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6,743,605 | I have an asp page that contains a lot of data, images and objects -- and I want to know the size and the weight of those images and objects.
Is there any tool that can give me these kinds of details? | 2011/07/19 | [
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] | You can use [YSlow](http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/) in Firefox (and maybe other browsers); it will give you the info you need, separated by type. It also gives lots of information regarding cache usage and good practices | You might also try [Fiddler](http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/). It tell you the size (in bytes) of each script, image, css, html, etc loaded during a particular page load. |
92,510 | I have an instrumental here (not particularly a fan of, but great reference for this question.)
This instrumental starts off with and contains a synth pluck with a simple melody. My interest in this synth pluck is how a single sound can fill out the sound spectrum all by itself.
What is the process behind achieving ... | 2019/11/30 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92510",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/60432/"
] | From my answer to [your stereo reverb question](https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/92393/what-is-the-difference-in-using-mono-reverb-vs-stereo-reverb)
>
> It's worth noting that (mono-in stereo-out) stereo reverb is one way
> to artificially create a stereo field from a mono input. Other
> stereoization meth... | From the comments you seem to be asking not about the frequency spectrum, but about the stereo field.
Yes, this is probably done by adding pseudo-stereo information using a 'stereo reverb' plugin.
It conceivably COULD have been achieved by recording the (marimba?) sound in a very reverberant room with stereo micropho... |
377,121 | This is directly related to my [previous question](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/376848/how-can-i-modify-this-opamp-circuits-logic), so it requires to first have a look at that. And the below LTspice implementation is based on Andy Aka's answer. The following circuit works in LTspice. But I have some ... | 2018/05/29 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/377121",
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] | High or low charges on a stored lithium battery stress it, even with the battery otherwise idle. The best way to store lithium-ion or lipo is at about half charge and close to 0C (32F) without actually freezing it. Note that there's a lot of superstition about batteries, and you'll get different answers from different ... | All lithium ion cells will have a data sheet from the manufacturer almost always available online.
The full data sheets will define the manufacturer's recommended parameters for a "standard charge" and for a "standard discharge", and often for rapid charge and maximum continuous discharge as well. They will also list ... |
919,528 | it's a bit long since I've done some research and loged my "findings"
but the question is only 2 lines and bolded...
I have searched anywhere and I'm stacked between C# and SQL\_SERVER:
I need to run a very big stored procedure which takes over 30 minutes
it got steps and I want to notify the dot.net on which step t... | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/919528",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Create a table that stores the current step number of your process, and have your process write this table at each step. Then you can either poll the 'current step' or set a SQLCacheDependency. | All you need is to catch **SqlException** then you can have
1. LineNumber (on which error occured in your SP)
2. Number (Error number [10 in your case])
3. Procedure (Name of Stored Procedure that caused the error)
4. State
5. SqlErrorCollection object
and many other goodies!!
EDIT:- OOPS this will not help you dire... |
12,498 | I'm building classrooms in the large basement of our home; we're in Spain and have an English school we're expanding.
Room to room sound insulation and resonance are the major concerns I have to consider, as well as costs. The actual ceiling is over three metres high and I plan on using acoustic ceiling tiles to help... | 2012/02/25 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/12498",
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"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/5370/"
] | If sound proofing is your primary concern then you should build the walls all the way up to the roof, past the suspended ceiling. You should insulate the walls with sound-dampening insulation. If you are willing to spend more money and time, you should look into isolating channels that the drywall attaches to. This pre... | In general this is valid. I've done industrial networking, and this design is pretty prevalent. What I'm not sure about it where you are putting the "glass wool" insulation? Are you insulating the unfinished walls above the ceiling? Or were you putting the insulation flat on top of the acoustic tile?
It the latter, th... |
123,562 | This is similar to this question: [How can I determine a reasonable salary to ask for?](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/896/how-can-i-determine-a-reasonable-salary-to-ask-for), but I think it's asking different questions.
I'm still in college and applying to jobs, so I'm a little thrown off when job appl... | 2018/11/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/123562",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/91151/"
] | As you identified, there are lots of questions on here already about what number to put when an employer asks, or even whether or not you should fill that field in at all.
Your question seems different, since you seem focused on understanding *why* employers ask this. It's hard to answer this broadly because different... | Employers will want to get a 'good deal' out of hiring someone; stating a fixed salary on the job advertisement reduces the chance of that happening for them.
If two equally skilled and likeable candidates are being considered for a role, they will likely *want to* go for the one that is prepared to work for less mone... |
123,562 | This is similar to this question: [How can I determine a reasonable salary to ask for?](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/896/how-can-i-determine-a-reasonable-salary-to-ask-for), but I think it's asking different questions.
I'm still in college and applying to jobs, so I'm a little thrown off when job appl... | 2018/11/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/123562",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/91151/"
] | As you identified, there are lots of questions on here already about what number to put when an employer asks, or even whether or not you should fill that field in at all.
Your question seems different, since you seem focused on understanding *why* employers ask this. It's hard to answer this broadly because different... | If you give a salary that is too low: Either the company concludes from your salary that you cannot be qualified for the job, or will quickly leave for a better paying job, and not hire you. Or they do hire you, and pay less than you deserve. In any case bidding too low is always bad for you.
If you give a salary tha... |
33,361,670 | On click of button, I need to make an ajax request to the back-end to persist the current time and some more details in the database. So, if the user clicks the button multiple times continuously, multiple ajax requests will be fired to the back-end. I want these requests to be executed in a sequential way one after th... | 2015/10/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33361670",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3044493/"
] | you can use promises to trigger a particular function on the fulfillment of an async request. <https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/>$q | When you call ajax call
just add
>
> async: false
> or async: true
>
>
>
in function, the call will synchronise or not |
547 | The tag wiki is an important part of the information architecture of a SE site. It provides a dimension of navigation, and makes information about a specific topic findable by searching for the tag.
I've noticed several instances if unilateral and arbitrary retagging of this site, all of them carried out by the same i... | 2015/08/15 | [
"https://opensource.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/547",
"https://opensource.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | On this particular example
==========================
I've rolled the edit back.
The [licensing](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/licensing "show questions tagged 'licensing'") tag was on the fence there: it's valid to think either it should be there *or* it shouldn't. Since that's the case, side... | Wow. Are you for real?
>
> I've noticed several instances if unilateral and arbitrary retagging
>
>
>
Retagging is unilateral by definition, unless it's done via a suggested edit. Arbitrary is an accusation against the retagger's motives for which you state no justification altogether.
>
> As an example of this... |
64,536 | I'm in Western Europe doing a Master's degree, and I expected the education quality to be much higher then what I've seen in my previous school which was in the Middle East, but some professors here still do this (taking exam and exercise questions from the internet) and they don't seem to understand the subject very w... | 2016/03/04 | [
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] | *they don't seem to understand the subject very well.*
You sound like you are in a level of expertise that you could judge the quality of the lectures. You may then ideally speak to the professor about your allegation *they still do this.* I am ignoring the regional limitations and considering the question in a general... | You get questions (and ideas for questions) from many places. Some you cook up yourself, others you water down from a step in a paper (even a very old one), or filch from a published exam, or a textbook, or even adapted from StackExchange. It varies. One of the selling points of textbooks is precisely that they provide... |
7,068 | In this transcript of a conversation between Simon Critchley & Badiou on Badiou's book *Being and Event*, Badiou states:
>
> And after that, I have also to understand why there is in modern times a clear relationship between poetry and philosophy. As you know, it’s a Heideggerian idea: this renewal of a philosophical... | 2013/05/30 | [
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] | Maybe that for Heidegger poetry is the peak of language. That is: poetry can say something other forms of language (for example theoretical statements) cannot. For example, it can designate, circumscribe, reveal, speak of what is not obvious or in plain view. | I don't know what Heidegger thought. But it should be clear that philosophy has this in common with poetry : both are about using innovation in language and imagery to try to capture and describe new ways of experiencing and thinking about the world.
The poet crafts new metaphors and turns of phrase which can give you... |
7,068 | In this transcript of a conversation between Simon Critchley & Badiou on Badiou's book *Being and Event*, Badiou states:
>
> And after that, I have also to understand why there is in modern times a clear relationship between poetry and philosophy. As you know, it’s a Heideggerian idea: this renewal of a philosophical... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/7068",
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] | Maybe that for Heidegger poetry is the peak of language. That is: poetry can say something other forms of language (for example theoretical statements) cannot. For example, it can designate, circumscribe, reveal, speak of what is not obvious or in plain view. | 'Rediscovery' I think clearly applies to: from Romanticism - which was far more dominant and lasting in philosophy in Germany than in England. John Vervaeke has [a great lecture on Romanticism in the context of the history of philosophy](https://youtu.be/Noc1OH0CUBc), which was all news to me. I can't think of a figure... |
7,068 | In this transcript of a conversation between Simon Critchley & Badiou on Badiou's book *Being and Event*, Badiou states:
>
> And after that, I have also to understand why there is in modern times a clear relationship between poetry and philosophy. As you know, it’s a Heideggerian idea: this renewal of a philosophical... | 2013/05/30 | [
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] | Maybe that for Heidegger poetry is the peak of language. That is: poetry can say something other forms of language (for example theoretical statements) cannot. For example, it can designate, circumscribe, reveal, speak of what is not obvious or in plain view. | ### Philosophy can learn how to reach the heart of people
It is basically about how to write truth in a way that reaches and permeates the public sphere, connecting reason with aesthetics.
Heidegger is deeply indebted to Hölderlin here and I'm surprised Badiou does not offer this obvious link himself. The main idea h... |
7,068 | In this transcript of a conversation between Simon Critchley & Badiou on Badiou's book *Being and Event*, Badiou states:
>
> And after that, I have also to understand why there is in modern times a clear relationship between poetry and philosophy. As you know, it’s a Heideggerian idea: this renewal of a philosophical... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/7068",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/933/"
] | I don't know what Heidegger thought. But it should be clear that philosophy has this in common with poetry : both are about using innovation in language and imagery to try to capture and describe new ways of experiencing and thinking about the world.
The poet crafts new metaphors and turns of phrase which can give you... | 'Rediscovery' I think clearly applies to: from Romanticism - which was far more dominant and lasting in philosophy in Germany than in England. John Vervaeke has [a great lecture on Romanticism in the context of the history of philosophy](https://youtu.be/Noc1OH0CUBc), which was all news to me. I can't think of a figure... |
7,068 | In this transcript of a conversation between Simon Critchley & Badiou on Badiou's book *Being and Event*, Badiou states:
>
> And after that, I have also to understand why there is in modern times a clear relationship between poetry and philosophy. As you know, it’s a Heideggerian idea: this renewal of a philosophical... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/7068",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/933/"
] | I don't know what Heidegger thought. But it should be clear that philosophy has this in common with poetry : both are about using innovation in language and imagery to try to capture and describe new ways of experiencing and thinking about the world.
The poet crafts new metaphors and turns of phrase which can give you... | ### Philosophy can learn how to reach the heart of people
It is basically about how to write truth in a way that reaches and permeates the public sphere, connecting reason with aesthetics.
Heidegger is deeply indebted to Hölderlin here and I'm surprised Badiou does not offer this obvious link himself. The main idea h... |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | It was obviously a case of Hulk having the last laugh, so to speak and was intended to make people smile or laugh.
I highly doubt that there is any "official" reasoning available for such a minor thing which is clearly intended for the viewers to make what they will of it, with the implication that it was in relation ... | I think the Hulk is a bit of an a-hole in the movie, not out of character for him or anyone who knows their power is unmatched. He undoubtedly remembers their battle in S.H.I.E.L.D.s' carrier and remembers he could not lift Mjolnir, Thor's hammer. He has a bit of contempt for demigods. Something Loki found out first-ha... |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
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"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | Although I have nothing to back this up, I am a writer and one of my characters parallels the Hulk fairly closely. In my mind, there's little doubt why he did it. He loves to hit things, he just got through having an aggressive fight, Thor is still upright, and he knows that Thor won't be hurt by it. It's like punching... | Official wording? The answer is because Hulk is chaotic and unpredictable and loves to punch things. He's always been that way. |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | It was obviously a case of Hulk having the last laugh, so to speak and was intended to make people smile or laugh.
I highly doubt that there is any "official" reasoning available for such a minor thing which is clearly intended for the viewers to make what they will of it, with the implication that it was in relation ... | Official wording? The answer is because Hulk is chaotic and unpredictable and loves to punch things. He's always been that way. |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | It was obviously a case of Hulk having the last laugh, so to speak and was intended to make people smile or laugh.
I highly doubt that there is any "official" reasoning available for such a minor thing which is clearly intended for the viewers to make what they will of it, with the implication that it was in relation ... | That's just a bit of character development actually. They want people to like Hulk so they're showing that he actually has a personality and a sense of humor (though a wicked one) and can show respect to a compatriot, in his own unique way of course. Gleefully arm-punching a buddy he's learned to respect and just fough... |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | Official wording? The answer is because Hulk is chaotic and unpredictable and loves to punch things. He's always been that way. | Hulk hates competition, and was still angry of the fact that Thor stood up to him. |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
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] | I think the Hulk is a bit of an a-hole in the movie, not out of character for him or anyone who knows their power is unmatched. He undoubtedly remembers their battle in S.H.I.E.L.D.s' carrier and remembers he could not lift Mjolnir, Thor's hammer. He has a bit of contempt for demigods. Something Loki found out first-ha... | Hulk hates competition, and was still angry of the fact that Thor stood up to him. |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | That's just a bit of character development actually. They want people to like Hulk so they're showing that he actually has a personality and a sense of humor (though a wicked one) and can show respect to a compatriot, in his own unique way of course. Gleefully arm-punching a buddy he's learned to respect and just fough... | Hulk hates competition, and was still angry of the fact that Thor stood up to him. |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | Although I have nothing to back this up, I am a writer and one of my characters parallels the Hulk fairly closely. In my mind, there's little doubt why he did it. He loves to hit things, he just got through having an aggressive fight, Thor is still upright, and he knows that Thor won't be hurt by it. It's like punching... | It was obviously a case of Hulk having the last laugh, so to speak and was intended to make people smile or laugh.
I highly doubt that there is any "official" reasoning available for such a minor thing which is clearly intended for the viewers to make what they will of it, with the implication that it was in relation ... |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | Although I have nothing to back this up, I am a writer and one of my characters parallels the Hulk fairly closely. In my mind, there's little doubt why he did it. He loves to hit things, he just got through having an aggressive fight, Thor is still upright, and he knows that Thor won't be hurt by it. It's like punching... | I think the Hulk is a bit of an a-hole in the movie, not out of character for him or anyone who knows their power is unmatched. He undoubtedly remembers their battle in S.H.I.E.L.D.s' carrier and remembers he could not lift Mjolnir, Thor's hammer. He has a bit of contempt for demigods. Something Loki found out first-ha... |
2,273 | In the climatic battle of [**The Avengers**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/), we see the full might of our heroes teaming up to protect the world.
However, [**one scene**](http://24.media.tumblr.com/03d89ab3fe7b118238963319b30994e8/tumblr_mmswbjHqd41r1mr1po1_500.gif) during this battle, while hilarious on it's ... | 2012/05/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2273",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | Although I have nothing to back this up, I am a writer and one of my characters parallels the Hulk fairly closely. In my mind, there's little doubt why he did it. He loves to hit things, he just got through having an aggressive fight, Thor is still upright, and he knows that Thor won't be hurt by it. It's like punching... | Hulk hates competition, and was still angry of the fact that Thor stood up to him. |
128,063 | The explorers landed on a planet where the chirality was opposite that of Earth’s. For some reason they couldn’t leave, so one of the scientists isolated people’s cells, basically put them into an aquarium and added samples of the alien plant life so that the cells could evolve to make use of the wrong chirality. He th... | 2016/05/14 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/128063",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/66133/"
] | **Short story: planet with wrong chirality**
["Contagion"](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55208), a 1950 novelette by [Katherine Maclean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_MacLean), apparently also the answer to [this old question](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93770/chirality-and-colonists)... | Are you sure it was a short story, or could it be Larry Niven's novel [*Destiny's Road*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny's_Road)?
From [this page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_chirality_in_popular_fiction):
>
> In Larry Niven's Destiny's Road, the title planet's indigenous life is based upon right-ha... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
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] | They could be, phishing sites are set up to do exactly this.
On non-malicious sites, this would be generally be considered poor practice, but there is no reason why they couldn't, beyond user privacy regulations. | In a previous job we logged failed credentials to a radius server used to authenticate internet connections. This was handy, we could reset customer's password to whatever their router was sending, or could see if the creds were from another ISP by the username.
My point is, there are times when logging failures is us... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | They could be, phishing sites are set up to do exactly this.
On non-malicious sites, this would be generally be considered poor practice, but there is no reason why they couldn't, beyond user privacy regulations. | I think the general answer here is that ***passwords*** are not normally logged by any legitimate service. Usernames certainly are.
To record passwords is a problem, even for the "correct" site. Services should not know what your passwords are, which is why there are some complicated processes used to store passwords... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | This would likely be recorded as an error on the website as it would return permission denied.
Many websites go through some kind of firewall or protection which might pick up failed attempted to try and block brute force log-in attempts or similar.
I would be pretty shocked to find that a (none compromised) website i... | Ignoring deliberately malicious websites, it can happen by accident or neglect. I refer you to Twitter: <https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/3/17316684/twitter-password-bug-security-flaw-exposed-change-now>
>
> May 3, 2018
>
>
> According to Twitter, the bug occurred due to an issue in the hashing process that masks pa... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | I think the general answer here is that ***passwords*** are not normally logged by any legitimate service. Usernames certainly are.
To record passwords is a problem, even for the "correct" site. Services should not know what your passwords are, which is why there are some complicated processes used to store passwords... | Ignoring deliberately malicious websites, it can happen by accident or neglect. I refer you to Twitter: <https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/3/17316684/twitter-password-bug-security-flaw-exposed-change-now>
>
> May 3, 2018
>
>
> According to Twitter, the bug occurred due to an issue in the hashing process that masks pa... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | They could be, phishing sites are set up to do exactly this.
On non-malicious sites, this would be generally be considered poor practice, but there is no reason why they couldn't, beyond user privacy regulations. | This would likely be recorded as an error on the website as it would return permission denied.
Many websites go through some kind of firewall or protection which might pick up failed attempted to try and block brute force log-in attempts or similar.
I would be pretty shocked to find that a (none compromised) website i... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | This would likely be recorded as an error on the website as it would return permission denied.
Many websites go through some kind of firewall or protection which might pick up failed attempted to try and block brute force log-in attempts or similar.
I would be pretty shocked to find that a (none compromised) website i... | In a previous job we logged failed credentials to a radius server used to authenticate internet connections. This was handy, we could reset customer's password to whatever their router was sending, or could see if the creds were from another ISP by the username.
My point is, there are times when logging failures is us... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | A legitimate website will rather not do that.
Then again, there are possibilities:
1. The site being compromised
2. The site being run by incompetent people (never underestimate...), collecting the data and get compromised in some future point.
3. The site collecting some data of failed logins in order to analyse and... | This would likely be recorded as an error on the website as it would return permission denied.
Many websites go through some kind of firewall or protection which might pick up failed attempted to try and block brute force log-in attempts or similar.
I would be pretty shocked to find that a (none compromised) website i... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | A legitimate website will rather not do that.
Then again, there are possibilities:
1. The site being compromised
2. The site being run by incompetent people (never underestimate...), collecting the data and get compromised in some future point.
3. The site collecting some data of failed logins in order to analyse and... | In a previous job we logged failed credentials to a radius server used to authenticate internet connections. This was handy, we could reset customer's password to whatever their router was sending, or could see if the creds were from another ISP by the username.
My point is, there are times when logging failures is us... |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | This would likely be recorded as an error on the website as it would return permission denied.
Many websites go through some kind of firewall or protection which might pick up failed attempted to try and block brute force log-in attempts or similar.
I would be pretty shocked to find that a (none compromised) website i... | They should not, but good security practice would be to consider the password used as compromised and change it.
After all, if you lose a set of keys for your home, wouldn't make you less worried to replace the locks? |
226,663 | Which is harder to exploit:
Password reset link with tokens/timestamps/code/ticket etc
Or, temporary password sent on user mail using which login can be done and password can be changed.
Any suggestions on how they can be exploited please? | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/226663",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/228198/"
] | I think the general answer here is that ***passwords*** are not normally logged by any legitimate service. Usernames certainly are.
To record passwords is a problem, even for the "correct" site. Services should not know what your passwords are, which is why there are some complicated processes used to store passwords... | They should not, but good security practice would be to consider the password used as compromised and change it.
After all, if you lose a set of keys for your home, wouldn't make you less worried to replace the locks? |
15,519,014 | I want to know(study) about the network driver interfacing with the linux kernel or the TCP/IP stack.
For this i would like to use my own system driver as a case study.
Can you please tell me any good references from where i can study the above concept.
I will be very thankful to you | 2013/03/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15519014",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2087340/"
] | I recommend:
(1)One book "Understanding the Linux Network Internals" by Benvenuti; This book can be ordered on amazon: [http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Network-Internals-Christian-Benvenuti/dp/0596002556](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0596002556)
(2)One demo code inside the Linux Kernel source tre... | I think some parts of the interface are explained in Linux Device Drivers book.
You can get a legal and free copy here:
<http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/>
Have a look on the code example of a network device driver, it should show you how the interface between device driver and kernel network subsystem is working. |
70,778 | I'm just learning photography and I found this picture
<http://www.michaelkormos.com/blog/a-lovely-afternoon-family-photography-nyc-family-photographer>
The background was warm with yellow soft tones ... but the subjects are clear. I wondered how can I do that?
Yesterday I did a test, but failed ... lOLz ... It was... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/70778",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46231/"
] | A shot like this requires you to **shoot during the [golden hour](https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/16028/what-is-golden-hour)**. The light at this time of day will be very warm/yellow with very pronounced shadows. Other factors that can help you get a shot similar to this include careful application of additio... | First, to get this warm and yellow background, you need to be shooting in that kind of light, which generally only happens at sunrise and sunset. You can see by the catchlight in the eyes that the photographer was using a fairly large reflector to get light back onto the subjects. Also, you will notice that the super g... |
70,778 | I'm just learning photography and I found this picture
<http://www.michaelkormos.com/blog/a-lovely-afternoon-family-photography-nyc-family-photographer>
The background was warm with yellow soft tones ... but the subjects are clear. I wondered how can I do that?
Yesterday I did a test, but failed ... lOLz ... It was... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/70778",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46231/"
] | First, to get this warm and yellow background, you need to be shooting in that kind of light, which generally only happens at sunrise and sunset. You can see by the catchlight in the eyes that the photographer was using a fairly large reflector to get light back onto the subjects. Also, you will notice that the super g... | It's basically about how you use the gels and white balance in combination. Your subject is lit by the flash. Your ambient background is not. So you can make a color temperature difference between the two, in any balance you want, by adjusting the color of the light on your subject, and then white balancing to match.
... |
70,778 | I'm just learning photography and I found this picture
<http://www.michaelkormos.com/blog/a-lovely-afternoon-family-photography-nyc-family-photographer>
The background was warm with yellow soft tones ... but the subjects are clear. I wondered how can I do that?
Yesterday I did a test, but failed ... lOLz ... It was... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/70778",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46231/"
] | A shot like this requires you to **shoot during the [golden hour](https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/16028/what-is-golden-hour)**. The light at this time of day will be very warm/yellow with very pronounced shadows. Other factors that can help you get a shot similar to this include careful application of additio... | You can get different white balance on subject and background when you use flash and gels. That's one of the points of using flashes.
<http://neilvn.com/tangents/gelling-your-flash-for-effect-blue-background/>
<http://neilvn.com/tangents/photo-shoot-progression-of-an-idea/> (and many more on his blog)
The white bal... |
70,778 | I'm just learning photography and I found this picture
<http://www.michaelkormos.com/blog/a-lovely-afternoon-family-photography-nyc-family-photographer>
The background was warm with yellow soft tones ... but the subjects are clear. I wondered how can I do that?
Yesterday I did a test, but failed ... lOLz ... It was... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/70778",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46231/"
] | A shot like this requires you to **shoot during the [golden hour](https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/16028/what-is-golden-hour)**. The light at this time of day will be very warm/yellow with very pronounced shadows. Other factors that can help you get a shot similar to this include careful application of additio... | It's basically about how you use the gels and white balance in combination. Your subject is lit by the flash. Your ambient background is not. So you can make a color temperature difference between the two, in any balance you want, by adjusting the color of the light on your subject, and then white balancing to match.
... |
70,778 | I'm just learning photography and I found this picture
<http://www.michaelkormos.com/blog/a-lovely-afternoon-family-photography-nyc-family-photographer>
The background was warm with yellow soft tones ... but the subjects are clear. I wondered how can I do that?
Yesterday I did a test, but failed ... lOLz ... It was... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/70778",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46231/"
] | You can get different white balance on subject and background when you use flash and gels. That's one of the points of using flashes.
<http://neilvn.com/tangents/gelling-your-flash-for-effect-blue-background/>
<http://neilvn.com/tangents/photo-shoot-progression-of-an-idea/> (and many more on his blog)
The white bal... | It's basically about how you use the gels and white balance in combination. Your subject is lit by the flash. Your ambient background is not. So you can make a color temperature difference between the two, in any balance you want, by adjusting the color of the light on your subject, and then white balancing to match.
... |
6,040 | I am fairly new to this forum but I am repeatably running into the same problem. This is the user who has found a formula or data on the internet which they think can be applied to a problem. They go ahead and post or quote this blindly without giving any thought to its applicability and then insist they are correct be... | 2016/12/19 | [
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6040",
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] | [Help center](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/flag-posts) says, for the flagging privilege (obtained at 15 rep):
>
> **When should I flag?**
>
>
> If anything happens on our site that makes you feel uncomfortable or that, in your opinion, clearly does not belong here, please flag it and bring ... | Flags are meant for signaling exception conditions to the moderators.
Closing a post is routine business. You only need 3000 rep to be able to vote to close questions. We have a reasonably large number of users at 3000 or higher, so bad questions will get closed soon enough. If you don't have 3000 rep yet, just move o... |
6,040 | I am fairly new to this forum but I am repeatably running into the same problem. This is the user who has found a formula or data on the internet which they think can be applied to a problem. They go ahead and post or quote this blindly without giving any thought to its applicability and then insist they are correct be... | 2016/12/19 | [
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6040",
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] | [Help center](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/flag-posts) says, for the flagging privilege (obtained at 15 rep):
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> **When should I flag?**
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> If anything happens on our site that makes you feel uncomfortable or that, in your opinion, clearly does not belong here, please flag it and bring ... | In addition to the other answers, moderators can take some flak when community moderation isn't allowed to take it's course before they zoom in and close something. It takes 5 users to close a question, but just one moderator. They tend to reserve that action for cases that might fall between the cracks, or for cases w... |
6,040 | I am fairly new to this forum but I am repeatably running into the same problem. This is the user who has found a formula or data on the internet which they think can be applied to a problem. They go ahead and post or quote this blindly without giving any thought to its applicability and then insist they are correct be... | 2016/12/19 | [
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6040",
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/115446/"
] | In addition to the other answers, moderators can take some flak when community moderation isn't allowed to take it's course before they zoom in and close something. It takes 5 users to close a question, but just one moderator. They tend to reserve that action for cases that might fall between the cracks, or for cases w... | Flags are meant for signaling exception conditions to the moderators.
Closing a post is routine business. You only need 3000 rep to be able to vote to close questions. We have a reasonably large number of users at 3000 or higher, so bad questions will get closed soon enough. If you don't have 3000 rep yet, just move o... |
4,032,829 | Assuming this is possible, I would like my iOS application, when backgrounded, to poll a server (i.e. essentially, retrieve the contents of a URL every 30 minutes and notify the user if it contains something "interesting"), essentially in a similar way to the way the built-in mail client assumedly works if you're not u... | 2010/10/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4032829",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/48933/"
] | What you want to do, is not covered under the multitasking features of iOS4. There are only a few types of applications allowed to run in the background for long periods of time (more than 10 minutes), and generic networking applications aren't one of them.
However, all is not lost. What you can do, and what I believe... | >
> Assuming this is possible...
>
>
>
Unfortunately that's a faulty assumption(!).
You can't do it using the "multi tasking" on the iPhone, as it only allows certain kinds of background processing (GPS, VoIP, music). To do what you want you'll need to do the work on a server and use push notifications. |
2,159,916 | [diagram http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg](http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg)
The question is pretty self-explanatory. Is there a technical name for that diagram? Is it considered UML? Second of all, what sort of program might have been used to generate it? I'd like to make o... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2159916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/47493/"
] | It is not UML.
Most probably not a standard, just blocks with not-well-defined meanings.
There might be tools, but this one was probably drawn with OpenOffice or similar. | It's not UML as Nicolas suggests.
The closest term I know is [Layered Architecture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_(computer_science)#Layered_architecture) diagram.
As it seems like there is no agreed rules/convention on this type of diagram (as compared to UML,) any graphics tool would do e.g. Visio, [Crea... |
2,159,916 | [diagram http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg](http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg)
The question is pretty self-explanatory. Is there a technical name for that diagram? Is it considered UML? Second of all, what sort of program might have been used to generate it? I'd like to make o... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2159916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/47493/"
] | It is not UML.
Most probably not a standard, just blocks with not-well-defined meanings.
There might be tools, but this one was probably drawn with OpenOffice or similar. | You could abuse a UML class diagram with packages, or a component diagram to draw something like this. |
2,159,916 | [diagram http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg](http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg)
The question is pretty self-explanatory. Is there a technical name for that diagram? Is it considered UML? Second of all, what sort of program might have been used to generate it? I'd like to make o... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2159916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/47493/"
] | It's not UML as Nicolas suggests.
The closest term I know is [Layered Architecture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_(computer_science)#Layered_architecture) diagram.
As it seems like there is no agreed rules/convention on this type of diagram (as compared to UML,) any graphics tool would do e.g. Visio, [Crea... | You could abuse a UML class diagram with packages, or a component diagram to draw something like this. |
2,159,916 | [diagram http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg](http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg)
The question is pretty self-explanatory. Is there a technical name for that diagram? Is it considered UML? Second of all, what sort of program might have been used to generate it? I'd like to make o... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2159916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/47493/"
] | You might consider using a layer diagram, which you can use to describe the logical structure of your system. You can create layer diagrams bottom up from code or from the top-down in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. In addition, VS 2010 lets you validate code against a layer diagram that is mapped to it.
For more informa... | It's not UML as Nicolas suggests.
The closest term I know is [Layered Architecture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_(computer_science)#Layered_architecture) diagram.
As it seems like there is no agreed rules/convention on this type of diagram (as compared to UML,) any graphics tool would do e.g. Visio, [Crea... |
2,159,916 | [diagram http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg](http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2506/picture1lx.jpg)
The question is pretty self-explanatory. Is there a technical name for that diagram? Is it considered UML? Second of all, what sort of program might have been used to generate it? I'd like to make o... | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2159916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/47493/"
] | You might consider using a layer diagram, which you can use to describe the logical structure of your system. You can create layer diagrams bottom up from code or from the top-down in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. In addition, VS 2010 lets you validate code against a layer diagram that is mapped to it.
For more informa... | You could abuse a UML class diagram with packages, or a component diagram to draw something like this. |
160,697 | I mean, *of course* I can do anything the DM allows, etc. But is there a rules-as-written sequence of events that ends with a character with only Ur-Priest levels? I.e. ECL = Ur-Priest class level.
I have been playing with this question as a sort of puzzle for the past few months, and haven’t found anything solid yet... | 2019/12/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/160697",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/25662/"
] | **Bottom line up front:** a Chaotic Evil belgoi werebattletitan could take ur-priest levels without any other class levels, and then have lycanthropy cured and the belgoi race changed to another without RHD, to end up as a pure ur-priest, at least through 10th level.
---
Ur-priest only has 10 levels to it, and even i... | 1. Start as any monster race that can meet Ur-Priest's prereqs.
(i.e. 5RHD dragon or outsider with the right class skills, or 9RHD with the right skills and any type, or just anything with 13RHD. I can't off-hand think of anything that qualifies earlier than a Blue Dragon Wyrmling (ECL10), but I haven't done an exha... |
22,064 | Do we learn to improve our working memory capacity without sitting WM tests?
Working memory capacity can be [measured](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/1670/how-to-reliably-measure-working-memory-capacity), but I wondered whether the only way to improve it is learning techniques for working memory tests,... | 2019/04/18 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/22064",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'm not a psychologist so be cautious about drawing conclusions from what I say.
Education can teach us to use our working memory more effectively by:
1. Learning how to do better chunking (which sometimes comes at a cost of time and effort spent on recall and on creating the chunk, but this can be improved with prac... | Based on what I'll explain below, I'm going to have to say yes—but I don't know that there's a lot permanency to it.
I'm not a psychologist, but I do have low working memory and seem to notice when and how it improves and worsens (for me, personally). So, I can give you my personal anecdotal opinions (with no guarante... |
116,992 | The expression I came up with this circuit is A'B + A'CD + C, would the output change to AB' + AC'D' + C' since it is inverted? I'm assuming the D input compliments and cancels out? What would the logical expression actually be? I am confused about the inverter on the output.
![NOT output](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qB... | 2014/06/28 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/116992",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/46422/"
] | I can't give you the full works on this but for a transmitting antenna, the evanescent fields are the E fields and H fields directly produced by the antenna and localized about the antenna. Eventually they can give rise to an electromagnetic wave but this isn't an evanescent field.
Typical usage that I'm aware of is m... | Near field and far field are names given to mathematical expressions. Consider a radiation source and a imaginary sphere around it. The power crossing the sphere is given by
P= (4πr^2)*P'= 4π*(C1 + C2/r + C3/r^2+ C4/r^3+ ….) , where P' is the power density.
The first term is a constant, so no matter the size of the s... |
143,251 | I see that, for example:
>
> A cleric or paladin can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus, as described in chapter 10. To use the symbol in this way, the caster must hold it in hand, **wear it visibly,** or bear it on a shield.
>
>
>
Further, I see that the standard arcane focuses -- orbs, crystals, rods, et... | 2019/03/15 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/143251",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/52922/"
] | The *[Hat of Wizardry](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/hat-of-wizardry)* says:
>
> This antiquated, cone-shaped hat is adorned with gold crescent moons and stars. While you are wearing it, you gain the following benefits:
>
>
> * You can use the hat as a spellcasting focus for your wizard spells.
> * You can ... | **Yes**, the *Hat of Wizardry* and the *Dark Shard Amulet* must be held in hand to be used as focus.
The rule for material components is found in the Player Handbook's errata:
>
> **Material (M)** A spellcaster must have a hand free to access a spell’s material components—or to hold a spellcasting focus — but it can... |
143,251 | I see that, for example:
>
> A cleric or paladin can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus, as described in chapter 10. To use the symbol in this way, the caster must hold it in hand, **wear it visibly,** or bear it on a shield.
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Further, I see that the standard arcane focuses -- orbs, crystals, rods, et... | 2019/03/15 | [
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] | The *[Hat of Wizardry](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/hat-of-wizardry)* says:
>
> This antiquated, cone-shaped hat is adorned with gold crescent moons and stars. While you are wearing it, you gain the following benefits:
>
>
> * You can use the hat as a spellcasting focus for your wizard spells.
> * You can ... | They don't need to be held in the hand to be used as a focus.
The magical items Hat of Wizardry and Dark Shard Amulet are templated differently than the nonmagical Holy Symbol because of the additional ability they have. Instead of a single statement, they use a bulleted list. The list could be expanded into statement... |
143,251 | I see that, for example:
>
> A cleric or paladin can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus, as described in chapter 10. To use the symbol in this way, the caster must hold it in hand, **wear it visibly,** or bear it on a shield.
>
>
>
Further, I see that the standard arcane focuses -- orbs, crystals, rods, et... | 2019/03/15 | [
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] | They don't need to be held in the hand to be used as a focus.
The magical items Hat of Wizardry and Dark Shard Amulet are templated differently than the nonmagical Holy Symbol because of the additional ability they have. Instead of a single statement, they use a bulleted list. The list could be expanded into statement... | **Yes**, the *Hat of Wizardry* and the *Dark Shard Amulet* must be held in hand to be used as focus.
The rule for material components is found in the Player Handbook's errata:
>
> **Material (M)** A spellcaster must have a hand free to access a spell’s material components—or to hold a spellcasting focus — but it can... |
148,764 | I have a 10W SMPS circuit powering a home appliance like this:
I need to extract a zero-crossing pulse from this circuit which would then be fed to a micro-controller. To this end, I am considering the following modification to the circuit:
![vanellope_zc](htt... | 2015/01/12 | [
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] | The rise/fall time of the opto is about 20 microseconds (1000 ohm load) and the time when the rectified voltage is close to zero is maybe 2 degrees of one cycle. At a 20ms period of AC, a couple of degrees is about 100us. It's getting to close to not working is my impression.
Looking at the frequency response graph on... | Andy aka is correct, but if you still want to give it a try I'd suggest the following modification
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2f3nRcg.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
ETA - ... |
94,181 | [Source](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/synopsis?ref_=tt_stry_pl)
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> she meets a man named Hae-Joo Im, who it is revealed was behind her friend, and then her.
>
>
>
What does this mean behind her friend, and then her? | 2016/06/19 | [
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] | I like to think of it as the difference between "weather" and "climate".
Weather is what's going on right now. Being "cheerful" means that, right now, you're upbeat and feeling good. - Like if the weather is sunny.
Climate is what the overall weather is like for a region. While it may be sunny today, if the general c... | The definitions can be confusing since it would lead one to believe that to being happy is a condition of being cheerful.
Robbins is referring to "happy" as a general contented state of being. We all know the feeling when things are going our way, the sun is to our back, and everything is going smoothly and well.
Bei... |
94,181 | [Source](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/synopsis?ref_=tt_stry_pl)
>
> she meets a man named Hae-Joo Im, who it is revealed was behind her friend, and then her.
>
>
>
What does this mean behind her friend, and then her? | 2016/06/19 | [
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] | The definitions can be confusing since it would lead one to believe that to being happy is a condition of being cheerful.
Robbins is referring to "happy" as a general contented state of being. We all know the feeling when things are going our way, the sun is to our back, and everything is going smoothly and well.
Bei... | Be cheerful no matter what happens... |
94,181 | [Source](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/synopsis?ref_=tt_stry_pl)
>
> she meets a man named Hae-Joo Im, who it is revealed was behind her friend, and then her.
>
>
>
What does this mean behind her friend, and then her? | 2016/06/19 | [
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] | I like to think of it as the difference between "weather" and "climate".
Weather is what's going on right now. Being "cheerful" means that, right now, you're upbeat and feeling good. - Like if the weather is sunny.
Climate is what the overall weather is like for a region. While it may be sunny today, if the general c... | Be cheerful no matter what happens... |
127,754 | When using **Notes** I often find myself changing the color of the text (usually to blue or red) as an additional way to indicate emphasis (alongside *italics* and **bold**).
The shortcut for displaying the available colors is **Command-Shift-C** but that still requires the user to use the mouse to click on a particu... | 2014/04/16 | [
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] | This isn't **exactly** what you were asking for, but perhaps it is close enough.
Just below the menu place where you bring up the color picker (Format->Font->Show Colors) are two other menu items: Copy Style and Paste Style. This is what worked for me:
1. Select some text in your note
2. Manually set the color, like ... | You are right -- there's no shortcut (yet) to change the color in Notes (source:<https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201236>).
The closest shortcut would be command + T which opens the Font window where you can change font color. |
244,868 | I am new to physics and I understand *gravity* is a pulling force.
Let's assume a *ball* has been placed on the ground. Does *gravity* has any role after I placed an object (e.g. ball) on ground?
Sorry, if I asked something silly or the question was wrong. | 2016/03/22 | [
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] | yes: the gravity maintain the ball on the floor. And if the ball is soft, it is maintained squeezed. | The force of gravity never stops acting on the object. However, the gravity is balanced out by an equal and opposite normal force. Gravity simply keeps the object stuck to the floor. It does not stop existing; it is merely balanced and therefore has no overall impact on the object's motion. Hope this helps! -Alm. |
244,868 | I am new to physics and I understand *gravity* is a pulling force.
Let's assume a *ball* has been placed on the ground. Does *gravity* has any role after I placed an object (e.g. ball) on ground?
Sorry, if I asked something silly or the question was wrong. | 2016/03/22 | [
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] | All object with mass has gravity. mass is the amount of matter in that object.
That's why the weight of an object feels less on moon even if the mass is same. Earth's gravity is that force that attracts every objects towards its centre. Due to this gravity we could land on the earth surface even after we jump on it. w... | The force of gravity never stops acting on the object. However, the gravity is balanced out by an equal and opposite normal force. Gravity simply keeps the object stuck to the floor. It does not stop existing; it is merely balanced and therefore has no overall impact on the object's motion. Hope this helps! -Alm. |
244,868 | I am new to physics and I understand *gravity* is a pulling force.
Let's assume a *ball* has been placed on the ground. Does *gravity* has any role after I placed an object (e.g. ball) on ground?
Sorry, if I asked something silly or the question was wrong. | 2016/03/22 | [
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] | The ball is in an equillibrium of two forces: the gravity and the pressing force from the ground.
You can say, that the two cancel out. But there is, in practice a difference, if you have no forces acting or some forces that cancel out. Because usually the forces change, if you change the system. In your example, the... | The force of gravity never stops acting on the object. However, the gravity is balanced out by an equal and opposite normal force. Gravity simply keeps the object stuck to the floor. It does not stop existing; it is merely balanced and therefore has no overall impact on the object's motion. Hope this helps! -Alm. |
67,120 | In *Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus* Ludwig Wittgenstein says that every elementary proposition is a picture. It is clear that we must make a distinction between elementary propositions and other propositions, because we cannot consider a negation of an elementary proposition to be a picture.
For example the propositi... | 2019/09/16 | [
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] | Propositions associated with facts or states of affair are pictures of those facts or states of affairs. In contrast to tautologies and contradictions they have sense and because of that they have true-false poles. Anat Biletzki and Anat Matar provide this description:
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> Tautologies and contradictions, the proposit... | >
> In Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Ludwig Wittgenstein says that every elementary proposition is a picture.
>
>
>
Clearly, propositions are not visual pictures.
Dictionaries provide apt definitions of the meaning of the word "picture" as it was used by Wittgenstein:
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> Picture
>
>
> 6. The main circumstan... |
412,236 | When recording a video, sometimes it's preferable to blur the background, especially when working from home or outside the typical office environment.
I didn't figure out [how to blur the background of a photo booth video recording](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/412180/290197), so I record without blurring the bac... | 2021/01/28 | [
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] | The easiest approach to attain your goal is to use a video calling application in combination with screen recording.
For the video calling application I suggest [Jitsi](https://jitsi.org/) as it works in your browser, but you can also look into any other popular application like Teams, Zoom or Skype.
1. Go to [meet.j... | There is an app for Mac and Windows called ChromaCam.
It has minimum requirements such as MacOs 10.14 but it can accomplish this as well. |
23 | On iOS devices you can take a screenshot by pressing the home & sleep buttons at the same time. Is there a similar way to take a screenshot with Windows Phone? | 2012/04/24 | [
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1. If you're just a developer and just want to take screenshots for marketing your app, you can use the [emulator's screenshot tool](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg442300%28v=VS.92%29.aspx).
2. If you have a developer-unlocked phone ([$99 a year from Microsoft](http... | In Windows Phone 8 you are able to save a screenshot by holding both the power button (often on the side of the phone, between the volume buttons and the camera button) and the home button (the middle button under the screen, with the Windows logo on it) for some time. Such screenshots are saved in the Screenshot album... |
23 | On iOS devices you can take a screenshot by pressing the home & sleep buttons at the same time. Is there a similar way to take a screenshot with Windows Phone? | 2012/04/24 | [
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1. If you're just a developer and just want to take screenshots for marketing your app, you can use the [emulator's screenshot tool](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg442300%28v=VS.92%29.aspx).
2. If you have a developer-unlocked phone ([$99 a year from Microsoft](http... | Windows Phone 8
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Press and hold Start button and Power icon at the same time to take a picture of your screen.
Windows Phone 8.1
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Press the Power icon and Volume Up buttons at the same time to take a picture of your screen.
Windows Phone 7, 7.5
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It do not provide... |
23 | On iOS devices you can take a screenshot by pressing the home & sleep buttons at the same time. Is there a similar way to take a screenshot with Windows Phone? | 2012/04/24 | [
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Press and hold Start button and Power icon at the same time to take a picture of your screen.
Windows Phone 8.1
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Press the Power icon and Volume Up buttons at the same time to take a picture of your screen.
Windows Phone 7, 7.5
--------------------
It do not provide... |
111,296 | It took 5-6 months to hear from the referee in both of my accepted papers. In my one rejection it was only a couple of weeks.
I do not think it could possibly take 5-6 months to read and understand my papers.
Should I conclude that my referee's wait a few months to even begin reading my papers? Are they trying to a... | 2018/06/16 | [
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5-6 months is a long time, but depending o... | It’s unlikely they’re all sitting on the paper, although as has been mentioned it’s very field-dependent. A six-month delay in my field without any feedback would be approaching a four- to five-sigma event, but in math or some humanities fields, for instance, it might be more common.
What is possible is that the edit... |
111,296 | It took 5-6 months to hear from the referee in both of my accepted papers. In my one rejection it was only a couple of weeks.
I do not think it could possibly take 5-6 months to read and understand my papers.
Should I conclude that my referee's wait a few months to even begin reading my papers? Are they trying to a... | 2018/06/16 | [
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5-6 months is a long time, but depending o... | Reviewing a paper takes me 4 hours upto 2 days. I only accept review invitations when I have time to read those papers. I have not yet declined any serious invitation. I try to submit my (naturally constructive) review within two weeks after being invited by an editor, no matter the time being given.
In contrast, I h... |
111,296 | It took 5-6 months to hear from the referee in both of my accepted papers. In my one rejection it was only a couple of weeks.
I do not think it could possibly take 5-6 months to read and understand my papers.
Should I conclude that my referee's wait a few months to even begin reading my papers? Are they trying to a... | 2018/06/16 | [
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] | Reading your paper is not the only obligation your referee has. They are active researchers who, besides their own research, have teaching, administration, thesis defenses, other papers to review etc. They are also normal people, who have to make their personal life function.
5-6 months is a long time, but depending o... | A personal experience as editor (which might help understand why this happens):
An interesting paper finds its way to me via the editorial office. I usually try to use one of the suggested reviewers and another one - so those are invited and have about 3 weeks to reply. Both reviewers fail to reply within 21 days and ... |
111,296 | It took 5-6 months to hear from the referee in both of my accepted papers. In my one rejection it was only a couple of weeks.
I do not think it could possibly take 5-6 months to read and understand my papers.
Should I conclude that my referee's wait a few months to even begin reading my papers? Are they trying to a... | 2018/06/16 | [
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What is possible is that the edit... | A personal experience as editor (which might help understand why this happens):
An interesting paper finds its way to me via the editorial office. I usually try to use one of the suggested reviewers and another one - so those are invited and have about 3 weeks to reply. Both reviewers fail to reply within 21 days and ... |
111,296 | It took 5-6 months to hear from the referee in both of my accepted papers. In my one rejection it was only a couple of weeks.
I do not think it could possibly take 5-6 months to read and understand my papers.
Should I conclude that my referee's wait a few months to even begin reading my papers? Are they trying to a... | 2018/06/16 | [
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] | Reviewing a paper takes me 4 hours upto 2 days. I only accept review invitations when I have time to read those papers. I have not yet declined any serious invitation. I try to submit my (naturally constructive) review within two weeks after being invited by an editor, no matter the time being given.
In contrast, I h... | A personal experience as editor (which might help understand why this happens):
An interesting paper finds its way to me via the editorial office. I usually try to use one of the suggested reviewers and another one - so those are invited and have about 3 weeks to reply. Both reviewers fail to reply within 21 days and ... |
7,780,521 | I'm doing a homework assignment for my theory of computation class and am a bit confused how to combine 2 DFAs. The book says it uses the "intersection construction" to do so, but I'm not sure what that is. Here are 2 examples:
![enter image descrip... | 2011/10/15 | [
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] | The idea is pretty straightforward, although I can see where the confusion comes in. I will give a text/symbolic description of the process for making the intersection (union, difference) machines via the Cartesian Product Machine construction (same thing as you are talking about).
A DFA is a 5-tuple (E, Q, q0, A, f) ... | These are:
{s∈{a,b,c}∗:every a in s is immediately followed by a b}
{s∈{a,b,c}∗:every a in s is immediately followed by a b}
and
{s∈{a,b,c}∗: every c in s is immediately preceded by a b}
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fCT4M.jpg)
In front and another aut... |
4,125 | **What subset of Hegel should a person know to understand Marxist philosophy?**
In political alignment i'm a Marxist, and mostly subscribe to social and political positions of the kinds like Slavoj Žižek or István Mészáros. However in philosophy i was always a logical positivist and was never interested in continental... | 2012/11/02 | [
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] | You might be interested in Alexandre Kojève's *Introduction to the Reading of Hegel*. The first chapter is available on the site DBK recommended (www.marxists.org). Kojève has a few other works of note (though only the *Introduction* and *Outline of a Phenomenology of Right* have been translated into English--though *T... | The site you link to (marxism.org) has lots of freely available material:
* [Index of Marxists.org Hegel Archives](http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/index.htm)
* [Some Helpful Reference Materials from Marxists.org](http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/li_help.htm)
In particular you might want... |
4,125 | **What subset of Hegel should a person know to understand Marxist philosophy?**
In political alignment i'm a Marxist, and mostly subscribe to social and political positions of the kinds like Slavoj Žižek or István Mészáros. However in philosophy i was always a logical positivist and was never interested in continental... | 2012/11/02 | [
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] | The site you link to (marxism.org) has lots of freely available material:
* [Index of Marxists.org Hegel Archives](http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/index.htm)
* [Some Helpful Reference Materials from Marxists.org](http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/li_help.htm)
In particular you might want... | I liked *Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory* by Herbert Marcuse.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_and_Revolution> |
4,125 | **What subset of Hegel should a person know to understand Marxist philosophy?**
In political alignment i'm a Marxist, and mostly subscribe to social and political positions of the kinds like Slavoj Žižek or István Mészáros. However in philosophy i was always a logical positivist and was never interested in continental... | 2012/11/02 | [
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] | You might be interested in Alexandre Kojève's *Introduction to the Reading of Hegel*. The first chapter is available on the site DBK recommended (www.marxists.org). Kojève has a few other works of note (though only the *Introduction* and *Outline of a Phenomenology of Right* have been translated into English--though *T... | I liked *Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory* by Herbert Marcuse.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_and_Revolution> |
6,026 | I am playing bass in a humorous metal band. The idea is to make parody out of metal using as many cliches as possible (at the same time respecting the scene and having fun, of course). We have some bass solos in our songs and I am feeling that my 4 strings just aren't enough for playing the high pitched notes in solos ... | 2012/04/23 | [
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] | When you think "evil" and "bass guitar" the brand that immediately comes to mind is BC Rich:
These guys practically invented the ultra-spiky death metal instrument look. If you want to look the part, get a BC Rich. If you don't go this route, look a... | A1: it is not about how many strings the bass has. if you need them all, buy it. you won't lose!
A2: I know more about guitar, but I would recommend Ibanez and yamaha basses.
A3: yes! there are bass distortions, and you'll need some compression, too! |
6,026 | I am playing bass in a humorous metal band. The idea is to make parody out of metal using as many cliches as possible (at the same time respecting the scene and having fun, of course). We have some bass solos in our songs and I am feeling that my 4 strings just aren't enough for playing the high pitched notes in solos ... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6026",
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] | Why would it need to look evil if it's a parody? Wouldn't that mean it shouldn't look evil? Shouldn't you use a Hello Kitty bass?
Just the same you should get the cheapest basses you can find on Craigslist so you can smash them.
Alex Webster's bass is a Spectre custom 5 string ... $2800 list.. so there's no joke abou... | A1: it is not about how many strings the bass has. if you need them all, buy it. you won't lose!
A2: I know more about guitar, but I would recommend Ibanez and yamaha basses.
A3: yes! there are bass distortions, and you'll need some compression, too! |
6,026 | I am playing bass in a humorous metal band. The idea is to make parody out of metal using as many cliches as possible (at the same time respecting the scene and having fun, of course). We have some bass solos in our songs and I am feeling that my 4 strings just aren't enough for playing the high pitched notes in solos ... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/6026",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/2281/"
] | When you think "evil" and "bass guitar" the brand that immediately comes to mind is BC Rich:
These guys practically invented the ultra-spiky death metal instrument look. If you want to look the part, get a BC Rich. If you don't go this route, look a... | Why would it need to look evil if it's a parody? Wouldn't that mean it shouldn't look evil? Shouldn't you use a Hello Kitty bass?
Just the same you should get the cheapest basses you can find on Craigslist so you can smash them.
Alex Webster's bass is a Spectre custom 5 string ... $2800 list.. so there's no joke abou... |
51,768 | I will soon be working on a self employed basis for a company based in Poland,but I'm still going to be based in the UK (working remotely/online as a consultant) and my question is do I need to pay taxes and national insurance in Poland as all my income will come from a Polish based company or in the UK as I will still... | 2015/08/11 | [
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"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/32140/"
] | If you are *really* self employed, you will pay UK tax as a self employed person. This can be quite useful as there may well be some legitimate costs you can deduct.
If, however, you are in effect an employee, the tax situation will be different, and you will be taxed as an employee. If you continue to live in the UK,... | If you are a UK resident, you'll pay UK tax and will need to do a tax return every year as a self-employed worker. It's really easy to file your taxes on the [HMRC website](https://www.gov.uk/topic/personal-tax/self-assessment) and you can also use an [online calculator](https://salarycalculatorpro.com) to work out how... |
44,856,181 | I have XCode 8.3.3., and testing an app that makes REST API calls. When open another app in foreground ( some of the stock simulator apps: calendar, news, etc. ), my app still continues to make periodic REST calls. This is not what happens on the real device (iPhone 5S). It makes the calls, even if I Lock my simulator ... | 2017/07/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44856181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/801319/"
] | Good news: As of Xcode 9 Beta 3 we suspend background processes in the Simulator. | The question is answered in the comments.
Basically XCode simulator doesn't enforce background tasks. |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | 4. Finding undocumented features of a product.
* for instance for locating a registry key or setting to turn on a debug mode.
5. Finding how exactly a poorly documented feature works.
6. Debugging
* sometimes i find myself loading my own software in IDA to find what code the compiler produced, either to find bugs, ... | 10. Honing your skills and keeping up-to-date with them (as well as with using the tools).
11. Curiosity. Yep, doesn't have to be purely goal-driven like 4. and 5. in Willem's answer.
12. Establishing compatibility with a legacy product, file format or architecture. Motivation can be 11 in that case or 4 or 5 or possib... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | 10. Honing your skills and keeping up-to-date with them (as well as with using the tools).
11. Curiosity. Yep, doesn't have to be purely goal-driven like 4. and 5. in Willem's answer.
12. Establishing compatibility with a legacy product, file format or architecture. Motivation can be 11 in that case or 4 or 5 or possib... | I have carried out reverse engineering projects professionally a fair bit. Generally we are commissioned to:
1) Determine how hard it would be to create a crack for some piece of software (by the developers of that software).
2) Understand a specific exploit (in the security sense, e.g. a buffer overflow). In other w... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | 4. Finding undocumented features of a product.
* for instance for locating a registry key or setting to turn on a debug mode.
5. Finding how exactly a poorly documented feature works.
6. Debugging
* sometimes i find myself loading my own software in IDA to find what code the compiler produced, either to find bugs, ... | I have carried out reverse engineering projects professionally a fair bit. Generally we are commissioned to:
1) Determine how hard it would be to create a crack for some piece of software (by the developers of that software).
2) Understand a specific exploit (in the security sense, e.g. a buffer overflow). In other w... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | 4. Finding undocumented features of a product.
* for instance for locating a registry key or setting to turn on a debug mode.
5. Finding how exactly a poorly documented feature works.
6. Debugging
* sometimes i find myself loading my own software in IDA to find what code the compiler produced, either to find bugs, ... | There are already a lot of great answers. If I may add my two cents. Reverse engineering software is akin to the mechanic or tinkerer whom just enjoys taking things apart, understanding how they work, putting them back together, and possibly modifying their subject to adapt its behavior so it is more to their liking. T... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | Reverse engineering is commonly used in many ways. Here is a list of just some of the most common professional activities where reverse engineering is involved.
1. Malware research. Withouth doing reverse engineering, it's hard to determine what an actual piece of malware does, how and, more important, how to clean it... | 10. Honing your skills and keeping up-to-date with them (as well as with using the tools).
11. Curiosity. Yep, doesn't have to be purely goal-driven like 4. and 5. in Willem's answer.
12. Establishing compatibility with a legacy product, file format or architecture. Motivation can be 11 in that case or 4 or 5 or possib... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | 4. Finding undocumented features of a product.
* for instance for locating a registry key or setting to turn on a debug mode.
5. Finding how exactly a poorly documented feature works.
6. Debugging
* sometimes i find myself loading my own software in IDA to find what code the compiler produced, either to find bugs, ... | 13. Writing cheats for games.
14. Writing an anti-cheat for games.
15. Looking for badly written code to exploit or to fix and patch it. |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | 13. Writing cheats for games.
14. Writing an anti-cheat for games.
15. Looking for badly written code to exploit or to fix and patch it. | I have carried out reverse engineering projects professionally a fair bit. Generally we are commissioned to:
1) Determine how hard it would be to create a crack for some piece of software (by the developers of that software).
2) Understand a specific exploit (in the security sense, e.g. a buffer overflow). In other w... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | Reverse engineering is commonly used in many ways. Here is a list of just some of the most common professional activities where reverse engineering is involved.
1. Malware research. Withouth doing reverse engineering, it's hard to determine what an actual piece of malware does, how and, more important, how to clean it... | I have carried out reverse engineering projects professionally a fair bit. Generally we are commissioned to:
1) Determine how hard it would be to create a crack for some piece of software (by the developers of that software).
2) Understand a specific exploit (in the security sense, e.g. a buffer overflow). In other w... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | As a professional Reverse Engineer I have reveresed for:
* Troubleshooting
* Exploit Development
* Malware Analysis
* Implementing badly documented API calls.
* Plagiarism , they knew of an undocumented Kernel call within the Nokia phonebase. Thus we reverse engineerd this and created a program that used this call as ... | I have carried out reverse engineering projects professionally a fair bit. Generally we are commissioned to:
1) Determine how hard it would be to create a crack for some piece of software (by the developers of that software).
2) Understand a specific exploit (in the security sense, e.g. a buffer overflow). In other w... |
6,455 | At the professional level, for what purpose is reverse software engineering used? What software is targeted and why?
For reasonably complex compiled code that's doing something novel, making meaningful insights into how that code operates via reverse engineering seems like it would be enormously intensive of expertise... | 2014/10/15 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/6455",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9772/"
] | As a professional Reverse Engineer I have reveresed for:
* Troubleshooting
* Exploit Development
* Malware Analysis
* Implementing badly documented API calls.
* Plagiarism , they knew of an undocumented Kernel call within the Nokia phonebase. Thus we reverse engineerd this and created a program that used this call as ... | There are already a lot of great answers. If I may add my two cents. Reverse engineering software is akin to the mechanic or tinkerer whom just enjoys taking things apart, understanding how they work, putting them back together, and possibly modifying their subject to adapt its behavior so it is more to their liking. T... |
59,067 | I'm running a 64 bit Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 workstation that I just installed. I need to add a printer that is shared on the network from a 32bit Windows 2000 print server.
This is an HP LaserJet 5Si printer, the drivers for which HP tells me are automatically built into Windows 7/R2. However, whenever I connect... | 2009/10/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/59067",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3651/"
] | Yeah, HP is pretty clueless when it comes to Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.
For the HP printer I had to add to my Windows 7 machine, I just used the Vista driver, and it works just fine.
**EDIT**
I didn't notice before, but it looks like the printer is using a PCL driver. I found this page on HP's website advising t... | Download the Windows 7 64 bit driver package.
Begin the install and it will stall at "Connect via USB"... AFTER it pre-loads the drivers.
Cancel the loader.
Go to Add Printer and add a local printer.
When you get to the drivers, the 2600n will be listed in the HP drivers available. |
59,067 | I'm running a 64 bit Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 workstation that I just installed. I need to add a printer that is shared on the network from a 32bit Windows 2000 print server.
This is an HP LaserJet 5Si printer, the drivers for which HP tells me are automatically built into Windows 7/R2. However, whenever I connect... | 2009/10/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/59067",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3651/"
] | I also used the Vista driver for my printer. In windows 7, if you add the printer as a shared printer on a remote machine, does it not allow you to cherry pick your own driver/inf? | Download the Windows 7 64 bit driver package.
Begin the install and it will stall at "Connect via USB"... AFTER it pre-loads the drivers.
Cancel the loader.
Go to Add Printer and add a local printer.
When you get to the drivers, the 2600n will be listed in the HP drivers available. |
33,072,577 | Is there any simple way to define critical section?
when a user during the updating some database table, I'd force to make the other user cannot update on the same tables. | 2015/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33072577",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1320315/"
] | >
> django-concurrency is an optimistic lock [1](https://github.com/saxix/django-concurrency) implementation for
> Django.
>
>
> Tested with: 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, 1.7.x 1.8.x.
>
>
> It prevents users from doing concurrent editing in Django both from UI
> and from a django command.
>
>
>
I never used, but i t... | It depends what are your queries, Your single query to the database will never face any race condition due to **ACID principle** impose by the database. But if there is any condition like first you are reading the data from database and after some operation on application level you are writing the updated data back to ... |
24,376,461 | Is there a way to see all @RequestMapping annotations as map of all requests/URLs, ideally with quick links to whichever Controller/method handles the URL?
In Spring 2 (before annotations) XML config (SimpleUrlHandlerMapping) could be used as such reference, now with annotated controllers is there any other way beside... | 2014/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24376461",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3662882/"
] | yes we can do the same as we can see that in STS spring explore , coming to intellij
Go to Project Structure >> Modules >> select your project and add Spring to your project .
This will give you a spring tab at the bottom to see all the controllers. | 2021 update: you can download a popular plugin in Intelij called Request mapper.
Currently it supports both Spring and JAX-RS path mappings.
[request mapper plugin](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9567-request-mapper) |
3,457,604 | I am using iText library for writing a PDF file.
I want to give page numbers and page header on every page of file
How can I do that? | 2010/08/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3457604",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/417116/"
] | If you don't break lines manually then it's really hard almost impossible to precisely get the line count. This number depends on font measurement and the text layout on a page. iText is a great tool for PDF generation not for parsing. | I suggest you buy the iText book "iText in Action" which is very helpful. If you don't generate your page breaks yourself, you could checkout the PdfPageEvent methods such as onStartPage() and the getPageNumber() method. |
590,959 | My active directory account just got locked out. On a whim I unplugged the ethernet cord and turned off the wifi radio switch and I was able to log into my account. I plugged the ethernet back in and then tried to RDP to another computer on the network and got the "your account is locked" message. So I ctrl+alt+del loc... | 2014/04/24 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/590959",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/20063/"
] | Yes. With network connectivity you'll attempt a login to the domain and fail because your account is locked out. Without network connectivity you'll log on to your computer with cached credentials.
This is by design. | To add to joeqwerty's answer, this is by design for people who may travel or be away from the domain without any access, be it through VPN or other method, back to the local domain. It is also by design for several other reasons, but your credentials do get cached and then used in this instance. When you unplug your et... |
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