I won't say your idea *doesn't work*, but there are a few points to consider:
A "ripe" sourdough contains a balanced culture of yeast and bacteria (lactobacillus) that can keep fungi and other unwelcome bacteria under control.
Let me use the political landscape of today's US as an example:
You have two big parti... | It's not clear from the question whether the OP asks about the *starter culture* or the *mother starter*. The answers so far seem to pertain to the *starter culture;* being small and done only once, the quantity of discard from this process is not very meaningful. Discard from repeated uses of the *mother starter* - th... |
75,318 | I understand the point of discarding half the sourdough starter as the yeast develops so that you don't have exponential amounts of starter. Why not start with a half ounce of flour and just add the same weight as what's in the container? (I plan to try this.) On the fifth day, feeding once a day, there would be 8 ounc... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75318",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51127/"
] | Starter becomes acidic over time. You need to discard and replenish to keep acid under control. Too much acid inhibits yeast growth...bad for your loaves! | It's not clear from the question whether the OP asks about the *starter culture* or the *mother starter*. The answers so far seem to pertain to the *starter culture;* being small and done only once, the quantity of discard from this process is not very meaningful. Discard from repeated uses of the *mother starter* - th... |
594,331 | I am loading a relatively small PDF file (140kb) using UIWebView and even though this is working fine, I'm finding it lags a lot when I scroll and zoom. The PDF is a map so there's quite a lot of text and lines on it so I'm wondering if there's any way to accelerate it somehow so everything moves smoother? Would conver... | 2009/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/594331",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/71809/"
] | If you email the PDF in question to yourself, then view it as the attachment in Mail, is the performance similar?
If so, it's probably just limitations of the rendering speed of the CPU. Once you toss a lot of graphical complexity at it, the iPhone slows down dramatically. | You may be able to coax more performance out of the device by using a CATiledLayer to render your PDF map. Bill Dudney has some [sample code](http://bill.dudney.net/roller/objc/entry/catiledlayer_example) that does just this, although on the Mac. His [iPhone version](http://bill.dudney.net/roller/objc/entry/tiledlayer_... |
988,413 | I recently encountered an I/O error reading a file on my hard drive. Examination of the SMART data shows that the drive has one bad sector (the Current\_Pending\_Sector count is 1). The file was created recently (a few hours ago), so this failure must be pretty fresh.
One option is to immediately replace the drive. An... | 2015/10/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/988413",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/256783/"
] | I have faced this situation.In case of bad sectors after sometime you won't be able to copy data back from the disk which has bad sector.After sometime you will start facing slow down issues which will ultimately lead to crashing of the operating system.
In short just replace the drive and don't risk your data. | I would suggest keeping an eye on the bad sector count. If it remains the same for an extended period, say a month, then you're fine; the defect was probably a manufacturing issue or some other random event. However, if your bad sector count continues to grow, you definitely have problems and need to replace the drive.... |
988,413 | I recently encountered an I/O error reading a file on my hard drive. Examination of the SMART data shows that the drive has one bad sector (the Current\_Pending\_Sector count is 1). The file was created recently (a few hours ago), so this failure must be pretty fresh.
One option is to immediately replace the drive. An... | 2015/10/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/988413",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/256783/"
] | With a single bad sector and considering the drive's age, I would be concerned; however, you say it won't be a big deal if it crashes and you are following a good backup strategy, so I feel like you are fine waiting for it to do its thing.
That may happen tomorrow or it may happen in 10 years. It may happen after dev... | I have faced this situation.In case of bad sectors after sometime you won't be able to copy data back from the disk which has bad sector.After sometime you will start facing slow down issues which will ultimately lead to crashing of the operating system.
In short just replace the drive and don't risk your data. |
988,413 | I recently encountered an I/O error reading a file on my hard drive. Examination of the SMART data shows that the drive has one bad sector (the Current\_Pending\_Sector count is 1). The file was created recently (a few hours ago), so this failure must be pretty fresh.
One option is to immediately replace the drive. An... | 2015/10/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/988413",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/256783/"
] | I have faced this situation.In case of bad sectors after sometime you won't be able to copy data back from the disk which has bad sector.After sometime you will start facing slow down issues which will ultimately lead to crashing of the operating system.
In short just replace the drive and don't risk your data. | *Eventually*
However drives are designed to be resilient to bad sectors, and many drives keep running for a while with bad sectors. Your drive has spare sectors to handle these as they come along, and you need to look at the big picture when deciding to replace your drive.
I'm guessing you're looking at smart data an... |
988,413 | I recently encountered an I/O error reading a file on my hard drive. Examination of the SMART data shows that the drive has one bad sector (the Current\_Pending\_Sector count is 1). The file was created recently (a few hours ago), so this failure must be pretty fresh.
One option is to immediately replace the drive. An... | 2015/10/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/988413",
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] | With a single bad sector and considering the drive's age, I would be concerned; however, you say it won't be a big deal if it crashes and you are following a good backup strategy, so I feel like you are fine waiting for it to do its thing.
That may happen tomorrow or it may happen in 10 years. It may happen after dev... | I would suggest keeping an eye on the bad sector count. If it remains the same for an extended period, say a month, then you're fine; the defect was probably a manufacturing issue or some other random event. However, if your bad sector count continues to grow, you definitely have problems and need to replace the drive.... |
988,413 | I recently encountered an I/O error reading a file on my hard drive. Examination of the SMART data shows that the drive has one bad sector (the Current\_Pending\_Sector count is 1). The file was created recently (a few hours ago), so this failure must be pretty fresh.
One option is to immediately replace the drive. An... | 2015/10/18 | [
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] | With a single bad sector and considering the drive's age, I would be concerned; however, you say it won't be a big deal if it crashes and you are following a good backup strategy, so I feel like you are fine waiting for it to do its thing.
That may happen tomorrow or it may happen in 10 years. It may happen after dev... | *Eventually*
However drives are designed to be resilient to bad sectors, and many drives keep running for a while with bad sectors. Your drive has spare sectors to handle these as they come along, and you need to look at the big picture when deciding to replace your drive.
I'm guessing you're looking at smart data an... |
245,063 | I have been tasked with creating a desktop client application that fetches data from web apis and presents it to the user.
During the last month or so, I've spent most of my time and energy bringing to life the functionality that UX described with two pictures.
Looking at the pictures, it seems like a simple design. ... | 2014/06/15 | [
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] | In case of doubt, ask for clarification. Maybe the UX do not know that these "corner cases" are possible.
As for the example that you write, I do not think it so complicated as you paint it. Just from common sense, you have two options:
* If there are no items for the dropbox, disable option B. Add a tip (when hoveri... | You are experiencing a gap in the requirements (what to do when X goes wrong). This is not uncommon, because it is very hard to think of all possibilities up front.
What to do about it is quite simple: you ask the person responsible for the requirements/user stories/etc, to give you guidance on what the desired result... |
245,063 | I have been tasked with creating a desktop client application that fetches data from web apis and presents it to the user.
During the last month or so, I've spent most of my time and energy bringing to life the functionality that UX described with two pictures.
Looking at the pictures, it seems like a simple design. ... | 2014/06/15 | [
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] | In case of doubt, ask for clarification. Maybe the UX do not know that these "corner cases" are possible.
As for the example that you write, I do not think it so complicated as you paint it. Just from common sense, you have two options:
* If there are no items for the dropbox, disable option B. Add a tip (when hoveri... | One of the things I do these days is that I explicitly request the UX designer sketches their designs in front of all of us *on the fly*. Actually that seems like common sense to me and the first UX Designer I worked with did that, even sketching out her designs over company meetings and we'd talk about it and ask ques... |
8,709 | I have heard that it is 'bad' to continue to publish with your adviser after you get your PhD. Or is this something that is debated in the academic community?
In my situation, after my PhD, I can get a job in industry, but I am allowed time (half a day a week) to continue my research at my local university. This allow... | 2013/03/18 | [
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] | By continuing to publish with your advisor, you are not showing that you are an independent researcher. People will always question whether it is possibly your advisor that is doing the work, coming up with the ideas, guiding the research plan, and simply by looking at your publication record, there is no evidence that... | There's nothing “wrong” with continuing to publish with your (ex-)adviser. You have correctly identified the issue to avoid: **after getting your PhD, the next step in your career is to establish yourself as an independent researcher.** Thus, of course: *depending on the context,* publishing with your adviser might sen... |
41,057 | Recently, I was reminded in Melvyn Nathason's first year graduate algebra course of a debate I've been having both within myself and externally for some time. For better or worse, the course most students first use and learn extensive category theory and arrow chasing is in an advanced algebra course, either an honors ... | 2010/10/04 | [
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] | Introductory algebra courses tend to systematically confuse products with coproducts, and more generally, confuse targets with domains. This systematically causes confusion in students (what is the difference between the two kinds of infinite product? and why are there two kinds? and how do I decide which to use when?)... | A little preliminary: I'm an undergraduate student and I started to study category theory as self-taught at the beginning of second year of university, mostly because of my interest in logic and foundations. Since then I've enjoyed of this fact because knowing some category theory helped me to understand lots of concep... |
41,057 | Recently, I was reminded in Melvyn Nathason's first year graduate algebra course of a debate I've been having both within myself and externally for some time. For better or worse, the course most students first use and learn extensive category theory and arrow chasing is in an advanced algebra course, either an honors ... | 2010/10/04 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/41057",
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] | I think that there are certain notions that are needed to "set the stage" for category theory. I don't think students are going to understand category theory unless they've already seen some of the following examples:
* Galois Theory
* Covering spaces and pi\_1
* The universal property of tensor product
* The differen... | A little preliminary: I'm an undergraduate student and I started to study category theory as self-taught at the beginning of second year of university, mostly because of my interest in logic and foundations. Since then I've enjoyed of this fact because knowing some category theory helped me to understand lots of concep... |
41,057 | Recently, I was reminded in Melvyn Nathason's first year graduate algebra course of a debate I've been having both within myself and externally for some time. For better or worse, the course most students first use and learn extensive category theory and arrow chasing is in an advanced algebra course, either an honors ... | 2010/10/04 | [
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] | There's a big difference between teaching category theory and merely paying attention to the things that category theory clarifies (like the difference between direct products and direct sums). In my opinion, the latter should be done early (and late, and at all other times); there's no reason for intentional sloppines... | Introductory algebra courses tend to systematically confuse products with coproducts, and more generally, confuse targets with domains. This systematically causes confusion in students (what is the difference between the two kinds of infinite product? and why are there two kinds? and how do I decide which to use when?)... |
41,057 | Recently, I was reminded in Melvyn Nathason's first year graduate algebra course of a debate I've been having both within myself and externally for some time. For better or worse, the course most students first use and learn extensive category theory and arrow chasing is in an advanced algebra course, either an honors ... | 2010/10/04 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/41057",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
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] | This is an extension to part of my comment in another answer. I learnt group theory and enjoyed the initial parts but then we had Sylow theory and it looked mysterious and somewhat frightening, as no real motivation in terms of earlier material was given. If students do not see the need for a piece of mathematics, (int... | Everyone will agree with me that there are many levels of abstraction category theory can be introduced at. It makes no sense to start undergraduate math courses with a formal approach to category theory, I don't think anyone would argue the opposite. It makes very little sense either to postpone it to higher algebra c... |
41,057 | Recently, I was reminded in Melvyn Nathason's first year graduate algebra course of a debate I've been having both within myself and externally for some time. For better or worse, the course most students first use and learn extensive category theory and arrow chasing is in an advanced algebra course, either an honors ... | 2010/10/04 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/41057",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
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] | In answer to Andrew's question, I think it really depends on the student. I began learning category theory in my late teens because of the sorts of questions I was asking myself which, I discovered, could be answered through category theory. It just really "clicked" for me, and provided me with tools that I use every d... | This is an extension to part of my comment in another answer. I learnt group theory and enjoyed the initial parts but then we had Sylow theory and it looked mysterious and somewhat frightening, as no real motivation in terms of earlier material was given. If students do not see the need for a piece of mathematics, (int... |
41,057 | Recently, I was reminded in Melvyn Nathason's first year graduate algebra course of a debate I've been having both within myself and externally for some time. For better or worse, the course most students first use and learn extensive category theory and arrow chasing is in an advanced algebra course, either an honors ... | 2010/10/04 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/41057",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
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] | In my opinion, category theory is to mathematics what garlic is to cooking. It is a widespread ingredient that adds a very important flavor. But, usually, it should be minced and mixed in, and used with restraint.
(So, my answer to your question of early vs late is, a little of both.) | This is an extension to part of my comment in another answer. I learnt group theory and enjoyed the initial parts but then we had Sylow theory and it looked mysterious and somewhat frightening, as no real motivation in terms of earlier material was given. If students do not see the need for a piece of mathematics, (int... |
60,484,669 | In Node.js, I have implemented a WebSocket server which is used by a smartphone app. In some cases I got this kind of error (Invalid WebSocket frame: RSV1 must be clear):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wznxa.png)
This kind of application is running on ... | 2020/03/02 | [
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] | Actor model intended to solve issue with any mutable shared state in another way - actor should encapsulate it. So if you need something to be shared between actors - this should be an actor with this state and protocol to work with it. If you would like to update DB from different actors - extract an actor responsible... | Usually, it is not a preferred way to have a shared/global state in an actor system. A very central idea when working with actors is to not share any mutable state, instead, mutable state is encapsulated inside of the actors as pointed out in the [documanetation](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/general/actor-syst... |
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3,331 | I'm designing a ToggleButton control that has the ability to be in a **locked** state in which user interaction will not be able to further toggle the control. In general I would like the button to appear somewhat natural in the natural scheme of rules laid out in Microsoft's UXGuide but I don't mind the idea of using ... | 2011/02/03 | [
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You appear to have four available states:
1. On; user may turn it off.
2. Off; user may turn it on.
3. Locked On
4. Locked Off.
If you show a button on the control (even if disabled), you're implying to the user that they might be able to change the value - in... | I would recommend the approach of showing a padlock icon, but not as an overlay. Instead, I'd put it next to the control. For the iPhone-style ON/OFF toggle button and checkboxes, it can go on either right or left.
If the padlock icon needs to appear only to indicate lock status, i.e. the user cannot click on it to un... |
3,331 | I'm designing a ToggleButton control that has the ability to be in a **locked** state in which user interaction will not be able to further toggle the control. In general I would like the button to appear somewhat natural in the natural scheme of rules laid out in Microsoft's UXGuide but I don't mind the idea of using ... | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/3331",
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] | I would recommend the approach of showing a padlock icon, but not as an overlay. Instead, I'd put it next to the control. For the iPhone-style ON/OFF toggle button and checkboxes, it can go on either right or left.
If the padlock icon needs to appear only to indicate lock status, i.e. the user cannot click on it to un... | I would use a toggle switch, and graying it on the locked state.
Why?
* It doesn't suffer the problem of the command vs state problem. Imagine you have a media player with a Play/Pause button. When you display the Play icon on it, is it the command or the state? This is a common issue on two-state toggle buttons.
* I... |
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