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36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | >
> Matthew
>
> German -> Serman -> Sermon -> Sermon on the Mount
>
>
> | The answer is:
>
> Matthew.
>
>
> He is the colour of the German flag. So "German."
>
> His eyes say G-->S so "Serman", or Sermon.
>
> He is on a mountain, so "Sermon on the Mount."
>
> The sermon on the mount was delivered by *matthew!*
>
>
> |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | >
> Matthew
>
> German -> Serman -> Sermon -> Sermon on the Mount
>
>
> | The colour implies he's German, and he's standing on top of a mountain.
The German word for "mountaineer" is "bergsteiger", but you've moved the "s" away from the "g".
>
> His name is Berg Steiger.
>
>
> |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | >
> Matthew
>
> German -> Serman -> Sermon -> Sermon on the Mount
>
>
> | >
> **G**ipfel**S**türmer
>
>
>
> Gip•fel•stür•mer
>
> **Definition:** Conquerer of a/the peak
> **Origin:** German
>
>
> |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | The colour implies he's German, and he's standing on top of a mountain.
The German word for "mountaineer" is "bergsteiger", but you've moved the "s" away from the "g".
>
> His name is Berg Steiger.
>
>
> | The answer is:
>
> Matthew.
>
>
> He is the colour of the German flag. So "German."
>
> His eyes say G-->S so "Serman", or Sermon.
>
> He is on a mountain, so "Sermon on the Mount."
>
> The sermon on the mount was delivered by *matthew!*
>
>
> |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | The answer is:
>
> Matthew.
>
>
> He is the colour of the German flag. So "German."
>
> His eyes say G-->S so "Serman", or Sermon.
>
> He is on a mountain, so "Sermon on the Mount."
>
> The sermon on the mount was delivered by *matthew!*
>
>
> | >
> **G**ipfel**S**türmer
>
>
>
> Gip•fel•stür•mer
>
> **Definition:** Conquerer of a/the peak
> **Origin:** German
>
>
> |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | The colour implies he's German, and he's standing on top of a mountain.
The German word for "mountaineer" is "bergsteiger", but you've moved the "s" away from the "g".
>
> His name is Berg Steiger.
>
>
> | >
> **G**ipfel**S**türmer
>
>
>
> Gip•fel•stür•mer
>
> **Definition:** Conquerer of a/the peak
> **Origin:** German
>
>
> |
23,253 | I saw the term JTB (Justified true belief).
What is the act of Justificaton ?
What makes somthing "Just" ?
Cheers
Sharon | 2015/04/24 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/23253",
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"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/14411/"
] | "Justified" in the phrase "justified true belief" means that you have a good reason for your belief. A belief could be justified, yet false, meaning that you have a good reason to believe it, but yet it is not true. (For instance, you could believe it is raining, because it was when you entered the house a few seconds ... | Justified true belief has less to do with "Just" in a legal moral since, and more to do with personal beliefs.
1. Grass is Green
2. I believe that grass is green.
3. The Sky is blue
4. I believe the sky is orange.
We would on a spring day with a healthy lawn say that 2 is a justified true belief.
For 4 we would sa... |
21,445,972 | I recently updated my application to Visual Studio 2013. I'm attempting to make a final Windows XP build before dropping support, but I'm running into a problem with the installer after changing the installer version from 200 to 405. I had to do this in order to include the VC120 merge modules.
When I try to install m... | 2014/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21445972",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/214796/"
] | Don't use the merge modules. Create a burn bootstrapper bundle that redistributes [this](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784) instead. The installation requirements call out XP as acceptable.
[Building Installation Package Bundles](http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/bundle/) | Windows XP SP3 included Windows Installer 3.1 which is likely too old.
There is a separate [Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable](http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=8483) you can use to update an XP system.
Can run `Msiexec` at a commmand line to check the current Windows Installer version (a d... |
407,699 | I'm using google chrome, is there some setting somewhere I can change? | 2012/04/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/407699",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/103400/"
] | Go to chrome://settings/handlers and remove the setting for gmail.
It is under Privacy then content settings. | It should respond to the windows defaults which are set in:-
>
> control panel > internet options > programs > set programs
>
>
>
This will set the mail client for all programs including chrome. |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | That is correct. Any leak of memory after the lifetime of a process on a protected mode operating system is as a really nasty bug in the kernel (sometimes processes crash).
Having said that, the simplest way to check for memory leaks is to ensure that the heap has exactly the same number of allocated cells at the end... | No fear, the OS reclaims all the memory. What you need to watch out for is leaving some persistent resources, such as files, in an indeterminate state.
Just FYI my programming language deliberately fails to free memory on exit by default: it's faster that way. However RAII is not permitted. In C++ if you use RAII the... |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | No fear, the OS reclaims all the memory. What you need to watch out for is leaving some persistent resources, such as files, in an indeterminate state.
Just FYI my programming language deliberately fails to free memory on exit by default: it's faster that way. However RAII is not permitted. In C++ if you use RAII the... | Fast answer is no damage for OS if program don't call destructors of created objects or not freeing memory or other OS handles. Maximum impact is lost part of files which program has written before exiting.
Therefore Herb Satter in their book write about technique that short-lived applications specially doesn't free m... |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | No fear, the OS reclaims all the memory. What you need to watch out for is leaving some persistent resources, such as files, in an indeterminate state.
Just FYI my programming language deliberately fails to free memory on exit by default: it's faster that way. However RAII is not permitted. In C++ if you use RAII the... | You need to be more careful with other resources like file handles, database connections, etc. However, all memory is definitely reclaimed. |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | That is correct. Any leak of memory after the lifetime of a process on a protected mode operating system is as a really nasty bug in the kernel (sometimes processes crash).
Having said that, the simplest way to check for memory leaks is to ensure that the heap has exactly the same number of allocated cells at the end... | Modern OSes reclaim all resources of a closed process. Not only memory, but also file handles, etc. |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | Modern OSes reclaim all resources of a closed process. Not only memory, but also file handles, etc. | Fast answer is no damage for OS if program don't call destructors of created objects or not freeing memory or other OS handles. Maximum impact is lost part of files which program has written before exiting.
Therefore Herb Satter in their book write about technique that short-lived applications specially doesn't free m... |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | Modern OSes reclaim all resources of a closed process. Not only memory, but also file handles, etc. | You need to be more careful with other resources like file handles, database connections, etc. However, all memory is definitely reclaimed. |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | That is correct. Any leak of memory after the lifetime of a process on a protected mode operating system is as a really nasty bug in the kernel (sometimes processes crash).
Having said that, the simplest way to check for memory leaks is to ensure that the heap has exactly the same number of allocated cells at the end... | Fast answer is no damage for OS if program don't call destructors of created objects or not freeing memory or other OS handles. Maximum impact is lost part of files which program has written before exiting.
Therefore Herb Satter in their book write about technique that short-lived applications specially doesn't free m... |
4,449,314 | I have been looking at an issue for a week straight and have been unable to figure it out and I am *desperate* for the fix.
On a client site, we have two environments: UAT and PROD. UAT works perfect (Please keep this in mind). We are now trying to deploy the solution to PROD but certain parts of the solution are not ... | 2010/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4449314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/543264/"
] | That is correct. Any leak of memory after the lifetime of a process on a protected mode operating system is as a really nasty bug in the kernel (sometimes processes crash).
Having said that, the simplest way to check for memory leaks is to ensure that the heap has exactly the same number of allocated cells at the end... | You need to be more careful with other resources like file handles, database connections, etc. However, all memory is definitely reclaimed. |
229,018 | So, I'm working on a story where there are 7 gods, one high god and 6 low gods, and the high god dies leading the 6 others ones to squabble on who'll be in charge. Each god represents a concept and each, at the start, are worshipped equally with no religion being persecuted. Gods get stronger the more they are worshipp... | 2022/04/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229018",
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] | **It would smell like chlorine**
Of the three substances, bleach is the one with the strongest and most distinctive smell, and it would easily overpower the relatively delicate smell of ethanol and the faint smell of oil.
**It would taste salty and metallic**
That's mostly your own blood, flooding your tastebuds as ... | Unless you want to venture on the path of describing the taste like a sommelier would do with a wine, you can just go with something along the line of
>
> it tasted and smelled like chlorine bleach, lubricant oil, and ethyl alcohol mixed together
>
>
>
Each of those has a smell which is pretty well defined and ch... |
229,018 | So, I'm working on a story where there are 7 gods, one high god and 6 low gods, and the high god dies leading the 6 others ones to squabble on who'll be in charge. Each god represents a concept and each, at the start, are worshipped equally with no religion being persecuted. Gods get stronger the more they are worshipp... | 2022/04/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229018",
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"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/95829/"
] | Unless you want to venture on the path of describing the taste like a sommelier would do with a wine, you can just go with something along the line of
>
> it tasted and smelled like chlorine bleach, lubricant oil, and ethyl alcohol mixed together
>
>
>
Each of those has a smell which is pretty well defined and ch... | cleaning fluid
--------------
Fluids don't actually *clean* on their own. They help with cleaning by dissolving sticky stuff and washing away suspended particles.
That tells me the fluid is runny and constantly flowing. Not necessarily quickly, but constantly in a direction. From wherever it is generated to wherever ... |
229,018 | So, I'm working on a story where there are 7 gods, one high god and 6 low gods, and the high god dies leading the 6 others ones to squabble on who'll be in charge. Each god represents a concept and each, at the start, are worshipped equally with no religion being persecuted. Gods get stronger the more they are worshipp... | 2022/04/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229018",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/95829/"
] | **It would smell like chlorine**
Of the three substances, bleach is the one with the strongest and most distinctive smell, and it would easily overpower the relatively delicate smell of ethanol and the faint smell of oil.
**It would taste salty and metallic**
That's mostly your own blood, flooding your tastebuds as ... | **Like being fifteen**
And drinking Aunty's moonshine under the Spar with Ish and Zoos and Sputs. Zoos had an agreement with Aunty and she paid him with moonshine. Moonshine from batches that she couldn't sell because her distillation regimen had gone poorly, and there were too many hints of the moonshine's origins.
... |
229,018 | So, I'm working on a story where there are 7 gods, one high god and 6 low gods, and the high god dies leading the 6 others ones to squabble on who'll be in charge. Each god represents a concept and each, at the start, are worshipped equally with no religion being persecuted. Gods get stronger the more they are worshipp... | 2022/04/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229018",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/95829/"
] | **It would smell like chlorine**
Of the three substances, bleach is the one with the strongest and most distinctive smell, and it would easily overpower the relatively delicate smell of ethanol and the faint smell of oil.
**It would taste salty and metallic**
That's mostly your own blood, flooding your tastebuds as ... | cleaning fluid
--------------
Fluids don't actually *clean* on their own. They help with cleaning by dissolving sticky stuff and washing away suspended particles.
That tells me the fluid is runny and constantly flowing. Not necessarily quickly, but constantly in a direction. From wherever it is generated to wherever ... |
229,018 | So, I'm working on a story where there are 7 gods, one high god and 6 low gods, and the high god dies leading the 6 others ones to squabble on who'll be in charge. Each god represents a concept and each, at the start, are worshipped equally with no religion being persecuted. Gods get stronger the more they are worshipp... | 2022/04/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229018",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/95829/"
] | **It would smell like chlorine**
Of the three substances, bleach is the one with the strongest and most distinctive smell, and it would easily overpower the relatively delicate smell of ethanol and the faint smell of oil.
**It would taste salty and metallic**
That's mostly your own blood, flooding your tastebuds as ... | Raspberries
===========
I mean, why not?
Aliens made it. Its actual composition probably has *nothing* to do with bleach, oil or alcohol, even though it has the same properties. It doesn't have to smell like any of those. It can have an artificial odor.
Just like we humans insist on giving our cleaning products funn... |
229,018 | So, I'm working on a story where there are 7 gods, one high god and 6 low gods, and the high god dies leading the 6 others ones to squabble on who'll be in charge. Each god represents a concept and each, at the start, are worshipped equally with no religion being persecuted. Gods get stronger the more they are worshipp... | 2022/04/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229018",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/95829/"
] | **Like being fifteen**
And drinking Aunty's moonshine under the Spar with Ish and Zoos and Sputs. Zoos had an agreement with Aunty and she paid him with moonshine. Moonshine from batches that she couldn't sell because her distillation regimen had gone poorly, and there were too many hints of the moonshine's origins.
... | cleaning fluid
--------------
Fluids don't actually *clean* on their own. They help with cleaning by dissolving sticky stuff and washing away suspended particles.
That tells me the fluid is runny and constantly flowing. Not necessarily quickly, but constantly in a direction. From wherever it is generated to wherever ... |
229,018 | So, I'm working on a story where there are 7 gods, one high god and 6 low gods, and the high god dies leading the 6 others ones to squabble on who'll be in charge. Each god represents a concept and each, at the start, are worshipped equally with no religion being persecuted. Gods get stronger the more they are worshipp... | 2022/04/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229018",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/95829/"
] | Raspberries
===========
I mean, why not?
Aliens made it. Its actual composition probably has *nothing* to do with bleach, oil or alcohol, even though it has the same properties. It doesn't have to smell like any of those. It can have an artificial odor.
Just like we humans insist on giving our cleaning products funn... | cleaning fluid
--------------
Fluids don't actually *clean* on their own. They help with cleaning by dissolving sticky stuff and washing away suspended particles.
That tells me the fluid is runny and constantly flowing. Not necessarily quickly, but constantly in a direction. From wherever it is generated to wherever ... |
273,218 | I was trying to simulate two serpentine resistors on COMSOL multiphysics with exactly the same length, width and thickness. I drew them on AutoCAD. The only difference between the two resistors is the number of bends. For resistor(1), number of bends is only 2, while for resistor(2), number of bends is 18.
After runni... | 2016/08/08 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/273218",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | Your results do not surprise me. Actually, to compute the resistance, you need to solve the Laplace problem in your areas. My coauthor and I solved a similar problem in <http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01599> . I believe the reason you have a difference is the width/length ratio is small but finite. I would predict the relat... | The error you see is a consequence of the effective width of the trace at the corner. Pick a corner, and draw a line from the inner corner point to the outer corner point. Observe that the line makes a 45° angle to both the entering and leaving trace. Further observe that this line is longer than the width of the trace... |
273,218 | I was trying to simulate two serpentine resistors on COMSOL multiphysics with exactly the same length, width and thickness. I drew them on AutoCAD. The only difference between the two resistors is the number of bends. For resistor(1), number of bends is only 2, while for resistor(2), number of bends is 18.
After runni... | 2016/08/08 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/273218",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | You are measuring the length through the center, but the current will not follow that path, rather it will crowd into the corners and, on average, take a somewhat shorter path through each bend, so your total resistance will be less for the serpentine pattern with more bends. Below is a [field solver simulation](https:... | Your results do not surprise me. Actually, to compute the resistance, you need to solve the Laplace problem in your areas. My coauthor and I solved a similar problem in <http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01599> . I believe the reason you have a difference is the width/length ratio is small but finite. I would predict the relat... |
273,218 | I was trying to simulate two serpentine resistors on COMSOL multiphysics with exactly the same length, width and thickness. I drew them on AutoCAD. The only difference between the two resistors is the number of bends. For resistor(1), number of bends is only 2, while for resistor(2), number of bends is 18.
After runni... | 2016/08/08 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/273218",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/40669/"
] | You are measuring the length through the center, but the current will not follow that path, rather it will crowd into the corners and, on average, take a somewhat shorter path through each bend, so your total resistance will be less for the serpentine pattern with more bends. Below is a [field solver simulation](https:... | The error you see is a consequence of the effective width of the trace at the corner. Pick a corner, and draw a line from the inner corner point to the outer corner point. Observe that the line makes a 45° angle to both the entering and leaving trace. Further observe that this line is longer than the width of the trace... |
1,221,774 | As there is JUnit test tool for Desktop java, is there some thing similiar in android so one can apply on android also? | 2009/08/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1221774",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/95877/"
] | [JUnit is available inside of Android](http://developer.android.com/reference/junit/framework/package-summary.html), along with [Android-specific test case base classes](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/test/package-summary.html), to help exercise activities, services, etc. | You want to look into [robolectric](http://pivotal.github.com/robolectric/) in order to run JUnit or any unit test locally on the JVM rather then device. The android.jar only contains stubs which will throw Runtime exceptions every time you hit it. To overcome this problem, robolectric shadows the android.jar which in ... |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | This one here can convert VOB files to MPEG. It's free and works on XP, Vista and Windows 7.
[Koyote Video Converter](http://koyote-free-video-converter.softonic.fr/)
>
> **Supported format by Koyote Free Video Converter:**
>
>
>
> >
> > **Import:** AVI, DIVX, MOV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MKV, VOB, MPEG, MPG, M... | I think that [Avidemux](http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/) can fit your needs.
Here's a recent how-to to convert your .VOB file to AVI (remember that AVI is just a container) : [Avidemux VOB to AVI](http://silverwav.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/avidemux-vob-to-avi-lightning-fast/) |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | This one here can convert VOB files to MPEG. It's free and works on XP, Vista and Windows 7.
[Koyote Video Converter](http://koyote-free-video-converter.softonic.fr/)
>
> **Supported format by Koyote Free Video Converter:**
>
>
>
> >
> > **Import:** AVI, DIVX, MOV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MKV, VOB, MPEG, MPG, M... | [VirtualDub](http://www.virtualdub.org/) used to be the de facto standard for converting video files. It still does an admirable job. |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | This one here can convert VOB files to MPEG. It's free and works on XP, Vista and Windows 7.
[Koyote Video Converter](http://koyote-free-video-converter.softonic.fr/)
>
> **Supported format by Koyote Free Video Converter:**
>
>
>
> >
> > **Import:** AVI, DIVX, MOV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MKV, VOB, MPEG, MPG, M... | Try [VOB2MPG](http://www.svcd2dvd.com/VOB2MPG/default.aspx). There is also a Pro version with additional features, but for simply converting (or rather, remultiplexing) VOBs to MPG files, the free edition is enough. |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | [VirtualDub](http://www.virtualdub.org/) used to be the de facto standard for converting video files. It still does an admirable job. | I think that [Avidemux](http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/) can fit your needs.
Here's a recent how-to to convert your .VOB file to AVI (remember that AVI is just a container) : [Avidemux VOB to AVI](http://silverwav.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/avidemux-vob-to-avi-lightning-fast/) |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | VOB files are already in mpeg format as described [on wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOB). You can just rename them to .mpg. You might need to set windows to "show file extensions for known file types". If you copied this file from a DVD that used some sort of encryption (most DVD's do) you will first have to ... | I think that [Avidemux](http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/) can fit your needs.
Here's a recent how-to to convert your .VOB file to AVI (remember that AVI is just a container) : [Avidemux VOB to AVI](http://silverwav.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/avidemux-vob-to-avi-lightning-fast/) |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | VOB files are already in mpeg format as described [on wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOB). You can just rename them to .mpg. You might need to set windows to "show file extensions for known file types". If you copied this file from a DVD that used some sort of encryption (most DVD's do) you will first have to ... | [VirtualDub](http://www.virtualdub.org/) used to be the de facto standard for converting video files. It still does an admirable job. |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | [VirtualDub](http://www.virtualdub.org/) used to be the de facto standard for converting video files. It still does an admirable job. | Try [VOB2MPG](http://www.svcd2dvd.com/VOB2MPG/default.aspx). There is also a Pro version with additional features, but for simply converting (or rather, remultiplexing) VOBs to MPG files, the free edition is enough. |
156,799 | Does anyone know of a good freeware application where I can convert a full VOB file into a MPEG file. All of the applications I have found are trial versions and will only convert a part of the video.
I just need to convert one VOB, do not plan on using it long term. | 2010/06/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/156799",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2866/"
] | VOB files are already in mpeg format as described [on wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOB). You can just rename them to .mpg. You might need to set windows to "show file extensions for known file types". If you copied this file from a DVD that used some sort of encryption (most DVD's do) you will first have to ... | Try [VOB2MPG](http://www.svcd2dvd.com/VOB2MPG/default.aspx). There is also a Pro version with additional features, but for simply converting (or rather, remultiplexing) VOBs to MPG files, the free edition is enough. |
16,609 | Hello my server is getting hit by spiders from bingbot, google, yahoo, yandex, and some place in the UK all at the same time crashing it.
While I have no reason to think any one person did this, it strikes my odd that it happened all at the same time.
Should I be worried?
The only changes before this started was t... | 2012/06/28 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/16609",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/10937/"
] | This whole discussion possibly belongs over in Pro Webmasters, however; as pointed out in one of the comments is applicable here as well.
Having several search engines hit your site at once is absolutely normal behavior. If you managed to get links to your site from other reputable sites, you will get indexed. The mos... | It's crawling because of some link somewhere. You would need either to throttle bots or fix the websites so they are faster. Not sure about how to throttle the bots, you might want to check with google webmaster page or this:
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1328436/how-to-prevent-googlebot-from-overwhelming-site> |
16,609 | Hello my server is getting hit by spiders from bingbot, google, yahoo, yandex, and some place in the UK all at the same time crashing it.
While I have no reason to think any one person did this, it strikes my odd that it happened all at the same time.
Should I be worried?
The only changes before this started was t... | 2012/06/28 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/16609",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/10937/"
] | It's crawling because of some link somewhere. You would need either to throttle bots or fix the websites so they are faster. Not sure about how to throttle the bots, you might want to check with google webmaster page or this:
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1328436/how-to-prevent-googlebot-from-overwhelming-site> | I disagree that this is always normal behavior. I am under a similar DDOS attack form the search engines. We have ample resources and numerous redundant servers handling our site. All with DNS failover. And BOOM we got hit and knocked off the web. First I saw reports of failovers going up and down like crazy.
Thought... |
16,609 | Hello my server is getting hit by spiders from bingbot, google, yahoo, yandex, and some place in the UK all at the same time crashing it.
While I have no reason to think any one person did this, it strikes my odd that it happened all at the same time.
Should I be worried?
The only changes before this started was t... | 2012/06/28 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/16609",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/10937/"
] | This whole discussion possibly belongs over in Pro Webmasters, however; as pointed out in one of the comments is applicable here as well.
Having several search engines hit your site at once is absolutely normal behavior. If you managed to get links to your site from other reputable sites, you will get indexed. The mos... | I disagree that this is always normal behavior. I am under a similar DDOS attack form the search engines. We have ample resources and numerous redundant servers handling our site. All with DNS failover. And BOOM we got hit and knocked off the web. First I saw reports of failovers going up and down like crazy.
Thought... |
2,593,323 | Here is my situation:
Page1.aspx redirects to Page2.aspx which does some processing (does not display to the user) and then redirects to Page3.aspx which checks the ServerVariables["HTTP\_REFERER"] or Request.UrlReferrer.
I understand that the referring information can sometimes be blank and can't be entirely relied ... | 2010/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2593323",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/265333/"
] | because the http redirect instructs the browser to find the page in a new place, so the browser assumes it's still dealing with the original request on page1.aspx, and hence sends that through as the referer :)
it's worth bearing in mind that the referer is just sent through from the browser and hence cannot be truste... | I believe part of it depends on how the page is being redirected: Server.Transfer or Response.Redirect.
<http://haacked.com/archive/2004/10/06/responseredirectverseservertransfer.aspx> |
88,920 | Soldiers gain experience from killing enemies. At what experience levels do the soldiers advance to the next rank? | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/88920",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/15092/"
] | The XP chart for promotions is correct. However - you don't have to kill to earn points. For example: A Sectoid kill gives you 30pts. A successful abduction mission gives you 80pts.
Make 1 Kill, survive, accomplish mission = 110pts aka Squadie promotion.
Don't make a kill, survive 2 accomplished missions = 160pts | In order for a soldier to rank up, he/she has to kill a set number of aliens. I do not know if it has to all be on one mission, but anecdotal evidence through my playthough indicates that it is kills in total, not kills in one mission, and that which type of alien is killed doesn't matter. My Colonel (the highest rank)... |
88,920 | Soldiers gain experience from killing enemies. At what experience levels do the soldiers advance to the next rank? | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/88920",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/15092/"
] | I had a colonel after 29 kills that just hadn't been on that many missions, she was a psi and i had a large dry spell of psi soldiers. My primary goal in every mission for my team was to get her as many kills as possible as quickly as possible. I have also had colonels early game with much fewer kills (high teens i thi... | In order for a soldier to rank up, he/she has to kill a set number of aliens. I do not know if it has to all be on one mission, but anecdotal evidence through my playthough indicates that it is kills in total, not kills in one mission, and that which type of alien is killed doesn't matter. My Colonel (the highest rank)... |
88,920 | Soldiers gain experience from killing enemies. At what experience levels do the soldiers advance to the next rank? | 2012/10/15 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/88920",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/15092/"
] | The XP chart for promotions is correct. However - you don't have to kill to earn points. For example: A Sectoid kill gives you 30pts. A successful abduction mission gives you 80pts.
Make 1 Kill, survive, accomplish mission = 110pts aka Squadie promotion.
Don't make a kill, survive 2 accomplished missions = 160pts | I had a colonel after 29 kills that just hadn't been on that many missions, she was a psi and i had a large dry spell of psi soldiers. My primary goal in every mission for my team was to get her as many kills as possible as quickly as possible. I have also had colonels early game with much fewer kills (high teens i thi... |
41,360 | I am developing a point of sale bitcoin app, which should accept "fast" transactions (~30 sec for merchant to accept). I researched double spending questions here already, but it is still unclear to me, what happens within the time frame before a transaction is actually included into a block.
Considering the case of a... | 2015/11/13 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/41360",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/27733/"
] | The bottom line is that there is no way for you to safely accept zero confirmation transactions.
>
> What happens if a miner (which has transaction A in his main memory) gets the conflicting transaction B?
>
>
>
Depends on what software the miner is running and how they have configured it.
* Some nodes will re... | Relying on an unconfirmed transaction is much riskier than relying on 1-confirmed transaction. And in turn, relying on a 1-confirmed transaction is risker than relying on a 2-confirmed transaction.
This will always be a choice best made on empirical data. One of the more disappointing ideas is that, because 0-conf is ... |
6,430,801 | I am having a ViewSonic Tablet Intel Atom processor running with Android OS. I have created a helloWorld App using Android SDk, I am able to run on my tablet but when I tried my actual app with have JNI interface too, the application installation failed with an error message "Application not Installed".
Can some one g... | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6430801",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/809118/"
] | x86 is not supported in the current release of the NDK
>
> The latest release of the NDK supports
> these ARM instruction sets:
>
>
> * ARMv5TE (including Thumb-1
> instructions)
> * ARMv7-A (including
> Thumb-2 and VFPv3-D16 instructions,
> with optional support for
> NEON/VFPv3-D32 instructions)
>
>
> Futu... | Check again... Latest version of Android NDK (r6b or later) supports x86.
<http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/ndk-for-ia/#building-ndk-applications>
http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/overview.html |
6,430,801 | I am having a ViewSonic Tablet Intel Atom processor running with Android OS. I have created a helloWorld App using Android SDk, I am able to run on my tablet but when I tried my actual app with have JNI interface too, the application installation failed with an error message "Application not Installed".
Can some one g... | 2011/06/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6430801",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/809118/"
] | x86 is not supported in the current release of the NDK
>
> The latest release of the NDK supports
> these ARM instruction sets:
>
>
> * ARMv5TE (including Thumb-1
> instructions)
> * ARMv7-A (including
> Thumb-2 and VFPv3-D16 instructions,
> with optional support for
> NEON/VFPv3-D32 instructions)
>
>
> Futu... | To build the native library for x86, you must append x86 in the APP\_ABI variable
File: **./jni/Application.mk**
**APP\_ABI** := armeabi armeabi-v7a **x86**
APP\_PLATFORM := android-8
Or just set "all", to build for all platforms supported by the NDK (armeabi armeabi-v7a mips x86)
**APP\_ABI** := **all**
AP... |
4,051 | Why is marijuana sacred among some Hindus such as [Naga Sadhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya#Naga_Sadhus)?
Shiva plays a role in this but does marijuana aid in obtaining moksha or does it have any spiritual benefits? | 2014/12/20 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/4051",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/334/"
] | Marijuana or any other drug is not considered sacred by Hindus. There might be some exceptions where people justify it. The usual argument these people give in favour of drugs is a misleading argument that *Shiva* consumed *Bhaang*. Hence, it is okay for them to do so too. This argument has no base in it:
>
> Q. Guru... | Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms (IV. 1.) says: "The Siddhis (powers) are attained by birth, chemical means, power of words, mortification, or concentration."
Ganja (and some other drugs) can open up - temporarily - some chakras in some people. But when you do, it is only temporary and results in a fall just as dramatic. Th... |
4,051 | Why is marijuana sacred among some Hindus such as [Naga Sadhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya#Naga_Sadhus)?
Shiva plays a role in this but does marijuana aid in obtaining moksha or does it have any spiritual benefits? | 2014/12/20 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/4051",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/334/"
] | Before I answer this question I must make it absolutely clear that there are no references to lord Shiva smoking weed in any Hindu scriptures and even though I once came across a particular version of Shiv Puran which claimed lord Shiva consumed cannabis (the text was from an unknown publication) but even that unauthen... | Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms (IV. 1.) says: "The Siddhis (powers) are attained by birth, chemical means, power of words, mortification, or concentration."
Ganja (and some other drugs) can open up - temporarily - some chakras in some people. But when you do, it is only temporary and results in a fall just as dramatic. Th... |
4,051 | Why is marijuana sacred among some Hindus such as [Naga Sadhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya#Naga_Sadhus)?
Shiva plays a role in this but does marijuana aid in obtaining moksha or does it have any spiritual benefits? | 2014/12/20 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/4051",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/334/"
] | Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms (IV. 1.) says: "The Siddhis (powers) are attained by birth, chemical means, power of words, mortification, or concentration."
Ganja (and some other drugs) can open up - temporarily - some chakras in some people. But when you do, it is only temporary and results in a fall just as dramatic. Th... | Yes. Marijuana is mentioned in the Vedas:
>
> पञ्च राज्यानि वीरुधां सोमश्रेष्ठानि ब्रूमः। दर्भो **भङ्गो** यवः सह ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः॥ (Atharva Veda 11.8.15)
>
>
>
Hindi meaning
>
> “Patra, kand, phalphul aur mulatmak panch rajyoun se yukta aushdhiyon main Somlata sarvasherstha hai. Darbha, **Bhang**, Jau au... |
4,051 | Why is marijuana sacred among some Hindus such as [Naga Sadhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya#Naga_Sadhus)?
Shiva plays a role in this but does marijuana aid in obtaining moksha or does it have any spiritual benefits? | 2014/12/20 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/4051",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/334/"
] | Marijuana or any other drug is not considered sacred by Hindus. There might be some exceptions where people justify it. The usual argument these people give in favour of drugs is a misleading argument that *Shiva* consumed *Bhaang*. Hence, it is okay for them to do so too. This argument has no base in it:
>
> Q. Guru... | Yes. Marijuana is mentioned in the Vedas:
>
> पञ्च राज्यानि वीरुधां सोमश्रेष्ठानि ब्रूमः। दर्भो **भङ्गो** यवः सह ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः॥ (Atharva Veda 11.8.15)
>
>
>
Hindi meaning
>
> “Patra, kand, phalphul aur mulatmak panch rajyoun se yukta aushdhiyon main Somlata sarvasherstha hai. Darbha, **Bhang**, Jau au... |
4,051 | Why is marijuana sacred among some Hindus such as [Naga Sadhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya#Naga_Sadhus)?
Shiva plays a role in this but does marijuana aid in obtaining moksha or does it have any spiritual benefits? | 2014/12/20 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/4051",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/334/"
] | Before I answer this question I must make it absolutely clear that there are no references to lord Shiva smoking weed in any Hindu scriptures and even though I once came across a particular version of Shiv Puran which claimed lord Shiva consumed cannabis (the text was from an unknown publication) but even that unauthen... | Yes. Marijuana is mentioned in the Vedas:
>
> पञ्च राज्यानि वीरुधां सोमश्रेष्ठानि ब्रूमः। दर्भो **भङ्गो** यवः सह ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः॥ (Atharva Veda 11.8.15)
>
>
>
Hindi meaning
>
> “Patra, kand, phalphul aur mulatmak panch rajyoun se yukta aushdhiyon main Somlata sarvasherstha hai. Darbha, **Bhang**, Jau au... |
32,719 | I am looking for a good microphone to record a piano. This is whole new field to me. I looked in the Internet and I found a few places stating about what I shouldn't buy, like, dynamic range microphones.
What characteristics should I look for when picking a microphone (or set) to record a piano?
Would recording direc... | 2015/05/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/32719",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/10972/"
] | Rather sadly, you'll probably get better results from a good digital piano than from microphones on a real one. Unless it's a really nice piano in a really good-sounding room. You'll have noticed I didn't say "and really good microphones". They matter, but not as much as you might imagine.
If you're after "classical" ... | Unless you really want to become a sound guy, just get a Zoom device.
They're about the only simple way to record an acoustic piano.
Like <http://www.sweetwater.com/c733--Zoom--Recorders>
Seriously, there is just too much physics to figure out. |
32,719 | I am looking for a good microphone to record a piano. This is whole new field to me. I looked in the Internet and I found a few places stating about what I shouldn't buy, like, dynamic range microphones.
What characteristics should I look for when picking a microphone (or set) to record a piano?
Would recording direc... | 2015/05/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/32719",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/10972/"
] | Rather sadly, you'll probably get better results from a good digital piano than from microphones on a real one. Unless it's a really nice piano in a really good-sounding room. You'll have noticed I didn't say "and really good microphones". They matter, but not as much as you might imagine.
If you're after "classical" ... | The recording pattern and style of microphone are valid points, as mentioned above, and will help you to work out how you are going to mic up the piano. In this day and age you need to work out what you are recording into. Most microphones have an XLR output and unless you have some sort of [interface](http://www.sound... |
32,719 | I am looking for a good microphone to record a piano. This is whole new field to me. I looked in the Internet and I found a few places stating about what I shouldn't buy, like, dynamic range microphones.
What characteristics should I look for when picking a microphone (or set) to record a piano?
Would recording direc... | 2015/05/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/32719",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/10972/"
] | Rather sadly, you'll probably get better results from a good digital piano than from microphones on a real one. Unless it's a really nice piano in a really good-sounding room. You'll have noticed I didn't say "and really good microphones". They matter, but not as much as you might imagine.
If you're after "classical" ... | I'd go for good omnidirectional small diaphragm condensor mics without excessive brightness in close proximity to the piano (which means that the effect of the polar characteristic capturing more of the room will be at best mildly relevant). The size of the piano means that cardiod microphones would have to be placed a... |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5227",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/1140/"
] | How I'd do it- less simulation, not too much detail.. but enough that it makes sense in context. The point is, make the scene serve the game.
For example, I might say as the GM "You get captured..imprisoned for a while, and then one day they torture you. Terrible things happen.. you are permanently scarred (both ment... | I suggest the following: make it a part of the narrative. Make the character get hurt. Inflict some damage on him, use insanity rules if your game has them. Get into the character's psyche. Tell the player that if he doesn't comply, he'll get hurt. A lot. |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
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] | **Rationale should influence approach**
I guess this all depends on the narrative purpose of the torture scene. Does it *need* to be played through? If not, go with some of the other suggestions here. Say 'you were tortured and move on.' It's good advice.
If you feel that there is some important reason that you play ... | Torture can mean many things is the pc attached to anything? Anyone? His reputation? He could hire a shape-shifter to kill the king making for some great role playing any thats torture. Also same could be said boy if I was a honorable person and someone took my form and tortured people i would give up my rights and ser... |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
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] | How I'd do it- less simulation, not too much detail.. but enough that it makes sense in context. The point is, make the scene serve the game.
For example, I might say as the GM "You get captured..imprisoned for a while, and then one day they torture you. Terrible things happen.. you are permanently scarred (both ment... | Along with the point many other answers point out - talk to your group whether torture is something they care to have roleplayed in their game or skipped over.
I don't see much value in getting graphic with torture - for me it's enough to say "you're exhausted, bleeding and beat..." and then go into what usually is m... |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
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] | There is a third option, other than pure roleplaying and rolling dice, which is to offer a choice.
For example, here's a difficult choice. Either the character gives up the information or suffers a random amount of damage. Make it clear that, if the damage dice roll high enough to kill the character, the character wil... | ***Torture*** is a very sensitive topic, and the first thing you need to do is have a conversation out of game about how the players feel about such a scenario.
People have history, and issues, and ultimately *Torture* is mental, if it works at all. Unless you want to cause a mutiny, you need to understand how the pla... |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
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] | There is a third option, other than pure roleplaying and rolling dice, which is to offer a choice.
For example, here's a difficult choice. Either the character gives up the information or suffers a random amount of damage. Make it clear that, if the damage dice roll high enough to kill the character, the character wil... | I suggest the following: make it a part of the narrative. Make the character get hurt. Inflict some damage on him, use insanity rules if your game has them. Get into the character's psyche. Tell the player that if he doesn't comply, he'll get hurt. A lot. |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
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] | **Rationale should influence approach**
I guess this all depends on the narrative purpose of the torture scene. Does it *need* to be played through? If not, go with some of the other suggestions here. Say 'you were tortured and move on.' It's good advice.
If you feel that there is some important reason that you play ... | I suggest the following: make it a part of the narrative. Make the character get hurt. Inflict some damage on him, use insanity rules if your game has them. Get into the character's psyche. Tell the player that if he doesn't comply, he'll get hurt. A lot. |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5227",
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] | There is a third option, other than pure roleplaying and rolling dice, which is to offer a choice.
For example, here's a difficult choice. Either the character gives up the information or suffers a random amount of damage. Make it clear that, if the damage dice roll high enough to kill the character, the character wil... | Along with the point many other answers point out - talk to your group whether torture is something they care to have roleplayed in their game or skipped over.
I don't see much value in getting graphic with torture - for me it's enough to say "you're exhausted, bleeding and beat..." and then go into what usually is m... |
5,227 | How should a GM role-play a torture scene for a PC?
In one of my games, one of my PCs will be captured by the enemy who wishes to get information from him, using... less than ethical methods.
Leaving whether or not the information is divulged to a dice throw seems a waste, but on the other hand, it's hard to force a ... | 2010/12/14 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5227",
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] | The biggest issue I see with this is whether or not the players will be okay with it. I have learned the hard way that if you're going to be doing any kind of collaborative RPing at *all*, from torture to simple vignettes, you almost *need* to have what story gamers refer to as "the veil":
**If at any time you feel un... | Along with the point many other answers point out - talk to your group whether torture is something they care to have roleplayed in their game or skipped over.
I don't see much value in getting graphic with torture - for me it's enough to say "you're exhausted, bleeding and beat..." and then go into what usually is m... |
5,245,321 | I have implemented FB in my application an it is working perfectly in my samsung device o/s 1.5. However in the HTC Evo the FB login dialog disappears soon after loading. it stays for a couple of seconds and vanishes. i have tested it in the emulator 2.2 and it works fine.
what could be the possible reason of the beh... | 2011/03/09 | [
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"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | I had the same issue. It was because I was connected with the official Facebook application. I disconnect from the official Facebook application and then I was able to launch the login dialog. The problem is with SSO.
I solved it by forcing the login dialog rather than SSO by passing FORCE\_DIALOG\_AUTH in the authori... | The issue is actually that you haven't set up your Key Hash for your application with Facebook yet which is required to use SSO. FORCE\_DIALOG\_AUTH actually disables SSO, but this is a poorer user experience. Instead, take a look at an article I put together after struggling with this issue which describes the correct... |
5,245,321 | I have implemented FB in my application an it is working perfectly in my samsung device o/s 1.5. However in the HTC Evo the FB login dialog disappears soon after loading. it stays for a couple of seconds and vanishes. i have tested it in the emulator 2.2 and it works fine.
what could be the possible reason of the beh... | 2011/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5245321",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/327491/"
] | I had the same issue. It was because I was connected with the official Facebook application. I disconnect from the official Facebook application and then I was able to launch the login dialog. The problem is with SSO.
I solved it by forcing the login dialog rather than SSO by passing FORCE\_DIALOG\_AUTH in the authori... | I got this FacebookException because of [developers site](https://developers.facebook.com/) was not working.After developer facebook site worked, this issue was resolved. |
5,245,321 | I have implemented FB in my application an it is working perfectly in my samsung device o/s 1.5. However in the HTC Evo the FB login dialog disappears soon after loading. it stays for a couple of seconds and vanishes. i have tested it in the emulator 2.2 and it works fine.
what could be the possible reason of the beh... | 2011/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5245321",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/327491/"
] | The issue is actually that you haven't set up your Key Hash for your application with Facebook yet which is required to use SSO. FORCE\_DIALOG\_AUTH actually disables SSO, but this is a poorer user experience. Instead, take a look at an article I put together after struggling with this issue which describes the correct... | I got this FacebookException because of [developers site](https://developers.facebook.com/) was not working.After developer facebook site worked, this issue was resolved. |
39,808,960 | I've seen that df -H --total gives me the total space available but only of **mounted** devices, and lsblk gives me the sizes of **all** storage devices, yet not how much space is available within them.
Is there a way I could see the sum total, available storage space of all devices, e.g. hard disks, thumb drives, etc... | 2016/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39808960",
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] | The operation of *mounting* a medium makes the operating system *analyze* the file system.
Before a medium is mounted, it exists as a block device and the only fact the OS might know about it might be the *capacity*.
Other than that, it is just a stream of bytes not interpreted in any way. That "stream of bytes" ve... | From the df man page, I'd say "No", but the wording indicates that it may be possible on some sytems/distributions with some version(s) of df.
The other problem is how things can be accessed. For example, the system I'm using right now shows 3 160gb disks in it... but df will show one of them at / and the other 2 as a... |
3,340,827 | dear all..i have a textfield.
i want after i have typed identity number inside it, the script can identifying to "user table" at DB.
i want if id number not match can show an alert..
how do i do that?i'm newbie at javascript | 2010/07/27 | [
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] | I'd suggest libmodbus, it works well and is cross platform.
<http://www.libmodbus.org> | I am just starting to explore these options as well. My priority is on ease of use which has led me to [RModBus](http://rmodbus.heroku.com/) since it was the only one that I was able to get immediate results with. However, there is also a Python library, Pymodbus, that appears to be quite complete in implementation.
... |
91,231 | One of the main themes of my series is an infinite multiverse, and one of the main characters was born on an earth where religion never existed. The humans of this world except for my MC do not and can not feel anger or hate. They can feel frustrated but not anger or any emotion like it.
So I've been having trouble. ... | 2017/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/91231",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Religion is not (usually) neutral in Science/Technology development, but different religions may have different effects, even for quite "similar" religions.
Christianity is often pointed out as a large hamper for everything "material", and that has surely been true throughout the Dark Ages.
Different "flavors" of Isl... | I think you can justify any outcome you might need.
* Superstitious explanations for natural phenomena can slow research, as innovative thinkers get burned at the stake.
* Systematic debate and interpretation of religious texts might train academic thinking ([hermeneutics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics)),... |
91,231 | One of the main themes of my series is an infinite multiverse, and one of the main characters was born on an earth where religion never existed. The humans of this world except for my MC do not and can not feel anger or hate. They can feel frustrated but not anger or any emotion like it.
So I've been having trouble. ... | 2017/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/91231",
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] | **Born of religion**
Religion is mostly intertwined with our capacity of understand the things that are around us. Some believe that is genetic, causality or even a trait that affect some people more than others (God gene).
**Science**
Fire, dying, lighting, the sun, and most things that happend all around can't be ... | Religion is not (usually) neutral in Science/Technology development, but different religions may have different effects, even for quite "similar" religions.
Christianity is often pointed out as a large hamper for everything "material", and that has surely been true throughout the Dark Ages.
Different "flavors" of Isl... |
91,231 | One of the main themes of my series is an infinite multiverse, and one of the main characters was born on an earth where religion never existed. The humans of this world except for my MC do not and can not feel anger or hate. They can feel frustrated but not anger or any emotion like it.
So I've been having trouble. ... | 2017/09/07 | [
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] | Counter-intuitively, Technology would advance more slowly
---------------------------------------------------------
As it would happen, Religion and War are some of the most powerful forces contributing to human technological advancement. For instance, Egyptian and Mesopotamian religion where some of the earliest cont... | Religion is not (usually) neutral in Science/Technology development, but different religions may have different effects, even for quite "similar" religions.
Christianity is often pointed out as a large hamper for everything "material", and that has surely been true throughout the Dark Ages.
Different "flavors" of Isl... |
91,231 | One of the main themes of my series is an infinite multiverse, and one of the main characters was born on an earth where religion never existed. The humans of this world except for my MC do not and can not feel anger or hate. They can feel frustrated but not anger or any emotion like it.
So I've been having trouble. ... | 2017/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/91231",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/42352/"
] | **Born of religion**
Religion is mostly intertwined with our capacity of understand the things that are around us. Some believe that is genetic, causality or even a trait that affect some people more than others (God gene).
**Science**
Fire, dying, lighting, the sun, and most things that happend all around can't be ... | I think you can justify any outcome you might need.
* Superstitious explanations for natural phenomena can slow research, as innovative thinkers get burned at the stake.
* Systematic debate and interpretation of religious texts might train academic thinking ([hermeneutics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics)),... |
91,231 | One of the main themes of my series is an infinite multiverse, and one of the main characters was born on an earth where religion never existed. The humans of this world except for my MC do not and can not feel anger or hate. They can feel frustrated but not anger or any emotion like it.
So I've been having trouble. ... | 2017/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/91231",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Counter-intuitively, Technology would advance more slowly
---------------------------------------------------------
As it would happen, Religion and War are some of the most powerful forces contributing to human technological advancement. For instance, Egyptian and Mesopotamian religion where some of the earliest cont... | I think you can justify any outcome you might need.
* Superstitious explanations for natural phenomena can slow research, as innovative thinkers get burned at the stake.
* Systematic debate and interpretation of religious texts might train academic thinking ([hermeneutics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics)),... |
91,231 | One of the main themes of my series is an infinite multiverse, and one of the main characters was born on an earth where religion never existed. The humans of this world except for my MC do not and can not feel anger or hate. They can feel frustrated but not anger or any emotion like it.
So I've been having trouble. ... | 2017/09/07 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/91231",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/42352/"
] | Counter-intuitively, Technology would advance more slowly
---------------------------------------------------------
As it would happen, Religion and War are some of the most powerful forces contributing to human technological advancement. For instance, Egyptian and Mesopotamian religion where some of the earliest cont... | **Born of religion**
Religion is mostly intertwined with our capacity of understand the things that are around us. Some believe that is genetic, causality or even a trait that affect some people more than others (God gene).
**Science**
Fire, dying, lighting, the sun, and most things that happend all around can't be ... |
4,574,571 | How do you train Neural Network for pattern recognition? For example a face recognition in a picture how would you define the output neurons? (eg. how to detect where is the face exactly, rather than just saying that there is a face in camera). Also, how about detecting multiple faces and different size of faces?
If a... | 2011/01/01 | [
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] | Generally speaking I would split the problem into multiple stages e.g.
1 - Is there a face in the picture?
2 - Where is the face in the picture?
3 - Is the face in the picture one that the NN (Neural network) recognises?
In each instance I would suggest you build a separate NN and train it to answer the questions p... | Dear GantengX, you should prepare your self to the fact that the answer is so large, complex and hard to understand. There is so many approaches to pattern and face recognition. And implementing real-life face recognition system is a huge array of work that one person can never handle. Prepare your self for at least 10... |
4,574,571 | How do you train Neural Network for pattern recognition? For example a face recognition in a picture how would you define the output neurons? (eg. how to detect where is the face exactly, rather than just saying that there is a face in camera). Also, how about detecting multiple faces and different size of faces?
If a... | 2011/01/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4574571",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/364569/"
] | Generally speaking I would split the problem into multiple stages e.g.
1 - Is there a face in the picture?
2 - Where is the face in the picture?
3 - Is the face in the picture one that the NN (Neural network) recognises?
In each instance I would suggest you build a separate NN and train it to answer the questions p... | I'm sorry for telling obvious things, but your question was not specific, complete answer would touch many different scientific spheres and will result as a book with over 1k pages.
Regarding your question (the short answer).
There are several principal parts that each face recognition app consists of:
1. Artificial ... |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
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] | I do not refrigerate my beer until it is ready to drink, generally about 2 weeks after bottling. I will leave it at room temperature, out of the sun, indefinitely from the time I bottle it until I am ready to drink it. | if you put the beer in the fridge after a week of bottling it will be a little flat but still it will taste better than cheap bear from the store . if you want to be safe wait 2 weeks befor putting in the fridge |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
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] | My process is to bottle condition at room temperature then every 7 days put a bottle in the fridge overnight and give it the taste test.
If its carbonated to your liking then load up the fridge, else wait till the following week. | if you put the beer in the fridge after a week of bottling it will be a little flat but still it will taste better than cheap bear from the store . if you want to be safe wait 2 weeks befor putting in the fridge |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
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] | My process is to bottle condition at room temperature then every 7 days put a bottle in the fridge overnight and give it the taste test.
If its carbonated to your liking then load up the fridge, else wait till the following week. | I do the same. Once bottled, I chill/drink no sooner than 10 days, but leave out as many as 4 weeks so far. We've been having a heatwave recently and I'm trying to determine if the bottles are too hot. Probably closer to 80 degrees, but I have no way to cool. I did put the fermenter in a bus tub of water and wrapped wi... |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4877",
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] | DO NOT put them in the fridge after three days. You'll want to store the newly bottled beer at around 70 degrees for a few weeks. Since you are bottle conditioning, the yeast will need time to carbonate the beer. If you put the beer in the fridge now, the yeast will drop out before it finishes eating the priming sugar,... | I agree with DAX, have put bottled beer directly into the fridge. It takes about 3-4 weeks, but will carbonate. The carbonation may be finer (smaller bubbles) but is adequate. Don't think it really adds much just did it many years ago as an experiment, comparing to room temp carbonation from same batch |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4877",
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"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/1584/"
] | You'll only get bottle bombs if you over-prime or bottle too early (or have an infection). The difference between fridge, celler and even hot (80-100+°F) temps will not cause a normally-carbonated beer to explode, or it'd be happening commercially all the time.
That being said, heat and temp fluctuations aren't ideal ... | if you put the beer in the fridge after a week of bottling it will be a little flat but still it will taste better than cheap bear from the store . if you want to be safe wait 2 weeks befor putting in the fridge |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4877",
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] | I do not refrigerate my beer until it is ready to drink, generally about 2 weeks after bottling. I will leave it at room temperature, out of the sun, indefinitely from the time I bottle it until I am ready to drink it. | I agree with DAX, have put bottled beer directly into the fridge. It takes about 3-4 weeks, but will carbonate. The carbonation may be finer (smaller bubbles) but is adequate. Don't think it really adds much just did it many years ago as an experiment, comparing to room temp carbonation from same batch |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4877",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
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] | As it is 2019, I would like to add a little nuance to this debate.
I have left multiple beers to condition at room temp for 7 days after bottling, and then put them in the fridge. They were tasty, carbonated, and totally fine to drink. That said, letting them condition for an extra week or two has made some of the IP... | I ferment ales until they stop making gas, typically 8-16 days. After that I leave them for around 3 weeks, 70 degrees, in the bottle, in the dark, upright. Never a problem! |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4877",
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] | 3 days outside the fridge (at room temperature) is fine in my experience. I carbonate with unfermented beer (Speise) instead of sugar. | if you put the beer in the fridge after a week of bottling it will be a little flat but still it will taste better than cheap bear from the store . if you want to be safe wait 2 weeks befor putting in the fridge |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4877",
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] | For lighter beers I usually try to store as many in the fridge as possible because the longer fridge time will help them clarify in the bottle before you open them (if that is pertinent to the style and/or important to you). Of course this is after at least 2 weeks of priming time outside the fridge at about 70 degs.
... | I ferment ales until they stop making gas, typically 8-16 days. After that I leave them for around 3 weeks, 70 degrees, in the bottle, in the dark, upright. Never a problem! |
4,877 | My instructions that came with my kit said that I should let the bottles sit for 3 days, then age in the fridge for 10 days. If I don't refrigerate, will I get bottle bombs?
Advice on forums and other places says to leave them in the bottle for two weeks or even upwards of a month, I doubt every brewer has enough frid... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4877",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/1584/"
] | You'll only get bottle bombs if you over-prime or bottle too early (or have an infection). The difference between fridge, celler and even hot (80-100+°F) temps will not cause a normally-carbonated beer to explode, or it'd be happening commercially all the time.
That being said, heat and temp fluctuations aren't ideal ... | As it is 2019, I would like to add a little nuance to this debate.
I have left multiple beers to condition at room temp for 7 days after bottling, and then put them in the fridge. They were tasty, carbonated, and totally fine to drink. That said, letting them condition for an extra week or two has made some of the IP... |
120,081 | We bought our house 6 months ago, found out our well is 305 ft deep, our neighbords (200 yards away) don't have water issues so I know it can't be dry and their well is shallower than ours. If we run our water for 45 min we will have no water in the house at all. (Like wash clothes and water veg garden) then we have to... | 2017/07/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/120081",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/73471/"
] | 200 yards is a long way when it comes to drilled wells. I'm probably that far *downhill* of one that is filled to the top, and mine has a static level 100 feet down. Your neighbors may also use water differently than you do.
You appear to be overpumping your well (taking water out faster than it flows in) - You evide... | You may be exceeding the flow rate of the well. I have seen wells within 100' have vastly different rates. Another possibility is your pump is overheating and shutting down.
Did you have a flow test on the well when you purchased the property many loans require 5 gallons per minute for 2-3 hours. A person that performs... |
11,843,292 | Somehow TFS Power Tools thinks my file is checked out, it won't let me check-out because that option is greyed out.
When I look in windows explorer I see my file with the little pen icon overlay. When I right-click and go to "Team Foundation Server", I choose undo but then get the message "There are no changes to und... | 2012/08/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11843292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41169/"
] | Can it be that the file is checked out by you on another workspace?
Go to VStudio & check "Team Members" under Team Explorer. Right-click on yourself & select "Show pending changes". This should show all your checked out items, across all workspaces/worstations. You can also undo it there.
Eventually, in order to... | Seems strange, lets check common scenarios:
1. File is actually not checked-out but shown as checked-out in explorer
=> Please try to checkout file through VS, if you can, there is definitely some problem in Power Tools integration to Source COntrol. Restart machine. If problem is same then it might be case TFS creden... |
434,120 | I recorded a video with my iPhone 12 mini with iOS 15 and I see that the lights at night are overly bright:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sRDgq.jpg)
How can I fix it? | 2021/12/27 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/434120",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/20338/"
] | The first thing to always consider when shooting a scene with extreme difference between the darkest & lightest parts is that the human eye has perhaps 5 times the dynamic range of any camera. With a camera you are always going to have to either compress the exposure range, or let one or both extremes 'escape'.
You ha... | Here's an example of reducing the hard flare directly from the lights by cleaning the lens, as suggested by [Tetsujin](https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/85275/tetsujin).
Before cleaning the lens:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/f35tG.jpg)
After cle... |
58,393 | In a Russian document I'm translating, an HPLC system is used to analyse the amino acid content of a substance.
>
> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AoSiZ.png)
>
>
>
The detector wavelength is set at 262 nm for "secondary amino acids" and 338 nm for... | 2017/04/14 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/58393",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/5009/"
] | I would guess that 'secondary' refers to amino acids that have been derivatized in some way, possibly by reacting with [o-phthalaldehyde](https://www.agilent.com/cs/library/slidepresentation/Public/Amino%20Acid%20Analysis_062410_Rita%20Steed.pdf). (To measure the fluorescence of an OPA-derivatized amino acid, you excit... | Based on the reference I read for my biochem exam, secondary amino acids are those which are made of primary amino acids by adding some materials to them for ex :
1. hydroxylysine is made by hydroxilation of lysine
2. cystine is made by integrating two cysteins so cysteine is primary but cystine is secondary
3. etc b... |
84,167 | While using "Two class neural network" in Azure ML, I encountered "Momentum" property. As per [documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/studio-module-reference/neural-network-regression), which is not clear, it says
>
> For The momentum, type a value to apply during learning as a weight ... | 2020/10/18 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/84167",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/61445/"
] | Momentum in neural networks is a **variant of the *stochastic gradient descent***. It replaces the gradient with a *momentum* which is an aggregate of gradients as very well explained [here](https://towardsdatascience.com/10-gradient-descent-optimisation-algorithms-86989510b5e9).
It is also the common name given to th... | As a non formal definition and non thorough, you can understand momentum in the gradient descent as an inertia.
So when you are doing down the hill in the optimization problem you just add "momentum" to the descending and it helps with things as noise in the data, saddle points and stuff like that.
For a more thoroug... |
84,167 | While using "Two class neural network" in Azure ML, I encountered "Momentum" property. As per [documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/studio-module-reference/neural-network-regression), which is not clear, it says
>
> For The momentum, type a value to apply during learning as a weight ... | 2020/10/18 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/84167",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/61445/"
] | As a non formal definition and non thorough, you can understand momentum in the gradient descent as an inertia.
So when you are doing down the hill in the optimization problem you just add "momentum" to the descending and it helps with things as noise in the data, saddle points and stuff like that.
For a more thoroug... | Momentum is a technique to prevent sensitive movement. When the gradient gets computed every iteration, it can have totally different direction and the steps make a zigzag path, which makes training very slow. Something like this.
[](https://i.stack.i... |
84,167 | While using "Two class neural network" in Azure ML, I encountered "Momentum" property. As per [documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/studio-module-reference/neural-network-regression), which is not clear, it says
>
> For The momentum, type a value to apply during learning as a weight ... | 2020/10/18 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/84167",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/61445/"
] | Momentum in neural networks is a **variant of the *stochastic gradient descent***. It replaces the gradient with a *momentum* which is an aggregate of gradients as very well explained [here](https://towardsdatascience.com/10-gradient-descent-optimisation-algorithms-86989510b5e9).
It is also the common name given to th... | Momentum is a technique to prevent sensitive movement. When the gradient gets computed every iteration, it can have totally different direction and the steps make a zigzag path, which makes training very slow. Something like this.
[](https://i.stack.i... |
18,338 | As far as I know, a lot of cards (in TCG world) are stopped being produced (and available in stores) at some point. Is there a known life span for Android Netrunner expansions? For example is there a known life span such as 2 years at which the "Genesis" six-pack will no longer be produced and available in stores so if... | 2014/07/23 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/18338",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/8102/"
] | Theoretically? I don't see them ending production on a specific cycle. The way Fantasy Flight talks and creates cards, they plan on keeping all of those options available for the future. The LCG philosophy makes it so that no one person is going to wreck another one because of the super power of money.
Realisticly? I'... | FFG made some promise when they started their LCG (Living Card Game) model, and this promise includes the fact that there should never ever be a concept of rarity in their card game. All cards should be as easily accessible.
This also includes the fact that they will re-produce older packs if there is a demand. |
18,338 | As far as I know, a lot of cards (in TCG world) are stopped being produced (and available in stores) at some point. Is there a known life span for Android Netrunner expansions? For example is there a known life span such as 2 years at which the "Genesis" six-pack will no longer be produced and available in stores so if... | 2014/07/23 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/18338",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/8102/"
] | All packs will just be produced for a couple of years. When the production is stopped, you can't play with the cards at tournaments any more.
When the production of the first pack in the eight cycle has started the production of the first two cycles will stop and the cards will be banned from tournaments. The same thi... | FFG made some promise when they started their LCG (Living Card Game) model, and this promise includes the fact that there should never ever be a concept of rarity in their card game. All cards should be as easily accessible.
This also includes the fact that they will re-produce older packs if there is a demand. |
18,338 | As far as I know, a lot of cards (in TCG world) are stopped being produced (and available in stores) at some point. Is there a known life span for Android Netrunner expansions? For example is there a known life span such as 2 years at which the "Genesis" six-pack will no longer be produced and available in stores so if... | 2014/07/23 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/18338",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/8102/"
] | All packs will just be produced for a couple of years. When the production is stopped, you can't play with the cards at tournaments any more.
When the production of the first pack in the eight cycle has started the production of the first two cycles will stop and the cards will be banned from tournaments. The same thi... | Theoretically? I don't see them ending production on a specific cycle. The way Fantasy Flight talks and creates cards, they plan on keeping all of those options available for the future. The LCG philosophy makes it so that no one person is going to wreck another one because of the super power of money.
Realisticly? I'... |
19,876 | This thought was inspired by [Serban Tanasa's question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870/stealing-luck-for-fun-and-profit) regarding engineering one's luck, since luck is time variant (depends explicitly upon time) and a fifth or higher dimensional being "can" experiences all alternate times at o... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19876",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | Using some handwaves, you could do this with advanced probability computing.
For instance, if one of the immutable laws of the universe is that there is a finite amount of "Luck" available at any time, and that "luck" can be altered by doing the math, then you have luck "mining" by simply having that technology only a... | Try to get out this dimension by meditation, then you will be multidimensional being, as that you can know and do whatever you wish in multidimensional universe or multiverse. Then you can see all possible life's and achieve your goal. Easy :)
Mathematically, you will be live unlimited parallel lives with different ou... |
19,876 | This thought was inspired by [Serban Tanasa's question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870/stealing-luck-for-fun-and-profit) regarding engineering one's luck, since luck is time variant (depends explicitly upon time) and a fifth or higher dimensional being "can" experiences all alternate times at o... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19876",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | The problem with 'Luck' is that it is a human concept applied to the quantum workings of the universe, which itself does not care if one macroscopic system is favoured by the vagaries of chance while another is harmed by the vagaries of chance, or is also favoured, or has no net benefit or loss from its point of view.
... | Here are some ideas, in ascending order of technomagic:
**Working the Mines of the Favored**
The Old Machines hate gravity enough to choose to live in LEO (Low Earth Orbit), yet the Earth is one of the main supply sources for Uranium and Thorium (fusion has sadly remained uneconomical, at least at the vision-sensor... |
19,876 | This thought was inspired by [Serban Tanasa's question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870/stealing-luck-for-fun-and-profit) regarding engineering one's luck, since luck is time variant (depends explicitly upon time) and a fifth or higher dimensional being "can" experiences all alternate times at o... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19876",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | From the clues in the backstory, it seems the *Gerontocracy of the Favored* is based on some sort of technological version of magic, altering probability.
This would be very difficult to explain without a lot of handwavium (hands moving at almost *c*), and also depends a bit on which version of the quantum universe yo... | Here are some ideas, in ascending order of technomagic:
**Working the Mines of the Favored**
The Old Machines hate gravity enough to choose to live in LEO (Low Earth Orbit), yet the Earth is one of the main supply sources for Uranium and Thorium (fusion has sadly remained uneconomical, at least at the vision-sensor... |
19,876 | This thought was inspired by [Serban Tanasa's question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870/stealing-luck-for-fun-and-profit) regarding engineering one's luck, since luck is time variant (depends explicitly upon time) and a fifth or higher dimensional being "can" experiences all alternate times at o... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19876",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | Here are some ideas, in ascending order of technomagic:
**Working the Mines of the Favored**
The Old Machines hate gravity enough to choose to live in LEO (Low Earth Orbit), yet the Earth is one of the main supply sources for Uranium and Thorium (fusion has sadly remained uneconomical, at least at the vision-sensor... | Try to get out this dimension by meditation, then you will be multidimensional being, as that you can know and do whatever you wish in multidimensional universe or multiverse. Then you can see all possible life's and achieve your goal. Easy :)
Mathematically, you will be live unlimited parallel lives with different ou... |
19,876 | This thought was inspired by [Serban Tanasa's question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19870/stealing-luck-for-fun-and-profit) regarding engineering one's luck, since luck is time variant (depends explicitly upon time) and a fifth or higher dimensional being "can" experiences all alternate times at o... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/19876",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/8400/"
] | From the clues in the backstory, it seems the *Gerontocracy of the Favored* is based on some sort of technological version of magic, altering probability.
This would be very difficult to explain without a lot of handwavium (hands moving at almost *c*), and also depends a bit on which version of the quantum universe yo... | Just to throw in the mundane answer:
"The more I practice, the luckier I get"
Luck is a concept which measures what has already happened rather than what causes it to happen - i.e. you were lucky because something good happened by chance, not something good happened because you were lucky.
So that being said, the on... |
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