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170,974 | Why can't they use their holiday to secretly practice the spells they've learned? | 2017/10/03 | [
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] | Considering how it's enforced, it's likely it's to keep magic secret.
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The rule is (in effect) for Muggle-borns or wizard children who will be around Muggles - it's unenforceable near adult wizards. In this case it makes sense. Their parents would of... | Because they are not fully qualified, so it's seen as the best solution to prevent them from doing things wrong. Think of it a bit like a drivers license education: you're not allowed to practice on the streets on your own, because you're not yet qualified to drive a car in public. Doing it under the watchfull eyes of ... |
170,974 | Why can't they use their holiday to secretly practice the spells they've learned? | 2017/10/03 | [
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] | Considering how it's enforced, it's likely it's to keep magic secret.
=====================================================================
The rule is (in effect) for Muggle-borns or wizard children who will be around Muggles - it's unenforceable near adult wizards. In this case it makes sense. Their parents would of... | Because of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery
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Paragraph C of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery prohibits underage wizards from doing magic outside of school.
>
> We have received intelligen... |
12,058 | I've discovered spots on the image sensor of my DSLR camera that cannot be cleaned using a blower bulb, so I would like to know the risk of problems, such as further image deterioration or damage to the sensor or low-pass filter, associated with wet cleaning the image sensor. Just how high (or low) is the risk? Is this... | 2011/05/15 | [
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] | I do it regularly, I don't regard it as difficult. It's not that risky in the grand scheme of things but it's riskier than it used to be, especially with larger full frame sensors. Before the useless "self cleaning" function was implemented, the low pass filter assembly sat right on the sensor. Now there is an air gap ... | It's both risky and difficult.
Sensor cleaning has come a long way from the DIY solutions used many years ago, but it's still not fool proof. Most the sites that sell such products have ample enough warnings which should be a clear indication of the risks involved.
A licensed camera repair facility can easily clean ... |
12,058 | I've discovered spots on the image sensor of my DSLR camera that cannot be cleaned using a blower bulb, so I would like to know the risk of problems, such as further image deterioration or damage to the sensor or low-pass filter, associated with wet cleaning the image sensor. Just how high (or low) is the risk? Is this... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/12058",
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] | It's both risky and difficult.
Sensor cleaning has come a long way from the DIY solutions used many years ago, but it's still not fool proof. Most the sites that sell such products have ample enough warnings which should be a clear indication of the risks involved.
A licensed camera repair facility can easily clean ... | It's not that risky (apart from as previously mentioned the self cleaning sensors).
However I find it difficult, because it's hard to remove all of the residue from even dedicated cleaners. If you need to do this (and some things like pollen even the best sensor brush will not remove) then just be careful and apply a ... |
12,058 | I've discovered spots on the image sensor of my DSLR camera that cannot be cleaned using a blower bulb, so I would like to know the risk of problems, such as further image deterioration or damage to the sensor or low-pass filter, associated with wet cleaning the image sensor. Just how high (or low) is the risk? Is this... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/12058",
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] | It's both risky and difficult.
Sensor cleaning has come a long way from the DIY solutions used many years ago, but it's still not fool proof. Most the sites that sell such products have ample enough warnings which should be a clear indication of the risks involved.
A licensed camera repair facility can easily clean ... | I say: DON'T TOUCH THAT OLP filter! You can clean it a hundred times and don't have any worries, and the 101th time you accidently pick up a piece of grid, and you scratch your filter! That is what happened to me! A 1000€ camera, and a 500€ to fix it! Send it back to the manufacturer! Dust? Blow it off, but leave those... |
12,058 | I've discovered spots on the image sensor of my DSLR camera that cannot be cleaned using a blower bulb, so I would like to know the risk of problems, such as further image deterioration or damage to the sensor or low-pass filter, associated with wet cleaning the image sensor. Just how high (or low) is the risk? Is this... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/12058",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/4506/"
] | I do it regularly, I don't regard it as difficult. It's not that risky in the grand scheme of things but it's riskier than it used to be, especially with larger full frame sensors. Before the useless "self cleaning" function was implemented, the low pass filter assembly sat right on the sensor. Now there is an air gap ... | It's not that risky (apart from as previously mentioned the self cleaning sensors).
However I find it difficult, because it's hard to remove all of the residue from even dedicated cleaners. If you need to do this (and some things like pollen even the best sensor brush will not remove) then just be careful and apply a ... |
12,058 | I've discovered spots on the image sensor of my DSLR camera that cannot be cleaned using a blower bulb, so I would like to know the risk of problems, such as further image deterioration or damage to the sensor or low-pass filter, associated with wet cleaning the image sensor. Just how high (or low) is the risk? Is this... | 2011/05/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/12058",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/4506/"
] | I do it regularly, I don't regard it as difficult. It's not that risky in the grand scheme of things but it's riskier than it used to be, especially with larger full frame sensors. Before the useless "self cleaning" function was implemented, the low pass filter assembly sat right on the sensor. Now there is an air gap ... | I say: DON'T TOUCH THAT OLP filter! You can clean it a hundred times and don't have any worries, and the 101th time you accidently pick up a piece of grid, and you scratch your filter! That is what happened to me! A 1000€ camera, and a 500€ to fix it! Send it back to the manufacturer! Dust? Blow it off, but leave those... |
54,997 | I have a history of ocd and a little depression when I was younger . Up until now I’ve taken a number of SSRIs and finally recently risperidone which I’m almost tapered off of for ocd.I have been symptom free for a while and believe I can be a pilot. I have a number of hours of flying time from over the years. The issu... | 2018/09/11 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/54997",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/34227/"
] | The section
[Decision Considerations - Aerospace Medical Dispositions
Item 47. Psychiatric Conditions](https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/app_process/exam_tech/item47/amd/)
From the FAA's website has a lot of the information for you. This page on [SSRI's specifically]... | AOPA has been working with the FAA on these kinds of questions. You can see a "MEDICAL CERTIFICATION, FAA ACCEPTED MEDICATIONS DATABASE" by joining AOPA.org and then selecting Pilot Resourses/Medical Resources, and Medications Database.
That list shows:
Cymbalta / duloxetine
NOT ALLOWED, antidepressant, depression, d... |
176,387 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
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] | When somebody is standing in front of a crowd and they say *left* or *right*, it's almost always in reference to the perspective of the crowd that is being addressed.
A teacher may turn and point to the blackboard, indicated something to the left or right as they are *now* facing.
In theatre, if an actor or director ... | I think the students will look at it form **their** perspective. Unless something warns them, the audience will likely look at it from their perspective. An experienced orator would be aware of this and pick their words carefully.
To clarify, the teacher (as he stands in the picture, facing the class) might say ***my*... |
176,387 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think the students will look at it form **their** perspective. Unless something warns them, the audience will likely look at it from their perspective. An experienced orator would be aware of this and pick their words carefully.
To clarify, the teacher (as he stands in the picture, facing the class) might say ***my*... | >
> *If you look at the diagram on the left-hand side...*
>
>
>
If there is only **one** diagram, this phrase refers to **the left-hand side of the diagram**:
However, if there are **two** diagrams, the phrase refers to **the diagram on the left**:
](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/80637/"
] | I think the students will look at it form **their** perspective. Unless something warns them, the audience will likely look at it from their perspective. An experienced orator would be aware of this and pick their words carefully.
To clarify, the teacher (as he stands in the picture, facing the class) might say ***my*... | In that case it should be clear it is the left as seen by the audience.
Why?
Because when having a look at the diagrams, which are on a 2D surface, there is no difference between the speaker perspective and the audience perspective.
This is clearly an other matter when designing elements which are in the 3D world, ... |
176,387 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/80637/"
] | When somebody is standing in front of a crowd and they say *left* or *right*, it's almost always in reference to the perspective of the crowd that is being addressed.
A teacher may turn and point to the blackboard, indicated something to the left or right as they are *now* facing.
In theatre, if an actor or director ... | In real life, it would be strange for an instructor to say something like this. Most people would keep the difference in perspective in mind and specify whose perspective they are speaking from.
>
> Take a look at the diagram on **your** left.
>
>
>
It does happen that instructors sometimes forget about the persp... |
176,387 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/80637/"
] | In real life, it would be strange for an instructor to say something like this. Most people would keep the difference in perspective in mind and specify whose perspective they are speaking from.
>
> Take a look at the diagram on **your** left.
>
>
>
It does happen that instructors sometimes forget about the persp... | >
> *If you look at the diagram on the left-hand side...*
>
>
>
If there is only **one** diagram, this phrase refers to **the left-hand side of the diagram**:
However, if there are **two** diagrams, the phrase refers to **the diagram on the left**:
](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/80637/"
] | In real life, it would be strange for an instructor to say something like this. Most people would keep the difference in perspective in mind and specify whose perspective they are speaking from.
>
> Take a look at the diagram on **your** left.
>
>
>
It does happen that instructors sometimes forget about the persp... | In that case it should be clear it is the left as seen by the audience.
Why?
Because when having a look at the diagrams, which are on a 2D surface, there is no difference between the speaker perspective and the audience perspective.
This is clearly an other matter when designing elements which are in the 3D world, ... |
176,387 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/80637/"
] | When somebody is standing in front of a crowd and they say *left* or *right*, it's almost always in reference to the perspective of the crowd that is being addressed.
A teacher may turn and point to the blackboard, indicated something to the left or right as they are *now* facing.
In theatre, if an actor or director ... | >
> *If you look at the diagram on the left-hand side...*
>
>
>
If there is only **one** diagram, this phrase refers to **the left-hand side of the diagram**:
However, if there are **two** diagrams, the phrase refers to **the diagram on the left**:
](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsEzO.jpg)
i know smeagol and gollum are basically the same person, but what does it mean in this meme? | 2018/08/15 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/176387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/80637/"
] | When somebody is standing in front of a crowd and they say *left* or *right*, it's almost always in reference to the perspective of the crowd that is being addressed.
A teacher may turn and point to the blackboard, indicated something to the left or right as they are *now* facing.
In theatre, if an actor or director ... | In that case it should be clear it is the left as seen by the audience.
Why?
Because when having a look at the diagrams, which are on a 2D surface, there is no difference between the speaker perspective and the audience perspective.
This is clearly an other matter when designing elements which are in the 3D world, ... |
39,131 | My 3 years old kid plays games and visits YouTube for kids app on the mobile phone frequently. After some time some effort must be made to remove it from her. It seems like she is addicted to the phone.
Apart from the personal experience, people around me also complain that using phone to play games and watch videos ... | 2019/11/16 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/39131",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/37793/"
] | Although it is always wise to be cautious about the safety of your young child, in general it is developmentally normal and natural (and not at all sexual in the adult sense) for a three year old to touch or play with his private parts. It's generally a matter of curiosity, and perhaps increased access if he is recentl... | **A young child touching their privates is normal behavior.**
[This paper from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that children become increasingly sexual up to age 5](https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/101/4/e9#sec-6)
It goes on to state that self stimulating behavior such as touching privates whil... |
39,131 | My 3 years old kid plays games and visits YouTube for kids app on the mobile phone frequently. After some time some effort must be made to remove it from her. It seems like she is addicted to the phone.
Apart from the personal experience, people around me also complain that using phone to play games and watch videos ... | 2019/11/16 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/39131",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/37793/"
] | Although it is always wise to be cautious about the safety of your young child, in general it is developmentally normal and natural (and not at all sexual in the adult sense) for a three year old to touch or play with his private parts. It's generally a matter of curiosity, and perhaps increased access if he is recentl... | I am the oldest of 5 children. My brother, the youngest, is 12 years younger than me, and uncircumcised.
Children learn the rules of hygiene from their parents and then tend to pass them obsessively to their younger siblings. My brother was constantly told not to play with his private parts by his four older siblings.... |
39,131 | My 3 years old kid plays games and visits YouTube for kids app on the mobile phone frequently. After some time some effort must be made to remove it from her. It seems like she is addicted to the phone.
Apart from the personal experience, people around me also complain that using phone to play games and watch videos ... | 2019/11/16 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/39131",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/37793/"
] | **A young child touching their privates is normal behavior.**
[This paper from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that children become increasingly sexual up to age 5](https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/101/4/e9#sec-6)
It goes on to state that self stimulating behavior such as touching privates whil... | I am the oldest of 5 children. My brother, the youngest, is 12 years younger than me, and uncircumcised.
Children learn the rules of hygiene from their parents and then tend to pass them obsessively to their younger siblings. My brother was constantly told not to play with his private parts by his four older siblings.... |
10,550 | I'm working on 3 separate projects in pt9, not identical but similar in content. 2 of them work fine but 1 of them crashes after a second of playing back. This seems to happen anywhere in the edit (if I click on playback elsewhere for example).
Anyone encountered this? quite hard to find the fault through google.
Tha... | 2011/09/27 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10550",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/863/"
] | Aside from Shaun's good advice, you may also have a corrupted fade or file (I've seen all sorts). If clearing Prefs etc. doesn't work try these:
First, try deleting the Fade Files for the session... PT will rebuild them. Corrupted Fade Files can cause all sorts of weirdness.
Second, try a "Save Session Copy In" with ... | when in doubt: trash all preferences, repair disk permissions and restart.
another trick you can try is to make all tracks "inactive" (note that this is not a "voice" selection idea, you do this by right-clicking a track or through the track menu), play back for 10-15 seconds, then reactivate the tracks. 9 can encount... |
10,550 | I'm working on 3 separate projects in pt9, not identical but similar in content. 2 of them work fine but 1 of them crashes after a second of playing back. This seems to happen anywhere in the edit (if I click on playback elsewhere for example).
Anyone encountered this? quite hard to find the fault through google.
Tha... | 2011/09/27 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10550",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/863/"
] | Aside from Shaun's good advice, you may also have a corrupted fade or file (I've seen all sorts). If clearing Prefs etc. doesn't work try these:
First, try deleting the Fade Files for the session... PT will rebuild them. Corrupted Fade Files can cause all sorts of weirdness.
Second, try a "Save Session Copy In" with ... | What version are you on? I started to have a lot of crashes too when i updated to 9.05
Previous versions worked much better. |
10,550 | I'm working on 3 separate projects in pt9, not identical but similar in content. 2 of them work fine but 1 of them crashes after a second of playing back. This seems to happen anywhere in the edit (if I click on playback elsewhere for example).
Anyone encountered this? quite hard to find the fault through google.
Tha... | 2011/09/27 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10550",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/863/"
] | Aside from Shaun's good advice, you may also have a corrupted fade or file (I've seen all sorts). If clearing Prefs etc. doesn't work try these:
First, try deleting the Fade Files for the session... PT will rebuild them. Corrupted Fade Files can cause all sorts of weirdness.
Second, try a "Save Session Copy In" with ... | also tries to delete the folders "digidesign database" |
10,550 | I'm working on 3 separate projects in pt9, not identical but similar in content. 2 of them work fine but 1 of them crashes after a second of playing back. This seems to happen anywhere in the edit (if I click on playback elsewhere for example).
Anyone encountered this? quite hard to find the fault through google.
Tha... | 2011/09/27 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10550",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/863/"
] | Aside from Shaun's good advice, you may also have a corrupted fade or file (I've seen all sorts). If clearing Prefs etc. doesn't work try these:
First, try deleting the Fade Files for the session... PT will rebuild them. Corrupted Fade Files can cause all sorts of weirdness.
Second, try a "Save Session Copy In" with ... | Thanks for feedback, no luck with databse deleting sadly, I'm on an early version of PT9.
I get a DAE ERROR too... I suspect it could be fades and will try that, at present I'm just working of the most previous back up.
Thanks again |
54,573,332 | I am creating a Wordpress theme. I have index.php in my theme's root folder. I have my style.css in a separate folder /css. I've got the beginnings of the design done and everything is working fine.
I now want to add some options with Customizer. I've begun to add some in customizer.php. I then go to check what they l... | 2019/02/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54573332",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9438366/"
] | The style.css is a stylesheet (CSS) file required for every WordPress theme. It controls the presentation (visual design and layout) of the website pages. In order for WordPress to recognize the set of theme template files as a valid theme, the style.css file needs to be located in the root directory of your theme, not... | There must be connection lost when you update resulting to broken themes or missing files.
You need to reinstall a theme :
There are two ways to install WordPress themes.
Method 1.) Direct Upload inside WP Admin Console
Method 2.) Using an FTP Client
**Method 1 is just a matter of uploading the theme from your Wor... |
81,358 | To best of my knowledge, God has no definite gender, i.e., he's neither male nor female. Still, Jesus, God the Son, assumed a male form during his ministry. Why is that? Clearly, God the Son could have also assumed a female form, or even a genderless form. Given that, why God the Son choose to represent him as a male? | 2021/03/17 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/81358",
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] | Humanity was, originally, made in the image of God. Thus was man made, in the beginning, Genesis 2:7.
Having done so, and man having been created, woman was made to be 'an help' for the man, Genesis 2:18.
This further, creative, step expresses something more of God's ultimate intention in creation.
For, ultimately, ... | Everything that God created exhibits His character and attributes as a concrete analogy. This includes that relationships within the trinity and relationship between God and His creation. An analogy is not the same as the thing to which it refers. Only certain features of that analog or the context in which it operates... |
81,358 | To best of my knowledge, God has no definite gender, i.e., he's neither male nor female. Still, Jesus, God the Son, assumed a male form during his ministry. Why is that? Clearly, God the Son could have also assumed a female form, or even a genderless form. Given that, why God the Son choose to represent him as a male? | 2021/03/17 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/81358",
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] | Humanity was, originally, made in the image of God. Thus was man made, in the beginning, Genesis 2:7.
Having done so, and man having been created, woman was made to be 'an help' for the man, Genesis 2:18.
This further, creative, step expresses something more of God's ultimate intention in creation.
For, ultimately, ... | *Given God is genderless, why Jesus (God the Son) assumed a male form?*
The answer to this question can be found in the proto-evangelium which is a Holy Decree coming from the Almighty and Omnipotent God. The Logos the Second Person of the Holy Trinity will come as a child, the first offspring of a chosen Woman.
>
>... |
81,358 | To best of my knowledge, God has no definite gender, i.e., he's neither male nor female. Still, Jesus, God the Son, assumed a male form during his ministry. Why is that? Clearly, God the Son could have also assumed a female form, or even a genderless form. Given that, why God the Son choose to represent him as a male? | 2021/03/17 | [
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] | So St. Thomas Aquinas approached this question in the summa asking if Christ is two persons or one:
>
> Now some placed two supposita in Christ, and one Person, which, in their opinion, would seem to be the suppositum completed with its final completion. Hence, since they placed two supposita in Christ, they said tha... | Everything that God created exhibits His character and attributes as a concrete analogy. This includes that relationships within the trinity and relationship between God and His creation. An analogy is not the same as the thing to which it refers. Only certain features of that analog or the context in which it operates... |
81,358 | To best of my knowledge, God has no definite gender, i.e., he's neither male nor female. Still, Jesus, God the Son, assumed a male form during his ministry. Why is that? Clearly, God the Son could have also assumed a female form, or even a genderless form. Given that, why God the Son choose to represent him as a male? | 2021/03/17 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/81358",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
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] | Everything that God created exhibits His character and attributes as a concrete analogy. This includes that relationships within the trinity and relationship between God and His creation. An analogy is not the same as the thing to which it refers. Only certain features of that analog or the context in which it operates... | *Given God is genderless, why Jesus (God the Son) assumed a male form?*
The answer to this question can be found in the proto-evangelium which is a Holy Decree coming from the Almighty and Omnipotent God. The Logos the Second Person of the Holy Trinity will come as a child, the first offspring of a chosen Woman.
>
>... |
81,358 | To best of my knowledge, God has no definite gender, i.e., he's neither male nor female. Still, Jesus, God the Son, assumed a male form during his ministry. Why is that? Clearly, God the Son could have also assumed a female form, or even a genderless form. Given that, why God the Son choose to represent him as a male? | 2021/03/17 | [
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] | So St. Thomas Aquinas approached this question in the summa asking if Christ is two persons or one:
>
> Now some placed two supposita in Christ, and one Person, which, in their opinion, would seem to be the suppositum completed with its final completion. Hence, since they placed two supposita in Christ, they said tha... | *Given God is genderless, why Jesus (God the Son) assumed a male form?*
The answer to this question can be found in the proto-evangelium which is a Holy Decree coming from the Almighty and Omnipotent God. The Logos the Second Person of the Holy Trinity will come as a child, the first offspring of a chosen Woman.
>
>... |
52,446 | Originally asked as a follow up question, and lost in the controversy of [Why would it matter whether a front-loading washer is upstairs?](https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/52415/why-would-it-matter-whether-a-front-loading-washer-is-upstairs/52416#52416) (*They will only give me a free FRONT-loader if it's on the... | 2014/11/07 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/52446",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23295/"
] | The utility company wants to reduce **PEAK** demand -- it is much cheaper to ensure that power demand never goes above X than to build a new power plant. Furthermore, balancing the peaks and valleys of demand means that they can generally use cheaper power sources (nuclear/hydro) and avoid the expensive gas/oil fired p... | Very simply, because otherwise they may be forced to do things they like even less -- make a huge investment in infrastructure, for example, to provide enough power to serve all the customers.
There are also government incentives (carbon credits and so on) and PR benefits.
Put those together, and it's worth the relat... |
52,446 | Originally asked as a follow up question, and lost in the controversy of [Why would it matter whether a front-loading washer is upstairs?](https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/52415/why-would-it-matter-whether-a-front-loading-washer-is-upstairs/52416#52416) (*They will only give me a free FRONT-loader if it's on the... | 2014/11/07 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/52446",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/23295/"
] | The utility company wants to reduce **PEAK** demand -- it is much cheaper to ensure that power demand never goes above X than to build a new power plant. Furthermore, balancing the peaks and valleys of demand means that they can generally use cheaper power sources (nuclear/hydro) and avoid the expensive gas/oil fired p... | In many areas, electric utilities are strictly regulated, and may be subject to political forces as much as they are to market forces. Subsidies to customers to promote the purchase of energy-efficient equipment might win the favor of politicians responsible for setting tax policies, environmental regulations, electric... |
375,556 | Does anyone have any advice on how one might georeference/orthorectify oblique imagery taken over the open ocean from a manned aircraft? The aircraft will have an RTK-enabled GNSS/INS onboard. I was thinking we could use the timestamps to link the position of the aircraft with the imagery. However, this is only one pie... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/375556",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/18974/"
] | Orthorectification consists of two image adjustments corresponding to the sensor model and the terrain relief. Over the ocean you should be able to ignore the latter because the ocean is defined as 'sea level' so ellipsoidal height is sufficient.
[OSSIM has a utility](https://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/orthorectificati... | First you will have to calculate external orientations for the images using the GNSS/INS. Normally you would do aerial triangulation to further improve the EO so that your ortho rectified images would fit together even better and also include ground control points to assess accuracy.
Since you have mainly open water. ... |
16,710,303 | Which **Python WEB frameworks** are based on the [Werkzeug](http://werkzeug.pocoo.org/) library?
I'm implementing adapters for a package to be used with various WEB frameworks. Currently I 'm working on a Flask adapter to inherit from a Werkzeug base adapter. This would make implementation of adapters for other Werkze... | 2013/05/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16710303",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1493220/"
] | Flask
<http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/>
Flask depends on two external libraries: the Jinja2 template engine and the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit. | >
> Flask is a microframework for Python based on Werkzeug, Jinja 2 and good intentions.
>
>
>
The documentation is easy to understand. You can start here [Flask Homepage](http://flask.pocoo.org/) |
377,971 | I am running a Ubuntu Linux image in VMWare Player on my laptop. The host is Windows XP.
There are two network adapters configured in VMWare Player - one is host-only and the other is bridged. Everything works fine as long as the host does not lose network connectivity.
If the host loses connectivity (even briefly) a... | 2012/04/10 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/377971",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/116960/"
] | There should be an option there to communicate the host computer's network connectivity state to the guest that you can uncheck. Is VMware tools installed on the guest?
 | I have spend some lot time on the same problem i have find the solution without need to rebooting or installing vmware tools !
In fact the problem is very vicious because :
* It's appear only with linux guest, never on windows guest.
* you can accumulate it with an other well know problem who appear after copying you... |
43,677 | **Definition of Convergent evolution** - from [Wikipedia > Convergent Evolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution)
>
> Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or f... | 2016/02/25 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/43677",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/4108/"
] | As you already know [convergent evolution](https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/convergent_evolution.htm) is when two separate lineages evolve the same (or similar) trait, and this is generally assumed to be a result of similar selection. [For example](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_convergent_evolutio... | I'm not aware of a specific term for this. In the places I can find the concept discussed in the literature ([here](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC525686/) and [here](http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2014/06/27/006684.full.pdf)), the authors simply describe the pattern as "the same [...] mutation i... |
66,104 | I've been running Tomcat 5.5 with Java 1.4 for a while now with a huge webapp. Most of the time it runs fine, but sometimes it will just hang, with no exception generated, and no apparant way of getting it to run again other than re-starting Tomcat. The tomcat instance is allowed a gigabyte of memory on the heap, but r... | 2008/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66104",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8026/"
] | For any jvm process, force a thread dump. In windows, this can be done with CTRL-BREAK, I believe, in the console window.
In \*nix, it is almost always "kill -3 jvm-pid".
This may show if you have threads waiting on db connection pool/thread pool, etc.
Another thing to check out is how many connections you have curr... | It sounds like you're hitting a deadlock.
If you can reproduce it in a dev environment then try attaching a debugger once it's happened. Take a look at your threads and see if you have any deadlocks.
If you can't get a debugger to attach you should be able to generate a thread dump, as Dustin pointed out. |
66,104 | I've been running Tomcat 5.5 with Java 1.4 for a while now with a huge webapp. Most of the time it runs fine, but sometimes it will just hang, with no exception generated, and no apparant way of getting it to run again other than re-starting Tomcat. The tomcat instance is allowed a gigabyte of memory on the heap, but r... | 2008/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66104",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8026/"
] | For any jvm process, force a thread dump. In windows, this can be done with CTRL-BREAK, I believe, in the console window.
In \*nix, it is almost always "kill -3 jvm-pid".
This may show if you have threads waiting on db connection pool/thread pool, etc.
Another thing to check out is how many connections you have curr... | Try increasing the logging sensitivity for the Tomcat application server.
<http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/logging.html>
You can increase the sensitivity to FINEST or ALL for most of them for a few days and see if that helps you catch anything. |
66,104 | I've been running Tomcat 5.5 with Java 1.4 for a while now with a huge webapp. Most of the time it runs fine, but sometimes it will just hang, with no exception generated, and no apparant way of getting it to run again other than re-starting Tomcat. The tomcat instance is allowed a gigabyte of memory on the heap, but r... | 2008/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66104",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8026/"
] | For any jvm process, force a thread dump. In windows, this can be done with CTRL-BREAK, I believe, in the console window.
In \*nix, it is almost always "kill -3 jvm-pid".
This may show if you have threads waiting on db connection pool/thread pool, etc.
Another thing to check out is how many connections you have curr... | I agree with creating multiple thread dumps and viewing them though this: [Thread Dump Analyzer](http://today.java.net/pub/n/TDA1.1) |
75,232 | I have the following problem:
* too many machines.
* some groups of machines share the same cron configuration, some not.
* sometimes, I need to add a crontab entry manually in hundreds of machines.
* I'm always making mistakes, which my B.O.S.S doesn't seem to like...
Is there some tool hopefully (with a web interfa... | 2009/10/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/75232",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/9895/"
] | *Configuration management systems* such as [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet), [Capistrano](http://www.capify.org/index.php/Capistrano) and [CFEngine](http://www.cfengine.org) are tools which will do this and a whole lot more.
If you're having to manage many machines for cron, you'll probably have a bunch ... | With a configuration management tool like puppet (or cfengine, bcfg2, etc.), you can manage a lot more than crontabs from a centralized location. |
75,232 | I have the following problem:
* too many machines.
* some groups of machines share the same cron configuration, some not.
* sometimes, I need to add a crontab entry manually in hundreds of machines.
* I'm always making mistakes, which my B.O.S.S doesn't seem to like...
Is there some tool hopefully (with a web interfa... | 2009/10/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/75232",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/9895/"
] | The answer is automation (cfengine/puppet/bcfg2/chef/others). But those won't really help you unless you can keep them under strict control. You can easily obtain that in two steps:
* get a source code management repository running - i recommend subversion to start with
* integrate the scm with an automation tool of ... | With a configuration management tool like puppet (or cfengine, bcfg2, etc.), you can manage a lot more than crontabs from a centralized location. |
75,232 | I have the following problem:
* too many machines.
* some groups of machines share the same cron configuration, some not.
* sometimes, I need to add a crontab entry manually in hundreds of machines.
* I'm always making mistakes, which my B.O.S.S doesn't seem to like...
Is there some tool hopefully (with a web interfa... | 2009/10/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/75232",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/9895/"
] | *Configuration management systems* such as [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet), [Capistrano](http://www.capify.org/index.php/Capistrano) and [CFEngine](http://www.cfengine.org) are tools which will do this and a whole lot more.
If you're having to manage many machines for cron, you'll probably have a bunch ... | The answer is automation (cfengine/puppet/bcfg2/chef/others). But those won't really help you unless you can keep them under strict control. You can easily obtain that in two steps:
* get a source code management repository running - i recommend subversion to start with
* integrate the scm with an automation tool of ... |
115,376 | 
I’m trying to make a couple edited photos and found this font that I would really wanna use. Please help me out, thanks! | 2018/09/27 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/115376",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/127544/"
] | It is **Nimbus Sans Round Bold**
* [MyFonts](https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/nimbus-sans-round/bold/)
* [Typekit](https://typekit.com/fonts/nimbus-sans/details/nimbus-sans-round-bold)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zycHC.jpg) | here's what i found, hope it can help
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RvqbQ.png) |
185,575 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9NJct.png)
How can I add a total (sum) at the bottom of this table? I would like to sum the vines and Acerage columns. Using Arcmap. | 2016/03/18 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/185575",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/63423/"
] | I'm assuming that you're using ArcMap. The attribute table is not Excel. It doesn't have the ability to summarise data. You could do one of the following:
1. Manually create another row or text element and populate the data.
2. Export the data to Excel and run the sums there. Then copy and paste the table back into Ar... | You could also export the attribute table to a .dbase file and **then click** **and drag** that file into Excel. If you try to use open sometimes it doesn't work. |
14,247 | In the book [*The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam*](http://it.scribd.com/doc/20569051/The-Lawful-and-the-Prohibited-in-Islam) Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi made a claim:
>
> Researchers have proven that chess did not appear until after the
> death of the Prophet
>
>
>
Did chess not appear until after the death of ... | 2012/12/26 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/14247",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/8702/"
] | Well, I guess it would depend a lot on what you consider the first chess game, really. If we're talking about the modern chess game, then yes, chess didn't appear until after the death of the Prophet. In [The Oxford Companion to Chess](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0198661649), Hooper and Whyld explain that... | According to the [origin of chess](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess#Origin) on Wikipedia,
>
> The earliest precursor of modern chess is a game called chaturanga,
> which flourished in India by the 6th century, and is the earliest
> known game to have two essential features found in all later chess
> v... |
325,287 | There exists this qeustion about MOSFET advantages over BJT's [Linear Regulator: MOSFET vs BJT](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/124510)
So my question is: What advantages do BJT's have over MOSFETS ?
So far I have these advantages:
* They operate better under high load than MOSFETS
* They operate bet... | 2017/08/22 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/325287",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/133470/"
] | BJT generally offers more gain and higher fidelity in the linear region than FET | They can be considerably less expensive for equivalent functionality.
For higher voltages, BJTs can be a better choice, for example the MPSA42/MMBTA42 for switching 100s of volts at low current. Many CCFL lamps use BJTs (eg. MJE13003) for that reason. |
10,521 | Does anyone know of a webpage (or webpages) of current delistings for NASDAQ & NYSE? | 2014/03/10 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/10521",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/2952/"
] | Each listing exchange maintains lists of **exchange-initiated** and **issuer-initiated** delistings. Per the exchanges, an issue will appear on this list the first trading day after the issuer provides the venue with notification of its intent to voluntarily delist. An issue will also appear on this list if it has been... | See link bellow for delisting:
<https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/IssuersPendingSuspensionDelisting.aspx> |
121,081 | I'm currently working on my bachelor thesis in the major of Information Systems and I'm coding a small tool, which analyses other programs based on pre-defined conditions.
So now I'm looking for an English noun, which describes **"an object that fulfils a condition"**.
For example a condition could possibly check t... | 2013/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/121081",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/48911/"
] | Nouns like *trigger, fulfiller, satisfier* all have problems as words to describe *x* in the question “Is object *x* of type Integer?” or in similar questions. In the question as just shown, *x* is a ***[formal argument](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_argument#Parameters_and_arguments)*** or ***formal parameter*... | The common term used in mathematics and other related subjects is "***satisfies***". A condition is satisfied by an object or when an event occurs and produces a certain outcome.
That which satisfies the condition is the solution (or the root of the equation depending on the context). You can also say "best fit".
I... |
121,081 | I'm currently working on my bachelor thesis in the major of Information Systems and I'm coding a small tool, which analyses other programs based on pre-defined conditions.
So now I'm looking for an English noun, which describes **"an object that fulfils a condition"**.
For example a condition could possibly check t... | 2013/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/121081",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/48911/"
] | Nouns like *trigger, fulfiller, satisfier* all have problems as words to describe *x* in the question “Is object *x* of type Integer?” or in similar questions. In the question as just shown, *x* is a ***[formal argument](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_argument#Parameters_and_arguments)*** or ***formal parameter*... | *Qualifier*. Something that qualifies. As in someone who passes a qualifying round of competition.
I am not entirely sure if your are looking for a word that means it does meet the condition or it is under consideration for the condition, but I think qualifier works fine either way. The only annoying thing is that it ... |
18,240,751 | One of the requirements of one of my clients is to show a message to a user that's using an older version of Firefox, Chrome, IE or Safari. For the last two it's easy (IE 9+ and Safari 5+). But for Firefox and Chrome, the requirement is that the site supports the current and the previous version of each browser.
To get... | 2013/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18240751",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1221382/"
] | Well, technically, all you need is a place that keeps track of what the latest version of each browser (Ideally with a web service).
A quick Googling I was able to find: <http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/articles/latest-browser-versions.php>
It's not a web service, but you could simply parse that HTML and get the la... | You should only ever have to worry about IE when it comes to version enforcement. Exception being, of course, if you need a specific API that's just not available in previous versions of Chrome/Firefox, but in that case you'd look and enforce the API, not the browser version. Adding to that, if Chrome/Firefox don't hav... |
18,240,751 | One of the requirements of one of my clients is to show a message to a user that's using an older version of Firefox, Chrome, IE or Safari. For the last two it's easy (IE 9+ and Safari 5+). But for Firefox and Chrome, the requirement is that the site supports the current and the previous version of each browser.
To get... | 2013/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18240751",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1221382/"
] | Well, technically, all you need is a place that keeps track of what the latest version of each browser (Ideally with a web service).
A quick Googling I was able to find: <http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/articles/latest-browser-versions.php>
It's not a web service, but you could simply parse that HTML and get the la... | The best I could find was [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/9538555/1221382). It has an export option that allows to export in JSON, XML... |
18,240,751 | One of the requirements of one of my clients is to show a message to a user that's using an older version of Firefox, Chrome, IE or Safari. For the last two it's easy (IE 9+ and Safari 5+). But for Firefox and Chrome, the requirement is that the site supports the current and the previous version of each browser.
To get... | 2013/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18240751",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1221382/"
] | Well, technically, all you need is a place that keeps track of what the latest version of each browser (Ideally with a web service).
A quick Googling I was able to find: <http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/articles/latest-browser-versions.php>
It's not a web service, but you could simply parse that HTML and get the la... | I would strongly suggest that you don't check the browser version, instead try doing feature detection using, say, [Modernizr](http://modernizr.com/).
What features of your client's site depends on specific versions of each browser? If you use Modernizr you could perform a check on a feature, say some video stuff, and... |
18,240,751 | One of the requirements of one of my clients is to show a message to a user that's using an older version of Firefox, Chrome, IE or Safari. For the last two it's easy (IE 9+ and Safari 5+). But for Firefox and Chrome, the requirement is that the site supports the current and the previous version of each browser.
To get... | 2013/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18240751",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1221382/"
] | Well, technically, all you need is a place that keeps track of what the latest version of each browser (Ideally with a web service).
A quick Googling I was able to find: <http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/articles/latest-browser-versions.php>
It's not a web service, but you could simply parse that HTML and get the la... | The only reason I'd say you need this kind of verification is because your webpage has features only available to latest browsers. Instead of relying on version numbers, I suggest learning Modernizr.js for your website.
<http://modernizr.com/>
It can detect particular html5/css3 features individually. |
2,704 | In "X-Men Origins Wolverine", Logan undergoes an operation to have Adamantium bonded to his skeleton.
Why doesn't the Adamantium bond to his teeth? | 2012/06/08 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2704",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1449/"
] | Interesting point - since Wolverine is a fictional character, it could simply be because adamantium teeth are not good looking.
However according to [this article](http://sciencenordic.com/why-don%E2%80%99t-teeth-heal-themselves) It seems to be related that teeth do not have any cells to repair themselves, plus they a... | I think the most simpliest answer is that the adamantium was **injected into his body**, where it covered his bones. In order for his teeth to be covered the injected metal would have had to ooze out of his gums into his mouth. |
2,704 | In "X-Men Origins Wolverine", Logan undergoes an operation to have Adamantium bonded to his skeleton.
Why doesn't the Adamantium bond to his teeth? | 2012/06/08 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2704",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1449/"
] | Interesting point - since Wolverine is a fictional character, it could simply be because adamantium teeth are not good looking.
However according to [this article](http://sciencenordic.com/why-don%E2%80%99t-teeth-heal-themselves) It seems to be related that teeth do not have any cells to repair themselves, plus they a... | **the goal of the experiment was to bond the admantium to the bones inside the body forming the skeletal framework only**
When wolverine was 'bonded' with admantium, the experiments carried out were to inject and turn the bones into admanitum so that a skeleton of this 'super-metal' will make the body highly resistant... |
2,704 | In "X-Men Origins Wolverine", Logan undergoes an operation to have Adamantium bonded to his skeleton.
Why doesn't the Adamantium bond to his teeth? | 2012/06/08 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2704",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1449/"
] | In humans, teeth make up part of the skeletel system but they are not classified as bones. Teeth are made up of Dentin and Enamel whereas bones are made up of Osseous tissue.
So I imagine the adamantium only bonded to the Osseous and not the Dentin or Enamel which results in adamantium bones and shiny white teeth. | I think the most simpliest answer is that the adamantium was **injected into his body**, where it covered his bones. In order for his teeth to be covered the injected metal would have had to ooze out of his gums into his mouth. |
2,704 | In "X-Men Origins Wolverine", Logan undergoes an operation to have Adamantium bonded to his skeleton.
Why doesn't the Adamantium bond to his teeth? | 2012/06/08 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2704",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1449/"
] | In humans, teeth make up part of the skeletel system but they are not classified as bones. Teeth are made up of Dentin and Enamel whereas bones are made up of Osseous tissue.
So I imagine the adamantium only bonded to the Osseous and not the Dentin or Enamel which results in adamantium bones and shiny white teeth. | **the goal of the experiment was to bond the admantium to the bones inside the body forming the skeletal framework only**
When wolverine was 'bonded' with admantium, the experiments carried out were to inject and turn the bones into admanitum so that a skeleton of this 'super-metal' will make the body highly resistant... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6486",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | Perhaps the problem you are having is you are thinking about it as "character development" not storytelling. Many writers start off working on their work with a formulaic engine of what is going to happen. They know where, when, who and why. They believe this will make their story compelling since they dot every "i" an... | I think one of the problems with character development in novels is the author's liberty to spend periods of time explaining a character's motivation to a reader without the character actually having to say or do anything. A chapter that has the ostensible position in time and space of someone sitting in a chair, refle... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6486",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | Finish the book, then go back and look at the characters again.
When I start writing my characters are fairly generic, flat, and frankly cardboard. Character is my weakness, I love plots and ideas.
The crucial thing is that in the second draft, I then go back and add in bits of the colour, life and uniqueness which th... | Your problem may stem from the fact that you are writing a book too much "by the book." Characters aren't like bits of code. Unless they walk around in your subconscious, speaking and breathing and acting like real people, they won't seem like real people on the page. If your characters don't surprise you, they won't s... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
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] | When I create characters, after creating their appearance and personality, I usually try to think like them. There are almost always some key attributes of a personality, so try being that person for a while. Just thinking like them is enough.
For instance, there was once one truly evil character. For a time I forced ... | Making realistic characters starts with knowing them. Pick your top few characters, and write a character bio. To write a bio, you must answer some questions about your characters. Here is a non-exhaustive list of a few questions to answer about your characters:
* Where were they born?
* What kind of family did they g... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
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] | Finish the book, then go back and look at the characters again.
When I start writing my characters are fairly generic, flat, and frankly cardboard. Character is my weakness, I love plots and ideas.
The crucial thing is that in the second draft, I then go back and add in bits of the colour, life and uniqueness which th... | I think one of the problems with character development in novels is the author's liberty to spend periods of time explaining a character's motivation to a reader without the character actually having to say or do anything. A chapter that has the ostensible position in time and space of someone sitting in a chair, refle... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6486",
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] | Your problem may stem from the fact that you are writing a book too much "by the book." Characters aren't like bits of code. Unless they walk around in your subconscious, speaking and breathing and acting like real people, they won't seem like real people on the page. If your characters don't surprise you, they won't s... | I think one of the problems with character development in novels is the author's liberty to spend periods of time explaining a character's motivation to a reader without the character actually having to say or do anything. A chapter that has the ostensible position in time and space of someone sitting in a chair, refle... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6486",
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] | I think one of the problems with character development in novels is the author's liberty to spend periods of time explaining a character's motivation to a reader without the character actually having to say or do anything. A chapter that has the ostensible position in time and space of someone sitting in a chair, refle... | You need to consider your characters outside the plot as well. They'll have likes and dislikes that have nothing to do with the story, funny mannerisms they're unaware of, things that set their teeth on edge, irrational fears. The strangest things will get them into certain moods.
Let's take a real person, Charlie (na... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
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] | Perhaps the problem you are having is you are thinking about it as "character development" not storytelling. Many writers start off working on their work with a formulaic engine of what is going to happen. They know where, when, who and why. They believe this will make their story compelling since they dot every "i" an... | When I create characters, after creating their appearance and personality, I usually try to think like them. There are almost always some key attributes of a personality, so try being that person for a while. Just thinking like them is enough.
For instance, there was once one truly evil character. For a time I forced ... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6486",
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] | Perhaps the problem you are having is you are thinking about it as "character development" not storytelling. Many writers start off working on their work with a formulaic engine of what is going to happen. They know where, when, who and why. They believe this will make their story compelling since they dot every "i" an... | You need to consider your characters outside the plot as well. They'll have likes and dislikes that have nothing to do with the story, funny mannerisms they're unaware of, things that set their teeth on edge, irrational fears. The strangest things will get them into certain moods.
Let's take a real person, Charlie (na... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6486",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | Finish the book, then go back and look at the characters again.
When I start writing my characters are fairly generic, flat, and frankly cardboard. Character is my weakness, I love plots and ideas.
The crucial thing is that in the second draft, I then go back and add in bits of the colour, life and uniqueness which th... | Making realistic characters starts with knowing them. Pick your top few characters, and write a character bio. To write a bio, you must answer some questions about your characters. Here is a non-exhaustive list of a few questions to answer about your characters:
* Where were they born?
* What kind of family did they g... |
6,486 | I'm 1/4 through my first novel, with a pretty solid 12 page outline of the whole thing. After years of reading books about story structure, I think I have a good grasp on how to make a plot work.
My characters, however, are turning out to be quite flat, uninteresting and generic. They do have motivations and I'm putti... | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6486",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | Your problem may stem from the fact that you are writing a book too much "by the book." Characters aren't like bits of code. Unless they walk around in your subconscious, speaking and breathing and acting like real people, they won't seem like real people on the page. If your characters don't surprise you, they won't s... | I find a really usful way of getting characters to feel more alive and realistic is to write a character centric synopsis for each significant character.
It's easy to let characters that aren't currently involved in the story you're telling just kind of langish in limbo until the plot requires them again - this can le... |
1,175,505 | I have built Boost in Release configuration and have staged it into one folder.
Now when I add Boost libraries into project and try to build it in Debug configuration - linker fails because there are no Debug versions libraries.
Is there a way to make MSVC 9.0 use Release version of libraries when building Debug confi... | 2009/07/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1175505",
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] | You can do two things:
* Build the debug version for boost (this is the best option).
* Add debugging symbols to your release build.
You can't use the release version of boost with your debug build because boost depends on the CRT, which is different in debug/release builds. | Exclude debug libs boost tries to link in (or disable with a preprocessor define, look into config.hpp) and manually include release versions.
That is, you could try that if not for runtime conflict...
(so that's a no) |
1,175,505 | I have built Boost in Release configuration and have staged it into one folder.
Now when I add Boost libraries into project and try to build it in Debug configuration - linker fails because there are no Debug versions libraries.
Is there a way to make MSVC 9.0 use Release version of libraries when building Debug confi... | 2009/07/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1175505",
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] | You can do two things:
* Build the debug version for boost (this is the best option).
* Add debugging symbols to your release build.
You can't use the release version of boost with your debug build because boost depends on the CRT, which is different in debug/release builds. | I've just ran into this as well, and I have something to add:
I think the answer lies in boost\config\auto\_link.hpp. It looks like including this file (which probably happens for all .lib / .dll, non-header-only, libraries) makes the generated .obj refer the debug version of the library.
Defining BOOST\_ALL\_NO\_LIB... |
1,175,505 | I have built Boost in Release configuration and have staged it into one folder.
Now when I add Boost libraries into project and try to build it in Debug configuration - linker fails because there are no Debug versions libraries.
Is there a way to make MSVC 9.0 use Release version of libraries when building Debug confi... | 2009/07/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1175505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/81440/"
] | You can do two things:
* Build the debug version for boost (this is the best option).
* Add debugging symbols to your release build.
You can't use the release version of boost with your debug build because boost depends on the CRT, which is different in debug/release builds. | 1st... This is probably a bad idea, just build the debug libraries (or you can get them from [my site](http://boost.teeks99.com)).
If you still want to continue, try going in to the project properties -> Configuration Properties -> C\C++ -> Code Generation. Your "Runtime Library" setting will probably be something lik... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | It depends on *WHY* the method is static. If it's static because it truly does not need context, then it will probably scale very well compared to something of similar complexity that is not static because it requires context.
However, if it is static merely because you cannot retain the needed context and must still ... | No static methods don't intrinsically scale better. Infact the programming style (imperative or object oriented) does not really make any difference to scaling whatsoever. There are two major aspects of scaling and what to do to improve scale depends on which we mean:
1 Scaling by number of requests a second handled
... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
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"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87582/"
] | Which form of scalability do you mean? The scalability, that the code is maintainable and extensible in big and small projects? Then using only static-methods hurt. Do you mean performance? If instance-methods are slower (what I don't believe in this generality), then this doesn't mean they don't scale. If they need tw... | Voted down. The OP clearly doesn't quite understand OO. An instance method doesn't take up any extra space when an instance object is created. Static methods aren't going to save you anything unless you're also avoiding creating any instances, in which case you're going so far afield from what an OO language was built ... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87582/"
] | It depends on *WHY* the method is static. If it's static because it truly does not need context, then it will probably scale very well compared to something of similar complexity that is not static because it requires context.
However, if it is static merely because you cannot retain the needed context and must still ... | I think you're barking up the wrong tree:
In the real world, scalability (or the lack thereof) typically springs from appropriateness of one's algorithms and the efficiency of the operations made against data stores (think: good SQL queries).
Things like whether a method is static or not (or the % of methods which ar... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
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] | >
> Does static methods and class are good
> for scalability?
>
>
>
One has little to do with the other.
>
> I think so static class/method
> improves scalability of application
> and instance methods doesn't scales
> much.
>
>
>
Wrong. Why do you think so?
>
> So is it good programming practice to
> ... | No static methods don't intrinsically scale better. Infact the programming style (imperative or object oriented) does not really make any difference to scaling whatsoever. There are two major aspects of scaling and what to do to improve scale depends on which we mean:
1 Scaling by number of requests a second handled
... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87582/"
] | I think you're barking up the wrong tree:
In the real world, scalability (or the lack thereof) typically springs from appropriateness of one's algorithms and the efficiency of the operations made against data stores (think: good SQL queries).
Things like whether a method is static or not (or the % of methods which ar... | Voted down. The OP clearly doesn't quite understand OO. An instance method doesn't take up any extra space when an instance object is created. Static methods aren't going to save you anything unless you're also avoiding creating any instances, in which case you're going so far afield from what an OO language was built ... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | There are three problems to consider with static methods:
1. You may introduce a bottleneck if your static method has a large critical region. The largest of course is to declare the whole method synchronized. If it can only be executing one at a time then it's a potential issue;
2. Is whatever it's doing still consis... | Which form of scalability do you mean? The scalability, that the code is maintainable and extensible in big and small projects? Then using only static-methods hurt. Do you mean performance? If instance-methods are slower (what I don't believe in this generality), then this doesn't mean they don't scale. If they need tw... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87582/"
] | No. I think you may be assuming that each instance has its own copy of the method definition, taking up that amount of space for each instance, which is not the case.
Editing to add:
In case you wonder how an instance method can be actually shared between the instances: It is because each call to an instance method i... | Voted down. The OP clearly doesn't quite understand OO. An instance method doesn't take up any extra space when an instance object is created. Static methods aren't going to save you anything unless you're also avoiding creating any instances, in which case you're going so far afield from what an OO language was built ... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87582/"
] | It depends on *WHY* the method is static. If it's static because it truly does not need context, then it will probably scale very well compared to something of similar complexity that is not static because it requires context.
However, if it is static merely because you cannot retain the needed context and must still ... | No. I think you may be assuming that each instance has its own copy of the method definition, taking up that amount of space for each instance, which is not the case.
Editing to add:
In case you wonder how an instance method can be actually shared between the instances: It is because each call to an instance method i... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87582/"
] | No. I think you may be assuming that each instance has its own copy of the method definition, taking up that amount of space for each instance, which is not the case.
Editing to add:
In case you wonder how an instance method can be actually shared between the instances: It is because each call to an instance method i... | Which form of scalability do you mean? The scalability, that the code is maintainable and extensible in big and small projects? Then using only static-methods hurt. Do you mean performance? If instance-methods are slower (what I don't believe in this generality), then this doesn't mean they don't scale. If they need tw... |
1,284,718 | Does static methods and class are good for scalability ? I think so static class/method improves scalability of application and instance methods doesn't scales much. So is it good programming practice to write static method where ever it is possible ? | 2009/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1284718",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87582/"
] | No static methods don't intrinsically scale better. Infact the programming style (imperative or object oriented) does not really make any difference to scaling whatsoever. There are two major aspects of scaling and what to do to improve scale depends on which we mean:
1 Scaling by number of requests a second handled
... | Voted down. The OP clearly doesn't quite understand OO. An instance method doesn't take up any extra space when an instance object is created. Static methods aren't going to save you anything unless you're also avoiding creating any instances, in which case you're going so far afield from what an OO language was built ... |
1,048 | This cliche is usually *quoted* in the context of "the ends don't justify the means", but in *practice* most folks seem to live as if the ends did justify the means even if the means involved sin. However sometimes people cannot see clearly what is sin and what isn't. An example might be with-holding information from a... | 2011/08/29 | [
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] | The idea that "the ends justify the means" admits that there is something inherently wrong with "the means". Indeed, it admits that "the means" are actually **unjustified** by themselves. The claim, then, is that although "the means" are unjustifiable in themselves, that a particular outcome that is achieved by them re... | No, it is not compatible with Christianity. Consider this verse:
>
> Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
>
>
>
... |
1,048 | This cliche is usually *quoted* in the context of "the ends don't justify the means", but in *practice* most folks seem to live as if the ends did justify the means even if the means involved sin. However sometimes people cannot see clearly what is sin and what isn't. An example might be with-holding information from a... | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/1048",
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] | The idea that "the ends justify the means" admits that there is something inherently wrong with "the means". Indeed, it admits that "the means" are actually **unjustified** by themselves. The claim, then, is that although "the means" are unjustifiable in themselves, that a particular outcome that is achieved by them re... | Let's take the extreme example of Germans hiding Jews in their houses during WW2. (inspired by [this question](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/6055/does-the-bible-condemn-white-lies)) When asked if they are hiding Jews, what do they say? Do they lie to protect them, or do they tell the truth knowing th... |
1,048 | This cliche is usually *quoted* in the context of "the ends don't justify the means", but in *practice* most folks seem to live as if the ends did justify the means even if the means involved sin. However sometimes people cannot see clearly what is sin and what isn't. An example might be with-holding information from a... | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/1048",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
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] | The idea that "the ends justify the means" admits that there is something inherently wrong with "the means". Indeed, it admits that "the means" are actually **unjustified** by themselves. The claim, then, is that although "the means" are unjustifiable in themselves, that a particular outcome that is achieved by them re... | The old testament has a story relating to this question. Exodus 1:15-21 ( in [*my* translation, available on Wikisource](http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29/Exodus),
>
> And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwifes, one of whose names is Shiphrah, and the second Poo'ah. And he said, "When you d... |
46,106 | Why do most performance cars have a longitudinal-mounted engine?
By performance cars I mean sports cars that typically develop at least 400hp and are usually coupes two seaters. | 2017/07/11 | [
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] | It's quite simply because a longitudinally mounted engine equates to less of an engineering challenge to achieve "balance". Imagine something like a large V formation engine, two banks of cylinders, two sets of exhaust headers, etc... The simplest way to divide this large heavy lump of metal and gaskets is along the ce... | I believe it's because of the idea that rear-wheel drive cars are more fun to drive, because burnouts and drifting and such.
Also, transverse engines (and typically front wheel drive cars) have traditionally been thought of as slow, economy cars. The original Mini was the first car to mass produce this design and was ... |
46,106 | Why do most performance cars have a longitudinal-mounted engine?
By performance cars I mean sports cars that typically develop at least 400hp and are usually coupes two seaters. | 2017/07/11 | [
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] | It's quite simply because a longitudinally mounted engine equates to less of an engineering challenge to achieve "balance". Imagine something like a large V formation engine, two banks of cylinders, two sets of exhaust headers, etc... The simplest way to divide this large heavy lump of metal and gaskets is along the ce... | And to add to @MeltingDog, there is also the concept of weight distribution - some cars even have the engine at the front and the gearbox / rear axle at the rear to improve the distribution. |
46,106 | Why do most performance cars have a longitudinal-mounted engine?
By performance cars I mean sports cars that typically develop at least 400hp and are usually coupes two seaters. | 2017/07/11 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/46106",
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38,994 | Every `x` blocks the mining reward is halved. Will the reward be halved forever such that we never quite reach 21 million bitcoins, or will we reach 21 million bitcoins at some point and will the reward cease to exist altogether?
Extra points for pointing to the relevant code! | 2015/08/06 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/38994",
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] | People say the total will be **21000000** BTC.
... however:
* The 1st 210000 blocks each allow creating 50 BTC.
* The 2nd 210000 blocks each allow creating 25 BTC.
* The 3rd 210000 blocks each allow creating 12.5 BTC.
* ...
* The 10th 210000 blocks each allow creating 0.09765625 BTC.
* The 11th 210000 blocks each all... | 20997107.88801356 once you remove the 2709.42507135 BTC “burn addresses” i.e. the bitcoin addresses with almost assuredly no earthly known private keys and therefore unspent lost forever. There are ~400 burn addresses with a total balance of 2759.42507135 as of Dec 2017 (2709.42507135 excluding the genesis block). Last... |
104,247 | I want to change the root password so it is different than the admin password.
I need to change the password so the admin can still be logged on, but the root password to modify the hosts file through terminal with nano at /private/etc/hosts is different.
Even if the admin is logged in, he will need a different set o... | 2013/10/04 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/104247",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'm not sure I get what you want, but here's how things work on OS X.
* You can't prevent an admin user from becoming root with their own password.
* Root user isn't enabled, and doesn't even have a password unless you set one.
So, if you want to prevent a user from editing hosts, you need to remove their admin right... | You can change the root password by using the Directory Utility. This application is found in /System/Library/Core Services/
If root is not yet enabled:
1. Click the lock and authenticate with your admin account to make changes
2. Click the Edit menu and Select "Enable Root User"
3. Set a unique password for root
If... |
72,389 | Suppose, a country 'X''s civil airline wants to fly to another country 'Z'. There are three routes. However, the shortest route is 1000km which is through country 'Y'.
Can the country 'Y' block its airspace for civil airlines of 'X' without giving any reason?
If NO, can 'X' go to an international court for this? If Y... | 2022/04/06 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/72389",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/32479/"
] | It depends - if country 'Y' is one of the 134 [parties](https://www.icao.int/secretariat/legal/list%20of%20parties/transit_en.pdf) to the [International Air Services Transit Agreement](https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%2084/volume-84-II-252-English.pdf), then the first article of that agreement grants... | **Yes,** overflight is a privilege, not a right. A denial might cause the victims to retaliate in a similar manner, by restricting overflights *or other things which are not a right.* These are for example no right to immigrate, no right to trade, no right to transfer money through foreign banks.
**But** most sovereig... |
72,389 | Suppose, a country 'X''s civil airline wants to fly to another country 'Z'. There are three routes. However, the shortest route is 1000km which is through country 'Y'.
Can the country 'Y' block its airspace for civil airlines of 'X' without giving any reason?
If NO, can 'X' go to an international court for this? If Y... | 2022/04/06 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/72389",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/32479/"
] | **Yes,** overflight is a privilege, not a right. A denial might cause the victims to retaliate in a similar manner, by restricting overflights *or other things which are not a right.* These are for example no right to immigrate, no right to trade, no right to transfer money through foreign banks.
**But** most sovereig... | It's generally accepted that national sovereignty extends above a nation's land, and entails a right to exclusivity in one's airspace. Thus, overflights require consent from the overflown country, either to the flight in particular or a general consent through a treaty. The main such treaty is IASTA as mentioned by CDJ... |
72,389 | Suppose, a country 'X''s civil airline wants to fly to another country 'Z'. There are three routes. However, the shortest route is 1000km which is through country 'Y'.
Can the country 'Y' block its airspace for civil airlines of 'X' without giving any reason?
If NO, can 'X' go to an international court for this? If Y... | 2022/04/06 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/72389",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/32479/"
] | **Yes,** overflight is a privilege, not a right. A denial might cause the victims to retaliate in a similar manner, by restricting overflights *or other things which are not a right.* These are for example no right to immigrate, no right to trade, no right to transfer money through foreign banks.
**But** most sovereig... | Since this is Politics SE and not Law SE, the answer is a trivial "if they have the means (i.e., guns) yes; otherwise, no".
The court question is best asked over at Law. |
72,389 | Suppose, a country 'X''s civil airline wants to fly to another country 'Z'. There are three routes. However, the shortest route is 1000km which is through country 'Y'.
Can the country 'Y' block its airspace for civil airlines of 'X' without giving any reason?
If NO, can 'X' go to an international court for this? If Y... | 2022/04/06 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/72389",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/32479/"
] | It depends - if country 'Y' is one of the 134 [parties](https://www.icao.int/secretariat/legal/list%20of%20parties/transit_en.pdf) to the [International Air Services Transit Agreement](https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%2084/volume-84-II-252-English.pdf), then the first article of that agreement grants... | It's generally accepted that national sovereignty extends above a nation's land, and entails a right to exclusivity in one's airspace. Thus, overflights require consent from the overflown country, either to the flight in particular or a general consent through a treaty. The main such treaty is IASTA as mentioned by CDJ... |
72,389 | Suppose, a country 'X''s civil airline wants to fly to another country 'Z'. There are three routes. However, the shortest route is 1000km which is through country 'Y'.
Can the country 'Y' block its airspace for civil airlines of 'X' without giving any reason?
If NO, can 'X' go to an international court for this? If Y... | 2022/04/06 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/72389",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/32479/"
] | It depends - if country 'Y' is one of the 134 [parties](https://www.icao.int/secretariat/legal/list%20of%20parties/transit_en.pdf) to the [International Air Services Transit Agreement](https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%2084/volume-84-II-252-English.pdf), then the first article of that agreement grants... | Since this is Politics SE and not Law SE, the answer is a trivial "if they have the means (i.e., guns) yes; otherwise, no".
The court question is best asked over at Law. |
72,389 | Suppose, a country 'X''s civil airline wants to fly to another country 'Z'. There are three routes. However, the shortest route is 1000km which is through country 'Y'.
Can the country 'Y' block its airspace for civil airlines of 'X' without giving any reason?
If NO, can 'X' go to an international court for this? If Y... | 2022/04/06 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/72389",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/32479/"
] | It's generally accepted that national sovereignty extends above a nation's land, and entails a right to exclusivity in one's airspace. Thus, overflights require consent from the overflown country, either to the flight in particular or a general consent through a treaty. The main such treaty is IASTA as mentioned by CDJ... | Since this is Politics SE and not Law SE, the answer is a trivial "if they have the means (i.e., guns) yes; otherwise, no".
The court question is best asked over at Law. |
52,985 | I am looking for a media player to play videos with two subtitles at the same time (e.g. English and Spanish).
I'm using VLC, but this feature is [not there yet](https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=98324), although there are some workarounds using a [Subtitler extension](https://addons.videolan.org/content/show... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/52985",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/3474/"
] | According to this [list](https://www.raymond.cc/blog/playing-two-subtitles-at-the-same-time-in-dvd-player-and-computer/), multiple subtitles are supported by the following players:
* **[Daum PotPlayer](https://potplayer.daum.net/)**
>
> PotPlayer is from the same developer that’s responsible for creating KMPlayer wh... | From the links posted by @kenorb I found [submerge](https://submerge.ovh/).
Not a player, but a tool that merge 2 subs into one. Works fine with kodi or vlc. |
52,985 | I am looking for a media player to play videos with two subtitles at the same time (e.g. English and Spanish).
I'm using VLC, but this feature is [not there yet](https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=98324), although there are some workarounds using a [Subtitler extension](https://addons.videolan.org/content/show... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/52985",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/3474/"
] | According to this [list](https://www.raymond.cc/blog/playing-two-subtitles-at-the-same-time-in-dvd-player-and-computer/), multiple subtitles are supported by the following players:
* **[Daum PotPlayer](https://potplayer.daum.net/)**
>
> PotPlayer is from the same developer that’s responsible for creating KMPlayer wh... | If you want to watch films with two subtitles at the same time in android, use these players:
* MX Player
* Precise Frame mpv Video Player |
52,985 | I am looking for a media player to play videos with two subtitles at the same time (e.g. English and Spanish).
I'm using VLC, but this feature is [not there yet](https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=98324), although there are some workarounds using a [Subtitler extension](https://addons.videolan.org/content/show... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/52985",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/3474/"
] | Beside KMP I've also used Media Player Classic with [ffdshow filter](https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/), which are both included in the K-lite codec pack. No other filters are needed
>
> ffdshow can be configured to display subtitles, to enable or disable various built-in codecs, to grab screenshots, to enabl... | From the links posted by @kenorb I found [submerge](https://submerge.ovh/).
Not a player, but a tool that merge 2 subs into one. Works fine with kodi or vlc. |
52,985 | I am looking for a media player to play videos with two subtitles at the same time (e.g. English and Spanish).
I'm using VLC, but this feature is [not there yet](https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=98324), although there are some workarounds using a [Subtitler extension](https://addons.videolan.org/content/show... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/52985",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/3474/"
] | Beside KMP I've also used Media Player Classic with [ffdshow filter](https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/), which are both included in the K-lite codec pack. No other filters are needed
>
> ffdshow can be configured to display subtitles, to enable or disable various built-in codecs, to grab screenshots, to enabl... | If you want to watch films with two subtitles at the same time in android, use these players:
* MX Player
* Precise Frame mpv Video Player |
477 | A typical modern scenario of the medieval siege was the throwing of oil on the attackers from ramparts. Oil was really expensive so why waste it on attackers? Most commonly the items thrown were boiled sewage, rocks, and arrows. Does anyone know of any primal source of evidence of boiling oil being used as a weapon in ... | 2011/10/22 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/477",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/103/"
] | Like this thread on [catapulting diseased dead bodies](https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/360/how-did-a-besieged-city-castle-defend-itself-vs-catapulting-diseased-dead-bodie/368#368), the pouring of boiling oil and tar did happen, though not so commonly. Remember that many castles never saw action. Many more c... | Boiling oil is a good weapon, because its boiling point (400 degrees Fahrenheit) is much higher than that of water (212 degrees).
It was a moderately effective weapon against men. But by its boiling and burning properties, it was a very effective weapon against ladders, rams, catapults, and other war instruments made... |
477 | A typical modern scenario of the medieval siege was the throwing of oil on the attackers from ramparts. Oil was really expensive so why waste it on attackers? Most commonly the items thrown were boiled sewage, rocks, and arrows. Does anyone know of any primal source of evidence of boiling oil being used as a weapon in ... | 2011/10/22 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/477",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/103/"
] | Like this thread on [catapulting diseased dead bodies](https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/360/how-did-a-besieged-city-castle-defend-itself-vs-catapulting-diseased-dead-bodie/368#368), the pouring of boiling oil and tar did happen, though not so commonly. Remember that many castles never saw action. Many more c... | Incendiary devices were frequently used as projectiles during warfare, particularly during sieges and naval battles; substances were boiled or heated to inflict damage by scalding or burning. Other substances relied on their chemical properties to inflict burns or damage. These weapons or devices could be used by indiv... |
477 | A typical modern scenario of the medieval siege was the throwing of oil on the attackers from ramparts. Oil was really expensive so why waste it on attackers? Most commonly the items thrown were boiled sewage, rocks, and arrows. Does anyone know of any primal source of evidence of boiling oil being used as a weapon in ... | 2011/10/22 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/477",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/103/"
] | Boiling oil is a good weapon, because its boiling point (400 degrees Fahrenheit) is much higher than that of water (212 degrees).
It was a moderately effective weapon against men. But by its boiling and burning properties, it was a very effective weapon against ladders, rams, catapults, and other war instruments made... | Incendiary devices were frequently used as projectiles during warfare, particularly during sieges and naval battles; substances were boiled or heated to inflict damage by scalding or burning. Other substances relied on their chemical properties to inflict burns or damage. These weapons or devices could be used by indiv... |
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