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80,698 | This has puzzled me for a few years now. When preceded by *'a'*, *shop* becomes a noun. Does "do a shop" even make sense then? The correct phrase for me was always "go shopping", or similar.
Can anyone tell me where "do a shop" came from and whether it's grammatical?
Take the article in the following link, from an I... | 2012/09/05 | [
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] | If you don't use this phrase, you may not know that it carries some precision. If I say that after I do X, I think I will have time to go shopping, you don't know if I just intend to randomly browse, get birthday presents, or buy the weekly groceries. If I say I think I will have time to shop, then the random browsing ... | "Do a shop" is no more or less "correct" than other slang, e.g., "Let's do lunch", "Let's take a meeting", and "**Enhance** your manhood by 3 inches instantly!" It's what people say. If they say it, and if other people understand what they mean, what on Earth does it matter? |
80,698 | This has puzzled me for a few years now. When preceded by *'a'*, *shop* becomes a noun. Does "do a shop" even make sense then? The correct phrase for me was always "go shopping", or similar.
Can anyone tell me where "do a shop" came from and whether it's grammatical?
Take the article in the following link, from an I... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/80698",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/25703/"
] | If the noun *a shop* is taken to mean *the act of shopping* then *do a shop* is the same grammatical construction as phrases like *do a backflip*. I don't know where it came from but it is certainly common idiomatic usage here in the UK. As @BarrieEngland states it is most often used with an adjective (big, weekly, etc... | "Do the shop."
Usually means, "Do the weekly shop".
Grammatically, going for a shop, is like going for a walk. "Walk" can be either a noun or a verb - "to walk", "the walk".
When people say, "to go for a walk", what they mean is "to go walking" or to go on "the walk", or "the usual walk".
Do people stop to consider... |
425,858 | I'm aware that with an inkjet printer, printing a higher dpi image will require a huge amount of additional ink.
However I was wondering in the case of a **color laser printer**, do we need more toner to print a higher dpi image?
For example, printing a full-page photo in 300-dpi on a 8.27 \* 11.69 paper would cost 8... | 2012/05/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/425858",
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"https://superuser.com/users/78897/"
] | There are 2 factors here: the dpi of the image and the dpi used to print.
The dpi of the image does not affect the printing cost at all, a higher dpi just means the print will take longer as the PC (and possibly the printer) has more processing to do.
As far as I know there are no lasers that print 2400 dpi. Some ver... | The major cost of ink and toner is simply how much of the page is filled. Changing the resolution only changes that slightly.
On ink jet printers, smaller dots tends to have a bit more overlap and less empty space at the edges. This results in about a 10% increase of ink used per doubling of resolution *on the same pr... |
162,060 | I am a PhD math student, and I am wondering if I should study quantum mechanics while I don't have an undergrad background in physics.
[I posted this question in physics stackexchange](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/30670/5878), but there doesn't seem to be many people interested in it there. In addition, I want ... | 2012/06/23 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/162060",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
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] | This answer is quite late, so I'll make it general for those wondering about how to jump into QM with an undergraduate or higher background in math. A word of caution to mathematicians entering the physics realm: though there is a great overlap in material, the emphasis, pedagogy, and approach of a physicist can be qui... | Chemists and material scientists routinely get an exposure to QM without needing all the courses that a physicist takes. Math through multivar-calc/DiffyQs and first year physics is enough.
Take a look at the QM in a standard p-chem book (say Atkins). [http://www.amazon.com/Atkins-Physical-Chemistry-Peter-W/dp/019879... |
162,060 | I am a PhD math student, and I am wondering if I should study quantum mechanics while I don't have an undergrad background in physics.
[I posted this question in physics stackexchange](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/30670/5878), but there doesn't seem to be many people interested in it there. In addition, I want ... | 2012/06/23 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/162060",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/34339/"
] | This answer is quite late, so I'll make it general for those wondering about how to jump into QM with an undergraduate or higher background in math. A word of caution to mathematicians entering the physics realm: though there is a great overlap in material, the emphasis, pedagogy, and approach of a physicist can be qui... | I think Chris Isham's book would be right up your alley: [https://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Quantum-Theory-Mathematical-Foundations/dp/B01K0RJQT8/ref=pd\_sbs\_14\_1](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B01K0RJQT8) |
162,060 | I am a PhD math student, and I am wondering if I should study quantum mechanics while I don't have an undergrad background in physics.
[I posted this question in physics stackexchange](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/30670/5878), but there doesn't seem to be many people interested in it there. In addition, I want ... | 2012/06/23 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/162060",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/34339/"
] | Chemists and material scientists routinely get an exposure to QM without needing all the courses that a physicist takes. Math through multivar-calc/DiffyQs and first year physics is enough.
Take a look at the QM in a standard p-chem book (say Atkins). [http://www.amazon.com/Atkins-Physical-Chemistry-Peter-W/dp/019879... | I think Chris Isham's book would be right up your alley: [https://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Quantum-Theory-Mathematical-Foundations/dp/B01K0RJQT8/ref=pd\_sbs\_14\_1](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B01K0RJQT8) |
613,131 | I've looked through some Semtech reference board schematics and found one strange thing: they put SAW filters both before and after the LNA. For example here is part from a Semtech reference board electrical schematic ([1](https://www.semtech.com/products/wireless-rf/lora-core/sx1302cfdxxxgw1) and [2](https://www.semte... | 2022/03/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/613131",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | You are correct in that a SAW filter (any filter for that matter, or any device in the more general case) before the first LNA will have an adverse affect on the noise figure of your system. So in that regard you want the filter after the LNA.
But with the filter after the LNA, there's the possibility that the LNA wil... | The performance of the SAW filters just out of band is good, with -60 dB notches ([datasheet](https://www.mouser.co.uk/datasheet/2/842/tdkc_s_a0001072893_1-2295533.pdf)) but the performance falls off well out of band (-35 dB @ ~400 MHz, -28 dB @ ~2 GHz). A second SAW filter improves the wide-band filtering. Putting it ... |
9,114,336 | Does anyone know if there is an alternative to using attributes on C# properties to map to XML nodes when using XmlSerializer?
My issue is that I have an object called `Article`, with some properties (e.g. ID, Title, Body) and I do not want to add attributes directly to it (used elsewhere, etc, etc)...so I created a p... | 2012/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9114336",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/519495/"
] | There's a [constructor of the XmlSerializer](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bfaxz1a0.aspx) class that allows you to pass a [XmlAttributeOverrides](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlattributeoverrides.aspx) and thus alter the behavior at runtime.
Quote from the documentation:
... | You could implement [IXmlSerializable](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.ixmlserializable.aspx) directly. It requires some more code, but you will have full control without the need for attributes. |
1,044,977 | can someone please tell me what i need so that i can see the explorer view for a library in sharepoint? it works on one machine and not another. it sometimes works on a vista client but not xp. it works in internet explorer but does not work on another machine with the same settings.
please help. wss 3.0 on windows se... | 2009/06/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1044977",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | It requires WebDav to be enabled on the server part, and WebClient to be running at the client. WebClient is just a service, see [this technet entry](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/844f5e01-4b9e-4dac-897e-2a0bb33f28af.mspx?mfr=true) for specific information on how to start it... | Make sure you have a site collection located at your web application root. This solved the problem in my case.
Problem : explorer view not working properly, except when :
* explorer view selected in a subfolder of the document library
* a network favorite pointing to the document library was created |
1,044,977 | can someone please tell me what i need so that i can see the explorer view for a library in sharepoint? it works on one machine and not another. it sometimes works on a vista client but not xp. it works in internet explorer but does not work on another machine with the same settings.
please help. wss 3.0 on windows se... | 2009/06/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1044977",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | It requires WebDav to be enabled on the server part, and WebClient to be running at the client. WebClient is just a service, see [this technet entry](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/844f5e01-4b9e-4dac-897e-2a0bb33f28af.mspx?mfr=true) for specific information on how to start it... | I was trying to do a quick backup of a bunch of files, and the explorer view was not working. What finally worked was mapping a network drive to the sharepoint server, and then I was able to bulk copy and paste the folders/files to my backup server.
I don't know why MS makes so many things really difficult. But they ... |
1,044,977 | can someone please tell me what i need so that i can see the explorer view for a library in sharepoint? it works on one machine and not another. it sometimes works on a vista client but not xp. it works in internet explorer but does not work on another machine with the same settings.
please help. wss 3.0 on windows se... | 2009/06/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1044977",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SharePoint explorer view actually doesn't work in IE8 on Windows XP SP3. The issue only occurs if your using SSL, and I've not seen a good solution to make this work. Interestingly, it works fine in IE7. Now if your using any other web browser besides IE, there is no way to get explorer view to work currently.
Also, t... | Make sure you have a site collection located at your web application root. This solved the problem in my case.
Problem : explorer view not working properly, except when :
* explorer view selected in a subfolder of the document library
* a network favorite pointing to the document library was created |
1,044,977 | can someone please tell me what i need so that i can see the explorer view for a library in sharepoint? it works on one machine and not another. it sometimes works on a vista client but not xp. it works in internet explorer but does not work on another machine with the same settings.
please help. wss 3.0 on windows se... | 2009/06/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1044977",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SharePoint explorer view actually doesn't work in IE8 on Windows XP SP3. The issue only occurs if your using SSL, and I've not seen a good solution to make this work. Interestingly, it works fine in IE7. Now if your using any other web browser besides IE, there is no way to get explorer view to work currently.
Also, t... | I was trying to do a quick backup of a bunch of files, and the explorer view was not working. What finally worked was mapping a network drive to the sharepoint server, and then I was able to bulk copy and paste the folders/files to my backup server.
I don't know why MS makes so many things really difficult. But they ... |
86,167 | Do people who sing with lots of power have a smaller vocal range? I have heard that if one sings with power, eg like an opera singer, you will get a smakler range. I feel that the more power I use the harder it is to sing higher.
Is there anything ti this? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/86167",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This question is confusing me. Who among us thinks Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey or Luciano Pavarotti lacks power or extended range in their voices. There are certainly singers with power, but limited range, but I know of no evidence linking one with the other. With study, voices can be developed, power developed and... | No they don't. This is a bizarre claim, and if the person who made it has evidence - let's hear it! |
86,167 | Do people who sing with lots of power have a smaller vocal range? I have heard that if one sings with power, eg like an opera singer, you will get a smakler range. I feel that the more power I use the harder it is to sing higher.
Is there anything ti this? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/86167",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It's always hard to define such words as "power"... But if you mean with it, that they can sing stronger, louder tones, I would say definitely that the range isn't affected by the fact with how much 'power' you sing.
If you sing louder, with much pressure, you may be running out of breath sooner, because you use more ... | No they don't. This is a bizarre claim, and if the person who made it has evidence - let's hear it! |
86,167 | Do people who sing with lots of power have a smaller vocal range? I have heard that if one sings with power, eg like an opera singer, you will get a smakler range. I feel that the more power I use the harder it is to sing higher.
Is there anything ti this? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/86167",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Based on my listening experience as well as first-hand singing, I would say there's no correlation between "limited range" and "power".
On the contrary, it's common for some singers to need to appeal to increased air pressure to reach the upper end of their vocal range (think of songs you can remember in which the si... | No they don't. This is a bizarre claim, and if the person who made it has evidence - let's hear it! |
202,065 | Is there a way to have a RewriteRule fire on any domain that is requested on a box? For example, I have 5 VirtualHosts that would have the exact same RewriteRule applied to them and currently each VirtualHost directive has the rule, but can I put this somewhere 'global' so that upkeep is easier? | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/202065",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/204/"
] | No, I'm afraid not | You can, but it is somewhat of a hack.
Create your RewriteRule in a .htaccess somewhere like:
>
> /www/redirects/global/.htaccess
>
>
>
Now just set the DocumentRoot for your virtualhosts to /www/redirects/global/ and every request will be forced through your RewriteRule's. |
202,065 | Is there a way to have a RewriteRule fire on any domain that is requested on a box? For example, I have 5 VirtualHosts that would have the exact same RewriteRule applied to them and currently each VirtualHost directive has the rule, but can I put this somewhere 'global' so that upkeep is easier? | 2008/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/202065",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/204/"
] | No, I'm afraid not | I haven't tested it, but the [mod\_rewrite docs](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html) say that RewriteRule can be used in the server config context.
You may also want to look up how [RewriteMap](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritemap)s work. Since these are a file, they coul... |
5,513,613 | i want to develop rails 3 apps using mysql on windows 7 (64 bit) and i have installed mysql via the msi download from the mysql site.
my question is that do i still need to install the mysql gem?
thanks | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5513613",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/262653/"
] | The mysql gem provides the ruby bindings, so yes, you need to install this.
With Rails 3 you should use the mysql2 gem rather than the mysql gem. | Yes you do. The mysql gem is a ruby driver (interface) to connect to the mysql database.
You should use [mysql2](http://rubygems.org/gems/mysql2) gem instead with Rails3. |
5,513,613 | i want to develop rails 3 apps using mysql on windows 7 (64 bit) and i have installed mysql via the msi download from the mysql site.
my question is that do i still need to install the mysql gem?
thanks | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5513613",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/262653/"
] | Here is a proper solution for anyone interested, that doesn't mess up your current installation of mysql server
1. Download a zip file with mysql server 5.1 NOT the msi one. Make sure it's 32-bit NOT 64-bit. ([From here](http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html))
2. Since there is no installer file with this, cre... | Yes you do. The mysql gem is a ruby driver (interface) to connect to the mysql database.
You should use [mysql2](http://rubygems.org/gems/mysql2) gem instead with Rails3. |
14,992,666 | I created a working space to include one of my folders, and as soon as I clicked ok, now the ClearCase Navigator shows only that folder, and my vobs and views are gone from the GUI.
How can I bring them back? I selected Window -> Show View -> clear Case navigator, but the navigator only shows that one folder now, and I... | 2013/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14992666",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1179677/"
] | First of all, by "working space" I meant "working set".
After some time trying to figure it out, I just went ahead and removed the "working set" I had created, and immediatelly my vobs and views came back to the ClearCase Navigator box. | That seems to be the intent behind working sets: see "[About working sets in the Rational ClearCase Navigator view](https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cchelp/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ccrc.help.doc/topics/c_filters.htm)".
>
> Use working sets to limit the items that appear in the Clear... |
6,923,650 | Web have (1) a **web application** where a user creates some tasks and (2) other system (**service** based on Java) that processes the tasks.
The tasks are date/time dependent - user creates the task, sets its start date to e.g. tomorrow 1am and he is done. The Java service tomorrow at 1am starts processing the task a... | 2011/08/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6923650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75224/"
] | WE do a similar thing,and use the message queue to hold tasks that need doing in differnet services, if the service dies, the message queue continues to be written to, we don't write to a sql server as we use a different machine AND that could also go down
We don't subscribe to the queue, we simply open and pop and me... | We have built similar systems, in our case we did it slightly differently.
* We used a table instead of a queue. This allowed us to log when the item was processed and resend by changing the status to "not sent"
* We also polled the table with a timer service, instead of a trigger notification
The problem with notifi... |
8,025 | I have installed the latest Elementary OS Loki Release (not a BETA version). Sometimes when the system wakes up from sleep, after I log in, I see this behavior of the system. Almost all the text is gone as you can see in the picture: The Application Menu, System Settings, Notifications bubbles, Terminal, Files, (all ap... | 2016/09/20 | [
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/8025",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com",
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] | To fix this issue you need to **kill/close** pantheon-mail and then run the command
>
> **dconf reset -f /org/pantheon/mail/**
>
>
>
I believe this is only a temporary solution. If you have Elementary Tweaks installed you can add that command to **Cerbere** so is constantly running in the back. | I had the same issue. I replaced the window and resized it first vertically, which really goes slow. (only some pixels a second) When the window had the correct width again, I could resize it easily to the normal height. |
8,025 | I have installed the latest Elementary OS Loki Release (not a BETA version). Sometimes when the system wakes up from sleep, after I log in, I see this behavior of the system. Almost all the text is gone as you can see in the picture: The Application Menu, System Settings, Notifications bubbles, Terminal, Files, (all ap... | 2016/09/20 | [
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/8025",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/users/6291/"
] | This is a **bug**. Please [subscribe to its ticket](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-mail/+bug/1547949) in the bug tracker to receive notifications when the devs need help testing a fix. | I had the same issue. I replaced the window and resized it first vertically, which really goes slow. (only some pixels a second) When the window had the correct width again, I could resize it easily to the normal height. |
8,025 | I have installed the latest Elementary OS Loki Release (not a BETA version). Sometimes when the system wakes up from sleep, after I log in, I see this behavior of the system. Almost all the text is gone as you can see in the picture: The Application Menu, System Settings, Notifications bubbles, Terminal, Files, (all ap... | 2016/09/20 | [
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/8025",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com",
"https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/users/6291/"
] | To fix this issue you need to **kill/close** pantheon-mail and then run the command
>
> **dconf reset -f /org/pantheon/mail/**
>
>
>
I believe this is only a temporary solution. If you have Elementary Tweaks installed you can add that command to **Cerbere** so is constantly running in the back. | This is a **bug**. Please [subscribe to its ticket](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-mail/+bug/1547949) in the bug tracker to receive notifications when the devs need help testing a fix. |
279,374 | I'm trying to unwrap a few faces of my model at 1:1 scale to fit onto an image that I've prepared to be 1:1 scale as well. Everything I've tried has resulted in a distorted unwrap one way or another. The closest result I've found is to unwrap with Cube Projection - that seems to keep the relative locations of the face ... | 2022/11/17 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/279374",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/140881/"
] | Technically, your UVs seem correctly unwrapped. The issue is the texture you are using isn't 1:1, it is narrower on the X axis. The UVs occupy all the texture space from 0:0 to 1:1 no matter the texture.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xm3az.png)
The simplest solution... | As Lolock says, your image is not square (1:1 aspect ratio), by default it will squeeze the UV when you'll unwrap it. To avoid that, either use Lolock's solution or keep the *Image Texture* node selected when you unwrap, it will keep your UV at its good proportions. |
42,378 | I recently decided to do fitness and diet more seriously.I am a male 31 years old - 183 cm - 77 Kg
I don't know my body fat but since the confinement, I gained 4 Kg and no exercise during this period ^^
I would like to calculate my daily calorie and macronutrient ratio
For daily calorie I try some simulator for loosin... | 2020/06/27 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/42378",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/33558/"
] | Best advice I have for a diet beginner is to keep it separate (& simple).
Though nutrition and exercise go hand-in-hand, I advise my clients starting out on a new diet plan, to keep it separate from their workout goals. It’s been established that losing fat is math; you **MUST** be in a caloric deficit to lose fat.
B... | Depends on what you want. Various studies have shown that you can gain muscle while losing fat but a slower rate.
Deficit calories build 20% less muscle mass than surpluss calories but there are other caviats.
If you are already skinny, going into a deficit will turn you into a skinny shredded pole, think Bruce lee.
!... |
34,053 | I've attached some JPG files to notes in contact records, but them I can't open them and if I save them locally then most applications can't open teh saved version and say they aren't in a supported file format, though surprising, Adobe Acrobat will open them (which is not a solution for most users).
I'm using WordPre... | 2019/12/11 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/34053",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/4524/"
] | Eventually I found out what the problem is and it is caused by the child theme that I had created. Another problem elsewhere that had an extra blank line at the start of a news feed and Demerit's comment above suggested this as a solution. When I changed to the base theme all was fine. Going back to functions.php for t... | Do you have Shoreditch theme installed? This will complicate a few things in WordPress and even the fabulous CiviCRM Admin Utilities WP-Plugin won't fix it.
Try this extension from bgm: <https://civicrm.org/extensions/shoreditch-wordpress-workarounds> |
608,862 | I'm trying to motivate the theory of general relativity. Concretely, using which arguments is it deduced that spacetime must have the structure of a curved Riemannian manifold?
From the strong equivalence principle I deduce that it is taken as an axiom that free-falling frames are locally intertial, but I don't know h... | 2021/01/19 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/608862",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/216010/"
] | >
> I'm trying to motivate the general relativity theory. Concretely upon which arguments is deduced that spacetime must have a structure of curved Riemannian manifold.
>
>
>
First, you consider spacetime without gravity. You notice that inertial objects have worldlines which are straight lines in spacetime and ac... | We don't have any better way to define straightness than by saying that the world-line of an inertially moving test particle is straight. By the equivalence principle, we have to count free-falling particles as inertial. (We can't say they're acted on by a gravitational force, because there is always a frame in which t... |
608,862 | I'm trying to motivate the theory of general relativity. Concretely, using which arguments is it deduced that spacetime must have the structure of a curved Riemannian manifold?
From the strong equivalence principle I deduce that it is taken as an axiom that free-falling frames are locally intertial, but I don't know h... | 2021/01/19 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/608862",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/216010/"
] | >
> I'm trying to motivate the general relativity theory. Concretely upon which arguments is deduced that spacetime must have a structure of curved Riemannian manifold.
>
>
>
First, you consider spacetime without gravity. You notice that inertial objects have worldlines which are straight lines in spacetime and ac... | There is no a mathematical compelling reason: curvature is permitted by local observations about free falling bodies and by the experimental identification of gravitational and inertial mass. The point is that the **consequences** of the assumption are experimentally confirmed. If we assume that curvature enters the pi... |
19,656,166 | I'm looking for the best way to integrate Docker into Jenkins to execute build/test commands.
The best source I have found is this blog post:
<http://blog.howareyou.com/post/62157486858/continuous-delivery-with-docker-and-jenkins-part-i>
It basically offers to wrap all execution commands with "docker run".
I would l... | 2013/10/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19656166",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1656532/"
] | Wouldn't you just create a shell script to setup the docker environment as you normally would (or better still push the docker container in to a private repo) and get Jenkins to pull it down and run the test suite inside docker using the daemonised mode?
Maybe you could use directory shares to drop the output of the t... | [This plugin](https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Docker+Plugin) might be what you are looking for. |
19,656,166 | I'm looking for the best way to integrate Docker into Jenkins to execute build/test commands.
The best source I have found is this blog post:
<http://blog.howareyou.com/post/62157486858/continuous-delivery-with-docker-and-jenkins-part-i>
It basically offers to wrap all execution commands with "docker run".
I would l... | 2013/10/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19656166",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1656532/"
] | [There's a second blog post](http://blog.howareyou.com/post/65048170054/continuous-delivery-with-docker-and-jenkins-part-ii) which goes into more detail about the setup. The missing piece was [dockerize](https://github.com/cambridge-healthcare/dockerize) which makes the Jenkins & Docker integration painless. If you loo... | [This plugin](https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Docker+Plugin) might be what you are looking for. |
41,211,793 | How can I check if there is more content in a text file in c++ and if there is continue to read it?
I am trying to read a some words from a text file but the number of words is not specified. | 2016/12/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41211793",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5915165/"
] | Today I have solved exactly the same problem. I think the main problem is in VirtualBox USB controller. Go to the settings of your virtual machine, select USB and you will see 'USB Controller 1.1 (OHCI)' by default. You have to select 'USB controller 2.0 (EHCI)'.
I have:
- VirtualBox: 5.1.12r112440 (Qt5.6.2)
- macOS Si... | This happened to me as well. What I did:
>
> 1. Make sure all your hardware *(iPhones, iPads ect..)* are all up to date.
> 2. Make sure Xcode and all other software are up to their latest versions.
>
>
>
After you have done both of those, restart your computer and try again.
It **will** take a while for Xcode to... |
41,211,793 | How can I check if there is more content in a text file in c++ and if there is continue to read it?
I am trying to read a some words from a text file but the number of words is not specified. | 2016/12/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41211793",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5915165/"
] | This happened to me as well. What I did:
>
> 1. Make sure all your hardware *(iPhones, iPads ect..)* are all up to date.
> 2. Make sure Xcode and all other software are up to their latest versions.
>
>
>
After you have done both of those, restart your computer and try again.
It **will** take a while for Xcode to... | Try this:
---------
1. Clean Project
2. Remove this folder Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ModuleCache
3. Find your project folder in Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ and remove
4. Restart Xcode |
41,211,793 | How can I check if there is more content in a text file in c++ and if there is continue to read it?
I am trying to read a some words from a text file but the number of words is not specified. | 2016/12/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41211793",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5915165/"
] | This happened to me as well. What I did:
>
> 1. Make sure all your hardware *(iPhones, iPads ect..)* are all up to date.
> 2. Make sure Xcode and all other software are up to their latest versions.
>
>
>
After you have done both of those, restart your computer and try again.
It **will** take a while for Xcode to... | 1.Clean Project
2. Go to window tab , Device and simulator
3.Right click on your device list then click unpair device and reconnect the device.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wj3l8.png) |
41,211,793 | How can I check if there is more content in a text file in c++ and if there is continue to read it?
I am trying to read a some words from a text file but the number of words is not specified. | 2016/12/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41211793",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5915165/"
] | Today I have solved exactly the same problem. I think the main problem is in VirtualBox USB controller. Go to the settings of your virtual machine, select USB and you will see 'USB Controller 1.1 (OHCI)' by default. You have to select 'USB controller 2.0 (EHCI)'.
I have:
- VirtualBox: 5.1.12r112440 (Qt5.6.2)
- macOS Si... | Try this:
---------
1. Clean Project
2. Remove this folder Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ModuleCache
3. Find your project folder in Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ and remove
4. Restart Xcode |
41,211,793 | How can I check if there is more content in a text file in c++ and if there is continue to read it?
I am trying to read a some words from a text file but the number of words is not specified. | 2016/12/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41211793",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5915165/"
] | Today I have solved exactly the same problem. I think the main problem is in VirtualBox USB controller. Go to the settings of your virtual machine, select USB and you will see 'USB Controller 1.1 (OHCI)' by default. You have to select 'USB controller 2.0 (EHCI)'.
I have:
- VirtualBox: 5.1.12r112440 (Qt5.6.2)
- macOS Si... | 1.Clean Project
2. Go to window tab , Device and simulator
3.Right click on your device list then click unpair device and reconnect the device.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wj3l8.png) |
50,504 | I was riding Shadowmere near Alftand and I accidentally fell into that canyon near the abandoned tower. The fall was enough to kill Shadowmere.
I have done a lot of quests and other things such as fast travel, waiting, and sleeping so I am wondering if that interrupted his respawn. Also if I come back to that point b... | 2012/02/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/50504",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/19783/"
] | According to the wiki, you should wait [15-20 days](http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Shadowmere) for Shadowmere to respawn at the place he died. | This wiki article claims:
>
> If Shadowmere is killed, waiting in a main city for 10 days then
> returning to where he died should respawn him on both PC and console
> versions.
>
>
>
source: <http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Shadowmere_(Skyrim)> |
50,504 | I was riding Shadowmere near Alftand and I accidentally fell into that canyon near the abandoned tower. The fall was enough to kill Shadowmere.
I have done a lot of quests and other things such as fast travel, waiting, and sleeping so I am wondering if that interrupted his respawn. Also if I come back to that point b... | 2012/02/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/50504",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/19783/"
] | According to the wiki, you should wait [15-20 days](http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Shadowmere) for Shadowmere to respawn at the place he died. | I lost Shadowmere while fighting a dragon. He attacked while I was riding. I dismounted to show him what was up and got hit by one of those fly over breath attacks they do. i turned to watch him and saw Shadowmere flying of into the distance. It sucked to lose my buddy but it looked pretty funny. Anyway, around fifteen... |
50,504 | I was riding Shadowmere near Alftand and I accidentally fell into that canyon near the abandoned tower. The fall was enough to kill Shadowmere.
I have done a lot of quests and other things such as fast travel, waiting, and sleeping so I am wondering if that interrupted his respawn. Also if I come back to that point b... | 2012/02/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/50504",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/19783/"
] | I lost Shadowmere while fighting a dragon. He attacked while I was riding. I dismounted to show him what was up and got hit by one of those fly over breath attacks they do. i turned to watch him and saw Shadowmere flying of into the distance. It sucked to lose my buddy but it looked pretty funny. Anyway, around fifteen... | This wiki article claims:
>
> If Shadowmere is killed, waiting in a main city for 10 days then
> returning to where he died should respawn him on both PC and console
> versions.
>
>
>
source: <http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Shadowmere_(Skyrim)> |
17,539 | We have been booked onto a flight from Orlando to Newark (EWR) due to arrive at 18.15. This is with United.
Our connecting flight (also with United) to take us home to the UK, is due to leave at 18.55.
This gives us 40 minutes transfer time and I'm worried this won't be enough.
can anybody help?
* What terminal are... | 2013/05/20 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/17539",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/6822/"
] | When looking at connections there's always 2 things you should keep in mind :
* What are the odds of you not making the connection, and
* What's the impact of not making it?
40 minutes at Newark for a Domestic -> International connection is plenty of time, presuming that your inbound flight is on time, and you're wit... | Personally, I would contact your travel agent and see if an earlier connection from MCO is available. You can also try the airline, although it may not be easy to change to an earlier flight without paying a change fee. On the day of travel, you can also attempt to get a [Same-day Change](http://www.united.com/web/en-U... |
102,323 | If your singing a third above the melody and the last note in a phrase is the highest note in the chord, e.g. chord is A and melody note is E, what should you sing as harmony? | 2020/07/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/102323",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/71098/"
] | >
> chord is A and melody note is E, what should you sing as harmony?
>
>
>
It depends on what kind of harmonic style you want. G# will make the chord an Amaj7, which might be too jazzy for some styles of music. An A will be a fourth, which isn't as pretty as a third. A C# will make it a sixth above, but at least ... | Harmony singing is usually a third above the basic note - but - it will depend on what the rest of the bar is doing.
If the bar is V (in key A) the the note above E will be G♯, but if the bar is I, then G♯ won;t usually sound that good. So a 4th may be a better harmony. A and E. It will sound not as harmonious but at ... |
102,323 | If your singing a third above the melody and the last note in a phrase is the highest note in the chord, e.g. chord is A and melody note is E, what should you sing as harmony? | 2020/07/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/102323",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/71098/"
] | Depends what style you're thinking in. In 'Harmony 101' G♯ would definitely be considered an 'avoid note' over an A major chord. But in more modern styles a maj7 chord is hardly considered dissonant at all, continuing a run of 3rds might be a good enough reason to allow it.
Example A is perfectly acceptable in jazz-in... | >
> chord is A and melody note is E, what should you sing as harmony?
>
>
>
It depends on what kind of harmonic style you want. G# will make the chord an Amaj7, which might be too jazzy for some styles of music. An A will be a fourth, which isn't as pretty as a third. A C# will make it a sixth above, but at least ... |
102,323 | If your singing a third above the melody and the last note in a phrase is the highest note in the chord, e.g. chord is A and melody note is E, what should you sing as harmony? | 2020/07/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/102323",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/71098/"
] | Depends what style you're thinking in. In 'Harmony 101' G♯ would definitely be considered an 'avoid note' over an A major chord. But in more modern styles a maj7 chord is hardly considered dissonant at all, continuing a run of 3rds might be a good enough reason to allow it.
Example A is perfectly acceptable in jazz-in... | Harmony singing is usually a third above the basic note - but - it will depend on what the rest of the bar is doing.
If the bar is V (in key A) the the note above E will be G♯, but if the bar is I, then G♯ won;t usually sound that good. So a 4th may be a better harmony. A and E. It will sound not as harmonious but at ... |
1,456,704 | I was wondering if there are any standards for encrypting sensitive data in Database which are compliant w/ SOX or HIPAA. Or does the Encrypt Function in SQLServer necessary?. or handle in Business logic.
Any ideas or links we have. | 2009/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1456704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/91313/"
] | First, Google for HIPAA Compliance
Then, read articles like this one: <http://www.developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3301011/HIPAA-Security-Rule---What-Software-Developers-Should-Know.htm>
And this <http://www.hipaa.ihs.gov/index.cfm?module=compliance_packet>
Finally, talk to your company's legal counsel. Failure to... | At one company I was at, compliance in protecting credit cards they created a key and then destroyed that hard drive with a sledgehammer, so that no one could get the information that went into creating that key.
Though they were using the Oracle DB they created their own key to encrypt the credit cards.
For HIPAA co... |
1,456,704 | I was wondering if there are any standards for encrypting sensitive data in Database which are compliant w/ SOX or HIPAA. Or does the Encrypt Function in SQLServer necessary?. or handle in Business logic.
Any ideas or links we have. | 2009/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1456704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/91313/"
] | First, Google for HIPAA Compliance
Then, read articles like this one: <http://www.developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3301011/HIPAA-Security-Rule---What-Software-Developers-Should-Know.htm>
And this <http://www.hipaa.ihs.gov/index.cfm?module=compliance_packet>
Finally, talk to your company's legal counsel. Failure to... | SQL Server 2008 cryptographic API is certified for Common Criteria compliance: [Common Criteria Certification](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb153837.aspx). |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | [jDownloader](http://www.jdownloader.org/) does the thing. | [Aria2c](http://aria2.sourceforge.net) is pretty good. Just installed on Fedora 16 and downloading files with no issues. |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | [Aria2c](http://aria2.sourceforge.net) is pretty good. Just installed on Fedora 16 and downloading files with no issues. | xdman from sourceforge ---- best multisegment downloader with firefox integration |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | [Aria2c](http://aria2.sourceforge.net) is pretty good. Just installed on Fedora 16 and downloading files with no issues. | JDownloader from jdownloader.org
It's indicated for sites like rapidshare.com, especially if you have a premium account (you will be automatically be logged in and download at full speed) |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | [jDownloader](http://www.jdownloader.org/) does the thing. | A general tool is `aria2`, but it will not support things like rapidshare, only normal downloads. For sites with hoops for you to jump through, you will need a specialized tool. Also, segmented downloads may not work anyway because they typically restrict you to one active download session per ip address -- you'd need ... |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | [jDownloader](http://www.jdownloader.org/) does the thing. | xdman from sourceforge ---- best multisegment downloader with firefox integration |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | [Aria2c](http://aria2.sourceforge.net) is pretty good. Just installed on Fedora 16 and downloading files with no issues. | A general tool is `aria2`, but it will not support things like rapidshare, only normal downloads. For sites with hoops for you to jump through, you will need a specialized tool. Also, segmented downloads may not work anyway because they typically restrict you to one active download session per ip address -- you'd need ... |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | Have you tried the Firefox plugin DownThemAll?
Also, Opera has similar functionality built-in, with very powerful URL grepping from the Links page. | JDownloader from jdownloader.org
It's indicated for sites like rapidshare.com, especially if you have a premium account (you will be automatically be logged in and download at full speed) |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | [jDownloader](http://www.jdownloader.org/) does the thing. | JDownloader from jdownloader.org
It's indicated for sites like rapidshare.com, especially if you have a premium account (you will be automatically be logged in and download at full speed) |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | Have you tried the Firefox plugin DownThemAll?
Also, Opera has similar functionality built-in, with very powerful URL grepping from the Links page. | WebDownloade for X seems to do the work.
edit: it doesnt work for rapidshare :( |
169,589 | Does someone knows a good multithread downloads manager for linux? I am using Lucid Lynx, I use to use multiget but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
I'd like it to support login for sites like rapidshare, something like FlashGet in win.
By multithread I dont only mean multiple downloads but like FlashGet "Jets" fea... | 2010/07/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/169589",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/40705/"
] | For segmented download use [axel](http://axel.alioth.debian.org/). Of course it will not work for rapidshare-like services (sessions per IP). | WebDownloade for X seems to do the work.
edit: it doesnt work for rapidshare :( |
91,274 | I saw the common cold statted up in the Dragonstar Player's Companion from Fantasy Flight Games. How would the common cold affect player characters in D&D 5e?
I was thinking it would be -1 to str and dex to represent basic aches and pains. | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91274",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/30985/"
] | I think that the common cold should be kind of trivial to adventurers whose constitutions are likely several standard deviations above the mean. In the context of D&D diseases, getting a cold seems more like an annoyance than anything else.
If you want, though, you could use the exhaustion mechanic (PHB291), which is... | Given the overall "heroic" tone of modern D&D (doesn't even account for reasonable maiming due to battle wounds, infection from same, etc.), I'd be strongly inclined to leave out piddly stuff like colds, indigestion (unless specific to Plot), corns, bunions, and ingrown toenails, and so forth. Heroes should have heroic... |
91,274 | I saw the common cold statted up in the Dragonstar Player's Companion from Fantasy Flight Games. How would the common cold affect player characters in D&D 5e?
I was thinking it would be -1 to str and dex to represent basic aches and pains. | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91274",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/30985/"
] | Given the overall "heroic" tone of modern D&D (doesn't even account for reasonable maiming due to battle wounds, infection from same, etc.), I'd be strongly inclined to leave out piddly stuff like colds, indigestion (unless specific to Plot), corns, bunions, and ingrown toenails, and so forth. Heroes should have heroic... | We tested the following as an experiment, but not extensively because we decided it wasn't worth it. Still, it worked, so I offer it for people who would think that this could be fun enough to work into the regular flow.
---
Imagine how it might affect verbal components of spellcasting. I imagine that losing precisio... |
91,274 | I saw the common cold statted up in the Dragonstar Player's Companion from Fantasy Flight Games. How would the common cold affect player characters in D&D 5e?
I was thinking it would be -1 to str and dex to represent basic aches and pains. | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91274",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/30985/"
] | Given the overall "heroic" tone of modern D&D (doesn't even account for reasonable maiming due to battle wounds, infection from same, etc.), I'd be strongly inclined to leave out piddly stuff like colds, indigestion (unless specific to Plot), corns, bunions, and ingrown toenails, and so forth. Heroes should have heroic... | Take a page from an existing Published Adventure: "Out of the Abyss"
Out of the Abyss (OotA) has this disease called Grackle-lung. It involves:
* Suffering gradually increasing levels of exhaustion
* Needing to succeed in a Constitution Check to be able to successfully cast any spell with a Verbal component and to t... |
91,274 | I saw the common cold statted up in the Dragonstar Player's Companion from Fantasy Flight Games. How would the common cold affect player characters in D&D 5e?
I was thinking it would be -1 to str and dex to represent basic aches and pains. | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91274",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/30985/"
] | I think that the common cold should be kind of trivial to adventurers whose constitutions are likely several standard deviations above the mean. In the context of D&D diseases, getting a cold seems more like an annoyance than anything else.
If you want, though, you could use the exhaustion mechanic (PHB291), which is... | We tested the following as an experiment, but not extensively because we decided it wasn't worth it. Still, it worked, so I offer it for people who would think that this could be fun enough to work into the regular flow.
---
Imagine how it might affect verbal components of spellcasting. I imagine that losing precisio... |
91,274 | I saw the common cold statted up in the Dragonstar Player's Companion from Fantasy Flight Games. How would the common cold affect player characters in D&D 5e?
I was thinking it would be -1 to str and dex to represent basic aches and pains. | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91274",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/30985/"
] | I think that the common cold should be kind of trivial to adventurers whose constitutions are likely several standard deviations above the mean. In the context of D&D diseases, getting a cold seems more like an annoyance than anything else.
If you want, though, you could use the exhaustion mechanic (PHB291), which is... | Take a page from an existing Published Adventure: "Out of the Abyss"
Out of the Abyss (OotA) has this disease called Grackle-lung. It involves:
* Suffering gradually increasing levels of exhaustion
* Needing to succeed in a Constitution Check to be able to successfully cast any spell with a Verbal component and to t... |
91,274 | I saw the common cold statted up in the Dragonstar Player's Companion from Fantasy Flight Games. How would the common cold affect player characters in D&D 5e?
I was thinking it would be -1 to str and dex to represent basic aches and pains. | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/91274",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/30985/"
] | Take a page from an existing Published Adventure: "Out of the Abyss"
Out of the Abyss (OotA) has this disease called Grackle-lung. It involves:
* Suffering gradually increasing levels of exhaustion
* Needing to succeed in a Constitution Check to be able to successfully cast any spell with a Verbal component and to t... | We tested the following as an experiment, but not extensively because we decided it wasn't worth it. Still, it worked, so I offer it for people who would think that this could be fun enough to work into the regular flow.
---
Imagine how it might affect verbal components of spellcasting. I imagine that losing precisio... |
60,729 | How about we create a new status, **Archived**.
A moderator could **Archive** a question. This would allow rep from the question to still be counted, and a special search '**isarchived**' could be used to find it, but it wouldn't come up in normal searches, and would be marked so that Google wouldn't use them for sear... | 2010/08/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/60729",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/13295/"
] | I completely agree with @devinb that this shouldn't apply to Stack Overflow. However, based on your latest edit, I think that having such a feature for meta-sites may, in fact, be a good idea.
The Gmail archiving model can be applied here, such as for old bugs and feature-requests that are [status-completed]. There sh... | I believe it should apply to Stack Overflow. Just because a question is no longer valid, does it mean that people who put time into it should lose reputation points because it's deleted?
There are two different issues here: 1) The content 2) the time and effort put in by people, which is rewarded with reputation.
Jus... |
60,729 | How about we create a new status, **Archived**.
A moderator could **Archive** a question. This would allow rep from the question to still be counted, and a special search '**isarchived**' could be used to find it, but it wouldn't come up in normal searches, and would be marked so that Google wouldn't use them for sear... | 2010/08/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/60729",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/13295/"
] | I completely agree with @devinb that this shouldn't apply to Stack Overflow. However, based on your latest edit, I think that having such a feature for meta-sites may, in fact, be a good idea.
The Gmail archiving model can be applied here, such as for old bugs and feature-requests that are [status-completed]. There sh... | A counter can be added, so that users can set that the specific question is old thus helping the moderators identify easily which questions should be archived. |
60,729 | How about we create a new status, **Archived**.
A moderator could **Archive** a question. This would allow rep from the question to still be counted, and a special search '**isarchived**' could be used to find it, but it wouldn't come up in normal searches, and would be marked so that Google wouldn't use them for sear... | 2010/08/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/60729",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/13295/"
] | I believe it should apply to Stack Overflow. Just because a question is no longer valid, does it mean that people who put time into it should lose reputation points because it's deleted?
There are two different issues here: 1) The content 2) the time and effort put in by people, which is rewarded with reputation.
Jus... | A counter can be added, so that users can set that the specific question is old thus helping the moderators identify easily which questions should be archived. |
12,002 | I've been thinking about investing in local real estate lately, and there's an unusual (to me) practice here of funding some of the city provided infrastructure (water, roads and lighting I guess) by a special property tax for 20 years. I'm curious what, if anything, happens to property value as that date approaches.
... | 2011/11/10 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/12002",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/2410/"
] | ATM surcharges exist based on the preference of the ATM owner, not the country where it sits. I believe that any country *could* have these ATMs if the owner so desired. | >
> Do ATMs impose an extra surcharge for withdrawals?
>
>
>
In France, that depends on whether the ATM is owned by a French bank.
<https://wise.com/us/blog/atms-in-france>:
>
> French banks don’t charge foreigners any fees to use ATMs. Privately-owned ATMs, on the other hand, do charge expensive fees and shoul... |
37,360 | As stated in [Dropbox FAQ](https://www.dropbox.com/help/288/en):
>
> Camera Upload tries to be smart about not uploading the same photos
> and videos more than once. It will not re-upload these files even if
> you move, rename, or delete them from the Camera Uploads folder.
>
>
>
So, how can I clear this "cache... | 2013/01/02 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/37360",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'm using the android app and I just go to the "Camera Uploads" folder and select "Upload here" from the menu.
You then get asked to select "Photos and videos" or "Other files". Select "Photos and videos".
Choose the photo you want to upload and select Upload.
If the file exists, it will ask if you want to replace ... | Try to delete the photos from the trash bin after deleting them from your photo uploads folder and, after this, re-upload the photos.
If still not possible, use a different file name and when it's about hundreds of photos use something like a "bulk rename utility." |
37,360 | As stated in [Dropbox FAQ](https://www.dropbox.com/help/288/en):
>
> Camera Upload tries to be smart about not uploading the same photos
> and videos more than once. It will not re-upload these files even if
> you move, rename, or delete them from the Camera Uploads folder.
>
>
>
So, how can I clear this "cache... | 2013/01/02 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/37360",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I don't think Dropbox will let you do that. The Camera Uploads is also how they keep track of how much you have uploaded. They give more space to you the more you upload. If you could reset that counter then you could max out your space very quickly, something I am sure they have thought about. | Try to delete the photos from the trash bin after deleting them from your photo uploads folder and, after this, re-upload the photos.
If still not possible, use a different file name and when it's about hundreds of photos use something like a "bulk rename utility." |
30,051 | I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I've recently gotten into the whole cryptocurrency thing starting with Dogecoin, and I now want to use Bitcoin as well. I am on Windows 7. I found out the hard way that downloading the blockchain through bitcoin-qt takes forever, so I went to <https://bitcoin.org/bin/... | 2014/08/14 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/30051",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/18986/"
] | At this writing the bitcoin core wallet prompts you where to save the blockchain data; you can copy bootstrap.dat into that directory and it will load it from there. | You can simply create a folder in %appdata% called 'Bitcoin' and place the bootstrap.dat file right in there, or start Bitcoin, close it, and the folder will be there :)
Once you have copied bootstrap.dat you can open Bitcoin (again). After completing, Bitcoin will rename bootstrap.dat to bootstrap.dat.old at which po... |
18,962 | 
i am going to use this jar which is the only available malt in the markets , and because its a bit pricey as i mentioned in my last post in decided to get only one .
and i would like to know if there is a "trick" to increase the quantity of liters b... | 2017/01/31 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/18962",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/14642/"
] | One pound of liquid malt extract in one gallon of water will typically yield a 1.037 gravity wort. How well it will ferment is hard to gauge. I'd recommend putting it into a gallon and a half of water, rinse it out really well with the warm water in the pot. Then boil it down to 1 gallon with some hops, measure the gra... | <http://howtobrew.com/book/section-1/malt-extract-and-beer-kits/how-much-extract-to-use>
One pound of malt extract (if that is what that is) to one gallon of water to make a light bodied beer... |
148,437 | My Tomcat server is running on virtual server, this server is running on fedora machine. I have setted up everything on this machine to run tomcat, tomcat working well on local host. but i can not access the wsdl of the webservice running on this tomcat server remotely using IP address of this server, as follows.
<ht... | 2010/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/148437",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Is there a chance that the IP address you have your tomcat server bound to is 127.0.0.1? That's the loopback interface, and is only reachable by the local machine, so it is not remotely accessible. | Might be a host filter: <http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/host.html>
Have you got log entries/server.xml from your Tomcat service? (use pastebin.com)
You certainly don't need DNS if you are using the IP address. |
4,004 | Let us suppose that I question the behaviour or ruling of a moderator. This may be something serious or a minor quibble that I think is worth addressing.
I need to give examples in order to justify my concern. However I hesitate to name a person in a question here on Meta.
Is there a way to do this discreetly? What i... | 2020/11/13 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4004",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/20782/"
] | >
> This may be something serious or a minor quibble that I think is worth addressing.
>
>
>
For a minor issue, bringing it up here on Meta is fine; questions asking about certain *actions* are perfectly fine, provided that you don't make the question about the *person*. Make sure the question stays focused on the... | Contacting SE Staff would work through the [Contact Us](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/contact) form. It is discreet since moderators can't see these reports.
Alternatively flagging one of your posts as a custom flag and explaining in short what happened (with the mention of the moderarator) works too bu... |
143,803 | I'm trying to control a heater coil (resistance ~0.9 Ohm) with PWM using a MOSFET. PWM modulator is based on LM393, MOSFET is IRFR3704 (20V, 60A).
If I place 1k resistor in place of heater everything runs fine and waveforms at testpoints CH1 and CH2 are nearly... | 2014/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/143803",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/61365/"
] | It's *probably* not mostly from the inductance.
More likely, pulling close to 8 Amps from the battery has a significant effect on the battery voltage, and this changes the switching thresholds around the comparator generating the PWM signal.
You probably need to feed the LM393 and R3 from a lower noise supply, eithe... | It's very probably the inductance.
The mosfet turns off really fast and you get a V = L(di/dt) voltage spike.
This turns on the zener protection in your mosfet and then the current runs around the rest of your circuit
A fly-back diode might do the trick.
Put the diode in parallel with the heater element with the cat... |
143,803 | I'm trying to control a heater coil (resistance ~0.9 Ohm) with PWM using a MOSFET. PWM modulator is based on LM393, MOSFET is IRFR3704 (20V, 60A).
If I place 1k resistor in place of heater everything runs fine and waveforms at testpoints CH1 and CH2 are nearly... | 2014/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/143803",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/61365/"
] | It's very probably the inductance.
The mosfet turns off really fast and you get a V = L(di/dt) voltage spike.
This turns on the zener protection in your mosfet and then the current runs around the rest of your circuit
A fly-back diode might do the trick.
Put the diode in parallel with the heater element with the cat... | add small positive feedback (by resistor ) to provide litle hysteresis (in point setting by R3 on point line of sawtooth wafeform
for example resistor 10MB beetween node 3 and 1 U1
positive feedback for histerese - secure fluctuation on power suplly (... |
143,803 | I'm trying to control a heater coil (resistance ~0.9 Ohm) with PWM using a MOSFET. PWM modulator is based on LM393, MOSFET is IRFR3704 (20V, 60A).
If I place 1k resistor in place of heater everything runs fine and waveforms at testpoints CH1 and CH2 are nearly... | 2014/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/143803",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/61365/"
] | It's *probably* not mostly from the inductance.
More likely, pulling close to 8 Amps from the battery has a significant effect on the battery voltage, and this changes the switching thresholds around the comparator generating the PWM signal.
You probably need to feed the LM393 and R3 from a lower noise supply, eithe... | I can see a very significant flaw in your circuit: The LM393 has an open collector output. So when the output goes "high" it effectively goes only "not low" and is pulled up via the R1=10k. The charge current flow into the MOSFET gate is also provided via R1, thus the turn-on is extremely slow. This is not a problem fo... |
143,803 | I'm trying to control a heater coil (resistance ~0.9 Ohm) with PWM using a MOSFET. PWM modulator is based on LM393, MOSFET is IRFR3704 (20V, 60A).
If I place 1k resistor in place of heater everything runs fine and waveforms at testpoints CH1 and CH2 are nearly... | 2014/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/143803",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/61365/"
] | It's *probably* not mostly from the inductance.
More likely, pulling close to 8 Amps from the battery has a significant effect on the battery voltage, and this changes the switching thresholds around the comparator generating the PWM signal.
You probably need to feed the LM393 and R3 from a lower noise supply, eithe... | add small positive feedback (by resistor ) to provide litle hysteresis (in point setting by R3 on point line of sawtooth wafeform
for example resistor 10MB beetween node 3 and 1 U1
positive feedback for histerese - secure fluctuation on power suplly (... |
143,803 | I'm trying to control a heater coil (resistance ~0.9 Ohm) with PWM using a MOSFET. PWM modulator is based on LM393, MOSFET is IRFR3704 (20V, 60A).
If I place 1k resistor in place of heater everything runs fine and waveforms at testpoints CH1 and CH2 are nearly... | 2014/12/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/143803",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/61365/"
] | I can see a very significant flaw in your circuit: The LM393 has an open collector output. So when the output goes "high" it effectively goes only "not low" and is pulled up via the R1=10k. The charge current flow into the MOSFET gate is also provided via R1, thus the turn-on is extremely slow. This is not a problem fo... | add small positive feedback (by resistor ) to provide litle hysteresis (in point setting by R3 on point line of sawtooth wafeform
for example resistor 10MB beetween node 3 and 1 U1
positive feedback for histerese - secure fluctuation on power suplly (... |
189,966 | I am looking into using Ansible to manage my systems and going through its documentation I found a recommendation to run the Ansible commands on a cloud image rather than my local laptop.
My understanding is that Ansible basically acts like an SSH user to the systems it manages. So wouldn't this recommendation mean th... | 2018/07/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189966",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/36370/"
] | >
> I'm working with cookies in PHP for a login script and my friend thinks storing a hashed password in a cookie is bad news.
>
>
>
Your friend is absolutely correct, there is no reason to do this. It's not a matter of staying logged in, it's a matter of needlessly exposing the password hash (side note: please us... | Allowing user's to remain logged in for less sensitive access is fine like stated, Amazon does it. However, websites like ProtonMail do not allow this option.
>
> storing a hashed password in a cookie
>
>
>
This I have an issue with, I can only see two methods for this to work:
1. [Pass the hash](https://en.wiki... |
189,966 | I am looking into using Ansible to manage my systems and going through its documentation I found a recommendation to run the Ansible commands on a cloud image rather than my local laptop.
My understanding is that Ansible basically acts like an SSH user to the systems it manages. So wouldn't this recommendation mean th... | 2018/07/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189966",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/36370/"
] | >
> I'm working with cookies in PHP for a login script and my friend thinks storing a hashed password in a cookie is bad news.
>
>
>
Your friend is absolutely correct, there is no reason to do this. It's not a matter of staying logged in, it's a matter of needlessly exposing the password hash (side note: please us... | Let's break this down into two questions:
1. How to preserve the session and why storing a hashed password is not a good idea.
Session information which allows a user to authenticate without a password is often stored in the cookies in the form of a "session token". A good session token is an unpredictable string (e.... |
189,966 | I am looking into using Ansible to manage my systems and going through its documentation I found a recommendation to run the Ansible commands on a cloud image rather than my local laptop.
My understanding is that Ansible basically acts like an SSH user to the systems it manages. So wouldn't this recommendation mean th... | 2018/07/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/189966",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/36370/"
] | Let's break this down into two questions:
1. How to preserve the session and why storing a hashed password is not a good idea.
Session information which allows a user to authenticate without a password is often stored in the cookies in the form of a "session token". A good session token is an unpredictable string (e.... | Allowing user's to remain logged in for less sensitive access is fine like stated, Amazon does it. However, websites like ProtonMail do not allow this option.
>
> storing a hashed password in a cookie
>
>
>
This I have an issue with, I can only see two methods for this to work:
1. [Pass the hash](https://en.wiki... |
4,232,344 | I know a fair amount about the current javascript engines. What techniques have arisen in the intervening time? Please provide links to freely available information.
edit:
To clarify, I'm looking for new techniques that are being implemented or have recently been thought up for improving javascript execution speed. | 2010/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4232344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393783/"
] | Here are some references that came from the top of my head:
* [V8](http://code.google.com/apis/v8/intro.html)
* [Webkit](http://trac.webkit.org/wiki)
* [Spidermonkey](http://www.mozilla.org/js/spidermonkey/)
* [Gecko](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko%3aHome_Page)
* [accelerated compositing in Chrome](http://www.chromium... | They [use the GPU](http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/2010/09/next-killer-app-for-gpus-internet-explorer-9-beta-launch.html). |
4,232,344 | I know a fair amount about the current javascript engines. What techniques have arisen in the intervening time? Please provide links to freely available information.
edit:
To clarify, I'm looking for new techniques that are being implemented or have recently been thought up for improving javascript execution speed. | 2010/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4232344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393783/"
] | I think most of your question is answered here: [What optimizations do modern JavaScript engines perform?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2055981/what-optimizations-do-modern-javascript-engines-perform/2056026#2056026) | They [use the GPU](http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/2010/09/next-killer-app-for-gpus-internet-explorer-9-beta-launch.html). |
4,232,344 | I know a fair amount about the current javascript engines. What techniques have arisen in the intervening time? Please provide links to freely available information.
edit:
To clarify, I'm looking for new techniques that are being implemented or have recently been thought up for improving javascript execution speed. | 2010/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4232344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393783/"
] | Javascript virtual machines in the future will have a method JIT and a tracing JIT like firefox 4 and JägerMonkey/TraceMonkey. | They [use the GPU](http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/2010/09/next-killer-app-for-gpus-internet-explorer-9-beta-launch.html). |
4,232,344 | I know a fair amount about the current javascript engines. What techniques have arisen in the intervening time? Please provide links to freely available information.
edit:
To clarify, I'm looking for new techniques that are being implemented or have recently been thought up for improving javascript execution speed. | 2010/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4232344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393783/"
] | Here are some references that came from the top of my head:
* [V8](http://code.google.com/apis/v8/intro.html)
* [Webkit](http://trac.webkit.org/wiki)
* [Spidermonkey](http://www.mozilla.org/js/spidermonkey/)
* [Gecko](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko%3aHome_Page)
* [accelerated compositing in Chrome](http://www.chromium... | General details can be found at wikipedia.org and more detail at the Sun microsystems website and its links to associated sites. Some techniques now in use with recent versions of IE and Firefox and other browsers are forms of dualprocess or multiprocess operating in their own control structure to enhance performance s... |
4,232,344 | I know a fair amount about the current javascript engines. What techniques have arisen in the intervening time? Please provide links to freely available information.
edit:
To clarify, I'm looking for new techniques that are being implemented or have recently been thought up for improving javascript execution speed. | 2010/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4232344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393783/"
] | I think most of your question is answered here: [What optimizations do modern JavaScript engines perform?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2055981/what-optimizations-do-modern-javascript-engines-perform/2056026#2056026) | General details can be found at wikipedia.org and more detail at the Sun microsystems website and its links to associated sites. Some techniques now in use with recent versions of IE and Firefox and other browsers are forms of dualprocess or multiprocess operating in their own control structure to enhance performance s... |
4,232,344 | I know a fair amount about the current javascript engines. What techniques have arisen in the intervening time? Please provide links to freely available information.
edit:
To clarify, I'm looking for new techniques that are being implemented or have recently been thought up for improving javascript execution speed. | 2010/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4232344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393783/"
] | Javascript virtual machines in the future will have a method JIT and a tracing JIT like firefox 4 and JägerMonkey/TraceMonkey. | General details can be found at wikipedia.org and more detail at the Sun microsystems website and its links to associated sites. Some techniques now in use with recent versions of IE and Firefox and other browsers are forms of dualprocess or multiprocess operating in their own control structure to enhance performance s... |
607,705 | On Wikipedia, it is stated that the Biot-Savart law is a formula used for determining the magnetic field pseudovector **B**(**r**) at a position vector **r** due to a current-carrying wire, but that the formula only works for constant/steady electric currents. Wikipedia then states the law:
[![enter image description ... | 2021/01/14 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/607705",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/272242/"
] | As you said, "A slow draw stores energy in the bow that is then released quickly."
The speed of the string, and therefore the speed of the arrow, is much faster than the archer's arm can move. The arrow's kinetic energy is proportional to the square of its speed.
Greater speed translates to greater range.
Greater en... | When an archer pulls back on a bow, it is the bow that bends. The energy that is able to be stored and released depends a lot on by the elasticity and tensile strength of the bow, and also the size of the bow, as that determines how much advantage you can get from leverage.
Leverage I would say is one of the main issu... |
607,705 | On Wikipedia, it is stated that the Biot-Savart law is a formula used for determining the magnetic field pseudovector **B**(**r**) at a position vector **r** due to a current-carrying wire, but that the formula only works for constant/steady electric currents. Wikipedia then states the law:
[![enter image description ... | 2021/01/14 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/607705",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/272242/"
] | As you said, "A slow draw stores energy in the bow that is then released quickly."
The speed of the string, and therefore the speed of the arrow, is much faster than the archer's arm can move. The arrow's kinetic energy is proportional to the square of its speed.
Greater speed translates to greater range.
Greater en... | These answers are missing the point.
When you throw an arrow, most of the kinetic energy goes into your arm. When you draw it back with a bow, most of it goes to the bow and almost none goes to your arm.
A truck has way more energy than a baseball, but it's still better for a human to throw a baseball than hit it wit... |
607,705 | On Wikipedia, it is stated that the Biot-Savart law is a formula used for determining the magnetic field pseudovector **B**(**r**) at a position vector **r** due to a current-carrying wire, but that the formula only works for constant/steady electric currents. Wikipedia then states the law:
[![enter image description ... | 2021/01/14 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/607705",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/272242/"
] | Due to the physiology of the human arm, it's very difficult to throw an object much faster than 100mph. No matter what object is being thrown, it can't move faster than the hand that's holding it, so around 100mph is the upper speed limit of any thrown object.
A bow gets around this by using the elastic potential of t... | When an archer pulls back on a bow, it is the bow that bends. The energy that is able to be stored and released depends a lot on by the elasticity and tensile strength of the bow, and also the size of the bow, as that determines how much advantage you can get from leverage.
Leverage I would say is one of the main issu... |
607,705 | On Wikipedia, it is stated that the Biot-Savart law is a formula used for determining the magnetic field pseudovector **B**(**r**) at a position vector **r** due to a current-carrying wire, but that the formula only works for constant/steady electric currents. Wikipedia then states the law:
[![enter image description ... | 2021/01/14 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/607705",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/272242/"
] | Due to the physiology of the human arm, it's very difficult to throw an object much faster than 100mph. No matter what object is being thrown, it can't move faster than the hand that's holding it, so around 100mph is the upper speed limit of any thrown object.
A bow gets around this by using the elastic potential of t... | These answers are missing the point.
When you throw an arrow, most of the kinetic energy goes into your arm. When you draw it back with a bow, most of it goes to the bow and almost none goes to your arm.
A truck has way more energy than a baseball, but it's still better for a human to throw a baseball than hit it wit... |
168,629 | I have a log file with errors from a migration I am doing of mail systems. I need to take user migration error logs and make them readable for the end user. A log file might contain a hundred errors. Each error is in XML format. There is usually a great deal of extraneous text around the tags but the important stuff is... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/168629",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/28398/"
] | I don't know how you feel about Java, but if you're interested you could check these tutorials out.
[Tutorial 1](http://www.java-samples.com/showtutorial.php?tutorialid=152)
[Tutorial 2](http://www.totheriver.com/learn/xml/xmltutorial.html)
If not, good keywords for Google are Sax parsing and DOM parsing. You can rea... | Many languages have xml-parsers built in. Depending on your language of choice, you might want to take a look and see what it has to offer. |
168,629 | I have a log file with errors from a migration I am doing of mail systems. I need to take user migration error logs and make them readable for the end user. A log file might contain a hundred errors. Each error is in XML format. There is usually a great deal of extraneous text around the tags but the important stuff is... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/168629",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/28398/"
] | I don't know how you feel about Java, but if you're interested you could check these tutorials out.
[Tutorial 1](http://www.java-samples.com/showtutorial.php?tutorialid=152)
[Tutorial 2](http://www.totheriver.com/learn/xml/xmltutorial.html)
If not, good keywords for Google are Sax parsing and DOM parsing. You can rea... | Answer: [XSLT](http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/11/26/learnXSLT.html)
You can write an XSLT or have one written for you that can transform any sourced XML file or text in general into a different text output. Typically XSLT is used to transform XML into a different XML format or into HTML/XHTML but can also be used to ge... |
5,308,193 | I am reading a Codeigniter book, it said like this,
>
> When using the keywords TRUE,FALSE, and NULL in your
> application, you should always write
> them in Uppercase letters.
>
>
>
Why does Codeigniter need all the keywords write as uppercase letters? | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5308193",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/215912/"
] | CodeIgniter/PHP does not require that you write those words in uppercase letters of not.
However it is [CodeIgniter's Coding Style](http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/styleguide.html) to write them like this.
CodeIgniter has been developing following that Coding Style, so if you want your code to look like Cod... | Sadly, CodeIgniter wrongly attributes TRUE, FALSE and NULL the status of keywords. While they may appear as such, they actually haven't been keywords since the official release of PHP3 except for an extremely brief period for PHP5.1. For nearly two decades the truth values and null have been bona fide constants, first ... |
2,687 | Is it possible to define a content type, a custom column, a list instance and associate the contenttype to the list using xml, all within the same feature or do they need to be seperated into seperate features?
All the best | 2010/05/06 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/2687",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You should always use appropriate feature scoping. In your scenario you would need:
* A Site Collection scoped feature which would deploy the Content Type and the Site Column
* A Web scoped feature which would deploy the list instance and associate the content type.
This is the best way and the best practice to achie... | It should work fine in a signle feature also. |
11,322,024 | I am writing a function in C that get a .tar.gz data transfer, when I got the data, I should do a check that whether the transfer is complete and the data is valid, so any tips about check the integrity of gzip data?
regards | 2012/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11322024",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/472858/"
] | `gunzip -t` checks the compressed file integrity. | If you are just downloading a tarball, then you can md5sum it on the other end and then check that. |
168,775 | I find that of all the "close" reasons, "too localized" is the one with the highest ratio of "times it applies," to "times questions are closed because of it." Which leads me to believe that the community doesn't actually respect the description of this close-reason, which makes me think it needs an update.
TL;DR
====... | 2013/02/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168775",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/183887/"
] | >
> You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.
>
> --Deut. 25:4
>
>
>
For all the high-minded language we throw around here sometimes, the truth is that most of SO is built on some form of enlightened self-interest. People ask qu... | A middle way is to ask: "Is this person's situation likely to shed light on someone else?" One tricky aspect is that you can't always tell until an answer emerges. If dialog between the OP and others reveals some purely local issue, well, then it's too localized.
*However*: A bit of editing can sometimes make a big di... |
168,775 | I find that of all the "close" reasons, "too localized" is the one with the highest ratio of "times it applies," to "times questions are closed because of it." Which leads me to believe that the community doesn't actually respect the description of this close-reason, which makes me think it needs an update.
TL;DR
====... | 2013/02/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168775",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/183887/"
] | Let me give you a counter example. Today I wanted to refresh my knowledge of named pipes. I searched and found [C++: Implementing Named Pipes using the Win32 API](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2640642/c-implementing-named-pipes-using-the-win32-api) - this question was highly specific to someone who didn't know th... | A middle way is to ask: "Is this person's situation likely to shed light on someone else?" One tricky aspect is that you can't always tell until an answer emerges. If dialog between the OP and others reveals some purely local issue, well, then it's too localized.
*However*: A bit of editing can sometimes make a big di... |
168,775 | I find that of all the "close" reasons, "too localized" is the one with the highest ratio of "times it applies," to "times questions are closed because of it." Which leads me to believe that the community doesn't actually respect the description of this close-reason, which makes me think it needs an update.
TL;DR
====... | 2013/02/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168775",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/183887/"
] | >
> You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.
>
> --Deut. 25:4
>
>
>
For all the high-minded language we throw around here sometimes, the truth is that most of SO is built on some form of enlightened self-interest. People ask qu... | Let me give you a counter example. Today I wanted to refresh my knowledge of named pipes. I searched and found [C++: Implementing Named Pipes using the Win32 API](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2640642/c-implementing-named-pipes-using-the-win32-api) - this question was highly specific to someone who didn't know th... |
7,908,215 | I'm prototyping with FastMM powered Delphi 2010 and every time i allocate memory with `GetMem` resulting pointer is aligned to QWORD boundary. But should i rely on that? | 2011/10/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7908215",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/759588/"
] | You can explicitly specify it: <http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Configuring_the_Memory_Manager> | OK, findings:
Quick test race revealed what default Borland heap manager shipped with D7 passes WORD and DWORD, but fails QWORD and PARA alignment testcases. Therefore either contributed MM or manual checks/adjustments is **required**. Thanks, everyone! |
65,771 | I am a recently graduated engineer and have just joined a small software company in India. Our company is divided into project teams that are further divided into groups of three people.
My first project is starting soon and I've been assigned to a group with two women. Unfortunately I'm come from a traditional backgr... | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65771",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49295/"
] | Why does them being a woman have any bearing on how you interact with them in a professional workplace? To have a professional relationship, **you should interact with them in the same manner as you do with men in a professional setting - with respect.** Colleagues, irrespective of male or female, appreciate and expect... | Many things have been said here. I'll just give some other perspective.
Imagine how these women have felt when working for the first time working with men. If you can relate to that, it may be less difficult to handle this situation.
Maybe there are other people in your company with the same background. Ask them ho... |
65,771 | I am a recently graduated engineer and have just joined a small software company in India. Our company is divided into project teams that are further divided into groups of three people.
My first project is starting soon and I've been assigned to a group with two women. Unfortunately I'm come from a traditional backgr... | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65771",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49295/"
] | I disagree with all the answers saying to treat them just like male colleagues.
Treat them with the respect that is inherent in your cultural values. I work with many women. I don't treat them the same as male colleagues. I am much more careful with my language around them, and I make a conscious effort not to argue i... | >
> In my college days ,we had group of only boys and I rarely speak/ interact with girls.
>
>
>
Personally I am very skeptical of gender-separated education for exactly this reason: It insufficiently prepares people for interactions with the other gender which will be necessary during their work-life.
>
> How s... |
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