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Is there anything you can add to a guacamole recipe to prevent it from going brown so quickly? Or a specific way to package it for very short-term storage (usually only about two days). I tend to make large batches when I do make it, and by the next day its already looking pretty sad. I usually just mix it up again and it doesn't look as bad, but I figured someone may know a trick to prevent it all together Thanks!

2011/03/29

Guacamole seems to go brown with exposure to air, as does avocado. While it will not solve the issue entirely, covering with cling wrap directly on the surface helps maintain color for an extended period. Rather than pulling the wrap tight across the top of a bowl / container, place the wrap directly on top of the guacamole. Use your hand to smooth out the top so that no air is between the cling wrap and guacamole. This requires a bit extra cling wrap, as you need to get it up the insides of your bowl, but it makes a significant difference.

Lime juice should help, or any citrus. This works for apples as well.

Is there anything you can add to a guacamole recipe to prevent it from going brown so quickly? Or a specific way to package it for very short-term storage (usually only about two days). I tend to make large batches when I do make it, and by the next day its already looking pretty sad. I usually just mix it up again and it doesn't look as bad, but I figured someone may know a trick to prevent it all together Thanks!

2011/03/29

interesting info thanks. I eat avocadoes regularly as a diet food. I use lots of lemon juice (1 whole lemon per avocado) and add coarsely ground sea salt and black pepper and eat it by the spoonful, yummo! Often I will only eat 1/2 of the fruit at a time. So I squeeze lemon juice all over the exposed part of the fruit with some in the well where the seed was. Then I place it in a clip lock platic bag and place in the fridge for a day or two. It works like a charm. However, the skin is still attached but not the seed. Maybe something in that ?

Bill Tate, I did not expect to find you here. I've found that lime juice works just fine to keep it from going too brown, in combination with the "saran wrap directly on the guac" trick. Then again, are you going to trust a guy who eat raw eggs?

Is there anything you can add to a guacamole recipe to prevent it from going brown so quickly? Or a specific way to package it for very short-term storage (usually only about two days). I tend to make large batches when I do make it, and by the next day its already looking pretty sad. I usually just mix it up again and it doesn't look as bad, but I figured someone may know a trick to prevent it all together Thanks!

2011/03/29

Lime juice should help, or any citrus. This works for apples as well.

Guac - one of my favorites. First, as others have stated, make sure that you use some citrus in the recipe. Then use the cling wrap - don't pull it tight over the bowl, which traps air in the container. Lightly press the cling wrap down on the surface of the quac, eliminating air from the surface.

Is there anything you can add to a guacamole recipe to prevent it from going brown so quickly? Or a specific way to package it for very short-term storage (usually only about two days). I tend to make large batches when I do make it, and by the next day its already looking pretty sad. I usually just mix it up again and it doesn't look as bad, but I figured someone may know a trick to prevent it all together Thanks!

2011/03/29

Lime juice should help, or any citrus. This works for apples as well.

interesting info thanks. I eat avocadoes regularly as a diet food. I use lots of lemon juice (1 whole lemon per avocado) and add coarsely ground sea salt and black pepper and eat it by the spoonful, yummo! Often I will only eat 1/2 of the fruit at a time. So I squeeze lemon juice all over the exposed part of the fruit with some in the well where the seed was. Then I place it in a clip lock platic bag and place in the fridge for a day or two. It works like a charm. However, the skin is still attached but not the seed. Maybe something in that ?

### Background I found a hefty, 7 kg toroidal transformer in visually good condition at a flea market which I am trying to map out. This is part one: I am not sure about what is happening on the primary side. It has seven individual windings with an estimated ratio of 36:**5**:**5**:3:3:2:2. Windings are roughly 1.4 mm² copper except the bolded which are 7.5 mm². Just a logotype and custom part number. ### Assumptions Because of the winding ratio, individual thickness, and being manufactured by a reputable Swedish company for what is likely a Swedish market, I am *assuming* that the main primary winding is meant for use with a 220 or 230 volt mains, and the whole transformer is designed for either a class B audio amplifier of several hundred watts, or a lab power supply, or anything else where you need dual 40 volts at 5-10 ampere each, and a regulated ±15 volts. From the weight of this, I'd say it's rated for around 1000 VA. ### Measurement setup After doing a couple of other tests with a variac I wanted to see how it behaved on higher voltages. I connected the primary side to the variac, left all the other windings open, and slowly increased the primary voltage while also measuring the no-load current through the primary side. After about 200 volts, it started growling a bit, and I didn't dare to try it above 220 because of the evil sound - as you can see, the primary current is increasing exponentially.  [simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fG9cm1.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j0Dw8.png) ### Questions Now I need help with interpreting this data and my assumptions. I am not very experienced with how transformers should behave. Can anyone shed some light here? I do have a few ideas, but they are just guesses. It's either: * Normal for an *unloaded* transformer of this size, because something about the magicmagnetic currents not being absorbed on the secondary side, causing distortions leading to increased power consumption on the primary. * Normal for a transformer of this size. The no-load losses will still be pretty large, and the growling should go away when properly mounted and not just lying on the workbench. * The transformer is designed for the US market, to give 2x15 VAC at 20 ampere each, and a couple of even lower voltages with a primary of 110 VAC. * The transformer has been damaged (seems fine on low voltages and no load). * Something else of your choice.

2018/12/17

Above 150V, the transformer core is starting to saturate, so your assumption is wrong: This transformer is designed for 120VAC nominal. Leave the Variac at that level and proceed with the rest of your tests.

Ferrite cores saturate at a given magnetic flux, this is a nice feature because the transformer limits the amount of power that can be sourced from mains. Apparently from your graph this starts to happen at 30VAC as 0.02A \* 150V = 30VAC. If you need more power you will need a different transformer. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yieAm.png) Source: <https://www.coilgun.info/theorymath/saturation.htm>

The information is all clearly there, since Harry and Ron, two 12-year-olds, were able to figure it out (with a bit of help from a petrified Hermione), thought at the time Aragog was much younger and smaller and wouldn't have been as easy to find, so maybe the "spiders flee before it" clue would have been lost, although to be honest it's not exactly as vital a piece of the puzzle as the others. Dumbledore himself is obviously a very capable and intelligent Wizard, and after Myrtle died she came back as a ghost and was able to provide (admittedly limited) details of her own death. I don't know about you, but I'd have thought at least *someone* would have tried to piece it together at the time, and it wouldn't have taken them long to figure out "Oh, she saw a pair of big yellow eyes after hearing a boy speak a funny language in the bathroom and dropped dead? Sounds like she might have heard somebody order a Basilisk to look her in the eyes in parseltongue", especially if the investigator in question was someone like Dumbledore. Do we have any info on why *nobody* seemed to have found out *anything* in *50 years* prior to Harry Potter (and, probably more importantly, Hermione Granger) turning up at Hogwarts?

2017/07/03

**Dumbledore did know what was going on. He just couldn't stop it.** > > “The question is not who,” said Dumbledore, his eyes on Colin. “The question is, how. …” > > > ... which he said after Creevy was petrified, and saw the melted camera. He pretty clearly knew what was up, that a Basilisk was in the school. Having researched Voldemort's history extensively, and had some firsthand experience as a teacher during Riddle's time as a student, he had ample opportunity to put the pieces together. Unfortunately, that doesn't help him identify how Voldemort had infiltrated the school this time to let it loose, and stop it from that direction, as the diary is something he had no knowledge of. And it also doesn't mean he could get into the Chamber of Secrets, to stop the Basilisk at its source.

Dumbledore isn't very good at (Defense Against) Dark Arts. He's an amazing duelist and one of the best wizards in the modern age, but he defers to a true prodigy's (namely Snape's) knowledge on this subject throughout the books. Without such assistance he might know who did the killing, but how could easily be beyond him.

The information is all clearly there, since Harry and Ron, two 12-year-olds, were able to figure it out (with a bit of help from a petrified Hermione), thought at the time Aragog was much younger and smaller and wouldn't have been as easy to find, so maybe the "spiders flee before it" clue would have been lost, although to be honest it's not exactly as vital a piece of the puzzle as the others. Dumbledore himself is obviously a very capable and intelligent Wizard, and after Myrtle died she came back as a ghost and was able to provide (admittedly limited) details of her own death. I don't know about you, but I'd have thought at least *someone* would have tried to piece it together at the time, and it wouldn't have taken them long to figure out "Oh, she saw a pair of big yellow eyes after hearing a boy speak a funny language in the bathroom and dropped dead? Sounds like she might have heard somebody order a Basilisk to look her in the eyes in parseltongue", especially if the investigator in question was someone like Dumbledore. Do we have any info on why *nobody* seemed to have found out *anything* in *50 years* prior to Harry Potter (and, probably more importantly, Hermione Granger) turning up at Hogwarts?

2017/07/03

**Dumbledore did know what was going on. He just couldn't stop it.** > > “The question is not who,” said Dumbledore, his eyes on Colin. “The question is, how. …” > > > ... which he said after Creevy was petrified, and saw the melted camera. He pretty clearly knew what was up, that a Basilisk was in the school. Having researched Voldemort's history extensively, and had some firsthand experience as a teacher during Riddle's time as a student, he had ample opportunity to put the pieces together. Unfortunately, that doesn't help him identify how Voldemort had infiltrated the school this time to let it loose, and stop it from that direction, as the diary is something he had no knowledge of. And it also doesn't mean he could get into the Chamber of Secrets, to stop the Basilisk at its source.

**It’s possible that Myrtle wasn’t able to fully cooperate with an investigation.** While the other clues (petrification, spiders fleeing before it, it being Slytherin’s monster) are helpful, Myrtle’s testimony is incredibly helpful in identifying the monster *and* the entrance to the Chamber. I don’t think there’s any way you could find the latter without Myrtle’s help. So why didn’t Myrtle tell somebody what she’s seen? In the immediate aftermath, I don’t think it would have been easy/possible to talk to Myrtle. By the time she was in a fit state to talk, most people would think the Chamber of Secrets was a closed case. And she doesn’t seem like much of a people person – I can’t imagine her volunteering the information willingly to Dumbledore. She made herself an unreliable witness -------------------------------------- After her death, Myrtle left the castle and made a nuisance of herself: > > “Olive Hornby came into the bathroom — ‘Are you in here again, sulking, Myrtle?’ she said, ‘because Professor Dippet asked me to look for you —’ And then she saw my body… ooooh, she didn’t forget it until her dying day, I made sure of that… followed her around and reminded her, I did. I remember at her brother’s wedding —” […] “— and then, of course, she went to the Ministry of Magic to stop me stalking her, so I had to come back here and live in my toilet.” > > > — *Goblet of Fire*, chapter 25 (*The Egg and the Eye*) > > > This won’t ingratiate herself to the Ministry, who do a lot of the investigations into dark magic. Consider also: * They think this is a closed case (they’ve caught the person they believe responsible) * The attacks have stopped * Myrtle is a Muggle-born, so there’s a limited pressure on them to do thorough follow-up in the case (imagine if, instead, say, a Malfoy were to be killed at Hogwarts) And I can’t imagine they were rushing to talk to her. And it sounds like she’s no fan of the Ministry either, so for most of the intervening period, I don’t think either of them wanted to talk. Myrtle is likely suffering from PTSD or similar ----------------------------------------------- Consider: * Being killed is a very traumatic experience. And Myrtle was only 14 when it happened – as we get older, we come to terms with our mortality (for example, through the deaths of people who are close to us) – but she’s young enough that this may be her first real experience of death. * She had self-esteem issues before her death. She was being bullied at school for her appearance, among other things. * She probably can’t see her parents – they’re Muggles, who won’t be used to ghosts and may not be allowed to even see her. Even years later, it’s implied she still has depression and contemplates suicide: > > “Peeves upset me so much **I came in here and tried to kill myself**. Then, of course, I remembered that I’m — that I’m —” > > > “Already dead,” said Ron helpfully. > > > — *Chamber of Secrets*, chapter 9 (*The Writing on the Wall*) > > > So if you went to talk to her – as a friend, headmaster or Ministry official – I wonder whether she’d be in a fit state to talk to you. Would she be willing, or able, to recount specific details of the night she died? There’s no evidence of counselling services in the magical world, so it’s possible she was left to just stew on her own for fifty years. Myrtle has a soft spot for Harry -------------------------------- It’s implied that Myrtle has a crush on Harry – she asks him to visit her in the toilet, she follows him around, invites him to share her bathroom if he dies in the Chamber. Although it takes a while for her to warm to him, she does seem pleased to see him when he comes to visit: > > Moaning Myrtle was sitting on the tank of the end toilet. > > > “Oh, it’s you,” she said when she saw Harry. “What do you want this time?” > > > “To ask you how you died,” said Harry. > > > Myrtle’s whole aspect changed at once. She looked as though she had never been asked such a flattering question. > > > — *Chamber of Secrets*, chapter 16 (*The Chamber of Secrets*) > > > She goes on to explain the exact circumstances of her death, down to the faulty tap in the bathroom she haunts. She’s got to know Ron and Harry through their illicit activities that year, and I wonder if that makes her more willing to talk to them. She defaults to assuming everybody hates her or talks about her behind her back – only when she gets to know them does she trust them enough to talk about her death.

The information is all clearly there, since Harry and Ron, two 12-year-olds, were able to figure it out (with a bit of help from a petrified Hermione), thought at the time Aragog was much younger and smaller and wouldn't have been as easy to find, so maybe the "spiders flee before it" clue would have been lost, although to be honest it's not exactly as vital a piece of the puzzle as the others. Dumbledore himself is obviously a very capable and intelligent Wizard, and after Myrtle died she came back as a ghost and was able to provide (admittedly limited) details of her own death. I don't know about you, but I'd have thought at least *someone* would have tried to piece it together at the time, and it wouldn't have taken them long to figure out "Oh, she saw a pair of big yellow eyes after hearing a boy speak a funny language in the bathroom and dropped dead? Sounds like she might have heard somebody order a Basilisk to look her in the eyes in parseltongue", especially if the investigator in question was someone like Dumbledore. Do we have any info on why *nobody* seemed to have found out *anything* in *50 years* prior to Harry Potter (and, probably more importantly, Hermione Granger) turning up at Hogwarts?

2017/07/03

**It’s possible that Myrtle wasn’t able to fully cooperate with an investigation.** While the other clues (petrification, spiders fleeing before it, it being Slytherin’s monster) are helpful, Myrtle’s testimony is incredibly helpful in identifying the monster *and* the entrance to the Chamber. I don’t think there’s any way you could find the latter without Myrtle’s help. So why didn’t Myrtle tell somebody what she’s seen? In the immediate aftermath, I don’t think it would have been easy/possible to talk to Myrtle. By the time she was in a fit state to talk, most people would think the Chamber of Secrets was a closed case. And she doesn’t seem like much of a people person – I can’t imagine her volunteering the information willingly to Dumbledore. She made herself an unreliable witness -------------------------------------- After her death, Myrtle left the castle and made a nuisance of herself: > > “Olive Hornby came into the bathroom — ‘Are you in here again, sulking, Myrtle?’ she said, ‘because Professor Dippet asked me to look for you —’ And then she saw my body… ooooh, she didn’t forget it until her dying day, I made sure of that… followed her around and reminded her, I did. I remember at her brother’s wedding —” […] “— and then, of course, she went to the Ministry of Magic to stop me stalking her, so I had to come back here and live in my toilet.” > > > — *Goblet of Fire*, chapter 25 (*The Egg and the Eye*) > > > This won’t ingratiate herself to the Ministry, who do a lot of the investigations into dark magic. Consider also: * They think this is a closed case (they’ve caught the person they believe responsible) * The attacks have stopped * Myrtle is a Muggle-born, so there’s a limited pressure on them to do thorough follow-up in the case (imagine if, instead, say, a Malfoy were to be killed at Hogwarts) And I can’t imagine they were rushing to talk to her. And it sounds like she’s no fan of the Ministry either, so for most of the intervening period, I don’t think either of them wanted to talk. Myrtle is likely suffering from PTSD or similar ----------------------------------------------- Consider: * Being killed is a very traumatic experience. And Myrtle was only 14 when it happened – as we get older, we come to terms with our mortality (for example, through the deaths of people who are close to us) – but she’s young enough that this may be her first real experience of death. * She had self-esteem issues before her death. She was being bullied at school for her appearance, among other things. * She probably can’t see her parents – they’re Muggles, who won’t be used to ghosts and may not be allowed to even see her. Even years later, it’s implied she still has depression and contemplates suicide: > > “Peeves upset me so much **I came in here and tried to kill myself**. Then, of course, I remembered that I’m — that I’m —” > > > “Already dead,” said Ron helpfully. > > > — *Chamber of Secrets*, chapter 9 (*The Writing on the Wall*) > > > So if you went to talk to her – as a friend, headmaster or Ministry official – I wonder whether she’d be in a fit state to talk to you. Would she be willing, or able, to recount specific details of the night she died? There’s no evidence of counselling services in the magical world, so it’s possible she was left to just stew on her own for fifty years. Myrtle has a soft spot for Harry -------------------------------- It’s implied that Myrtle has a crush on Harry – she asks him to visit her in the toilet, she follows him around, invites him to share her bathroom if he dies in the Chamber. Although it takes a while for her to warm to him, she does seem pleased to see him when he comes to visit: > > Moaning Myrtle was sitting on the tank of the end toilet. > > > “Oh, it’s you,” she said when she saw Harry. “What do you want this time?” > > > “To ask you how you died,” said Harry. > > > Myrtle’s whole aspect changed at once. She looked as though she had never been asked such a flattering question. > > > — *Chamber of Secrets*, chapter 16 (*The Chamber of Secrets*) > > > She goes on to explain the exact circumstances of her death, down to the faulty tap in the bathroom she haunts. She’s got to know Ron and Harry through their illicit activities that year, and I wonder if that makes her more willing to talk to them. She defaults to assuming everybody hates her or talks about her behind her back – only when she gets to know them does she trust them enough to talk about her death.

Dumbledore isn't very good at (Defense Against) Dark Arts. He's an amazing duelist and one of the best wizards in the modern age, but he defers to a true prodigy's (namely Snape's) knowledge on this subject throughout the books. Without such assistance he might know who did the killing, but how could easily be beyond him.

Remote clients will upload images (and perhaps some instructional files in specially formatted text) to a "drop folder." Once the upload is complete we need to begin processing these images. It would be an easy, but flawed, solution to just have a script automatically begin processing any files in the folder every few seconds (the files can be move out of the folder once processed); but problems would arise when attempting to process large images which are only partially transfered. What are some tricks I can use to ensure the files are fully uploaded before processing them? A few of my own thoughts: The script can check the validity of the file; ie, a partial jpeg would result in an error and you could respond to that error in the script, this would be fairly CPU intensive though. Some files have special markers on the end, but I can't count on this, I'm not sure what formats I'll be dealing with. I've heard of "file handles" but haven't really figured out the basics of what they are and how I can tell if there is a "file handle" on a particular file. Basically the FTP daemon (actually, I'm on Windows, so "service") would keep a "handle" on the file while it's being uploaded and you would know not to process that file. These are just a few of my thoughts but I'm not really sure if they will work or if there are better or more accepted ways of solving this problem.

2011/04/13

If you have an server-side script upload system (PHP, ASP, JSP, whatever), you could instruct the script to call another script to process the files, or to create a flag-file indicating the upload is done, something like this. If your server is Linux-based, you can use *lsof* to check if the file is open. As your ftp/script/cgi will close the file after upload completes, *lsof* will not show the file in the list. If your server is Windows-based, you can use Process Explorer to list the open files.

By what method are your users uploading the images?

My wife has a passport of country A + B1/B2 visa to US (country A citizens need a visa to enter US). I have a passport of country A and also a passport of country B + ESTA (country B citizens don't need a visa to enter the US, only ESTA) Since I didn't apply for a visa with my country A passport, I will use my country B passport to enter the US. My question is: My wife & I are planning to travel to the US and since we are family should go to the passport control together when entering the US. I have a concern that the security officer at border control will challenge us about why we are using passports from different nations and especially why I didn't apply for a visa for my passport from country A. Is this concern justified, or should we not face any problems?

2018/10/21

There's no problem. Immigration officers understand that people have different citizenships and passports and will be used to seeing families where not everybody has the same passport. It happens all the time. You are not expected to get a visa just because your wife needs one; they can see you have a passport from a country that is part of the Visa Waiver Program and will understand why you wanted to use that. On your ESTA application, you will be asked if you are a citizen of any other country, and you should answer Country A at that time. As such, the US authorities will already know you have both citizenships. If you are asked about it at the border, you can simply tell the truth as you have here.

**This will not be a problem.** Approach immigration together. This is what is normally expected of a family travelling together. Immigration officials are used to seeing married couples from different countries and requiring different documents. They will process them both. As @phoog says, you are expected to submit a joint customs declaration form, which means you have to approach together. In the case where two people approached together when they are not supposed to, the worst that would happen is that they would tell one of you to go back and wait (source: I've done it accidentally). There is zero chance that wrongly approaching immigration together would have any effect on whether they admitted you.

If someone tries to seriously investigate whether I'm a Muslim or not, such as by asking for the [name of Mohammed's mother](http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/kenya-terror-attack-indian-killed-as-he-couldnt-name-prophet-muhammads-mother_878534.html), then the ruse will be up, but what's a suitable verse to recite to pretend to be a Muslim? Ideally, the verse should not exist in the Bible or Talmud, should be a verse agreeable to Sunni Muslims, not be smart-alec-y (eg quoting something about how violence is wrong), and be reasonably easy for an English-speaker to pronounce correctly.

2015/11/21

I assume this question is for dire circumstances and in that case no verse of the Quran could possible be convincing enough. If the intention is survival, then the best bet is to read the declaration of faith. Ashadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashadu anna muhammadan rasulullah. [I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and i bear witness that Muhammad is his servant and messenger] This should paralyze the inquisition-ers - in theory at least - if there is even an iota of understanding of Islam in them. Then again, you wouldn't have been in the quagmire in the first place if that were so. This should work because no Muslim has the permission, means or authority to adjudge the intentions and what hides inside the heart. > > O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah, investigate > carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation: "Thou > art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: > with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye > yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His favours: Therefore > carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do. ([4:94](http://tanzil.net/#trans/en.yusufali/4:94)) > > > This is the advice, in principle, that Maimonides gave to the Spanish Jews facing inquisition at the hands of the Al-Moravid dynasty, i.e. accept Islam apparently.

I would definitely suggest the Throne Vers, Sura 2, Vers 255 called -Ayat-ul-Kursi- as this Vers is described to be the most glorious Verse in the Qur'an. When recited from the heart (means you know what you are saying) it protects the reciter and keeps him safe. So if you recite it loudly, it will convince the one who questiones you that you know the Qur'an and at the same time you will be protected, inshaAllah. Here is one of many stories how Ayat-ul-Kursi protected the reciter. > > Benefits of the Ayat-ul-Kursi > > > It was reported in a local paper in Rochdale, of a young woman who was > raped in a small dark alley one evening. > > > On a separate evening around the same time, a young Muslim woman was > walking home from college. Aware that it was getting dark fast, she > wanted to get home as soon as possible, so her mother would not worry > about her being outside alone at night. > > > The young Muslim girl faced a dilemma. To take the short cut down the > same alleyway to avoid getting home after dark, or to take the longer > route and have her mother worrying herself sick about her safety. > > > Conscious of the time, she took the alleyway. While the girl was > walking down the alley, she saw a rather sinister, > > > threateningly dark figure of a man walking towards her from the other > end. > > > As her pace quickened, she began to read Ayat-ul-kursi for her safety. > > > On passing, the man made eye contact, but carried on walking. > > > When the young Muslim girl reached home she told her family about this > sinister looking man. They advised her to contact the police, having > read the newspaper article some time before. > > > When she contacted the police, they asked her to give a physical > description of the man. It matched the description the rape victim had > already given. > > > Some days later the young Muslim girl received a phone call from the > police, asking her if she would go to the police station to identify > the man in a ‘line up’. Both the rape victim and the Muslim girl > picked out the same man. The police were confused though; they asked > the rapist why he had attacked one girl and not the other. > > > With reference to the Muslim girl, he replied: 'Why would I attack her > when she had two huge men walking on either side of her?' > > > On <http://quranexplorer.com/Quran/> you can listen to the Verse and read the translation as well. Transliteration is here: > > Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem > > > ALLAAHUH LAA ILAAHA ILLAA HUWA HAYYUL QAYYOOMO, LAA TAAKHUZUHU > SINATUN WALAA NAUM, LAHU MAA FIS SAMAAWAATE WA MAA FIL ARZ, MAN ZAL > LAZE YASH-FA-U' I'NDAHU ILLAA BE-IZNIH, YA'LAMU MAA BAYNA AYDEEHIM WA > MAA KHALFAHUM, WA LAA YOHEETOONA BE SHAYIM MIN I'LMEHI ILLAA BEMAA > SHAAA-A, WASE-A' KURSIYYUHU SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZ, WA LAA YA-OODOHU > HIFZUHUMAA, WA HUWAL A'LIYYUL A'ZEEM. > > > May Allah keep you always safe.

If someone tries to seriously investigate whether I'm a Muslim or not, such as by asking for the [name of Mohammed's mother](http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/kenya-terror-attack-indian-killed-as-he-couldnt-name-prophet-muhammads-mother_878534.html), then the ruse will be up, but what's a suitable verse to recite to pretend to be a Muslim? Ideally, the verse should not exist in the Bible or Talmud, should be a verse agreeable to Sunni Muslims, not be smart-alec-y (eg quoting something about how violence is wrong), and be reasonably easy for an English-speaker to pronounce correctly.

2015/11/21

I assume this question is for dire circumstances and in that case no verse of the Quran could possible be convincing enough. If the intention is survival, then the best bet is to read the declaration of faith. Ashadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashadu anna muhammadan rasulullah. [I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and i bear witness that Muhammad is his servant and messenger] This should paralyze the inquisition-ers - in theory at least - if there is even an iota of understanding of Islam in them. Then again, you wouldn't have been in the quagmire in the first place if that were so. This should work because no Muslim has the permission, means or authority to adjudge the intentions and what hides inside the heart. > > O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah, investigate > carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation: "Thou > art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: > with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye > yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His favours: Therefore > carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do. ([4:94](http://tanzil.net/#trans/en.yusufali/4:94)) > > > This is the advice, in principle, that Maimonides gave to the Spanish Jews facing inquisition at the hands of the Al-Moravid dynasty, i.e. accept Islam apparently.

In my opinion, best chapter to learn is sura al-fathiha first chapter of Quran. it is short with only 7 verses. All Muslims should know this chapter because it is obligatory to be recited in prayer. A Muslim need not know any other chapter and still be a Muslim. Additionally, there are short chapters in the end of Quran (chapter 108 to 114). Learning and reciting them fluently can convince them more. But it is not only verses they can ask for but other elementary things which all Muslims know. like how many daily prayers are there, how many raka'ath(units in prayer) are there for each prayer etc. So it would be required to have basic knowledge of all essential things in Islam.

If someone tries to seriously investigate whether I'm a Muslim or not, such as by asking for the [name of Mohammed's mother](http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/kenya-terror-attack-indian-killed-as-he-couldnt-name-prophet-muhammads-mother_878534.html), then the ruse will be up, but what's a suitable verse to recite to pretend to be a Muslim? Ideally, the verse should not exist in the Bible or Talmud, should be a verse agreeable to Sunni Muslims, not be smart-alec-y (eg quoting something about how violence is wrong), and be reasonably easy for an English-speaker to pronounce correctly.

2015/11/21

I assume this question is for dire circumstances and in that case no verse of the Quran could possible be convincing enough. If the intention is survival, then the best bet is to read the declaration of faith. Ashadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashadu anna muhammadan rasulullah. [I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and i bear witness that Muhammad is his servant and messenger] This should paralyze the inquisition-ers - in theory at least - if there is even an iota of understanding of Islam in them. Then again, you wouldn't have been in the quagmire in the first place if that were so. This should work because no Muslim has the permission, means or authority to adjudge the intentions and what hides inside the heart. > > O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah, investigate > carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation: "Thou > art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: > with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye > yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His favours: Therefore > carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do. ([4:94](http://tanzil.net/#trans/en.yusufali/4:94)) > > > This is the advice, in principle, that Maimonides gave to the Spanish Jews facing inquisition at the hands of the Al-Moravid dynasty, i.e. accept Islam apparently.

There is no such verse in Qur'an. From story, there is Imam Ali story who stop swing his sword to his enemy, since that enemy says "Ashadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashadu anna muhammadan rasulullah." Rasulullah only laugh when he hear this story which indicate his happiness. Off course this "strategy" only work to people like Ali which is knowledgeable and NOT teroris :-P

If someone tries to seriously investigate whether I'm a Muslim or not, such as by asking for the [name of Mohammed's mother](http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/kenya-terror-attack-indian-killed-as-he-couldnt-name-prophet-muhammads-mother_878534.html), then the ruse will be up, but what's a suitable verse to recite to pretend to be a Muslim? Ideally, the verse should not exist in the Bible or Talmud, should be a verse agreeable to Sunni Muslims, not be smart-alec-y (eg quoting something about how violence is wrong), and be reasonably easy for an English-speaker to pronounce correctly.

2015/11/21

In my opinion, best chapter to learn is sura al-fathiha first chapter of Quran. it is short with only 7 verses. All Muslims should know this chapter because it is obligatory to be recited in prayer. A Muslim need not know any other chapter and still be a Muslim. Additionally, there are short chapters in the end of Quran (chapter 108 to 114). Learning and reciting them fluently can convince them more. But it is not only verses they can ask for but other elementary things which all Muslims know. like how many daily prayers are there, how many raka'ath(units in prayer) are there for each prayer etc. So it would be required to have basic knowledge of all essential things in Islam.

I would definitely suggest the Throne Vers, Sura 2, Vers 255 called -Ayat-ul-Kursi- as this Vers is described to be the most glorious Verse in the Qur'an. When recited from the heart (means you know what you are saying) it protects the reciter and keeps him safe. So if you recite it loudly, it will convince the one who questiones you that you know the Qur'an and at the same time you will be protected, inshaAllah. Here is one of many stories how Ayat-ul-Kursi protected the reciter. > > Benefits of the Ayat-ul-Kursi > > > It was reported in a local paper in Rochdale, of a young woman who was > raped in a small dark alley one evening. > > > On a separate evening around the same time, a young Muslim woman was > walking home from college. Aware that it was getting dark fast, she > wanted to get home as soon as possible, so her mother would not worry > about her being outside alone at night. > > > The young Muslim girl faced a dilemma. To take the short cut down the > same alleyway to avoid getting home after dark, or to take the longer > route and have her mother worrying herself sick about her safety. > > > Conscious of the time, she took the alleyway. While the girl was > walking down the alley, she saw a rather sinister, > > > threateningly dark figure of a man walking towards her from the other > end. > > > As her pace quickened, she began to read Ayat-ul-kursi for her safety. > > > On passing, the man made eye contact, but carried on walking. > > > When the young Muslim girl reached home she told her family about this > sinister looking man. They advised her to contact the police, having > read the newspaper article some time before. > > > When she contacted the police, they asked her to give a physical > description of the man. It matched the description the rape victim had > already given. > > > Some days later the young Muslim girl received a phone call from the > police, asking her if she would go to the police station to identify > the man in a ‘line up’. Both the rape victim and the Muslim girl > picked out the same man. The police were confused though; they asked > the rapist why he had attacked one girl and not the other. > > > With reference to the Muslim girl, he replied: 'Why would I attack her > when she had two huge men walking on either side of her?' > > > On <http://quranexplorer.com/Quran/> you can listen to the Verse and read the translation as well. Transliteration is here: > > Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem > > > ALLAAHUH LAA ILAAHA ILLAA HUWA HAYYUL QAYYOOMO, LAA TAAKHUZUHU > SINATUN WALAA NAUM, LAHU MAA FIS SAMAAWAATE WA MAA FIL ARZ, MAN ZAL > LAZE YASH-FA-U' I'NDAHU ILLAA BE-IZNIH, YA'LAMU MAA BAYNA AYDEEHIM WA > MAA KHALFAHUM, WA LAA YOHEETOONA BE SHAYIM MIN I'LMEHI ILLAA BEMAA > SHAAA-A, WASE-A' KURSIYYUHU SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZ, WA LAA YA-OODOHU > HIFZUHUMAA, WA HUWAL A'LIYYUL A'ZEEM. > > > May Allah keep you always safe.

If someone tries to seriously investigate whether I'm a Muslim or not, such as by asking for the [name of Mohammed's mother](http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/kenya-terror-attack-indian-killed-as-he-couldnt-name-prophet-muhammads-mother_878534.html), then the ruse will be up, but what's a suitable verse to recite to pretend to be a Muslim? Ideally, the verse should not exist in the Bible or Talmud, should be a verse agreeable to Sunni Muslims, not be smart-alec-y (eg quoting something about how violence is wrong), and be reasonably easy for an English-speaker to pronounce correctly.

2015/11/21

In my opinion, best chapter to learn is sura al-fathiha first chapter of Quran. it is short with only 7 verses. All Muslims should know this chapter because it is obligatory to be recited in prayer. A Muslim need not know any other chapter and still be a Muslim. Additionally, there are short chapters in the end of Quran (chapter 108 to 114). Learning and reciting them fluently can convince them more. But it is not only verses they can ask for but other elementary things which all Muslims know. like how many daily prayers are there, how many raka'ath(units in prayer) are there for each prayer etc. So it would be required to have basic knowledge of all essential things in Islam.

There is no such verse in Qur'an. From story, there is Imam Ali story who stop swing his sword to his enemy, since that enemy says "Ashadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashadu anna muhammadan rasulullah." Rasulullah only laugh when he hear this story which indicate his happiness. Off course this "strategy" only work to people like Ali which is knowledgeable and NOT teroris :-P

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

### Mentoring If you have a mixed group of experienced and green players, you can save yourself a lot of trouble by engaging the veterans to help the newbies. Let them suggest stuff and guide their apprentices, and even throw in some game-tangible bonuses like mentoring XP. And if a mentor happens to screw up and put his apprentice in a tight spot, he will probably do a lot to help them out as well, and you as the GM will have more sympathy from all players if you have to intercede and fudge stuff to keep the newbie in the game. ### "Get out of trouble" tokens Another suggestion, which can be used together with the one above, or as a standalone mechanism is; you can use some kind of "Get out of trouble" tokens, and give a couple of them at the beginning of the game, only to the green players. State that these tokens will allow the player to undo their disastrous actions, but they will never ever get refreshed, so they better learn from the experience. The veteran players will be more understanding if you make this a part of your rules, rather than fudging stuff from the top of your head.

Have a formal system of training wheels. In my game all new characters, including those played by oldbies, start at level one. Every session they play in where their character level is below the party average, they gain a whole bonus *level* at the end of the night. Not only does this introduce their powers and abilities at least slightly gradually, but it provides an estimated "measure" of how up-to-speed they are on playing that character. A player who's first night is in a lvl 5 game is going to be 1/5 as sure of themselves, 1/5 as capable of playing tactically, and about 1/5 as likely to be singled out by a monster. After a month (assuming weekly sessions,) the player should now have a shiny new caught-up character with a much smoother learning curve, and can now be treated as any other. Oldbies have less room to complain, as they can look forward to the same "grace period" if they ever decide to change to a completely new class.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

### Mentoring If you have a mixed group of experienced and green players, you can save yourself a lot of trouble by engaging the veterans to help the newbies. Let them suggest stuff and guide their apprentices, and even throw in some game-tangible bonuses like mentoring XP. And if a mentor happens to screw up and put his apprentice in a tight spot, he will probably do a lot to help them out as well, and you as the GM will have more sympathy from all players if you have to intercede and fudge stuff to keep the newbie in the game. ### "Get out of trouble" tokens Another suggestion, which can be used together with the one above, or as a standalone mechanism is; you can use some kind of "Get out of trouble" tokens, and give a couple of them at the beginning of the game, only to the green players. State that these tokens will allow the player to undo their disastrous actions, but they will never ever get refreshed, so they better learn from the experience. The veteran players will be more understanding if you make this a part of your rules, rather than fudging stuff from the top of your head.

* **Never let your players see your rolls:** This is a widespread, non-written rule of thumb for new and experienced GM's alike. It is not stating that as a GM you should be a d!ck - it is there to allow GM's to regulate the rolls depending on the situation, for cases just like yours. If that enemy who took a swing at one of the new players scored a critical hit, change it to a normal hit, or indeed, a critical miss. Whether they like it or not, the old players will have to accept it when you say, you can't look at my rolls anymore - first of all because it should be this way from the start, second of all because they should understand that new players need some help, especially if they're new to rpg's, and last but not least, because this helps advancing the story (If you *really* want that NPC to call the player's bluff everytime - which is acceptable, sometimes you want some NPC's to seem powerful to give a sense of awe, but a bigger sense of achievement when they are defeated as well - you should be able to disregard the rolls and decide what happens). If they don't understand that I am terribly sorry to say I will agree with Sardathrion's comment. * **Create circumstances the old players can't argue with:** Less enemies focus on the new players, give the new players good gear from the beggining (but not too good, so that the old players complain, just useful gear that makes them better at what they do) and give certain enemies debuffs when they attack the new players but without telling your players you gave them those debuffs (you will have to do this on the fly) *Example:* if a scorpion attacks a new player, apart from botching your roll on purpose, you can say the scorpions' venom is not as potent as the rest, cause it's young/injured/weak. If the old players make you explain how he got less/did not get damage-over-time, and you have to bring up the excuse I mentioned, make the 'tweak' permanent. This should be fairly obvious, the scorpion's venom isn't going to be less potent just for the new players - but only make it permanent if the old players are onto you ;) * **In the end, *you* are the GM:** The players should never question your decisions - Even if that dragon that attacked you missed his Attack of Opportunity against a new player because he *had a heart attack*; The players do not have the freedom or right to say something you said does not happen cause they don't like it. If they are experienced players, they will know that. *But* be careful of how you use this last bullet point - don't let it go to your head, and use your power as a GM only as a last resort. Try to resolve every dispute with diplomacy and tact, and make it believable. Should all else fail, make all the encounters easier. Scale them down to new-player-level, so that nothing is too punishing, neither combat nor skill checks.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

Have a formal system of training wheels. In my game all new characters, including those played by oldbies, start at level one. Every session they play in where their character level is below the party average, they gain a whole bonus *level* at the end of the night. Not only does this introduce their powers and abilities at least slightly gradually, but it provides an estimated "measure" of how up-to-speed they are on playing that character. A player who's first night is in a lvl 5 game is going to be 1/5 as sure of themselves, 1/5 as capable of playing tactically, and about 1/5 as likely to be singled out by a monster. After a month (assuming weekly sessions,) the player should now have a shiny new caught-up character with a much smoother learning curve, and can now be treated as any other. Oldbies have less room to complain, as they can look forward to the same "grace period" if they ever decide to change to a completely new class.

**If by fairly you mean the same way you treated the existing players when they were new to your campaign, then you should not have to do anything!** As mentioned countless times, newbies will make mistakes. The "older" players/characters can either look out for them and cooperate as a group, or they can be jerks and let the newby die. I tend to let the party work itself out... i know its something you have to deal with as a GM, but i tend to set my expectations in the direction of the party. The biggest battle i have is usually the older characters have this cliche old-timers attitude of "we've been through so much together and no one was there for us". OF course, that often happens to new characters of older players too. But i believe you need to let the party watch out for each other - that their job, not yours (but clearly explain this to them!). If the older players are behaving counter to the party's interest... point it out! You should focus on the story and encounters... thats my advice.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

Actually, in the specific case you describe, I would classify this under the question "When is it okay to kill a PC?", to which I would answer, only when the player has made a choice that they could reasonably know might result in them dying. In your example this appears not to be the case on at least one, maybe two counts. Firstly, as the GM you advised him to attack the dire weasel, and therefore essentially made the choice for him. Secondly, you say you "rolled enough 20s", suggesting that this was a pretty darn lucky roll for you. As a new player, he probably didn't even realise he could be killed by the result of attempting to attack that enemy. The first point is the main one here for me, especially with your question in mind. In order to be treating people differently you have to work out how you're treating them. If your rule is that you don't kill a player for making a choice that you advised them to make, then you're almost certainly treating everyone the same in that respect, because you shouldn't be advising more experienced players.

Newbies are newbies, they make mistakes and there’s no point in punishing them for it when they’re just starting out. If your older players don’t understand this… then you might consider talking to them. It’s a game, and it’s meant for everyone’s enjoyment. If it’s a really bad screwup, pull the punch, let them know what happened (ie, how they screwed up and what they should have done instead), but let their character live. But this also has to be kept within reason. If you’ve got a newbie that been in 5+ sessions and they’re still screwing up… this might not be their game.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

* **Never let your players see your rolls:** This is a widespread, non-written rule of thumb for new and experienced GM's alike. It is not stating that as a GM you should be a d!ck - it is there to allow GM's to regulate the rolls depending on the situation, for cases just like yours. If that enemy who took a swing at one of the new players scored a critical hit, change it to a normal hit, or indeed, a critical miss. Whether they like it or not, the old players will have to accept it when you say, you can't look at my rolls anymore - first of all because it should be this way from the start, second of all because they should understand that new players need some help, especially if they're new to rpg's, and last but not least, because this helps advancing the story (If you *really* want that NPC to call the player's bluff everytime - which is acceptable, sometimes you want some NPC's to seem powerful to give a sense of awe, but a bigger sense of achievement when they are defeated as well - you should be able to disregard the rolls and decide what happens). If they don't understand that I am terribly sorry to say I will agree with Sardathrion's comment. * **Create circumstances the old players can't argue with:** Less enemies focus on the new players, give the new players good gear from the beggining (but not too good, so that the old players complain, just useful gear that makes them better at what they do) and give certain enemies debuffs when they attack the new players but without telling your players you gave them those debuffs (you will have to do this on the fly) *Example:* if a scorpion attacks a new player, apart from botching your roll on purpose, you can say the scorpions' venom is not as potent as the rest, cause it's young/injured/weak. If the old players make you explain how he got less/did not get damage-over-time, and you have to bring up the excuse I mentioned, make the 'tweak' permanent. This should be fairly obvious, the scorpion's venom isn't going to be less potent just for the new players - but only make it permanent if the old players are onto you ;) * **In the end, *you* are the GM:** The players should never question your decisions - Even if that dragon that attacked you missed his Attack of Opportunity against a new player because he *had a heart attack*; The players do not have the freedom or right to say something you said does not happen cause they don't like it. If they are experienced players, they will know that. *But* be careful of how you use this last bullet point - don't let it go to your head, and use your power as a GM only as a last resort. Try to resolve every dispute with diplomacy and tact, and make it believable. Should all else fail, make all the encounters easier. Scale them down to new-player-level, so that nothing is too punishing, neither combat nor skill checks.

**If by fairly you mean the same way you treated the existing players when they were new to your campaign, then you should not have to do anything!** As mentioned countless times, newbies will make mistakes. The "older" players/characters can either look out for them and cooperate as a group, or they can be jerks and let the newby die. I tend to let the party work itself out... i know its something you have to deal with as a GM, but i tend to set my expectations in the direction of the party. The biggest battle i have is usually the older characters have this cliche old-timers attitude of "we've been through so much together and no one was there for us". OF course, that often happens to new characters of older players too. But i believe you need to let the party watch out for each other - that their job, not yours (but clearly explain this to them!). If the older players are behaving counter to the party's interest... point it out! You should focus on the story and encounters... thats my advice.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

Actually, in the specific case you describe, I would classify this under the question "When is it okay to kill a PC?", to which I would answer, only when the player has made a choice that they could reasonably know might result in them dying. In your example this appears not to be the case on at least one, maybe two counts. Firstly, as the GM you advised him to attack the dire weasel, and therefore essentially made the choice for him. Secondly, you say you "rolled enough 20s", suggesting that this was a pretty darn lucky roll for you. As a new player, he probably didn't even realise he could be killed by the result of attempting to attack that enemy. The first point is the main one here for me, especially with your question in mind. In order to be treating people differently you have to work out how you're treating them. If your rule is that you don't kill a player for making a choice that you advised them to make, then you're almost certainly treating everyone the same in that respect, because you shouldn't be advising more experienced players.

**If by fairly you mean the same way you treated the existing players when they were new to your campaign, then you should not have to do anything!** As mentioned countless times, newbies will make mistakes. The "older" players/characters can either look out for them and cooperate as a group, or they can be jerks and let the newby die. I tend to let the party work itself out... i know its something you have to deal with as a GM, but i tend to set my expectations in the direction of the party. The biggest battle i have is usually the older characters have this cliche old-timers attitude of "we've been through so much together and no one was there for us". OF course, that often happens to new characters of older players too. But i believe you need to let the party watch out for each other - that their job, not yours (but clearly explain this to them!). If the older players are behaving counter to the party's interest... point it out! You should focus on the story and encounters... thats my advice.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

### Mentoring If you have a mixed group of experienced and green players, you can save yourself a lot of trouble by engaging the veterans to help the newbies. Let them suggest stuff and guide their apprentices, and even throw in some game-tangible bonuses like mentoring XP. And if a mentor happens to screw up and put his apprentice in a tight spot, he will probably do a lot to help them out as well, and you as the GM will have more sympathy from all players if you have to intercede and fudge stuff to keep the newbie in the game. ### "Get out of trouble" tokens Another suggestion, which can be used together with the one above, or as a standalone mechanism is; you can use some kind of "Get out of trouble" tokens, and give a couple of them at the beginning of the game, only to the green players. State that these tokens will allow the player to undo their disastrous actions, but they will never ever get refreshed, so they better learn from the experience. The veteran players will be more understanding if you make this a part of your rules, rather than fudging stuff from the top of your head.

Actually, in the specific case you describe, I would classify this under the question "When is it okay to kill a PC?", to which I would answer, only when the player has made a choice that they could reasonably know might result in them dying. In your example this appears not to be the case on at least one, maybe two counts. Firstly, as the GM you advised him to attack the dire weasel, and therefore essentially made the choice for him. Secondly, you say you "rolled enough 20s", suggesting that this was a pretty darn lucky roll for you. As a new player, he probably didn't even realise he could be killed by the result of attempting to attack that enemy. The first point is the main one here for me, especially with your question in mind. In order to be treating people differently you have to work out how you're treating them. If your rule is that you don't kill a player for making a choice that you advised them to make, then you're almost certainly treating everyone the same in that respect, because you shouldn't be advising more experienced players.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

Actually, in the specific case you describe, I would classify this under the question "When is it okay to kill a PC?", to which I would answer, only when the player has made a choice that they could reasonably know might result in them dying. In your example this appears not to be the case on at least one, maybe two counts. Firstly, as the GM you advised him to attack the dire weasel, and therefore essentially made the choice for him. Secondly, you say you "rolled enough 20s", suggesting that this was a pretty darn lucky roll for you. As a new player, he probably didn't even realise he could be killed by the result of attempting to attack that enemy. The first point is the main one here for me, especially with your question in mind. In order to be treating people differently you have to work out how you're treating them. If your rule is that you don't kill a player for making a choice that you advised them to make, then you're almost certainly treating everyone the same in that respect, because you shouldn't be advising more experienced players.

* **Never let your players see your rolls:** This is a widespread, non-written rule of thumb for new and experienced GM's alike. It is not stating that as a GM you should be a d!ck - it is there to allow GM's to regulate the rolls depending on the situation, for cases just like yours. If that enemy who took a swing at one of the new players scored a critical hit, change it to a normal hit, or indeed, a critical miss. Whether they like it or not, the old players will have to accept it when you say, you can't look at my rolls anymore - first of all because it should be this way from the start, second of all because they should understand that new players need some help, especially if they're new to rpg's, and last but not least, because this helps advancing the story (If you *really* want that NPC to call the player's bluff everytime - which is acceptable, sometimes you want some NPC's to seem powerful to give a sense of awe, but a bigger sense of achievement when they are defeated as well - you should be able to disregard the rolls and decide what happens). If they don't understand that I am terribly sorry to say I will agree with Sardathrion's comment. * **Create circumstances the old players can't argue with:** Less enemies focus on the new players, give the new players good gear from the beggining (but not too good, so that the old players complain, just useful gear that makes them better at what they do) and give certain enemies debuffs when they attack the new players but without telling your players you gave them those debuffs (you will have to do this on the fly) *Example:* if a scorpion attacks a new player, apart from botching your roll on purpose, you can say the scorpions' venom is not as potent as the rest, cause it's young/injured/weak. If the old players make you explain how he got less/did not get damage-over-time, and you have to bring up the excuse I mentioned, make the 'tweak' permanent. This should be fairly obvious, the scorpion's venom isn't going to be less potent just for the new players - but only make it permanent if the old players are onto you ;) * **In the end, *you* are the GM:** The players should never question your decisions - Even if that dragon that attacked you missed his Attack of Opportunity against a new player because he *had a heart attack*; The players do not have the freedom or right to say something you said does not happen cause they don't like it. If they are experienced players, they will know that. *But* be careful of how you use this last bullet point - don't let it go to your head, and use your power as a GM only as a last resort. Try to resolve every dispute with diplomacy and tact, and make it believable. Should all else fail, make all the encounters easier. Scale them down to new-player-level, so that nothing is too punishing, neither combat nor skill checks.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

### Mentoring If you have a mixed group of experienced and green players, you can save yourself a lot of trouble by engaging the veterans to help the newbies. Let them suggest stuff and guide their apprentices, and even throw in some game-tangible bonuses like mentoring XP. And if a mentor happens to screw up and put his apprentice in a tight spot, he will probably do a lot to help them out as well, and you as the GM will have more sympathy from all players if you have to intercede and fudge stuff to keep the newbie in the game. ### "Get out of trouble" tokens Another suggestion, which can be used together with the one above, or as a standalone mechanism is; you can use some kind of "Get out of trouble" tokens, and give a couple of them at the beginning of the game, only to the green players. State that these tokens will allow the player to undo their disastrous actions, but they will never ever get refreshed, so they better learn from the experience. The veteran players will be more understanding if you make this a part of your rules, rather than fudging stuff from the top of your head.

Newbies are newbies, they make mistakes and there’s no point in punishing them for it when they’re just starting out. If your older players don’t understand this… then you might consider talking to them. It’s a game, and it’s meant for everyone’s enjoyment. If it’s a really bad screwup, pull the punch, let them know what happened (ie, how they screwed up and what they should have done instead), but let their character live. But this also has to be kept within reason. If you’ve got a newbie that been in 5+ sessions and they’re still screwing up… this might not be their game.

The last time I ran a game of D&D there was a lot of tension between new players (both to the group, and D&D) and old players. It stemmed partly from oldbies not wanting their ball taken away, but also because I didn't want to be too harsh to the newbies. I'm guessing this is fairly common theme when introducing new players to a group. I'm not to worried about the integration from a social aspect, as that can be resolved out of the game. I'm specifically asking how to handle new players making mistakes, and not killing them for it, and **treating everyone equally**. Should I even treat them differently? This is the example of play that broke the group last time. I'd advised a new player that as a barbarian they should be engaging the enemy (a dire weasel), however it got an Attack of Opportunity and I rolled enough 20s to instakill the character. I didn't fudge the dice, for fear of upsetting the more experienced players who don't get that treatment. *The player whose character died lost interest in RPGs altogether, and never returned.* **How can I treat old and new players fairly, without upsetting anyone?**

2011/12/19

Newbies are newbies, they make mistakes and there’s no point in punishing them for it when they’re just starting out. If your older players don’t understand this… then you might consider talking to them. It’s a game, and it’s meant for everyone’s enjoyment. If it’s a really bad screwup, pull the punch, let them know what happened (ie, how they screwed up and what they should have done instead), but let their character live. But this also has to be kept within reason. If you’ve got a newbie that been in 5+ sessions and they’re still screwing up… this might not be their game.

**If by fairly you mean the same way you treated the existing players when they were new to your campaign, then you should not have to do anything!** As mentioned countless times, newbies will make mistakes. The "older" players/characters can either look out for them and cooperate as a group, or they can be jerks and let the newby die. I tend to let the party work itself out... i know its something you have to deal with as a GM, but i tend to set my expectations in the direction of the party. The biggest battle i have is usually the older characters have this cliche old-timers attitude of "we've been through so much together and no one was there for us". OF course, that often happens to new characters of older players too. But i believe you need to let the party watch out for each other - that their job, not yours (but clearly explain this to them!). If the older players are behaving counter to the party's interest... point it out! You should focus on the story and encounters... thats my advice.

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

**This is absolutely a legitimate UX question!** - Albeit more on the side of industrial and human factors design as it lacks a digital user interface (which is how many people define "user experience"). Nonetheless, it's always a great design exercise to study existing artifacts and how their [affordance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance) affects the way people will perceive or use them. East Asian style tea cups don't need to have handles - if you take a closer look, the cups are generally made of thicker material (perhaps also makes etching/carving easier), especially the bottoms of the cups. This design may insulate the hot liquid better without use or need for the teacup's saucer plate. (If you look at the thinner material versions, I think you will often find that the top of the cup will have a "lip" that opens out slightly - probably also for making it easier to hold a hot cup.) Culturally, I believe it's also considered more polite/traditional in Asia to serve/hold the cup with both hands. Right hand holds the top edge, left hand's fingers support the bottom.

Before the age of ceramics, cups/holders was made from stone hand carving. (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_jade>). I think they choose to not include handle because by using hand carving you cant make precisely same handle. After inventing ceramic procedure, they follow the old technics apperance, since it is a traditional matter. I suggest that by refering turkish culture. There is an old song in Turkey citing "they carve cup from stone (fincanı taştan oyarlar)" . Also this is some images, inner cups have no handle but, they make outer metallic (copper) shell with handle 

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

Technology. When the Chinese tea cup was originated, it was much easier to fashion a cup without handles. It made it much easier to stack and ship, and they were often shipped as ballast for relatively cheap. Additionally, the size of the traditional tea cup made handles impractical. Contrary to popular belief, tea in the Orient originally was served at a much lower temperature. High temperature tea was a European custom, as it would dissolve the sugar much faster. It was a Western custom to start putting handles on cups, and for a long time adding handles to existing cups was a business.

Taking materials into consideration.. Chinese tea cups are made out of thicker material where it doesn't conduct heat so probably design need not required any ear to it.

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

I can only think of one reason, but I wonder: are there any other plausible reasons? The reason why Chinese tea cups do not have handle/"ears" is that it forces the user to hold the cup. Hence: > > If it's too hot to hold, it's too hot to drink. > > >

Taking materials into consideration.. Chinese tea cups are made out of thicker material where it doesn't conduct heat so probably design need not required any ear to it.

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

Before the age of ceramics, cups/holders was made from stone hand carving. (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_jade>). I think they choose to not include handle because by using hand carving you cant make precisely same handle. After inventing ceramic procedure, they follow the old technics apperance, since it is a traditional matter. I suggest that by refering turkish culture. There is an old song in Turkey citing "they carve cup from stone (fincanı taştan oyarlar)" . Also this is some images, inner cups have no handle but, they make outer metallic (copper) shell with handle 

China has a tradition of ceramics since ancient times. Ceramic insulation is good heat dissipation, the cup will not need to ears (to). Europeans since ancient times the use of metal and glass to do drinking fountains, because these objects heat fast, or as a grand (no easy to slip off), so accustomed to ears. Then the Europeans in the customization of tea to China, it is required ears.

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

I can only think of one reason, but I wonder: are there any other plausible reasons? The reason why Chinese tea cups do not have handle/"ears" is that it forces the user to hold the cup. Hence: > > If it's too hot to hold, it's too hot to drink. > > >

**This is absolutely a legitimate UX question!** - Albeit more on the side of industrial and human factors design as it lacks a digital user interface (which is how many people define "user experience"). Nonetheless, it's always a great design exercise to study existing artifacts and how their [affordance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance) affects the way people will perceive or use them. East Asian style tea cups don't need to have handles - if you take a closer look, the cups are generally made of thicker material (perhaps also makes etching/carving easier), especially the bottoms of the cups. This design may insulate the hot liquid better without use or need for the teacup's saucer plate. (If you look at the thinner material versions, I think you will often find that the top of the cup will have a "lip" that opens out slightly - probably also for making it easier to hold a hot cup.) Culturally, I believe it's also considered more polite/traditional in Asia to serve/hold the cup with both hands. Right hand holds the top edge, left hand's fingers support the bottom.

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

I once asked this question at a sushi restaurant and the answer was, if it's too hot for your finger then it's too hot for your lips.

Taking materials into consideration.. Chinese tea cups are made out of thicker material where it doesn't conduct heat so probably design need not required any ear to it.

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

I once asked this question at a sushi restaurant and the answer was, if it's too hot for your finger then it's too hot for your lips.

I'm coming from a Central Asian nomadic culture (Kazakh), north of China. We share many components of nomadic culture, including the pottery. Rounded cups have been known in the region since second half of 1000 BC. Our cups are called kese [keseh]. The ergonomic factors of kese are exhaustively defined by the nomadic tradition. One, the shape has to allow for a compact storage. Two, most importantly, nomadic way of living means moving around constantly. All parts of the culture are defined by this: clothes, food, even pottery. The region's climatic zone is steppe-desert, in which the soft dusty and sandy soil is prevalent. When a nomadic person makes a stop to eat, such cups, especially if the bottom is rounded, are stable if thrusted in the sand or soil. They don't fall over even on the uneven ground. If there was a handle, an effort to stabilize such a cup in the ground could break the handle or break the cup altogether. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sWpnj.jpg)

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

Because in old times, Chinese liked symmetry. One can have a dish with a lip underneath, and hold it like this:  By the way, 3000 years ago chinese cup (not for tea, for alcoholic beverages only) 

I'm coming from a Central Asian nomadic culture (Kazakh), north of China. We share many components of nomadic culture, including the pottery. Rounded cups have been known in the region since second half of 1000 BC. Our cups are called kese [keseh]. The ergonomic factors of kese are exhaustively defined by the nomadic tradition. One, the shape has to allow for a compact storage. Two, most importantly, nomadic way of living means moving around constantly. All parts of the culture are defined by this: clothes, food, even pottery. The region's climatic zone is steppe-desert, in which the soft dusty and sandy soil is prevalent. When a nomadic person makes a stop to eat, such cups, especially if the bottom is rounded, are stable if thrusted in the sand or soil. They don't fall over even on the uneven ground. If there was a handle, an effort to stabilize such a cup in the ground could break the handle or break the cup altogether. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sWpnj.jpg)

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

**This is absolutely a legitimate UX question!** - Albeit more on the side of industrial and human factors design as it lacks a digital user interface (which is how many people define "user experience"). Nonetheless, it's always a great design exercise to study existing artifacts and how their [affordance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance) affects the way people will perceive or use them. East Asian style tea cups don't need to have handles - if you take a closer look, the cups are generally made of thicker material (perhaps also makes etching/carving easier), especially the bottoms of the cups. This design may insulate the hot liquid better without use or need for the teacup's saucer plate. (If you look at the thinner material versions, I think you will often find that the top of the cup will have a "lip" that opens out slightly - probably also for making it easier to hold a hot cup.) Culturally, I believe it's also considered more polite/traditional in Asia to serve/hold the cup with both hands. Right hand holds the top edge, left hand's fingers support the bottom.

I think the the reason ,Chinese cups (the gaiwan) don't have handles due the **etiquette of drinking tea**  ` > > 1. > In China ,good etiquette dictates that tea drinkers cradle the cup > with both hands and enjoy the tea’s aroma before taking a sip.[about.com](http://chineseculture.about.com/od/chinesecuisine/ht/Traditional-Chinese-Tea-Ceremony.htm) > > > --- > > 2.To drink from the gaiwan, use the thumb and index finger of your left hand to hold the lid by its knob, and let the other three fingers follow the curve of the gaiwan, Tilt the lid slightly away from your lips so that it serves as a filter holding back the leaves as you drink the liquid. The cup is never removed from the saucer.[etiquettescholar.com](http://www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/tea_etiquette.html) > > > Considering the **etiquette if both hands are used to drink a tea** and **lid need to be on top of cup to preserve aroma** and **considering smaller size of cup**, having handle does not make sense.

I am mystified over the difference between an **English tea cup** and a **Chinese tea cup**. The difference is that a chinese teacup does **not have a handle/"ear"** while an English teacup does **have a handle/"ear**." English teacup  Chinese teacup  What is the reason for this difference? I am looking for answers from a user experience perspective and not from a history perspective

2014/01/16

**This is absolutely a legitimate UX question!** - Albeit more on the side of industrial and human factors design as it lacks a digital user interface (which is how many people define "user experience"). Nonetheless, it's always a great design exercise to study existing artifacts and how their [affordance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance) affects the way people will perceive or use them. East Asian style tea cups don't need to have handles - if you take a closer look, the cups are generally made of thicker material (perhaps also makes etching/carving easier), especially the bottoms of the cups. This design may insulate the hot liquid better without use or need for the teacup's saucer plate. (If you look at the thinner material versions, I think you will often find that the top of the cup will have a "lip" that opens out slightly - probably also for making it easier to hold a hot cup.) Culturally, I believe it's also considered more polite/traditional in Asia to serve/hold the cup with both hands. Right hand holds the top edge, left hand's fingers support the bottom.

I once asked this question at a sushi restaurant and the answer was, if it's too hot for your finger then it's too hot for your lips.

I am designing a smart house app where the main feature is to lock and unlock a house door. The most obvious design was to use skeuomorphism with a padlock icon like ex. Kevo, Lockitron and iLock do. August and NUKI just shows a circle with changing color. The color sheme is set for me: * red: locked * green: unlocked [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qvRFt.png) As one is not locking a padlock, but a house door, I designed version 1. Unfortunately several thought this design was too abstract. I therefore designed v2 which uses the padlock icon that is on the door lock keypad itself. This design is ok, but not very modern and uses skeuomorphism that isn't correct (ref. pad lock vs house door lock). My question is therefore: **- What other ways are there to show a door lock?** (Using a toggle switch is not an option I think.) If anyone has any experience with apps or websites that have similar features and show it in a good and user friendly way, it's appreciated!

2017/01/18

You may be thinking too literally. The lock icon is conceptual. It's not meant to indicate that an actual padlock is being used. And it is widely understood, so that makes it preferable to an icon that needs to be explained. For example, if you lock your phone or a file, you may use a lock icon. That doesn't mean there is an actual physical padlock on that computer file. My car door has a lock icon. Pressing it does not mean an actual padlock will be used to lock the car door. Another example of the same idea of a conceptual icon is the universal save icon. No one thinks you are saving to an actual floppy disk, and even those who have never used a floppy disk know the icon means "save." [This has been studied and discussed many times and conclusions are generally that it's best to use the floppy-disk icon to save.](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/3117/save-icon-is-the-floppy-disk-icon-dead)

How about these as a suggestion? Using doors to indicate what you are affecting. With regards to colours, I found myself in a quandary as to which one show the active better, between the states, I've posted both for you to play with. The states are top to bottom, but could be side by side. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k0tdR.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dfmBr.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XobWU.png)

Is there a tool which I can use to monitor network traffic so that I can determine firewall rules and implement them on an existing network?

2010/05/21

Well, sounds like you just need to get a good read on what sort of traffic is crossing your network. For that, set up a mirrored port on one of your switches, connect a PC to it, and fire up [Wireshark](http://www.wireshark.org/). After getting a packet capture, you'll be able to very easily see what's going on. When doing this sort of work, I typically start from a "deny all" perspective. Assume that you're going to block everything, and then make a list of what applications need to be accessible through the firewall, and what allow rules you'll need for each of them.

*Is there a tool which I can use to monitor network traffic so that I can determine firewall rules and implement them on an existing network?* pfSense has features that allow you to create firewall rules from invasive "bad guys", and add the rule to your firewall. This is listed under the Diagnostics menu "States". Basically if you see a threat in your logs, you can double click and add a rule to block the threat. It works the other way as well. If you are blocking a game for instance, and you want to play that game, you can unblock that rule. Essentially a really great tool if you want to monitor your network traffic.

I'm using Views in Drupal. I want an exposed filter selecting the ndoes containing a specific word. But I noticed I cannot search more then one CCK field per filter. Since I want to expose it, I want an unique text-input field for all CCK Fields: is that possible ? At the moment I can only add a new filter for each CCK field. Thanks

2010/04/23

You can use the CCK module [Computed Field](http://drupal.org/node/126522). Setup the field so that it stores all the text from all the other fields, then you can filter on this one field (and effectively filter on all fields). See this [code snippet](http://drupal.org/node/342904) for merging multiple fields into one.

Here is the discussion. <http://drupal.org/node/451000> Drupal 6 solution - Comment #16 Drupal 7 solution Previous solution can be used to Drupal 7 but there is one module you can use <http://drupal.org/project/views_filters_populate> Great module. But there is 1 problem "only populates STRING exposed filters"

I'm using Views in Drupal. I want an exposed filter selecting the ndoes containing a specific word. But I noticed I cannot search more then one CCK field per filter. Since I want to expose it, I want an unique text-input field for all CCK Fields: is that possible ? At the moment I can only add a new filter for each CCK field. Thanks

2010/04/23

I've actually found the item "Search" in my Filters options in Views. I dunno how I could ignored it before. It actually exists, and works quite well. Solved.

Here is the discussion. <http://drupal.org/node/451000> Drupal 6 solution - Comment #16 Drupal 7 solution Previous solution can be used to Drupal 7 but there is one module you can use <http://drupal.org/project/views_filters_populate> Great module. But there is 1 problem "only populates STRING exposed filters"

I'm building a touring bike and was interesting in using STI shifters, just wondering if this setup will work. - Shimano Sora 3500 STI Triple 3x9 Speed Road Lever Set with - Shimano Deore M590 Top Swing 9sp Front Mech - Shimano Deore M592 Shadow 9 Speed Rear Mech Thank you :)

2018/07/15

There are many answers here that cover variations of this question in more depth, but the answer is not really, because Shimano front derailer cable pull is different between mountain and road. What tends to happen as a result of the combination you describe is it does shift, but performance is lacking and there will invariably be FD cage rub in some gear combinations that you'll never be able to adjust out. You read conflicting things about this because it does in fact shift and kinda sorta work from a certain perspective and that's good enough for some people. The rear is matched perfectly because all 9 speed Shimano shifters are the same cable pull, mountain or road. Solutions include bar-ends with their friction front shifting (which is good for other reasons on touring bikes because it's less finicky and tends to work better in situations where you've chosen whatever chainring sizes you want as opposed to what's prescribed), a shift adapter such as Jtek, or pushing the limits of what road front triples can do (this also compromises performance). Another very good approach is using 10-speed pre-Escape Ergo levers with the so-called Hubbub mod aka Shimergo, which is a hack that makes them work with Shimano 9-speed rear derailers and cassettes while the front has lots of small clicks and can basically shift anything. In practical terms most people just use bar-ends here and leave it at that though.

Having just deal w/ Sora 3500 crankset 50/34 & Alivio FD with STI (Triple). I have a top pull on my Montague Navigator. So, only way get it done was replacing front derailleur(FD) w/ FD-CX70, which is STI specific. Alivio just did NOT work. So, I guess this will be same for Triple as others described. Other potential cheap solution is using a friction or indexed twist shifter. This will work well for about $10 + $10 (twister + front brake lever w/o shifting). You place it near the stem like a flat-bar. This is far safer than bar end as well, when u accidentally drop the bike. Potentially less cool looking but it works!

I'm building a touring bike and was interesting in using STI shifters, just wondering if this setup will work. - Shimano Sora 3500 STI Triple 3x9 Speed Road Lever Set with - Shimano Deore M590 Top Swing 9sp Front Mech - Shimano Deore M592 Shadow 9 Speed Rear Mech Thank you :)

2018/07/15

There are many answers here that cover variations of this question in more depth, but the answer is not really, because Shimano front derailer cable pull is different between mountain and road. What tends to happen as a result of the combination you describe is it does shift, but performance is lacking and there will invariably be FD cage rub in some gear combinations that you'll never be able to adjust out. You read conflicting things about this because it does in fact shift and kinda sorta work from a certain perspective and that's good enough for some people. The rear is matched perfectly because all 9 speed Shimano shifters are the same cable pull, mountain or road. Solutions include bar-ends with their friction front shifting (which is good for other reasons on touring bikes because it's less finicky and tends to work better in situations where you've chosen whatever chainring sizes you want as opposed to what's prescribed), a shift adapter such as Jtek, or pushing the limits of what road front triples can do (this also compromises performance). Another very good approach is using 10-speed pre-Escape Ergo levers with the so-called Hubbub mod aka Shimergo, which is a hack that makes them work with Shimano 9-speed rear derailers and cassettes while the front has lots of small clicks and can basically shift anything. In practical terms most people just use bar-ends here and leave it at that though.

I'm using Sora R3000 and replaced the rear mech with alivio, changed the cassette from 11-32 to 11-36. I heard you can have it up to 40T but I haven't pushed my bike so far, and I'm living in the Philippines. So I guess 34-36T would be enough

I'd like to download the latest version of Microsoft jQuery Unobtrusive Validation, however I don't like using NuGet since it is not possible for me to tell it where to install the packages within my project structure. Does Microsoft host these files somewhere that I can access them directly?

2013/04/12

The files for ASP.NET MVC 5.2 aren't (yet?) on the page I mention below, but the links are valid: * <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> * <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> [Copied from [Maxime's answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/26181069/173497) to this question.] I found a page – [Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network - ASP.NET Ajax Library](http://www.asp.net/ajaxlibrary/cdn.ashx) – that lists several versions of the files for this that you can download. Here are the ones I found via searching that page for "unobtrusive": > > ASP.NET MVC 5.1 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.1/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.1/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ASP.NET MVC 5.0 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ASP.NET MVC 4.0 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/4.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/4.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ASP.NET MVC 3.0 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ... > > >

It's available/hosted by google here [code.google.com](https://code.google.com/p/tfsstatus/source/browse/packages/Microsoft.jQuery.Unobtrusive.Validation.2.0.20505.0/?r=a95786c3fc70eba41949a29ee17107c3d1c766c5)

I'd like to download the latest version of Microsoft jQuery Unobtrusive Validation, however I don't like using NuGet since it is not possible for me to tell it where to install the packages within my project structure. Does Microsoft host these files somewhere that I can access them directly?

2013/04/12

Here are the links : > > **jQuery Unobtrusive for ASP.NET MVC 5.2.3** > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.3/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.3/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > **jQuery Unobtrusive for ASP.NET MVC 5.2.2** > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > **jQuery Unobtrusive for ASP.NET MVC 5.2** > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > And by using these files, you will also need to include jquery.validate(.min).js. The latest files can be found : > > **jQuery Validate** > > > <http://www.asp.net/ajax/cdn#jQuery_Validation_Releases_on_the_CDN_3> > or > <http://jqueryvalidation.org/> > > > You can browse the **Microsoft Ajax CDN** for all needed librairies: <http://www.asp.net/ajax/cdn>

It's available/hosted by google here [code.google.com](https://code.google.com/p/tfsstatus/source/browse/packages/Microsoft.jQuery.Unobtrusive.Validation.2.0.20505.0/?r=a95786c3fc70eba41949a29ee17107c3d1c766c5)

I'd like to download the latest version of Microsoft jQuery Unobtrusive Validation, however I don't like using NuGet since it is not possible for me to tell it where to install the packages within my project structure. Does Microsoft host these files somewhere that I can access them directly?

2013/04/12

The files for ASP.NET MVC 5.2 aren't (yet?) on the page I mention below, but the links are valid: * <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> * <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> [Copied from [Maxime's answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/26181069/173497) to this question.] I found a page – [Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network - ASP.NET Ajax Library](http://www.asp.net/ajaxlibrary/cdn.ashx) – that lists several versions of the files for this that you can download. Here are the ones I found via searching that page for "unobtrusive": > > ASP.NET MVC 5.1 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.1/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.1/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ASP.NET MVC 5.0 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ASP.NET MVC 4.0 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/4.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/4.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ASP.NET MVC 3.0 > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/3.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > ... > > >

Here are the links : > > **jQuery Unobtrusive for ASP.NET MVC 5.2.3** > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.3/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.3/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > **jQuery Unobtrusive for ASP.NET MVC 5.2.2** > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > **jQuery Unobtrusive for ASP.NET MVC 5.2** > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js> > > > <http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js> > > > And by using these files, you will also need to include jquery.validate(.min).js. The latest files can be found : > > **jQuery Validate** > > > <http://www.asp.net/ajax/cdn#jQuery_Validation_Releases_on_the_CDN_3> > or > <http://jqueryvalidation.org/> > > > You can browse the **Microsoft Ajax CDN** for all needed librairies: <http://www.asp.net/ajax/cdn>

In **Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix**, *Dolores Umbridge* always seems to be wearing pink color dresses. Is there any significance for this?

2013/01/13

Extremely Feminine ------------------ **Dolores Umbridge** is depicted as an extremely girlish character. From the Harry Potter Wiki: > > She spoke with a simpering, high-pitched voice that was girlish and breathless, and has her office decorated with kittens and other cute pink things. She had a wide, toad-like smile and would after say cruel things in a sugary, sweet voice. > > > The pink clothes & accessories, the kittens and the high-pitched voice are to depict girlishness. > > According to Harry, she looked like someone's maiden aunt, and that her style of dressing would fit someone half her age. > > > We can say that the filmmakers wanted to show *irony/contrast* in the character. She dresses & acts like a sweet maiden, but actually is a ferocious, unfair and cruel. Sources: [Dolores Umbridge < Harry Potter Wiki](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dolores_Umbridge)

A glance through official wikis and 'making of' sites does not appear to shed much light on this, other than the fact that she seems to dress like a favorite auntie. *According to Harry, [she looked like someone's maiden aunt, and that her style of dressing would fit someone half her age.](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dolores_Umbridge)* Personally, I think it was a conscious decision on the part of the filmmakers to dress her this way, thus making her the living embodiment of 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'. Sickly sweet pink on the outside, twisted and rotten on the inside, a perfect contrast.

In **Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix**, *Dolores Umbridge* always seems to be wearing pink color dresses. Is there any significance for this?

2013/01/13

Extremely Feminine ------------------ **Dolores Umbridge** is depicted as an extremely girlish character. From the Harry Potter Wiki: > > She spoke with a simpering, high-pitched voice that was girlish and breathless, and has her office decorated with kittens and other cute pink things. She had a wide, toad-like smile and would after say cruel things in a sugary, sweet voice. > > > The pink clothes & accessories, the kittens and the high-pitched voice are to depict girlishness. > > According to Harry, she looked like someone's maiden aunt, and that her style of dressing would fit someone half her age. > > > We can say that the filmmakers wanted to show *irony/contrast* in the character. She dresses & acts like a sweet maiden, but actually is a ferocious, unfair and cruel. Sources: [Dolores Umbridge < Harry Potter Wiki](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dolores_Umbridge)

Pink is to Umbridge as black is to Snape. Umbridge acted like a little girl in some ways, using it to hide her true self. Her gaudy pink visage was meant to make her seem respectable and unthreatening, helping in her political machinations and her actions as Hogwarts High Inquisitor. The pink walls of her office and the kitten plates, etc etc contributed to this.

In **Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix**, *Dolores Umbridge* always seems to be wearing pink color dresses. Is there any significance for this?

2013/01/13

A glance through official wikis and 'making of' sites does not appear to shed much light on this, other than the fact that she seems to dress like a favorite auntie. *According to Harry, [she looked like someone's maiden aunt, and that her style of dressing would fit someone half her age.](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dolores_Umbridge)* Personally, I think it was a conscious decision on the part of the filmmakers to dress her this way, thus making her the living embodiment of 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'. Sickly sweet pink on the outside, twisted and rotten on the inside, a perfect contrast.

Pink is to Umbridge as black is to Snape. Umbridge acted like a little girl in some ways, using it to hide her true self. Her gaudy pink visage was meant to make her seem respectable and unthreatening, helping in her political machinations and her actions as Hogwarts High Inquisitor. The pink walls of her office and the kitten plates, etc etc contributed to this.

I was wondering what material in algebraic geometry is crucial and is a logical step for a serious graduate student in algebraic geometry once they've finished Hartshorne. Good answers could include a list of areas of algebraic geometry or important topics that an algebraic geometer must learn along with good references (i.e. accessible to someone with the background of Hartshorne), preferably in the order he or she should/could learn them. Papers in algebraic geometry tend to draw from so many areas within the field itself that I was wondering what people thought was the best order and way of acquiring that material.

2011/04/13

Perhaps the first advice I could give is to ask your advisor or algebraic geometers at the university at which you are located, if you are a student, they might already have areas/problems in mind for you to work on and so can give you the best advice relative to those problems. A couple books which have not yet been mentioned (some of which I wish I had gone through more carefully): *Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry*, by Olivier Debarre. This is a nice somewhat more informal introduction that covers many of the topics in Kollar-Mori with I would say more examples. It also covers some of the material in "rational curves" . *Moduli of Curves*, by Harris and Morrison A standard introduction / reference on the topic (which is again heavily studied). *Rational curves on algebraic varieties*, by János Kollár. The study of algebraic varieties by studying their rational curves is a major area of investigation in algebraic geometry. This book is fairly technical but contains a lot of information. *Hodge Theory and Complex Algebraic Geometry I: Volume 1 & 2*, by Claire Voisin Hodge Theory is an important tool and field of study as well.

Geometry of Algebraic curves, by Arbarello, Cornalba, Griffiths, Harris, 2 volumes; Complex abelian varieties, by Lange and Birkenhake; M. Artin, Lectures on deformations of singularities. The basic idea common to all these suggestions is to use the foundational material from Hartshorne to investigate some more specialized topics, like curves, surfaces, abelian varieties, moduli spaces, singularities, or some more general techniques like intersection theory with applications to general Riemann Roch theorems, and vanishing theorems with applications to classification questions, plus arithmetic and analytic questions. edit: In answer to a request in a comment below, this is an attempt to give some guidance to reading ACGH, Geometry of Algebraic Curves. I apologize if this bumps it back to the top. A main theme in ACGH is to give, for a curve C, a model for the abel map C^d-->>W(d) in Pic^d(C), which is a resolution of singularities of the Brill Noether variety W(d), in terms of the natural “kernel resolution” of the locus of singular matrices in the space of all matrices of a given size. One is especially interested in the case d = g-1, where g = genus(C). I.e. in the space say of square nxn matrices, one has the discriminant locus D of singular ones, defined by the determinant. This locus is to be a local model for the theta divisor W(g-1) of the Jacobian of C = Pic^(g-1)(C). It has a natural resolution in the product space P^(n-1) x Mat(nxn), consisting of the set of those pairs R = {([v],M) where v is in the kernel of M}. The second projection map R-->D is to be a local model for the abel map C^(g-1)-->W(g-1) resolving the theta divisor. To set this up locally, choose a line bundle L0 in Pic^(g-1)(C), and a general divisor E of degree equal to h^0(L0), so that the map H^0(L0)-->H^0(L0(E)) is an isomorphism. Then H^1(L0(E)) = 0 and the map H^0(L0(E))-->H^0(L0(E)|E) in the exact sequence 0-->H^0(L0)-->H^0(L0(E))-->H^0(L0(E)|E)-->H^1(L0)-->0 is the zero map. For line bundles L near L0, we map L to an nxn matrix, with n = h^0(L(E)) = h^0(L0(E)), for the corresponding restriction map r(L): H^0(L(E))-->H^0(L(E)|E). This maps a neighborhood of L in Pic^(g-1)(C) to matrix space, sending L0 to the zero matrix, and sending a nbhd of L0 in W(g-1) to a nbhd of zero in the discriminant locus D. Via this map, the abel resolution C^(g-1)-->>W(g-1) is locally the pullback of the natural kernel resolution R-->>D of the discriminant, in particular the fibers of the abel map are the linear series |L|, i.e. the projectivized kernel P(H^0(L)) of the map r(L). To make all this work, one must study rank loci for matrices, as well as methods of representing the family of linear maps H^0(L(E))-->H^0(L(E)|E), for L in an open set of Pic^(g-1)(C). This takes a lot of heavy foundational machinery in acgh, chapters 2 and 4, constructing Poincare’ bundles and so on. But this is where they are going. See pp.83-4, 176-7. Chapter VI has some nice geometry, and chaps V, VII state nice results.

I was wondering what material in algebraic geometry is crucial and is a logical step for a serious graduate student in algebraic geometry once they've finished Hartshorne. Good answers could include a list of areas of algebraic geometry or important topics that an algebraic geometer must learn along with good references (i.e. accessible to someone with the background of Hartshorne), preferably in the order he or she should/could learn them. Papers in algebraic geometry tend to draw from so many areas within the field itself that I was wondering what people thought was the best order and way of acquiring that material.

2011/04/13

*'Intersection Theory'* by Fulton Every algebraic geometer needs to know at least the basics of intersection theory. Fulton's book is the standard reference and serves both as a textbook and a reference. *'Principles of Algebraic Geometry'* by Griffiths and Harris This is because Hartshorne does not really talk about complex geometry, Hodge theory or more classical algebraic geometry. It might also be good to see the classical approach to the theory developed in chapters 4 and 5 in Hartshorne which of course existed way before sheaf cohomology and schemes. *EGA* by Grothendieck and Dieudonné. This is if you want more of the Hartshorne style algebraic geometry. I would not say it is essential to read the entire EGA, but since it is the standard reference, it is at least worth getting to know it. Here is a few more suggestions for more specialized subjects: *Birational geometry (Kollar-Mori or Matsuki). Toric varieties (Fulton). Hodge theory (Voisin). Arithmetic geometry (Cornell-Silverman). Abelian varieties (Mumford). Deformation theory (Hartshorne). Moduli spaces (Mukai).* After Hartshorne, you could start specializing. Find something that seems interesting to you - you'll pick up a lot of new algebraic geometry even though you are studying a specific subtopic. After finishing Hartshorne's book you should be able to read these books without too much trouble.

Mumford's three part series *Tata Lectures on Theta* is well worth reading. (I wish I had read them already...I could sure use the information they contain.) **Added**: Or really, close your eyes and pick a book by Fulton, Hartshorne, Kollar, Mumford, Silverman....If you get the book by Hartshorne that you've already read, pick again. Otherwise, whatever you picked will be a fine choice.

I was wondering what material in algebraic geometry is crucial and is a logical step for a serious graduate student in algebraic geometry once they've finished Hartshorne. Good answers could include a list of areas of algebraic geometry or important topics that an algebraic geometer must learn along with good references (i.e. accessible to someone with the background of Hartshorne), preferably in the order he or she should/could learn them. Papers in algebraic geometry tend to draw from so many areas within the field itself that I was wondering what people thought was the best order and way of acquiring that material.

2011/04/13

*'Intersection Theory'* by Fulton Every algebraic geometer needs to know at least the basics of intersection theory. Fulton's book is the standard reference and serves both as a textbook and a reference. *'Principles of Algebraic Geometry'* by Griffiths and Harris This is because Hartshorne does not really talk about complex geometry, Hodge theory or more classical algebraic geometry. It might also be good to see the classical approach to the theory developed in chapters 4 and 5 in Hartshorne which of course existed way before sheaf cohomology and schemes. *EGA* by Grothendieck and Dieudonné. This is if you want more of the Hartshorne style algebraic geometry. I would not say it is essential to read the entire EGA, but since it is the standard reference, it is at least worth getting to know it. Here is a few more suggestions for more specialized subjects: *Birational geometry (Kollar-Mori or Matsuki). Toric varieties (Fulton). Hodge theory (Voisin). Arithmetic geometry (Cornell-Silverman). Abelian varieties (Mumford). Deformation theory (Hartshorne). Moduli spaces (Mukai).* After Hartshorne, you could start specializing. Find something that seems interesting to you - you'll pick up a lot of new algebraic geometry even though you are studying a specific subtopic. After finishing Hartshorne's book you should be able to read these books without too much trouble.

Perhaps the first advice I could give is to ask your advisor or algebraic geometers at the university at which you are located, if you are a student, they might already have areas/problems in mind for you to work on and so can give you the best advice relative to those problems. A couple books which have not yet been mentioned (some of which I wish I had gone through more carefully): *Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry*, by Olivier Debarre. This is a nice somewhat more informal introduction that covers many of the topics in Kollar-Mori with I would say more examples. It also covers some of the material in "rational curves" . *Moduli of Curves*, by Harris and Morrison A standard introduction / reference on the topic (which is again heavily studied). *Rational curves on algebraic varieties*, by János Kollár. The study of algebraic varieties by studying their rational curves is a major area of investigation in algebraic geometry. This book is fairly technical but contains a lot of information. *Hodge Theory and Complex Algebraic Geometry I: Volume 1 & 2*, by Claire Voisin Hodge Theory is an important tool and field of study as well.

I was wondering what material in algebraic geometry is crucial and is a logical step for a serious graduate student in algebraic geometry once they've finished Hartshorne. Good answers could include a list of areas of algebraic geometry or important topics that an algebraic geometer must learn along with good references (i.e. accessible to someone with the background of Hartshorne), preferably in the order he or she should/could learn them. Papers in algebraic geometry tend to draw from so many areas within the field itself that I was wondering what people thought was the best order and way of acquiring that material.

2011/04/13

Lazarsfeld's book ``Positivity in Algebraic geometry'' contains a wealth of important material and is masterfully written. Anyone doing algebraic geometry today will greatly benefit from being familiar with the contents of this book. Edit: here is a blog post by Burt Totaro on the importance of this topic/book: <http://burttotaro.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/why-you-should-care-about-positivity/>

Perhaps the first advice I could give is to ask your advisor or algebraic geometers at the university at which you are located, if you are a student, they might already have areas/problems in mind for you to work on and so can give you the best advice relative to those problems. A couple books which have not yet been mentioned (some of which I wish I had gone through more carefully): *Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry*, by Olivier Debarre. This is a nice somewhat more informal introduction that covers many of the topics in Kollar-Mori with I would say more examples. It also covers some of the material in "rational curves" . *Moduli of Curves*, by Harris and Morrison A standard introduction / reference on the topic (which is again heavily studied). *Rational curves on algebraic varieties*, by János Kollár. The study of algebraic varieties by studying their rational curves is a major area of investigation in algebraic geometry. This book is fairly technical but contains a lot of information. *Hodge Theory and Complex Algebraic Geometry I: Volume 1 & 2*, by Claire Voisin Hodge Theory is an important tool and field of study as well.

I was wondering what material in algebraic geometry is crucial and is a logical step for a serious graduate student in algebraic geometry once they've finished Hartshorne. Good answers could include a list of areas of algebraic geometry or important topics that an algebraic geometer must learn along with good references (i.e. accessible to someone with the background of Hartshorne), preferably in the order he or she should/could learn them. Papers in algebraic geometry tend to draw from so many areas within the field itself that I was wondering what people thought was the best order and way of acquiring that material.

2011/04/13

Perhaps the first advice I could give is to ask your advisor or algebraic geometers at the university at which you are located, if you are a student, they might already have areas/problems in mind for you to work on and so can give you the best advice relative to those problems. A couple books which have not yet been mentioned (some of which I wish I had gone through more carefully): *Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry*, by Olivier Debarre. This is a nice somewhat more informal introduction that covers many of the topics in Kollar-Mori with I would say more examples. It also covers some of the material in "rational curves" . *Moduli of Curves*, by Harris and Morrison A standard introduction / reference on the topic (which is again heavily studied). *Rational curves on algebraic varieties*, by János Kollár. The study of algebraic varieties by studying their rational curves is a major area of investigation in algebraic geometry. This book is fairly technical but contains a lot of information. *Hodge Theory and Complex Algebraic Geometry I: Volume 1 & 2*, by Claire Voisin Hodge Theory is an important tool and field of study as well.

If you are interested in complex manifolds I would recommend [Complex Geometry: an Introduction](http://books.google.com/books?id=sWbd0rE3mhIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=complex+manifolds+huybrechts&hl=en&ei=44-lTaPBN82ztwerlqS-Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=complex%2520manifolds%2520huybrechts&f=false) by Huybrechts. I also think the [Toric Varieties](http://www.cs.amherst.edu/~dac/toric.html) by Cox, Little, and Schenck is an excellent introduction to many advanced topics in algebraic geometry. Plus you get to learn a bunch of combinatorics in the process!

I was wondering what material in algebraic geometry is crucial and is a logical step for a serious graduate student in algebraic geometry once they've finished Hartshorne. Good answers could include a list of areas of algebraic geometry or important topics that an algebraic geometer must learn along with good references (i.e. accessible to someone with the background of Hartshorne), preferably in the order he or she should/could learn them. Papers in algebraic geometry tend to draw from so many areas within the field itself that I was wondering what people thought was the best order and way of acquiring that material.

2011/04/13

*'Intersection Theory'* by Fulton Every algebraic geometer needs to know at least the basics of intersection theory. Fulton's book is the standard reference and serves both as a textbook and a reference. *'Principles of Algebraic Geometry'* by Griffiths and Harris This is because Hartshorne does not really talk about complex geometry, Hodge theory or more classical algebraic geometry. It might also be good to see the classical approach to the theory developed in chapters 4 and 5 in Hartshorne which of course existed way before sheaf cohomology and schemes. *EGA* by Grothendieck and Dieudonné. This is if you want more of the Hartshorne style algebraic geometry. I would not say it is essential to read the entire EGA, but since it is the standard reference, it is at least worth getting to know it. Here is a few more suggestions for more specialized subjects: *Birational geometry (Kollar-Mori or Matsuki). Toric varieties (Fulton). Hodge theory (Voisin). Arithmetic geometry (Cornell-Silverman). Abelian varieties (Mumford). Deformation theory (Hartshorne). Moduli spaces (Mukai).* After Hartshorne, you could start specializing. Find something that seems interesting to you - you'll pick up a lot of new algebraic geometry even though you are studying a specific subtopic. After finishing Hartshorne's book you should be able to read these books without too much trouble.

Q.Liu's "Algebraic geometry and arithmetic curves" is a good reference, if you plan to lean on the more arithmetic side. Again, a good idea would be to discuss the matter with your advisor(s), since there is a rich variety of fields within the topic (puns intended) -- or ask a more precise question.

I was wondering what material in algebraic geometry is crucial and is a logical step for a serious graduate student in algebraic geometry once they've finished Hartshorne. Good answers could include a list of areas of algebraic geometry or important topics that an algebraic geometer must learn along with good references (i.e. accessible to someone with the background of Hartshorne), preferably in the order he or she should/could learn them. Papers in algebraic geometry tend to draw from so many areas within the field itself that I was wondering what people thought was the best order and way of acquiring that material.

2011/04/13

Mumford's three part series *Tata Lectures on Theta* is well worth reading. (I wish I had read them already...I could sure use the information they contain.) **Added**: Or really, close your eyes and pick a book by Fulton, Hartshorne, Kollar, Mumford, Silverman....If you get the book by Hartshorne that you've already read, pick again. Otherwise, whatever you picked will be a fine choice.

Q.Liu's "Algebraic geometry and arithmetic curves" is a good reference, if you plan to lean on the more arithmetic side. Again, a good idea would be to discuss the matter with your advisor(s), since there is a rich variety of fields within the topic (puns intended) -- or ask a more precise question.

My family is planning to go on a trip to Norway. We are going by plane and some friends said that when you go to Norway, you have to drive a lot with your car. That's why we're going to use a rental car. Since I'm unable to drive, my dad has to drive. But it is very flat in Belgium, so he is not used to the mountains. Are the roads in Norway in good condition or not, so that he won't have problems driving on it?

2016/08/30

It kind of depends where you're going but I've had experience driving in Norway when I traveled there a couple years ago. Their roads are generally in GREAT shape. In some places they have luminescent paint/markers on the road. Part of having such high taxes, great public services. To be fair that applies to their major roads and anything around cities. The country roads I drove on were pretty good. Its the remote roads and mountainous places that may not be maintained as often. As it has been mentioned, winter does get very cold/slippery outside of Oslo and other major cities. The rental company may have winter tires on the vehicle in that case.

I would also add to Daxxcat's answer that if you want to compare mountainous regions between France and Norway: * The roads are in much better shape in Norway (for all the reasons told in Daxxcat's answer) * Many roads have a speed limit of 60 in Norway (at least in the counties where I've been), whereas default speed limit is 90 in France, even in the mountainous roads (although small portions may have exceptions).

The title may seem trivial, but this isn't as easy as it sounds. You can't just check the permissions on the file, because the file may not exist, and you may have the necessary permissions to create it and then write to it. But only if you have write permissions on the directory, and maybe execute permissions, and maybe permissions for all the parent directories. Or maybe not. I'm not sure. So, given a filename, what are *all* the cases that I need to account for in order to correctly test whether I could open and write to a file with that filename? This isn't specific to any one programming language. I just want the logic. But examples in real programming languages are welcome.

2011/02/21

Such a test wouldn't necessarily be very useful -- you're just setting yourself up for a race condition, if the file becomes unwriteable for some reason between your check and the write attempt. (Some other process could change the permissions, move or delete the parent directory, use up the last free space on the device, etc...) I'd just go ahead and attempt the write, and be diligent about checking for errors at each step (opening, each write attempt, closing) where an operation could conceivably fail.

1. It depends on the owner of the process who runs the program, whether the owner has permissions to write to that directory or not. For example, apache running as www user may not be able to write to a directory owned by root and no permissions for other or group. 2. You may do it hit or trail way, like try creating the file to see if it's successful or not, in case it fails to catch the proper error code and like no permission or directory full and take corrective action. 3. You may programmatically check if the user has permissions to write into directory if the directory has space, if the file already exists etc. By using certain apis the system exposes and the language exposes, this much better approach taking care of cases rather than handling failure cases.

I'm the product manager for two of my company's application sets, and I've been running into some difficulties trying to manage future releases and how best to move them around. If I have version 2.2 currently in development, I have versions 2.3-2.5 already plotted out in Bugzilla. However, we are now planning on bumping a few items from 2.2 and adding a couple of other small items to make a quick release which will be called 2.3. If I keep following my current system, I will need to update all 2.5 tasks to 2.6, 2.4 to 2.5, and 2.3 to 2.4. I've thought about doing something like Future.10, Future.20, Future.30 - this would allow me to add in Future.15 or anything else in between. I feel like this is a problem that has been solved already, but I just don't know how. Is there a better, more generic way to plan out release order that won't require me to adjust every single future release if we add a release in or move things around? For clarification: This question is purely about **pre-development organization** of several groups of features ("a release") and the best way to reorder releases without changing all tasks each time I change around the intended order.

2012/03/27

> > I feel like this is a problem that has been solved already, but I just don't know how. Is there a better, more generic way to plan out release order that won't require me to adjust every single future release if we add a release in or move things around? > > > Actually, there is way and it is called **one track**. It means that you have only one version and you deploy always that version and you don't maintain different versions. It may sound a bit far-fetched, but actually it is possible to do. I was working for a company which had the very same issue you are having now, but they introduced a one track solution. There were lots of discussions about customers, versions, and deliveries. After a while - a couple of months - the customer understood that it was something good for him. So my suggestion is to have only one track and deliver always from this track. In the long term it is worth it. I haven't seen any other solution on the market. The situation with your current approach is completely understandable. Customers don't want to upgrade because of a fix or a fancy feature, because they think that it'll cost them money. Try to have a discussion with your customers and check whether a one track solution could work for them.

How about calling this quick release you mention 2.2.1? Or are there any external restrictions which do not allow you to do it?

I'm the product manager for two of my company's application sets, and I've been running into some difficulties trying to manage future releases and how best to move them around. If I have version 2.2 currently in development, I have versions 2.3-2.5 already plotted out in Bugzilla. However, we are now planning on bumping a few items from 2.2 and adding a couple of other small items to make a quick release which will be called 2.3. If I keep following my current system, I will need to update all 2.5 tasks to 2.6, 2.4 to 2.5, and 2.3 to 2.4. I've thought about doing something like Future.10, Future.20, Future.30 - this would allow me to add in Future.15 or anything else in between. I feel like this is a problem that has been solved already, but I just don't know how. Is there a better, more generic way to plan out release order that won't require me to adjust every single future release if we add a release in or move things around? For clarification: This question is purely about **pre-development organization** of several groups of features ("a release") and the best way to reorder releases without changing all tasks each time I change around the intended order.

2012/03/27

Long term plans are always subject to change - shuffling is therefore almost ineviatable. I have found from an internal perspective it's easier to talk about phases of a release - i.e. 2.2 Phase I, 2.2 Phase II etc. Semantics I know (2.2.1?, 2.2.2?), but it's easier to merge and bump phases than versions, at least its easier to get away with it with management. However, this doesn't help for shrink wrapped products (i.e. ones that go external to clients rather than internal for business). In which case, it is sometimes easier to have a list of enhancements rather than cemented-in versions - by that I mean only linking a deliverable with a release when there is a more definite decision. These "deliverables" don't need to be left floating, they can be plotted against a timeline or a dependency list. E.G. Version 2.2 will include....bla bla bla....future releases 2.3 end of Q3 2012, 2.4 Q2 2013.....perf. enahncement 6 in dev Q2/12, win2008 version in dev Q3/12, OSX Port Q3/12, Unix Port Q4/12...etc Of course, all this is really down the policy of your company and way/how they deliver (and to whom).

How about calling this quick release you mention 2.2.1? Or are there any external restrictions which do not allow you to do it?

I'm the product manager for two of my company's application sets, and I've been running into some difficulties trying to manage future releases and how best to move them around. If I have version 2.2 currently in development, I have versions 2.3-2.5 already plotted out in Bugzilla. However, we are now planning on bumping a few items from 2.2 and adding a couple of other small items to make a quick release which will be called 2.3. If I keep following my current system, I will need to update all 2.5 tasks to 2.6, 2.4 to 2.5, and 2.3 to 2.4. I've thought about doing something like Future.10, Future.20, Future.30 - this would allow me to add in Future.15 or anything else in between. I feel like this is a problem that has been solved already, but I just don't know how. Is there a better, more generic way to plan out release order that won't require me to adjust every single future release if we add a release in or move things around? For clarification: This question is purely about **pre-development organization** of several groups of features ("a release") and the best way to reorder releases without changing all tasks each time I change around the intended order.

2012/03/27

Don't use numbers or names that have any semantic meaning. Think about the Google Android releases. I believe one was called Ice Cream Sandwich. Using generic naming allows you to reprioritize releases without worrying about rearranging numbers. Future.10...n works, but you are still somewhat restricted by the dot number. So, try to develop with generic release naming, then when you release you can rename the release with the public release version number.

How about calling this quick release you mention 2.2.1? Or are there any external restrictions which do not allow you to do it?

I'm looking to buy an ebike for my partner, and have been researching how best to store them to protect them from the weather. We live in a south-facing house in a New Zealand city notorious for its southerly storms and icy horizontal rain. There is no shelter at all on the outside of the house, and there's very little space to store a bike on the inside. The current (pedal) bikes we have are both stored outside. The advice I see online for storing ebikes seems to be some combination of old, somewhat contradictory (geared towards different levels on the hobbyist - true-believer-enthusiast scale) and geared towards places with deep freezing winters, which we don't have here. My question is twofold: **Are there makes of Electrical Bike out there that can stand up to being out in the elements for extended periods of time?** **If not, how much rain abuse can a typical ebike get away with before it starts to get damaged?**

2019/11/01

It would depend on the bike itself. The electronics on a high end e-mountain bike are pretty much waterproof, and the bike itself is susceptible to the same issues as any bike from rain etc. Regardless, any bike will have its life and service intervals shorten by being left in the rain. I'd suggest a small shed to store the bike in or at least covering it with a tarp would help a lot. but ultimately no, e-bikes cant be left in the weather with no adverse affects like you could with a car.

@Rhys already said that in general, bikes will do very badly if left out in the rain. The mechanical components will get destroyed. Focusing on the lithium ion battery's usability: their charge capacity is affected by temperature. This is an inherent limit due to chemistry and physics. Batteries simply do not generate as much power when cold because the reactions in the battery slow down. Electric cars do lose significant range in cold weather. Moreover, their batteries [appear to have internal battery heaters](https://www.wired.com/story/electric-cars-cold-weather-tips/) to get their batteries to their preferred operating temperature. I do not believe these heaters are common on bike batteries. Bosch, which makes electric bike motors, [recommends that](https://www.bosch-ebike.com/en/news/safely-through-the-winter-with-the-ebike/) if you're storing your bike in an unheated area, you remove the battery when parking and bring it indoors. They also advise that you charge the battery at room temperature. As outlined in an answer on a different SE site, if you charge a lithium ion battery under freezing temperature, [you will damage it irreversibly](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/263036/why-charging-li-ion-batteries-in-cold-temperatures-would-harm-them). Good batteries are expensive, so you don't want to do this. Note that you don't want to charge the battery while **it** is under freezing temperature, so you may have to wait for a battery to warm up a bit after you bring it inside to charge. I can't find anything specific on how **storing** a lithium ion battery at cold temperatures affects its service life. So, simply being outside for a long time at temperatures above freezing may be just fine, as maybe corroborated by [this SE answer](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/375201/can-i-store-lawnmower-li-ion-batteries-in-cold-storage-during-the-winter) and [this post](https://www.lithiumpros.com/blog/how-does-cold-weather-affect-lithium-batteries/) by a battery manufacturer. Side note: Bosch's recommendation leads me to suspect that their batteries don't have heating circuits. You can't take your Tesla's battery out and carry it into your office, so clearly the heaters are vital for cars. But they'd add weight to e-bikes, which are already quite heavy. As pointed out by @Rhys, higher end bikes may have waterproof batteries. Whatever bike you get may not be this waterproof. You might want to [check](https://www.bikestation.org/are-electric-bikes-waterproof/) the battery's water resistance rating for interest. It's sort of a moot point, because I would highly not recommend storing the bike uncovered - never mind the battery, a lot of the mechanical components will fare miserably if exposed to weather (chain, hubs, bottom bracket, and headset).

I'm looking to buy an ebike for my partner, and have been researching how best to store them to protect them from the weather. We live in a south-facing house in a New Zealand city notorious for its southerly storms and icy horizontal rain. There is no shelter at all on the outside of the house, and there's very little space to store a bike on the inside. The current (pedal) bikes we have are both stored outside. The advice I see online for storing ebikes seems to be some combination of old, somewhat contradictory (geared towards different levels on the hobbyist - true-believer-enthusiast scale) and geared towards places with deep freezing winters, which we don't have here. My question is twofold: **Are there makes of Electrical Bike out there that can stand up to being out in the elements for extended periods of time?** **If not, how much rain abuse can a typical ebike get away with before it starts to get damaged?**

2019/11/01

It would depend on the bike itself. The electronics on a high end e-mountain bike are pretty much waterproof, and the bike itself is susceptible to the same issues as any bike from rain etc. Regardless, any bike will have its life and service intervals shorten by being left in the rain. I'd suggest a small shed to store the bike in or at least covering it with a tarp would help a lot. but ultimately no, e-bikes cant be left in the weather with no adverse affects like you could with a car.

This is not a full answer, but i had my e-bike outside for 2-3 months because we had no room in the shed. This is in the Netherlands which has a reputation for rain but it was not that bad during that time-frame. I did try to cover it, but the covering came off often. It was just a sheet of plastic, maybe you can get a motorcycle cover. After this the bike set unused in the shed for 2 years, it's 10 year old battery died, I had it replaced and now I'm happily cycling 15kms to work. YMMV. My bike is an old Koga Miyata Tesla with a NiMH battery. Check how the battery reacts to frost, maybe you have to charge it inside.

I'm looking to buy an ebike for my partner, and have been researching how best to store them to protect them from the weather. We live in a south-facing house in a New Zealand city notorious for its southerly storms and icy horizontal rain. There is no shelter at all on the outside of the house, and there's very little space to store a bike on the inside. The current (pedal) bikes we have are both stored outside. The advice I see online for storing ebikes seems to be some combination of old, somewhat contradictory (geared towards different levels on the hobbyist - true-believer-enthusiast scale) and geared towards places with deep freezing winters, which we don't have here. My question is twofold: **Are there makes of Electrical Bike out there that can stand up to being out in the elements for extended periods of time?** **If not, how much rain abuse can a typical ebike get away with before it starts to get damaged?**

2019/11/01

It would depend on the bike itself. The electronics on a high end e-mountain bike are pretty much waterproof, and the bike itself is susceptible to the same issues as any bike from rain etc. Regardless, any bike will have its life and service intervals shorten by being left in the rain. I'd suggest a small shed to store the bike in or at least covering it with a tarp would help a lot. but ultimately no, e-bikes cant be left in the weather with no adverse affects like you could with a car.

> > Are there makes of Electrical Bike out there that can stand up to being out in the elements for extended periods of time? > > > Not especially. Rain actively degrades any bike, electric or not. Bikes use steel for most gears and chains, which rusts, and aluminum for low-range gears and everything else, which corrodes galvanically on contact with steel in a wet environment. There is no structural protection from the rain like a car's body. Bike lubricants can be washed off by the rain, so their protection goes away quickly as well. > > If not, how much rain abuse can a typical ebike get away with before it starts to get damaged? > > > As much as a normal bike. A day in the rain won't do meaningful damage, except for washing off some chain lubrication, if you get the bike dry soon. A season in the rain will have you come back to a bike that's aged as much as it would have in a couple years of active riding with insufficient maintenance. This will manifest in degraded gears and chain, less smoothness in the steering, considerably noisier ride, clunkier controls. It will still ride after one season, but it's best to avoid doing it to any bike that's held to a standard higher than "it does ride". The electrics, if factory-made and intact, will be the least-affected parts.

I'm looking to buy an ebike for my partner, and have been researching how best to store them to protect them from the weather. We live in a south-facing house in a New Zealand city notorious for its southerly storms and icy horizontal rain. There is no shelter at all on the outside of the house, and there's very little space to store a bike on the inside. The current (pedal) bikes we have are both stored outside. The advice I see online for storing ebikes seems to be some combination of old, somewhat contradictory (geared towards different levels on the hobbyist - true-believer-enthusiast scale) and geared towards places with deep freezing winters, which we don't have here. My question is twofold: **Are there makes of Electrical Bike out there that can stand up to being out in the elements for extended periods of time?** **If not, how much rain abuse can a typical ebike get away with before it starts to get damaged?**

2019/11/01

It would depend on the bike itself. The electronics on a high end e-mountain bike are pretty much waterproof, and the bike itself is susceptible to the same issues as any bike from rain etc. Regardless, any bike will have its life and service intervals shorten by being left in the rain. I'd suggest a small shed to store the bike in or at least covering it with a tarp would help a lot. but ultimately no, e-bikes cant be left in the weather with no adverse affects like you could with a car.

I assume that that's Wellington and not Invercargill :-). I an electrical design engineer, not a cyclist, and accustomed to motorcycling survival in NZ in decades past. Most of the advice given by others is OK - ignore outliers in either direction. Charging LiIon at below freezing is usually a bad idea. It depends somewhat on battery model and brand, but only somewhat. Above freezing is generally OK. It would be relatively easy to make a "shedlet" that removed most of the weather effects. eg a lean to sheet of ply (roadside surplus) forming a triangle against a wall with whatever paint it took to make it look half decent and last a few years. Fasten at top so it doesn't blow away or bang in the wind. This removes direct rain impact and wind speed reduction 'can't hurt'. Covers made from ex billboard tarps are cheap and utterly waterproof but more annoying to use and to keep in place than a sheet of wood. PVC tarp tacked behind a layer of roadside-found pallet pieces would be waterproof and more robust. You'd hope that electronics and battery packs would have a reasonable degree of weather sealing, such as would be reasonable for equipment liable to be used in typical bicycling environments. That hope may not be matched by practice in some cases. While you could add adequate sealing if a manufacturer has not done so, the need to do so suggests a general lack of design adequacy or care. The suitably competent can turn sow's ears into something somewhat resembling silk purses - but the effort is usually not worthwhile. I'd expect battery packs to be able to withstand a 'hosing down' at low pressure. Electronics should have boards conformally coated and/or sealed to withstand water jet washing levels of pressure. Claims of IP66 sealing, if valid, indicate adequate sealing. Overall, if it did not fall apart from the weather effects of day to day use then I'd expect a modest shed of the type mentioned above would be all that was needed. If you are in Invercargill cold is liable to be a problem when winter battery charging.

I'm looking to buy an ebike for my partner, and have been researching how best to store them to protect them from the weather. We live in a south-facing house in a New Zealand city notorious for its southerly storms and icy horizontal rain. There is no shelter at all on the outside of the house, and there's very little space to store a bike on the inside. The current (pedal) bikes we have are both stored outside. The advice I see online for storing ebikes seems to be some combination of old, somewhat contradictory (geared towards different levels on the hobbyist - true-believer-enthusiast scale) and geared towards places with deep freezing winters, which we don't have here. My question is twofold: **Are there makes of Electrical Bike out there that can stand up to being out in the elements for extended periods of time?** **If not, how much rain abuse can a typical ebike get away with before it starts to get damaged?**

2019/11/01

It would depend on the bike itself. The electronics on a high end e-mountain bike are pretty much waterproof, and the bike itself is susceptible to the same issues as any bike from rain etc. Regardless, any bike will have its life and service intervals shorten by being left in the rain. I'd suggest a small shed to store the bike in or at least covering it with a tarp would help a lot. but ultimately no, e-bikes cant be left in the weather with no adverse affects like you could with a car.

What about a folding electric bike so you an keep it inside? They have small wheels so are not as good on rough ground, but can be seen daily on London's roads. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FUIiR.jpg) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/N1oMN.jpg) There are many makes, and also 3rd party conversion kits, the images are of a [Brompton](https://www.brompton.com/brompton-gbr/uk-store/bikes/e-bike-h6l-bolt-blue-lacquer-6-speed/c-24/c-77/p-8821).

I want the new uploaded pictures to be sent (notification) to me (admin) for review and approval just to be sure they are in line with the terms and conditions of the webpage. Naked or semi-naked pictures are strictly forbidden. How can I achieve this?

2016/04/18

I suggest you try to use a combination of 2 approaches, as further detailed below. Approach 1 - Prior approval required ==================================== If you'd use the the [Profile 2](https://drupal.org/project/profile2) module, then the [Profile 2 Moderation](https://www.drupal.org/project/profile2_moderation) module, which depends on the [Profile 2](https://drupal.org/project/profile2) module, enables moderation on user profiles. Here is a (self explaining?) screenprint from its project page. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XN4Gm.png) Be aware however that, as mentioned on the project page, it requires a [Profile revisions patch](https://drupal.org/files/profile2-revisions-1043128-55.patch). Approach 2 - After the facts ============================ Use the [Rules](https://www.drupal.org/project/rules) module to be informed about all sorts of updates that you're interested in, similar to what's detailed in my answer to "[How to send an eMail notification when a specific field of a node or user has been changed?](https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/189863/how-to-send-an-email-notification-when-a-specific-field-of-a-node-or-user-has-be/189870#189870)". With this approach, and as per all the great things you can do with this module, your options are virtually unlimited. This approach also allows you to implement this type of moderation using a granular approach: start small, maybe only using a few custom rules, and keep refining them and continue adding new ones. Not to forget all the available integrations with tons of other modules, of which the [Flag](https://www.drupal.org/project/flag) module is probably your very first priority to also add that module for what you're trying to implement. Just a basic usecase about this: * Use [Rules](https://www.drupal.org/project/rules) to *flag* any user for which some profile update happened. * Use [Views](https://www.drupal.org/project/views) to build a list of such flagged users. If you'd only implement these 2 bullets of this approach (a matter of minutes, say an hour at max), you'd already have a Version 1.0 of your **User Profile Moderation Dashboard** (call it your *MVP* if you prefer ...). If you're not familiar with [Rules](https://www.drupal.org/project/rules), checkout the video tutorials [Learn the Rules framework](http://drupal.placeto.be/tutorial/learn-the-rules-framework). And/or the similar [set of 8 video tutorials](http://drupal.placeto.be/tutorial/learn-flag) about the [Flag](https://www.drupal.org/project/flag) module.

[avatar approval](https://www.drupal.org/project/avatarapproval) this module worked great for me.

How can I add GML files to a GeoServer 2.2.2 instance? How can I edit them "on the fly" and save the results back to the server using OpenLayers? I'm adding a vector layer. in which we want to use gml. we want to add feature like point ,line etc. to gml. when we do editing on line that features will be saved on this layer. i want to insert that feature using openlayers on line like in wfs layer we do using transanction. similar type i want to do using gml ....

2013/03/05

As noted in the comments, XML (and thus GML) is not best used to store data, you would be far better using a spatial database to store your data. Let's assume you have your data in such a spatial database, and have connected to this data source using GeoServer. If you set up a Web Map Service (WMS), then one of the output formats for the GetFeatureInfo requests is GML. Similarly you can set up a simple feature Web Feature Service (WFS), that provides GML as the (or one of the ~ depending on WFS version used) output formats. That's all standard functionality without the need to install any extension. If you want to output a complex feature WFS (to conform to a particular [application schema](http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/data/app-schema/) of GML), then there is also the `app schema' extension; but again the data itself is stored in a database. WMS and WFS services are able to be consumed by an OpenLayers client application.

There is a gml extension to geoserver which allows you to load gml files. [This manual](http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/data/vector/gml.html) explains how to do it, however it states that it is currently not supported in geoserver. Well, I think you can try it anyway. As for editing the data: as soon as you are able to publish your data as WFS, you should be able to edit it as WFS-T with OpenLayers, just as e.g. shape files.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

AFK is an acronym for "away from keyboard". It's commonly used in multiplayer games and chat rooms to let other players know that you will be unavailable for a short time (away from keyboard), or to quickly explain an idle period.

Well, I'm ***a***​way ***f***​rom my ***k***​eyboard right now. I'll tell you when I get back.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

AFK is an acronym for "away from keyboard". It's commonly used in multiplayer games and chat rooms to let other players know that you will be unavailable for a short time (away from keyboard), or to quickly explain an idle period.

AFK simply means **A**way **F**rom **K**eyboard. It's commonly used in chatrooms and online games and it basically means that you won't be available (Not at the keyboard = Not in front of your computer). Just in case you're wondering what RE or WB means: You'll see these two abbreviations quite often in onlinegames together with AFK. **Re** which basically means **Re**turned and WB which stands for **W**elcome **B**ack.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

AFK is an acronym for "away from keyboard". It's commonly used in multiplayer games and chat rooms to let other players know that you will be unavailable for a short time (away from keyboard), or to quickly explain an idle period.

AFK is used (as you correctly assumed) online. Like many other used words online (like *lol* and *gtg* etc.) AFK is a abbreviation, specifically for ***A*** way ***F*** rom ***K*** eyboard.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

AFK is an acronym for "away from keyboard". It's commonly used in multiplayer games and chat rooms to let other players know that you will be unavailable for a short time (away from keyboard), or to quickly explain an idle period.

AFK is an acronym for Away From Keyboard. Say, you have to go for a break, then you write AFK in your private/public chatroom. Used in mobile texting and instant messaging as well.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

Well, I'm ***a***​way ***f***​rom my ***k***​eyboard right now. I'll tell you when I get back.

AFK is used (as you correctly assumed) online. Like many other used words online (like *lol* and *gtg* etc.) AFK is a abbreviation, specifically for ***A*** way ***F*** rom ***K*** eyboard.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

Well, I'm ***a***​way ***f***​rom my ***k***​eyboard right now. I'll tell you when I get back.

AFK is an acronym for Away From Keyboard. Say, you have to go for a break, then you write AFK in your private/public chatroom. Used in mobile texting and instant messaging as well.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

AFK simply means **A**way **F**rom **K**eyboard. It's commonly used in chatrooms and online games and it basically means that you won't be available (Not at the keyboard = Not in front of your computer). Just in case you're wondering what RE or WB means: You'll see these two abbreviations quite often in onlinegames together with AFK. **Re** which basically means **Re**turned and WB which stands for **W**elcome **B**ack.

AFK is used (as you correctly assumed) online. Like many other used words online (like *lol* and *gtg* etc.) AFK is a abbreviation, specifically for ***A*** way ***F*** rom ***K*** eyboard.

I have heard my friend talk about being AFK on a Minecraft server, but I have not heard it being used in single player so I assume it refers to online gaming but i don't know what it means and what it stands for.

2014/10/27

AFK simply means **A**way **F**rom **K**eyboard. It's commonly used in chatrooms and online games and it basically means that you won't be available (Not at the keyboard = Not in front of your computer). Just in case you're wondering what RE or WB means: You'll see these two abbreviations quite often in onlinegames together with AFK. **Re** which basically means **Re**turned and WB which stands for **W**elcome **B**ack.

AFK is an acronym for Away From Keyboard. Say, you have to go for a break, then you write AFK in your private/public chatroom. Used in mobile texting and instant messaging as well.

octoprint seems to have a setting that involves googles DNS server. my question is is that server used to access octoprint over the internet via printoid "android app" or via browser? if not then what does it mean? [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MWTnq.jpg)

2017/11/06

The program is pinging that address to check the internet connection to "prevent resource intensive operations if it's already clear that they won't succeed anyhow". It checks for connectivity, if it has it then it will check for update otherwise it won't check for an update.

That's just Google's DNS (name resolution) server. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 are the Google values. Your ISP will also have a DNS server that you could use, which is what it says to use Google's "if you don't know what to set here". Using the Google values are your best bet since they'll pretty much absolutely always be online and available.

How do I disable the Ubuntu server firewall running inside an amazon instance, though, without using ssh. I am not able to access via ssh because of the timeout error, I think it has a firewall on the server blocking but I can not disable it precisely because it can not access. I need to somehow disable it, directly from the Amazon web console. How do I do? I already configured the security group in several ways, so I finally left it, with all the ports open for testing. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkNqG.jpg) My route table is: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MRevT.jpg) My ACLs is: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V8hNn.jpg) My instance settings: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9LyiH.jpg) Already tried to connect like this using openssh: ssh -i "c: \ key \ owlcom.pem" ubuntu@ec2-54-149-193-61.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com and so ssh -i "C: \ key \ owlcom.pem" X.X.X.X <- elastic ip and so ssh -i "C: \ key \ owlcom.pem" ubuntu@x.x.x.x none of them works on any of my computers using openssh or putty., setting the putty correctly with the key.ppk

2017/10/30

NOTE: You will have to have access to the AWS dashboard in order to follow this procedure: 1. In your AWS Dashboard, please go to Services > Compute > EC2 so you can see all your EC2 instances (make sure you are in the correct region). 2. Once in the EC2 dashboard, go to the "Instances" tab. Once there, locate the instance in which you want to disable the firewall. Click in it and you should be able to see a summary of the instance in the lower part of the website. After that, go to the Security Group section and click on "view inbound rules". There you will be able to see all the open ports your instance has. 3. To modify such ports, you actually need to modify the Security Group rules your instance is attached to. To do so, click in the security group name in the panel where the "view inbound rules" was. It should take you to another page where you will be able to edit all the firewall rules. I hope this helps! Cheers!

It probably isn't an Ubuntu firewall issue. It is likely that it is a security group configuration problem. AWS by defaults limits the access to your instance quite heavily but to enable it you will need to add your ip address a security group used by your instance. To do this (Assuming you are using IPv4): To add a rule to a security group for inbound SSH traffic over IPv4 using the console 1. In the navigation pane of the Amazon EC2 console, choose Instances. Select your instance and look at the Description tab; Security groups lists the security groups that are associated with the instance. Choose view rules to display a list of the rules that are in effect for the instance. 2. In the navigation pane, choose Security Groups. Select one of the security groups associated with your instance. 3. In the details pane, on the Inbound tab, choose Edit. In the dialog, choose Add Rule, and then choose SSH from the Type list. 4. In the Source field, choose My IP to automatically populate the field with the public IPv4 address of your local computer. Alternatively, choose Custom and specify the public IPv4 address of your computer or network in CIDR notation. For example, if your IPv4 address is 203.0.113.25, specify 203.0.113.25/32 to list this single IPv4 address in CIDR notation. If your company allocates addresses from a range, specify the entire range, such as 203.0.113.0/24. 5. In the Source field, choose My IP to automatically populate the field with the public IPv4 address of your local computer. Alternatively, choose Custom and specify the public IPv4 address of your computer or network in CIDR notation. For example, if your IPv4 address is 203.0.113.25, specify 203.0.113.25/32 to list this single IPv4 address in CIDR notation. If your company allocates addresses from a range, specify the entire range, such as 203.0.113.0/24. 6. Choose Save. SOURCE: [Amazon Web Services Docs](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/authorizing-access-to-an-instance.html)

I am using rsync on a linux system to synchronize a directory between the local disk and an attached USB drive. The problem I am experiencing is that the 3rd party system that creates the backup daily on the server actually changes the name of a directory nested deep in the backup. This directory has the majority of the data required in the backup. When rsync looks at the directory, it sees that the name has changed and considers it to be a totally new directory. So my rsync copy on the USB drive has a new directory for every day that it runs. I have written scripts that will actually change the directory name back, but it is a cumbersome way to do it! I am looking for an "elegant" way to deal with this. Is it possible to create a link to the directory that remains constant? Can rsync be configured to detect that the directory is the same even though the name is changed? I am sure someone has had to deal with this before!

2009/07/08

You may be able to use the rsync options *--compare-dest=DIR*, *--copy-dest=DIR*, or *--link-dest=DIR*. They allow you to specify an additional directory on the receiving end to look in for missing files. Using --link-dest for example, rsync would create the new version of the directory containing new copies of files that had changed, or else hard-linked copies of files that hadn't. To use any of these options, you'd have to know the name of the directory on the usb drive from the previous rsync run, so you'll probably want to wrap rsync in a script which figures out the correct directory name first. You may want to also use --delete-after to delete the old versions of the directory after creating the new version.

Rsync alone can't do what you want, because the only metadata rsync has available is the directory name and MACtimes. The only way to handle it automatically inside of rsync would be for rsync to somehow have more metadata. Microsoft's DFS replication on Windows, for example, handles this by using the unique ID assigned to files in an NTFS volume to catch when a file (or directory) name changes. Your inelegant script is probably the easiest way to do what you want w/o dumping rsync and looking for another tool. Using a symbolic link isn't going to work because the junction point is tied to the name of the destination directory (and the destination directory name would be changing, in this case). You could use a hardlink (which is tied to the inode), but you need to be sure that the directory name is changing rather than just being delete and re-created (which would assign it a different inode).

I'm looking for a lightweight, pure Java physics engine to do some simulations for robotic motion control. My requirements: * Rigid body physics * Joint constraints and forces * Convex object collision detection * Lightweight, pure Java so it can be embedded in my application * Ability to run simulations quickly * Handles 50-100 objects comfortably * Open source Rather than reinventing the wheel, can you recommend any existing libraries that would fit the bill? p.s. I have Googled already - I'm just keen to get honest opinions from people who have already used or implemented such things!

2010/09/13

I have used JBullet and JBox2D. They both are good libraries. JBox2D is more actively being changed, but JBullet has slightly larger base. Just for fun, I was trying to simulate an old physics problem recently, for which I posted the results [here](http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2010/07/an-old-physics-problem/).

I would also use JBullet, though its been a couple of years since I last worked with it.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

There are so many answers already, but I thought I'd chuck my hat into the ring! Firstly, some information on the background of the film. It was created due to [this posting](https://web.archive.org/web/20150319234549/http://badassdigest.com/2012/06/07/the-true-story-behind-safety-not-guaranteeds-time-travel-ad/) in the classified section of the Backwoods Home Magazine. So as it was posted here, it was *always* going to be used verbatim in the movie. That might mean nothing, but it's worth bearing in mind throughout the whole process of answering the question. The inclusion of the line wasn't really up to the director so much as it was staying true to the real story. The second thing to discuss is *did he ever really time travel?* This should be obvious to anyone who watched and paid attention to the movie, but in case it's not, [this](http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/06/interview-safety-not-guaranteed-director-colin-trevorrow/page/2) is from an interview with the director: > > **Throughout the movie, the relationships between the characters are the > central focus, rather than the actual time machine itself. I noticed > that the machine was so hidden you only get glimpses of it. Was that a > conscious choice to have the device in the background for most of the > movie?** > > > Yeah. It really isn’t a movie about the time machine. And yes, > you do see a part of it very briefly in the middle, but it could be > anything. We all wanted to maintain the tension in the movie by really > bouncing you back and forth as to whether you believe that there’s > really a time machine or not at all. Whether it works or not is > another question, but I fell like if there’s a ping-pong thing going > on, if you believe it or you don’t, the paddles get closer and closer > and by the end you’re like, “Is it?” Then you get the answer to that > thing. > > > To me, the movie ends when Darius chooses to walk across the plank. I > think what happens after that is obviously a lot of fun. And > emotionally and narratively, the movie is over to a certain extent > after that scene, except for the fact that we don't get the answer to, > "Is this person crazy or not?" or "Is she getting off the boat with > the right person?" [Laughs.] That’s one of the reasons I think the > film could be a little too ambiguous to be satisfying. > > > **The way it ends could arguably be unexpected. The whole time you're > asking yourself, "Is this real?" or "Is this just going to end up as > some lesson?"** > > > Rock and roll. [Laughs.] I did one shot that would allow > us to change that outcome because the time machine was always in it > and that was always there, so it was just a matter of what happens > after he hits that button. It’s a series of making five shots there > that are different. In allowing that from technical stand points, from > having it being shot with a big, wide camera, we still could play with > it and do whatever we needed to do. It left that possibility there. > > > First of all, when I first brought the possibility up while we were > shooting, people were joking and the alternative ending was > preposterous at the time. But then you don’t really know what it's > gonna be like until you see the movie through. So when we were > actually able to see the way the film played out, I felt like that > ending was gonna work. > > > I love a certain kind of film, and because of that I almost felt a > responsibility for it to end the way it did. It became very clear at a > certain point where I just couldn’t do it any other way. It had to be > this way. If not, why did we sit through this hour and a half? > > > So I'm aware this is all just background to your real question, but I think it's important to give context to the film. Now your real question: *Had Kenneth ever successfully time travelled before?* The answer is that it's left **ambiguous and totally up to the viewer to speculate**. However, speculate many viewers have. [Here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/board/nest/205652370?p=3) is a fantastic thread over at IMDB completely devoted to it. There are a few arguments in favour of either outcome. The usual argument *against* him having time travelled before is that he doesn't know he's saved Brenda - so how could he have done it in the past. However, other arguments counter this by saying his act of saving her didn't necessarily mean he *knew* her. My views are actually rather brilliantly identical to a poster on the IMDB thread, so I'm quite happily going to quote from his text: > > He has travelled before.... Follow me... > > > I can only speculate that the truth behind Kenneth and Belinda's > relationship is really a blend of both their accounts. It's easy to > see how a socially awkward man such as Kenneth could build up a > friendship to be more than it really was. Conversely it would be easy > to see how Belinda may have been more than friends with Kenneth only > to have her perception of him change. Therefore... > > > 2001- a. He and Belinda are together, she is killed. (His given > account) HER ORIGINAL FATE.... A car struck the house she was in. > > > *Intervention* Future version steps in. She is NOT killed. > > > b. He and Belinda are just friends, he is crazy. (Her given account) > HER MODIFIED FATE.... His car struck the house she was in. > > > 2012- He travels back, 1st attmept. He "knows" 2001 "A" to be true. > Living with grief and on the run, he develpos a time machine to fix > the past... > > > These efforts cause the events of 2001 "B". However he returns to > 2012 unaware that his attempt at saving Belinda was successful and he > continues to live as if 2001 "A" was still in effect. > > > 2012- He places the ad and recruits Darius. The film plays out just as > we see with her ultimately informing him that Belinda is still alive. > > > Let me edit this to say that I believe he was responsible for > Belinda's death in 2001 "A" and is striving to fix that. The account > of events he gives Darius is only a half truth in that he leaves out > his responsibility. > > > However, it's important to stress that the answer is entirely up to the viewer - exactly as the film makers wanted it to be. Remember, in this film time travel as a sci fi medium is much smaller element than time travel as an emotional one - the idea of rectifying past mistakes. My advice would be to watch the movie and decide which storyline fits your interpretation of the movie best. There are good arguments on either side, but from my point of view, I like the version of events I posted.

I was thinking that the original person who ran into Belinda's house could have been her boyfriend. He could have gotten drunk or something and started driving over to her house and accidentally crashed his car into her house, killing her. Then Kenneth went back in time and crashed his car into her boyfriend's house on the day he was supposed to originally kill Belinda, which ended up changing the events following that so that her boyfriend never got drunk that day.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

I think, ultimately, the movie makes the "Life of Pi" claim, which is that here are these events, and there's really no objective way to determine what explains those events. There's what we tell ourselves is the more rational explanation, that he did indeed crash his car into the house, it gave him mild brain damage causing him to view that traumatic moment the way he does now, and is therefore driven by this insane fantasy to prevent it, and there is the more fantastical explanation, that he did indeed time travel, and we should believe him. We can't know, as the audience, which is true. So then you have to ask yourself: Which is the better story? After all, the lives we live are just individual stories within the grand narrative of the universe, and every choice we make is ultimately commensurate with: What story do i want to tell? You can pick the more rational, scientific, albeit more cynical approach, and then this movie is ultimately about how a man copes with a traumatic incident in his life, by concocting this time travel nonsense, and seduces a young girl into accompanying him. Or you can choose to believe the protagonist, and the story he is telling, and you come away with, in my mind, a far more rewarding tale.

The ending goes beyond whether or not they LITERALLY time traveled. It's not about going back to change what they've done (running into Belinda's home, "causing" mom to get killed), but about going back to that place and that time that Kennith explains to Darius in the car after stealing the laser. "I have only done this once before" could simply mean being in that place once before, and when they go back in time in the final scene, it's a very science-fiction way of symbolizing that they found time travel in each other. Kennith feels how he did when he (thought he was) in a relationship with Belinda, and Darius is legitimately happy for the first time since her mom died.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

He did time travel before to save Belinda but for whatever reason believed his attempt had failed. He so immediately believed that he had failed that when he returned he did not even bother to see if she was alive. His first attempt at saving her likely did not work how he planned it in him expecting his actions to have a direct and immediate effect on saving her (example: he runs drunk driver off the road before it hits her, she lives). But his actions in running the car into her house did save her in an indirect way aka the butterfly effect (example he runs the car into the house accidentally somehow, this causes her to change plans for the day, she doesn't get killed by a drunk driver later on). This is why he is shocked by the news she is alive but did save her. This may cause some people to ask wouldn't there be a note of in the box if he had thought he failed? There are a couple possible reasons for that but the most likely is that there was a note in the box he just already took it out and read it before he showed it to Darius. When Darius and Kenneth later check the box it's to see if the 2ND mission had gone well. Which it had since there is no note. After Darius tells him she's alive he still wants to go back because he wants to save her mom and he loves Darius now. He tells her this in so many words right before they finally time travel together at the end.

I think he did time travel to save Belinda and was successful. Perhaps he intentionally crashed his car into Belinda's boyfriend's house sometime before the actual accident that would kill her. By already having crashed into the house, he somehow prevented the future event where the drunk band member would have crashed into the house; thus having saved her. And maybe, in his mind, crashing into the house was the best way to alter future events without having to explain the details to Belinda or anyone.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

I think he did time travel to save Belinda and was successful. Perhaps he intentionally crashed his car into Belinda's boyfriend's house sometime before the actual accident that would kill her. By already having crashed into the house, he somehow prevented the future event where the drunk band member would have crashed into the house; thus having saved her. And maybe, in his mind, crashing into the house was the best way to alter future events without having to explain the details to Belinda or anyone.

I think I would go along with those who say that this is such a wonderful movie about making the most of life and opportunities when we can that we probably should not analyse the time travel element too much. If the credits had rolled at the point that Darius grabs Kenneth's hand it would all make just as much sense. That we get to see what happened next is unexpected, and outrageous, but in a magical realist way, and exhilarating. We might be conditioned to expect an "well, there was no time machine, but they all learned something, resolution" but to get the journey and the time machine too is beyond satisfying. The core scene of the move to me is when Darius and Kenneth discuss "Over the Rainbow" and Kenneth talks about getting back to a place where you were happy. And for "place where" you could say "place when". Was it fortuitous that Kenneth's car is the same shade of yellow as The Yellow Brick Road? Longing for what is gone, cherishing what you have and what happens between the dangerous ages of 20 and 40 seem to be the major themes. Safety not guaranteed, indeed.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

I think he did time travel to save Belinda and was successful. Perhaps he intentionally crashed his car into Belinda's boyfriend's house sometime before the actual accident that would kill her. By already having crashed into the house, he somehow prevented the future event where the drunk band member would have crashed into the house; thus having saved her. And maybe, in his mind, crashing into the house was the best way to alter future events without having to explain the details to Belinda or anyone.

Maybe the line "I have only done this once before" isn't about the actual act of time travel. What if he is referring to his life? 'I have only LIVED this once before'. His want for a second chance makes sense if he has only ever done it once before..

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

I think, ultimately, the movie makes the "Life of Pi" claim, which is that here are these events, and there's really no objective way to determine what explains those events. There's what we tell ourselves is the more rational explanation, that he did indeed crash his car into the house, it gave him mild brain damage causing him to view that traumatic moment the way he does now, and is therefore driven by this insane fantasy to prevent it, and there is the more fantastical explanation, that he did indeed time travel, and we should believe him. We can't know, as the audience, which is true. So then you have to ask yourself: Which is the better story? After all, the lives we live are just individual stories within the grand narrative of the universe, and every choice we make is ultimately commensurate with: What story do i want to tell? You can pick the more rational, scientific, albeit more cynical approach, and then this movie is ultimately about how a man copes with a traumatic incident in his life, by concocting this time travel nonsense, and seduces a young girl into accompanying him. Or you can choose to believe the protagonist, and the story he is telling, and you come away with, in my mind, a far more rewarding tale.

I think I would go along with those who say that this is such a wonderful movie about making the most of life and opportunities when we can that we probably should not analyse the time travel element too much. If the credits had rolled at the point that Darius grabs Kenneth's hand it would all make just as much sense. That we get to see what happened next is unexpected, and outrageous, but in a magical realist way, and exhilarating. We might be conditioned to expect an "well, there was no time machine, but they all learned something, resolution" but to get the journey and the time machine too is beyond satisfying. The core scene of the move to me is when Darius and Kenneth discuss "Over the Rainbow" and Kenneth talks about getting back to a place where you were happy. And for "place where" you could say "place when". Was it fortuitous that Kenneth's car is the same shade of yellow as The Yellow Brick Road? Longing for what is gone, cherishing what you have and what happens between the dangerous ages of 20 and 40 seem to be the major themes. Safety not guaranteed, indeed.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

I think, ultimately, the movie makes the "Life of Pi" claim, which is that here are these events, and there's really no objective way to determine what explains those events. There's what we tell ourselves is the more rational explanation, that he did indeed crash his car into the house, it gave him mild brain damage causing him to view that traumatic moment the way he does now, and is therefore driven by this insane fantasy to prevent it, and there is the more fantastical explanation, that he did indeed time travel, and we should believe him. We can't know, as the audience, which is true. So then you have to ask yourself: Which is the better story? After all, the lives we live are just individual stories within the grand narrative of the universe, and every choice we make is ultimately commensurate with: What story do i want to tell? You can pick the more rational, scientific, albeit more cynical approach, and then this movie is ultimately about how a man copes with a traumatic incident in his life, by concocting this time travel nonsense, and seduces a young girl into accompanying him. Or you can choose to believe the protagonist, and the story he is telling, and you come away with, in my mind, a far more rewarding tale.

I now believe that he never did the first time travel as stated in the newspaper. As he seems entirely unaware of what to expect for going into the past; as he says things like "safety not guaranteed" and "bring your own weapons", plus all the martial arts training he thought he needed to learn. Also no information about his supposed first travel was ever mentioned or even alluded to ever ACTUALLY happening outside of the newspaper article, plus he seemed to be building the time machine for the first time. And he just wanted a friend because he was afraid. So the real reason that he put the post in the news paper is because he wanted to go back in time (for the first time, despite the lie in the newspaper article) to see if he can change the fact that he crashed into Belinda's house, and maybe if he does change this, he can still win over Belinda. Because; to Belinda, the crash seemed to be the final deciding point that Belinda didn't want to see him any more. we know this because she mentions that "the accident" changed everything with her friendship with Kenneth. Kenneth possibly lied to Darius about a drunk driver killing Belinda because he was ashamed that he got drunk and jealous about the boyfriend and crashed into Belinda's boyfriend's house himself, which lead to Belinda never wanting to see him again. AND one interesting thing which no one has mentioned is that at the very end, Darius says "i'm sorry, but everything is true except for the story". I believe the specific words "the story" refer to the magazine story about Kenneth. And that she was actually doing everything with Kenneth to actually save her mother, who really did die. That way, it makes sense when Kenneth says "this time i'm going back for you". meaning this time he is going back to save Darius' mother, because he realised that he didn't love Belinda any more, he actually loved Darius. It also makes sense when she lied to the other intern about what she told Kenneth she wanted to go back in time for. She lied and said her parents got divorced because it was too personal to tell him the truth. So, to make sense of the clip at the end where he talks about needing a partner to go back in time with (as is filmed earlier in the movie by Darius), it was partly in reference to meaning that he needed somebody to stand by his side as he goes into the past for the first time, giving more evidence to the fact that he never time traveled in the first place. I think it's also a kinda nice way to say he needs someone throughout life when "i am doubting myself and when the heat gets hot, has my" back as he puts it, which further shows the fact that he can be a lonely person which is why he might have been so keen on Belinda in the first place, but now he has found Darius. Also, because the time machine did work. And the box was empty, that means everything went well on their mission. P.S Quotes may not be exact. But the meaning of what was said at the time is accurate.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

There are so many answers already, but I thought I'd chuck my hat into the ring! Firstly, some information on the background of the film. It was created due to [this posting](https://web.archive.org/web/20150319234549/http://badassdigest.com/2012/06/07/the-true-story-behind-safety-not-guaranteeds-time-travel-ad/) in the classified section of the Backwoods Home Magazine. So as it was posted here, it was *always* going to be used verbatim in the movie. That might mean nothing, but it's worth bearing in mind throughout the whole process of answering the question. The inclusion of the line wasn't really up to the director so much as it was staying true to the real story. The second thing to discuss is *did he ever really time travel?* This should be obvious to anyone who watched and paid attention to the movie, but in case it's not, [this](http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/06/interview-safety-not-guaranteed-director-colin-trevorrow/page/2) is from an interview with the director: > > **Throughout the movie, the relationships between the characters are the > central focus, rather than the actual time machine itself. I noticed > that the machine was so hidden you only get glimpses of it. Was that a > conscious choice to have the device in the background for most of the > movie?** > > > Yeah. It really isn’t a movie about the time machine. And yes, > you do see a part of it very briefly in the middle, but it could be > anything. We all wanted to maintain the tension in the movie by really > bouncing you back and forth as to whether you believe that there’s > really a time machine or not at all. Whether it works or not is > another question, but I fell like if there’s a ping-pong thing going > on, if you believe it or you don’t, the paddles get closer and closer > and by the end you’re like, “Is it?” Then you get the answer to that > thing. > > > To me, the movie ends when Darius chooses to walk across the plank. I > think what happens after that is obviously a lot of fun. And > emotionally and narratively, the movie is over to a certain extent > after that scene, except for the fact that we don't get the answer to, > "Is this person crazy or not?" or "Is she getting off the boat with > the right person?" [Laughs.] That’s one of the reasons I think the > film could be a little too ambiguous to be satisfying. > > > **The way it ends could arguably be unexpected. The whole time you're > asking yourself, "Is this real?" or "Is this just going to end up as > some lesson?"** > > > Rock and roll. [Laughs.] I did one shot that would allow > us to change that outcome because the time machine was always in it > and that was always there, so it was just a matter of what happens > after he hits that button. It’s a series of making five shots there > that are different. In allowing that from technical stand points, from > having it being shot with a big, wide camera, we still could play with > it and do whatever we needed to do. It left that possibility there. > > > First of all, when I first brought the possibility up while we were > shooting, people were joking and the alternative ending was > preposterous at the time. But then you don’t really know what it's > gonna be like until you see the movie through. So when we were > actually able to see the way the film played out, I felt like that > ending was gonna work. > > > I love a certain kind of film, and because of that I almost felt a > responsibility for it to end the way it did. It became very clear at a > certain point where I just couldn’t do it any other way. It had to be > this way. If not, why did we sit through this hour and a half? > > > So I'm aware this is all just background to your real question, but I think it's important to give context to the film. Now your real question: *Had Kenneth ever successfully time travelled before?* The answer is that it's left **ambiguous and totally up to the viewer to speculate**. However, speculate many viewers have. [Here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/board/nest/205652370?p=3) is a fantastic thread over at IMDB completely devoted to it. There are a few arguments in favour of either outcome. The usual argument *against* him having time travelled before is that he doesn't know he's saved Brenda - so how could he have done it in the past. However, other arguments counter this by saying his act of saving her didn't necessarily mean he *knew* her. My views are actually rather brilliantly identical to a poster on the IMDB thread, so I'm quite happily going to quote from his text: > > He has travelled before.... Follow me... > > > I can only speculate that the truth behind Kenneth and Belinda's > relationship is really a blend of both their accounts. It's easy to > see how a socially awkward man such as Kenneth could build up a > friendship to be more than it really was. Conversely it would be easy > to see how Belinda may have been more than friends with Kenneth only > to have her perception of him change. Therefore... > > > 2001- a. He and Belinda are together, she is killed. (His given > account) HER ORIGINAL FATE.... A car struck the house she was in. > > > *Intervention* Future version steps in. She is NOT killed. > > > b. He and Belinda are just friends, he is crazy. (Her given account) > HER MODIFIED FATE.... His car struck the house she was in. > > > 2012- He travels back, 1st attmept. He "knows" 2001 "A" to be true. > Living with grief and on the run, he develpos a time machine to fix > the past... > > > These efforts cause the events of 2001 "B". However he returns to > 2012 unaware that his attempt at saving Belinda was successful and he > continues to live as if 2001 "A" was still in effect. > > > 2012- He places the ad and recruits Darius. The film plays out just as > we see with her ultimately informing him that Belinda is still alive. > > > Let me edit this to say that I believe he was responsible for > Belinda's death in 2001 "A" and is striving to fix that. The account > of events he gives Darius is only a half truth in that he leaves out > his responsibility. > > > However, it's important to stress that the answer is entirely up to the viewer - exactly as the film makers wanted it to be. Remember, in this film time travel as a sci fi medium is much smaller element than time travel as an emotional one - the idea of rectifying past mistakes. My advice would be to watch the movie and decide which storyline fits your interpretation of the movie best. There are good arguments on either side, but from my point of view, I like the version of events I posted.

Maybe the line "I have only done this once before" isn't about the actual act of time travel. What if he is referring to his life? 'I have only LIVED this once before'. His want for a second chance makes sense if he has only ever done it once before..

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

Of course he time traveled. He went back once before, saved his ex girlfriend by crashing his car into her house. He must've run the original deadly car off the road before crashing into her house. He wanted to return again so he could prevent himself from crashing into her house in the hopes of getting her back but then he met Darius and he changed his mission to save her mother. Which is where they went in the end. Great movie!

I think he did time travel to save Belinda and was successful. Perhaps he intentionally crashed his car into Belinda's boyfriend's house sometime before the actual accident that would kill her. By already having crashed into the house, he somehow prevented the future event where the drunk band member would have crashed into the house; thus having saved her. And maybe, in his mind, crashing into the house was the best way to alter future events without having to explain the details to Belinda or anyone.

In the movie [Safety Not Guaranteed](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed), Kenneth's ad was (emphasis mine): > > "Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. **I have only done this once before.** Safety not guaranteed." > > > Was there any indication or hint in the movie that Kenneth was able to time-travel (before he meets Darius and her colleagues)? Is there any indication or hint in the movie that it was indeed a time-traveling Kenneth who crashed his car into Belinda's then-boyfriend's house (proving Kenneth's claim that if Belinda is alive, then his time traveling worked)? What about any other hint that Kenneth was able to time-travel (in his attempt with Darius)?

2012/10/30

There are so many answers already, but I thought I'd chuck my hat into the ring! Firstly, some information on the background of the film. It was created due to [this posting](https://web.archive.org/web/20150319234549/http://badassdigest.com/2012/06/07/the-true-story-behind-safety-not-guaranteeds-time-travel-ad/) in the classified section of the Backwoods Home Magazine. So as it was posted here, it was *always* going to be used verbatim in the movie. That might mean nothing, but it's worth bearing in mind throughout the whole process of answering the question. The inclusion of the line wasn't really up to the director so much as it was staying true to the real story. The second thing to discuss is *did he ever really time travel?* This should be obvious to anyone who watched and paid attention to the movie, but in case it's not, [this](http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/06/interview-safety-not-guaranteed-director-colin-trevorrow/page/2) is from an interview with the director: > > **Throughout the movie, the relationships between the characters are the > central focus, rather than the actual time machine itself. I noticed > that the machine was so hidden you only get glimpses of it. Was that a > conscious choice to have the device in the background for most of the > movie?** > > > Yeah. It really isn’t a movie about the time machine. And yes, > you do see a part of it very briefly in the middle, but it could be > anything. We all wanted to maintain the tension in the movie by really > bouncing you back and forth as to whether you believe that there’s > really a time machine or not at all. Whether it works or not is > another question, but I fell like if there’s a ping-pong thing going > on, if you believe it or you don’t, the paddles get closer and closer > and by the end you’re like, “Is it?” Then you get the answer to that > thing. > > > To me, the movie ends when Darius chooses to walk across the plank. I > think what happens after that is obviously a lot of fun. And > emotionally and narratively, the movie is over to a certain extent > after that scene, except for the fact that we don't get the answer to, > "Is this person crazy or not?" or "Is she getting off the boat with > the right person?" [Laughs.] That’s one of the reasons I think the > film could be a little too ambiguous to be satisfying. > > > **The way it ends could arguably be unexpected. The whole time you're > asking yourself, "Is this real?" or "Is this just going to end up as > some lesson?"** > > > Rock and roll. [Laughs.] I did one shot that would allow > us to change that outcome because the time machine was always in it > and that was always there, so it was just a matter of what happens > after he hits that button. It’s a series of making five shots there > that are different. In allowing that from technical stand points, from > having it being shot with a big, wide camera, we still could play with > it and do whatever we needed to do. It left that possibility there. > > > First of all, when I first brought the possibility up while we were > shooting, people were joking and the alternative ending was > preposterous at the time. But then you don’t really know what it's > gonna be like until you see the movie through. So when we were > actually able to see the way the film played out, I felt like that > ending was gonna work. > > > I love a certain kind of film, and because of that I almost felt a > responsibility for it to end the way it did. It became very clear at a > certain point where I just couldn’t do it any other way. It had to be > this way. If not, why did we sit through this hour and a half? > > > So I'm aware this is all just background to your real question, but I think it's important to give context to the film. Now your real question: *Had Kenneth ever successfully time travelled before?* The answer is that it's left **ambiguous and totally up to the viewer to speculate**. However, speculate many viewers have. [Here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/board/nest/205652370?p=3) is a fantastic thread over at IMDB completely devoted to it. There are a few arguments in favour of either outcome. The usual argument *against* him having time travelled before is that he doesn't know he's saved Brenda - so how could he have done it in the past. However, other arguments counter this by saying his act of saving her didn't necessarily mean he *knew* her. My views are actually rather brilliantly identical to a poster on the IMDB thread, so I'm quite happily going to quote from his text: > > He has travelled before.... Follow me... > > > I can only speculate that the truth behind Kenneth and Belinda's > relationship is really a blend of both their accounts. It's easy to > see how a socially awkward man such as Kenneth could build up a > friendship to be more than it really was. Conversely it would be easy > to see how Belinda may have been more than friends with Kenneth only > to have her perception of him change. Therefore... > > > 2001- a. He and Belinda are together, she is killed. (His given > account) HER ORIGINAL FATE.... A car struck the house she was in. > > > *Intervention* Future version steps in. She is NOT killed. > > > b. He and Belinda are just friends, he is crazy. (Her given account) > HER MODIFIED FATE.... His car struck the house she was in. > > > 2012- He travels back, 1st attmept. He "knows" 2001 "A" to be true. > Living with grief and on the run, he develpos a time machine to fix > the past... > > > These efforts cause the events of 2001 "B". However he returns to > 2012 unaware that his attempt at saving Belinda was successful and he > continues to live as if 2001 "A" was still in effect. > > > 2012- He places the ad and recruits Darius. The film plays out just as > we see with her ultimately informing him that Belinda is still alive. > > > Let me edit this to say that I believe he was responsible for > Belinda's death in 2001 "A" and is striving to fix that. The account > of events he gives Darius is only a half truth in that he leaves out > his responsibility. > > > However, it's important to stress that the answer is entirely up to the viewer - exactly as the film makers wanted it to be. Remember, in this film time travel as a sci fi medium is much smaller element than time travel as an emotional one - the idea of rectifying past mistakes. My advice would be to watch the movie and decide which storyline fits your interpretation of the movie best. There are good arguments on either side, but from my point of view, I like the version of events I posted.

I think, ultimately, the movie makes the "Life of Pi" claim, which is that here are these events, and there's really no objective way to determine what explains those events. There's what we tell ourselves is the more rational explanation, that he did indeed crash his car into the house, it gave him mild brain damage causing him to view that traumatic moment the way he does now, and is therefore driven by this insane fantasy to prevent it, and there is the more fantastical explanation, that he did indeed time travel, and we should believe him. We can't know, as the audience, which is true. So then you have to ask yourself: Which is the better story? After all, the lives we live are just individual stories within the grand narrative of the universe, and every choice we make is ultimately commensurate with: What story do i want to tell? You can pick the more rational, scientific, albeit more cynical approach, and then this movie is ultimately about how a man copes with a traumatic incident in his life, by concocting this time travel nonsense, and seduces a young girl into accompanying him. Or you can choose to believe the protagonist, and the story he is telling, and you come away with, in my mind, a far more rewarding tale.

With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?

2010/11/22

Yes. Airplay is really a technology platform that allows for streaming media on a local network. It isn't concerned with the type of device that is producing the media or consuming it. To start with, support may be limited and may not come from Apple. However, certainly that will change with demand. For example: * There is an iOS app called [AirPlayer](http://www.edavs.com/AirPlayer.shtml) which allows streaming of media to an iPhone/iPod/iPad. * There is a Mac proof-of-concept app also called [AirPlayer](http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/14/hacksugar-mac-based-airplay-service-allows-device-to-mac-playba/) which allows streaming of media to a Mac.

Looks like [Banana TV](http://bananatv.net/) is a currently shipping Mac app (not just a proof-of-concept) that will play Airplay video or images from your iPhone/iPad. ([TUAW review](http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/21/banana-tv-now-shipping/))

With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?

2010/11/22

Yes. Airplay is really a technology platform that allows for streaming media on a local network. It isn't concerned with the type of device that is producing the media or consuming it. To start with, support may be limited and may not come from Apple. However, certainly that will change with demand. For example: * There is an iOS app called [AirPlayer](http://www.edavs.com/AirPlayer.shtml) which allows streaming of media to an iPhone/iPod/iPad. * There is a Mac proof-of-concept app also called [AirPlayer](http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/14/hacksugar-mac-based-airplay-service-allows-device-to-mac-playba/) which allows streaming of media to a Mac.

[Airserver](http://www.airserverapp.com/) allows you to stream Airplay audio and video from your iOS device to your Mac. Works great.

With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?

2010/11/22

Yes. Airplay is really a technology platform that allows for streaming media on a local network. It isn't concerned with the type of device that is producing the media or consuming it. To start with, support may be limited and may not come from Apple. However, certainly that will change with demand. For example: * There is an iOS app called [AirPlayer](http://www.edavs.com/AirPlayer.shtml) which allows streaming of media to an iPhone/iPod/iPad. * There is a Mac proof-of-concept app also called [AirPlayer](http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/14/hacksugar-mac-based-airplay-service-allows-device-to-mac-playba/) which allows streaming of media to a Mac.

You can Airplay **to** Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire using [Reflector 2](http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/features/win/). It claims to support sending rom iOS 9 devices also (but I personally haven't tested the iOS 9 support yet). Reflector installs an app that acts as an AirPlay and Google Cast receiver. The app is available for Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire. Since Reflector supports receiving both AirPlay and Google Cast it can receive audio/video from iOS or Android. It's from Squirrels, the same company that makes the excellent [AirParrot](http://www.airsquirrels.com/airparrot/) app (which allows you send AirPlay audio and video **from** Windows and Mac **to** AirPlay and Google Cast).

With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?

2010/11/22

Looks like [Banana TV](http://bananatv.net/) is a currently shipping Mac app (not just a proof-of-concept) that will play Airplay video or images from your iPhone/iPad. ([TUAW review](http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/21/banana-tv-now-shipping/))

You can Airplay **to** Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire using [Reflector 2](http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/features/win/). It claims to support sending rom iOS 9 devices also (but I personally haven't tested the iOS 9 support yet). Reflector installs an app that acts as an AirPlay and Google Cast receiver. The app is available for Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire. Since Reflector supports receiving both AirPlay and Google Cast it can receive audio/video from iOS or Android. It's from Squirrels, the same company that makes the excellent [AirParrot](http://www.airsquirrels.com/airparrot/) app (which allows you send AirPlay audio and video **from** Windows and Mac **to** AirPlay and Google Cast).

With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?

2010/11/22

[Airserver](http://www.airserverapp.com/) allows you to stream Airplay audio and video from your iOS device to your Mac. Works great.

You can Airplay **to** Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire using [Reflector 2](http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/features/win/). It claims to support sending rom iOS 9 devices also (but I personally haven't tested the iOS 9 support yet). Reflector installs an app that acts as an AirPlay and Google Cast receiver. The app is available for Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire. Since Reflector supports receiving both AirPlay and Google Cast it can receive audio/video from iOS or Android. It's from Squirrels, the same company that makes the excellent [AirParrot](http://www.airsquirrels.com/airparrot/) app (which allows you send AirPlay audio and video **from** Windows and Mac **to** AirPlay and Google Cast).

I attempted to ask a question regarding "object-role-modeling" (it's a design methodology that doesn't get nearly as much attention as it should). Unfortunately, when I wrote the question, I made a spelling error and assigned it to a non-existent tag "object-role-modelling". I realised my mistake, and changed the tag on my question. But the mis-spelt tag [is still there](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/object-role-modelling/info). I do not want this tag to be in stackoverflow. I really want there to be more object-role-modeling questions on the site, and having two near-identical tags is just going to add confusion. So, here we have the situation where: * There isn't a single question against this tag * The person who added the tag wants to remove it Is there some way I can do this? If not, should there be?

2010/11/29

As [waiwai said](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/71123/i-accidentally-created-a-tag-how-do-i-delete-it/71124#71124), there is a script that runs daily to hide (soft-delete) tags that don't have any associated questions. All you need to do is remove the tag from your question, and the script will pick it up automatically. In the case of a less popular tag such as the one you created, it isn't a big deal to wait the < 24 hours. However, when we deal with very popular tags, this kind of a wait is long enough that more questions pop up with the undesired tag. Fortunately, in either case, we already have a solution: [tag synonyms](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2779/could-the-tagging-system-be-enhanced-to-support-tag-synonyms). This allows us to automatically map an apparently erroneous tag to the proper tag without removing the erroneous one from the system. That being said, tag synonyms should be used where there is a high likelihood of a user entering an erroneous tag -- for example [colour](/questions/tagged/colour "show questions tagged 'colour'") is a synonym of [color](/questions/tagged/color "show questions tagged 'color'"). Where this shouldn't be used is if you made a legitimate mistake, maybe something like [oclor](/questions/tagged/oclor "show questions tagged 'oclor'"), which you'd just want to remove from the system (in which case the only option is to wait for the script to run). So, no, there's no manual way to do this, but there is a semi-automatic way, and we already have a system in place to take care of the situations when that is insufficient.

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For dinner this evening we are cooking a roast beef and intend to serve a baked brie appetizer. Unfortunately, we only have one oven. To reach medium rare the roast needs 3 hours at 325° while the brie needs to be cooked at 400° for 20 minutes. Is there a way to cook both of these items in the oven at the same time? Is it a matter of adjusting the length of time the brie needs to be in the oven?

2011/12/31

I would cook the Brie at that same temperature for 30-35 minutes and it should be okay. Alternatively, you could cook the roast fully, remove it from the oven, tent it with foil and then cook the Brie. The meat can rest while the Brie is cooking and being eaten. Prior to slicing the roast, heat up the pan drippings to a sizzling temp and baste to ensure a crispy crust. But if the appetizer course happens to last for 20-30 minutes, then the roast will have been resting for 40-50 minutes and could lose too much internal heat.

@Jacob G is on the right track. It is better to roast your beef at a lower temperature for a longer time. Rather that relying on roasting for a fixed time and temperature you should go for an internal temperature of 122°F (Med Rare). If you reduce the oven temperature for the roast to below 300°F you will find that the internal temperature will not increase significantly during the resting period. [Testing](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0936184744) has shown that when you roast beef at below 300°F it will only increase in internal temperature by 2-4°F during the resting period. If you roast meats at temperatures in excess of 300°F the internal temp will rise by 14-20°F during the resting period. This will cause a Medium Rare Roast to become shoe leather during the resting period. By relying on lower temperatures and target internal temperatures you will be able to rest your roast and bake your brie during the rest period. [The testing referred to is on pp 408-9 of the "*The New Best Recipe*" book. A great book for anyone.](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0936184744)

For dinner this evening we are cooking a roast beef and intend to serve a baked brie appetizer. Unfortunately, we only have one oven. To reach medium rare the roast needs 3 hours at 325° while the brie needs to be cooked at 400° for 20 minutes. Is there a way to cook both of these items in the oven at the same time? Is it a matter of adjusting the length of time the brie needs to be in the oven?

2011/12/31

I would cook the Brie at that same temperature for 30-35 minutes and it should be okay. Alternatively, you could cook the roast fully, remove it from the oven, tent it with foil and then cook the Brie. The meat can rest while the Brie is cooking and being eaten. Prior to slicing the roast, heat up the pan drippings to a sizzling temp and baste to ensure a crispy crust. But if the appetizer course happens to last for 20-30 minutes, then the roast will have been resting for 40-50 minutes and could lose too much internal heat.

use the following formula to compute: time of one item \* the temperature of that item = the "degree-minutes" for that item. divide that large number by the other temperature to get the time for the other item.

For dinner this evening we are cooking a roast beef and intend to serve a baked brie appetizer. Unfortunately, we only have one oven. To reach medium rare the roast needs 3 hours at 325° while the brie needs to be cooked at 400° for 20 minutes. Is there a way to cook both of these items in the oven at the same time? Is it a matter of adjusting the length of time the brie needs to be in the oven?

2011/12/31

@Jacob G is on the right track. It is better to roast your beef at a lower temperature for a longer time. Rather that relying on roasting for a fixed time and temperature you should go for an internal temperature of 122°F (Med Rare). If you reduce the oven temperature for the roast to below 300°F you will find that the internal temperature will not increase significantly during the resting period. [Testing](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0936184744) has shown that when you roast beef at below 300°F it will only increase in internal temperature by 2-4°F during the resting period. If you roast meats at temperatures in excess of 300°F the internal temp will rise by 14-20°F during the resting period. This will cause a Medium Rare Roast to become shoe leather during the resting period. By relying on lower temperatures and target internal temperatures you will be able to rest your roast and bake your brie during the rest period. [The testing referred to is on pp 408-9 of the "*The New Best Recipe*" book. A great book for anyone.](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0936184744)

use the following formula to compute: time of one item \* the temperature of that item = the "degree-minutes" for that item. divide that large number by the other temperature to get the time for the other item.

Can anyone please guide me how can i achieve ios app animation ? What kind of view controller, objects and implementation required ? Thanks

2011/04/07

You shoud have: * a root UIScrollView * a programmatically-created UIView for every icon * to iterate through the icons use [root subviews] * an animation function shakeView:(UIView \*)paramView that adds the delete icon and starts shaking the icon * a global bool isShaking to have the state of the screen Use touchesBegan to detect the view that is clicked/selected and the type of touch That about sums it up. Try to create a maximum amount of elements programmatically.

There is no harm if you take a look at this: [Move UIViews to avoid collision like rearranging icons on Springboard](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1535057/move-uiviews-to-avoid-collision-like-rearranging-icons-on-springboard) check **Kristopher Johnson** Answer.

Can anyone please guide me how can i achieve ios app animation ? What kind of view controller, objects and implementation required ? Thanks

2011/04/07

You shoud have: * a root UIScrollView * a programmatically-created UIView for every icon * to iterate through the icons use [root subviews] * an animation function shakeView:(UIView \*)paramView that adds the delete icon and starts shaking the icon * a global bool isShaking to have the state of the screen Use touchesBegan to detect the view that is clicked/selected and the type of touch That about sums it up. Try to create a maximum amount of elements programmatically.

Unfortunately Apple doesn't provide a GridView Class, but you can use the very handy TTLauncherView from Three20 that implements all the default behaviour for you: <https://github.com/facebook/three20> From their website <http://three20.info/> > > Three20 is a open source Objective-C library used by dozens of well-known brands in the App Store, including Facebook, Posterous, Pulse, Meetup.com, and SCVNGR. Three20 provides powerful view controllers such as the Launcher, the popular Photo Browser, and internet-aware tables. > > >

Can anyone please guide me how can i achieve ios app animation ? What kind of view controller, objects and implementation required ? Thanks

2011/04/07

There is no harm if you take a look at this: [Move UIViews to avoid collision like rearranging icons on Springboard](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1535057/move-uiviews-to-avoid-collision-like-rearranging-icons-on-springboard) check **Kristopher Johnson** Answer.

Unfortunately Apple doesn't provide a GridView Class, but you can use the very handy TTLauncherView from Three20 that implements all the default behaviour for you: <https://github.com/facebook/three20> From their website <http://three20.info/> > > Three20 is a open source Objective-C library used by dozens of well-known brands in the App Store, including Facebook, Posterous, Pulse, Meetup.com, and SCVNGR. Three20 provides powerful view controllers such as the Launcher, the popular Photo Browser, and internet-aware tables. > > >