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2,877,916 | I've always followed the logic: if assert fails, then there is a bug. Root cause could either be:
* Assert itself is invalid (bug)
* There is a programming error (bug)
* (no other options)
I.E. Are there any other conclusions one could come to? Are there cases where an assert would fail and there is no bug? | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2877916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126494/"
] | That's a good question.
My feeling is, if the assert fails due to your code, then it is a bug. The assertion is an expected behaviour/result of your code, so an assertion failure will be a failure of your code. | If you are trying to be logically inclusive about all the possibilities, remember that electronic circuitry is known to be affected by radiation from space. If the right photon/particle hits in just the right place at just the right time, it can cause an otherwise logically impossible state transition.
The probability... |
2,877,916 | I've always followed the logic: if assert fails, then there is a bug. Root cause could either be:
* Assert itself is invalid (bug)
* There is a programming error (bug)
* (no other options)
I.E. Are there any other conclusions one could come to? Are there cases where an assert would fail and there is no bug? | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2877916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126494/"
] | If you are using assertions you're following [Bertrand Meyer's Design by Contract](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract) philosophy. It's a programming error - the contract (assertion) you have specified is not being followed by the client (caller). | No. An assertion failure means something happened that the original programmer did not intend or expect to occur.
This can indicate:
* A bug in your code (you are simply calling the method incorrectly)
* A bug in the Assertion (the original programmer has been too zealous and is complaining about you doing something ... |
2,877,916 | I've always followed the logic: if assert fails, then there is a bug. Root cause could either be:
* Assert itself is invalid (bug)
* There is a programming error (bug)
* (no other options)
I.E. Are there any other conclusions one could come to? Are there cases where an assert would fail and there is no bug? | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2877916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126494/"
] | That's a good question.
My feeling is, if the assert fails due to your code, then it is a bug. The assertion is an expected behaviour/result of your code, so an assertion failure will be a failure of your code. | If you are using assertions you're following [Bertrand Meyer's Design by Contract](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract) philosophy. It's a programming error - the contract (assertion) you have specified is not being followed by the client (caller). |
2,877,916 | I've always followed the logic: if assert fails, then there is a bug. Root cause could either be:
* Assert itself is invalid (bug)
* There is a programming error (bug)
* (no other options)
I.E. Are there any other conclusions one could come to? Are there cases where an assert would fail and there is no bug? | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2877916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126494/"
] | That's a good question.
My feeling is, if the assert fails due to your code, then it is a bug. The assertion is an expected behaviour/result of your code, so an assertion failure will be a failure of your code. | I can think of one case that wouldn't really class as a bug:
An assert placed to check for something external that normally should be there. You're hunting something nutty that occurs on one machine and you want to know if a certain factor is responsible.
A real world example (although from before the era of asserts)... |
2,877,916 | I've always followed the logic: if assert fails, then there is a bug. Root cause could either be:
* Assert itself is invalid (bug)
* There is a programming error (bug)
* (no other options)
I.E. Are there any other conclusions one could come to? Are there cases where an assert would fail and there is no bug? | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2877916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126494/"
] | If assert fails there is a bug in either the caller or callee. Why else would there be an assertion? | That's a good question.
My feeling is, if the assert fails due to your code, then it is a bug. The assertion is an expected behaviour/result of your code, so an assertion failure will be a failure of your code. |
2,877,916 | I've always followed the logic: if assert fails, then there is a bug. Root cause could either be:
* Assert itself is invalid (bug)
* There is a programming error (bug)
* (no other options)
I.E. Are there any other conclusions one could come to? Are there cases where an assert would fail and there is no bug? | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2877916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/126494/"
] | Yes, there is a bug in the code.
*[Code Complete](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0735619670)*
>
> Assertions check for conditions that
> should never occur. [...]
>
>
> If an
> assertion is fired for an anomalous
> condition, the corrective action is
> not merely to handle an error
> graceful... | No. An assertion failure means something happened that the original programmer did not intend or expect to occur.
This can indicate:
* A bug in your code (you are simply calling the method incorrectly)
* A bug in the Assertion (the original programmer has been too zealous and is complaining about you doing something ... |
172,667 | I started work in a new company three months ago as a Jr PM and after a month of shadowing/training I got my first project assigned. I'm leading a team of six people. Overall everything is fine except with this one senior Architect, let's call him John, who is also 20 years older than me.
The team is divided into thre... | 2021/05/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172667",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/46491/"
] | So as a PM I see you having three problems.
1. Modification to deliverable details without you being informed. Let them know what was decided is fine but the way it was decided negatively impacts you. Follow up with how you expect changes to deliverables to be processed in the future, confirm with the person receiving... | >
> I told John that I was fine that the team communicate internally and I encourage team work, but I need to be in the loop for any decision in order to be able to keep track and make sure everything is according to the plan
>
>
>
This is very reasonable. Good job. I don't think John complained.
>
> (delivering... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | Your understanding of the different uses of "subway' are correct. In the UK it means a passage (usually walkway) beneath something, often a street.
However with internationally marketed entertainment a different dynamic often comes into play. Whereas British audiences would mostly have understood the meaning of Americ... | I cannot account for *The Saint*, but as a native of England I would find it very strange to hear another of my countryfolk refer the London Underground system as the *subway*. It would almost always be referred to as *the Underground* or *the Tube*.
>
> Take the *underground* for two stops, but be quick as *the tube... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | I cannot account for *The Saint*, but as a native of England I would find it very strange to hear another of my countryfolk refer the London Underground system as the *subway*. It would almost always be referred to as *the Underground* or *the Tube*.
>
> Take the *underground* for two stops, but be quick as *the tube... | As a term **subway** applies to many passages that occur beneath ("sub") street-level. The Oxford English Dictionary lists three usages that all have the general sense of a tunnel *under* something else:
>
> 1 a. Chiefly British. An underground tunnel providing access to sewers and other subterranean public utilities... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | I cannot account for *The Saint*, but as a native of England I would find it very strange to hear another of my countryfolk refer the London Underground system as the *subway*. It would almost always be referred to as *the Underground* or *the Tube*.
>
> Take the *underground* for two stops, but be quick as *the tube... | There is some confusion here between proper and improper nouns here. "metro" is widely used in Britain is a similar sense the USA to refer an urban railway or train service with frequent trains and stops. "subway" is likely to be understood in it's American sense (metro with a significant underground section) if there ... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | Your understanding of the different uses of "subway' are correct. In the UK it means a passage (usually walkway) beneath something, often a street.
However with internationally marketed entertainment a different dynamic often comes into play. Whereas British audiences would mostly have understood the meaning of Americ... | As a term **subway** applies to many passages that occur beneath ("sub") street-level. The Oxford English Dictionary lists three usages that all have the general sense of a tunnel *under* something else:
>
> 1 a. Chiefly British. An underground tunnel providing access to sewers and other subterranean public utilities... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | Your understanding of the different uses of "subway' are correct. In the UK it means a passage (usually walkway) beneath something, often a street.
However with internationally marketed entertainment a different dynamic often comes into play. Whereas British audiences would mostly have understood the meaning of Americ... | The author of the Saint novels, while not being American did live in the states for most of the period that he was producing the books, so it is possible that the particular usage you have picked up bled into the author's vocabulary during that time.
Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father and Engli... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | Your understanding of the different uses of "subway' are correct. In the UK it means a passage (usually walkway) beneath something, often a street.
However with internationally marketed entertainment a different dynamic often comes into play. Whereas British audiences would mostly have understood the meaning of Americ... | There is some confusion here between proper and improper nouns here. "metro" is widely used in Britain is a similar sense the USA to refer an urban railway or train service with frequent trains and stops. "subway" is likely to be understood in it's American sense (metro with a significant underground section) if there ... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | The author of the Saint novels, while not being American did live in the states for most of the period that he was producing the books, so it is possible that the particular usage you have picked up bled into the author's vocabulary during that time.
Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father and Engli... | As a term **subway** applies to many passages that occur beneath ("sub") street-level. The Oxford English Dictionary lists three usages that all have the general sense of a tunnel *under* something else:
>
> 1 a. Chiefly British. An underground tunnel providing access to sewers and other subterranean public utilities... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | As a term **subway** applies to many passages that occur beneath ("sub") street-level. The Oxford English Dictionary lists three usages that all have the general sense of a tunnel *under* something else:
>
> 1 a. Chiefly British. An underground tunnel providing access to sewers and other subterranean public utilities... | There is some confusion here between proper and improper nouns here. "metro" is widely used in Britain is a similar sense the USA to refer an urban railway or train service with frequent trains and stops. "subway" is likely to be understood in it's American sense (metro with a significant underground section) if there ... |
500,649 | Here in America, I was taught in the mid-60s by disc jockeys playing the Petula Clark song that in the UK "subway" means a pedestrian tunnel beneath a street, not an urban rail transit system. But on today's rerun of "The Saint", an episode set in London, a character with a British accent says to Mr. Templar, "She comm... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/500649",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/350481/"
] | The author of the Saint novels, while not being American did live in the states for most of the period that he was producing the books, so it is possible that the particular usage you have picked up bled into the author's vocabulary during that time.
Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father and Engli... | There is some confusion here between proper and improper nouns here. "metro" is widely used in Britain is a similar sense the USA to refer an urban railway or train service with frequent trains and stops. "subway" is likely to be understood in it's American sense (metro with a significant underground section) if there ... |
41,740,804 | This is quite frustrating. I was happily working on `Xcode` project and everything was working fine. All of sudden, when I again ran the project, got this error :
>
> Did not find storyboard named "MyStoryboard" referenced from
> Main.storyboard
>
>
>
Haven't touched anything which should bring up this issue. Ra... | 2017/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41740804",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/541786/"
] | I also had this issue, and solved it by checking target from my ViewController.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GmaGj.jpg) | I had the same problem and I tried like you all the suggested solutions but it was not enough.
My problem was the some of my storyboards were localized, and some others not. So by localizing all my storyboard it resolved the issue.
I guess it's because it's now in the same folder. |
41,740,804 | This is quite frustrating. I was happily working on `Xcode` project and everything was working fine. All of sudden, when I again ran the project, got this error :
>
> Did not find storyboard named "MyStoryboard" referenced from
> Main.storyboard
>
>
>
Haven't touched anything which should bring up this issue. Ra... | 2017/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41740804",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/541786/"
] | I had the same problem and I tried like you all the suggested solutions but it was not enough.
My problem was the some of my storyboards were localized, and some others not. So by localizing all my storyboard it resolved the issue.
I guess it's because it's now in the same folder. | I was able to solve this problem by making sure the Localization checks had a match between the two storyboards:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlH5g.png) |
41,740,804 | This is quite frustrating. I was happily working on `Xcode` project and everything was working fine. All of sudden, when I again ran the project, got this error :
>
> Did not find storyboard named "MyStoryboard" referenced from
> Main.storyboard
>
>
>
Haven't touched anything which should bring up this issue. Ra... | 2017/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41740804",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/541786/"
] | I also had this issue, and solved it by checking target from my ViewController.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GmaGj.jpg) | If anyone stumbles across this in the future: the issue for me was that while I had moved/re-added/un-localized a Storyboard file, when it was re-imported it did not get added back to the main target of my app, so check that too. |
41,740,804 | This is quite frustrating. I was happily working on `Xcode` project and everything was working fine. All of sudden, when I again ran the project, got this error :
>
> Did not find storyboard named "MyStoryboard" referenced from
> Main.storyboard
>
>
>
Haven't touched anything which should bring up this issue. Ra... | 2017/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41740804",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/541786/"
] | If anyone stumbles across this in the future: the issue for me was that while I had moved/re-added/un-localized a Storyboard file, when it was re-imported it did not get added back to the main target of my app, so check that too. | I was able to solve this problem by making sure the Localization checks had a match between the two storyboards:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlH5g.png) |
41,740,804 | This is quite frustrating. I was happily working on `Xcode` project and everything was working fine. All of sudden, when I again ran the project, got this error :
>
> Did not find storyboard named "MyStoryboard" referenced from
> Main.storyboard
>
>
>
Haven't touched anything which should bring up this issue. Ra... | 2017/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41740804",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/541786/"
] | I also had this issue, and solved it by checking target from my ViewController.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GmaGj.jpg) | I was able to solve this problem by making sure the Localization checks had a match between the two storyboards:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlH5g.png) |
5,444,814 | I am fairly new to C#, but I'm trying to write a program. For said program, I need to have multiple windows inside of the ClientBounds.
<http://videoproductiontips.com/video-editing/editing-computers-and-video-editing-software/>
As you can see in the link, this program is split into several different sections that a... | 2011/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5444814",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/678334/"
] | If i understood you correctly all you need to do is to add a new form (right click on the project, add > new item > windows form (or something like that))
And then make a button in your original form and in his event type
Form2 myform = new Form2();
myform.Show();
(when form2 is the name of your second form) | Check this [link out as a starting point](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFdockinglib.aspx). You are looking for "Docking" windows. I'm assuming you're using WPF. If not, do a search for
>
> Docking Windows WinForms
>
>
>
for more information. |
5,444,814 | I am fairly new to C#, but I'm trying to write a program. For said program, I need to have multiple windows inside of the ClientBounds.
<http://videoproductiontips.com/video-editing/editing-computers-and-video-editing-software/>
As you can see in the link, this program is split into several different sections that a... | 2011/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5444814",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/678334/"
] | If i understood you correctly all you need to do is to add a new form (right click on the project, add > new item > windows form (or something like that))
And then make a button in your original form and in his event type
Form2 myform = new Form2();
myform.Show();
(when form2 is the name of your second form) | Docking is what you're looking for I think? If you're using WPF and searching for docking options, try [Avalon Dock](http://avalondock.codeplex.com/).
It's open source and pretty easy to incorporate than most other docking libraries I've tried. In fact, I've used it and would recommend it too. :) |
31,724 | Most large airplanes flying today are mostly metal, which has a relatively big coefficient of thermal expansion. Cruising altitudes of commercial jets can reach 10 km or more, where the air gets down to about -50 Celsius. Room temperature is more like +25 Celsius, and I would not be surprised if that large fuselage, si... | 2016/09/22 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/31724",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3674/"
] | Not thermal contraction but condensation of vapor is a problem.
Immediately, [fuselage pressurization](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/15779/why-do-airplanes-have-curved-windows) is the far bigger problem that comes with the altitude changes. But if you operate in hot and moist weather, the moisture in al... | The temperature range the aicraft is dealing with is actually smaller. Indeed, airliners cruise around Mach 0.85, but the velocity on the fuselage is zero. Hence a part of air kinetic energy is transfered into thermal energy. This is called the ram effect. You can find tables that give you the stagnation temperature as... |
28,041 | I know that there is one place where we can actually maintain our keyword in Joomla Global Configuration-> Metadata Settings -> Site Meta Keywords, but is more like a place to dump all keyword of our website. Is it possible for us to maintain our keyword by each page? Will there be any effect on SEO? | 2020/05/12 | [
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/28041",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/users/14095/"
] | Yes you can. Joomla! provides a mechanism that starts from the general to the particular, the metadata management is a clear example, let me explain you how this works:
* The small modular part here is the article. If you go to each one, inside you have this option in the tab called **"Publishing"**, this replace the ... | Effect would be normal SEO effect for metadata on a web page, nothing special above that.
Every menu item has a metadata tab, and every content item has a place for metadata on the Publishing tab. You can use those for page-specific keys. IIRC, the menu item one overrides the content item one, but I'll leave testing t... |
8,551 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Adding support for math notation](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4152/adding-support-for-math-notation)
>
>
>
CS is close enough to math that you tend to get a few questions and answers with equations in them. Also, another topic that would be cool to have [a stack ex... | 2009/07/23 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8551",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/1343/"
] | You could just try one of the sites listed here:
>
> <http://sixthform.info/steve/wordpress/?p=59>
>
>
>
I see no reason otherwise for SO.com to embed this functionality. | The problem with math formatting is that a lot of it requires something like rendering LaTeX images (like Wikipedia does), which is expensive on the server side (especially for live editing), or using something like MathML, which some browsers don't support. |
16,217 | I currently use "Stay," and have tried other tools (haven't really loved any of them), but I am looking for a window management tool that does the following:
1. Store my window locations
2. Have a separate profile for different monitor setups
3. Allow me to quickly modify the location with hotkeys
4. Automatically loa... | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/16217",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6789/"
] | I never used stay but I am using Moom (Apple store) and pretty happy with it. It stores windows positions and has configurable hotkeys. There is no automatic settings for different displays but since you can assign hotkeys to configuration is not a big issue.
It is very stable. | [Moom](http://manytricks.com/moom/)
[Divvy](http://mizage.com/divvy/)
 |
16,217 | I currently use "Stay," and have tried other tools (haven't really loved any of them), but I am looking for a window management tool that does the following:
1. Store my window locations
2. Have a separate profile for different monitor setups
3. Allow me to quickly modify the location with hotkeys
4. Automatically loa... | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/16217",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6789/"
] | I never used stay but I am using Moom (Apple store) and pretty happy with it. It stores windows positions and has configurable hotkeys. There is no automatic settings for different displays but since you can assign hotkeys to configuration is not a big issue.
It is very stable. | I prefer [DoublePane](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doublepane/id409737246?mt=12). It's $2.99 on Mac App Store. |
16,217 | I currently use "Stay," and have tried other tools (haven't really loved any of them), but I am looking for a window management tool that does the following:
1. Store my window locations
2. Have a separate profile for different monitor setups
3. Allow me to quickly modify the location with hotkeys
4. Automatically loa... | 2011/06/20 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/16217",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6789/"
] | [Moom](http://manytricks.com/moom/)
[Divvy](http://mizage.com/divvy/)
 | I prefer [DoublePane](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doublepane/id409737246?mt=12). It's $2.99 on Mac App Store. |
109,927 | Regardless of the format of encryption, what is the best way to store an encryption key on an AWS EC2 server?
I am storing encrypted information in a MySQL database and my cryptography key is stored in code. Data is encoded/decoded using this key when saving/retrieving from the database. Obviously, I do not want anyon... | 2016/01/07 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/109927",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
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] | I do not notice anywhere in your description that you are encrypting your traffic. Are you sending your hash in the clear?
If so, I am thinking, what would prevent an eavesdropper from intercepting the hash and reuse it?
Another question is, how do you attempt to keep your list of allowable passwords which "keep chang... | First vulnerability is around using SHA1 hashes. SHA1 hash based collisions are relatively highly probable with modern compute power. See [SHA1-collisions](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/10/when_will_we_se.html)
What this means is the rogue party can capture those hashes on the wire and brute force them. ... |
109,927 | Regardless of the format of encryption, what is the best way to store an encryption key on an AWS EC2 server?
I am storing encrypted information in a MySQL database and my cryptography key is stored in code. Data is encoded/decoded using this key when saving/retrieving from the database. Obviously, I do not want anyon... | 2016/01/07 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/109927",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/96221/"
] | If an attacker is able to perform a man in the middle attack (and he can perform it, if the wifi connection is insecure), then it's not secure:
If I take your example: When the UPS courier scans the package, the attacker can drop the message with hash but keep the hash for later. The module will deny the UPS courier... | First vulnerability is around using SHA1 hashes. SHA1 hash based collisions are relatively highly probable with modern compute power. See [SHA1-collisions](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/10/when_will_we_se.html)
What this means is the rogue party can capture those hashes on the wire and brute force them. ... |
109,927 | Regardless of the format of encryption, what is the best way to store an encryption key on an AWS EC2 server?
I am storing encrypted information in a MySQL database and my cryptography key is stored in code. Data is encoded/decoded using this key when saving/retrieving from the database. Obviously, I do not want anyon... | 2016/01/07 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/109927",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/96221/"
] | If an attacker is able to perform a man in the middle attack (and he can perform it, if the wifi connection is insecure), then it's not secure:
If I take your example: When the UPS courier scans the package, the attacker can drop the message with hash but keep the hash for later. The module will deny the UPS courier... | I do not notice anywhere in your description that you are encrypting your traffic. Are you sending your hash in the clear?
If so, I am thinking, what would prevent an eavesdropper from intercepting the hash and reuse it?
Another question is, how do you attempt to keep your list of allowable passwords which "keep chang... |
186,307 | I currently use a 13" Mid 2011 MacBook Air, and the thing I dislike most about it is that it can get very hot. I'm particularly physically sensitive to the heat for some reason, and at its hottest it makes me uncomfortable even to just sit at a desk with my hands on it.
Anyway, I'm in the market for a new laptop, and ... | 2015/05/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/186307",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/87124/"
] | It all depends on your usage (the load).
For normal uses (the CPU newer runs at 100% for long times) the MacBook Air would be the colder solution.
The MacBook Pro is the more power hungry machine (retina display) and could run hotter.
One way to see this is in the Battery life. MacBook Air can go up to 10 hours on a... | It is a truism that the more applications you run, plus the intensity of those applications' operations, will cause a certain amount of heat dissipation in the given device.
So assuming that the applications you need will be used regardless, you need to consider the hardware components within each device, since this d... |
186,307 | I currently use a 13" Mid 2011 MacBook Air, and the thing I dislike most about it is that it can get very hot. I'm particularly physically sensitive to the heat for some reason, and at its hottest it makes me uncomfortable even to just sit at a desk with my hands on it.
Anyway, I'm in the market for a new laptop, and ... | 2015/05/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/186307",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/87124/"
] | This question seems a bit reversed. All Apple products are designed to let the CPU hit 90°C before the CPU is throttled. So all of them, when given an unlimited workload hit the same design temperature.
What does change is the workload required to saturate the CPU of a MacBook is lower than what will saturate a MacBo... | It is a truism that the more applications you run, plus the intensity of those applications' operations, will cause a certain amount of heat dissipation in the given device.
So assuming that the applications you need will be used regardless, you need to consider the hardware components within each device, since this d... |
186,307 | I currently use a 13" Mid 2011 MacBook Air, and the thing I dislike most about it is that it can get very hot. I'm particularly physically sensitive to the heat for some reason, and at its hottest it makes me uncomfortable even to just sit at a desk with my hands on it.
Anyway, I'm in the market for a new laptop, and ... | 2015/05/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/186307",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/87124/"
] | This question seems a bit reversed. All Apple products are designed to let the CPU hit 90°C before the CPU is throttled. So all of them, when given an unlimited workload hit the same design temperature.
What does change is the workload required to saturate the CPU of a MacBook is lower than what will saturate a MacBo... | It all depends on your usage (the load).
For normal uses (the CPU newer runs at 100% for long times) the MacBook Air would be the colder solution.
The MacBook Pro is the more power hungry machine (retina display) and could run hotter.
One way to see this is in the Battery life. MacBook Air can go up to 10 hours on a... |
320,465 | What specifications do I need to look for in a class D vehicle amplifier so that I can run it for 8 hours using an 18V 5Ah rechargeable tool battery.
I need to operate the amplifier at full power for 8 hours.
What power rating could I hope to support? | 2017/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/320465",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/158035/"
] | Ah / A = Time in hours, so choose a power amp, find out its current draw in amps and plug in the numbers...
You can also do Ah / hours = amps which gives 5 (Ah) / 8 (hours) = 0.625 amps to run your power amplifier, a small one then.
Note I ignored the voltage difference and also that you probably won't get the full s... | 18v \* 5ah = 90 Wh (this is the energy you got)
90 Wh / 8h = 11.25W (this is the max power you can draw for 8 hours)
You need an efficient amplifier, so it will be class D.
Suppose 90% efficiency. I'd go with a 10W class D amp, allowing a bit of headroom. |
5,032,124 | I am trying to follow this [blog](http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1599) for building push services for iPhone. The blog uses Android as the working platform,but it can be migrated to iPhone too, provided I get an MQTT client in objective C..which I cant find anywhere. The closest I got to this is :
1. I got a C implemen... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5032124",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/430720/"
] | The HTTP option would not help you in this case as you're not trying to talk to a JMS app via MQ (well - you haven't said that is your goal). Your best bet would be to compile something like libmosquitto or one of the other MQTT clients (see list at <http://mqtt.org>) for the iPhone. There's now a good example <https:/... | I'm not familiar with Objective C at all, but it seems as though you can compile any C code as Objective C. Would this get round your problem?
If you're using gcc, you can force it to compile as Objective C using "-x objective-c". |
5,032,124 | I am trying to follow this [blog](http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1599) for building push services for iPhone. The blog uses Android as the working platform,but it can be migrated to iPhone too, provided I get an MQTT client in objective C..which I cant find anywhere. The closest I got to this is :
1. I got a C implemen... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5032124",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/430720/"
] | I'm not familiar with Objective C at all, but it seems as though you can compile any C code as Objective C. Would this get round your problem?
If you're using gcc, you can force it to compile as Objective C using "-x objective-c". | I am currently using [MQTTKit](https://github.com/mobile-web-messaging/MQTTKit) in my projects. It's fairly easy and straightforward to use. |
5,032,124 | I am trying to follow this [blog](http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1599) for building push services for iPhone. The blog uses Android as the working platform,but it can be migrated to iPhone too, provided I get an MQTT client in objective C..which I cant find anywhere. The closest I got to this is :
1. I got a C implemen... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5032124",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/430720/"
] | I'm not familiar with Objective C at all, but it seems as though you can compile any C code as Objective C. Would this get round your problem?
If you're using gcc, you can force it to compile as Objective C using "-x objective-c". | For swift you can use the following library : <https://github.com/ltg-uic/ios-mqtt-base> |
5,032,124 | I am trying to follow this [blog](http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1599) for building push services for iPhone. The blog uses Android as the working platform,but it can be migrated to iPhone too, provided I get an MQTT client in objective C..which I cant find anywhere. The closest I got to this is :
1. I got a C implemen... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5032124",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/430720/"
] | The HTTP option would not help you in this case as you're not trying to talk to a JMS app via MQ (well - you haven't said that is your goal). Your best bet would be to compile something like libmosquitto or one of the other MQTT clients (see list at <http://mqtt.org>) for the iPhone. There's now a good example <https:/... | I am currently using [MQTTKit](https://github.com/mobile-web-messaging/MQTTKit) in my projects. It's fairly easy and straightforward to use. |
5,032,124 | I am trying to follow this [blog](http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1599) for building push services for iPhone. The blog uses Android as the working platform,but it can be migrated to iPhone too, provided I get an MQTT client in objective C..which I cant find anywhere. The closest I got to this is :
1. I got a C implemen... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5032124",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/430720/"
] | The HTTP option would not help you in this case as you're not trying to talk to a JMS app via MQ (well - you haven't said that is your goal). Your best bet would be to compile something like libmosquitto or one of the other MQTT clients (see list at <http://mqtt.org>) for the iPhone. There's now a good example <https:/... | For swift you can use the following library : <https://github.com/ltg-uic/ios-mqtt-base> |
5,032,124 | I am trying to follow this [blog](http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1599) for building push services for iPhone. The blog uses Android as the working platform,but it can be migrated to iPhone too, provided I get an MQTT client in objective C..which I cant find anywhere. The closest I got to this is :
1. I got a C implemen... | 2011/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5032124",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/430720/"
] | I am currently using [MQTTKit](https://github.com/mobile-web-messaging/MQTTKit) in my projects. It's fairly easy and straightforward to use. | For swift you can use the following library : <https://github.com/ltg-uic/ios-mqtt-base> |
74,959 | I signed a contract with my employer stating that for any and all reasons I am not working at that company before 2 years, I have to pay back x amount of dollars for the cost of training. Now this wasn't a small sum of money, but I got fired for reasons unknown (lack of "performance"). Is this common practice (and/or l... | 2016/08/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74959",
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] | This site cannot speak to whether or not this is a legal practice.
I do know of at least one time this has happened in Ohio -- a person was let go, changed jobs, and the person's original employer wanted the person (or new employer) to pay for the training.
Asking employees to pay for training when they voluntarily l... | A regular search, <https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=2#q=recoup+training+costs+employee+after+firing+them+ohio> might help you a little bit.
It appears that the answer is - it depends.
Most of the info is directed at employees who leave voluntarily.
Did you know that a fired employee can sue for wrongful termi... |
74,959 | I signed a contract with my employer stating that for any and all reasons I am not working at that company before 2 years, I have to pay back x amount of dollars for the cost of training. Now this wasn't a small sum of money, but I got fired for reasons unknown (lack of "performance"). Is this common practice (and/or l... | 2016/08/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74959",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/56787/"
] | This site cannot speak to whether or not this is a legal practice.
I do know of at least one time this has happened in Ohio -- a person was let go, changed jobs, and the person's original employer wanted the person (or new employer) to pay for the training.
Asking employees to pay for training when they voluntarily l... | You'd need to ask a lawyer about the legality. I have seen a lot of strange things in contracts and normally it's best to abide by them.
However once I leave a job I ignore anything the employer threatens me with. The last couple had sour grapes since many of their clients followed me out. Legal action is a costly exe... |
74,959 | I signed a contract with my employer stating that for any and all reasons I am not working at that company before 2 years, I have to pay back x amount of dollars for the cost of training. Now this wasn't a small sum of money, but I got fired for reasons unknown (lack of "performance"). Is this common practice (and/or l... | 2016/08/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74959",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/56787/"
] | You'd need to ask a lawyer about the legality. I have seen a lot of strange things in contracts and normally it's best to abide by them.
However once I leave a job I ignore anything the employer threatens me with. The last couple had sour grapes since many of their clients followed me out. Legal action is a costly exe... | A regular search, <https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=2#q=recoup+training+costs+employee+after+firing+them+ohio> might help you a little bit.
It appears that the answer is - it depends.
Most of the info is directed at employees who leave voluntarily.
Did you know that a fired employee can sue for wrongful termi... |
7,776 | If you are supposed to do UX design estimate, and you need to measure it based on "Simple, Medium and Complex", how do you classify the Simple, Medium and Complex screen design?
What are all the factors that you will consider to define a screen complexity, like number of screen elements, form elements, data structures... | 2011/05/31 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7776",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5716/"
] | It would be the most important to take into account how much the applications or site offers in terms of functionality. Most great UX can be made to look simple or effortless, when in fact these solutions are often the ones that are the hardest to arrive at. Find out from the client exactly what the interface has to do... | **Ask questions** until you know enough that you can qualify the project as taking "a long time", "not that long" and "not long at all". It's not as simple as looking at the number of elements on a screen.
Here are some questions I tend to ask clients when they approach us:
* **Who is the target audience?** - so we k... |
7,776 | If you are supposed to do UX design estimate, and you need to measure it based on "Simple, Medium and Complex", how do you classify the Simple, Medium and Complex screen design?
What are all the factors that you will consider to define a screen complexity, like number of screen elements, form elements, data structures... | 2011/05/31 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/7776",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/5716/"
] | It would be the most important to take into account how much the applications or site offers in terms of functionality. Most great UX can be made to look simple or effortless, when in fact these solutions are often the ones that are the hardest to arrive at. Find out from the client exactly what the interface has to do... | You are right, that is hard to pin down.
We could create a formula to calculate the complexity of a UX design.
First, lets list all the factors:
1. (F) Functionality, each function in the design multiplies the work
2. (P) Platforms, reworking the UX for a new screensize or platform also multiplies the work
3. (N) T... |
466,296 | I have a the following message when i try to install windows 7 through an bootable USB..
>
> setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an
> existing system partition
>
>
>
I will explain the things I did to my lenovo y500 laptop.The laptop was initially working with 2 os .. ubuntu linux and win... | 2012/08/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/466296",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | Assuming that your first partition is Windows 7 and the second is Windows 8, you can do this just using tools coming with Windows 7:
1. Boot Windows 7
2. Open the disk management
3. Simply delete the Windows 8 partition
4. Resize the Windows 7 partition to use the now available free space
However, if you have some pa... | I highly recommend [Gnome Partition Editor](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/).
It can perform actions with partitions such as:
* create or delete
* resize or move
* check
* label
* set new UUID
* copy and paste
Manipulate file systems such as:
* btrfs
* ext2 / ext3 / ext4
* fat16 / fat32
* hfs / hfs+
* linux-swap
* ... |
466,296 | I have a the following message when i try to install windows 7 through an bootable USB..
>
> setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an
> existing system partition
>
>
>
I will explain the things I did to my lenovo y500 laptop.The laptop was initially working with 2 os .. ubuntu linux and win... | 2012/08/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/466296",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/152377/"
] | Assuming that your first partition is Windows 7 and the second is Windows 8, you can do this just using tools coming with Windows 7:
1. Boot Windows 7
2. Open the disk management
3. Simply delete the Windows 8 partition
4. Resize the Windows 7 partition to use the now available free space
However, if you have some pa... | Simply delete the Windows 8 partition, set the Windows 7 partition to active, and reboot.
Some great programs that can easily do this for you
[gParted live cd](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php)
[Norton Ghost](http://us.norton.com/ghost/)
[Acronis Disk Director](http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/produ... |
78,099 | How can I create a new map (with my personal POIs) using Google Maps from a PC browser and use Street View options to see details?
I am not able to create a map, give a name and add new points.
I need to use it from a smartphone but I prefer to create it by PC because of the screen dimensions. | 2015/05/13 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/78099",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/50670/"
] | One approach I have used is to create the new map in one browser window
(Sign in and click in the search bar: doing this shows a My Maps link - clicking this gives a Create link. Clicking this opens a new personal map editing window.)
And use street-view in another browser tab.
This is tedious, because you have t... | To create a new map is it necassary to login with your personal google account and BEFORE any search you can see the menu where you can find your maps and create new ones |
26,575 | How to make a transparent 'png' image from black (not transparent) to nothing (absolutely transparent) in GIMP smoothly?
As result, this image on the red image gives the image from black via dark red to red?
This is an example (but not of good quality, I'd like to know how to make this image properly):
![enter image... | 2014/01/23 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/26575",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/19202/"
] | What you are looking for is a **gradient**.
Here is a tutorial on [how to make a gradient in Gimp.](http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Gradient-in-Gimp)
Here's on [how to make a custom gradient](http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/gimptutorials/ss/Gradient-Editor.htm).
* In your case you would make your gradient as a lay... | You have to add a layer mask.
(Right click on Layer → Layer Mask → Add alpha channel of the layer)
And then can you use the gradient tool
Here is an tutorial with pictures.
<http://infofreund.de/gimp-transparent-gradient/> |
41,272 | I am in a campaign where I want to be a Gnome Bard that can use the Fire Descriptor for the Music Damage, but my GM will only allow me to Multi-class into either Druid or Cleric For campaign purposes. Is there any hope for me? Maybe with a trait or another Feat?
Ref: [Fire Music Feat](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/gen... | 2014/06/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/41272",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14771/"
] | You could use the [Arcane Talent](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/arcane-talent) feat to learn [spark](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/s/spark), a 0-level spell with the [fire] descriptor. The wording of the feat should satisfy the necessary requirements:
>
> Choose a 0-level spell from the sorce... | You can use the [Magician archetype](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/bard/archetypes/paizo---bard-archetypes/magician).
It allows to expand your spells known at levels 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 from another arcane caster list.
The archetype changes a number of the standard Bard class features though, so this may... |
41,272 | I am in a campaign where I want to be a Gnome Bard that can use the Fire Descriptor for the Music Damage, but my GM will only allow me to Multi-class into either Druid or Cleric For campaign purposes. Is there any hope for me? Maybe with a trait or another Feat?
Ref: [Fire Music Feat](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/gen... | 2014/06/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/41272",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14771/"
] | You could use the [Arcane Talent](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/arcane-talent) feat to learn [spark](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/s/spark), a 0-level spell with the [fire] descriptor. The wording of the feat should satisfy the necessary requirements:
>
> Choose a 0-level spell from the sorce... | I'm not sure about the wording, but I think the trait [two-world-magic](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/magic-traits/two-world-magic) may be relevant:
>
> Benefit: Select one 0-level spell from a class spell list other than your own. This spell is a 0-level spell on your class spell list (or a 1st-level spell if your ... |
11,640 | I currently have a standing desk at work, and I thought a fun way to learn Arduino would be to automate it, as it currently uses a hand crank.
I would love some help determining what I would need for this task.
What kind of motor should I use?
-Stepper motor?
-High/low rpm?
-High/low torque?
What sort of power w... | 2015/05/07 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/11640",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/9929/"
] | I think this might end up being more of a fun way to electrocute yourself, but let's find out...
Energy required to lift an object with mass "m" an upward distance of "h" in the Earth's gravitational field, on the surface... E = mgh = m(9.8)h
So, to lift a 50kg desk one meter, we will need 50 x 9.8 x 1 = 490 Joules
... | For initial playing, and possibly for a final solution, battery powered electric drills with external powering are an excellent source of reasonable wattage well geared down motors. Drills are often discarded when the batteries die and may be available free or at lo cost.
For relatively low duty cycle use 9V drills o... |
318,368 | 1. I want to create a scrollable list of pictures fetched from the internet and give the user the ability to click on it. How do i go about doing it in WinForms/C#? Is it possible to add picturebox control/ controls to the listBox?
2. I tried adding a list of picturebox into UserControl with AutoScroll set to true, whi... | 2008/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/318368",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13046/"
] | I'll answer your third question first, becuase that's the only one I REALLY know the answer to. There's a LoadAsync() method on the picture box that will load the image in a seperate thread and won't hang your app.
As for the other questions, I too would most likely start with a user control and put the images there. ... | Do you mind scrolling vertically?
I would start with the DataGridView control as a base and create the following implementation:
1) Create custom column and celltype deriving from DataGridViewImageColumn. You could call them "CronosNetImageColumn", "CronosNetImageCell".
2) Create a class "CronosImageDetails" to hol... |
184,820 | When authors submit paper to a journal, the paper will go through the peer review process. When a reviewer accepts to review a paper, the reviewer is then given the power to delay the publication of the paper and the power to reject the paper. From time to time, it has been shown that reviewers abuse the power to commi... | 2022/05/01 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/184820",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/154643/"
] | I'll reiterate my basic point, already made in a comment so brief I didn't think it would be considered a good answer: put (carefully edited/proofread) preprints on-line, on an arXiv-like preprint server, or on your own web site (if it's well established). Or both, why not?
As in other comments: this will give you pri... | Predatory reviewers are so rare there is no need to do anything to protect yourself. It's so easy to get caught plagiarizing a paper you are reviewing that anyone who does it will have quite a short career. The probability that your reviewer has a similar paper near publication is very low.
If a reviewer is malicious,... |
184,820 | When authors submit paper to a journal, the paper will go through the peer review process. When a reviewer accepts to review a paper, the reviewer is then given the power to delay the publication of the paper and the power to reject the paper. From time to time, it has been shown that reviewers abuse the power to commi... | 2022/05/01 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/184820",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/154643/"
] | I think the question is based on an irrational fear. Let me explain why, assuming that we are talking about high-quality journals rather than ones run by predatory outfits.
First, reviewers do not actually have the power to do anything. They only *recommend* what the editor should to do, but the power to reject a pape... | Predatory reviewers are so rare there is no need to do anything to protect yourself. It's so easy to get caught plagiarizing a paper you are reviewing that anyone who does it will have quite a short career. The probability that your reviewer has a similar paper near publication is very low.
If a reviewer is malicious,... |
14,392,354 | ByteLand
Byteland consists of N cities numbered 1..N. There are M roads connecting some pairs of cities. There are two army divisions, A and B, which protect the kingdom. Each city is either protected by army division A or by army division B.
You are the ruler of an enemy kingdom and have devised a plan to destroy By... | 2013/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14392354",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1071840/"
] | You need only care about roads that link two cities with different armies - links between A and B or links between B and A, so let's delete all links from A to A or B to B.
You want to find a set of points such that each link has at least one point on it, which is a minimum weight vertex cover. On an arbitrary graph t... | mcdowella,
But the vertices have a cost to them and the minimum vertex cover would not produce the right vertices to remove. Imagine 2 vertices (A army) pointing to the third one (B). First two vertices cost 1 each, where the third one costs 5. A minimum vertex cover would return the third one - but removing the third... |
123,736 | I'm trying to copy an object out of an SVG file using inkscape, however when I paste it back in to a new inkscape file it's no longer the svg version, but a rasterized version.
I'm not sure if it's because inkscape runs in XQuartz and the clipboard is behaving odly. | 2014/03/09 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/123736",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/72530/"
] | [Here](http://mandarapte.com/apple/copy-pasting-vector-objects-svg-file-vector-svg-file-inkscape-converts-bitmap-working-pasteboards-x11/) someone had the same problem.
They solved it by turning off X11's Pasteboard Syncing:
>
> Disabling ‘Sync PasteBoard’ Functionality within X11 (Which is
> Included in XQuartz App... | I solved this problem by *importing* another svg file into the current one.
File --> Import... --> Select "All Vectors" (or "\*.svg") in the filter selection menu.
This copies the entire content of the imported file into the current one in vector format. |
24,751,679 | I am developing an ADF Fusion Web Application and I want to be able to update and save the changes about entities into my database. Do I always have to drag and drop both Submit and Commit buttons together? I can not unserstand their difference implicitly. | 2014/07/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24751679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3246402/"
] | The submit button actually does nothing special, it just does a submit of your form (like in normal HTML). It's the same functionality as every other button (except if you start using the immediate attribute, but not considering this here). The data from your form (or input components) will then be 'saved' in your mode... | User404 is correct. Lets go one step further. A lot of people do not want *separate* submit and commit buttons. [This](https://community.oracle.com/thread/2402124?start=0) may give an example of calling the commit programmatically from the ActionListener event handler of a button. |
46,230 | [<<---First clue](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/37784/i-am-an-expression-of-a-deer-mint-clue-one)
[<---Previous clue](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/45992/dance-a-jigsaw-clue-fifteen)
---
Inspiration from [here](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/40018/clue-web-1-lets-start).... | 2016/11/29 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/46230",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25966/"
] | Group 1
>
> ***bar (@Aethon)***
>
> **entry** gain, fee, no, point (@Sconibulus)
>
> **salad** tomato, egg, green, fruit (@Sconibulus)
>
> **bell** gong, liberty, Alexander, curve
>
> **dance** floor, ballroom, around, modern
>
>
>
Group 2
>
> ***smith***
>
> **black** white, midnight, cat, pi... | Partial answer
Group 1
>
> gain, fee, no, point
>
> tomato, egg, green, fruit
>
> gong, liberty, Alexander, curve -- BELL
>
> floor, ballroom, around, modern
>
>
>
Group 2 (tmpearce)
>
> white, midnight, cat, pitch -- BLACK
>
> lining, bullet, tongue, sterling -- SILVER
>
> key, horns, ca... |
46,230 | [<<---First clue](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/37784/i-am-an-expression-of-a-deer-mint-clue-one)
[<---Previous clue](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/45992/dance-a-jigsaw-clue-fifteen)
---
Inspiration from [here](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/40018/clue-web-1-lets-start).... | 2016/11/29 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/46230",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25966/"
] | Group 1
>
> ***bar (@Aethon)***
>
> **entry** gain, fee, no, point (@Sconibulus)
>
> **salad** tomato, egg, green, fruit (@Sconibulus)
>
> **bell** gong, liberty, Alexander, curve
>
> **dance** floor, ballroom, around, modern
>
>
>
Group 2
>
> ***smith***
>
> **black** white, midnight, cat, pi... | Group 1:
>
> Bar: (@Aethon)
>
> gain, fee, no, point: Entry
>
> tomato, egg, green, fruit: Salad
>
> gong, liberty, Alexander, curve: Bell
>
> floor, ballroom, around, modern: Dance
>
>
>
Group 2:
>
> Smith:
>
> white, midnight, cat, pitch: Black
>
> lining bullet tongue sterling: Silv... |
46,230 | [<<---First clue](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/37784/i-am-an-expression-of-a-deer-mint-clue-one)
[<---Previous clue](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/45992/dance-a-jigsaw-clue-fifteen)
---
Inspiration from [here](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/40018/clue-web-1-lets-start).... | 2016/11/29 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/46230",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25966/"
] | Group 1:
>
> Bar: (@Aethon)
>
> gain, fee, no, point: Entry
>
> tomato, egg, green, fruit: Salad
>
> gong, liberty, Alexander, curve: Bell
>
> floor, ballroom, around, modern: Dance
>
>
>
Group 2:
>
> Smith:
>
> white, midnight, cat, pitch: Black
>
> lining bullet tongue sterling: Silv... | Partial answer
Group 1
>
> gain, fee, no, point
>
> tomato, egg, green, fruit
>
> gong, liberty, Alexander, curve -- BELL
>
> floor, ballroom, around, modern
>
>
>
Group 2 (tmpearce)
>
> white, midnight, cat, pitch -- BLACK
>
> lining, bullet, tongue, sterling -- SILVER
>
> key, horns, ca... |
4,267,022 | I'm using an NSXMLParser to read data out of a XML, but how can I make my iPhone App storing data into this specific XML.
The case is that I want to create an app to display available dates and one that administrates this dates, whether they are available or not (I'm using an UISwitch to handle this).
Thanks for your... | 2010/11/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4267022",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/518801/"
] | If you have small amount of data, you can save them in a plist.
See [Property List Programming Guide](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/PropertyLists/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000048i) | There's a github project that let's you create XML DOM objects. You can save your XML to your documents folder on the phone.
<https://github.com/arashpayan/apxml/> |
14,563,058 | I were looking for a CSS Framework to help me built website, when I struck with *Compass*.
Now, while I understand what a CSS Framework is, I don't understand what's a CSS **Authoring** Framework.
Expecially, I don't understand if it "replaces" a CSS Framework (like blueprint) or you should use it **with** a CSS Fram... | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14563058",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/312907/"
] | A CSS Framework is (in most cases) a fixed set of basic CSS definitions.
f.e. it brings definitions for some classes which make a basic div-based HTML-layout usable for different screen-widths. (aka liquid layout)
A CSS Authoring Framework (in meaning of Compass) brings no fixed set of CSS definitions. In opposite to ... | CSS frameworks are pre-prepared libraries that are meant to allow for easier, more standards-compliant styling of web pages using the Cascading Style Sheets language.
Layout-grid-related CSS frameworks include Bootstrap, Blueprint, 960 grid, YUI CSS, and other grids.
Like programming and scripting language libraries,... |
268,397 | We are looking for an open-source or low cost virtual machine management control panel. We require it to be able to manage up to dozens of hypervisors and thousands of virtual machines. It should be either Xen or KVM, and have an API to hook into, to create, delete, modify virtual machines. Also, it should be able to p... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/268397",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/65061/"
] | You probably want [libvirt](http://www.libvirt.org/).
Supports Xen, KVM, Virtualbox, VMWare, etc. Has a stable API, multiple language bindings.
I've never written anything that uses libvirt, but I use the libvirt virtual machine manager (GUI); and virsh (CLI), which can be scripted. | Have you checked [RHEV](http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/) out? |
268,397 | We are looking for an open-source or low cost virtual machine management control panel. We require it to be able to manage up to dozens of hypervisors and thousands of virtual machines. It should be either Xen or KVM, and have an API to hook into, to create, delete, modify virtual machines. Also, it should be able to p... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/268397",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/65061/"
] | It's not the most capable, but if you're looking for a GUI with quick and dirty viewing and monitoring you can go with [virt-manager](http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com) from a gnome desktop. It's a redhat-sponsored project but is available in the Ubuntu desktop repos through aptitude/synaptic/whatever as well.
We use... | Have you checked [RHEV](http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/) out? |
268,397 | We are looking for an open-source or low cost virtual machine management control panel. We require it to be able to manage up to dozens of hypervisors and thousands of virtual machines. It should be either Xen or KVM, and have an API to hook into, to create, delete, modify virtual machines. Also, it should be able to p... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/268397",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/65061/"
] | Another option is [ConVirt Open Source](http://www.convirture.com/products_opensource.php). | Have you checked [RHEV](http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/) out? |
52,236 | Do any gliders come with a ground proximity warning system (GPWS)? I realise that, for a glider, a GPWS probably wouldn't be able to help quite as much as in a powered aircraft, since a glider, by definition, doesn't have any engines which it can apply TOGA power on (unless, of course, it's a motorglider), but it could... | 2018/06/03 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/52236",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/22726/"
] | GPWS is mostly useful for aircraft flying in instrument conditions or at night when there is low visibility preventing a good view of the ground. Gliders [aren't designed to fly in these conditions](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/q/26808/1696) and they don't have the required instruments. They should be able to see... | I found [this video of a glider equipped with GPWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDVCrcs7y8U), however, I doubt that such a system is very useful in glider, that isn't very complex and would consider it a gimmick.
Also because the sounds in the video are Boeing GPWS sounds, so it's probably self-built for fun.
So... |
52,236 | Do any gliders come with a ground proximity warning system (GPWS)? I realise that, for a glider, a GPWS probably wouldn't be able to help quite as much as in a powered aircraft, since a glider, by definition, doesn't have any engines which it can apply TOGA power on (unless, of course, it's a motorglider), but it could... | 2018/06/03 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/52236",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/22726/"
] | Many glider pilots have a GPS flight computer that usually has terrain loaded in its database and can alert a glider pilot of terrain. This is not quite a GPWS but is cheaper and uses a lot less power (glider pilots rely on batteries for their electrical system). Most GA aircraft don't have a GPWS either and usually re... | I found [this video of a glider equipped with GPWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDVCrcs7y8U), however, I doubt that such a system is very useful in glider, that isn't very complex and would consider it a gimmick.
Also because the sounds in the video are Boeing GPWS sounds, so it's probably self-built for fun.
So... |
52,236 | Do any gliders come with a ground proximity warning system (GPWS)? I realise that, for a glider, a GPWS probably wouldn't be able to help quite as much as in a powered aircraft, since a glider, by definition, doesn't have any engines which it can apply TOGA power on (unless, of course, it's a motorglider), but it could... | 2018/06/03 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/52236",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/22726/"
] | I found [this video of a glider equipped with GPWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDVCrcs7y8U), however, I doubt that such a system is very useful in glider, that isn't very complex and would consider it a gimmick.
Also because the sounds in the video are Boeing GPWS sounds, so it's probably self-built for fun.
So... | A glider will be usually flown according to VFR. So it is basically the task of the pilot to maintain adeqaute distance to terrain. The distance can be rather low, flying in mountains. As already mentioned, current onboard flight computers include terrain databases, that will provide you with AGL. Software like [XCSoar... |
52,236 | Do any gliders come with a ground proximity warning system (GPWS)? I realise that, for a glider, a GPWS probably wouldn't be able to help quite as much as in a powered aircraft, since a glider, by definition, doesn't have any engines which it can apply TOGA power on (unless, of course, it's a motorglider), but it could... | 2018/06/03 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/52236",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/22726/"
] | GPWS is mostly useful for aircraft flying in instrument conditions or at night when there is low visibility preventing a good view of the ground. Gliders [aren't designed to fly in these conditions](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/q/26808/1696) and they don't have the required instruments. They should be able to see... | A glider will be usually flown according to VFR. So it is basically the task of the pilot to maintain adeqaute distance to terrain. The distance can be rather low, flying in mountains. As already mentioned, current onboard flight computers include terrain databases, that will provide you with AGL. Software like [XCSoar... |
52,236 | Do any gliders come with a ground proximity warning system (GPWS)? I realise that, for a glider, a GPWS probably wouldn't be able to help quite as much as in a powered aircraft, since a glider, by definition, doesn't have any engines which it can apply TOGA power on (unless, of course, it's a motorglider), but it could... | 2018/06/03 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/52236",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/22726/"
] | Many glider pilots have a GPS flight computer that usually has terrain loaded in its database and can alert a glider pilot of terrain. This is not quite a GPWS but is cheaper and uses a lot less power (glider pilots rely on batteries for their electrical system). Most GA aircraft don't have a GPWS either and usually re... | A glider will be usually flown according to VFR. So it is basically the task of the pilot to maintain adeqaute distance to terrain. The distance can be rather low, flying in mountains. As already mentioned, current onboard flight computers include terrain databases, that will provide you with AGL. Software like [XCSoar... |
3,683 | I'm looking for examples of designs where there is special logic that prevents a title, heading, or landmark from being moved out of view, so that the user doesn't lose their context.
Examples:
* Excel's "Freeze top row"
* iOS UITableView (notice the "A" subheading floats)
![enter image description here](https://i.s... | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/3683",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3462/"
] | Take a look at [biathlontime](http://biathlontime.com/2010-2011/world-cup/men/) — selected table rows stick to the top of the window. | <http://corp.ign.com/> has a nice "sticky" top menu.
Also, check out the [floating sidebar on uxmag](http://uxmag.com/strategy/etrades-digital-customer-experience). |
3,683 | I'm looking for examples of designs where there is special logic that prevents a title, heading, or landmark from being moved out of view, so that the user doesn't lose their context.
Examples:
* Excel's "Freeze top row"
* iOS UITableView (notice the "A" subheading floats)
![enter image description here](https://i.s... | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/3683",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3462/"
] | Take a look at [biathlontime](http://biathlontime.com/2010-2011/world-cup/men/) — selected table rows stick to the top of the window. | **Gmail Application for Android**
The Gmail application for Android has these type of headers when viewing an email. The header changes as you scroll down based on what actions you can do with the message you are viewing (e.g. reply, forward, star). |
3,683 | I'm looking for examples of designs where there is special logic that prevents a title, heading, or landmark from being moved out of view, so that the user doesn't lose their context.
Examples:
* Excel's "Freeze top row"
* iOS UITableView (notice the "A" subheading floats)
![enter image description here](https://i.s... | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/3683",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3462/"
] | Take a look at [biathlontime](http://biathlontime.com/2010-2011/world-cup/men/) — selected table rows stick to the top of the window. | Themed tables in **Drupal 7 and 6**, e.g. the list of modules page.
Internally, this is thanks to the [theme\_table](http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes--theme.inc/function/theme_table/7) function which has a boolean option `$sticky`, so any p... |
12,567 | I'm trying to set up a [Rules](https://www.drupal.org/project/rules) Action that can change the value of a field. I created an Action Set with a data type of Node. When I go to create a Rules Action, I have access to every default Drupal node field, but no fields.
Is this simply not possible? Do I need some other modu... | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/12567",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/1693/"
] | You first need to add a condition to check if the field exist on that node, only then it is available to the actions. There is a specific condition to do this. | Using the "Entity has field" (or "content is of type") condition will make the fields become available with data selection in the Action "Set a data value". |
4,210,386 | Is it possible to resize a bitmap image sized 9000x9000 to 150x150? I've heard there are some limits... | 2010/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4210386",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/511482/"
] | >
> BitmapData: Flash CS5 ActionScript
> 3.0 Language Reference
>
>
> In AIR 1.5 and Flash Player 10, the
> maximum size for a BitmapData object
> is 8,191 pixels in width or height,
> and the total number of pixels cannot
> exceed 16,777,215 pixels. (So, if a
> BitmapData object is 8,191 pixels
> wide, it ca... | PNGEncoder
9000 shouldn't be too high
open the image and then use the PNGEncoder to save the image back out. |
45,717 | Suppose I put water in a closed vessel and heat it, so the vessel becomes pressurized above ambient pressure. Now, there should be liquid and gaseous water inside the vessel. Since it's under pressure, when I open the vessel at the bottom, the liquid starts to flow out. If I wait until all liquid is expelled, and close... | 2012/12/02 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/45717",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/16477/"
] | It is not clear from your question whether the gas in the bottle starts out as air, or the only substance in the bottle is water, either in liquid or gas form. I'll assume the latter since it's easier to answer.
Once the bottle is closed, ambient temperature doesn't matter. The pressure of the gas part in the bottle w... | I believe that one can look at this another way. Assuming all materials "strong enough" and perfectly insulated, then imagine two containers separated by a capillary tube with a stopcock in it. Now imagine that the liquid is totally contained in the lower container and the upper container holds all the vapor and no liq... |
13,452 | Please check the following [main meta question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/259914/345161) about what parts of the Tour and Help Centre are editable in detail. For a quick rundown though:
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116,277 | *LE: This is not a duplicate of [What can I do to make a coworkers lack of effort more visible](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/23165/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-coworkers-lack-of-effort-more-visible) because: . I think the other question only addresses part of my situation (the subjects of that question are ... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116277",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/85674/"
] | You are playing well above your pay grade. Let your manager manage your colleague. An outcome like "the project got finished but wasn't great, one of the interns worked hard but the other was a nightmare" is common as dirt in this industry.
Do the tasks your manager has assigned to you. When you're out of tasks, go a... | * Inform you manager about the Verbatim copies of code from the Internet, and tell that you see a potential legal liability there
* Explicitly state in commit messages which of his commits you fixed
* Your manager listened to you once, so the next time a huge and messy commit comes which breaks something working and co... |
116,277 | *LE: This is not a duplicate of [What can I do to make a coworkers lack of effort more visible](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/23165/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-coworkers-lack-of-effort-more-visible) because: . I think the other question only addresses part of my situation (the subjects of that question are ... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116277",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/85674/"
] | Since you are using a versioning system: Fix one bug in his code and check the fix into the versioning system. Then fix another bug and check the fix into the versioning system. And so on. So when you need evidence you point your boss to the versioning system, which contains your name 99 times and his name once.
(In a... | * Inform you manager about the Verbatim copies of code from the Internet, and tell that you see a potential legal liability there
* Explicitly state in commit messages which of his commits you fixed
* Your manager listened to you once, so the next time a huge and messy commit comes which breaks something working and co... |
116,277 | *LE: This is not a duplicate of [What can I do to make a coworkers lack of effort more visible](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/23165/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-coworkers-lack-of-effort-more-visible) because: . I think the other question only addresses part of my situation (the subjects of that question are ... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116277",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/85674/"
] | * Inform you manager about the Verbatim copies of code from the Internet, and tell that you see a potential legal liability there
* Explicitly state in commit messages which of his commits you fixed
* Your manager listened to you once, so the next time a huge and messy commit comes which breaks something working and co... | As other recommend, I would ask somebody higher up if I could start CCing him in all your exchanges besides documenting everything in a source code system.
Obviously, if you working for the two, your colleague does not need to do it. However, it seems a bit odd he taking such a relaxed stance of missing so many hours... |
116,277 | *LE: This is not a duplicate of [What can I do to make a coworkers lack of effort more visible](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/23165/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-coworkers-lack-of-effort-more-visible) because: . I think the other question only addresses part of my situation (the subjects of that question are ... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116277",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/85674/"
] | You are playing well above your pay grade. Let your manager manage your colleague. An outcome like "the project got finished but wasn't great, one of the interns worked hard but the other was a nightmare" is common as dirt in this industry.
Do the tasks your manager has assigned to you. When you're out of tasks, go a... | Since you are using a versioning system: Fix one bug in his code and check the fix into the versioning system. Then fix another bug and check the fix into the versioning system. And so on. So when you need evidence you point your boss to the versioning system, which contains your name 99 times and his name once.
(In a... |
116,277 | *LE: This is not a duplicate of [What can I do to make a coworkers lack of effort more visible](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/23165/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-coworkers-lack-of-effort-more-visible) because: . I think the other question only addresses part of my situation (the subjects of that question are ... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116277",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/85674/"
] | You are playing well above your pay grade. Let your manager manage your colleague. An outcome like "the project got finished but wasn't great, one of the interns worked hard but the other was a nightmare" is common as dirt in this industry.
Do the tasks your manager has assigned to you. When you're out of tasks, go a... | As other recommend, I would ask somebody higher up if I could start CCing him in all your exchanges besides documenting everything in a source code system.
Obviously, if you working for the two, your colleague does not need to do it. However, it seems a bit odd he taking such a relaxed stance of missing so many hours... |
116,277 | *LE: This is not a duplicate of [What can I do to make a coworkers lack of effort more visible](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/23165/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-coworkers-lack-of-effort-more-visible) because: . I think the other question only addresses part of my situation (the subjects of that question are ... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116277",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/85674/"
] | Since you are using a versioning system: Fix one bug in his code and check the fix into the versioning system. Then fix another bug and check the fix into the versioning system. And so on. So when you need evidence you point your boss to the versioning system, which contains your name 99 times and his name once.
(In a... | As other recommend, I would ask somebody higher up if I could start CCing him in all your exchanges besides documenting everything in a source code system.
Obviously, if you working for the two, your colleague does not need to do it. However, it seems a bit odd he taking such a relaxed stance of missing so many hours... |
173,651 | I have a group research proposal assessment at my university, and my friend had previously completed the subject, so he gave me his assessment as guidance for how the proposal should look. His group and my group's research proposals are completely different, but the layout design of how the assessment is presented is q... | 2021/08/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/173651",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/145092/"
] | I think you are in the clear. As an example, most research papers in my area look the 'same'. This is because everyone uses the same template and tools. | This is completely fine.
Moreover, it is common in academia for this kind of conduct to be *encouraged*. And there is an important distinction.
If you take someone's book and copy the chapter list from there with minor alterations, it is a creative work dealing directly with the subject you both are working on. No bu... |
173,651 | I have a group research proposal assessment at my university, and my friend had previously completed the subject, so he gave me his assessment as guidance for how the proposal should look. His group and my group's research proposals are completely different, but the layout design of how the assessment is presented is q... | 2021/08/21 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/173651",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/145092/"
] | Note that what is plagiarism in the wider world might be different from what a professor considers plagiarism for purposes of assignments. Often the latter are far stricter than the former. So, we can't say here, since it is your professor that will make the determination.
However, in the wider context, you can't plag... | This is completely fine.
Moreover, it is common in academia for this kind of conduct to be *encouraged*. And there is an important distinction.
If you take someone's book and copy the chapter list from there with minor alterations, it is a creative work dealing directly with the subject you both are working on. No bu... |
455,137 | I'm looking for a HTTP compression proxy. Basically, I need a proxy to compress images and text to be transferred over a slow internet connection when accessing the web. To put it into a diagram
CLIENT ---/fast local network/--- HTTP COMPRESSION PROXY ---/slow internet connection/--- WEB (e.g. Facebook, Wiki, Google)
... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/455137",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/148305/"
] | A quick review of the documentation leads me to believe that squid will accept and cache compressed data from the servers. Compressing images will likely be counter productive. Most image formats are well compressed already and attempts to compress them usually increase the image size by the overhead of the compression... | Do you realize that Image data does not compress very well. It often takes more time in these cases to compress/transmit/uncompress than to simply transmit the image data without compression. |
22,966,594 | I understand that CouchDB hashes the source of each design documents against the name of the index file. Whenever I change the source code, the index needs to be rebuild. CouchDB does this when the document is requested for the first time.
**What I'd expect to happen and want to happen**
Each time I change a design ... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22966594",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/909227/"
] | It is a known issue, but just in case: if you have gigabytes of docs, you can forget about reduce functions. Only [build-in ones](https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Built-In_Reduce_Functions) will work fast enough. | It is possible to set [os\_process\_limit](http://couchdb.readthedocs.org/en/latest/config/query-servers.html#query_server_config/os_process_limit) to an extra-low value (1 sec, for sample). This way you can detect which doc takes long to be indexed and optimize your map function for performance. |
11,317,375 | I recently switched to dreamweaver version CS6 from CS4. In CS4 there was a handy feature that would show tabs of the includes files. CSS PHP Javascript etc. It would show these tabs right above the "code, split, design, live". Does CS6 not have this feature or do I simply have to enable it?
If so, where and how?
Oh ... | 2012/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11317375",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1048566/"
] | Nvm. I finally found what I had to change. In the general settings, enable relative files: on. | It's not only there but it works better than it did before because it can scan deeper for PHP files (I think CS5.5 improved it for use with things like Wordpress). When you open a file with includes they should be there next to the file name. Although it's better, it's still not perfect so if you have dynamically creat... |
19,314 | I have been looking for a book about Indian history. Recently I came across [this answer](https://history.stackexchange.com/a/1334/3866), which suggested reading [India: A History by John Keay](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0802145582). I wanted to know whether it is historical and accurate. Or is there any ... | 2015/02/10 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/19314",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/3866/"
] | I decided to read the book anyway, after waiting for someone to answer the question. I understand this is not a place to review books, but here are my two cents.
The narrative is, in my opinion, as unbiased as it can get. While talking about unclear parts of Indian history like Aryan invasion / migration / indigenous ... | This is a partial answer relating to the book's unbiased status.
No. The book is not unbiased. The book's biases may be historiographically justifiable, but, necessarily, the book is not unbiased. Bias is as unremovable from texts as it is from woven fabric: the fabric of texts produces a bias.
Sources: historiograph... |
19,314 | I have been looking for a book about Indian history. Recently I came across [this answer](https://history.stackexchange.com/a/1334/3866), which suggested reading [India: A History by John Keay](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0802145582). I wanted to know whether it is historical and accurate. Or is there any ... | 2015/02/10 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/19314",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/3866/"
] | I decided to read the book anyway, after waiting for someone to answer the question. I understand this is not a place to review books, but here are my two cents.
The narrative is, in my opinion, as unbiased as it can get. While talking about unclear parts of Indian history like Aryan invasion / migration / indigenous ... | Your question is the rare one that no one even bothers to ask. From the beginning of the creation of Indian history, bias has played an important role. The funny thing is, the history of India being taught in schools are created by the western people of British East India Company. The purpose of creating biased Indian ... |
46,699 | I have a distant memory of once reading a JG Ballard short story in which a character utters a phrase similar to:
>
> "Listen, you can hear the quasars calling!"
>
>
>
or possibly
>
> "Listen, can you hear the quasars calling?"
>
>
>
or something along those lines. Maybe it was actually "cosmos calling" or ... | 2013/12/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/46699",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/789/"
] | In the mini-story cycle [ZODIAC 2000](http://books.google.com/books?id=D2cmHHAMrlEC&pg=PT1014&dq=ballard%20%22sign%20of%20the%20radar%20bowl%22%20quasars&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XRe3Ut_0KKfuyQGAuoCYAQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ballard%20%22sign%20of%20the%20radar%20bowl%22%20quasars&f=false), *The Sign of the Radar Bowl* had a... | "The University of Death", which is part of "The Atrocity Exhibition" and not in the Complete Short Stories, has the line "All night he watched the sky, listening to the
time-music of the quasars."
"Zodiac 2000", which *is* in the Complete Short Stories, has the line "But at least he could look up at the sky and liste... |
46,699 | I have a distant memory of once reading a JG Ballard short story in which a character utters a phrase similar to:
>
> "Listen, you can hear the quasars calling!"
>
>
>
or possibly
>
> "Listen, can you hear the quasars calling?"
>
>
>
or something along those lines. Maybe it was actually "cosmos calling" or ... | 2013/12/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/46699",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/789/"
] | In the mini-story cycle [ZODIAC 2000](http://books.google.com/books?id=D2cmHHAMrlEC&pg=PT1014&dq=ballard%20%22sign%20of%20the%20radar%20bowl%22%20quasars&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XRe3Ut_0KKfuyQGAuoCYAQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ballard%20%22sign%20of%20the%20radar%20bowl%22%20quasars&f=false), *The Sign of the Radar Bowl* had a... | "Meat Trademark"'s [answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/46704/789) pointed the way thanks (and I've accepted that; this is just to elaborate): I'm absolutely sure I'm remembering (badly, almost 3 decades on from when I read it I suspect) this section from Zodiac 2000's "The Sign of the Radar Bowl":
>
> As they ... |
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