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10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Having recently updated one of my own answers and also having stumbled upon this post, I feel compelled to give my two cents on the issue.
Some backstory: I noticed an old answer of mine having received some upvotes and also a bounty prizing my contribution. When I checked the answer, despite still valid, misses some ... | I disagree with the other answers. **It really depends on what sort of editing you are doing.**
**TL;DR** Edit if you're just updating old information, post a new answer if you're adding content.
---
I believe edits **should be used if you are updating the existing, obselete information. You're not adding anything; ... |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Answers are our bread and butter. They're the whole reason the site *exists*. We also provide our strongest rewards for answers: 10 whole rep per upvote, along with perhaps an accept.
There's lots of incentive for answering a question. In fact, that's our heaviest moderation task; sorting the chaff from the wheat. We ... | I disagree with the other answers. **It really depends on what sort of editing you are doing.**
**TL;DR** Edit if you're just updating old information, post a new answer if you're adding content.
---
I believe edits **should be used if you are updating the existing, obselete information. You're not adding anything; ... |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Having recently updated one of my own answers and also having stumbled upon this post, I feel compelled to give my two cents on the issue.
Some backstory: I noticed an old answer of mine having received some upvotes and also a bounty prizing my contribution. When I checked the answer, despite still valid, misses some ... | ### Outdated answers without any possible use are bad and should not exist
Ideally, we want users that come to this site to find an answer to a question, to find the best answer immediately, right on top, accepted and/or highly upvoted.
**However**, this does not mean that the entirety of an answer should be changed ... |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Answers are our bread and butter. They're the whole reason the site *exists*. We also provide our strongest rewards for answers: 10 whole rep per upvote, along with perhaps an accept.
There's lots of incentive for answering a question. In fact, that's our heaviest moderation task; sorting the chaff from the wheat. We ... | Having recently updated one of my own answers and also having stumbled upon this post, I feel compelled to give my two cents on the issue.
Some backstory: I noticed an old answer of mine having received some upvotes and also a bounty prizing my contribution. When I checked the answer, despite still valid, misses some ... |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta... | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Answers are our bread and butter. They're the whole reason the site *exists*. We also provide our strongest rewards for answers: 10 whole rep per upvote, along with perhaps an accept.
There's lots of incentive for answering a question. In fact, that's our heaviest moderation task; sorting the chaff from the wheat. We ... | ### Outdated answers without any possible use are bad and should not exist
Ideally, we want users that come to this site to find an answer to a question, to find the best answer immediately, right on top, accepted and/or highly upvoted.
**However**, this does not mean that the entirety of an answer should be changed ... |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | I love the flexibility of sequences in Oracle as compared with other databases autoincrements, but the inability to set seq.nextval as a default for a pk column is somewhat annoying, and must be trivial to fix. | **Database** MySQL
**Defect** Foreign Keys supported only on some table types
**Description**
Enough said. It has obvious maintenance implications.
From the [MySQL manual](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/innodb-foreign-key-constraints.html)
>
> Foreign keys definitions are subject to the following conditio... |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | I love the flexibility of sequences in Oracle as compared with other databases autoincrements, but the inability to set seq.nextval as a default for a pk column is somewhat annoying, and must be trivial to fix. | **Database** Microsoft SQL Server 2005
**Defect** Lack of array type parameters
**Description**
Useful in searches, a lot of times you need to pass a series of values to be matched against. In SQL 2005 you can do a workaround by using CLR inside SQLServer. Given the usefulness it would make more sense to have this f... |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | **Database** Oracle
**Problem** Temp table definitions are not private
**Description** Many databases (eg Postgres and Sybase) allow you to create temp tables on the fly, insert into them, add indexes if you want, then query from them. Oracle has temp tables, but the temp table definitions exist in a global name spac... | **Database** Postgres
**Defect** No analytic queries
**Description**
Analytic queries, introduced by Oracle, are part of the SQL 2003 standard. Unfortunately Postgres hasn't implemented them yet. |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | **Database** MySQL 5.0.x and above
**Defect** Ring replication errors lead to inconsistent data on different nodes
**Description**
The most serious problem in production we face at the moment is that in a MySQL ring the ring itself produces an error and stops replicating.
Building a ring (or Master-Master-replicati... | PostgreSQL doesn't have a good failover solution, but I understand they're working on it. |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | **Database** MySQL
**Defect** Server will start up with damaged tables
**Description**
If MySQL has a damaged table - from either being killed during a write or some other failure - it will quite happily start up and allow the user to carry on as if the problem does not exist. Granted it will produce some erro... | **Database** Postgres
**Defect** No analytic queries
**Description**
Analytic queries, introduced by Oracle, are part of the SQL 2003 standard. Unfortunately Postgres hasn't implemented them yet. |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | Oracle databases are quite expensive
Oracle does what it does well but the licensing costs are horrendous. That has been improved by the release of Oracle XE but the limitations of that mean that it is a growth constraint on you solution. | Any SQL DBMS
Defect: Duplicate rows
One of the virtues of the relational model is that it represents everything without duplicate tuples, i.e. using relations, which have keys and no duplicates. Unfortunately SQL isn't built that way. This makes the database developer's life needlessly difficult. SQL developers have ... |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | **Database** Microsoft SQL Server 2005
**Defect** Badly implemented UI
**Description**
SQL Server management studio does not offer a great user experience:
* Tabbing behaviour is weird: you are always looking for the right tab
* Keeps on crashing on 64-bit versions
* Missing some features of preceding version, like... | Any SQL DBMS
Defect: Duplicate rows
One of the virtues of the relational model is that it represents everything without duplicate tuples, i.e. using relations, which have keys and no duplicates. Unfortunately SQL isn't built that way. This makes the database developer's life needlessly difficult. SQL developers have ... |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | Database: Oracle
Problem: The names of tables, procedures, columns, etc cannot exceed 30 characters. This is infuriating.
Problem: It's slapdash JDBC compliance. For example, stored procedures do not return results sets in a JDBC-compliant way, but instead of a proprietary OUT parameter type. This means you can't use... | PostgreSQL doesn't have a good failover solution, but I understand they're working on it. |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | I love the flexibility of sequences in Oracle as compared with other databases autoincrements, but the inability to set seq.nextval as a default for a pk column is somewhat annoying, and must be trivial to fix. | PostgreSQL doesn't have a good failover solution, but I understand they're working on it. |
119,707 | We all have our favourite database. If you look objectively at your chosen database, what drawbacks does it have and what could be improved?
The rules:
* One reply per drawback with;
* a short description of the limitation, followed by;
* a more detailed description, an explanation of how it could be done better or a... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/119707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19494/"
] | **Database** Oracle
**Defect** Did not handle long datatype well for too long
**Description**
Oracle only had the long datatype until 9i (I believe) at which point it was deprecated in favor of the LOBs. There is a ton of code out there, however, which still has longs and all of the related restrictions. The biggest... | **Database : PostgreSQL**
\*\*Problem : \*\* is that connector for C# for example are not really up-to-date and crash with advanced feature. |
197,771 | I am using redwood 4x4s for the posts on an exterior deck. EVERY 4x4 at the Home Depot is stained with black from the binding straps, etc. See pic. Obviously this is not going to work if we're going to use a transparent stain and want it to look good.
Is there an effective way to remove this type of staining from redw... | 2020/07/15 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/197771",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/90784/"
] | Both [finewoodworking.com](https://www.finewoodworking.com/2018/10/10/remove-iron-stains-wood) and [landscapetutorials.com](https://www.landscapetutorials.com/2019/02/how-to-renew-fence-or-deck.html) recommend using oxalic acid.
The first one has a powder/paste approach, likely appropriate for individual pieces.
>
> ... | ### It looks like you need to plane it anyway!
From that picture, it looks like that post has a lot of surface damage. Has it rattled around in the back of a pickup on the way home, to pick up all those dents and scratches? If you're worried about how it'll look, I think those should be your first thing to worry about... |
197,771 | I am using redwood 4x4s for the posts on an exterior deck. EVERY 4x4 at the Home Depot is stained with black from the binding straps, etc. See pic. Obviously this is not going to work if we're going to use a transparent stain and want it to look good.
Is there an effective way to remove this type of staining from redw... | 2020/07/15 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/197771",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/90784/"
] | Two suggestions:
1. Try finding a different supplier. Check out another big-box store, or even better try to find a local lumberyard/sawmill. The local place may well have sawn their own on site and they'll never have been banded, so there won't be an issue. The time saved in cleaning may be worth an extra buck or two... | ### It looks like you need to plane it anyway!
From that picture, it looks like that post has a lot of surface damage. Has it rattled around in the back of a pickup on the way home, to pick up all those dents and scratches? If you're worried about how it'll look, I think those should be your first thing to worry about... |
182,367 | Recently I’ve got stumbled upon the question: What’s the difference between *quite a lot*, *quite a few*, and *quite a bit*?
This is very confusing considering *a lot* and *a few* have almost opposite meanings.
As far as I can see in dictionaries *quite a <COUNT-WORD>* is always *many*. Is that so, or am I missing so... | 2014/07/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/182367",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/83106/"
] | Regarding the fact that I agree with you about the same meaning of *quite a <COUNT-WORD>* and *many*. I think these there have the exact same meaning but they better be used when they fit in the context of the sentence although they can be replace each other pretty freely. For example, I
* It's better to say *"He wrot... | Also, I would probably say "There are *quite a lot* of words on the page", but "There are *quite a few* words on the page" also sounds correct. However, "quite a bit" doesn't work in the same context. |
182,367 | Recently I’ve got stumbled upon the question: What’s the difference between *quite a lot*, *quite a few*, and *quite a bit*?
This is very confusing considering *a lot* and *a few* have almost opposite meanings.
As far as I can see in dictionaries *quite a <COUNT-WORD>* is always *many*. Is that so, or am I missing so... | 2014/07/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/182367",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/83106/"
] | A few only with countable nouns. Generally a low quantity.
A few people helped me finish.
A bit of only with uncountable nouns. Low quantity.
A bit of help goes a long way
A lot of with either countable or uncountable nouns. High quantity.
A lot of people know me!
Now by adding quite to these, they reduce the idea o... | Also, I would probably say "There are *quite a lot* of words on the page", but "There are *quite a few* words on the page" also sounds correct. However, "quite a bit" doesn't work in the same context. |
10,529,825 | I know that binding to CLR properties is slower than INotifyPropertyChanged.
But if my View Model does not change any of its property after it has been created then will it give me any performance gain if I provide empty implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged in my View Model?
Thanks. | 2012/05/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10529825",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/366141/"
] | It won't give you any performance benefits implementing this if you are not using it.
If the properties are only being set at initialisation you can change your binding mode to OneTime this should reduce the overhead.
Also this is a great page to checkout for databinding performance
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-u... | be aware that you set the **Mode=OneTime for all your bindings**. otherwise you can run into some memoryleak problems. see this [post](http://code.logos.com/blog/2008/10/detecting_bindings_that_should_be_onetime.html). |
10,529,825 | I know that binding to CLR properties is slower than INotifyPropertyChanged.
But if my View Model does not change any of its property after it has been created then will it give me any performance gain if I provide empty implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged in my View Model?
Thanks. | 2012/05/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10529825",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/366141/"
] | It won't give you any performance benefits implementing this if you are not using it.
If the properties are only being set at initialisation you can change your binding mode to OneTime this should reduce the overhead.
Also this is a great page to checkout for databinding performance
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-u... | Use Binding Mode=OneTime or implement INotifyPropertyChanged interface.
Otherwise you will have memory leak. See <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938416>. |
10,529,825 | I know that binding to CLR properties is slower than INotifyPropertyChanged.
But if my View Model does not change any of its property after it has been created then will it give me any performance gain if I provide empty implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged in my View Model?
Thanks. | 2012/05/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10529825",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/366141/"
] | Use Binding Mode=OneTime or implement INotifyPropertyChanged interface.
Otherwise you will have memory leak. See <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938416>. | be aware that you set the **Mode=OneTime for all your bindings**. otherwise you can run into some memoryleak problems. see this [post](http://code.logos.com/blog/2008/10/detecting_bindings_that_should_be_onetime.html). |
10,012,650 | Have upgraded to eclipse.indigo using a new installation. Added m2e. Maven shows up under Windows>Preferences. File>New>Other>Maven gets the following options: Checkout ..., Maven Module, Maven Project. The Maven POM file option is missing. I'm trying to add Maven support to an existing Java project. Have read the manu... | 2012/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10012650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1313023/"
] | I don't have this option either, seems to have disappeared with the latest version. This bug report seems to point in this direction as well:
<https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/MNGECLIPSE-2709>
The standard way should be to create a new Maven project through the wizard, which will then also contain a POM file. You co... | Quick workaround: Adding a POM by hand. (Also I'm not sure that I've ever seen an "Add POM" option.)
Simply add a file to your project (New > General > File), and name it *pom.xml*. On double-click on this file, the POM Editor will open. |
10,012,650 | Have upgraded to eclipse.indigo using a new installation. Added m2e. Maven shows up under Windows>Preferences. File>New>Other>Maven gets the following options: Checkout ..., Maven Module, Maven Project. The Maven POM file option is missing. I'm trying to add Maven support to an existing Java project. Have read the manu... | 2012/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10012650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1313023/"
] | In order to create a POM on your project, and also change the project structure to Maven default, **right-click on your project > Configure > Convert to Maven Project**.
Don't forget to choose the correct *Packaging* type (in your case I guess it will be POM). | Quick workaround: Adding a POM by hand. (Also I'm not sure that I've ever seen an "Add POM" option.)
Simply add a file to your project (New > General > File), and name it *pom.xml*. On double-click on this file, the POM Editor will open. |
10,012,650 | Have upgraded to eclipse.indigo using a new installation. Added m2e. Maven shows up under Windows>Preferences. File>New>Other>Maven gets the following options: Checkout ..., Maven Module, Maven Project. The Maven POM file option is missing. I'm trying to add Maven support to an existing Java project. Have read the manu... | 2012/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10012650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1313023/"
] | In order to create a POM on your project, and also change the project structure to Maven default, **right-click on your project > Configure > Convert to Maven Project**.
Don't forget to choose the correct *Packaging* type (in your case I guess it will be POM). | I don't have this option either, seems to have disappeared with the latest version. This bug report seems to point in this direction as well:
<https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/MNGECLIPSE-2709>
The standard way should be to create a new Maven project through the wizard, which will then also contain a POM file. You co... |
260,137 | Do the yellow bars on the top/bottom/left/right of map points of interest signify anything? I've noticed 0, 1 and 2 bars.
As seen in the highlighted encounter (blue triangle) shown in the screenshot below, as well as the Phone Recording to the right.
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/snKYr.jpg... | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/260137",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/43393/"
] | It appears to be markers to that show up opposite the POI from the center of your screen (at least on the PC version.)
I took a short video of it, here, that you can see. Watch as I move the map around, the dots move around, so that they are always on the opposite side of the POI from the center of my screen. They do... | Tldr :Those are markers to help you navigate. Use the corresponding arrow keys (bar on right = right arrow, etc.) to select that icon.
Info :
You will probably encounter icons that you can't reach using the mouse from time to time. It can be frustrating if you want to fast travel to them. Fortunately, using the arrows ... |
192,836 | I am looking for a process or a tool that would allow me to migrate data from an ESRI SDE Database to a SQL Spatial Database. This would include converting the ESRI geometry to SQL geometry types, as well as potentially having to convert ESRI domains to lookup tables. I have seen some tools out there that will take sha... | 2016/05/09 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/192836",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/72839/"
] | If you have ArcGIS now, you should use the FME Workbench found in the Data Interoperability Extension to 'read' your SDE data and 'write' it as SQL Server Spatial. Or, get a trial version and migrate all your data over before the trial runs out.
In terms of the domains, If there is an opposite of 'table to domain', us... | Why not use GDAL/OGR? You should be able to convert directly from your sde database to sql server. Here are some links that might help:
This one should give you the syntax for your sql server connection:
<https://alastaira.wordpress.com/ogr2ogr-patterns-for-sql-server/>
This helps with the syntax for your sde connect... |
91,776 | <https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/green-onions/7837>
Which one of these transcriptions is more correct; the first one or second one? It seems the key isn't written correctly in the HD piano version but they sound similar. The HD piano version sounds more correct for the 4 + to end the measure but I kinda like the... | 2019/11/10 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/91776",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/64353/"
] | You're right about that key signature. And I agree about those bare-fifths in the bass. AND I agree with PiedPiper about combining bits you like.
Perhaps arranging the left-hand notes into this pattern
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/y2HSg.jpg)
Etc.
mi... | Played this recently, and the chart was in 3♭s. Were it in F minor, 4♭s would be appropriate. However, were it in F Dorian, 3♭s would be correct. |
71,401 | I am in a position where I might have to prove that I made a certain amount of MB downloads from the Internet including webpages browsed to a court of law. Is there a way of finding this out from Windows Vista Ultimate. If I need to do this in the future is there a way of setting up Ultimate to audit my account to prov... | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/71401",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/18259/"
] | I am not a lawyer... but from what I know of the Windows auditing sub-system, you're not going to be able to track downloads. The particular browser (IE, Firefox, Safari) you used likely contains history that will show these downloads.
What will probably be of more value is working with your Internet Service Provider ... | It completely depends on what you are using to download. Can you give us a bit more information about your environment? What browser(s)? Do you use download managers? What kind of downloads are you talking about? etc...
Your best bet is to set up some kind of logging proxy to run your Internet traffic through. This wo... |
71,401 | I am in a position where I might have to prove that I made a certain amount of MB downloads from the Internet including webpages browsed to a court of law. Is there a way of finding this out from Windows Vista Ultimate. If I need to do this in the future is there a way of setting up Ultimate to audit my account to prov... | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/71401",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/18259/"
] | It completely depends on what you are using to download. Can you give us a bit more information about your environment? What browser(s)? Do you use download managers? What kind of downloads are you talking about? etc...
Your best bet is to set up some kind of logging proxy to run your Internet traffic through. This wo... | Your ISP should have a log with your visited sites and all of your network transfers. Try contacting them. |
71,401 | I am in a position where I might have to prove that I made a certain amount of MB downloads from the Internet including webpages browsed to a court of law. Is there a way of finding this out from Windows Vista Ultimate. If I need to do this in the future is there a way of setting up Ultimate to audit my account to prov... | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/71401",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/18259/"
] | if you are using Internet Explorer, you may be able to recover information of interest to you from index.dat
>
> **index.dat** is a file used by the Internet Explorer web browser. The
> index.dat file functions as an active
> database, which runs as long as a user
> is logged on in Windows. It functions
> as a re... | It completely depends on what you are using to download. Can you give us a bit more information about your environment? What browser(s)? Do you use download managers? What kind of downloads are you talking about? etc...
Your best bet is to set up some kind of logging proxy to run your Internet traffic through. This wo... |
71,401 | I am in a position where I might have to prove that I made a certain amount of MB downloads from the Internet including webpages browsed to a court of law. Is there a way of finding this out from Windows Vista Ultimate. If I need to do this in the future is there a way of setting up Ultimate to audit my account to prov... | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/71401",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/18259/"
] | I am not a lawyer... but from what I know of the Windows auditing sub-system, you're not going to be able to track downloads. The particular browser (IE, Firefox, Safari) you used likely contains history that will show these downloads.
What will probably be of more value is working with your Internet Service Provider ... | Your ISP should have a log with your visited sites and all of your network transfers. Try contacting them. |
71,401 | I am in a position where I might have to prove that I made a certain amount of MB downloads from the Internet including webpages browsed to a court of law. Is there a way of finding this out from Windows Vista Ultimate. If I need to do this in the future is there a way of setting up Ultimate to audit my account to prov... | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/71401",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/18259/"
] | if you are using Internet Explorer, you may be able to recover information of interest to you from index.dat
>
> **index.dat** is a file used by the Internet Explorer web browser. The
> index.dat file functions as an active
> database, which runs as long as a user
> is logged on in Windows. It functions
> as a re... | Your ISP should have a log with your visited sites and all of your network transfers. Try contacting them. |
13,040,838 | I am trying to update an application for the Apple App Store and when I attempt to validate it it fails with error "iPhone/iPod Touch: application executable is missing a required architecture. At least one of the following architecture(s) must be present: armv6". The problem is that I don't reference armv6 that I can ... | 2012/10/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13040838",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/323868/"
] | The ios deployment target must be set for both the project and the target application. | Add armv6 to the architecture if your deployment target less 4.3 |
48,048 | How would I merge content (e.g. a forum, with nodes, terms and users) from one Drupal site into another?
Here's my specific use case:
* I have a local site which just contains nodes, terms and users for a forum (these were imported with <http://drupal.org/project/phpbb2drupal> - and before you suggest just using it o... | 2012/10/18 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/48048",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/4012/"
] | If it was just for nodes i would say use this:
<http://drupal.org/project/node_export>
As you need to migrate users and taxonomy terms as well I would use this:
<http://drupal.org/project/migrate>
Although there will be some php OOP coding to do. | You can use below script to dump into your new drupal 7:<http://goo.gl/GPmG9F> |
50,004,392 | I'm trying to write a program similar to the contacts app on an android phone using javafx. In the fxml file I have a VBox which contains three textfields, the first two fields are for first name and last name, and the third one is for a number.
Now what I want the program to do is when the textfield for number is fil... | 2018/04/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50004392",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5289097/"
] | One of the issues that your users might have is this
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/44jA2.jpg)
Maybe they disabled the auto-updates of Google Play, but is really weird that they can't see it, maybe it's due the devices. Is your device listed as compati... | If new users are getting the new version installed then it is definitely uploaded to the Play store correctly.
If existing users aren't seeing "update" (just open) then it means there is something about the new version of the app that is incompatible with their devices. You can check this by trying uninstalling and re... |
47,201 | I use Time Machine to backup to an external hard drive. That external drive also has a lot of other photos and unique info on that drive, too.
I'm not sure my Time Machine backed up my whole computer because of the computer turned off in the middle of the first time I used it (recently).
Questions:
1. Is there a wa... | 2012/04/02 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/47201",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/20724/"
] | The first question, how can you be sure a backup has completed, is answered by checking the menubar Time Machine item. It will tell you the date of the last completed backup.
Secondly if you want to perform another complete Time Machine backup you can stop Time Machine, eject the Time Machine drive, plug in a fresh dr... | When TimeMachine runs if the previous backup was interrupted it will do a check to work out what it needs to do to run a complete backup.
Let it run and it will automatically give you a complete backup.
Also, in System Prefs - Time Machine, check the options to see if anything has been excluded. You can optionally ex... |
54,126 | Matthew 1:18 (NIV)
>
> This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother
> Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came
> together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
>
>
>
It says Mary became pregnant through the Holy Spirit, but how does one rule-out the i... | 2021/01/02 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/54126",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/32532/"
] | There are three things that have led people to believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, based on the inspired record in Matt 1:18-25 -
* **V18**, "before they [Mary and Joseph] came together [= had slept together], Mary was found with a child in the womb out of [= ἐκ] the Holy Spirit
* **V19-24** - Joseph then considers ... | Here is the passage from the ancient Greek translation to which he appeals:
>
> [Isaiah 7:14](https://studybible.info/Brenton/Isaiah%207:14)
> Brenton(i) 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel... |
58,603 | According to the poem:
>
> Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
>
> Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
>
> Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
>
> One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
>
> In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
>
> One Ring to rule them all. One R... | 2014/06/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/58603",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27933/"
] | The control that the One Ring has over the others is significant but that's not the real reason why it must be destroyed.
If we look at *Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age*, in *The silmarillion*, we'll see the reason why the One Ring was made and the reason why it must be destroyed:
>
> And much of the strengt... | The One Ring would:
* Solidify the control of the Ringwraiths and empower them toward greater evil than they were already capable of.
* Prevent the use of the 3 Elven rings because as long as Sauron had the One Ring, no one would consider using the 3 in any way for fear of being controlled, manipulated and eventually ... |
58,603 | According to the poem:
>
> Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
>
> Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
>
> Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
>
> One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
>
> In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
>
> One Ring to rule them all. One R... | 2014/06/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/58603",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27933/"
] | The control that the One Ring has over the others is significant but that's not the real reason why it must be destroyed.
If we look at *Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age*, in *The silmarillion*, we'll see the reason why the One Ring was made and the reason why it must be destroyed:
>
> And much of the strengt... | It is likely that Sauron's purpose in creating the Ruling Ring was indeed complete dominion over the Elves through their rings, but by the time of LOTR the Ring means something very different to Sauron and the Free Peoples. In addition to controlling the other Rings, The Ruling Ring focuses and multiplies the willpower... |
58,603 | According to the poem:
>
> Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
>
> Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
>
> Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
>
> One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
>
> In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
>
> One Ring to rule them all. One R... | 2014/06/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/58603",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27933/"
] | The One Ring would:
* Solidify the control of the Ringwraiths and empower them toward greater evil than they were already capable of.
* Prevent the use of the 3 Elven rings because as long as Sauron had the One Ring, no one would consider using the 3 in any way for fear of being controlled, manipulated and eventually ... | It is likely that Sauron's purpose in creating the Ruling Ring was indeed complete dominion over the Elves through their rings, but by the time of LOTR the Ring means something very different to Sauron and the Free Peoples. In addition to controlling the other Rings, The Ruling Ring focuses and multiplies the willpower... |
849,746 | Well, the internet is working flawless, all the sites are fine, and I can use my webmail from the provider website, althought I can't **send** anything from Outlook, funnily I receive everything, and all computers here use Outlook, also, tried Thunderbird, same happens.
I tried to ping and do tracert's from the comma... | 2017/05/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/849746",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/415066/"
] | some ISPs will block outbound mail to everything but their mailservers to stop people from sending spam from their local connection.
I'd call your ISP and ask them if they are blocking outbound email. | Having another, external site show the same behavior does not prove your provider is not at fault. Having some work while others do not would point the finger away from them, but not completely. @Mike is right in the answer below. Having no working examples of sending SMTP is actually indicative of possible provider bl... |
24,505 | As we all know, werewolves are humans that are transformed into ravenous flesh eating monsters. Some are [sentient](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf%27s_Hour), but most appear to be feral hunters of humans. Is there such a thing as reverse Lycanthropy? If so, what is the first story of an animal cyclicly turning i... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24505",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | In the Terry Pratchett Discworld Novel Reaper Man, the character [Lupine](http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Lupine) is a wolf who, under the full moon, turns into a wolf-man. | If you count role playing games, then yes. Both the 1st Edition of Dungeons and Dragons and in more recent versions, there were creatures known as [wolfweres](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfwere_%28Dungeons_&_Dragons%29). These were wolves that gained the ability to turn into humans. I don't know if they have any pre... |
24,505 | As we all know, werewolves are humans that are transformed into ravenous flesh eating monsters. Some are [sentient](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf%27s_Hour), but most appear to be feral hunters of humans. Is there such a thing as reverse Lycanthropy? If so, what is the first story of an animal cyclicly turning i... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24505",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | Likely not what you're looking for, but the nature of "first appearance" questions typically warrants this token "ancient legend" response:
I can't give an accurate date, but these stories are typically over 1000 years old, for fun. Most are likely 2000 or more years old.
In many ancient Asian legends there are stori... | If you count role playing games, then yes. Both the 1st Edition of Dungeons and Dragons and in more recent versions, there were creatures known as [wolfweres](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfwere_%28Dungeons_&_Dragons%29). These were wolves that gained the ability to turn into humans. I don't know if they have any pre... |
24,505 | As we all know, werewolves are humans that are transformed into ravenous flesh eating monsters. Some are [sentient](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf%27s_Hour), but most appear to be feral hunters of humans. Is there such a thing as reverse Lycanthropy? If so, what is the first story of an animal cyclicly turning i... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24505",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | Likely not what you're looking for, but the nature of "first appearance" questions typically warrants this token "ancient legend" response:
I can't give an accurate date, but these stories are typically over 1000 years old, for fun. Most are likely 2000 or more years old.
In many ancient Asian legends there are stori... | In the Terry Pratchett Discworld Novel Reaper Man, the character [Lupine](http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Lupine) is a wolf who, under the full moon, turns into a wolf-man. |
24,505 | As we all know, werewolves are humans that are transformed into ravenous flesh eating monsters. Some are [sentient](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf%27s_Hour), but most appear to be feral hunters of humans. Is there such a thing as reverse Lycanthropy? If so, what is the first story of an animal cyclicly turning i... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24505",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | In the Terry Pratchett Discworld Novel Reaper Man, the character [Lupine](http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Lupine) is a wolf who, under the full moon, turns into a wolf-man. | In The Harry Dresden series, there is a book where a character is actually a wolf who takes human form by choice.
(Spoilers):
>
> In Fool Moon, Tera advises the Alphas, whom she met via the Northwest Passage Project, and agreed to teach them the ways of being a wolf.
> At the end of Fool Moon, she left civilizatio... |
24,505 | As we all know, werewolves are humans that are transformed into ravenous flesh eating monsters. Some are [sentient](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf%27s_Hour), but most appear to be feral hunters of humans. Is there such a thing as reverse Lycanthropy? If so, what is the first story of an animal cyclicly turning i... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24505",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | In the Terry Pratchett Discworld Novel Reaper Man, the character [Lupine](http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Lupine) is a wolf who, under the full moon, turns into a wolf-man. | We have an accepted answer which is definitely older, but for future querents, I want to mention Peter David's 1989 novel, *[Howling Mad](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175935.Howling_Mad)*, features a wolf bitten by a werewolf who's cursed to turn human under the full moon. It's a romance novel, of sorts. |
24,505 | As we all know, werewolves are humans that are transformed into ravenous flesh eating monsters. Some are [sentient](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf%27s_Hour), but most appear to be feral hunters of humans. Is there such a thing as reverse Lycanthropy? If so, what is the first story of an animal cyclicly turning i... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24505",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | Likely not what you're looking for, but the nature of "first appearance" questions typically warrants this token "ancient legend" response:
I can't give an accurate date, but these stories are typically over 1000 years old, for fun. Most are likely 2000 or more years old.
In many ancient Asian legends there are stori... | In The Harry Dresden series, there is a book where a character is actually a wolf who takes human form by choice.
(Spoilers):
>
> In Fool Moon, Tera advises the Alphas, whom she met via the Northwest Passage Project, and agreed to teach them the ways of being a wolf.
> At the end of Fool Moon, she left civilizatio... |
24,505 | As we all know, werewolves are humans that are transformed into ravenous flesh eating monsters. Some are [sentient](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf%27s_Hour), but most appear to be feral hunters of humans. Is there such a thing as reverse Lycanthropy? If so, what is the first story of an animal cyclicly turning i... | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24505",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | Likely not what you're looking for, but the nature of "first appearance" questions typically warrants this token "ancient legend" response:
I can't give an accurate date, but these stories are typically over 1000 years old, for fun. Most are likely 2000 or more years old.
In many ancient Asian legends there are stori... | We have an accepted answer which is definitely older, but for future querents, I want to mention Peter David's 1989 novel, *[Howling Mad](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175935.Howling_Mad)*, features a wolf bitten by a werewolf who's cursed to turn human under the full moon. It's a romance novel, of sorts. |
598,287 | I'm developing a generator to create a C# API wrapper for Facebook's API. I'm just about finished with the basic coding, except that there doesn't seem to be any well-formed declaration of the method signatures of all the API methods.
I can parse the [schema for the element types](http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.... | 2009/02/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/598287",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2596/"
] | Facebook never released such a document, and the REST API that this question relates to has been deprecated. | There is a Facebook XSD at <http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd>. It defines the full schema and has the information you are looking for neatly packaged. No need to screen scrape :-p |
598,287 | I'm developing a generator to create a C# API wrapper for Facebook's API. I'm just about finished with the basic coding, except that there doesn't seem to be any well-formed declaration of the method signatures of all the API methods.
I can parse the [schema for the element types](http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.... | 2009/02/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/598287",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2596/"
] | Facebook never released such a document, and the REST API that this question relates to has been deprecated. | You should look into using the C# SDK for the Graph API. It might not have the type safety you're looking for, but it is fairly complete and can be used with a variety of .net app types (MVC, WinForms, ASP.NET, etc)
<http://facebooksdk.codeplex.com/> |
3,679 | Great Saints are said to have lot of powers which come for their meditation. Like god Sai Baba removing out the intestines and cleaning them, and Sri Madvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy telling the future etc.
My question is, do they know **everything**? I mean, physics, chemistry, maths, computer science, future... | 2014/11/11 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/3679",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/312/"
] | They do not know 'everything'. Swami Vivekananda said that a realized soul knows the essence of Reality; it does not mean that he knows every particular aspect of It's infinite manifestations. To know clay does not mean that you know every form of clay. To know Brahman is to know everything as One without a second - wi... | Great saints can know everything if they want to. The potential is there. When the word '*Sarvagyaata*' or Omniscient is used, it indicates a potency to know everything. Although, they choose not to intervene too much in the mundane aspects, unless required.
>
> "The avatar role-plays with deliberate and voluntary se... |
127,952 | I am using QGIS 2.6.0-Brighton and I am trying to add a custom field to my layer made from a shapefile of Italian provinces; everything seems fine when I create a categorized views using region codes, something like this:
then when I try... | 2015/01/01 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/127952",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/43506/"
] | It is because you are still in editing mode. What you are seeing are little red 'x' symbols over every vertex in your shapefile.
Once you have finished with your edit, right-click your layer and click 'stop editing' and everything will be as it was. | You are in edit mode. Just click the pencil to save your new column and disable edit mode. |
62,219,409 | We are looking to access an external vendor's Redshift data. We are on the same platform (AWS). What is the best approach?
Is it possible to directly connect to their Redshift instance as opposed to copy data from their Redshift database to an S3 bucket in our account? | 2020/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/62219409",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5236758/"
] | I have solved your same problem changing the user database password with a password like name.number in the database access in the security section. Then copying that password in the MongoURI | in your database URI You got to replace with username that you created on mongodb Atlas same goes with the and .
For example if your credentials are:-
username: jonDoe, password: test@abcd, database name: myBlogs
mongodb://jonDoe:test@abcd@xxxx-uaglu.mongodb.net/myBlogs?retryWrites=true&w=majority. |
93,667 | I want to create image from hard disk without free space (useless space) in linux(ex3 type).
I've been tried to create image with **dd** command but this command gave us total size of hard disk.
I need data on this hard disk without free space.
thanks a lot. | 2009/12/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/93667",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/24098/"
] | Sounds like [Partimage](http://www.partimage.org/) might be what you are looking for? | +1 Partimage . The [system rescue CD](http://www.sysresccd.org) might help if you just want to save something. Plug in a removable drive and/or a network mount once it has booted and write the image to disk.
If you're trying to image an entire drive for transport, don't forget to save the partition table (and the boo... |
93,667 | I want to create image from hard disk without free space (useless space) in linux(ex3 type).
I've been tried to create image with **dd** command but this command gave us total size of hard disk.
I need data on this hard disk without free space.
thanks a lot. | 2009/12/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/93667",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/24098/"
] | Sounds like [Partimage](http://www.partimage.org/) might be what you are looking for? | If you're using LVM, clonezilla is the way to go. |
93,667 | I want to create image from hard disk without free space (useless space) in linux(ex3 type).
I've been tried to create image with **dd** command but this command gave us total size of hard disk.
I need data on this hard disk without free space.
thanks a lot. | 2009/12/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/93667",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/24098/"
] | If you're using LVM, clonezilla is the way to go. | +1 Partimage . The [system rescue CD](http://www.sysresccd.org) might help if you just want to save something. Plug in a removable drive and/or a network mount once it has booted and write the image to disk.
If you're trying to image an entire drive for transport, don't forget to save the partition table (and the boo... |
18,902 | What does a *dry* sense of humor mean?
[This article](http://www.ehow.com/how_2151193_develop-dry-sense-humor.html#ixzz1IGUHd0GX) explains how to develop it, but not what it is.
>
> **How to Develop a Dry Sense of Humor**
>
>
> Developing a dry sense of
> humor can be challenging and fun.
> Learn how to develo... | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18902",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/740/"
] | Here is a relevant definition that says it all:
>
> **dry** *adjective*
>
> (of a joke or sense of humor) subtle, expressed in a matter-of-fact way, and having the appearance of being unconscious or unintentional:
>
> *he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humor*
>
>
> [NOAD](http://oxforddict... | It should mean being sarcastic and ironic.
Check my answer here: [The word ‘dryly’ as an adverb](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18840/the-word-dry-as-an-adverb) |
18,902 | What does a *dry* sense of humor mean?
[This article](http://www.ehow.com/how_2151193_develop-dry-sense-humor.html#ixzz1IGUHd0GX) explains how to develop it, but not what it is.
>
> **How to Develop a Dry Sense of Humor**
>
>
> Developing a dry sense of
> humor can be challenging and fun.
> Learn how to develo... | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18902",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/740/"
] | Here is a relevant definition that says it all:
>
> **dry** *adjective*
>
> (of a joke or sense of humor) subtle, expressed in a matter-of-fact way, and having the appearance of being unconscious or unintentional:
>
> *he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humor*
>
>
> [NOAD](http://oxforddict... | The article itself is an example of dry humor. |
566,888 | So I conducted a though experiment where I take a hollow spherical conductor and beef it up with a lot of electric charge. Here, I have ignored the ionization of air due to that huge amount of charge. Okay, coming to the point, is it possible that the hollow conductor, which is made of a certain metal and let's say if ... | 2020/07/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/566888",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/269573/"
] | No!
Uniform motion is motion in which velocity is constant and acceleration is 0.
Uniform acceleration : Motion in which acceleration is constant , therefore velocity is increasing or decreasing or even just the direction is changing for example a uniform circular motion
**Note:** Every uniform motion is having unif... | No, uniform motion implies constant speed, whereas uniform acceleration means constant acceleration. |
146,773 | I don't mean the plans, pictures, etc., I mean the actual thing.
**Had she actually seen it with her own eyes before she was taken on board as a prisoner?** | 2016/12/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/146773",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/70161/"
] | **No.** According to the new (and fully canon) ANH novelisation, Leia hadn't seen the Death Star before. When she collected the plans in orbit of Scarif, her ship was apparently isolated in the hold of a larger Rebel capital ship which could explain why she didn't see it.
These are her thoughts as she first arrived at... | I've just came back from the Rogue One, and this contradicts previous information. It wasn't clearly said but it seemed that Leia never saw the Death Star or its destructive power before.
Leia is on the Tantive IV (as in the beginning of Episode IV) during the final battle on Scarif, which was docked to the command sh... |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Perhaps "To illustrate this, I will...", "Demonstrating this, I will..." or "As an example,.." | Is the sentence in question immediately followed by the character actually performing the demonstration? In that case:
"Observe."
(Does thing).
However, the whole thought "in order to demonstrate this, I will..." might be completely unnecessary. If the character already talked about the thing, just having them do t... |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Perhaps "To illustrate this, I will...", "Demonstrating this, I will..." or "As an example,.." | Is it appropriate to use "Therefore"? |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Perhaps "To illustrate this, I will...", "Demonstrating this, I will..." or "As an example,.." | "I'll show this (is true, is so, isn't so) by. . . |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I would sometimes use "to this end", however that is also more a general term. Something like: "We wish to show that space whales are secretly communicating with us. To this end, we will monitor the frequencies determined to be most likely to carry space whale song." | Is the sentence in question immediately followed by the character actually performing the demonstration? In that case:
"Observe."
(Does thing).
However, the whole thought "in order to demonstrate this, I will..." might be completely unnecessary. If the character already talked about the thing, just having them do t... |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I would sometimes use "to this end", however that is also more a general term. Something like: "We wish to show that space whales are secretly communicating with us. To this end, we will monitor the frequencies determined to be most likely to carry space whale song." | Is it appropriate to use "Therefore"? |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I would sometimes use "to this end", however that is also more a general term. Something like: "We wish to show that space whales are secretly communicating with us. To this end, we will monitor the frequencies determined to be most likely to carry space whale song." | "I'll show this (is true, is so, isn't so) by. . . |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Is the sentence in question immediately followed by the character actually performing the demonstration? In that case:
"Observe."
(Does thing).
However, the whole thought "in order to demonstrate this, I will..." might be completely unnecessary. If the character already talked about the thing, just having them do t... | Is it appropriate to use "Therefore"? |
214,914 | What is a better way of saying "in order to demonstrate this, I will..."? I already use "to that effect" in the same paragraph. I'm looking for something as compact and concise as "to that effect" that will also be a good transition for the beginning of a new paragraph. | 2014/12/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/214914",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Is the sentence in question immediately followed by the character actually performing the demonstration? In that case:
"Observe."
(Does thing).
However, the whole thought "in order to demonstrate this, I will..." might be completely unnecessary. If the character already talked about the thing, just having them do t... | "I'll show this (is true, is so, isn't so) by. . . |
144,289 | To cast [cube](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/spellcasting#Cube)-shaped spells,
>
> You select a cube's point of origin, which lies anywhere on a face of the cubic effect.
>
>
>
After looking through a multitude of other questions regarding Thunderwave (see [1](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questio... | 2019/04/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/144289",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/31589/"
] | Yes, there is a difference
--------------------------
Or rather, No, your interpretation is incorrect.
First of all, let's look at the rules really quick.
[Area of Effect on a Grid](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/xgte/dungeon-masters-tools#AreasofEffectonaGrid), DMG (I don't have the DMG in DnD Beyond, so this ex... | Thunderwave has two ranges
--------------------------
Thunderwave has two ranges:
>
> **[Thunderwave](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/thunderwave)**
>
>
> Range: Self (15-foot cube)
>
>
>
### Self
The first part says you are the target. So you cast *thunderwave* on yourself. The self part it can **target** [... |
123,739 | I currently use ntfs-3g on my mac to be able to write to NTFS-formatted drives. I have seen two commercial alternatives that boast better performance and more advanced features - [Tuxera](http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/) (a commercial version of ntfs-3g it seems) and [Paragon](http://www.paragon-sof... | 2010/03/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/123739",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3007/"
] | Mixed-mode WPA2-PSK is probably good enough, as long as your passphrase is well-chosen. If you don't really need TKIP (WPA "1") anymore, consider making it WPA2-only (that is, AES-CCMP only), because there have been some attacks against TKIP recently.
MAC address filtering is a waste of time. MAC addresses are easily ... | You could use a penetration testing system like [BackTrack](http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ "BackTrack"). |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | >
> "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Your suggested reply is perfect. Stop fretting. | It's human nature believe it or not for people to want to help, show or instruct others so use this to your advantage because you won't be able to later on. Very graciously thank everyone for the welcome and then fall on your sword and concede very briefly and in the tamest way express your appreciation for those who w... |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | Since the position is fully remote, I think it would be appropriate to reply with:
* Friendly "thank you" as OP stated
* Your full and correct email signature. Follow the norms at your company, if everyone else has phone and title and pronouns, make sure your signature has those. If they just use a short signature, ma... | >
> "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Your suggested reply is perfect. Stop fretting. |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | >
> Would a short reply like "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Yes
>
> Should I be adding my professional background/main tasks of my role/hobbies/etc. ?
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>
No.
That type of detail is "need/reason to kno... | >
> "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Your suggested reply is perfect. Stop fretting. |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | Remote or Large workforces are much the same in this regard, the point of the email is simply to open communications, sometimes everyone will ignore it, sometimes the enthusiastic few will respond, those who respond will reflect the culture of the workplace just as much as your response will.
What is important in a Re... | It's human nature believe it or not for people to want to help, show or instruct others so use this to your advantage because you won't be able to later on. Very graciously thank everyone for the welcome and then fall on your sword and concede very briefly and in the tamest way express your appreciation for those who w... |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | You were lucky enough to end up in a workplace that seems personal enough, that the welcome messages actually sounded warm and welcoming. Personally, I would add something along the lines of "I'm hoping to meet you guys in person or over an online drink soon, to get to know you."
But the actual reason I write this ans... | It's human nature believe it or not for people to want to help, show or instruct others so use this to your advantage because you won't be able to later on. Very graciously thank everyone for the welcome and then fall on your sword and concede very briefly and in the tamest way express your appreciation for those who w... |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | >
> Would a short reply like "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Yes
>
> Should I be adding my professional background/main tasks of my role/hobbies/etc. ?
>
>
>
No.
That type of detail is "need/reason to kno... | Since the position is fully remote, I think it would be appropriate to reply with:
* Friendly "thank you" as OP stated
* Your full and correct email signature. Follow the norms at your company, if everyone else has phone and title and pronouns, make sure your signature has those. If they just use a short signature, ma... |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | >
> "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Your suggested reply is perfect. Stop fretting. | You don't need to respond to this email chain at all. It's assumed that you received those welcome messages and possibly read them. If you're not comfortable in replying to them, then don't.
If you do want to reply, then a simple "Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes!" is fine. Depending on the company, you may or ma... |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | I will disagree with other answers: apply the desk decoration test. If the culture of the company is such that you would keep some decoration on your desk that related to your personal life (picture of your pet, funny mug about your hobby, whatever) then you can include something relating to your personal life in your ... | It's human nature believe it or not for people to want to help, show or instruct others so use this to your advantage because you won't be able to later on. Very graciously thank everyone for the welcome and then fall on your sword and concede very briefly and in the tamest way express your appreciation for those who w... |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | >
> Would a short reply like "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Yes
>
> Should I be adding my professional background/main tasks of my role/hobbies/etc. ?
>
>
>
No.
That type of detail is "need/reason to kno... | It's human nature believe it or not for people to want to help, show or instruct others so use this to your advantage because you won't be able to later on. Very graciously thank everyone for the welcome and then fall on your sword and concede very briefly and in the tamest way express your appreciation for those who w... |
177,980 | My supervisor started the e-mail thread of welcoming me to the team/department. Several team members has already replied (including the boss of my supervisor so I'm extra nervous) with a brief but warm welcome message. I was wondering what is the best way to reply in this thread.
This is my first fully remote role so ... | 2021/08/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/177980",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/129196/"
] | >
> Would a short reply like "Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm excited to be working with everyone and I'm looking forward meeting you in the upcoming weeks."
>
>
>
Yes
>
> Should I be adding my professional background/main tasks of my role/hobbies/etc. ?
>
>
>
No.
That type of detail is "need/reason to kno... | You were lucky enough to end up in a workplace that seems personal enough, that the welcome messages actually sounded warm and welcoming. Personally, I would add something along the lines of "I'm hoping to meet you guys in person or over an online drink soon, to get to know you."
But the actual reason I write this ans... |
25,872 | Whenever I enter my school I'm forbidden to drink energy drinks. I asked them why and they listed lots of reasons why I wasn't allowed.
I asked "why is smoking not forbidden but something so simple as drinking energy drinks is?" and they replied "smoking is a personal decision and drinking energy drinks doesn't just h... | 2018/02/06 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/25872",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/15495/"
] | >
> "When ever I enter my college I'm forbidden to drink energy drinks..."
>
>
>
You are under a contract and bound by the rules and regulations of the college; read the contract you signed when you registered for classes and paid tuition.
That contract will stipulate what you are allowed to do and not do in clas... | You could evade it by getting cancer.
-------------------------------------
Schools and colleges in the UK are required (by the Equality Act 2010) to provide '[reasonable adjustment](https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/advice-and-guidance/what-are-reasonable-adjustments)' for students with disability. Cancer and ot... |
25,872 | Whenever I enter my school I'm forbidden to drink energy drinks. I asked them why and they listed lots of reasons why I wasn't allowed.
I asked "why is smoking not forbidden but something so simple as drinking energy drinks is?" and they replied "smoking is a personal decision and drinking energy drinks doesn't just h... | 2018/02/06 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/25872",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/15495/"
] | Unfortunately you cannot, the only solution is to stop at a shop after school finishes and buy an energy drink from there. Then you can drink it as you are not at school anymore. | You could evade it by getting cancer.
-------------------------------------
Schools and colleges in the UK are required (by the Equality Act 2010) to provide '[reasonable adjustment](https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/advice-and-guidance/what-are-reasonable-adjustments)' for students with disability. Cancer and ot... |
33,583 | I am using ubuntu for development. And I want to test my application on IE. So, instead of remote desktop I want to access IE as remote application from other windows machine. So the other guy whose working on windows machine can continue with his work and I can also test my application.
Are there any ways to access I... | 2011/04/05 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/33583",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/12526/"
] | To run multiple sessions as you describe, the Windows machine would need to be running Windows Server. The terminal service for the desktop editions are limited to one active session at once so they don't devalue the server.
If you have a spare Windows license lying around, you could always install it in VirtualBox an... | There is something called TeamViewer (<http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx>) which can be installed on each system and is cross-platform. You might be able to use this for your needs. |
33,583 | I am using ubuntu for development. And I want to test my application on IE. So, instead of remote desktop I want to access IE as remote application from other windows machine. So the other guy whose working on windows machine can continue with his work and I can also test my application.
Are there any ways to access I... | 2011/04/05 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/33583",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/12526/"
] | To run multiple sessions as you describe, the Windows machine would need to be running Windows Server. The terminal service for the desktop editions are limited to one active session at once so they don't devalue the server.
If you have a spare Windows license lying around, you could always install it in VirtualBox an... | You can try my packaged application called [WinConn](http://stanev.org/winconn/)
Further details in this AU Q&A:
* [Remmina remoteapp over RDP](https://askubuntu.com/questions/148159/remmina-remoteapp-over-rdp/167901#167901) |
24,612,909 | I am a computer science student. I studied C, then came to C++[an object oriented one] and now Java[More Object Oriented]. My question is whether 'C' language is of any importance these days? Did I study it for the sake of studying the languages in the order in which they were developed so as to understand languages st... | 2014/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24612909",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2557939/"
] | The main scopes are:
* drivers
* operating systems
* systems where performance is critical
* small embedded systems (thanks Joachim) | C is still heavily used in situations where otherwise one would drop down to assembler, since it's one of the few structured languages to let users code that close to the hardware.
And a lot of what claims to be C++ code is C code with an OOP wrapper. |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Fuzz testing never hurts: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-fuzztest/index.html>
Fuzz testing helps you make sure that your application is secure against any opportunity for user input.
Fuzz testing is a little awkward for JUnit tests in a way, because they are "random". You might want to loop and run... | There are commercial tools such as VeraCode that do security scanning. I don't work for them but my company uses it. It seems quite thorough. |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | There are commercial tools such as VeraCode that do security scanning. I don't work for them but my company uses it. It seems quite thorough. | It depends what your Java app actually is. If you are building a web service/API, for example, OWASP have a separate Top 10 just for API's which have things listed in a different priority than the regular top 10. See [OWASP Project API Security](https://owasp.org/www-project-api-security/)
According to Nordic API's, y... |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Don't know is it exactly what you are looking for, but there is a blog post by Stephen Colebourne (author of joda-time and future new standard java8 date-time API) about testing security permissions with junit: [Stephen Colebourne's blog: Testing a security permission](http://blog.joda.org/2004/11/testing-security-perm... | Tools like [Sonar](http://www.sonarsource.org/) and [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/) can also be an automated way to find at least some security issues (FindBugs is at quite effective at finding risks of SQL injection and such). |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Fuzz testing never hurts: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-fuzztest/index.html>
Fuzz testing helps you make sure that your application is secure against any opportunity for user input.
Fuzz testing is a little awkward for JUnit tests in a way, because they are "random". You might want to loop and run... | Automated security testing is *hard* but that doesn't mean its not worth doing.
My suggestion for web apps - use your existing Unit and Integration tests (like Selenium) and then proxy them through a security tool like OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy).
See <http://code.google.com/p/zaproxy/wiki/SecRegTests> for more detai... |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Fuzz testing never hurts: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-fuzztest/index.html>
Fuzz testing helps you make sure that your application is secure against any opportunity for user input.
Fuzz testing is a little awkward for JUnit tests in a way, because they are "random". You might want to loop and run... | It depends what your Java app actually is. If you are building a web service/API, for example, OWASP have a separate Top 10 just for API's which have things listed in a different priority than the regular top 10. See [OWASP Project API Security](https://owasp.org/www-project-api-security/)
According to Nordic API's, y... |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Fuzz testing never hurts: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-fuzztest/index.html>
Fuzz testing helps you make sure that your application is secure against any opportunity for user input.
Fuzz testing is a little awkward for JUnit tests in a way, because they are "random". You might want to loop and run... | Tools like [Sonar](http://www.sonarsource.org/) and [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/) can also be an automated way to find at least some security issues (FindBugs is at quite effective at finding risks of SQL injection and such). |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Don't know is it exactly what you are looking for, but there is a blog post by Stephen Colebourne (author of joda-time and future new standard java8 date-time API) about testing security permissions with junit: [Stephen Colebourne's blog: Testing a security permission](http://blog.joda.org/2004/11/testing-security-perm... | Fuzz testing never hurts: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-fuzztest/index.html>
Fuzz testing helps you make sure that your application is secure against any opportunity for user input.
Fuzz testing is a little awkward for JUnit tests in a way, because they are "random". You might want to loop and run... |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Don't know is it exactly what you are looking for, but there is a blog post by Stephen Colebourne (author of joda-time and future new standard java8 date-time API) about testing security permissions with junit: [Stephen Colebourne's blog: Testing a security permission](http://blog.joda.org/2004/11/testing-security-perm... | It depends what your Java app actually is. If you are building a web service/API, for example, OWASP have a separate Top 10 just for API's which have things listed in a different priority than the regular top 10. See [OWASP Project API Security](https://owasp.org/www-project-api-security/)
According to Nordic API's, y... |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Don't know is it exactly what you are looking for, but there is a blog post by Stephen Colebourne (author of joda-time and future new standard java8 date-time API) about testing security permissions with junit: [Stephen Colebourne's blog: Testing a security permission](http://blog.joda.org/2004/11/testing-security-perm... | Automated security testing is *hard* but that doesn't mean its not worth doing.
My suggestion for web apps - use your existing Unit and Integration tests (like Selenium) and then proxy them through a security tool like OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy).
See <http://code.google.com/p/zaproxy/wiki/SecRegTests> for more detai... |
7,502,069 | Is there such a thing as *automated security testing* in Java? If so, how is it implemented? Is it just JUnit tests written to try and exploit known server vulnerabilities, or are their security-centric testing frameworks?
As a segue I'm also interested in this OWASP Security Testing Framework, but can't tell if they'... | 2011/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7502069",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/892029/"
] | Don't know is it exactly what you are looking for, but there is a blog post by Stephen Colebourne (author of joda-time and future new standard java8 date-time API) about testing security permissions with junit: [Stephen Colebourne's blog: Testing a security permission](http://blog.joda.org/2004/11/testing-security-perm... | There are commercial tools such as VeraCode that do security scanning. I don't work for them but my company uses it. It seems quite thorough. |
54 | In [this answer](https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/185/54), Liam W said [emphasis added]
>
> 'A Japanese' **infers** the Japanese person is a thing, and not a person.
> This is what **deems** it offensive.
>
>
> 'A Japanese Person' **infers** the Japanese person is just that - a
> person, and is therefore considere... | 2013/01/24 | [
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | Do not avoid them in contexts where the meaning can be inferred from that context. That is the best way for users to learn them!
OTOH, definitely avoid them if not knowing their meaning will make given answer confusing - when the meaning is not apparent. Alternatively, reiterate, rephrase the same thing using simpler ... | Coming to think of it and now that I have been using this site for almost three days, it makes sense to me that simple language should be highly preferred here simply because of the fact that we can expect to see "a lot" of foreign-language visitors here and more we make it simple for them to "comprehend the answer" mo... |
54 | In [this answer](https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/185/54), Liam W said [emphasis added]
>
> 'A Japanese' **infers** the Japanese person is a thing, and not a person.
> This is what **deems** it offensive.
>
>
> 'A Japanese Person' **infers** the Japanese person is just that - a
> person, and is therefore considere... | 2013/01/24 | [
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | Do not avoid them in contexts where the meaning can be inferred from that context. That is the best way for users to learn them!
OTOH, definitely avoid them if not knowing their meaning will make given answer confusing - when the meaning is not apparent. Alternatively, reiterate, rephrase the same thing using simpler ... | I think that the example is a borderline case:
Certainly, the content could be expressed elegantly enough without using the words "infer" and "deem". They do not add better precision or explanation.
On the other hand, for me, the answer (and the question) was new and surprising and I really learned something, and y... |
54 | In [this answer](https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/185/54), Liam W said [emphasis added]
>
> 'A Japanese' **infers** the Japanese person is a thing, and not a person.
> This is what **deems** it offensive.
>
>
> 'A Japanese Person' **infers** the Japanese person is just that - a
> person, and is therefore considere... | 2013/01/24 | [
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | I think that the example is a borderline case:
Certainly, the content could be expressed elegantly enough without using the words "infer" and "deem". They do not add better precision or explanation.
On the other hand, for me, the answer (and the question) was new and surprising and I really learned something, and y... | Coming to think of it and now that I have been using this site for almost three days, it makes sense to me that simple language should be highly preferred here simply because of the fact that we can expect to see "a lot" of foreign-language visitors here and more we make it simple for them to "comprehend the answer" mo... |
54 | In [this answer](https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/185/54), Liam W said [emphasis added]
>
> 'A Japanese' **infers** the Japanese person is a thing, and not a person.
> This is what **deems** it offensive.
>
>
> 'A Japanese Person' **infers** the Japanese person is just that - a
> person, and is therefore considere... | 2013/01/24 | [
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.meta.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | Do not avoid them in contexts where the meaning can be inferred from that context. That is the best way for users to learn them!
OTOH, definitely avoid them if not knowing their meaning will make given answer confusing - when the meaning is not apparent. Alternatively, reiterate, rephrase the same thing using simpler ... | I think we should use technical terms, but make sure that they are explained, and not go too overboard to the point of making the answer sound like it came from an academic journal. |
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