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16,196,588 | Is it a reasonable/responsible idea to store a database result set in the user's session, as opposed to loading it fresh from the database on every page load? I am aware of the availability of caching the generated HTML code in a cache file on the server but that has too many convenience issues in my opinion.
For exam... | 2013/04/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16196588",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/330098/"
] | I would suggest go for [Memcached](http://memcached.org/ "Memcached") in this case.
Instructions for setup & configuration can be found here: <https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-and-use-memcache-on-ubuntu-12-04> (Please ... | Others adviced to use Memcached. It adds complexity and requires RAM (so it makes MySQL MUCH MUCH MUCH slower if they run on the same server). It's possible that it's the best solution for you, but since I don't know any solution which is "good for everyone", and since I don't know your workload, I just suggest alterna... |
605,440 | I am using a aix box over a network.
I am using putty to work on the box. The problem is its too slow,But we do have a high speed network.
Is there any terminal program other than putty that can help me work comfortably..by doing some buffering or other mechanism by which i wont feel like i m working on a dialup.
Th... | 2009/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/605440",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | PuTTY is perfectly fast - I've never had any problems with it.
Have you established where the bottleneck is? What's the exact setup of the network between your client and the server? Is perhaps the AIX server too heavily loaded? | I have the same problem depending on where I am. Lately, at home, I'm stuck with my horribly slow back up connection while my primary ISP goes through 'growing pains'
Its been a while since I have used putty, does it have an option for gzip compression? If not, I recommend using the official OpenSSH client (but it can... |
12,952 | I really like how smoothly XFCE works and prefer it to GNOME, so I would like to weigh it up a bit. ;) Is there a way to play sounds on certain system events? The most useful that comes to my mind is after finishing copying, but maybe also on deleting a file or in other circumstances like there are sounds in Mac OS X o... | 2010/11/13 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/12952",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | Check also
Applications → Settings → Xfce 4 Settings Manager → Appearance → Settings → Event sounds → [x] Enable event sounds
for some kind of sound support | The last time i checked xfce did not support system sounds. This might prove useful
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=853173> |
12,952 | I really like how smoothly XFCE works and prefer it to GNOME, so I would like to weigh it up a bit. ;) Is there a way to play sounds on certain system events? The most useful that comes to my mind is after finishing copying, but maybe also on deleting a file or in other circumstances like there are sounds in Mac OS X o... | 2010/11/13 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/12952",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | Check also
Applications → Settings → Xfce 4 Settings Manager → Appearance → Settings → Event sounds → [x] Enable event sounds
for some kind of sound support | @tinhead: yeah, great link and another in the thread you gave:
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3907604#post3907604>
Running /usr/bin/play (#apt-get install sox) is a way to go - just like Orage uses it for alarms (on a sidenote I was wondering why orage doesn't specify sox as its dependency). There are some ... |
20,360 | I'm developing a WordPress theme framework. I want organize CSS for each section into separate files for the following reasons.
1. Developers can easily deregister styles by parent theme and load their own styles.
2. Easy to maintain.
3. I can load only the required styles based on the options selected by the user.
D... | 2011/06/18 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/20360",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/2193/"
] | From <http://headjs.com/> :
There is a common misbelief that a single combined script performs best. Wrong:
* latest browsers and Head JS can load scripts in parallel. loading 3 parts in parallel instead of as a single chunk is usually faster.
* iPhone 3.x cannot cache files larger than 15kb and in iPhone 4 the limit... | Thank you edelwater and TheDeadMedic for you answers.
I think I will use the WordPress file system to save the files to uploads directory.
<http://ottopress.com/2011/tutorial-using-the-wp_filesystem/>
I have to ask for ftp login on some wordpress installs, I think I can handle that without loosing the AJAX options p... |
102,400 | I asked my Swedish bank to transfer to my UK bank 50,000 euros through a SEPA payment. Unfortunately, the IBAN and BIC were old and no longer in use and the UK bank returned the money the same day, i.e. the transaction failed. The 50,000 euros was put back into my account after conversion to Swedish kronor (SEK).
Howe... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/102400",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/79140/"
] | **It isn't a simple reversal, because money actually changed hands when the transfer was made.**
When the transfer was made 50,000 Euros was credited to a UK bank, and some number of kronor was debited to your Swedish bank. When the transaction was reversed 50,000 Euros were transferred back to the Swedish bank. Those... | What the bank 'should' have done is a question of law, but I will point out that the reason for the rejection was not the bank's error, it was yours / the payee's [which, in the bank's eyes, is still kind of your error].
Consider from the bank's point of view:
(1) You release 50k SEK from your account;
(2) The bank,... |
102,400 | I asked my Swedish bank to transfer to my UK bank 50,000 euros through a SEPA payment. Unfortunately, the IBAN and BIC were old and no longer in use and the UK bank returned the money the same day, i.e. the transaction failed. The 50,000 euros was put back into my account after conversion to Swedish kronor (SEK).
Howe... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/102400",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/79140/"
] | **It isn't a simple reversal, because money actually changed hands when the transfer was made.**
When the transfer was made 50,000 Euros was credited to a UK bank, and some number of kronor was debited to your Swedish bank. When the transaction was reversed 50,000 Euros were transferred back to the Swedish bank. Those... | Most likely this will be an expensive lesson to learn. However, I believe there still is a chance to recover some of the difference, since your wording of "*my* Swedish bank" and "*my* UK bank" implies you have a relationship with both banks.
If your Swedish bank converted the funds to Euros first, and then attempted ... |
102,400 | I asked my Swedish bank to transfer to my UK bank 50,000 euros through a SEPA payment. Unfortunately, the IBAN and BIC were old and no longer in use and the UK bank returned the money the same day, i.e. the transaction failed. The 50,000 euros was put back into my account after conversion to Swedish kronor (SEK).
Howe... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/102400",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/79140/"
] | **It isn't a simple reversal, because money actually changed hands when the transfer was made.**
When the transfer was made 50,000 Euros was credited to a UK bank, and some number of kronor was debited to your Swedish bank. When the transaction was reversed 50,000 Euros were transferred back to the Swedish bank. Those... | The other answers attribute the loss due to changes in conversion rates. For me the change seems to be more due to the [buy/sell rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_rate#Exchange_rate_classification) difference. Every FOREX agency/ bank sets the rates different on purpose so that they make profit on each trans... |
102,400 | I asked my Swedish bank to transfer to my UK bank 50,000 euros through a SEPA payment. Unfortunately, the IBAN and BIC were old and no longer in use and the UK bank returned the money the same day, i.e. the transaction failed. The 50,000 euros was put back into my account after conversion to Swedish kronor (SEK).
Howe... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/102400",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/79140/"
] | Most likely this will be an expensive lesson to learn. However, I believe there still is a chance to recover some of the difference, since your wording of "*my* Swedish bank" and "*my* UK bank" implies you have a relationship with both banks.
If your Swedish bank converted the funds to Euros first, and then attempted ... | What the bank 'should' have done is a question of law, but I will point out that the reason for the rejection was not the bank's error, it was yours / the payee's [which, in the bank's eyes, is still kind of your error].
Consider from the bank's point of view:
(1) You release 50k SEK from your account;
(2) The bank,... |
102,400 | I asked my Swedish bank to transfer to my UK bank 50,000 euros through a SEPA payment. Unfortunately, the IBAN and BIC were old and no longer in use and the UK bank returned the money the same day, i.e. the transaction failed. The 50,000 euros was put back into my account after conversion to Swedish kronor (SEK).
Howe... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/102400",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/79140/"
] | What the bank 'should' have done is a question of law, but I will point out that the reason for the rejection was not the bank's error, it was yours / the payee's [which, in the bank's eyes, is still kind of your error].
Consider from the bank's point of view:
(1) You release 50k SEK from your account;
(2) The bank,... | The other answers attribute the loss due to changes in conversion rates. For me the change seems to be more due to the [buy/sell rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_rate#Exchange_rate_classification) difference. Every FOREX agency/ bank sets the rates different on purpose so that they make profit on each trans... |
102,400 | I asked my Swedish bank to transfer to my UK bank 50,000 euros through a SEPA payment. Unfortunately, the IBAN and BIC were old and no longer in use and the UK bank returned the money the same day, i.e. the transaction failed. The 50,000 euros was put back into my account after conversion to Swedish kronor (SEK).
Howe... | 2018/11/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/102400",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/79140/"
] | Most likely this will be an expensive lesson to learn. However, I believe there still is a chance to recover some of the difference, since your wording of "*my* Swedish bank" and "*my* UK bank" implies you have a relationship with both banks.
If your Swedish bank converted the funds to Euros first, and then attempted ... | The other answers attribute the loss due to changes in conversion rates. For me the change seems to be more due to the [buy/sell rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_rate#Exchange_rate_classification) difference. Every FOREX agency/ bank sets the rates different on purpose so that they make profit on each trans... |
10,387,349 | Host machine was ported from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS (Xubuntu)
Virtualbox image is win7 x64
With upgrade /dev/vboxdrv was missing, so within synaptics I reinstalled:
* virtualbox (4.1.12dsfg-2 not OSE)
* virtualbox-qt 4.1.12dsfg
* virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12dsfg
Then it works again but my windows is badly crashed. Once start... | 2012/04/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10387349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1366230/"
] | I can confirm this bug on two of my Ubuntu 12.04 machines (i7 Desktop, Samsung Dual Core Laptop):
All my Windows (Win7, WinServer2003,WinServer 2008) 64bit guest machines which were working under Ubuntu 11.10 behave the same way after upgrading / reinstalling to Ubuntu Precise:
During guest bootup or shortly after bo... | I can't be sure that I was having the same problem, but I also just upgraded from ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 and attempting to boot my virtual machine (xp 32bit) would cause the host to freeze.
The fix was to do the following:
* Enable absolute pointing device (almost certainly wasnt this that fixed it but hey ho!)
* Enab... |
10,387,349 | Host machine was ported from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS (Xubuntu)
Virtualbox image is win7 x64
With upgrade /dev/vboxdrv was missing, so within synaptics I reinstalled:
* virtualbox (4.1.12dsfg-2 not OSE)
* virtualbox-qt 4.1.12dsfg
* virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12dsfg
Then it works again but my windows is badly crashed. Once start... | 2012/04/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10387349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1366230/"
] | I can confirm this bug on two of my Ubuntu 12.04 machines (i7 Desktop, Samsung Dual Core Laptop):
All my Windows (Win7, WinServer2003,WinServer 2008) 64bit guest machines which were working under Ubuntu 11.10 behave the same way after upgrading / reinstalling to Ubuntu Precise:
During guest bootup or shortly after bo... | The [probably-related VirtualBox bug ticket](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10528) says it is fixed in VirtualBox source, and also details a workaround via grub.
The Debian bug is [here](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655202).
Hopefully the patch will be applied to Ubuntu-12.04 .
(This answer is... |
10,387,349 | Host machine was ported from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS (Xubuntu)
Virtualbox image is win7 x64
With upgrade /dev/vboxdrv was missing, so within synaptics I reinstalled:
* virtualbox (4.1.12dsfg-2 not OSE)
* virtualbox-qt 4.1.12dsfg
* virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12dsfg
Then it works again but my windows is badly crashed. Once start... | 2012/04/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10387349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1366230/"
] | The [probably-related VirtualBox bug ticket](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10528) says it is fixed in VirtualBox source, and also details a workaround via grub.
The Debian bug is [here](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655202).
Hopefully the patch will be applied to Ubuntu-12.04 .
(This answer is... | I can't be sure that I was having the same problem, but I also just upgraded from ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 and attempting to boot my virtual machine (xp 32bit) would cause the host to freeze.
The fix was to do the following:
* Enable absolute pointing device (almost certainly wasnt this that fixed it but hey ho!)
* Enab... |
8,556,878 | I have never worked with git before, and Im confused as to where to enter the "install the server" part to get this working..
<http://addyosmani.com/blog/autosave-changes-chrome-dev-tools/>
Details in steps would be very helpful! Thanks!! | 2011/12/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8556878",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/765484/"
] | On the terminal / console / cmd / command-line of your OS, it says so in the article:
>
> To install, simply run the following from the command-line/console:
>
>
>
This has nothing to do with git. This is how you enter commands and git is just another command. | If it says "command not found" then git is not installed on your Mac.
Install it from: [Git Download Site](http://git-scm.com/)
and then try the instructions again. |
197,900 | Whenever I format my computer, I usually just copy/paste all the .ttf and .fon files into the `Fonts` system folder.
I can't be sure 100%, but I think that after I did that, Firefox stopped displaying some website's fonts correctly, and I mean the usual default ones, like Arial, Helvetica, etc.
I don't have this prob... | 2010/10/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/197900",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/50544/"
] | I was just struggling with the same problem (albeit with Google Chrome) and stumbled upon this topic. Because I'm using a PC at work, I don't have the privileges to make registry edits. I found another workaround however, which probably only works on Chrome, but at least it fixed the problem for me. So although it's no... | Go to your firefox preferences, under the "Content" tab there should be a "Default Font" combobox. Try switching the setting to one of the usual Microsoft fonts. If not, it is possible that you simply don't have the Microsoft fonts installed. Apparently, you can get some of the core fonts here: <http://web.nickshanks.c... |
131,583 | I just installed Call of Duty 4 and when I try to run the single player mode nothing happens. I just see a quick flicker on the desktop but the game doesn't launch. When I try to run it again, it gives me this message:
>
> It appears that cod4 did not quit properly the last time it ran. Do you want to run the game i... | 2013/09/21 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/131583",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/55672/"
] | I had this issue on Windows Vista (yep) and I assume its on Win 7 too. Plug something into the microphone audio jack. | It can be several options. First try to run the game as an administrator and see what happens. Also, if the game is not original you would need a good patch. And finally, uninstall and re-install the game. Sometimes the patches for multiplayer give these kind of problems. Back in the day, with the game beat couldn't pl... |
131,583 | I just installed Call of Duty 4 and when I try to run the single player mode nothing happens. I just see a quick flicker on the desktop but the game doesn't launch. When I try to run it again, it gives me this message:
>
> It appears that cod4 did not quit properly the last time it ran. Do you want to run the game i... | 2013/09/21 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/131583",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/55672/"
] | The following 2 actions are known to solve most issues with the game crashing:
* Enable stereo mix
* Plug in an headset/mic
Sources:
<http://steamcommunity.com/app/7940/discussions/0/618453594765419915/>
<http://steamcommunity.com/app/7940/discussions/0/864956555036760746/> | It can be several options. First try to run the game as an administrator and see what happens. Also, if the game is not original you would need a good patch. And finally, uninstall and re-install the game. Sometimes the patches for multiplayer give these kind of problems. Back in the day, with the game beat couldn't pl... |
10,132,936 | I want to draw a dynamic graph with standard HTML/Javascript/JQuery (not HTML5).
The nodes are divs with certain contents, and between them I need lines. At least horizontal and vertical. It's possible to add and remove nodes dynamically.
It would be nice if the divs are draggable too, but is not necessary.
Can this... | 2012/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10132936",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/930450/"
] | This would probably be easy to make with [JointJS](http://www.jointjs.com/ "JavaScript diagramming library"). It uses Raphael for handling the graphics, which is based on SVG but also support VML for IE. JointJS claims to support the following browsers: Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, Opera 9.5+, Google Chrome 4+ and Intern... | JQplot is great: <http://www.jqplot.com/>
It has a very "Google analytics" feel to it right out of the box.
It's built on jQuery which works great for what you've described. |
10,132,936 | I want to draw a dynamic graph with standard HTML/Javascript/JQuery (not HTML5).
The nodes are divs with certain contents, and between them I need lines. At least horizontal and vertical. It's possible to add and remove nodes dynamically.
It would be nice if the divs are draggable too, but is not necessary.
Can this... | 2012/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10132936",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/930450/"
] | This would probably be easy to make with [JointJS](http://www.jointjs.com/ "JavaScript diagramming library"). It uses Raphael for handling the graphics, which is based on SVG but also support VML for IE. JointJS claims to support the following browsers: Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, Opera 9.5+, Google Chrome 4+ and Intern... | You can use Google Charts, Google Graph API [Examples.](https://google-developers.appspot.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery) |
10,132,936 | I want to draw a dynamic graph with standard HTML/Javascript/JQuery (not HTML5).
The nodes are divs with certain contents, and between them I need lines. At least horizontal and vertical. It's possible to add and remove nodes dynamically.
It would be nice if the divs are draggable too, but is not necessary.
Can this... | 2012/04/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10132936",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/930450/"
] | JQplot is great: <http://www.jqplot.com/>
It has a very "Google analytics" feel to it right out of the box.
It's built on jQuery which works great for what you've described. | You can use Google Charts, Google Graph API [Examples.](https://google-developers.appspot.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery) |
33,487,793 | Where do I find the console output for tvos javascript in xcode or the sim?
The answer is probably trivial, but I have not been able to figure it out.
Thanks for your patience. | 2015/11/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33487793",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5517618/"
] | To see a full console (for things like console.log) for JavaScript, open up Safari and after you've built your app inside XCode, click Develop > Simulator and you'll be able to see a console of your app. | You can see the output at the bottom of Xcode. Click on the triangle at the left side, if it is hidden
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SdXhR.png) |
382,611 | Whenever I connect my iPhone to my Mac (Lion), the Image capture app starts.
How do I stop this?
Image capture doesn't have any preferences. | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/382611",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/13727/"
] | Found it!
In Image Capture there's a section on the bottom-left. Make sure the iPhone is selected, otherwise the bottom settings will not appear.
 | Use iPhoto's preferences (General tab, the "Connecting camera opens" setting).
 |
8,631,629 | I would like to list the directory that my current website will be in as a browsable tree (similar to the way a web browser lists a directory if there are no index files present) - basically, an FTP listing. However, I can't use PHP because the server I'm developing for does not support PHP (or any similar tools as far... | 2011/12/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8631629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/838060/"
] | I don't understand your problem completely, I see only one possible solution without a server side language.
Include tree like structure for all directory components(path) links (native htmls) in index.html and apply some basic jquery animation to feel like tree structure. | Jquery / javascript are client side languages, you must have something on your server.
Perhaps if you'll have a WebService on your server, you can call it with jquery and format it in your html. |
8,631,629 | I would like to list the directory that my current website will be in as a browsable tree (similar to the way a web browser lists a directory if there are no index files present) - basically, an FTP listing. However, I can't use PHP because the server I'm developing for does not support PHP (or any similar tools as far... | 2011/12/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8631629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/838060/"
] | If your server is set to list directories, you can send an XHR for the directory you want and parse the returned HTML. However, you'd be better off providing a web service that lists directories for you. | Jquery / javascript are client side languages, you must have something on your server.
Perhaps if you'll have a WebService on your server, you can call it with jquery and format it in your html. |
8,631,629 | I would like to list the directory that my current website will be in as a browsable tree (similar to the way a web browser lists a directory if there are no index files present) - basically, an FTP listing. However, I can't use PHP because the server I'm developing for does not support PHP (or any similar tools as far... | 2011/12/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8631629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/838060/"
] | If your server is set to list directories, you can send an XHR for the directory you want and parse the returned HTML. However, you'd be better off providing a web service that lists directories for you. | I don't understand your problem completely, I see only one possible solution without a server side language.
Include tree like structure for all directory components(path) links (native htmls) in index.html and apply some basic jquery animation to feel like tree structure. |
330,760 | How do I create a Group Policy that will prevent my users from accessing specific web-sites? I am at the 2008r2 functional level. | 2011/11/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/330760",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/100883/"
] | You need to set up an outbound proxy (Threat Management Gateway, Squid, etc) and use Group Policy to force Internet Explorer to pass all traffic though this proxy if it is not in-line. If you make the proxy in-line, then all traffic will, obviously, pass through it regardless of IE settings, making the GPO pointless.
... | There's no built in standard way to achieve this using Group Policy. |
143,273 | >
> It sounds like that she started cooking
>
>
>
versus
>
> It sounds like she started cooking.
>
>
>
1- Are these the same or different?
2- Are they complex sentences? | 2017/09/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/143273",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/62819/"
] | >
> [1]\* *It sounds like* [*that* *she started* [*cooking*]].
>
>
> [2] *It sounds like* [*she started* [*cooking*]].
>
>
>
[1] is ungrammatical because with prepositional governors such as "like", only non-expandable content clauses are permitted, i.e. the subordinator "that" is inadmissible here.
[2] is a c... | Both "like" and "that" can function as subordinating conjunctions. Using both to introduce a single subordinate clause is an error.
"That" doesn't co-locate well with the verbs "sounds" and "looks", although it appears regularly alongside similar verbs such as "appears" and "seems".
Yes, "It sounds like she star... |
2,858,344 | I'm not a huge fan of the JavaScript frameworks that are out there today. I think a lot of the libraries could be written better, are chosen for a project because of favoritism rather than understanding the requirements of the problem at hand, and some JavaScript developers come to depend on them too much to the point ... | 2010/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2858344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/322819/"
] | Well - I used to be of the same view, never really used JS libs as - well, I can do it myself. But in my job I was forced to use Jquery.
Previously to that I would use Prototype and script.aculo.us and liked it because of its minimal injection into your daily workflow.
But saying the libs are evil isn't really someth... | [MyLibrary](http://www.cinsoft.net/mylib.html) |
2,858,344 | I'm not a huge fan of the JavaScript frameworks that are out there today. I think a lot of the libraries could be written better, are chosen for a project because of favoritism rather than understanding the requirements of the problem at hand, and some JavaScript developers come to depend on them too much to the point ... | 2010/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2858344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/322819/"
] | Lol. That surely is subjective, but anyways...
Personally I think [YUI](http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/) is the least *evil* as it has [Douglas Crockford](http://crockfordfacts.com/) himself advocating it. ('nuf said)
Although, I don't really think that other frameworks are necessarily evil...
[jQuery](http://jquer... | [MyLibrary](http://www.cinsoft.net/mylib.html) |
2,858,344 | I'm not a huge fan of the JavaScript frameworks that are out there today. I think a lot of the libraries could be written better, are chosen for a project because of favoritism rather than understanding the requirements of the problem at hand, and some JavaScript developers come to depend on them too much to the point ... | 2010/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2858344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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Previously to that I would use Prototype and script.aculo.us and liked it because of its minimal injection into your daily workflow.
But saying the libs are evil isn't really someth... | My vote is for jquery. With noConflict() you can use multiple versions on the same page, easy learning curve with css selectors. |
2,858,344 | I'm not a huge fan of the JavaScript frameworks that are out there today. I think a lot of the libraries could be written better, are chosen for a project because of favoritism rather than understanding the requirements of the problem at hand, and some JavaScript developers come to depend on them too much to the point ... | 2010/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2858344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/322819/"
] | Lol. That surely is subjective, but anyways...
Personally I think [YUI](http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/) is the least *evil* as it has [Douglas Crockford](http://crockfordfacts.com/) himself advocating it. ('nuf said)
Although, I don't really think that other frameworks are necessarily evil...
[jQuery](http://jquer... | My vote is for jquery. With noConflict() you can use multiple versions on the same page, easy learning curve with css selectors. |
2,858,344 | I'm not a huge fan of the JavaScript frameworks that are out there today. I think a lot of the libraries could be written better, are chosen for a project because of favoritism rather than understanding the requirements of the problem at hand, and some JavaScript developers come to depend on them too much to the point ... | 2010/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2858344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/322819/"
] | Well - I used to be of the same view, never really used JS libs as - well, I can do it myself. But in my job I was forced to use Jquery.
Previously to that I would use Prototype and script.aculo.us and liked it because of its minimal injection into your daily workflow.
But saying the libs are evil isn't really someth... | Lol. That surely is subjective, but anyways...
Personally I think [YUI](http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/) is the least *evil* as it has [Douglas Crockford](http://crockfordfacts.com/) himself advocating it. ('nuf said)
Although, I don't really think that other frameworks are necessarily evil...
[jQuery](http://jquer... |
17,670 | We have a situation in our product where for a long time some data has been stored in the application's database as SQL string (choice of MS SQL server or sybase SQL anywhere) which was encrypted via the Windows API function [CryptEncrypt.](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379924.aspx) (direct and de-cryptable... | 2008/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/379/"
] | Any semi-decent algorithm will end up with a strong chance of generating a NULL value somewhere in the resulting ciphertext.
Why not do something like [base-64 encode](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64) your resulting binary blob before persisting to the DB? ([sample implementation in C++](http://synesis.com.au/soft... | That's an interesting route OJ.
We're looking at the feasability of a non-reversable method (still making sure we don't explicitly retrieve the data to decrypt) e.g. just store a Hash to compare on a submission |
17,670 | We have a situation in our product where for a long time some data has been stored in the application's database as SQL string (choice of MS SQL server or sybase SQL anywhere) which was encrypted via the Windows API function [CryptEncrypt.](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379924.aspx) (direct and de-cryptable... | 2008/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Any semi-decent algorithm will end up with a strong chance of generating a NULL value somewhere in the resulting ciphertext.
Why not do something like [base-64 encode](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64) your resulting binary blob before persisting to the DB? ([sample implementation in C++](http://synesis.com.au/soft... | Storing a hash is a good idea. However, please definitely read Jeff's [You're Probably Storing Passwords Incorrectly](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000953.html). |
17,670 | We have a situation in our product where for a long time some data has been stored in the application's database as SQL string (choice of MS SQL server or sybase SQL anywhere) which was encrypted via the Windows API function [CryptEncrypt.](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379924.aspx) (direct and de-cryptable... | 2008/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/379/"
] | Any semi-decent algorithm will end up with a strong chance of generating a NULL value somewhere in the resulting ciphertext.
Why not do something like [base-64 encode](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64) your resulting binary blob before persisting to the DB? ([sample implementation in C++](http://synesis.com.au/soft... | It seems that the developer handling this is going to wrap the existing encryption with [yEnc](http://www.yenc.org) to preserve the table integrity as the data needs to be retrievable, and this save all that messy mucking about with infinite-improbab.... uhhh changing column types on entrenched installations.
Cheers Gu... |
17,670 | We have a situation in our product where for a long time some data has been stored in the application's database as SQL string (choice of MS SQL server or sybase SQL anywhere) which was encrypted via the Windows API function [CryptEncrypt.](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379924.aspx) (direct and de-cryptable... | 2008/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/379/"
] | Storing a hash is a good idea. However, please definitely read Jeff's [You're Probably Storing Passwords Incorrectly](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000953.html). | That's an interesting route OJ.
We're looking at the feasability of a non-reversable method (still making sure we don't explicitly retrieve the data to decrypt) e.g. just store a Hash to compare on a submission |
17,670 | We have a situation in our product where for a long time some data has been stored in the application's database as SQL string (choice of MS SQL server or sybase SQL anywhere) which was encrypted via the Windows API function [CryptEncrypt.](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379924.aspx) (direct and de-cryptable... | 2008/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/379/"
] | Storing a hash is a good idea. However, please definitely read Jeff's [You're Probably Storing Passwords Incorrectly](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000953.html). | It seems that the developer handling this is going to wrap the existing encryption with [yEnc](http://www.yenc.org) to preserve the table integrity as the data needs to be retrievable, and this save all that messy mucking about with infinite-improbab.... uhhh changing column types on entrenched installations.
Cheers Gu... |
256,965 | We are looking to do new flooring in our downstairs bathroom. My wife likes a flooring material by a company called COREtec; specifically their ["Calypso Oak"](https://coretecfloors.com/en-us/products/coretec-enhanced/calypso-oak-vv012-00761) LVP/LVT product:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... | 2022/09/20 | [
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] | I am currently planning a similar re-flooring job for my small bathroom that has a peel-n-stick vinyl tile floor. I've had many of the same questions as you; here's what I've found out (I'm no expert, though):
1. LVP to my understanding has a grout-like central layer and thus needs to be well-supported to prevent crac... | Personally, I would take out the tile, but doesn't sound like you have too. Some of the vinyl plank flooring is not strong enough to bridge the gaps between tiles where the grout is lower. Eventually, those lines will show through. |
256,965 | We are looking to do new flooring in our downstairs bathroom. My wife likes a flooring material by a company called COREtec; specifically their ["Calypso Oak"](https://coretecfloors.com/en-us/products/coretec-enhanced/calypso-oak-vv012-00761) LVP/LVT product:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... | 2022/09/20 | [
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] | I have installed that same flooring over tile there is no problem with that.
Remove the toilet and when laying the flooring around the toilet flange add a bead of polyester caulk such as Vulkem between the ceramic tile and the new flooring. Then use a foam toilet seal. I like Saniseals available online. Have used them ... | Personally, I would take out the tile, but doesn't sound like you have too. Some of the vinyl plank flooring is not strong enough to bridge the gaps between tiles where the grout is lower. Eventually, those lines will show through. |
45,486,612 | I have updated a web page that I didn't create. I worked locally perfecting the new layout which was fine.
However when I moved it to the server, a lot of styles didn't apply.
In troubleshooting, I found that the styles that weren't working on the server were listed as "Author Stylesheet" styles locally (in Safari D... | 2017/08/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45486612",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | I'm not sure if this is 100% accurate, but I believe that Safari will not show the name of the css file if it is named default.css. In my case, Chrome tools displayed the file name (not just "Author Stylesheet"). | Wayne, I don't think you might declare the author of CSS file on it. You must passing the wrong name or locale from CSS server, is there all your CSS found? Aren't u using css on your local or .min.css in your app? User google chrome in the console tab to look wgat is the problems with your stylesheet. |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
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] | Let's forget for a moment about "I", and "wanting". Here are some:
* Negative things:
+ Minimise or eliminate "suffering"
+ Minimise attachment, and craving, associated with suffering
+ Minimise [defilements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism))
+ Minimise [fetters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fett... | Nibbana is not of the world. Nibbana is experienced by the mind & not by the self. In Buddhism, the 'self' is merely a thought (SN 22.81).
>
> There is, bhikkhus, that base (sense experience) where there is no earth, no water, no
> fire, no air; no base consisting of the infinity of space, no base
> consisting of t... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
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] | You used to desire stuff from the world before you understood the Dhamma.
After you understood the Dhamma, you can and will still desire stuff from the world. The only difference is you do it in accordance with the Middle Way, the Noble Eightfold Path, the five precepts and principles of virtue (sila).
You don't sudd... | You can want to be strong instead of weak. You can want to be a master instead of victim of circumstances. You can want to learn to control your mind. You can want to help others feel less suffering, in both ways (external and internal help). You can want to know the truth from the myths.
This world is a dream and eve... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Let's forget for a moment about "I", and "wanting". Here are some:
* Negative things:
+ Minimise or eliminate "suffering"
+ Minimise attachment, and craving, associated with suffering
+ Minimise [defilements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism))
+ Minimise [fetters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fett... | Maybe, upon further analysis of the terms of your question, the **yearning** for an answer will just... fade away.
*That in the world by which one is a perceiver of the world, a conceiver of the world—this is called the world in the Noble One’s Discipline.*
**SN 35.116**
*Yet it is just within this fathom-long body, ... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/11541/"
] | Let's forget for a moment about "I", and "wanting". Here are some:
* Negative things:
+ Minimise or eliminate "suffering"
+ Minimise attachment, and craving, associated with suffering
+ Minimise [defilements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism))
+ Minimise [fetters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fett... | You can want to be strong instead of weak. You can want to be a master instead of victim of circumstances. You can want to learn to control your mind. You can want to help others feel less suffering, in both ways (external and internal help). You can want to know the truth from the myths.
This world is a dream and eve... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Let's forget for a moment about "I", and "wanting". Here are some:
* Negative things:
+ Minimise or eliminate "suffering"
+ Minimise attachment, and craving, associated with suffering
+ Minimise [defilements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism))
+ Minimise [fetters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fett... | You used to desire stuff from the world before you understood the Dhamma.
After you understood the Dhamma, you can and will still desire stuff from the world. The only difference is you do it in accordance with the Middle Way, the Noble Eightfold Path, the five precepts and principles of virtue (sila).
You don't sudd... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | You can want to be strong instead of weak. You can want to be a master instead of victim of circumstances. You can want to learn to control your mind. You can want to help others feel less suffering, in both ways (external and internal help). You can want to know the truth from the myths.
This world is a dream and eve... | Isn't a paradox to say everything is impermanent? Doesn't the view "everything is impermanent" remain in your mind until you die? So, there you have it, you can have something permanent until you die.
You can also permanently (until you die) abstain from killing, abstain from taking what is not given, avoid sexual mis... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Nibbana is not of the world. Nibbana is experienced by the mind & not by the self. In Buddhism, the 'self' is merely a thought (SN 22.81).
>
> There is, bhikkhus, that base (sense experience) where there is no earth, no water, no
> fire, no air; no base consisting of the infinity of space, no base
> consisting of t... | You can want to be strong instead of weak. You can want to be a master instead of victim of circumstances. You can want to learn to control your mind. You can want to help others feel less suffering, in both ways (external and internal help). You can want to know the truth from the myths.
This world is a dream and eve... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/11541/"
] | Maybe, upon further analysis of the terms of your question, the **yearning** for an answer will just... fade away.
*That in the world by which one is a perceiver of the world, a conceiver of the world—this is called the world in the Noble One’s Discipline.*
**SN 35.116**
*Yet it is just within this fathom-long body, ... | Isn't a paradox to say everything is impermanent? Doesn't the view "everything is impermanent" remain in your mind until you die? So, there you have it, you can have something permanent until you die.
You can also permanently (until you die) abstain from killing, abstain from taking what is not given, avoid sexual mis... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/11541/"
] | Let's forget for a moment about "I", and "wanting". Here are some:
* Negative things:
+ Minimise or eliminate "suffering"
+ Minimise attachment, and craving, associated with suffering
+ Minimise [defilements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleshas_(Buddhism))
+ Minimise [fetters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fett... | Isn't a paradox to say everything is impermanent? Doesn't the view "everything is impermanent" remain in your mind until you die? So, there you have it, you can have something permanent until you die.
You can also permanently (until you die) abstain from killing, abstain from taking what is not given, avoid sexual mis... |
25,272 | What is worth desiring from the world when everything is impermanent ?
I can't even desire Nirvana , because I never get it. [Here](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1) it states that I can not say Nibbana as mine or me or myself( I can not say I am in state of Nibbana and I can not say Nibbana as mine):
>
> “He directl... | 2018/02/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/25272",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/11541/"
] | Nibbana is not of the world. Nibbana is experienced by the mind & not by the self. In Buddhism, the 'self' is merely a thought (SN 22.81).
>
> There is, bhikkhus, that base (sense experience) where there is no earth, no water, no
> fire, no air; no base consisting of the infinity of space, no base
> consisting of t... | Isn't a paradox to say everything is impermanent? Doesn't the view "everything is impermanent" remain in your mind until you die? So, there you have it, you can have something permanent until you die.
You can also permanently (until you die) abstain from killing, abstain from taking what is not given, avoid sexual mis... |
84,612 | I have a set of force profiles of an industrial machine. I'm trying to develop an algorithm that tries to understand when a new profile is "anomalous" with respect to the ones in "normal operating conditions".
In the picture below you can see the force profiles (function of time). I want the blue curve found checked a... | 2020/10/28 | [
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] | I strongly recommend to start with a simple statistical data analysis. In this approach you take the [Moving Average/Median](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average) of signals and if one signal shows a magnitude -/+ 3 times standard deviation, you mark it as anomaly. [Please have a look at this answer for Python ... | Trust me and use the **Isolation Forest** from [scikit-learn](https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.ensemble.IsolationForest.html), and if you want to have more options with Isolation Forese use the library [PYOD](https://pyod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/pyod/models/iforest.html). |
107,291 | I’m a bit confused on why higher elevations/decreased atmospheric pressure wouldn't affect the vapor pressure of a liquid-or have a negligible affect on vapor pressure.
With decreased atmospheric pressure, boiling point decreases, and a decrease in BP would increase vapor pressure. So isn’t atmospheric pressure changi... | 2018/12/31 | [
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] | The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature such that the liquid's vapor pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure. When you go to a higher altitude, the boiling point is lower not because the vapor pressure of the liquid at a given temperature has changed, but because there is less atmospheric pressure.
The... | Vapor pressure does affect boiling point, but it doesn't go the other way. BP depends on VP, and VP depends on temperature. It is a one way relationship. |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
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] | One reason to divide a clock by two is to obtain an even 50% duty cycle square wave. It may be that the 8085 internally uses both clock edges, and wouldn't function if one half of the cycle happened to be much shorter than the other.
In the days when the 8085 was new, those nice canned oscillators weren't common, and... | There are lots of reasons to split the instruction cycle into multiple clock cycles. A good example is accessing the main memory bus.
Most modern processors are Von-Neumann architectures; that is, their code and data both exist in the same memory chip. Well, if you want to read an instruction, and that instruction is ... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | One reason to divide a clock by two is to obtain an even 50% duty cycle square wave. It may be that the 8085 internally uses both clock edges, and wouldn't function if one half of the cycle happened to be much shorter than the other.
In the days when the 8085 was new, those nice canned oscillators weren't common, and... | At the time this chip was designed, people used as few transistors as possible in the CPU, to make them small enough to fit on the available chips.
I suspect that practically every "register" (both programmer-visible instruction-set registers and also internal microarchitecture latches) in a CPU of that era stored dat... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | One reason to divide a clock by two is to obtain an even 50% duty cycle square wave. It may be that the 8085 internally uses both clock edges, and wouldn't function if one half of the cycle happened to be much shorter than the other.
In the days when the 8085 was new, those nice canned oscillators weren't common, and... | Clock is nothing but a moment when you want an event to occur. Now, we do not prefer level triggering in digital circuits because when more time is given, interaction may occur between different circuits within the microprocessor leading to short circuits. So we GO FOR EDGE TRIGGERING.
Now, the microprocessor doesn't k... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | One reason to divide a clock by two is to obtain an even 50% duty cycle square wave. It may be that the 8085 internally uses both clock edges, and wouldn't function if one half of the cycle happened to be much shorter than the other.
In the days when the 8085 was new, those nice canned oscillators weren't common, and... | Internally, the core of the 8085A requires a two-phase clock. The internal logic that derives the two clock phases also divides the input clock by two. As previously stated, the reason for using a 6.144MHz input clock is for baud-rate purposes, the chip will run just fine at 6MHz. The chip is actually rated at 3MHz req... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | At the time this chip was designed, people used as few transistors as possible in the CPU, to make them small enough to fit on the available chips.
I suspect that practically every "register" (both programmer-visible instruction-set registers and also internal microarchitecture latches) in a CPU of that era stored dat... | There are lots of reasons to split the instruction cycle into multiple clock cycles. A good example is accessing the main memory bus.
Most modern processors are Von-Neumann architectures; that is, their code and data both exist in the same memory chip. Well, if you want to read an instruction, and that instruction is ... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | There are lots of reasons to split the instruction cycle into multiple clock cycles. A good example is accessing the main memory bus.
Most modern processors are Von-Neumann architectures; that is, their code and data both exist in the same memory chip. Well, if you want to read an instruction, and that instruction is ... | Clock is nothing but a moment when you want an event to occur. Now, we do not prefer level triggering in digital circuits because when more time is given, interaction may occur between different circuits within the microprocessor leading to short circuits. So we GO FOR EDGE TRIGGERING.
Now, the microprocessor doesn't k... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | There are lots of reasons to split the instruction cycle into multiple clock cycles. A good example is accessing the main memory bus.
Most modern processors are Von-Neumann architectures; that is, their code and data both exist in the same memory chip. Well, if you want to read an instruction, and that instruction is ... | Internally, the core of the 8085A requires a two-phase clock. The internal logic that derives the two clock phases also divides the input clock by two. As previously stated, the reason for using a 6.144MHz input clock is for baud-rate purposes, the chip will run just fine at 6MHz. The chip is actually rated at 3MHz req... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | At the time this chip was designed, people used as few transistors as possible in the CPU, to make them small enough to fit on the available chips.
I suspect that practically every "register" (both programmer-visible instruction-set registers and also internal microarchitecture latches) in a CPU of that era stored dat... | Clock is nothing but a moment when you want an event to occur. Now, we do not prefer level triggering in digital circuits because when more time is given, interaction may occur between different circuits within the microprocessor leading to short circuits. So we GO FOR EDGE TRIGGERING.
Now, the microprocessor doesn't k... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | At the time this chip was designed, people used as few transistors as possible in the CPU, to make them small enough to fit on the available chips.
I suspect that practically every "register" (both programmer-visible instruction-set registers and also internal microarchitecture latches) in a CPU of that era stored dat... | Internally, the core of the 8085A requires a two-phase clock. The internal logic that derives the two clock phases also divides the input clock by two. As previously stated, the reason for using a 6.144MHz input clock is for baud-rate purposes, the chip will run just fine at 6MHz. The chip is actually rated at 3MHz req... |
4,458 | Why is it that the produced clock frequency is 6.144 MHz, but internally it (8085 processor) uses only 3.072 MHz. Also what leads to the specific value of 6.144 in a clock.
I found an answer at yahoo.... <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810090119AAurr2i>
but I must admit I didn't still get it it wel... | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/4458",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1163/"
] | Internally, the core of the 8085A requires a two-phase clock. The internal logic that derives the two clock phases also divides the input clock by two. As previously stated, the reason for using a 6.144MHz input clock is for baud-rate purposes, the chip will run just fine at 6MHz. The chip is actually rated at 3MHz req... | Clock is nothing but a moment when you want an event to occur. Now, we do not prefer level triggering in digital circuits because when more time is given, interaction may occur between different circuits within the microprocessor leading to short circuits. So we GO FOR EDGE TRIGGERING.
Now, the microprocessor doesn't k... |
338,221 | The idea is download a video in parts (from different servers) but starting to play before video file is complete.
The issue is that VideoDisplay component doesn't read the video file if it is opened for writing and vice-versa: writing is impossible if VideoDisplay plays the video... | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/338221",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I know I may sound totally off-topic, but you should make sure you've properly considered video streaming thru Flash Media Server, Wowza or Red5 before you put that much effort in downloading a file in chunks. Just a thought.. | What about having multiple parts of the video, so playing can begin as soon as first part gets downloaded. So the parts have to be concatenated somehow at client side.
(Additionally, if one's connection is insufficient, showing a loading symbol is fine.) |
338,221 | The idea is download a video in parts (from different servers) but starting to play before video file is complete.
The issue is that VideoDisplay component doesn't read the video file if it is opened for writing and vice-versa: writing is impossible if VideoDisplay plays the video... | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/338221",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I know I may sound totally off-topic, but you should make sure you've properly considered video streaming thru Flash Media Server, Wowza or Red5 before you put that much effort in downloading a file in chunks. Just a thought.. | Open the file in Shared mode, if that is possible with Air. Mainstream OS's (Windows, Linux, MacOS) have this functionality built in.
Use two threads:
In thread 1 (the downloader thread) open the file in Shared mode to allow reading from other threads and processes.
In thread 2 (the player thread) open the file in S... |
377,194 | Is it possible to deny or prevent or obstruct a network scan on the network where your computer is connected to? | 2012/01/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/377194",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/112925/"
] | If you don't want your pc to be scanned for open ports or available services, you can use a firewall that closes/stealths the necessary ports. Beware, certain ports wil always be open to be able to communicate with the network. | You can't without disconnecting from the network.
All the firewalls and IDS in the world can't stop it if someone knows what they are doing. |
7,960 | I have some questions regarding aforementioned subject:
* Is there a EC equivalent of RSA-OAEP key transport/encryption algorithm ?
* Is ECIES-KEM sufficient ? | 2013/04/10 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/7960",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/4688/"
] | Short answer,
- yes
- yes
To be honest I don't really know how to give a longer answer.
He are some pointers
<http://www.secg.org/download/aid-780/sec1-v2.pdf>
<http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/32674/1/Gayoso_A%20Comparison%20of%20the%20Standardized%20Versions%20of%20ECIES.pdf> | As I understand it, there's really no RSA equivalent in EC. See, for example, [Why are elliptic curve variants of RSA "chiefly of academic interest"?](https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/3969/why-are-elliptic-curve-variants-of-rsa-chiefly-of-academic-interest)
Shoup's Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES) is an ... |
7,960 | I have some questions regarding aforementioned subject:
* Is there a EC equivalent of RSA-OAEP key transport/encryption algorithm ?
* Is ECIES-KEM sufficient ? | 2013/04/10 | [
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/7960",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com",
"https://crypto.stackexchange.com/users/4688/"
] | Short answer,
- yes
- yes
To be honest I don't really know how to give a longer answer.
He are some pointers
<http://www.secg.org/download/aid-780/sec1-v2.pdf>
<http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/32674/1/Gayoso_A%20Comparison%20of%20the%20Standardized%20Versions%20of%20ECIES.pdf> | The question is what you mean by "eqivalence".
RSA-OAEP yields to an RSA encryption scheme providing security against adaptive chosen message attacks (IND-CCA2) in the random oracle model, while plain RSA does not even provide IND-CPA security.
If you mean security (which I assume), then **yes**, ECIES also achieves... |
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You probably do not need that much even unless you product is hugely popular. You can even get away with buying one plan (saving ... |
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### 1. Use a source code hosting service such as github
[Github](https://github.com/) is a popular hosting service for the [git](http://git-scm.com/) version control system. In addition to [code hosting](https://githu... | **What kind of web hosting would be best for a project like this?**
You require nothing out of the ordinary. With your budget being a concern, any reliable shared hosting provider would be fine. There are many from which to choose (as you have noted) and there is no absolute answer.
Finding the right host for you is ... |
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[Github](https://github.com/) is a popular hosting service for the [git](http://git-scm.com/) version control system. In addition to [code hosting](https://githu... | Check out <http://www.rshosting.com> or <http://www.rshosting.co.uk>
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You require nothing out of the ordinary. With your budget being a concern, any reliable shared hosting provider would be fine. There are many from which to choose (as you have noted) and there is no absolute answer.
Finding the right host for you is ... | First of all I will request you to check reviews of the company you select, Presently I am using UK web Hosting <http://wwww.webhost.uk.net> , I have used there service for 3 years and they are fantastic in terms of support and service. |
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] | Don't spend £250/year. Spend as little as possible, then scale as you grow. Two options to consider:
### 1. Use a source code hosting service such as github
[Github](https://github.com/) is a popular hosting service for the [git](http://git-scm.com/) version control system. In addition to [code hosting](https://githu... | I would recommend [reliablesite](http://www.reliablesite.net/v4/web-hosting.aspx), it's much lower than your budget, 100 GB of bandwidth, and rock solid. |
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"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/14802",
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] | Go with [Total Choice Hosting](http://totalchoicehosting.com/). They have awesome support and with your budget you can afford **two** of their *Gold* plan which gives you 1 TB of bandwidth.
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You require nothing out of the ordinary. With your budget being a concern, any reliable shared hosting provider would be fine. There are many from which to choose (as you have noted) and there is no absolute answer.
Finding the right host for you is ... | Check out <http://www.rshosting.com> or <http://www.rshosting.co.uk>
I have been their customer for almost a couple of years now and have been very satisfied with the level of web hosting services and support I have received from them. Decent website uptime, and fast connectivity to their servers and support is a key ... |
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### 1. Use a source code hosting service such as github
[Github](https://github.com/) is a popular hosting service for the [git](http://git-scm.com/) version control system. In addition to [code hosting](https://githu... | First of all I will request you to check reviews of the company you select, Presently I am using UK web Hosting <http://wwww.webhost.uk.net> , I have used there service for 3 years and they are fantastic in terms of support and service. |
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322,233 | I am writing the figure of £1,000,000 in a presentation but finding that my style guide clashes with what looks right.
* 'Million' must be spelled out.
* '£' must be used instead of 'pounds'.
* Numbers one to ten must be written out and not expressed in numerals.
As such, it appears that I should present *£1,000,000*... | 2016/04/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/322233",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/44665/"
] | I have worked for a number of UK academic publishers and they all have'£1 million' (with lowercase m) as their house style. Occasionally, I have seen 1 million GBP. Incidentally, most publishers prefer numbers up to ten (or twenty) to be spelled out. This rule is usually 'bent' if it would create sentences such as: ' .... | I think in this case £1 million would be the correct form. |
137,910 | After [repairing some damage to a wall](https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/135851/how-to-fix-damaged-wall-after-peeling-off-hook), I need to re-paint the repaired area to match the rest of the wall.
I have been given the wrong colour by a shop assistant and it has made it worse (See photo). The paint he's given m... | 2018/04/25 | [
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> **I was hoping 1) to get some advice on the "gloss" or "sheen" issue (I don't even know what that means),**
>
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As well as the colour, the appearance of a painted wall is affected by how smooth and reflective the paint surface is.
Paints come in matt, silk, gloss and other degrees of shinyness. You probably... | Sounds like you need a *matt* finish, not *gloss high sheen*. Or maybe a *silk* finish which is shinier than matt but not as shiny as high sheen. See [this Dulux help page](https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/decorating-tips-and-advice/dr-dulux-paint-finishes-explained) for more details. It could also be down to the way you app... |
137,910 | After [repairing some damage to a wall](https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/135851/how-to-fix-damaged-wall-after-peeling-off-hook), I need to re-paint the repaired area to match the rest of the wall.
I have been given the wrong colour by a shop assistant and it has made it worse (See photo). The paint he's given m... | 2018/04/25 | [
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> **I was hoping 1) to get some advice on the "gloss" or "sheen" issue (I don't even know what that means),**
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As well as the colour, the appearance of a painted wall is affected by how smooth and reflective the paint surface is.
Paints come in matt, silk, gloss and other degrees of shinyness. You probably... | In the USA, big box home stores have little slips of paper that have the name of the color and an example of the color. We used that to successfully match paint. |
39,646 | So I was asked to DM for a group in 4th edition. I live 2 hours away so we are doing 1 12-hour session a month. We just had our first session and I made it clear that I was doing and am willing to do some atypical things. I have only DM'd once before and have only mild familiarity with D&D 4th ed (still more than any o... | 2014/06/06 | [
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] | Three things you can, and should do:
* Admit your mistake. Tell the player, "hey, I misunderstood the shield rule here, you can weild two, the second just doesn't do you any good." It's important to own up to this asap.
* Let him rebuild his character from the ground up. You've clearly found out his character concept ... | waX eagle makes some great points. I would like to add one.
You can allow the PC to use two shields, and stack the bonuses and penalties. Just be aware of all of them.
* Although he has his holy symbol around his neck, he still needs a
free hand in order to use any spell or ability with a somatic (S)[gesturing]
compo... |
295,348 | Does anyone know if I can install normal 2.5" SATA drives inside an HP DL360 G5 server? Right now it has 6 72GB SAS drives. I am looking for raw storage for my files SAS performance in not required. | 2011/07/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/295348",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/62376/"
] | SATA2 disks should be compatible with the Smart Array P400i that comes with your server (or any other SAS controller, for the matter), although probably not with stellar performance as others have noted. But keep in mind that not all SATA disks are suitable for use with RAID because of the infamous Time-Limited Error R... | Few times I had a problem with SATA drives inside Proliant servers where under Linux drives were detected as PATA.
The solution was to turn off Auto mode for hdd in BIOS settings... |
295,348 | Does anyone know if I can install normal 2.5" SATA drives inside an HP DL360 G5 server? Right now it has 6 72GB SAS drives. I am looking for raw storage for my files SAS performance in not required. | 2011/07/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/295348",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/62376/"
] | SATA2 disks should be compatible with the Smart Array P400i that comes with your server (or any other SAS controller, for the matter), although probably not with stellar performance as others have noted. But keep in mind that not all SATA disks are suitable for use with RAID because of the infamous Time-Limited Error R... | You should be able use any SATA drive, but I'd consult the bare drive model numbers on HP's *[Hard Drive Model Number Matrix](http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=408482&docId=emr_na-c00305257&docLocale=en_US)* before you buy. That'll give you a strong indication of which drives will work well i... |
295,348 | Does anyone know if I can install normal 2.5" SATA drives inside an HP DL360 G5 server? Right now it has 6 72GB SAS drives. I am looking for raw storage for my files SAS performance in not required. | 2011/07/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/295348",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/62376/"
] | SATA drives always work when connected to a SAS controller, by definition.
Minor correction - the SATA drives must be SATA2 or newer (3Gbps) -- from comment below. | You should be able use any SATA drive, but I'd consult the bare drive model numbers on HP's *[Hard Drive Model Number Matrix](http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=408482&docId=emr_na-c00305257&docLocale=en_US)* before you buy. That'll give you a strong indication of which drives will work well i... |
295,348 | Does anyone know if I can install normal 2.5" SATA drives inside an HP DL360 G5 server? Right now it has 6 72GB SAS drives. I am looking for raw storage for my files SAS performance in not required. | 2011/07/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/295348",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/62376/"
] | SATA drives always work when connected to a SAS controller, by definition.
Minor correction - the SATA drives must be SATA2 or newer (3Gbps) -- from comment below. | Few times I had a problem with SATA drives inside Proliant servers where under Linux drives were detected as PATA.
The solution was to turn off Auto mode for hdd in BIOS settings... |
88,371 | I am a GIS Analyst with one years experience and no idea where to begin with professional development. I'm competent with the ArcGIS platform, but I am not too familiar with its administration processes. I can work with basic Python programming. I'm taking a course in SQL next week, and I'm pretty terrible with web ser... | 2014/03/03 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/88371",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/24579/"
] | You've really kind of answered your own question here, but I'll elaborate for the purposes of canonism. I'll provide you with some ideas based off of specific skills that I often see requested at the [GIS jobs clearinghouse](http://gjc.org). You can pretty much go two separate routes here (or both simultaneously) and b... | I honestly believe that GIS is a fast growing and limitless field. Conor has answered pretty much most of what I would say. I think a programming/scripting/database/analysis background will get you far.
But, ask yourself what it is that you want to be doing. Is there a field that interests you other than GIS? So many... |
8,995,078 | Could someone please tell any resources or links to learn usage of Mercurial with Visual FoxPro 9.0? | 2012/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8995078",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1152568/"
] | Ganapathy,
The white paper from my *VFP Version Control with Mercurial* session at Southwest Fox 2011 is now available for download as a PDF from the developers page of my website at <http://www.ita-software.com/foxpage.aspx>. The direct link to the paper is <http://bit.ly/IgXzhM>. This is introductory material intend... | Rick Borup (http://www.ita-software.com/foxpage.aspx) presented a pre-conference session on this topic at Southwest Fox 2011. He wrote a terrific 59-page paper for it.
I don't know whether he has published that paper elsewhere.
Tamar |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | If the question is really to help them avoid getting infected again, and it is a computer for the kids, I recommend you to do some research on deploying [Windows SteadyState](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx) for that particular computer. | One of my standard answers to this kind of question is to use [OpenDNS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS), because it allows users to block sites that are known to host malicious software from the router so that it keeps all connected PCs clean.
If they're the kind of users who won't renew [AV software](http://en.... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | Run the web browser in an isolated environment (e.g. with **[Sandboxie](http://www.sandboxie.com/)**) and be done with malware attacks, 'accidental' toolbar installations, and the like.
PS: In the registered version you can force a program to run always inside the sandbox. If system memory is not a scarce commodity, y... | The top rated advice here is all good, but there is no perfect solution. Not yet covered:
I would emphasize training above all else. Most spyware / adware is invited into the computer. Whatever your computer / OS & your religious beliefs about them, your web browser is your weakest point in the system. Surfing the web... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | If the question is really to help them avoid getting infected again, and it is a computer for the kids, I recommend you to do some research on deploying [Windows SteadyState](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx) for that particular computer. | The top rated advice here is all good, but there is no perfect solution. Not yet covered:
I would emphasize training above all else. Most spyware / adware is invited into the computer. Whatever your computer / OS & your religious beliefs about them, your web browser is your weakest point in the system. Surfing the web... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | Best solution I found: gave my kids a Mac mini with parental controls on... No virus problems, they can't really install any crapware even if their friends point them to some. Also, game choice is limited, which is a big plus. With that, they spend much more time exploring the web, experimenting with making music or vi... | Ask your friend to browse/ do his work in a virtual machine (VM), and prepare a backup image so that whenever that VM is infected, you can always delete it and restore from the backup image.
Or, maybe you can use [Sanboxie](http://www.sandboxie.com/) to [isolate the browsing and BitTorrent software](http://www.sandbox... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | Here is a simple answer:
>
> Avoid using the Internet.
>
>
>
And another simple answer:
>
> Don't install *anything*.
>
>
> | Exactly what do your friend and his family use the computer for? It might be that they can do just fine with Ubuntu or some other user-friendly Linux distro, and that would drastically cut down on these problems.
There are mail clients, web browsers, and office suites suitable for home use included in Ubuntu. It would... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | * Have non-tech users accounts be non-admin
* Teach safe browsing habits
* Never download anything that isn't from an 'official' source
* Use Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera instead of Internet Explorer
* Run malware scans regularly
* Set Windows to update automatically
* Install virus protection and scan automatically/reg... | Here is a simple answer:
>
> Avoid using the Internet.
>
>
>
And another simple answer:
>
> Don't install *anything*.
>
>
> |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | * Have non-tech users accounts be non-admin
* Teach safe browsing habits
* Never download anything that isn't from an 'official' source
* Use Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera instead of Internet Explorer
* Run malware scans regularly
* Set Windows to update automatically
* Install virus protection and scan automatically/reg... | Ask your friend to browse/ do his work in a virtual machine (VM), and prepare a backup image so that whenever that VM is infected, you can always delete it and restore from the backup image.
Or, maybe you can use [Sanboxie](http://www.sandboxie.com/) to [isolate the browsing and BitTorrent software](http://www.sandbox... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | * Have non-tech users accounts be non-admin
* Teach safe browsing habits
* Never download anything that isn't from an 'official' source
* Use Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera instead of Internet Explorer
* Run malware scans regularly
* Set Windows to update automatically
* Install virus protection and scan automatically/reg... | Particularly if the main OS is Windows XP, I would recommend setting up a virtual machine ([VirtualBox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox) is free and good) and putting a Linux distribution inside the VM. Do web browsing from Linux and run other programs from Windows.
You could also set up a dual boot - [Wubi](h... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | Ask your friend to browse/ do his work in a virtual machine (VM), and prepare a backup image so that whenever that VM is infected, you can always delete it and restore from the backup image.
Or, maybe you can use [Sanboxie](http://www.sandboxie.com/) to [isolate the browsing and BitTorrent software](http://www.sandbox... | My issue is about having the kids grow up learning. SteadyState styled solutions, which so far sound like the most attractive, will either A) be a limitation to what the kids can learn, or B) will be worked around at some point by the kids. Either way, you're limiting the kids' ability to be become good computer users.... |
43,461 | I recently reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Home) on a friend's heavily spyware/adware infected machine. It appears as though his kids (7 and 11 years I believe) were visiting sites that offered downloads for search bars, screensavers, and "cute" cartoony animations that anyone with safety in mind would never download.
... | 2009/09/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/43461",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1469/"
] | Best solution I found: gave my kids a Mac mini with parental controls on... No virus problems, they can't really install any crapware even if their friends point them to some. Also, game choice is limited, which is a big plus. With that, they spend much more time exploring the web, experimenting with making music or vi... | Particularly if the main OS is Windows XP, I would recommend setting up a virtual machine ([VirtualBox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox) is free and good) and putting a Linux distribution inside the VM. Do web browsing from Linux and run other programs from Windows.
You could also set up a dual boot - [Wubi](h... |
87,971 | Help me complete this network.
I have a cable modem going to a switch. The switch has various devices connected to it. A few computers and a wireless router. I have a a number of computers connected to the wireless router wirelessly.
The devices connected to the switch together can communicate with each other. The d... | 2009/12/26 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/87971",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/8610/"
] | I suggest you use your Access Point as the main router/firewall between the modem and the switch:
Modem>AccessPoint>Switch>Clients ('Wired clients' connect to switch, 'Wireless clients' connect to Access Point through it's SSID. The Access Point will serve addresses via it's DHCP service to all your clients). This con... | If you want full communication between the wired and wireless devices, it is pretty simple.
* Shut off DHCP on the wireless router
* Connect wireless router to the switch using one of the wireless router's local ports (usually numbered 1-4, LAN, local, etc).
Right now you likely have the public port plugged in (marke... |
87,971 | Help me complete this network.
I have a cable modem going to a switch. The switch has various devices connected to it. A few computers and a wireless router. I have a a number of computers connected to the wireless router wirelessly.
The devices connected to the switch together can communicate with each other. The d... | 2009/12/26 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/87971",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/8610/"
] | I suggest you use your Access Point as the main router/firewall between the modem and the switch:
Modem>AccessPoint>Switch>Clients ('Wired clients' connect to switch, 'Wireless clients' connect to Access Point through it's SSID. The Access Point will serve addresses via it's DHCP service to all your clients). This con... | I agree with l0c0b0x. Also both the modem and the wireless router are probably running DHCP servers. You will want to turn one of them off, usually the easiest one to turn off is the one on the modem as not all wireless routers let you turn DHCP off. |
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