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I have a document library containing a lot of personal information. Originally only admins could see the library but now it has been decided that users need to see their own information. Admins have Full Control and users have Read. The default view shows only documents where the user's name appears in a certain field. So Default View, Name="[Me]" so they can only see their own files. This works fine but it doesn't stop users from opening the library in Explorer view. How can I stop them doing this? Any suggestions? Note: I do not have access to Central Administration

2012/11/13

^ Disregard the first, I think I misread your question. The answer in this link may help you instead: <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/gu-IN/sharepoint2010customization/thread/5faea89f-f3ea-4b4b-b4c0-2c0cc7e6ceee>

Fooling around with the SharePoint masterpage is a delicate matter if you don't understand its structure. Thus trying to remove the Quicklaunch from the masterpage is not a good idea. What I can recommend you do is to hide the quicklaunch with some CSS, and then on the pages that you actually want it to appear you insert preferably a HTML Form Web Part in which you insert some CSS to make it appear again. And if you want it to be placed any other place than its original place use some javascript to move it to the position of your choice.

I seem to be asking questions that often belong to other overflow sites. Where can I browse the list of current overflow sites so I can choose one where to ask the question?

2011/03/25

Look up and left in this page. There you will see the Stack Exchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™. Second tab is what you want. Or hop on over to <http://stackexchange.com> and check the [Sites tab](https://stackexchange.com/sites). The page footer also lists all sites which have been officially launched.

On Area 51 you can see the sites that have been launched and the ones which are currently in their beta phase, as well as proposals for new sites. However Area 51 does not list sites which were created without an Area 51 proposal (i.e. the main triology). You can see all non-Area 51 sites as well as the launched Area 51 sites in the list of links at the bottom of each page (though unlike Area 51 that list does not include any descriptions).

I have read Steven Pinker's Sense of Style, which is a great book. In chapter 4, he talks about how to form lucid coherent sentences, and in chapter 5, called "Arcs of Coherence", he extends his analysis of coherence to relations between sentences within a paragraph (and also somewhat about coherence between subsequent paragraphs). I think his analysis is truly brilliant, about how a text is not merely tree-like, because there are connections between sentences apart from the tree-like structure of chapter -> paragraph -> Sentence -> words. His analysis of how to make a paragraph coherent by connecting sentences in specific ways is truly very helpful. Also he has a brilliant analysis (more in chapter 4) of how lucid prose is created by taking into account the effect that the order of words has on the memory of the reader. However, he does not really extend this analysis to the level of chapters/pages. He does not really address the question of "how do we write entire chapters so as to make them coherent with each other". "How do we make connections between sentences in different sections/chapters, so as to make them coherent". **So my question is: For people who have read Steven Pinker's chapter on Arcs of Coherence and found it as useful as I did, do you know any other writers who have similar insights, but about how to connect elements of a larger text, to make the larger structure of the text more coherent?**

2017/06/26

It seems to me that what Pinker is describing at the sentence and paragraph level is substantially what most books on story are describing at the level of a document as a whole. Stories have a coherent shape and that shape has been mapped in various ways by different authors, but broadly the same shape underlies what all or most of them describe. Coherence, the property of all the bits of a thing going together in a way that makes sense, is a fundamental property of writing at any scale. The ways in which coherence works, however, may be different at different scales. That is, how the pieces are connected and how long you have to connect the pieces up before you lose the reader may differ as you scale up or down. Some of the most prominent books on the shape of stories are: * *Story* by Robert McKee * *The Writer's Journey* by Christopher Vogler * *Aspects of the Novel* by EM Forster But there are many such works, covering both fiction and non fiction.

The misconception at the heart of your question is that there has to be coherence between chapters, similar to the coherence between paragraphs. In **technical and academic writing** there is indeed coherence, usually, and then *the same principles apply* for the transition from the last paragraph of the preceding chapter to the first paragraph of the current chapter as between two paragraphs within one chapter. In other words: The chapter break is nothing but a paragraph break, and you connect chapters in the same way that you connect paragraphs. In **fiction**, the break between chapters is often a break in time, place, person, viewpoint, or chronology as well. What happens at the beginning of the current chapter appears, at first, to be totally unrelated to what we have read at the end of the preceding chapter. Only as we continue reading do we gather more and more clues as to how what we read now relates to what we have read before. A paragraph *always* establishes a connection (signified by an arrow in the schema below) to the preceding paragraph by referring to the topic ("A") of the preceding paragraph before beginning its own ("B"): [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kcUxn.png) A chapter, on the other hand, *can* begin with a topic completely unrelated to any of the topics of the preceding chapter(s) and connect to the preceding text at a later point: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p4Zys.png) In my schema, forward arrows signify a topic being *continued* in a following sentence or paragraph, while a backward arrow signifies a *backward reference*. In reality, of course, every continuation is also a backward reference, and all arrows should point both ways. I just found unidirectional forward arrows to be less confusing, as they correspond to the forward movement of the reader through the text – who might want to browse back to where "X" was mentioned at at first, when it comes up in the second chapter again.

I have read Steven Pinker's Sense of Style, which is a great book. In chapter 4, he talks about how to form lucid coherent sentences, and in chapter 5, called "Arcs of Coherence", he extends his analysis of coherence to relations between sentences within a paragraph (and also somewhat about coherence between subsequent paragraphs). I think his analysis is truly brilliant, about how a text is not merely tree-like, because there are connections between sentences apart from the tree-like structure of chapter -> paragraph -> Sentence -> words. His analysis of how to make a paragraph coherent by connecting sentences in specific ways is truly very helpful. Also he has a brilliant analysis (more in chapter 4) of how lucid prose is created by taking into account the effect that the order of words has on the memory of the reader. However, he does not really extend this analysis to the level of chapters/pages. He does not really address the question of "how do we write entire chapters so as to make them coherent with each other". "How do we make connections between sentences in different sections/chapters, so as to make them coherent". **So my question is: For people who have read Steven Pinker's chapter on Arcs of Coherence and found it as useful as I did, do you know any other writers who have similar insights, but about how to connect elements of a larger text, to make the larger structure of the text more coherent?**

2017/06/26

[My PhD thesis](http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12277/1/Infrared%20problem%20in%20the%20Faddeev--Popov%20sector%20in%20Yang--Mills%20Theory%20and%20Perturbative%20Gravity%20-%20Jos%20Gibbons%20-%20PhD%20-%202015.pdf) was divided in a nested manner into parts, chapters, sections and subsections. Whatever you're working on, I hope some of what helped me will help you: * Divide the work into numbered components, even if the reader never sees the numbers (although they can help the work reference other parts of itself). * Write a description of what each component's components do; for example, what do the sections in a given chapter do? Then zoom down even further. My thesis benefited from this for three reasons: I knew what to write (which helped me push on through the slog), I knew how I would explain it, and enclosing these descriptions in the thesis itself helped the readers follow. Whether you should enclose the descriptions I'll leave up to you, but write them at least. * As you write or redraft, think carefully about whether you've really explained things in the right order. If you have to move things around, fair enough; I know I certainly did. But if you've done the work above, you'll more readily notice better ideas, more easily think through how to do it, and know how to explain the revised structure. I know this doesn't read like advice Pinker would have written, but it complements his advice well enough. If you do everything I suggest at the large-scale level and everything he suggests at the small-scale level, you should be fine. I linked to my thesis above in case my advice is easier to follow when you see a worked example. And if unfamiliarity with the terminology used therein threatens to distract you from seeing what role such sentences play, just [nurble](https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2779) your way through everything but the section numbers.

The misconception at the heart of your question is that there has to be coherence between chapters, similar to the coherence between paragraphs. In **technical and academic writing** there is indeed coherence, usually, and then *the same principles apply* for the transition from the last paragraph of the preceding chapter to the first paragraph of the current chapter as between two paragraphs within one chapter. In other words: The chapter break is nothing but a paragraph break, and you connect chapters in the same way that you connect paragraphs. In **fiction**, the break between chapters is often a break in time, place, person, viewpoint, or chronology as well. What happens at the beginning of the current chapter appears, at first, to be totally unrelated to what we have read at the end of the preceding chapter. Only as we continue reading do we gather more and more clues as to how what we read now relates to what we have read before. A paragraph *always* establishes a connection (signified by an arrow in the schema below) to the preceding paragraph by referring to the topic ("A") of the preceding paragraph before beginning its own ("B"): [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kcUxn.png) A chapter, on the other hand, *can* begin with a topic completely unrelated to any of the topics of the preceding chapter(s) and connect to the preceding text at a later point: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p4Zys.png) In my schema, forward arrows signify a topic being *continued* in a following sentence or paragraph, while a backward arrow signifies a *backward reference*. In reality, of course, every continuation is also a backward reference, and all arrows should point both ways. I just found unidirectional forward arrows to be less confusing, as they correspond to the forward movement of the reader through the text – who might want to browse back to where "X" was mentioned at at first, when it comes up in the second chapter again.

According to Catholic thought, if we are washed of Original Sin at the time of baptism, why do we transmit Original Sin to our children? In other words, how is it that my child is born with Original Sin when I was freed from Original Sin at the time of my baptism?

2013/08/18

I think you misunderstood the role of Baptism in Catholicism. Cathecism of the Catholic Church-1263 says > > [1263] By Baptism all sins are **forgiven**, original sin and all personal > sins, as well as all punishment for sin. In those who have been > reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom > of God, neither Adam's sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences of > sin, the gravest of which is separation from God. > > > It doesn't say original sin is washed away, it says it is forgiven. Forgiven doesn't mean you don't have original sin anymore; it only means your sins are forgiven. Our sins cannot be washed away by merely washing with water nor any kind of Baptism. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash away our sins. > > *1 John 1:7 (NIV)* But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, > we have fellowship with one another, and the **blood of Jesus**, his Son, > **purifies us from all sin**. > > > *Revelation 7:14 (NKJV)* And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said > to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and > **washed their robes** and made them white **in the blood of the Lamb**. > > > *Revelation 22:14 (DRA)* Blessed are they that **wash their robes in the > blood of the Lamb**: that they may have a right to the tree of life, and > may enter in by the gates into the city. > > >

Not being a Roman Catholic, I cannot give you an answer from the RC perspective and tradition. I can, however, give you a brief overview about what the Bible has to say about Christian baptism. As a wise man once told me, > > "Baptism doesn't *make* you a Christian; it *marks* you as a Christian." > > > As good as infant baptism may be as a way for Christian parents to "sanctify" their offspring through a well-established rite (which exists in both the Catholic and Protestant traditions), nowhere in the New Testament is there any indication that infant baptism cleanses the infant from "original sin." If the RC church teaches this, all I can say is, the teaching is not biblical. On the basis of Scripture, I say confidently but lovingly, the physical act of being baptized neither forgives us of sin nor frees us from sin. To say otherwise is to contradict the clear teaching of Scripture. If, however, Scripture is not the ultimate guide for your life and practice, then none of the following will be of help to you, and will certainly not answer your question--though I am glad you asked it! There are two baptisms in the New Testament, each having two aspects, both *spiritual* and *literal/physical*. The first is the baptism of John. John the Baptizer fulfilled two roles: the first as a herald for the Messiah, and the second as a forerunner for the Messiah. > > (1) John as a herald. In John's day, just as the king's servant who preceded his king during royal tours from city to city would announce in a loud voice, "The king is coming, the king is coming, get ready for the coming of your king," so too did John announce the coming of the King Jesus, the Messiah. > > > John, however, shouted > > "Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 3:2). > > > John certainly attracted the attention of the people with his announcement of the coming kingdom, and they came to him in great numbers. > > (2) John as a forerunner. Historically, when a king was scheduled to enter a city, he was not only preceded by a herald, but he also sent servants called *forerunners* ahead of him to remove any obstacles such as rocks, tree branches, or potholes--anything that would impede his path as he was being carried by litter into the city. > > > What was hindering the entrance of Jesus the Messiah into the hearts of the people? Sin. John therefore had to tell the people > > "'Make ready the way of the LORD, Make His paths straight'" (Matthew 3:3; Isaiah 40:3). > > > Just as the forerunners of old were responsible to remove obstacles from the road, so too was John responsible to get people to repent of their sins, removing anything that would hinder the entrance of Messiah into their hearts and lives. John's message to the crowds who came to hear him was a simple one: > > "Repent" > > > And repent the crowds did! Repentance is simply a change of mind resulting in changed behavior. It's doing an "about face": you are going in one direction, but you make a 180-degree turn and go in the opposite direction. > > " . . . and [the people from Jerusalem and the surrounding areas] were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins" (Matthew 3:2,6). > > > Before a watching world, the people baptized by John were declaring openly in the waters of the Jordan River--that's the *literal/physical* part of baptism--what had transpired inside their hearts--that's the *spiritual* part of baptism; namely, that they were turning their backs on their sins in preparation for the appearance of the coming Messiah, whose coming John foretold. Being baptized did not cleanse anyone of sin, it merely bore witness to their repentance. On the other hand, the baptism of the Messiah was completely different. As John himself said of Jesus, the coming Messiah and king: > > ". . . this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit" (John 1:33). > > > The second baptism, then, is Christian baptism. Like John's baptism, it has both a literal/physical aspect and a spiritual aspect. The physical aspect is the outward act of being immersed in (or sprinkled by) actual water in the presence of witnesses, and > > ". . . in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). > > > The spiritual aspect is the inward process of conversion by the Holy Spirit, which takes place *before* we are baptized. Call it regeneration, as in > > ". . . the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:5), > > > or call it being born again or born from above, as in Jesus' words, > > "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. . . . [and] unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:3,5). > > > Christian baptism is for believers in Jesus Christ who have been regenerated within their spirits by the Spirit of Christ, whom Jesus called a "Helper," "the Spirit of truth" who "teaches us all things," and the presence of Christ within us "forever" (see John 14:16 and ff.). Believers who are indwelt by the Holy Spirit want to bear witness to that transformation by obeying the command of our Lord to be baptized. To this day, in some countries of the world, being baptized openly and publicly is to invite persecution and even death! As Paul tells us in Romans 6, Christian baptism is a symbol of our having died to our old way of life. When we die, we need to be buried. Baptism, then, is a picture of burial that is enacted symbolically by immersing ("burying") a person in water. As the person comes up out of the water, symbolically he is coming alive in the Spirit of God, just as Jesus came alive in His glorious resurrection from the dead (vv.3-5 and ff.). Does being baptized mean we will never sin again? No. Neither an infant who has been baptized nor a person who has experienced the new birth and has been baptized will cease to sin (see 1 John 1:8-10). We can, however, have victory over sin in our lives, since as believers in Jesus > > ". . . our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin" (Romans 6:6). > > > Furthermore, we have the responsibility as baptized believers (literally and spiritually) to > > ". . . consider [ourselves] to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus"; > > > "not [to] let sin reign in [our] mortal body so that [we] obey its lusts"; > > > "[to] present [ourselves] to God as those alive from the dead, and [our] members as instruments of righteousness to God"; > > > "[because] sin shall not be master over [us], for [we] are not under law but under grace" (Romans 6:11-14). > > > In conclusion, being baptized with water neither cleanses us from sin nor takes away our ability to sin. It is, however, a way of telling both God and man that we have become new creatures in Christ, that > > "the old things passed away; behold, new things have come" (2 Corinthians 5:17). > > >

According to Catholic thought, if we are washed of Original Sin at the time of baptism, why do we transmit Original Sin to our children? In other words, how is it that my child is born with Original Sin when I was freed from Original Sin at the time of my baptism?

2013/08/18

Original sin is a state of human nature passed to all mankind, but it is not like a gene passed on from our immediate parents. It affects the nature of all humans. The Catholic Catechism discusses this in and around paragraphs 396 to 408. In paragraph 404 talks a bit about what Original Sin is and its source: > > But we do know by Revelation that Adam had received original holiness and justice not for himself alone, but for all human nature. By yielding to the tempter, Adam and Eve committed a personal sin, but **this sin affected the human nature that they [Adam and Eve] would then transmit in a fallen state**. It is a sin which will be transmitted by propagation to all mankind, that is, by the transmission of a human nature deprived of original holiness and justice. > > > In paragraph 405 talks about what Original Sin is and the effects of Baptism on it: > > Although it is proper to each individual, original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam's descendants. It is a **deprivation of original holiness and justice**, but human nature has not been totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it, subject to ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to sin — **an inclination to evil that is called concupiscence**". Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ's grace, **erases original sin and turns a man back towards God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle**. > > > On the effects of Baptism, paragraph 978 says: > > "When we made our first profession of faith while receiving the holy Baptism that cleansed us, the forgiveness we received then was so full and complete that there remained in us absolutely nothing left to efface, neither original sin nor offenses committed by our own will, nor was there left any penalty to suffer in order to expiate them. ... **Yet the grace of Baptism delivers no one from all the weakness of nature**. On the contrary, we must still combat the movements of concupiscence that never cease leading us into evil " > > > Finally, in talking about Baptism of Infants in paragraph 1250: > > Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called. The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. The Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth. > > >

Not being a Roman Catholic, I cannot give you an answer from the RC perspective and tradition. I can, however, give you a brief overview about what the Bible has to say about Christian baptism. As a wise man once told me, > > "Baptism doesn't *make* you a Christian; it *marks* you as a Christian." > > > As good as infant baptism may be as a way for Christian parents to "sanctify" their offspring through a well-established rite (which exists in both the Catholic and Protestant traditions), nowhere in the New Testament is there any indication that infant baptism cleanses the infant from "original sin." If the RC church teaches this, all I can say is, the teaching is not biblical. On the basis of Scripture, I say confidently but lovingly, the physical act of being baptized neither forgives us of sin nor frees us from sin. To say otherwise is to contradict the clear teaching of Scripture. If, however, Scripture is not the ultimate guide for your life and practice, then none of the following will be of help to you, and will certainly not answer your question--though I am glad you asked it! There are two baptisms in the New Testament, each having two aspects, both *spiritual* and *literal/physical*. The first is the baptism of John. John the Baptizer fulfilled two roles: the first as a herald for the Messiah, and the second as a forerunner for the Messiah. > > (1) John as a herald. In John's day, just as the king's servant who preceded his king during royal tours from city to city would announce in a loud voice, "The king is coming, the king is coming, get ready for the coming of your king," so too did John announce the coming of the King Jesus, the Messiah. > > > John, however, shouted > > "Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 3:2). > > > John certainly attracted the attention of the people with his announcement of the coming kingdom, and they came to him in great numbers. > > (2) John as a forerunner. Historically, when a king was scheduled to enter a city, he was not only preceded by a herald, but he also sent servants called *forerunners* ahead of him to remove any obstacles such as rocks, tree branches, or potholes--anything that would impede his path as he was being carried by litter into the city. > > > What was hindering the entrance of Jesus the Messiah into the hearts of the people? Sin. John therefore had to tell the people > > "'Make ready the way of the LORD, Make His paths straight'" (Matthew 3:3; Isaiah 40:3). > > > Just as the forerunners of old were responsible to remove obstacles from the road, so too was John responsible to get people to repent of their sins, removing anything that would hinder the entrance of Messiah into their hearts and lives. John's message to the crowds who came to hear him was a simple one: > > "Repent" > > > And repent the crowds did! Repentance is simply a change of mind resulting in changed behavior. It's doing an "about face": you are going in one direction, but you make a 180-degree turn and go in the opposite direction. > > " . . . and [the people from Jerusalem and the surrounding areas] were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins" (Matthew 3:2,6). > > > Before a watching world, the people baptized by John were declaring openly in the waters of the Jordan River--that's the *literal/physical* part of baptism--what had transpired inside their hearts--that's the *spiritual* part of baptism; namely, that they were turning their backs on their sins in preparation for the appearance of the coming Messiah, whose coming John foretold. Being baptized did not cleanse anyone of sin, it merely bore witness to their repentance. On the other hand, the baptism of the Messiah was completely different. As John himself said of Jesus, the coming Messiah and king: > > ". . . this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit" (John 1:33). > > > The second baptism, then, is Christian baptism. Like John's baptism, it has both a literal/physical aspect and a spiritual aspect. The physical aspect is the outward act of being immersed in (or sprinkled by) actual water in the presence of witnesses, and > > ". . . in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). > > > The spiritual aspect is the inward process of conversion by the Holy Spirit, which takes place *before* we are baptized. Call it regeneration, as in > > ". . . the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:5), > > > or call it being born again or born from above, as in Jesus' words, > > "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. . . . [and] unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:3,5). > > > Christian baptism is for believers in Jesus Christ who have been regenerated within their spirits by the Spirit of Christ, whom Jesus called a "Helper," "the Spirit of truth" who "teaches us all things," and the presence of Christ within us "forever" (see John 14:16 and ff.). Believers who are indwelt by the Holy Spirit want to bear witness to that transformation by obeying the command of our Lord to be baptized. To this day, in some countries of the world, being baptized openly and publicly is to invite persecution and even death! As Paul tells us in Romans 6, Christian baptism is a symbol of our having died to our old way of life. When we die, we need to be buried. Baptism, then, is a picture of burial that is enacted symbolically by immersing ("burying") a person in water. As the person comes up out of the water, symbolically he is coming alive in the Spirit of God, just as Jesus came alive in His glorious resurrection from the dead (vv.3-5 and ff.). Does being baptized mean we will never sin again? No. Neither an infant who has been baptized nor a person who has experienced the new birth and has been baptized will cease to sin (see 1 John 1:8-10). We can, however, have victory over sin in our lives, since as believers in Jesus > > ". . . our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin" (Romans 6:6). > > > Furthermore, we have the responsibility as baptized believers (literally and spiritually) to > > ". . . consider [ourselves] to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus"; > > > "not [to] let sin reign in [our] mortal body so that [we] obey its lusts"; > > > "[to] present [ourselves] to God as those alive from the dead, and [our] members as instruments of righteousness to God"; > > > "[because] sin shall not be master over [us], for [we] are not under law but under grace" (Romans 6:11-14). > > > In conclusion, being baptized with water neither cleanses us from sin nor takes away our ability to sin. It is, however, a way of telling both God and man that we have become new creatures in Christ, that > > "the old things passed away; behold, new things have come" (2 Corinthians 5:17). > > >

According to Catholic thought, if we are washed of Original Sin at the time of baptism, why do we transmit Original Sin to our children? In other words, how is it that my child is born with Original Sin when I was freed from Original Sin at the time of my baptism?

2013/08/18

I think you misunderstood the role of Baptism in Catholicism. Cathecism of the Catholic Church-1263 says > > [1263] By Baptism all sins are **forgiven**, original sin and all personal > sins, as well as all punishment for sin. In those who have been > reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom > of God, neither Adam's sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences of > sin, the gravest of which is separation from God. > > > It doesn't say original sin is washed away, it says it is forgiven. Forgiven doesn't mean you don't have original sin anymore; it only means your sins are forgiven. Our sins cannot be washed away by merely washing with water nor any kind of Baptism. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash away our sins. > > *1 John 1:7 (NIV)* But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, > we have fellowship with one another, and the **blood of Jesus**, his Son, > **purifies us from all sin**. > > > *Revelation 7:14 (NKJV)* And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said > to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and > **washed their robes** and made them white **in the blood of the Lamb**. > > > *Revelation 22:14 (DRA)* Blessed are they that **wash their robes in the > blood of the Lamb**: that they may have a right to the tree of life, and > may enter in by the gates into the city. > > >

Original sin is a state of human nature passed to all mankind, but it is not like a gene passed on from our immediate parents. It affects the nature of all humans. The Catholic Catechism discusses this in and around paragraphs 396 to 408. In paragraph 404 talks a bit about what Original Sin is and its source: > > But we do know by Revelation that Adam had received original holiness and justice not for himself alone, but for all human nature. By yielding to the tempter, Adam and Eve committed a personal sin, but **this sin affected the human nature that they [Adam and Eve] would then transmit in a fallen state**. It is a sin which will be transmitted by propagation to all mankind, that is, by the transmission of a human nature deprived of original holiness and justice. > > > In paragraph 405 talks about what Original Sin is and the effects of Baptism on it: > > Although it is proper to each individual, original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam's descendants. It is a **deprivation of original holiness and justice**, but human nature has not been totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it, subject to ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to sin — **an inclination to evil that is called concupiscence**". Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ's grace, **erases original sin and turns a man back towards God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle**. > > > On the effects of Baptism, paragraph 978 says: > > "When we made our first profession of faith while receiving the holy Baptism that cleansed us, the forgiveness we received then was so full and complete that there remained in us absolutely nothing left to efface, neither original sin nor offenses committed by our own will, nor was there left any penalty to suffer in order to expiate them. ... **Yet the grace of Baptism delivers no one from all the weakness of nature**. On the contrary, we must still combat the movements of concupiscence that never cease leading us into evil " > > > Finally, in talking about Baptism of Infants in paragraph 1250: > > Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called. The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. The Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth. > > >

I downloaded a Pycharm community mac OSX version. But after installation, each time I try to open it. It gives me this error. I can't find any information about this error after I google the error. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QzNEO.png) Thank you.

2015/09/30

OK. It turn out be a permission problem. Just chmod 777 the directory(mkdir before). Then this problem is solved

Start --> Search "idea.log". In this file change the path.

My home’s A/C has an external circuit breaker. Do I need to switch it off for the winter?

2018/10/10

There is no need to switch off the external breaker serving the outside condensing unit. I have never done so in 40 years at our house. I have never heard of anyone doing so, and I have never heard it recommended. In our installation the external box adjacent to the condensing unit contains a double pole switch, not a breaker, but I only shut this off to service the unit. However, my experience is in the relatively warm winters of Dallas, Texas.

No, you should not be doing that. It will have no advantage to switch it off. Many of the houses run for long time with external circuit breaker that is working along the HVAC system.

My home’s A/C has an external circuit breaker. Do I need to switch it off for the winter?

2018/10/10

There is no need to switch off the external breaker serving the outside condensing unit. I have never done so in 40 years at our house. I have never heard of anyone doing so, and I have never heard it recommended. In our installation the external box adjacent to the condensing unit contains a double pole switch, not a breaker, but I only shut this off to service the unit. However, my experience is in the relatively warm winters of Dallas, Texas.

No, there's no benefit to it whatsoever. Also, on most split systems, the compressor is still in use when the heat is on. For split gas systems, they normally "steal" power from a leg on the compressor circuit to power the blower.

My home’s A/C has an external circuit breaker. Do I need to switch it off for the winter?

2018/10/10

No, there's no benefit to it whatsoever. Also, on most split systems, the compressor is still in use when the heat is on. For split gas systems, they normally "steal" power from a leg on the compressor circuit to power the blower.

No, you should not be doing that. It will have no advantage to switch it off. Many of the houses run for long time with external circuit breaker that is working along the HVAC system.

Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects of the project cycle. I would become really pedantic about asking stupid questions that should be (what I felt) well known. But, I wouldn't ask them in the meeting (especially in a group setting) purposely to not look stupid. To overcome this I would do two things: * I would always go home (after the day is done) and look up the terminology/subject matter and teach myself that way, so if the topic comes up again I'd be armed with the newly obtained knowledge. * I would wait until my superior came up to me and if they mentioned it, I would have a look of confusion on my face and then ask the question. (But this to me, seemed like I wasn't listening in the meeting and/or unprofessional). Which made me contemplate the best time to ask these questions to make myself seem less like I wasn't paying attention but more because I'm willing to learn. --- So, when is it okay to ask "stupid" questions in the workplace?

2017/08/12

**Note**: as the question specifically aims at meetings, this answer aligns to that scenario. You'll have to weigh up the problems you face, either look attentive and eager to learn by overcoming your fear of looking stupid or keep doing what you're currently doing. But, my advice is if someone knows and you don't, **just ask**. [Asking more questions is not only effective](https://www.inc.com/alison-davis/why-asking-dumb-questions-is-so-darn-smart.html), you learn a hell of a lot from asking even the most simple ones. Don't worry too much, though. You have several times you can ask and whom to ask (depending on your confidence): 1. *If and only if* you aren't disrupting the meeting or the person hosting the meeting, just ask the question there and then. i.e. > > "Sorry, could you elaborate on that?" > > > or > > "Sorry, what does XYZ mean?" > > > this will not only quench your worry about not looking like you're paying attention, it also has multiple benefits: You'll learn (rather than waiting the rest of the day to go home and read up on it) about it there and then, but it can also set the tone for the meeting (someone else might be in the same boat, and you've just set the bar for the types of questions you can ask, thus, an opportunity to learn more from more questions from your peers). 2. After the meeting pull the person who ran the meeting to the side (if you didn't want to disrupt them, or didn't want to engage within a group setting) and ask them to elaborate further on what they said. I'm sure most people wouldn't mind (unless it's something you've learnt in the office before and should already know) 3. If the person is a superior and you want to keep face with them, you can simply pull a trusted colleague to one side after the meeting and ask them about one of the problems you faced or compare notes (they might have something written down you didn't know about), sometimes with other programmers, I would compare notes and [rubberduck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging) them and learn that way. But, in a normal office environment, just simply ask them: > > "Hey, you know when they mentioned XYZ in the meeting, do you know any > more about that? I'm looking to learn a little more." > > > These options may make you come across as "stupid", but you'll also come across as someone who is willing to own up when they don't know something and someone who is wanting to learn more about the topic at hand. **Further Reading:** * [Why asking stupid questions is the smartest thing to do.](https://www.stroudinternational.com/latest-insights/stupid-questions) * [Why you should ask stupid questions.](http://www.yuhiro.de/why-you-should-ask-stupid-questions/)

When is it OK to ask "stupid" questions? Whenever you need to! You're absolutely right that it is very common for people to find themselves in these situations. The reason for that is that no one will know everything as soon as they begin (a new job, project, class, etc.). And *that* is why there is no reason at all to consider these questions stupid. That's the first point. Besides, industry terminology and project parameters both seem rather critical, and not-stupid, to me. The thing that would be "stupid," or not a good idea, let's say, is if you let yourself get behind just for not asking, if you undermine your own genius just to save yourself a little embarrassment ... when, in fact, the boss will probably be grateful that you're following along well enough to have intelligent, pertinent questions. But maybe what you're trying to ask is, "how do I know when I'm crossing the line from asking intelligent, pertinent questions ... to being pedantic about it?" The thing about pedants is that they're "excessively concerned with minor details." Will your boss look fondly on you if you keep interrupting his or her presentation for definitions to every word you haven't heard before or with every little question that pops into your head? No...probably not! How I draw the line is by asking (myself) questions like this: Can I follow along? Are the terms I'm NOT familiar with keeping me from understanding the presentation I'm listening to (or whatever), overall? If I answer yes and no, respectively, then I try to save my questions at least until the end, and if I can take thorough enough notes, maybe I can take what I *DID* learn and piece it together myself, after, by looking up the few terms I hadn't heard before on my own. Or if I can tell at the end that I *am* going to need a primer, I try to ask a brief, cogent question that gets right to the heart of whatever I'm not getting. It is also important to do what we can on our own, as much for our own minds as anything else, and when piecing together what I can, after, that's when I usually figure out what it really is that I don't understand. And then the next morning, I just try to get in the office maybe 10 minutes early and plainly tell the supervisor, "Hey, I was looking over what you were talking about and there's a bit here I just don't understand." They're usually really happy to be approached this way. But be prepared, because you may have to say, "Well, you see..." and break down what you do get so he or she will understand what you don't get. And just one more thing. I'm with you that it can be very embarrassing to have to raise your hand right in the middle of something, but sometimes it happens. It's really no big deal – who'll even know in 200 years, right? But when that happens, I've always found that you come across more intelligently when you can say, "If [blah, blah, blah...] and [blah, blah, blah,] too, then [question, question, question]?" instead of just, "what is [that]?" In other words, while it's true that "there are no stupid questions," it's best to make them as smart as you can!

Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects of the project cycle. I would become really pedantic about asking stupid questions that should be (what I felt) well known. But, I wouldn't ask them in the meeting (especially in a group setting) purposely to not look stupid. To overcome this I would do two things: * I would always go home (after the day is done) and look up the terminology/subject matter and teach myself that way, so if the topic comes up again I'd be armed with the newly obtained knowledge. * I would wait until my superior came up to me and if they mentioned it, I would have a look of confusion on my face and then ask the question. (But this to me, seemed like I wasn't listening in the meeting and/or unprofessional). Which made me contemplate the best time to ask these questions to make myself seem less like I wasn't paying attention but more because I'm willing to learn. --- So, when is it okay to ask "stupid" questions in the workplace?

2017/08/12

**Note**: as the question specifically aims at meetings, this answer aligns to that scenario. You'll have to weigh up the problems you face, either look attentive and eager to learn by overcoming your fear of looking stupid or keep doing what you're currently doing. But, my advice is if someone knows and you don't, **just ask**. [Asking more questions is not only effective](https://www.inc.com/alison-davis/why-asking-dumb-questions-is-so-darn-smart.html), you learn a hell of a lot from asking even the most simple ones. Don't worry too much, though. You have several times you can ask and whom to ask (depending on your confidence): 1. *If and only if* you aren't disrupting the meeting or the person hosting the meeting, just ask the question there and then. i.e. > > "Sorry, could you elaborate on that?" > > > or > > "Sorry, what does XYZ mean?" > > > this will not only quench your worry about not looking like you're paying attention, it also has multiple benefits: You'll learn (rather than waiting the rest of the day to go home and read up on it) about it there and then, but it can also set the tone for the meeting (someone else might be in the same boat, and you've just set the bar for the types of questions you can ask, thus, an opportunity to learn more from more questions from your peers). 2. After the meeting pull the person who ran the meeting to the side (if you didn't want to disrupt them, or didn't want to engage within a group setting) and ask them to elaborate further on what they said. I'm sure most people wouldn't mind (unless it's something you've learnt in the office before and should already know) 3. If the person is a superior and you want to keep face with them, you can simply pull a trusted colleague to one side after the meeting and ask them about one of the problems you faced or compare notes (they might have something written down you didn't know about), sometimes with other programmers, I would compare notes and [rubberduck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging) them and learn that way. But, in a normal office environment, just simply ask them: > > "Hey, you know when they mentioned XYZ in the meeting, do you know any > more about that? I'm looking to learn a little more." > > > These options may make you come across as "stupid", but you'll also come across as someone who is willing to own up when they don't know something and someone who is wanting to learn more about the topic at hand. **Further Reading:** * [Why asking stupid questions is the smartest thing to do.](https://www.stroudinternational.com/latest-insights/stupid-questions) * [Why you should ask stupid questions.](http://www.yuhiro.de/why-you-should-ask-stupid-questions/)

In your shoes, besides thinking about "when" to ask, I would think about *who* to ask. Your instinct of waiting until you are "offline" to ask is a good one. Unless you absolutely "need to" (you are one of the principal participants), you don't want to ask questions in front of a lot of people at a meeting. So the other issue is who to ask. Usually, that person is your boss. The reason is, the boss has the greatest stake in your development; the better you are, the better s/he is. A good boss will recognize that and try to accommodate your questions. There are some situations when you have a bad boss, or one who favors another co-worker over you, which would (largely) rule out that option. Who else can you ask? Basically, someone you can trust. Possibly a peer or co-worker, possibly a prospective (or actual) mentor. Executives have been known to confide in secretaries or janitors, and find that these people are more knowledgeable than they would have guessed. Having focused on who to ask, the question of "when to ask" is answered by "at a good time for them." The reason I emphasize "who" comes from Michael Lewis' "Liar's Poker." Someone asked a trainer, "how do you become successful at Salomon Brothers?" The trainer thought about it and said something like, "Most of you are going about it wrong. You are asking yourselves what you want. You should be asking yourself who you want. It's a jungle out there. So figure out who is willing to "adopt" you and help you advance in the company." And then ask them what you need to know.

Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects of the project cycle. I would become really pedantic about asking stupid questions that should be (what I felt) well known. But, I wouldn't ask them in the meeting (especially in a group setting) purposely to not look stupid. To overcome this I would do two things: * I would always go home (after the day is done) and look up the terminology/subject matter and teach myself that way, so if the topic comes up again I'd be armed with the newly obtained knowledge. * I would wait until my superior came up to me and if they mentioned it, I would have a look of confusion on my face and then ask the question. (But this to me, seemed like I wasn't listening in the meeting and/or unprofessional). Which made me contemplate the best time to ask these questions to make myself seem less like I wasn't paying attention but more because I'm willing to learn. --- So, when is it okay to ask "stupid" questions in the workplace?

2017/08/12

**Note**: as the question specifically aims at meetings, this answer aligns to that scenario. You'll have to weigh up the problems you face, either look attentive and eager to learn by overcoming your fear of looking stupid or keep doing what you're currently doing. But, my advice is if someone knows and you don't, **just ask**. [Asking more questions is not only effective](https://www.inc.com/alison-davis/why-asking-dumb-questions-is-so-darn-smart.html), you learn a hell of a lot from asking even the most simple ones. Don't worry too much, though. You have several times you can ask and whom to ask (depending on your confidence): 1. *If and only if* you aren't disrupting the meeting or the person hosting the meeting, just ask the question there and then. i.e. > > "Sorry, could you elaborate on that?" > > > or > > "Sorry, what does XYZ mean?" > > > this will not only quench your worry about not looking like you're paying attention, it also has multiple benefits: You'll learn (rather than waiting the rest of the day to go home and read up on it) about it there and then, but it can also set the tone for the meeting (someone else might be in the same boat, and you've just set the bar for the types of questions you can ask, thus, an opportunity to learn more from more questions from your peers). 2. After the meeting pull the person who ran the meeting to the side (if you didn't want to disrupt them, or didn't want to engage within a group setting) and ask them to elaborate further on what they said. I'm sure most people wouldn't mind (unless it's something you've learnt in the office before and should already know) 3. If the person is a superior and you want to keep face with them, you can simply pull a trusted colleague to one side after the meeting and ask them about one of the problems you faced or compare notes (they might have something written down you didn't know about), sometimes with other programmers, I would compare notes and [rubberduck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging) them and learn that way. But, in a normal office environment, just simply ask them: > > "Hey, you know when they mentioned XYZ in the meeting, do you know any > more about that? I'm looking to learn a little more." > > > These options may make you come across as "stupid", but you'll also come across as someone who is willing to own up when they don't know something and someone who is wanting to learn more about the topic at hand. **Further Reading:** * [Why asking stupid questions is the smartest thing to do.](https://www.stroudinternational.com/latest-insights/stupid-questions) * [Why you should ask stupid questions.](http://www.yuhiro.de/why-you-should-ask-stupid-questions/)

Your question seems to be directed towards meetings specifically, and not so much towards a classroom/group setting ... that being said, I suggest you ask for an agenda in advance for the meetings to which you are attending. Meetings should have an agenda anyway to keep people on task and efficient. This will give you the necessary time to prepare yourself to give as much concise contribution as possible which will increase your value to everybody else in attendance. The purpose of a meeting is to allow collaboration and input from individuals and/or a place to give instruction. If you foresee an unclear subject matter that could affect how you do your work, and you've done what time permits to delve into it beforehand, then there is no 'shame' in asking a 'stupid' question. If you've requested preparatory information and were not given it, and such an unclear topic comes up in conversation during the meeting, go ahead and ask the 'stupid' question. Meetings bring together individuals that are really good at different things as to get the best ideas brought forward. Not everybody in the room will have your jargon or perspective, just as you don't have theirs; it's part of the purpose of having a meeting. With proper preparation on the meeting planners part the little questions won't need to be asked, but it happens, and when it does, don't feel bad for asking. Companies also have their own jargon and way of doing things, many people come from other companies that have different procedures and traditions. If you are newer to a group that has always done their own thing a certain way, it wouldn't hurt to pull somebody aside (a new friend?) after the meeting and explain to them the unfamiliarity of your circumstance and ask them if they can clarify some things, with a follow up of asking if that person can be approached in similar circumstances in the future. This will also provide perspective for this person to recognize situations which may be a bit unclear for you and provide an opportunity for him to help with the clarity during the actual meeting. I must note though that many items on a meeting's agenda won't apply to everybody. If the subject material at hand doesn't apply to yourself, then don't interrupt the flow of conversation to ask to get the question/material clarified that doesn't apply to yourself.

Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects of the project cycle. I would become really pedantic about asking stupid questions that should be (what I felt) well known. But, I wouldn't ask them in the meeting (especially in a group setting) purposely to not look stupid. To overcome this I would do two things: * I would always go home (after the day is done) and look up the terminology/subject matter and teach myself that way, so if the topic comes up again I'd be armed with the newly obtained knowledge. * I would wait until my superior came up to me and if they mentioned it, I would have a look of confusion on my face and then ask the question. (But this to me, seemed like I wasn't listening in the meeting and/or unprofessional). Which made me contemplate the best time to ask these questions to make myself seem less like I wasn't paying attention but more because I'm willing to learn. --- So, when is it okay to ask "stupid" questions in the workplace?

2017/08/12

In your shoes, besides thinking about "when" to ask, I would think about *who* to ask. Your instinct of waiting until you are "offline" to ask is a good one. Unless you absolutely "need to" (you are one of the principal participants), you don't want to ask questions in front of a lot of people at a meeting. So the other issue is who to ask. Usually, that person is your boss. The reason is, the boss has the greatest stake in your development; the better you are, the better s/he is. A good boss will recognize that and try to accommodate your questions. There are some situations when you have a bad boss, or one who favors another co-worker over you, which would (largely) rule out that option. Who else can you ask? Basically, someone you can trust. Possibly a peer or co-worker, possibly a prospective (or actual) mentor. Executives have been known to confide in secretaries or janitors, and find that these people are more knowledgeable than they would have guessed. Having focused on who to ask, the question of "when to ask" is answered by "at a good time for them." The reason I emphasize "who" comes from Michael Lewis' "Liar's Poker." Someone asked a trainer, "how do you become successful at Salomon Brothers?" The trainer thought about it and said something like, "Most of you are going about it wrong. You are asking yourselves what you want. You should be asking yourself who you want. It's a jungle out there. So figure out who is willing to "adopt" you and help you advance in the company." And then ask them what you need to know.

When is it OK to ask "stupid" questions? Whenever you need to! You're absolutely right that it is very common for people to find themselves in these situations. The reason for that is that no one will know everything as soon as they begin (a new job, project, class, etc.). And *that* is why there is no reason at all to consider these questions stupid. That's the first point. Besides, industry terminology and project parameters both seem rather critical, and not-stupid, to me. The thing that would be "stupid," or not a good idea, let's say, is if you let yourself get behind just for not asking, if you undermine your own genius just to save yourself a little embarrassment ... when, in fact, the boss will probably be grateful that you're following along well enough to have intelligent, pertinent questions. But maybe what you're trying to ask is, "how do I know when I'm crossing the line from asking intelligent, pertinent questions ... to being pedantic about it?" The thing about pedants is that they're "excessively concerned with minor details." Will your boss look fondly on you if you keep interrupting his or her presentation for definitions to every word you haven't heard before or with every little question that pops into your head? No...probably not! How I draw the line is by asking (myself) questions like this: Can I follow along? Are the terms I'm NOT familiar with keeping me from understanding the presentation I'm listening to (or whatever), overall? If I answer yes and no, respectively, then I try to save my questions at least until the end, and if I can take thorough enough notes, maybe I can take what I *DID* learn and piece it together myself, after, by looking up the few terms I hadn't heard before on my own. Or if I can tell at the end that I *am* going to need a primer, I try to ask a brief, cogent question that gets right to the heart of whatever I'm not getting. It is also important to do what we can on our own, as much for our own minds as anything else, and when piecing together what I can, after, that's when I usually figure out what it really is that I don't understand. And then the next morning, I just try to get in the office maybe 10 minutes early and plainly tell the supervisor, "Hey, I was looking over what you were talking about and there's a bit here I just don't understand." They're usually really happy to be approached this way. But be prepared, because you may have to say, "Well, you see..." and break down what you do get so he or she will understand what you don't get. And just one more thing. I'm with you that it can be very embarrassing to have to raise your hand right in the middle of something, but sometimes it happens. It's really no big deal – who'll even know in 200 years, right? But when that happens, I've always found that you come across more intelligently when you can say, "If [blah, blah, blah...] and [blah, blah, blah,] too, then [question, question, question]?" instead of just, "what is [that]?" In other words, while it's true that "there are no stupid questions," it's best to make them as smart as you can!

Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects of the project cycle. I would become really pedantic about asking stupid questions that should be (what I felt) well known. But, I wouldn't ask them in the meeting (especially in a group setting) purposely to not look stupid. To overcome this I would do two things: * I would always go home (after the day is done) and look up the terminology/subject matter and teach myself that way, so if the topic comes up again I'd be armed with the newly obtained knowledge. * I would wait until my superior came up to me and if they mentioned it, I would have a look of confusion on my face and then ask the question. (But this to me, seemed like I wasn't listening in the meeting and/or unprofessional). Which made me contemplate the best time to ask these questions to make myself seem less like I wasn't paying attention but more because I'm willing to learn. --- So, when is it okay to ask "stupid" questions in the workplace?

2017/08/12

In your shoes, besides thinking about "when" to ask, I would think about *who* to ask. Your instinct of waiting until you are "offline" to ask is a good one. Unless you absolutely "need to" (you are one of the principal participants), you don't want to ask questions in front of a lot of people at a meeting. So the other issue is who to ask. Usually, that person is your boss. The reason is, the boss has the greatest stake in your development; the better you are, the better s/he is. A good boss will recognize that and try to accommodate your questions. There are some situations when you have a bad boss, or one who favors another co-worker over you, which would (largely) rule out that option. Who else can you ask? Basically, someone you can trust. Possibly a peer or co-worker, possibly a prospective (or actual) mentor. Executives have been known to confide in secretaries or janitors, and find that these people are more knowledgeable than they would have guessed. Having focused on who to ask, the question of "when to ask" is answered by "at a good time for them." The reason I emphasize "who" comes from Michael Lewis' "Liar's Poker." Someone asked a trainer, "how do you become successful at Salomon Brothers?" The trainer thought about it and said something like, "Most of you are going about it wrong. You are asking yourselves what you want. You should be asking yourself who you want. It's a jungle out there. So figure out who is willing to "adopt" you and help you advance in the company." And then ask them what you need to know.

Your question seems to be directed towards meetings specifically, and not so much towards a classroom/group setting ... that being said, I suggest you ask for an agenda in advance for the meetings to which you are attending. Meetings should have an agenda anyway to keep people on task and efficient. This will give you the necessary time to prepare yourself to give as much concise contribution as possible which will increase your value to everybody else in attendance. The purpose of a meeting is to allow collaboration and input from individuals and/or a place to give instruction. If you foresee an unclear subject matter that could affect how you do your work, and you've done what time permits to delve into it beforehand, then there is no 'shame' in asking a 'stupid' question. If you've requested preparatory information and were not given it, and such an unclear topic comes up in conversation during the meeting, go ahead and ask the 'stupid' question. Meetings bring together individuals that are really good at different things as to get the best ideas brought forward. Not everybody in the room will have your jargon or perspective, just as you don't have theirs; it's part of the purpose of having a meeting. With proper preparation on the meeting planners part the little questions won't need to be asked, but it happens, and when it does, don't feel bad for asking. Companies also have their own jargon and way of doing things, many people come from other companies that have different procedures and traditions. If you are newer to a group that has always done their own thing a certain way, it wouldn't hurt to pull somebody aside (a new friend?) after the meeting and explain to them the unfamiliarity of your circumstance and ask them if they can clarify some things, with a follow up of asking if that person can be approached in similar circumstances in the future. This will also provide perspective for this person to recognize situations which may be a bit unclear for you and provide an opportunity for him to help with the clarity during the actual meeting. I must note though that many items on a meeting's agenda won't apply to everybody. If the subject material at hand doesn't apply to yourself, then don't interrupt the flow of conversation to ask to get the question/material clarified that doesn't apply to yourself.

I am getting the following error when I try to connect to a Minecraft server: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/31C7S.jpg) This is all servers, not just one. The error says: > > io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection refused: no further information: > > > Version 1.12 > > > I've tried: * Restarting Minecraft * Restarting Computer * Uninstalling and Reinstalling Mincraft * Uninstalling and Reinstalling Java * Altering Firewall * Restarting Internet * I've messed with my port, made a second windows account, reset netsh winsock * Checked hosts * Made a new WINDOWS account The overlay in the bottom right is Geforce's Overlay for game capturing. I don't have any mods installed. A Mojang support ticket wouldn't help. Im desperate.

2017/08/23

I have the same error on my local network, it looks like a firewall issue on the host/server side. For me, to troubleshoot I used [nmap](https://nmap.org/). The LAN game showed up in multiplayer as 10.0.0.21:49299. nmap reported that port from that IP as closed/filtered; i.e. a firewall issue. To confirm it is a firewall issue, [turn off the firewall](https://www.howtogeek.com/242375/how-to-troubleshoot-minecraft-lan-game-problems/) (momentarily). See if you're able to connect while the firewall is disabled.

It looks like it has something to do with Firewall **not** allowing traffic to the 1.12.jar file located in C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming.minecraft\versions(version). I assume that when you say you have "Altered the Firewall" you mean that you *only* allowed connections to the Java.exes but **NOT** the actual 1.12.jar file itself. > > **Important:** When creating the rule it is important to make sure these configurations are set: Set the program path to the 1.12.jar file, and make sure to > check "Allow the Connection" when configuring the rule. > > >

I have been using oauth 2.0 with Linkedin as the provider. Now as of today suddenly the authentication is no longer working. Looked on Linkedin its API profile page and figured that they have been updating their program. The error that I am getting is the following: > > No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin '<http://localhost:3000>' is therefore not allowed access. > > > This is in JS in the Console. I am wondering if this is the actual error or if there is another error. I am using Rails on the back-end

2015/05/13

LinkedIn February 12th 2015 update effects LinkedIn applications between May 12th - May 19th, 2015. Maybe, your application affected today. I'm getting error after updating. Your application has not been authorized for the scope "r\_fullprofile". The update affected somethings. <https://developer.linkedin.com/support/developer-program-transition>

Figured it out! Not only on linkedin side, but also in your initializers you have to be careful with what you are asking for. So r\_fullprofile is not longer part of Linkedin API (you have to ask linkedin to be able to make it work). There are also other API things that no longer work (e.g. r\_connections), so be really careful as Linkedin has changed this policy. In addition, you should not forget to reset the server to reinitialize the initializers.

My pro tools version is HD 10.3.7. When I arm and start recording, everything is working, the meters going up, wave form is bulit. And when I stop it, the wave form (aka. region) immediately disappears. This happens only to short recordings. (As far as my test goes, it happens to recordings under 4 seconds). However, the disappeared recording is saved in audio files. It's not just there anymore on pro tools edit view. ????

2015/04/05

Try this: click off pre-roll on transport window (CMND + 1)

PT has a pre-record period whereby it will display the waveform but not record until this period is over. Logic Pro also has this function and you can disable it in preferences.

What is the meaning of ''one block into'' in the below sentences? Which grammar rule ? **You own a house one block into the ward.**

2019/01/29

In the context of housing, a ***block*** is either a single (multi-storey) building containing multiple apartments / offices / etc., or a (usually rectangular) area between two pairs of intersecting roads, mostly or completely filled with buildings (houses / offices / shops / etc.). And a ***ward*** usually refers to a residential area that's significant in the context of elections (all the voters who live in one ward get to decide who they will elect as their local councilor, for example). I don't know the exact context of OP's example, but basically it means the addressee's house isn't on the very *edge* of a ward - there's one more block between his house and the one that's right on the electoral boundary (but considered to be *within* the ward). --- Syntactically, it's the same general construction as... > > *I'm three weeks into my new job* > > > ...meaning *I started my new job three weeks ago.*

I believe it means *on the fringe of a district.* The word *ward* means *an administrative division of a city*. I believe it means that the person doesn't live in the center of the ward but somewhere at the margins.

We received a note from the security review team highlighting a CRUD/FLS vulnerability in our package and in the note it says there is a "Instances of SELECT vulnerability found across the application". An example provided is shown below in a "with sharing" class: > > myAttachments = [SELECT name, id, parentid, CreatedDate,CreatedById FROM Attachment WHERE parentid=:myAccount.id]; > > > If the user does not have access to the object or the field, the result will be null. So the FLS must be enforced. The documentation [here](https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Enforcing_CRUD_and_FLS) does not specify the issue. How can we resolve this issue?

2016/07/14

I contacted Salesforce's Support team and they provided [this article](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2994633) as a temporary fix. They also mentioned: > > "Our R&D team has investigated this matter and logged a New Issue for it to be repaired. Unfortunately, I cannot provide a timeline as to when this repair will be implemented due to Safe Harbor constraints." > > > [Salesforce Known Issue](https://success.salesforce.com/issues_view?id=a1p3A000000IZSEQA4)

Is KB3115322 (Security Update for Excel 2010) installed? If so, uninstalling this update worked for us. I notified Salesforce about the problem so that either Salesforce or Microsoft fixes the issue, since the update is flagged as critical by Microsoft. It's KB3115262 related to Excel 2013. It's KB3115272 related to Excel 2016.

We received a note from the security review team highlighting a CRUD/FLS vulnerability in our package and in the note it says there is a "Instances of SELECT vulnerability found across the application". An example provided is shown below in a "with sharing" class: > > myAttachments = [SELECT name, id, parentid, CreatedDate,CreatedById FROM Attachment WHERE parentid=:myAccount.id]; > > > If the user does not have access to the object or the field, the result will be null. So the FLS must be enforced. The documentation [here](https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Enforcing_CRUD_and_FLS) does not specify the issue. How can we resolve this issue?

2016/07/14

We experienced the same issue and found a workaround that works for us. Right click the excel file you downloaded, click on properties. On that screen hit the "unblock" button and then hit apply. You should be able to open the file now. 

Is KB3115322 (Security Update for Excel 2010) installed? If so, uninstalling this update worked for us. I notified Salesforce about the problem so that either Salesforce or Microsoft fixes the issue, since the update is flagged as critical by Microsoft. It's KB3115262 related to Excel 2013. It's KB3115272 related to Excel 2016.

When I use JTAG to load my C code to evaluation board, it loads successfully. However, when I executed my code from main(), I immediately got "CPU is not halted" error, followed by "No APB-AP found" error. I was able to load and executed the USB-related code before I got this error. I googled for it and use JTAG command "rx 0" to reset the target, but it does not make any change. I am using ARM Cortex-M3 Processor, J-Link ARM V4.14d, IAR Embedded workbench IDE. Thanks for ur help.

2010/09/03

One possibility: **watchdog** If your hardware has a watchdog, then you must ensure that it does not reset the CPU when the JTAG wants to halt it. If the watchdog resets the CPU you would typically get a "CPU not halted" type of error you described. If the CPU has an internal watchdog circuit, on some CPUs it is automatically "paused" when the JTAG halts the CPU. But on others, that doesn't happen, and you need to ensure the watchdog is disabled while doing JTAG debugging. If your circuit has a watchdog circuit that is external to the CPU, then typically you need to be able to disable it in some way (typically the hardware designer provides some sort of switch/jumper on the board to do so).

are you re-using the jtag lines as gpio lines and clobbering the jtags ability to communicate with the chip? I bricked a stellaris board that way.

When I use JTAG to load my C code to evaluation board, it loads successfully. However, when I executed my code from main(), I immediately got "CPU is not halted" error, followed by "No APB-AP found" error. I was able to load and executed the USB-related code before I got this error. I googled for it and use JTAG command "rx 0" to reset the target, but it does not make any change. I am using ARM Cortex-M3 Processor, J-Link ARM V4.14d, IAR Embedded workbench IDE. Thanks for ur help.

2010/09/03

One possibility: **watchdog** If your hardware has a watchdog, then you must ensure that it does not reset the CPU when the JTAG wants to halt it. If the watchdog resets the CPU you would typically get a "CPU not halted" type of error you described. If the CPU has an internal watchdog circuit, on some CPUs it is automatically "paused" when the JTAG halts the CPU. But on others, that doesn't happen, and you need to ensure the watchdog is disabled while doing JTAG debugging. If your circuit has a watchdog circuit that is external to the CPU, then typically you need to be able to disable it in some way (typically the hardware designer provides some sort of switch/jumper on the board to do so).

Make sure you have this line in code: WatchdogStallEnable(WATCHDOG0\_BASE); // stop the watchdog when CPU stopped

So my understanding of one scenario that ZFS addresses is where a RAID5 drive fails, and then during a rebuild it encountered some corrupt blocks of data and thus cannot restore that data. From Googling around I don't see this failure scenario demonstrated; either articles on a disk failure, or articles on healing data corruption, but not both. 1) Is ZFS using 3 drive raidz1 susceptible to this problem? I.e. if one drive is lost, replaced, and data corruption is encountered when reading/rebuilding, then there is no redundancy to repair this data. My understanding is that the corrupted data will be lost, correct? (I do understand that periodic scrubbing will minimize the risk, but lets assume some tiny amount of corruption occurred on one disk since the last scrubbing, and a different disk also failed, and thus the corruption is detected during the rebuild) 2) Does raidz2 4 drive setup protect against this scenario? 3) Does a two drive mirrored setup with copies=2 would protect against this scenario? I.e. one drive fails, but the other drive contains 2 copies of all data, so if corruption is encountered during rebuild, there is a redundant copy on that disk to restore from? It's appealing to me because it uses half as many disks as the raidz2 setup, even though I'd need larger disks. I am not committed to ZFS, but it is what I've read the most about off and on for a couple years now. **It would be really nice if there were something similar to par archive/reed-solomon that generates some amount of parity that protects up to 10% data corruption and only uses an amount of space proportional to how much *x*% corruption protection you want.** Then I'd just use a mirror setup and each disk in the mirror would contain a copy of that parity, which would be relatively small when compared to option #3 above. Unfortunately I don't think reed-solomon fits this scenario very well. I've been reading an old NASA document on implementing reed-solomon(the only comprehensive explanation I could find that didn't require buying a journal articular) and as far as I my understanding goes, the set of parity data would need to be completely regenerated for each incremental change to the source data. I.e. there's not an easy way to do incremental changes to the reed-solomon parity data in response to small incremental changes to the source data. **I'm wondering though if there's something similar in concept(proportionally small amount of parity data protecting X% corruption ANYWHERE in the source data) out there that someone is aware of, but I think that's probably a pipe dream.**

2013/06/11

Mostly you get things right. 1. You can feel safe if only one drive fails out of raidz1 pool. If there is some corruption on one more drive some data would be lost forever. 2. You can feel safe if two out of 4 drives fail in raidz2 pool. If there is... and so on. 3. You can be mostly sure about that but for no reason. With `copies` ZFS tries to place block copies at least 1/8 of disk size apart. However if you will encounter problems with controller it can saturate all your pool with junk quickly. What you think about parity is mostly said about raidz. In case of ZFS data can be evenly split before replicating yielding higher possible IO. Or do you want to have your data with parity on the same disk? If disk silently fails you will lose all your data and parity. The good catchphrase about data consistency is "Are you prepared for the fire?" When computer burns every single disk inside burns. There is a possibility of catching fire despite it's occurrence would be lower then of full disk fail. Full disk fail is almost common yet partial disk fail occurs more often. If I'd like to secure my data I'd first check in which category this falls. If I want to survive any known disaster I'd rather think of remote nodes and distant replication at first place. Next would be drive failure so I wouldn't bother with mirrors or copies, zraid2 or zraid3 is a nice thing to have, just build it from bigger set of different disks. You known, disks from the same distribution tends to fail in common circumstances... And ZFS mirror covers anything about partial disk failure. When some disk start showing any errors I'll throw in a third one, wait when the data be synced and only then I'll detach failed drive.

In general, focus on ZFS mirrors versus the parity RAID options. More flexible, more predictable failure scenarios and better expansion options. If you're paranoid, triple mirrors are an option. But again, RAID is not a backup... You have some great snapshot and replication options in ZFS. Make use of them to augment your data protection.

I've read on a Twitter support page that when we block a user that user will be notified that he/she has been blocked. My question is: when I block a user, that user will still be able to see my profile? Is there a way to prevent users from viewing my profile permanently?

2016/05/11

> > How to change comma to dot? > > > Use Edit, Find and Replace... [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OzrSP.jpg) However the result is a text string, so you might need to substitute dot with comma if to calculate with the result.

Go to "File" > "Spreadsheet settings" and modify the "Locale".

I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM: -Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory which is currently available on the system (let's say Linux/Windows) is 600MB. Is it possible that OutOfMemoryError will be thrown? Or maybe swap mechanism will play a role? My second question is related to the quality of GC algorithms. Let's say that I have jdk1.5u7 and jdk1.5u22. Is it possible that in the latter JVM the memory leaks vanish and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better in the latest version?

2012/08/10

Allocation depends on the used OS. If you allocate too much memory, maybe you could end up having loaded portions into swap, which is slow. If the your program runs fater os slower depends on how VM handle the memory. I would not specify a heap that's not so big to make sure it don't occupy all the memory preventing the slows from VM.

Concerning your first question: Actually if the machine can not allocate the `1024` MB that you asked as max heap size it will not even start the JVM. I know this because I noticed it often trying to open eclipse with large heap size and the OS could not allocate the larger heap space the JVM failed to load. You could also try it out yourself to confirm. So the rest of the details are irrelevant to you. If course if your program uses too much swap (same as in all languages) then the performance will be horrible. Concerning your second question: > > the memory leaks vanish > > > Not possible as they are bugs *you* will have to fix > > and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better > in the latest version? > > > This could happen, if for example some different algorithm in GC is used and it manages to kick-in before you seeing the exception. But if you have a memory leak then it would probable mask it or you would see it intermittent. Also various JVMs have different GCs you can configure **Update:** I have to admit (after see @Orochi note) that I noticed the behavior on max heap on Windows. I can not say for sure that this applies to linux as well. But you could try it yourself. **Update 2:** As an answer to comments of @DennisCheung From [IBM](http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/javasdk/tools/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.java.doc.igaa/_1vg00014884d287-11c3fb28dae-7ff6_1001.html)(my emphasis): > > > > > > The table shows both the maximum Java heap possible and a **recommended** limit for the maximum Java heap size setting ......It is important to have more physical memory than is required by all of the processes on the machine combined to prevent paging or swapping. Paging reduces the performance of the system and affects the performance of the Java memory management system. > > > > > > > > >

I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM: -Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory which is currently available on the system (let's say Linux/Windows) is 600MB. Is it possible that OutOfMemoryError will be thrown? Or maybe swap mechanism will play a role? My second question is related to the quality of GC algorithms. Let's say that I have jdk1.5u7 and jdk1.5u22. Is it possible that in the latter JVM the memory leaks vanish and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better in the latest version?

2012/08/10

The quality of the GC (barring a buggy GC) does not affect memory leaks, as memory leaks are an artifact of the application -- GC can't collect what isn't actual garbage. If a JVM needs more memory, it will take it from the system. If the system can swap, it will swap (like any other process). If the system can not swap, your JVM will fail with a system error, not an OOM exception, because the system can not satisfy the request and and this point its effectively fatal. As a rule, you NEVER want to have an active JVM partially swapped out. GC event will crush you as the system thrashes cycling pages through the virtual memory system. It's one thing to have a idle background JVM swapped out as a whole, but if you machine as 1G of RAM and your main process wants 1.5GB, then you have a major problem. The JVM like room to breathe. I've seen JVMs in a GC death spiral when they didn't have enough memory, even though they didn't have memory leaks. They simply didn't have enough working set. Adding another chunk of heap transformed that JVM from awful to happy sawtooth GC graphs. Give a JVM the memory it needs, you and it will be much happier.

Concerning your first question: Actually if the machine can not allocate the `1024` MB that you asked as max heap size it will not even start the JVM. I know this because I noticed it often trying to open eclipse with large heap size and the OS could not allocate the larger heap space the JVM failed to load. You could also try it out yourself to confirm. So the rest of the details are irrelevant to you. If course if your program uses too much swap (same as in all languages) then the performance will be horrible. Concerning your second question: > > the memory leaks vanish > > > Not possible as they are bugs *you* will have to fix > > and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better > in the latest version? > > > This could happen, if for example some different algorithm in GC is used and it manages to kick-in before you seeing the exception. But if you have a memory leak then it would probable mask it or you would see it intermittent. Also various JVMs have different GCs you can configure **Update:** I have to admit (after see @Orochi note) that I noticed the behavior on max heap on Windows. I can not say for sure that this applies to linux as well. But you could try it yourself. **Update 2:** As an answer to comments of @DennisCheung From [IBM](http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/javasdk/tools/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.java.doc.igaa/_1vg00014884d287-11c3fb28dae-7ff6_1001.html)(my emphasis): > > > > > > The table shows both the maximum Java heap possible and a **recommended** limit for the maximum Java heap size setting ......It is important to have more physical memory than is required by all of the processes on the machine combined to prevent paging or swapping. Paging reduces the performance of the system and affects the performance of the Java memory management system. > > > > > > > > >

I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM: -Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory which is currently available on the system (let's say Linux/Windows) is 600MB. Is it possible that OutOfMemoryError will be thrown? Or maybe swap mechanism will play a role? My second question is related to the quality of GC algorithms. Let's say that I have jdk1.5u7 and jdk1.5u22. Is it possible that in the latter JVM the memory leaks vanish and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better in the latest version?

2012/08/10

"Memory" and "RAM" aren't the same thing. Memory includes virtual memory (swap), so you can allocate a total of free RAM+ free swap before you get the OutOfMemoryError.

Concerning your first question: Actually if the machine can not allocate the `1024` MB that you asked as max heap size it will not even start the JVM. I know this because I noticed it often trying to open eclipse with large heap size and the OS could not allocate the larger heap space the JVM failed to load. You could also try it out yourself to confirm. So the rest of the details are irrelevant to you. If course if your program uses too much swap (same as in all languages) then the performance will be horrible. Concerning your second question: > > the memory leaks vanish > > > Not possible as they are bugs *you* will have to fix > > and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better > in the latest version? > > > This could happen, if for example some different algorithm in GC is used and it manages to kick-in before you seeing the exception. But if you have a memory leak then it would probable mask it or you would see it intermittent. Also various JVMs have different GCs you can configure **Update:** I have to admit (after see @Orochi note) that I noticed the behavior on max heap on Windows. I can not say for sure that this applies to linux as well. But you could try it yourself. **Update 2:** As an answer to comments of @DennisCheung From [IBM](http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/javasdk/tools/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.java.doc.igaa/_1vg00014884d287-11c3fb28dae-7ff6_1001.html)(my emphasis): > > > > > > The table shows both the maximum Java heap possible and a **recommended** limit for the maximum Java heap size setting ......It is important to have more physical memory than is required by all of the processes on the machine combined to prevent paging or swapping. Paging reduces the performance of the system and affects the performance of the Java memory management system. > > > > > > > > >

I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM: -Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory which is currently available on the system (let's say Linux/Windows) is 600MB. Is it possible that OutOfMemoryError will be thrown? Or maybe swap mechanism will play a role? My second question is related to the quality of GC algorithms. Let's say that I have jdk1.5u7 and jdk1.5u22. Is it possible that in the latter JVM the memory leaks vanish and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better in the latest version?

2012/08/10

The quality of the GC (barring a buggy GC) does not affect memory leaks, as memory leaks are an artifact of the application -- GC can't collect what isn't actual garbage. If a JVM needs more memory, it will take it from the system. If the system can swap, it will swap (like any other process). If the system can not swap, your JVM will fail with a system error, not an OOM exception, because the system can not satisfy the request and and this point its effectively fatal. As a rule, you NEVER want to have an active JVM partially swapped out. GC event will crush you as the system thrashes cycling pages through the virtual memory system. It's one thing to have a idle background JVM swapped out as a whole, but if you machine as 1G of RAM and your main process wants 1.5GB, then you have a major problem. The JVM like room to breathe. I've seen JVMs in a GC death spiral when they didn't have enough memory, even though they didn't have memory leaks. They simply didn't have enough working set. Adding another chunk of heap transformed that JVM from awful to happy sawtooth GC graphs. Give a JVM the memory it needs, you and it will be much happier.

Allocation depends on the used OS. If you allocate too much memory, maybe you could end up having loaded portions into swap, which is slow. If the your program runs fater os slower depends on how VM handle the memory. I would not specify a heap that's not so big to make sure it don't occupy all the memory preventing the slows from VM.

I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM: -Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory which is currently available on the system (let's say Linux/Windows) is 600MB. Is it possible that OutOfMemoryError will be thrown? Or maybe swap mechanism will play a role? My second question is related to the quality of GC algorithms. Let's say that I have jdk1.5u7 and jdk1.5u22. Is it possible that in the latter JVM the memory leaks vanish and OutOfMemoryError does not occur? Can the quality of GC be better in the latest version?

2012/08/10

"Memory" and "RAM" aren't the same thing. Memory includes virtual memory (swap), so you can allocate a total of free RAM+ free swap before you get the OutOfMemoryError.

Allocation depends on the used OS. If you allocate too much memory, maybe you could end up having loaded portions into swap, which is slow. If the your program runs fater os slower depends on how VM handle the memory. I would not specify a heap that's not so big to make sure it don't occupy all the memory preventing the slows from VM.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explained. Reese's appearance made no advancement in explaining who was responsible for the Replicators, they just added a new robot to be the source of the other robots but who created the first robot, Reese, still remains unknown. *But I've always wondered how it would be possible to explain their similarities and the fact the Ancients had an specific weapon to destroy Replicator blocks.* This is my idea in how it could have happened in any way this was explained in any type of media; I think Reese was created by an Ancient scientist who lived in the Milk Way before the plague. Much like we saw in other instances, the Ancients had worked with many different researches over their time in our galaxy and some of them didn't function properly or were at very early stages of development such as their time technology as seen in Window of Opportunity. For me, Reese was created with the purpose of researching in how to build an advanced artificial being. The Replicators could have been intentionally part of her project, a robot who could create new robots such as some algorithms we have in real life computing which can evolve and develop new and better algorithms than the original ones, such as [Evolutionary Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_algorithm) and [Genetic Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm) or they could have been an unintentional byproduct of her design, since she was clearly created to act and think like an organic being. She then lost the control of her Replicators and they made a mess in the city but eventually the Ancients or the Ancient responsible for Reese created the disruptor or an predecessor of this technology and ended the Replicator uprising. This would also explain why they found Replicator blocks lying around the planet. Reese's father then decided to put her to sleep, because he/she didn't wanted to lose the project. It wouldn't be the first time an Ancient hid a project which other Ancients decisively disagreed with the progress, such as the Time Jumper by Janus. It's also possible those hypothetical Ancients living on Reese's planet had achieved a way to input a code into the hive-mind of the Replicators making them, the Ancients, not a target as they did with the Asurans. During the Ancient-Wraith war, it's possible they decided to revive the project, already knowing how to stop the Asurans if needed and also how to control them direct on their programming, seemed to be a nice idea. Nonetheless, again the Replicators started to generating trouble when they adapted and decide to kill humans in order to get rid of the food source of the Wraiths and were shutdown again as we know. The Ida galaxy Replicators could have travelled with an Ancient ship. If the idea of the Ancients from Reese's planet had achieved a way of making themselves invunerable to the Replicators, a single entity could have survived and travelled with the Ancients during one of their trips to Ida, which probably happened a lot since they and the Asgard were in an Alliance. This would explain how a Replicator could travel in an Ancient ship and not attacked it, since it wouldn't have a taste for anything Ancient because of their programming. It is also possible some Ancient had decided to bring the project to Ida galaxy in order to continue it without the others knowing. I like to think that's what happened, it makes sense in my head. I know probably the Asurans were added because they wanted something like the Replicators back and didn't care much about the connections.

One of the anicent warships in orbit of the replicator planet in Pegasus gets a hitchhiker just a few Nanites nothing that would show up on the scanners the ship leaves orbit and sets course for the Milky Way and arrives at Reeses planet where the cells having been exposed to the vacuume of space thaw as the ship enters the atmosphere and migrate to the planet. Ff a few thousand years[Sic] the Goa'uld finding an anicent city hoping to find some tech they can manipulate/steal and transplant humans to the planet. Ff again the humans having overthrow their Goa'uld masters (like the Galarns backward engineering the memory devices) find an amount of Nanites in a Goa'uld research lab after the damage caused by the ancients trying to destroy them, leaving the replicator planet and entering resses planet as well as exposure to deep space are unable to replicate. Using the Goauld research Resses father creates Reese based on the Nanites terminator style (building a working android from research into tiny machines not the time travel bit that's just silly....) and the rest we know. This bits a reach. Some of the replicators make it through the gate to a protected planet aren't beamed away by thorns hammer resses instruction is protect me so the desire for the most powerful tech is paramount and interface with the technology where they find the location of IDA seeing the delicious Asgard tech leave on mass and create the beachhead, having some of their number beamed away by the asgard for experimentation in an attempt to forfull resses order take on the replicate at all costs concept explaining why the didnt just stay in the milkyway and overwhelm it, and the asgard wrongly assume they are native to Ida due to their numbers everything after that we know.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they can and so all the replicators went through in order to get as much as they could. This gives them a head start on the Asgard making it harder for them to contain/beat them. The ancients destroy the stargaze to late, allowing all the bugs through but essentially trapping them in Ida. Fan explanation, but not contradicted anywhere to my knowledge.

One of the anicent warships in orbit of the replicator planet in Pegasus gets a hitchhiker just a few Nanites nothing that would show up on the scanners the ship leaves orbit and sets course for the Milky Way and arrives at Reeses planet where the cells having been exposed to the vacuume of space thaw as the ship enters the atmosphere and migrate to the planet. Ff a few thousand years[Sic] the Goa'uld finding an anicent city hoping to find some tech they can manipulate/steal and transplant humans to the planet. Ff again the humans having overthrow their Goa'uld masters (like the Galarns backward engineering the memory devices) find an amount of Nanites in a Goa'uld research lab after the damage caused by the ancients trying to destroy them, leaving the replicator planet and entering resses planet as well as exposure to deep space are unable to replicate. Using the Goauld research Resses father creates Reese based on the Nanites terminator style (building a working android from research into tiny machines not the time travel bit that's just silly....) and the rest we know. This bits a reach. Some of the replicators make it through the gate to a protected planet aren't beamed away by thorns hammer resses instruction is protect me so the desire for the most powerful tech is paramount and interface with the technology where they find the location of IDA seeing the delicious Asgard tech leave on mass and create the beachhead, having some of their number beamed away by the asgard for experimentation in an attempt to forfull resses order take on the replicate at all costs concept explaining why the didnt just stay in the milkyway and overwhelm it, and the asgard wrongly assume they are native to Ida due to their numbers everything after that we know.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#Transcript) that they were first encountered in the Ida Galaxy. > > **THOR :** ***They were discovered on an isolated planet in our home galaxy*** some years ago. The creators were not present. > > > **TEAL'C :** *Most likely destroyed by their own creation.* > > > **THOR :** *The Replicators were brought aboard an Asgard ship for study before the danger could be fully comprehended.* > > > **O'NEILL :** *We do that all the time. I kinda expected more from you guys.* > > > **THOR :** *Overconfidence in our technologies has been our undoing. The entities learned from the very means that were employed to stop > them. They have become a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating > everything in its path.* > > >

The answers are not in any single episode or any single show. You really have to watch Stargate-SG1 and Stargate-SGA (Atlantis) in their entirety to come to the conclusion. The Ida Galaxy is the Asgard designation for the Pegasus Galaxy which is the Terran designation for the next closest galaxy in our local cluster. The Events of SG1 took place primarily in the Milky-way Galaxy until the events of the Ori took them to another galaxy that has never been pin pointed. The replicators were creations of the Ancients (Au-Terran's) which as we all know was the first human species to evolve in any Galaxy that we know of to date, not counting the races in the Great Alliance and others seeded by the Ancients. Thus we can determine that the Replicators never left the home galaxy, in fact After the Ancients created the replicators they sent them forth to attack the Wraith, after years of war the Wraith found the shut down code for the replicators, this is not before the events of the Ancients realization that the replicators would never be the weapon they intended and attempted to destroy them. In fact they closely destroyed their world but a few cells survived and continued the primary directive. The true question is how the replicators (Reese) got from the Pegasus/Ida Galaxy got to the Milkyway. More then likely the replicators stowed away on either a Asgard ship or an Ancients ship, as both races being in the so called "Great Alliance" had inter-galactic hyper-drives landed on the closest planet and continued.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#Transcript) that they were first encountered in the Ida Galaxy. > > **THOR :** ***They were discovered on an isolated planet in our home galaxy*** some years ago. The creators were not present. > > > **TEAL'C :** *Most likely destroyed by their own creation.* > > > **THOR :** *The Replicators were brought aboard an Asgard ship for study before the danger could be fully comprehended.* > > > **O'NEILL :** *We do that all the time. I kinda expected more from you guys.* > > > **THOR :** *Overconfidence in our technologies has been our undoing. The entities learned from the very means that were employed to stop > them. They have become a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating > everything in its path.* > > >

One of the anicent warships in orbit of the replicator planet in Pegasus gets a hitchhiker just a few Nanites nothing that would show up on the scanners the ship leaves orbit and sets course for the Milky Way and arrives at Reeses planet where the cells having been exposed to the vacuume of space thaw as the ship enters the atmosphere and migrate to the planet. Ff a few thousand years[Sic] the Goa'uld finding an anicent city hoping to find some tech they can manipulate/steal and transplant humans to the planet. Ff again the humans having overthrow their Goa'uld masters (like the Galarns backward engineering the memory devices) find an amount of Nanites in a Goa'uld research lab after the damage caused by the ancients trying to destroy them, leaving the replicator planet and entering resses planet as well as exposure to deep space are unable to replicate. Using the Goauld research Resses father creates Reese based on the Nanites terminator style (building a working android from research into tiny machines not the time travel bit that's just silly....) and the rest we know. This bits a reach. Some of the replicators make it through the gate to a protected planet aren't beamed away by thorns hammer resses instruction is protect me so the desire for the most powerful tech is paramount and interface with the technology where they find the location of IDA seeing the delicious Asgard tech leave on mass and create the beachhead, having some of their number beamed away by the asgard for experimentation in an attempt to forfull resses order take on the replicate at all costs concept explaining why the didnt just stay in the milkyway and overwhelm it, and the asgard wrongly assume they are native to Ida due to their numbers everything after that we know.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they can and so all the replicators went through in order to get as much as they could. This gives them a head start on the Asgard making it harder for them to contain/beat them. The ancients destroy the stargaze to late, allowing all the bugs through but essentially trapping them in Ida. Fan explanation, but not contradicted anywhere to my knowledge.

Expanding on one of Richard's comment above, an alternate, and bleak, explanation surfaces: After lotusing Reese's planet, the replicators set out to search for food elsewhere. At this point they encounter the Ancients, and integrate their technology and philosophy (to some extent) into their own. Recognizing that Ancients pose a threat to their immediate dominance, they do the machiney thing and use their new-found hyper drives to colonize every galaxy the Ancients know of but are not present in, explaining their presence in Ida, and their absence in Pegasus and the Ori Home Galaxy. In other words: **The entire universe is overrun by replicators, except the Milky Way, Pegasus and Ori Home galaxies.**

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they can and so all the replicators went through in order to get as much as they could. This gives them a head start on the Asgard making it harder for them to contain/beat them. The ancients destroy the stargaze to late, allowing all the bugs through but essentially trapping them in Ida. Fan explanation, but not contradicted anywhere to my knowledge.

The answers are not in any single episode or any single show. You really have to watch Stargate-SG1 and Stargate-SGA (Atlantis) in their entirety to come to the conclusion. The Ida Galaxy is the Asgard designation for the Pegasus Galaxy which is the Terran designation for the next closest galaxy in our local cluster. The Events of SG1 took place primarily in the Milky-way Galaxy until the events of the Ori took them to another galaxy that has never been pin pointed. The replicators were creations of the Ancients (Au-Terran's) which as we all know was the first human species to evolve in any Galaxy that we know of to date, not counting the races in the Great Alliance and others seeded by the Ancients. Thus we can determine that the Replicators never left the home galaxy, in fact After the Ancients created the replicators they sent them forth to attack the Wraith, after years of war the Wraith found the shut down code for the replicators, this is not before the events of the Ancients realization that the replicators would never be the weapon they intended and attempted to destroy them. In fact they closely destroyed their world but a few cells survived and continued the primary directive. The true question is how the replicators (Reese) got from the Pegasus/Ida Galaxy got to the Milkyway. More then likely the replicators stowed away on either a Asgard ship or an Ancients ship, as both races being in the so called "Great Alliance" had inter-galactic hyper-drives landed on the closest planet and continued.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#Transcript) that they were first encountered in the Ida Galaxy. > > **THOR :** ***They were discovered on an isolated planet in our home galaxy*** some years ago. The creators were not present. > > > **TEAL'C :** *Most likely destroyed by their own creation.* > > > **THOR :** *The Replicators were brought aboard an Asgard ship for study before the danger could be fully comprehended.* > > > **O'NEILL :** *We do that all the time. I kinda expected more from you guys.* > > > **THOR :** *Overconfidence in our technologies has been our undoing. The entities learned from the very means that were employed to stop > them. They have become a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating > everything in its path.* > > >

Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explained. Reese's appearance made no advancement in explaining who was responsible for the Replicators, they just added a new robot to be the source of the other robots but who created the first robot, Reese, still remains unknown. *But I've always wondered how it would be possible to explain their similarities and the fact the Ancients had an specific weapon to destroy Replicator blocks.* This is my idea in how it could have happened in any way this was explained in any type of media; I think Reese was created by an Ancient scientist who lived in the Milk Way before the plague. Much like we saw in other instances, the Ancients had worked with many different researches over their time in our galaxy and some of them didn't function properly or were at very early stages of development such as their time technology as seen in Window of Opportunity. For me, Reese was created with the purpose of researching in how to build an advanced artificial being. The Replicators could have been intentionally part of her project, a robot who could create new robots such as some algorithms we have in real life computing which can evolve and develop new and better algorithms than the original ones, such as [Evolutionary Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_algorithm) and [Genetic Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm) or they could have been an unintentional byproduct of her design, since she was clearly created to act and think like an organic being. She then lost the control of her Replicators and they made a mess in the city but eventually the Ancients or the Ancient responsible for Reese created the disruptor or an predecessor of this technology and ended the Replicator uprising. This would also explain why they found Replicator blocks lying around the planet. Reese's father then decided to put her to sleep, because he/she didn't wanted to lose the project. It wouldn't be the first time an Ancient hid a project which other Ancients decisively disagreed with the progress, such as the Time Jumper by Janus. It's also possible those hypothetical Ancients living on Reese's planet had achieved a way to input a code into the hive-mind of the Replicators making them, the Ancients, not a target as they did with the Asurans. During the Ancient-Wraith war, it's possible they decided to revive the project, already knowing how to stop the Asurans if needed and also how to control them direct on their programming, seemed to be a nice idea. Nonetheless, again the Replicators started to generating trouble when they adapted and decide to kill humans in order to get rid of the food source of the Wraiths and were shutdown again as we know. The Ida galaxy Replicators could have travelled with an Ancient ship. If the idea of the Ancients from Reese's planet had achieved a way of making themselves invunerable to the Replicators, a single entity could have survived and travelled with the Ancients during one of their trips to Ida, which probably happened a lot since they and the Asgard were in an Alliance. This would explain how a Replicator could travel in an Ancient ship and not attacked it, since it wouldn't have a taste for anything Ancient because of their programming. It is also possible some Ancient had decided to bring the project to Ida galaxy in order to continue it without the others knowing. I like to think that's what happened, it makes sense in my head. I know probably the Asurans were added because they wanted something like the Replicators back and didn't care much about the connections.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explained. Reese's appearance made no advancement in explaining who was responsible for the Replicators, they just added a new robot to be the source of the other robots but who created the first robot, Reese, still remains unknown. *But I've always wondered how it would be possible to explain their similarities and the fact the Ancients had an specific weapon to destroy Replicator blocks.* This is my idea in how it could have happened in any way this was explained in any type of media; I think Reese was created by an Ancient scientist who lived in the Milk Way before the plague. Much like we saw in other instances, the Ancients had worked with many different researches over their time in our galaxy and some of them didn't function properly or were at very early stages of development such as their time technology as seen in Window of Opportunity. For me, Reese was created with the purpose of researching in how to build an advanced artificial being. The Replicators could have been intentionally part of her project, a robot who could create new robots such as some algorithms we have in real life computing which can evolve and develop new and better algorithms than the original ones, such as [Evolutionary Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_algorithm) and [Genetic Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm) or they could have been an unintentional byproduct of her design, since she was clearly created to act and think like an organic being. She then lost the control of her Replicators and they made a mess in the city but eventually the Ancients or the Ancient responsible for Reese created the disruptor or an predecessor of this technology and ended the Replicator uprising. This would also explain why they found Replicator blocks lying around the planet. Reese's father then decided to put her to sleep, because he/she didn't wanted to lose the project. It wouldn't be the first time an Ancient hid a project which other Ancients decisively disagreed with the progress, such as the Time Jumper by Janus. It's also possible those hypothetical Ancients living on Reese's planet had achieved a way to input a code into the hive-mind of the Replicators making them, the Ancients, not a target as they did with the Asurans. During the Ancient-Wraith war, it's possible they decided to revive the project, already knowing how to stop the Asurans if needed and also how to control them direct on their programming, seemed to be a nice idea. Nonetheless, again the Replicators started to generating trouble when they adapted and decide to kill humans in order to get rid of the food source of the Wraiths and were shutdown again as we know. The Ida galaxy Replicators could have travelled with an Ancient ship. If the idea of the Ancients from Reese's planet had achieved a way of making themselves invunerable to the Replicators, a single entity could have survived and travelled with the Ancients during one of their trips to Ida, which probably happened a lot since they and the Asgard were in an Alliance. This would explain how a Replicator could travel in an Ancient ship and not attacked it, since it wouldn't have a taste for anything Ancient because of their programming. It is also possible some Ancient had decided to bring the project to Ida galaxy in order to continue it without the others knowing. I like to think that's what happened, it makes sense in my head. I know probably the Asurans were added because they wanted something like the Replicators back and didn't care much about the connections.

Expanding on one of Richard's comment above, an alternate, and bleak, explanation surfaces: After lotusing Reese's planet, the replicators set out to search for food elsewhere. At this point they encounter the Ancients, and integrate their technology and philosophy (to some extent) into their own. Recognizing that Ancients pose a threat to their immediate dominance, they do the machiney thing and use their new-found hyper drives to colonize every galaxy the Ancients know of but are not present in, explaining their presence in Ida, and their absence in Pegasus and the Ori Home Galaxy. In other words: **The entire universe is overrun by replicators, except the Milky Way, Pegasus and Ori Home galaxies.**

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#Transcript) that they were first encountered in the Ida Galaxy. > > **THOR :** ***They were discovered on an isolated planet in our home galaxy*** some years ago. The creators were not present. > > > **TEAL'C :** *Most likely destroyed by their own creation.* > > > **THOR :** *The Replicators were brought aboard an Asgard ship for study before the danger could be fully comprehended.* > > > **O'NEILL :** *We do that all the time. I kinda expected more from you guys.* > > > **THOR :** *Overconfidence in our technologies has been our undoing. The entities learned from the very means that were employed to stop > them. They have become a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating > everything in its path.* > > >

reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they can and so all the replicators went through in order to get as much as they could. This gives them a head start on the Asgard making it harder for them to contain/beat them. The ancients destroy the stargaze to late, allowing all the bugs through but essentially trapping them in Ida. Fan explanation, but not contradicted anywhere to my knowledge.

I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy. We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of no race that were capable of travelling between galaxies (and that lives in the Milky Way) aside from the ancients My question is, how did they end up in the [Asgard galaxy](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ida) (Ida) and why didn't they consume everything in the Milky Way long before the series began? Is is ever explained? 

2014/02/08

Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explained. Reese's appearance made no advancement in explaining who was responsible for the Replicators, they just added a new robot to be the source of the other robots but who created the first robot, Reese, still remains unknown. *But I've always wondered how it would be possible to explain their similarities and the fact the Ancients had an specific weapon to destroy Replicator blocks.* This is my idea in how it could have happened in any way this was explained in any type of media; I think Reese was created by an Ancient scientist who lived in the Milk Way before the plague. Much like we saw in other instances, the Ancients had worked with many different researches over their time in our galaxy and some of them didn't function properly or were at very early stages of development such as their time technology as seen in Window of Opportunity. For me, Reese was created with the purpose of researching in how to build an advanced artificial being. The Replicators could have been intentionally part of her project, a robot who could create new robots such as some algorithms we have in real life computing which can evolve and develop new and better algorithms than the original ones, such as [Evolutionary Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_algorithm) and [Genetic Algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm) or they could have been an unintentional byproduct of her design, since she was clearly created to act and think like an organic being. She then lost the control of her Replicators and they made a mess in the city but eventually the Ancients or the Ancient responsible for Reese created the disruptor or an predecessor of this technology and ended the Replicator uprising. This would also explain why they found Replicator blocks lying around the planet. Reese's father then decided to put her to sleep, because he/she didn't wanted to lose the project. It wouldn't be the first time an Ancient hid a project which other Ancients decisively disagreed with the progress, such as the Time Jumper by Janus. It's also possible those hypothetical Ancients living on Reese's planet had achieved a way to input a code into the hive-mind of the Replicators making them, the Ancients, not a target as they did with the Asurans. During the Ancient-Wraith war, it's possible they decided to revive the project, already knowing how to stop the Asurans if needed and also how to control them direct on their programming, seemed to be a nice idea. Nonetheless, again the Replicators started to generating trouble when they adapted and decide to kill humans in order to get rid of the food source of the Wraiths and were shutdown again as we know. The Ida galaxy Replicators could have travelled with an Ancient ship. If the idea of the Ancients from Reese's planet had achieved a way of making themselves invunerable to the Replicators, a single entity could have survived and travelled with the Ancients during one of their trips to Ida, which probably happened a lot since they and the Asgard were in an Alliance. This would explain how a Replicator could travel in an Ancient ship and not attacked it, since it wouldn't have a taste for anything Ancient because of their programming. It is also possible some Ancient had decided to bring the project to Ida galaxy in order to continue it without the others knowing. I like to think that's what happened, it makes sense in my head. I know probably the Asurans were added because they wanted something like the Replicators back and didn't care much about the connections.

reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they can and so all the replicators went through in order to get as much as they could. This gives them a head start on the Asgard making it harder for them to contain/beat them. The ancients destroy the stargaze to late, allowing all the bugs through but essentially trapping them in Ida. Fan explanation, but not contradicted anywhere to my knowledge.

On top of [an answer](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/63791/399694) describing a meme about pluralization bugs, there was a deprecation notice posted (from August 2018): > > This meme is officially deprecated. > > > Please do not use this meme. It remains here while links to it are > still quite 'out in the wild' as a reference to inform folks that they > shouldn't be using it, and should be flagging comments linking to it > for removal. > > > While at the time it was seen as light-hearted fun, that context (and > Jeff) are long gone; the use of this is just confusing and definitely > not in line with our Code of Conduct. > > > While I can understand the rationale of prohibiting jokes about violence, I want to clarify whether the prohibition of the meme solely covers jokes about violence, or also jokes about pluralization bugs in the Stack Exchange software. For example, is the prohibition intended to cover comments like > > We've seen this pluralization bug occur one time**s** this week in the chat software > > > or > > At least this [obviously incorrect] stack exchange software message has correct pluralization! > > >

2019/11/24

It is possible that your post may be on-topic at the [Information Security](https://security.stackexchange.com) Stack Exchange site. They have quite a few questions and a lot of them do cover Internet censorship by governments.

> > How is it possible bypass Internet restriction in Iran to get access to some simple sites like Google. > > > When out of country access is permitted there's an answer on [SuperUser.SE](https://superuser.com/q/429358/419485) where user [Paul](https://superuser.com/a/429387/419485) suggests [Openvpn-ALS](http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvpn-als/). So, it is on-topic there and there's an answer. If that doesn't answer your question you can ask a new one. When out of country access is turned off, it's off. There are no legal methods. From [NetBlocks.org](https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-restored-in-iran-after-protest-shutdown-dAmqddA9), Nov 23, 2019: > > "... Current connectivity levels have risen to 64% after earlier flatlining at 5% for several days. Mobile internet remains generally unavailable. ...". > > > It looks like a hole was found on the 17th, which was quickly plugged. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AQR4t.jpg)

I am re-asking this question for Photoshop Elements 10 : [How can I resize an image without anti-aliasing?](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/5519/how-can-i-resize-an-image-without-anti-aliasing) I want the same result as the user got here- the ability to change a layer's angle and scale without having photoshop try to smooth the image for me (I'm working with pixel art). The only issue is that there is no "Interpolate Image" option in the general preferences tab like in other photoshops. The only area I can even access the "Nearest Neighbor" option is in the Image Resize tab, and that doesn't allow me to operate within a specific layer or to change the angle at all. Thanks for your help!

2012/02/14

I guess you could copy the part of the image you want to resize into a new image; resize that image using "Nearest Neighbor" interpolation; then copy it back into your original image. But that doesn't help if you need to rotate. This might just be one of the features that Elements leaves out...

One way that might work better is to convert the item that you want to resize and rotate to a smart object. If you do not want to leave the item as a smart object, then you could re-rasterize it once you are finished with the transformations. The results will vary depending on the type and complexity of your image. This method has worked well for me with line drawings, shapes, and shadows, but not as well for photographs. I hope this is helpful!

How can I create a product key for my C# Application? I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions. > > Related: > > > * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988) > * [How do you protect your software from illegal distribution?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/109997) > > >

2009/01/17

I have to admit I'd do something rather insane. 1. Find a CPU bottleneck and extract it to a [P/Invokeable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Invocation_Services) DLL file. 2. As a post build action, encrypt part of the DLL file with an XOR encryption key. 3. Select a public/private key scheme, include public key in the DLL file 4. Arrange so that decrypting the product key and XORing the two halves together results in the encryption key for the DLL. 5. In the DLL's DllMain code, disable protection (PAGE\_EXECUTE\_READWRITE) and decrypt it with the key. 6. Make a LicenseCheck() method that makes a sanity check of the license key and parameters, then checksums entire DLL file, throwing license violation on either. Oh, and do some other initialization here. When they find and remove the LicenseCheck, what fun will follow when the DLL starts [segmentation faulting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmentation_fault).

You can check [LicenseSpot](http://www.licensespot.com). It provides: * Free Licensing Component * Online Activation * API to integrate your app and online store * Serial number generation * Revoke licenses * Subscription Management

How can I create a product key for my C# Application? I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions. > > Related: > > > * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988) > * [How do you protect your software from illegal distribution?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/109997) > > >

2009/01/17

Whether it's trivial or hard to crack, I'm not sure that it really makes much of a difference. The likelihood of your app being cracked is far more proportional to its usefulness rather than the strength of the product key handling. Personally, I think there are two classes of user. Those who pay. Those who don't. The ones that do will likely do so with even the most trivial protection. Those who don't will wait for a crack or look elsewhere. Either way, it won't get you any more money.

Another good inexpensive tool for product keys and activations is a product called InstallKey. Take a look at [www.lomacons.com](http://www.lomacons.com)

How can I create a product key for my C# Application? I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions. > > Related: > > > * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988) > * [How do you protect your software from illegal distribution?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/109997) > > >

2009/01/17

The trick is to have an algorithm that only you know (such that it could be decoded at the other end). There are simple things like, "Pick a prime number and add a magic number to it" More convoluted options such as using asymmetric encryption of a set of binary data (that could include a unique identifier, version numbers, etc) and distribute the encrypted data as the key. Might also be worth reading the responses to [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/404806/pin-generation#404904) as well

You can check [LicenseSpot](http://www.licensespot.com). It provides: * Free Licensing Component * Online Activation * API to integrate your app and online store * Serial number generation * Revoke licenses * Subscription Management

How can I create a product key for my C# Application? I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions. > > Related: > > > * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988) > * [How do you protect your software from illegal distribution?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/109997) > > >

2009/01/17

I have to admit I'd do something rather insane. 1. Find a CPU bottleneck and extract it to a [P/Invokeable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Invocation_Services) DLL file. 2. As a post build action, encrypt part of the DLL file with an XOR encryption key. 3. Select a public/private key scheme, include public key in the DLL file 4. Arrange so that decrypting the product key and XORing the two halves together results in the encryption key for the DLL. 5. In the DLL's DllMain code, disable protection (PAGE\_EXECUTE\_READWRITE) and decrypt it with the key. 6. Make a LicenseCheck() method that makes a sanity check of the license key and parameters, then checksums entire DLL file, throwing license violation on either. Oh, and do some other initialization here. When they find and remove the LicenseCheck, what fun will follow when the DLL starts [segmentation faulting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmentation_fault).

The trick is to have an algorithm that only you know (such that it could be decoded at the other end). There are simple things like, "Pick a prime number and add a magic number to it" More convoluted options such as using asymmetric encryption of a set of binary data (that could include a unique identifier, version numbers, etc) and distribute the encrypted data as the key. Might also be worth reading the responses to [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/404806/pin-generation#404904) as well

How can I create a product key for my C# Application? I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions. > > Related: > > > * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988) > * [How do you protect your software from illegal distribution?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/109997) > > >

2009/01/17

There is the option [Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection](http://www.microsoft.com/slps/) (SLP) Services as well. After reading about it I really wish I could use it. I really like the idea of blocking parts of code based on the license. Hot stuff, and the most secure for .NET. Interesting read even if you don't use it! > > Microsoft® Software Licensing and > Protection (SLP) Services is a > software activation service that > enables independent software vendors > (ISVs) to adopt flexible licensing > terms for their customers. Microsoft > SLP Services employs a unique > protection method that helps safeguard > your application and licensing > information allowing you to get to > market faster while increasing > customer compliance. > > > Note: This is the only way I would release a product with sensitive code (such as a valuable algorithm).

Another good inexpensive tool for product keys and activations is a product called InstallKey. Take a look at [www.lomacons.com](http://www.lomacons.com)

How can I create a product key for my C# Application? I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions. > > Related: > > > * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988) > * [How do you protect your software from illegal distribution?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/109997) > > >

2009/01/17

You can do something like create a record which contains the data you want to authenticate to the application. This could include anything you want - e.g. program features to enable, expiry date, name of the user (if you want to bind it to a user). Then encrypt that using some crypto algorithm with a fixed key or hash it. Then you just verify it within your program. One way to distribute the license file (on windows) is to provide it as a file which updates the registry (saves the user having to type it). Beware of false sense of security though - sooner or later someone will simply patch your program to skip that check, and distribute the patched version. Or, they will work out a key that passes all checks and distribute that, or backdate the clock, etc. It doesn't matter how convoluted you make your scheme, anything you do for this will ultimately be security through obscurity and they will always be able to this. Even if they can't someone will, and will distribute the hacked version. Same applies even if you supply a dongle - if someone wants to, they can patch out the check for that too. Digitally signing your code won't help, they can remove that signature, or resign it. You can complicate matters a bit by using techniques to prevent the program running in a debugger etc, but even this is not bullet proof. So you should just make it difficult enough that an honest user will not forget to pay. Also be very careful that your scheme does not become obtrusive to paying users - it's better to have some ripped off copies than for your paying customers not to be able to use what they have paid for. Another option is to have an online check - just provide the user with a unique ID, and check online as to what capabilities that ID should have, and cache it for some period. All the same caveats apply though - people can get round anything like this. Consider also the support costs of having to deal with users who have forgotten their key, etc. *edit: I just want to add, don't invest too much time in this or think that somehow your convoluted scheme will be different and uncrackable. It won't, and cannot be as long as people control the hardware and OS your program runs on. Developers have been trying to come up with ever more complex schemes for this, thinking that if they develop their own system for it then it will be known only to them and therefore 'more secure'. But it really is the programming equivalent of trying to build a perpetual motion machine. :-)*

Another good inexpensive tool for product keys and activations is a product called InstallKey. Take a look at [www.lomacons.com](http://www.lomacons.com)

**The Challenge** Using only lands and Goblins, your goal is to build a Magic: the Gathering deck that can win the game as quickly as possible, against an opponent who does nothing. You may assume that your deck is stacked, so that you will always draw exactly the cards you want. **Scoring** The winning answer will be the one which can defeat the opponent in as few turns as possible. You may choose to play or draw, but winning on the play is considered faster than winning on the draw. In the event that two solutions are equally fast, the winner will be the solution that deals more damage. In the event that two solutions are equally fast and equally damaging, the winner will be the one that uses less cards. **Possibly Asked Questions** When you say Goblins... Any card with the subtype Goblin. So no [Goblin Game](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8902) or [Dragon Fodder](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398647). What's the opponent doing? The opponent's deck consists of sixty islands, and they begin the game by mulliganing to zero. They will take no game actions unless an effect requires them to. Loopholes? Your solution may not rely upon random chance such as winning coinflips, or the opponent doing something suicidal, like choosing 20 on [Choice of Damnations](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=88803)

2015/12/19

Got it down to turn 1 on the draw if we allow Mons's Goblin Waiters! **Turn 1 - infinite damage on the draw (16 cards used)** > > Turn 0: > > > > Gemstone Caverns, exiling Mons's Goblin Raiders for irony (1 card "used") > > > > > > Turn 1: > > > > City of Traitors, tap both lands for 2R (2R, 2 cards) > > > > Play Mons's Goblin Waiters for R, sacrifice both lands for R (2R, 3 cards) > > > > Play Skirk Prospector for R, sacrifice Mons's Goblin Waiters for R (2R, 4 cards) > > > > Play Mogg War Marshal for 1R, sacrifice it and both tokens for RRR (1RRR, 5 cards) > > > > Play Mogg War Marshal for 1R, sacrifice it and both tokens for RRR (RRRRR, 6 cards) > > > > Play Goblin Ringleader for RRRR, revealing Mogg War Marshal, Goblin Lackey, Goblin Bushwhacker, and Grenzo, Dungeon Warden, then sacrifice it for R (RR, 7 cards) > > > > Play Mogg War Marshal for RR, sacrifice it and both tokens for RRR (RRR, 8 cards) > > > > Play Goblin Lackey for R (RR, 9 cards) > > > > Play Goblin Bushwhacker, Kicked, for RR (10 cards) > > > > Attack with Goblin Lackey for 2 damage, put Grenzo, Dungeon Warden into play (11 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Lackey and Goblin Bushwhacker for RR (RR, 11 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Siege-Gang Commander, put it into play, sacrifice it and all three tokens for RRRR (RRRR, 12 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Siege-Gang Commander, put it into play, sacrifice it and all three tokens for RRRR (RRRRRR, 13 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Goblin Sledder, put it into play, sacrifice it to give Grenzo +1/+1 (RRRR, 14 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, put it into play (RR, 15 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Lightning Crafter, put it into play, *but hold the ETB trigger on the stack...* (16 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki, targeting Lightning Crafter to create a token, champion Kiki-Jiki with the token, tap the token to deal your opponent 3 damage, then sacrifice the token for R, returning Kiki-Jiki to the battlefield untapped > > > > Repeat the step above infinite times, dealing your opponent infinite damage!  > > > Without Mons's, the best is turn two: **Turn 2 (*pre-combat!*) - infinite damage on the play (12 cards used)** > > Turn 1: > > > > [Geothermal Crevice](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=23238) tapped (1 card used) > > > > > Turn 2: > > > > Tap and sacrifice Geothermal Crevice, play [Frogtosser Banneret](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152587) for BG (2 cards) > > > > Mountain, play [Akki Rockspeaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=77919) for R, gaining R (R, 4 cards) > > > > Play [Skirk Prospector](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393985) for R (5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Akki Rockspeaker to gain R, play [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973) for R (6 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Mogg War Marshal and both tokens for RRR (RRR, 6 cards) > > > > Play [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973) for R (RR, 7 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Mogg War Marshal and both tokens for RRR (RRRRR, 7 cards) > > > > Play [Goblin Ringleader](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393963) for RRR, revealing Mogg War Marshal x2, Kiki-Jiki Mirror Breaker, Lightning Crafter (RR, 8 cards) > > > > Play [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973), [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973) for RR (10 cards) > > > > Sacrifice both Mogg War Marshals and all four tokens for RRRRRR (RRRRRR, 10 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Ringleader for R (RRRRRRR, 10 cards) > > > > Play [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397698) for RRRR (RRR, 11 cards) > > > > Play [Lightning Crafter](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152893) for RRR, *but hold the ETB trigger on the stack* (12 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki targeting Lightning Crafter to make a token, champion Kiki-Jiki with the token. Tap the token to deal 3 damage to your opponent, then sacrifice the token to Skirk Prospector for R, returning Kiki-Jiki to the battlefield (untapped) > > > > Repeat the above step infinite times, dealing infinite damage to your opponent! > > (With the original Lightning Crafter trigger still on the stack) > > > As well as the most efficient kill: **Turn 2 - infinite damage on the play (6 cards used)** > > Turn 1: > > > > Mountain, [Goblin Lackey](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382959) (2 cards used) > > > > > > Turn 2: > > > > Tap Mountain for R, play [Skirk Prospector](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393985) (3 cards) > > > > Attack with Goblin Lackey for 1 damage, put [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397698) into play (4 cards) > > > > Play [Gaea's Cradle](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=10422), Tap for GGG (GGG floating, 5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Lackey to Skirk Prospector for R (GGGR, 5 cards) > > > > Play [Lightning Crafter](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152893) for GGGR, *but hold the ETB trigger on the stack* (6 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki targeting Lightning Crafter to make a token, champion Kiki-Jiki with the token. Tap the token to deal 3 damage to your opponent, then sacrifice the token to Skirk Prospector for R, returning Kiki-Jiki to the battlefield (untapped) > > > > Repeat the above step infinite times, dealing infinite damage to your opponent! > > (With the original Lightning Crafter trigger still on the stack) > > > Optimizing for card efficiency another way: **Turn 2 - infinite damage on the play (5 cards from hand)** > > I'm proud to have broken [Goatnapper](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=142363), although the consequences may be tragic - after having proven that it facilitates a practically unbeatable turn two infinite combo deck, I am sure it will shortly be banned from Legacy, and we will all be poorer for the loss. > > > . > > Turn 1: > > > > Mountain, [Goblin Lackey](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382959) (2 cards played) > > > > > > Turn 2: > > > > Attack with Goblin Lackey for 1 damage, put [Grenzo, Dungeon Warden](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382276) into play (3 cards) > > > > Tap Mountain for R, play [Skirk Prospector](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393985) (4 cards) > > > > Play [Gaea's Cradle](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=10422), Tap for GGG (GGG floating, 5 cards) > > > > Pay GG to Grenzo, revealing [Siege-Gang Commander](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393982), put it into play, get three Goblin tokens > > > > Sacrifice Siege-Gang Commander and all three tokens to Skirk Prospector for RRRR (GRRRR, 5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Lackey to Skirk Prospector for R (GRRRRR, 5 cards) > > > > Pay GR to Grenzo, revealing [Amoeboid Changeling](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=207921), put it into play > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Goatnapper](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=142363), put it into play targeting Amoeboid Changeling (a Goat, as well as a Goblin), untapping it, gaining control of it, and giving it haste > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397698), put it into play > > > > Tap Amoeboid Changeling (haste from Goatnapper) to give Kiki-Jiki all creature types until end of turn > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki, targeting Goatnapper, creating a token with haste. Target Kiki-Jiki with the Goatnapper token trigger (Kiki-Jiki is currently a Goat as well as a Goblin), untap and gain control of Kiki-Jiki (as well as giving it more haste) > > > > Repeat the above step infinite times for infinite Goatnapper tokens, leaving Kiki-Jiki untapped > > > > Sacrifice your infinite Goatnapper tokens for infinite R from Skirk Prospector (Infinite R, 5 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Goblin Sledder](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393964), put it into play (Infinite R, 5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Skirk Prospector and Goblin Sledder, giving Grenzo +2/+2 until end of turn > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Goblin Dynamo](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=42274), put it into play (Infinite R, 5 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki, targeting Goblin Dynamo, creating a token copy with haste > > > > Tap and sacrifice the Goblin Dynamo token with X = infinite, dealing infinite damage to your opponent! > > >

I haven't touched a Magic card for about 6 years, but I'll take a shot at setting a base. Choose to play. > > 1. Play a mountain and cast [Goblin Lackey](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382959) > 2. Play a mountain and cast [Goblin Piledriver](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398537); attack for 1, putting [Siege-Gang Commander](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393982) into the battlefield (with 3 1/1 goblin tokens). > 3. Play a mountain and cast [Goblin Chieftain](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=221201); attack for 23, 24 total damage, 7 cards played. > > > P.S. Wow. Magic got scary when I stopped playing, and most of my older cards appear to have been made obsolete by strictly better alternatives.

**The Challenge** Using only lands and Goblins, your goal is to build a Magic: the Gathering deck that can win the game as quickly as possible, against an opponent who does nothing. You may assume that your deck is stacked, so that you will always draw exactly the cards you want. **Scoring** The winning answer will be the one which can defeat the opponent in as few turns as possible. You may choose to play or draw, but winning on the play is considered faster than winning on the draw. In the event that two solutions are equally fast, the winner will be the solution that deals more damage. In the event that two solutions are equally fast and equally damaging, the winner will be the one that uses less cards. **Possibly Asked Questions** When you say Goblins... Any card with the subtype Goblin. So no [Goblin Game](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8902) or [Dragon Fodder](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398647). What's the opponent doing? The opponent's deck consists of sixty islands, and they begin the game by mulliganing to zero. They will take no game actions unless an effect requires them to. Loopholes? Your solution may not rely upon random chance such as winning coinflips, or the opponent doing something suicidal, like choosing 20 on [Choice of Damnations](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=88803)

2015/12/19

Got it down to turn 1 on the draw if we allow Mons's Goblin Waiters! **Turn 1 - infinite damage on the draw (16 cards used)** > > Turn 0: > > > > Gemstone Caverns, exiling Mons's Goblin Raiders for irony (1 card "used") > > > > > > Turn 1: > > > > City of Traitors, tap both lands for 2R (2R, 2 cards) > > > > Play Mons's Goblin Waiters for R, sacrifice both lands for R (2R, 3 cards) > > > > Play Skirk Prospector for R, sacrifice Mons's Goblin Waiters for R (2R, 4 cards) > > > > Play Mogg War Marshal for 1R, sacrifice it and both tokens for RRR (1RRR, 5 cards) > > > > Play Mogg War Marshal for 1R, sacrifice it and both tokens for RRR (RRRRR, 6 cards) > > > > Play Goblin Ringleader for RRRR, revealing Mogg War Marshal, Goblin Lackey, Goblin Bushwhacker, and Grenzo, Dungeon Warden, then sacrifice it for R (RR, 7 cards) > > > > Play Mogg War Marshal for RR, sacrifice it and both tokens for RRR (RRR, 8 cards) > > > > Play Goblin Lackey for R (RR, 9 cards) > > > > Play Goblin Bushwhacker, Kicked, for RR (10 cards) > > > > Attack with Goblin Lackey for 2 damage, put Grenzo, Dungeon Warden into play (11 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Lackey and Goblin Bushwhacker for RR (RR, 11 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Siege-Gang Commander, put it into play, sacrifice it and all three tokens for RRRR (RRRR, 12 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Siege-Gang Commander, put it into play, sacrifice it and all three tokens for RRRR (RRRRRR, 13 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Goblin Sledder, put it into play, sacrifice it to give Grenzo +1/+1 (RRRR, 14 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, put it into play (RR, 15 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing Lightning Crafter, put it into play, *but hold the ETB trigger on the stack...* (16 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki, targeting Lightning Crafter to create a token, champion Kiki-Jiki with the token, tap the token to deal your opponent 3 damage, then sacrifice the token for R, returning Kiki-Jiki to the battlefield untapped > > > > Repeat the step above infinite times, dealing your opponent infinite damage!  > > > Without Mons's, the best is turn two: **Turn 2 (*pre-combat!*) - infinite damage on the play (12 cards used)** > > Turn 1: > > > > [Geothermal Crevice](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=23238) tapped (1 card used) > > > > > Turn 2: > > > > Tap and sacrifice Geothermal Crevice, play [Frogtosser Banneret](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152587) for BG (2 cards) > > > > Mountain, play [Akki Rockspeaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=77919) for R, gaining R (R, 4 cards) > > > > Play [Skirk Prospector](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393985) for R (5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Akki Rockspeaker to gain R, play [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973) for R (6 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Mogg War Marshal and both tokens for RRR (RRR, 6 cards) > > > > Play [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973) for R (RR, 7 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Mogg War Marshal and both tokens for RRR (RRRRR, 7 cards) > > > > Play [Goblin Ringleader](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393963) for RRR, revealing Mogg War Marshal x2, Kiki-Jiki Mirror Breaker, Lightning Crafter (RR, 8 cards) > > > > Play [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973), [Mogg War Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393973) for RR (10 cards) > > > > Sacrifice both Mogg War Marshals and all four tokens for RRRRRR (RRRRRR, 10 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Ringleader for R (RRRRRRR, 10 cards) > > > > Play [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397698) for RRRR (RRR, 11 cards) > > > > Play [Lightning Crafter](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152893) for RRR, *but hold the ETB trigger on the stack* (12 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki targeting Lightning Crafter to make a token, champion Kiki-Jiki with the token. Tap the token to deal 3 damage to your opponent, then sacrifice the token to Skirk Prospector for R, returning Kiki-Jiki to the battlefield (untapped) > > > > Repeat the above step infinite times, dealing infinite damage to your opponent! > > (With the original Lightning Crafter trigger still on the stack) > > > As well as the most efficient kill: **Turn 2 - infinite damage on the play (6 cards used)** > > Turn 1: > > > > Mountain, [Goblin Lackey](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382959) (2 cards used) > > > > > > Turn 2: > > > > Tap Mountain for R, play [Skirk Prospector](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393985) (3 cards) > > > > Attack with Goblin Lackey for 1 damage, put [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397698) into play (4 cards) > > > > Play [Gaea's Cradle](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=10422), Tap for GGG (GGG floating, 5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Lackey to Skirk Prospector for R (GGGR, 5 cards) > > > > Play [Lightning Crafter](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152893) for GGGR, *but hold the ETB trigger on the stack* (6 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki targeting Lightning Crafter to make a token, champion Kiki-Jiki with the token. Tap the token to deal 3 damage to your opponent, then sacrifice the token to Skirk Prospector for R, returning Kiki-Jiki to the battlefield (untapped) > > > > Repeat the above step infinite times, dealing infinite damage to your opponent! > > (With the original Lightning Crafter trigger still on the stack) > > > Optimizing for card efficiency another way: **Turn 2 - infinite damage on the play (5 cards from hand)** > > I'm proud to have broken [Goatnapper](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=142363), although the consequences may be tragic - after having proven that it facilitates a practically unbeatable turn two infinite combo deck, I am sure it will shortly be banned from Legacy, and we will all be poorer for the loss. > > > . > > Turn 1: > > > > Mountain, [Goblin Lackey](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382959) (2 cards played) > > > > > > Turn 2: > > > > Attack with Goblin Lackey for 1 damage, put [Grenzo, Dungeon Warden](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382276) into play (3 cards) > > > > Tap Mountain for R, play [Skirk Prospector](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393985) (4 cards) > > > > Play [Gaea's Cradle](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=10422), Tap for GGG (GGG floating, 5 cards) > > > > Pay GG to Grenzo, revealing [Siege-Gang Commander](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393982), put it into play, get three Goblin tokens > > > > Sacrifice Siege-Gang Commander and all three tokens to Skirk Prospector for RRRR (GRRRR, 5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Goblin Lackey to Skirk Prospector for R (GRRRRR, 5 cards) > > > > Pay GR to Grenzo, revealing [Amoeboid Changeling](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=207921), put it into play > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Goatnapper](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=142363), put it into play targeting Amoeboid Changeling (a Goat, as well as a Goblin), untapping it, gaining control of it, and giving it haste > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397698), put it into play > > > > Tap Amoeboid Changeling (haste from Goatnapper) to give Kiki-Jiki all creature types until end of turn > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki, targeting Goatnapper, creating a token with haste. Target Kiki-Jiki with the Goatnapper token trigger (Kiki-Jiki is currently a Goat as well as a Goblin), untap and gain control of Kiki-Jiki (as well as giving it more haste) > > > > Repeat the above step infinite times for infinite Goatnapper tokens, leaving Kiki-Jiki untapped > > > > Sacrifice your infinite Goatnapper tokens for infinite R from Skirk Prospector (Infinite R, 5 cards) > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Goblin Sledder](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=393964), put it into play (Infinite R, 5 cards) > > > > Sacrifice Skirk Prospector and Goblin Sledder, giving Grenzo +2/+2 until end of turn > > > > Pay RR to Grenzo, revealing [Goblin Dynamo](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=42274), put it into play (Infinite R, 5 cards) > > > > Tap Kiki-Jiki, targeting Goblin Dynamo, creating a token copy with haste > > > > Tap and sacrifice the Goblin Dynamo token with X = infinite, dealing infinite damage to your opponent! > > >

I'm assuming I can use any land I want, since it doesn't say I can only use Mountains or basics. Choose to be on the play. **Turn 1**: Mountain, [Goblin Lackey](http://magiccards.info/us/en/190.html) **Turn 2**: [Ancient Tomb](http://magiccards.info/tp/en/305.html), [Goblin Rabblemaster](http://magiccards.info/m15/en/145.html). Attack with Lackey and the Rabblemaster token for 2. Put [Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker](http://magiccards.info/chk/en/175.html) into play with the Lackey trigger. On your opponent's end step, use Kiki-Jiki to make a copy of Goblin Rabblemaster (so it will survive to your next turn). **Turn 3**: Mountain, [Goblin Chieftain](http://magiccards.info/m10/en/139.html). Use Kiki-Jiki to copy Goblin Rabblemaster. Go to combat, make 3 more tokens from Rabblemasters, attack your opponent with 6 2/2's and 3 11/3's for 45 damage. 47 total damage, 7 cards played.

After choosing between "Express" or "Custom" update it keeps loading forever.   That's how it looks like. I have been waiting for more than 24 hours, but no success. **SYSTEM & ADDITIONAL INFO** * Three computers were reformatted and are presenting the same problem. * Same CD have been used on all installations. * No problem occurred during instalation. * There is no problem with the network * Windows Version: XP SP3

2013/10/22

I did have exactly the same problem as stated by RaphaelVidal. In my case the solution was actually simple. Cause of the problem looks to be a cancelled download or install of an earlier update. I could see that in the update history (see left side in Microsoft Update) that an earlier update was cancelled. In that history a "KB-number" of that cancelled update is shown. The solution is to Google on that " + download + Microsoft". And than download and install that update manually. After that install, in my case Microsoft Update was working again. (Maybe you see more cancelled updates in the history and you should repeat the above).

If anyone gets here from the future (well, the past is a bit unlikely), and can't get Microsoft Update to work, with it constantly Checking for Updates but never finishing, along with svchost.exe high CPU usage: Try disabling Microsoft Update, at the bottom of the Settings page, linked to on the left in Windows Update site. For some reason, if enabled, checking for updates never finished. I tried manually updating root certificates, IE8, etc, and a bunch of hotfixes, but they did not work. Disabling Microsoft Update cleaned everything right up. Hope it helps someone.

I'm setting up a site for internal use and it will be served over HTTPS with a self-signed server certificate. To increase security, I want to also secure the site with client certificates. Is there any reason to use a separate certificate authority to sign the client certificates instead of just using the server private key I already have to sign them?

2017/08/28

When you talk about security, all this self-signed SSL stuff has nothing common with security. In order to implement proper SSL configuration for internal network, you have to: * Create your own CA server (depending on a platform, different products may be used. For example, in Windows you can use Active Directory Certificate Services, in Linux you can use CA software like EJBCA). CA certificate will be self-signed * Provide best security for your CA server: strict physical and remote access to the server. * Distribute self-signed root CA certificate to trust store on all affected clients * Use this CA to issue certificates to clients and web servers * Maintain revocation information for these certificates (CA server will periodically publish CRLs) The reason is -- separation of concerns and security. Web servier is by default less secure. There are more chances that private key leaks from web server, because you can't guarantee adequate security for it because of web server specialization (be public). With dedicated CA you can provide better security, so less people can access it either, physically or programmatically. If you lose SSL certificate, you can revoke it and issue a new one. Minimum server reconfiguration is required. No client reconfiguration is required. If you use CA certificate on web server, you will have to recreate every server/client certificate and reconfigure all of them in the case of key compromise.

Crypt32 gave information about "how". Here's a reason to do this the "right way" -- The "right way" is likely less costly than running your own CA, distributing keys, etc. "Let's encrypt" is free. A wildcard from a "cheap" SSL provider is only about $100/year and can provide a cert for all sites in a domain. Either solution is very inexpensive without running a CA server, distributing keys etc.

I seem to see the phrase "shake his booty" being used to say something is good and attractive. But does it mean "shake his butt"? And if they are the same, why does "shake his butt" seem a somewhat distasteful action, but "shake his booty" all of a sudden becomes somewhat glamorous?

2014/01/26

"Neither is glamorous! "Booty" is [American slang for buttocks](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=booty) but almost universally refers to that of a woman. "Butt" is also slang for "buttocks" but does not imply gender. Moreover, "booty" has overt sexual overtones (and is, in fact, slang for having sex in some cases), whereas "butt" is not. (A parent might refer to his/her child's butt, but never the child's booty.) You may be hearing the term "booty" in pop music lyrics or even some forms of pop journalism, but it is not considered a professional, polite, or glamorous word. As far as I know, the origin of the term is int he term for a pirate's treasure, called his "booty". The metaphoric link is to a woman's "treasure", I think.

"Booty" is a word for a person's rear end from the [African American Vernacular English](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English) dialect. I believe it probably first entered wider usage through disco music, particularly in the phrase ["Shake your booty"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Shake,_Shake,_Shake%29_Shake_Your_Booty). While it is a fairly normal word in AAVE, when used outside of AAVE it is typically used in a dance or other semi-sexualized context. So in interpreting this word, you have to pay close attention to what dialect is being used.

The background of my question relies on the following points. * Quine-Duhem thesis: it is difficult to test a theory with an experiment, because the test would rely on other theories. * The discussion of the previous point is difficult because we do not have a "theory of everything", so it is not clear if the chain of theories involved in an experiment ends somewhere. * It could be nice to make an attempt to reverse the logic: imagine a universe ruled by a given mathematical model (that we completely know), including entities able to perform experiments, and try to discuss to which extent they are able, by means of experiment, to discover the rules. * This approach does not require to mimic the real physical laws. In the past, it has been tried to imagine very unusual hypothetical universes and discus what the hypothetical inhabitants would see, e.g., "Flatland", or the non-Euclidean geometries. In some cases, scientists later discovered that the imagined universe had some relevance for the real life. Now, the question is: given a mathematical model of a hypothetical universe, possibly including entities (animals, or robots) that are able to perform experiments, how is it possible to discuss the results of their experiments? And the models and theories that they can test and verify? Is there any philosophical attempt in this direction? Can anyone suggest some literature? I do not think that these questions have a straightforward answer. Just to avoid misunderstandings: I already deposited a pre-print on this topic, with some thoughts in this direction, but without references to literature. I do not put here the link because I do not want that my question looks as an advertisement for my manuscript.

2019/04/24

In addition to Nietzsche: --- [Rousseau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau) wrote both the music and libretto for an opera - [Le Devin du Village](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_devin_du_village). [Rousseau - Le Devin du Village on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld7XDELDnto) --- [Adorno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_W._Adorno) was a classically trained pianist, studied composition with [Berg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Berg) in Vienna, and wrote piano music and a number of string quartets. [A selection of Adorno string quartets on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=adorno%20string%20quartet)

Gabriel Marcel according to Brendan Sweetman composed music: > > He also developed a keen interest in classical music and composed a number of pieces. > > > However, I could not find a list of these compositions. --- Thanks to @sand1 from comments: "La Biblitheque Nationale Francaise list has a section for him as Compositeur(54) [data.bnf.fr/fr/11914394/gabriel\_marcel](https://data.bnf.fr/fr/11914394/gabriel_marcel/)" --- Sweetman, B. "Gabriel Marcel". Retrieved April 23, 2019 from *Britannica* <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriel-Honore-Marcel>

Which of the following sentences is better to use? > > 1. Where it is concluded that the report is incorrect it will be returned. > 2. If the report is incorrect then it will be returned. > > > Or do they mean the same thing? These sentences will be used for a description of activities.

2010/11/16

In your examples, the sentence starting with *if* is easier to understand. But it always depends on the context of what's being written as well as target audience. I find *where* is used more often in formal writings, but not always.

**If**. If you use *where*, the sentence is harder to parse. You run the risk of confusing your audience, who might think that you're talking about a location.

Which of the following sentences is better to use? > > 1. Where it is concluded that the report is incorrect it will be returned. > 2. If the report is incorrect then it will be returned. > > > Or do they mean the same thing? These sentences will be used for a description of activities.

2010/11/16

In your examples, the sentence starting with *if* is easier to understand. But it always depends on the context of what's being written as well as target audience. I find *where* is used more often in formal writings, but not always.

"Where" is making a more general statement. In particular the statement with "if" would be appropriate whether we were talking about a particular report right now, or about any report which might happen to be produced; "where" would be appropriate only in the latter case. Apart from that, I agree with vehomzzz and joshdick

This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not. I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following: * How do they work with geographic information? * What search parameters do they use? * Can you personalize your search? How? and so on...

2010/07/07

The ones I've had most sucess with is: * [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/)

When I was looking for my house, I found [Trulia](http://www.trulia.com/) to be very helpful in terms of the search and notification options it has. Geographic Info: Search by city and zip code. You can also have it show everything within the visible Google Maps area. For cities and such, you can also select specific neighborhoods. Search Parameters: City/State/Zip/Neighborhood, Price Range, # Bedrooms, # Bathroom, Open Houses, New Listings, Listing Type, Property Type, Square Feet Range, Keyword, Year Built, Lot Size, Foreclosure Type, MLS ID, Price/sqft. Personalize: Yes. You can save searches and receive email alerts.

This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not. I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following: * How do they work with geographic information? * What search parameters do they use? * Can you personalize your search? How? and so on...

2010/07/07

The ones I've had most sucess with is: * [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/)

I like [Nestoria.co.uk](http://www.nestoria.co.uk) for its combination of list and map search. Moving around the map refreshes the search listings around the centered location.

This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not. I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following: * How do they work with geographic information? * What search parameters do they use? * Can you personalize your search? How? and so on...

2010/07/07

The ones I've had most sucess with is: * [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/)

[RateMyStudentRental.com](http://www.ratemystudentrental.com/) has housing for colleges and universities. It focuses on ratings and reviews, rather than just listing properties (and it's still pretty new), so it doesn't have a ton of housing listed yet. You can do a personalized search here: www.ratemystudentrental.com/search What do you mean, how does it handle geographic data? Do you mean what's the UI like, or how does it handle it on the back end? Also, HelloRent.com has an amazing interface for browsing/searching/filtering rental properties on Craigslist, but it's still in private beta for now. DISCLAIMER: I built RateMyStudentRental.com, so I'm a bit biased ;-)

This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not. I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following: * How do they work with geographic information? * What search parameters do they use? * Can you personalize your search? How? and so on...

2010/07/07

The ones I've had most sucess with is: * [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/)

My favorite, that I just found yesterday in fact, is: [PadMapper](http://www.padmapper.com/) It automagically pulls in Craigslist, ForRent, Apartments.com & "Others". You can filter by price, size, bathrooms, bedrooms, whether they allow animals or not, pictures & more. It's based on Google Maps. Very handy. :)

This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not. I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following: * How do they work with geographic information? * What search parameters do they use? * Can you personalize your search? How? and so on...

2010/07/07

The ones I've had most sucess with is: * [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/)

Gotta go with [PadMapper.com](http://www.padmapper.com/). It aggregates lots of sources, offers lots of filters, lets you hide/favorite listings, lets you subscribe to updates to your search via email, and even has an iPhone app. And it's all map based, as the name suggests :-)

This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not. I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following: * How do they work with geographic information? * What search parameters do they use? * Can you personalize your search? How? and so on...

2010/07/07

The ones I've had most sucess with is: * [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/)

Here in Aus I've always used the traditional [domain.com.au](http://domain.com.au) and [realestate.com.au](http://realestate.com.au). They're not super good, but they're always adding more features. They've got everything that [rchern](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685/web-applications-to-look-for-rental-apartment-houses/1717#1717) mentions. I find the map view the handiest of the lot. A new one launched a couple of weeks ago - [tenancyone.com.au](http://tenancyone.com.au/). I've not used it yet, but the basic idea sound good. You create a "profile" (I don't know what that entails) and they provide "tools" (once again, haven't looked closely). Their drawcard is they let the realestate agents find you, rather than the other way around, which is a novel way of looking at it.

This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not. I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following: * How do they work with geographic information? * What search parameters do they use? * Can you personalize your search? How? and so on...

2010/07/07

The ones I've had most sucess with is: * [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/)

The best site that I have found is [Freerentalsite.com](http://www.freerentalsite.com/). As far as search you can type in anything that you want. Address, landmark, a park, school whatever and it gives you the results with a radius of that search. They call it "borderless search". Once you have the location, you can refine your search even more, or click on the mapping to see those results on the map. Best part it is international, but i heard that it is not coming to the US until january 2011.

I'd like to ask for the community's opinion regarding the correct usage of a comma for a quoted question. In a situation such as this, which of the two following sentences would be correct? The placement of the comma is the only difference, and I can't seem to pinpoint which one is correct. > > A popular answer to the common introductory question "What is your favorite color?," red is a color that is beloved by many. > > > A popular answer to the common introductory question "What is your favorite color?", red is a color that is beloved by many. > > >

2018/08/12

Berserk is an odd option here. **Violent** would provide better meaning. (i)Brusque implies a lack of manners. That's a very *hoity-toity* way of putting it. Pacific is just flat out wrong, it means 'peaceful'. No one stops for picnics in the park in the middle of a revolution. (ii) "more peaceful" implies a calming down, so spreading, metastasizing is out, as is growing. That leaves only recede as viable. Crane Brinton [wrote on the French revolution in 1934](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_Brinton). There's been considerable linguistic drift since then. Brinton does *not* read like a modern American writer.

If it helps, let's rewrite the sentence replacing some possibly difficult words with simpler ones in the context: First, I'll give definitions of the words I'll be replacing: > > temperate > adjective > > 2. > a. Moderate in degree or quality; restrained. > b. Exercising moderation and self-restraint. > [American Heritage > Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/temperate) > > > inexorably > inexorable > adjective > > 1. Impossible to stop, alter, or resist; inevitable: an inexorable fate; an inexorable law of nature. > [American Heritage > Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inexorable) > > > The most obscure word here is "Thermidor", it refers to the month in the new calendar adopted in France during the French Revolution. Of particular note is this association: > > On 9 Thermidor Year II (27 July 1794), the French politician > Maximilien Robespierre was denounced by members of the National > Convention as "a tyrant", leading to Robespierre and twenty-one > associates including Louis Antoine de Saint-Just being arrested that > night and beheaded on the following day. > [Thermidorian reaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidorian_Reaction) > > > Because of the Thermidorian reaction ... the word "Thermidor" has come > to mean a retreat from more radical goals and strategies during a > revolution, especially when caused by a replacement of leading > personalities. > [Thermidor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidor) > > > So at the end of the sentence we have "a peaceful period of “Thermidor” ensues", or peaceful period of diminished radicalism or extremism. Really you can throw out the reference to Thermidor, because the word "peaceful" does all the explaining that things settle down into a more peaceful state. So let's rewrite the sentence with the replacements in brackets: > > Crane Brinton argued that the middle phases of revolutions are > especially (i) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ because the unleashed force of social > momentum transfers power [unavoidably] from more stable forces to less > [restrained] ones. > > > After the first blank it says essentially that a revolution becomes less restrained. Which of the optional words do you think match "less restrained": * (A) brusque (B) berserk (C) pacific > > Yet, he then goes on to say that the excesses (ii) > \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and a more peaceful period of [diminished extremism] ensues. > > > Then the author says that after a previous period of unrest and disturbance the revolution settles into a more peaceful condition. Which of the following words would you associate most with troublesome times (excesses) going away? * (D) metastasize (E) grow (F) recede Hope that helped.

i heard that domain driven design pattern but do not know what it is exactly. is it design pattern? if so then how it is different from mvc or mvp. please discuss this. how to implement domain driven design pattern with c#.

2011/05/01

In short: It's not a design pattern. You can see it as **set of patterns** and **principles** where you write code that reflects real life objects and concepts in a specific domain (problem area): From the StackOverflow tag: > > Domain-driven design (DDD) is an > approach to developing software for > complex needs by deeply connecting the > implementation to an evolving model of > the core business concepts. > > > Here is a link to study: * [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design)

I believe this link should get you started and more.. <http://www.infoq.com/articles/ddd-in-practice> The example in the article is not terrific (see the comments). Nonetheless, it contains some decent material on the ideas. Also, Google search on "anemic domain models" will return some relevant results. To read about other domain patterns: <http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1398617&seqNum=4>

i heard that domain driven design pattern but do not know what it is exactly. is it design pattern? if so then how it is different from mvc or mvp. please discuss this. how to implement domain driven design pattern with c#.

2011/05/01

In short: It's not a design pattern. You can see it as **set of patterns** and **principles** where you write code that reflects real life objects and concepts in a specific domain (problem area): From the StackOverflow tag: > > Domain-driven design (DDD) is an > approach to developing software for > complex needs by deeply connecting the > implementation to an evolving model of > the core business concepts. > > > Here is a link to study: * [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design)

For DDD in the C# world, please look at [Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0321268202) . Jimmy Nilsson (the author) is a recognised leader in DDD using a C# slant.

i heard that domain driven design pattern but do not know what it is exactly. is it design pattern? if so then how it is different from mvc or mvp. please discuss this. how to implement domain driven design pattern with c#.

2011/05/01

I believe this link should get you started and more.. <http://www.infoq.com/articles/ddd-in-practice> The example in the article is not terrific (see the comments). Nonetheless, it contains some decent material on the ideas. Also, Google search on "anemic domain models" will return some relevant results. To read about other domain patterns: <http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1398617&seqNum=4>

For DDD in the C# world, please look at [Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0321268202) . Jimmy Nilsson (the author) is a recognised leader in DDD using a C# slant.

I'm making an flight search app with Sencha Touch and have encountered a small problem. I want to create a textfield for all the airports and need autocomplete functionality for in order to make it easy for the user to choose departure airport and return airport. How can i implement this? The airports will be loaded via XML-schema and I can't seem to find any good documentation for this feature. Thanx in advance!

2011/07/12

Since there were no custom components out there and I needed something like this myself as well, I smashed it together. So, here it is. **Sencha Touch 2 Autocomplete Textfield component:** <https://github.com/martintajur/sencha-touch-2-autocomplete-textfield> It currently uses AJAX request response for populating the autocomplete matches. It also supports custom input by the user. When serializing the form data, the value of this type of input will be: * the selected item ID in case user has selected a matched autocomplete result * the typed text when the user has not chosen an autocomplete result It is very basic at the moment and completely driven by own need for such a control. Feel free to fork, modify, adapt. It's MIT-licenced.

I think you should use a searchfield instead of textfield as suggested by @Ismailp, Then you should create a popup(a panel) in its keyup event, which should contain a list of Airports. Go through the hidden folder list-search in the example folder in downloaded sencha framework.It shows how to search through a list.

I've been trying to train a model that predicts an individual's survival time. My training set is an unbalanced panel; it has multiple observations per individual and thus time varying covariates. Every individual is observed from start to finish so no censoring. As a test, I used a plain random forest regression (not a random survival forest), treating each observation as if it were iid (even if it came from the same individual) with the duration as the target. When testing the predictions on a test set, the results have been surprisingly accurate. Why is this working so well? I thought random forests needed iid observations.

2014/11/13

Although there is structure to your data, it may be that the variation in baseline risk does not vary substantially enough among your subjects to cause a model without a frailty term to form poor predictions. Of course, it's perfectly possible that a model with a frailty term would perform better than the pooled random forest model. Even if you did run a pooled and hierarchical model and the pooled model did as well or slightly better, you may still want to use the hierarchical model because the variance in baseline risk is very likely NOT zero among your subjects, and the hierarchical model would probably perform better in the long term on data that was in neither your test or training sets. As an aside, consider whether the cross validation score you are using aligns with the goals of your prediction task in the first place before comparing pooled and hierarchical models. If your goal is to make predictions on the same group of individuals as in your test/training data, then simple k fold or loo cross validation on the response is sufficient. But if you want to make predictions about new individuals, you should instead do k fold cross validation that samples at the individual level. In the first case you are scoring your predictions without regard for the structure of the data. In the second case you are estimating your ability to predict risk within individuals that are not in your sample. Lastly, remember always that CV is itself data dependent, and only an estimate of your model's predictive capabilities.

I am just starting to work with Random Forest but I believe it is mainly the bagging that needs to be iid for each tree and the subset of features selection at each node. I am unaware of any formal constraints on the data itself. Why it works so well on your data I can not say until I have investigated your data. But the non-iid'ness of your features will not influence performance too much.

> > **मानुष्यं च समासाद्य स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्।** > > **नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः स मृतः शोचते चिरम्॥३०॥** > > > The human body is the means for achieving of the heaven and moksa and even after achieving the same, he does not do good to himself. After death he keeps on thinking for a long time. > > > > > > It is difficult for even the gods and the demons to achieve the human body. Therefore after achieving the human body, one should act in a way that he has not to face the agonies of the hell. > > > > > And we all along find several verses through Hinduism saying this- **Human Birth is extremely rare and auspicious. We must not waste it and effect our Moksha practicing Yoga *(Karma, Gyaana, Bhakti, Kriya, Raaja Yog: means of attaining Brahma)*.** If it be argued- **'*God gave those human being punishment of previous Karma*'** , then also God could have given them inferior births such as- fishes, birds, animals, et cetera. Why does God give them Human Birth?

2017/06/09

We all live in Mrityu Lok or Karma Lok. It is called karma lok because we do Karma in this world/lok and get karma phal in return. Whatever deeds we do, we will surely get Karma phal of that deed in return. The grief or joy we experience in life is nothing but result of our karma referred as karma phal. If we do good deeds then we will get joy and if we do bad then we will get grief. As per **Bhagwat Geeta** and **Garur Puran**, when human dies then he only carries his karma phal (not worldly things like money, fame etc) with him while traveling to other lok known as Yam lok. There Yamraj judges our all karma and decides whether we will stay in Hell or we will go to heaven. Whether we will go to hell or heaven, The main purpose of visiting those loks are just to get karma phal of those karma which we did when we were alive in karma lok. Even when we visit hell or heaven to get karma phal, our all karma phal can't be given in one lok at a time. Means, we have to take birth again to get all of our karma phal but that birth is not easy to get. We only get birth in karma lok if any of our karma phal is pending, hence we have to take birth to get our pending karma phal. And that pending karma phal can be of any kind of karma whether it was sin karma or saintly karma. **How Lord decide where and how we will be born** Following things are decided for us before giving us birth * whether we will born in rich family or in poor family. * We will born as beautiful/pretty person Or ugly person * We will born as healthy or with diseased (mentally or physically). * how long we will live or what will be our age. * How much joy and how much grief we will get during our life time. * How much struggle we need to do in our life to get success. and so on... All these things are decided by the Lord himself before giving us birth. And these things are decided by our karma phal, those karma phal which we earn in our previous birth. So whether people are **Lunatic**, **Autistic** or **Schizophrenic**... etc. It's not Lords wish to make such kind of people but It's karma phal of those people which they earn in previous birth and because of their karma phal they get diseases and other things, Lord can't do anything in this. Pretty much this is the only reason for getting birth in this lok so that we can get all of our karma phal because as par **Bhagawad Geeta** one can't get moksha, if their karma phal is pending. So to get moksha we have to get birth. But unfortunate thing is that, when we get birth to get our pending karma phal then we also do new karma and hence our new karma phal gets generated and to get karma phal of our new karma (which we do in our current birth) we have to take birth again then in next birth while getting our pending karma phal we again do new karma and to get karma phal of new karma we again take birth and then again and again... This cycle of rebirth continues to flow because our karma continues to flow. As long as we are doing karma in this lok, we will be getting birth again and again and we will never get moksha.

Everything and everyone is Brahman. When you harm others you are harming yourself. There are people in this world who bring great pains to animal and human life, ie they destroy themselves according to karmic laws. just like an alcoholic do not understand at the time that he is destroying his liver, the evil doer does not understand what part of himself he is destroying. But the sinner is still not one with Brahman. His field of experience is what he calls as himself. So when such an individual dies and when his mind is destroyed he comes into contact with reality, which includes the person he wronged or tortured. He comes into contact with the agony he created and that becomes his reality and he is born with this reality. Asking why is there suffering in the world, when humans, animals and even the earth is tortured, ignored and humiliated, is like stabbing yourself in the leg and wondering 'why am I in pain?!' When people do good deeds their soul becomes strong and the grace of God is on them. Painful realities they encounter while they die are not strong enough to change their reality because they gave comfort, trust and justice to souls their reality becomes enriched by their good actions and they receive appropriate life's, bodies and circumstances, when they are reborn. But still everyone who are involved in the circle of Karma are all fools according to the great sages like Vyasa. Because you are still bound by Karma. liberation from the bondage of Karma is what you should seek. Which is easy in Kali Yuga(current yuga is kali. Kali the demonic era, not to be confused with Kahli the goddess). In Kali yuga you don't have to meditate for years or do great yagnas to attain liberation, simply chanting the name of God with submission, trust and honesty will do. If you don't do this you are carrying the burden of karma on your shoulders good or bad and therefore you are not free and hence will be born again and again to pay your karmic debt or receive credit or both, with increased levels of debt and low level of credit or vice versa. God has nothing to do with it. God is Satchitananda. You can't know the wishes of Brahm because you are it and you choose to be ignorant of your reality in the spirit of playing the game of life. Whether you are suffering or having a good time you are always playing. There is no victim in life you are doing everything to yourself. Waking up to this reality is enlightenment.

> > **मानुष्यं च समासाद्य स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्।** > > **नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः स मृतः शोचते चिरम्॥३०॥** > > > The human body is the means for achieving of the heaven and moksa and even after achieving the same, he does not do good to himself. After death he keeps on thinking for a long time. > > > > > > It is difficult for even the gods and the demons to achieve the human body. Therefore after achieving the human body, one should act in a way that he has not to face the agonies of the hell. > > > > > And we all along find several verses through Hinduism saying this- **Human Birth is extremely rare and auspicious. We must not waste it and effect our Moksha practicing Yoga *(Karma, Gyaana, Bhakti, Kriya, Raaja Yog: means of attaining Brahma)*.** If it be argued- **'*God gave those human being punishment of previous Karma*'** , then also God could have given them inferior births such as- fishes, birds, animals, et cetera. Why does God give them Human Birth?

2017/06/09

Human birth is result of accumulation in Manas of a Jeeva. After death, the impressions on Manas if are in resonance with human birth, the Jeeva will appear in human womb. From Chapter 1 of Shiv Rahasya, we find. > > 62. Verily from lack of Awareness, there arises Self-forgetfulness. From that springs wrong knowledge. From wrong knowledge comes greed, lust, envy, hatred and other defects of the mind. **Moreover, man reaps the fruits of his own actions. And actions are done according to his knowledge.** Therefore, the performance of actions that spring from wrong knowledge is the greatest defect of all. > 63. It is due to this cause that men are invested with different kinds of physical bodies and minds. For, **one is born with a body and mind that correspond to the inner latent tendencies one has developed in a previous existence. All bodies are born of mind. And the mind is nothing but the light of the Soul tinted by latent tendencies acquired in the past.** Therefore, know that whatsoever corporeal form a Soul assumes in this life or the next, the same will reflect his mental state, even as the light that passes through a coloured gem (assumes that very colour). > > > This has been explained by Swāmi Vivekānanda (The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 2/Jnana-Yoga/The Cosmos: The Microcosm) very well [here](https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_2/Jnana-Yoga/The_Cosmos:_The_Microcosm) as well. > > ...Again, if in the bioplasmic cell the infinite amount of impressions > from all time has entered, where and how is it? This is a most > impossible position, and until these physiologists can prove how and > where those impressions live in that cell, and what they mean by a > mental impression sleeping in the physical cell, their position cannot > be taken for granted. **So far it is clear then, that this impression is > in the mind, that the mind comes to take its birth and rebirth, > and uses the material which is most proper for it, and that the mind > which has made itself fit for only a particular kind of body will have > to wait until it gets that material.** This we understand. The theory > then comes to this, that there is hereditary transmission so far as > furnishing the material to the soul is concerned. But the soul > migrates and manufactures body after body, and each thought we think, > and each deed we do, is stored in it in fine forms, ready to spring up > again and take a new shape.When I look at you a wave rises in my mind. > It dives down, as it were, and becomes finer and finer, but it does > not die. It is ready to start up again as a wave in the shape of > memory. So all these impressions are in my mind, and when I die the > resultant force of them will be upon me. A ball is here, and each one > of us takes a mallet in his hands and strikes the ball from all sides; > the ball goes from point to point in the room, and when it reaches the > door it flies out. What does it carry out with it? The resultant of > all these blows. That will give it its direction. **So, what directs the > soul when the body dies? The resultant, the sum total of all the works > it has done, of the thoughts it has thought. If the resultant is such > that it has to manufacture a new body for further experience, it will > go to those parents who are ready to supply it with suitable material > for that body. Thus, from body to body it will go, sometimes to a > heaven, and back again to earth, becoming man, or some lower animal. > This way it will go on until it has finished its experience, and > completed the circle.** It then knows its own nature, knows what it is, > and ignorance vanishes, its powers become manifest, it becomes > perfect; no more is there any necessity for the soul to work through > physical bodies, nor is there any necessity for it to work through > finer, or mental bodies. It shines in its own light, and is free, no > more to be born, no more to die... > > > Therefore, Resultant forces of impressions decide next birth. For example, let's say you have gathered - * 10 units of impressions of Dog. * 15 units of impressions of Cockroache. * 50 units of impressions of human. Resultant impressions = max(10 of human, 15 of Cockroaches, 50 of human) = 50 units. Therefore, you will get human birth after death with some hidden qualities of Cockroaches & dog.

Everything and everyone is Brahman. When you harm others you are harming yourself. There are people in this world who bring great pains to animal and human life, ie they destroy themselves according to karmic laws. just like an alcoholic do not understand at the time that he is destroying his liver, the evil doer does not understand what part of himself he is destroying. But the sinner is still not one with Brahman. His field of experience is what he calls as himself. So when such an individual dies and when his mind is destroyed he comes into contact with reality, which includes the person he wronged or tortured. He comes into contact with the agony he created and that becomes his reality and he is born with this reality. Asking why is there suffering in the world, when humans, animals and even the earth is tortured, ignored and humiliated, is like stabbing yourself in the leg and wondering 'why am I in pain?!' When people do good deeds their soul becomes strong and the grace of God is on them. Painful realities they encounter while they die are not strong enough to change their reality because they gave comfort, trust and justice to souls their reality becomes enriched by their good actions and they receive appropriate life's, bodies and circumstances, when they are reborn. But still everyone who are involved in the circle of Karma are all fools according to the great sages like Vyasa. Because you are still bound by Karma. liberation from the bondage of Karma is what you should seek. Which is easy in Kali Yuga(current yuga is kali. Kali the demonic era, not to be confused with Kahli the goddess). In Kali yuga you don't have to meditate for years or do great yagnas to attain liberation, simply chanting the name of God with submission, trust and honesty will do. If you don't do this you are carrying the burden of karma on your shoulders good or bad and therefore you are not free and hence will be born again and again to pay your karmic debt or receive credit or both, with increased levels of debt and low level of credit or vice versa. God has nothing to do with it. God is Satchitananda. You can't know the wishes of Brahm because you are it and you choose to be ignorant of your reality in the spirit of playing the game of life. Whether you are suffering or having a good time you are always playing. There is no victim in life you are doing everything to yourself. Waking up to this reality is enlightenment.

> > **मानुष्यं च समासाद्य स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्।** > > **नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः स मृतः शोचते चिरम्॥३०॥** > > > The human body is the means for achieving of the heaven and moksa and even after achieving the same, he does not do good to himself. After death he keeps on thinking for a long time. > > > > > > It is difficult for even the gods and the demons to achieve the human body. Therefore after achieving the human body, one should act in a way that he has not to face the agonies of the hell. > > > > > And we all along find several verses through Hinduism saying this- **Human Birth is extremely rare and auspicious. We must not waste it and effect our Moksha practicing Yoga *(Karma, Gyaana, Bhakti, Kriya, Raaja Yog: means of attaining Brahma)*.** If it be argued- **'*God gave those human being punishment of previous Karma*'** , then also God could have given them inferior births such as- fishes, birds, animals, et cetera. Why does God give them Human Birth?

2017/06/09

Well, we do bad karmas & we face the consequences, we do good karmas & we reap the benefits. So, why are you bringing in God into all this? The diseases from which we suffer in our lifetime are nothing but signs of our bad karmas or crimes done in our previous lives. This has been explicitly stated in many scriptures. Suppose, one does bad karmas in one's lifetime. Then he has two options: either to repent for it by performing the prescribed expiation measures or suffer the torments in the hellish planets. After that (the punishments in hell), depending on the seriousness and nature of crimes, one gets birth in lower yonis like plants, insects, animals etc or gets human birth with bodily deformities (like deaf and dumb, blind etc) and diseases of various sorts. > > 11.52. **Thus in consequence of a remnant of (the guilt of former) crimes, are born idiots, dumb, blind, deaf, and deformed men,** who are > (all) despised by the virtuous > > > 11.53. Penances, therefore, must always be performed for the sake of purification, **because those whose sins have not been expiated, are > born (again) with disgraceful marks.** > > > **Manu Smriti.** > > > Depending on the nature of sins one gets one or the other diseases in their next births. > > **A person, stealing tin, is born suffering from eye diseases**. Fasting > for a day, he should give away one hundred Palas of tin. (6) > > > **A person, pilfering lead, is born as suffering from head-diseases**. > Fasting for a day, he should give away one Dhenu weight of clarified > butter according to the proper regulations. (7) > > > **A person, stealing milk, is born as a diabetic patient.** He should duly > give, unto a Brahmana, milk one Dhenu in weight. (8) > > > **By stealing milk curd a person is born insane**. For purification, curd, > one Dhcnu in weight, should be given by him unto a Vipra. (9) > > > **Satatapa Smriti, Chapter 5.** > > > So, all the diseases we suffer from in our present life are nothing but results of our own bad karmas which we did in our previous lives. And, we should not blame God for that. In several Agama & Tantra texts its clearly stated that a person who has bodily deformity , has one finger more in hand or less, is not fit to be a Guru. Because Guru himself has to be sinless but all these bodily deformities are nothing but pathakas (or sins) that he is carrying forward from his previous births.

Everything and everyone is Brahman. When you harm others you are harming yourself. There are people in this world who bring great pains to animal and human life, ie they destroy themselves according to karmic laws. just like an alcoholic do not understand at the time that he is destroying his liver, the evil doer does not understand what part of himself he is destroying. But the sinner is still not one with Brahman. His field of experience is what he calls as himself. So when such an individual dies and when his mind is destroyed he comes into contact with reality, which includes the person he wronged or tortured. He comes into contact with the agony he created and that becomes his reality and he is born with this reality. Asking why is there suffering in the world, when humans, animals and even the earth is tortured, ignored and humiliated, is like stabbing yourself in the leg and wondering 'why am I in pain?!' When people do good deeds their soul becomes strong and the grace of God is on them. Painful realities they encounter while they die are not strong enough to change their reality because they gave comfort, trust and justice to souls their reality becomes enriched by their good actions and they receive appropriate life's, bodies and circumstances, when they are reborn. But still everyone who are involved in the circle of Karma are all fools according to the great sages like Vyasa. Because you are still bound by Karma. liberation from the bondage of Karma is what you should seek. Which is easy in Kali Yuga(current yuga is kali. Kali the demonic era, not to be confused with Kahli the goddess). In Kali yuga you don't have to meditate for years or do great yagnas to attain liberation, simply chanting the name of God with submission, trust and honesty will do. If you don't do this you are carrying the burden of karma on your shoulders good or bad and therefore you are not free and hence will be born again and again to pay your karmic debt or receive credit or both, with increased levels of debt and low level of credit or vice versa. God has nothing to do with it. God is Satchitananda. You can't know the wishes of Brahm because you are it and you choose to be ignorant of your reality in the spirit of playing the game of life. Whether you are suffering or having a good time you are always playing. There is no victim in life you are doing everything to yourself. Waking up to this reality is enlightenment.

I have changed the language from my MacOS system and now it won't save the screenshots anymore. Is there a way to fix it? Thanks.

2013/07/02

I found this, and it works: Say you restore your iPhone with a full wipe and restore. Then you choose a previous backup to restore all of your settings and applications. When your iPhone is done restoring to your backup, all your icons are mixed up on the SpringBoard.... what the heck? You want to get them back don't you? Well, I know a trick and I don't think it's documented anywhere. Here it goes. \*\*Important: Before starting these instructions, backup your iPhone. Then go into iTunes preferences and turn on "Disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods" This way your backup won't get overwritten after your iPhone gets restored. 1. Restore your iPhone and let it restart and activate. 2. Then iTunes will happily ask you if you want to restore from a previous backup (with all of your settings and Applications). Click the backup you want to restore to and let it restore and reboot. (Here's where things get messed up. Your iPhone backup actually restored the correct icon positions except none of your apps were installed before the restore was complete, so iTunes has to copy all of your apps back to your iPhone. When it does this, it copys them in alphabetical order, thus messing up the location of all your 3rd party icons). Here's how to fix this without memorizing where all your icons went. 1. Right click (or Control-click) on the iPhone icon in iTunes and choose "Restore from Backup" and choose the backup you chose in step 2 again. 2. Let your iPhone restore for a second time and when it reboots, all of your icons will be in their original places. (This is because iTunes didn't have to install the Apps because they were already there, thus keeping them in their original locations according to the backup). 3. Return your iTunes preferences and uncheck "Disable automatic syncing for iPhone and iPod"

The arrangement of icons and folders is backed up to iTunes and iCloud, so unless you are doing something out of the normal, a simple restore from the backup will restore the position of the icons, the user data and allow all of the apps to download from the store once your settings are restored.

I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from?

2017/01/29

OED noticed the word for the first time in 1976, it seems. 1976 was very early in the development of computers. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) was designed 1971 and TCP/ IP followed in 1973. These two protocols made any transfer of data possible for the first time. Servers or internet wasn't something anyone could imagine yet. Instead scientist were still hammering out the basic how of a data transfer. In these years, several conceptual models for the transfer of data were developed. Most used and known nowadays is the OSI model with 7 layers - and these layers have an up / down direction. Now, if I want to get data from another computer, I technically send the other computer a request, which then converts said data "down" to the physical layer, until all is left is a physical signal. This signal is then send to my computer, and I convert it again (this time "upwards"). This also is a likely explanation why "upload" appeared years later, in 1980 according to OED. Upload was coined as the simple opposite of download. Though, while this is what I first thought of, it might be that there is also a hierarchy meaning in play as well.

Looking at the OED first use, "1976 [Science 7 May 518/1](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/192/4239/511) Software at any level can be developed on a host minicomputer and ‘down-loaded’ without code conversion", it appears to be talking about loading code from a host to a microprocessor. No real help there but I wonder if the author was thinking of taking reference books down in a library to copy out texts and then putting them back up on the shelves?

I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from?

2017/01/29

Initially, "download" and "upload" were used in aviation, especially by the US military. "Download" meant to remove items such as weapons from the aircraft, while "upload" meant to load items onto the aircraft. For example, the [August 1963 *Aerospace Maintenance Safety*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SNvGD-_SKL0C&pg=RA4-PA18&dq=download%20missile&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2zLC2qeXlAhUhc98KHRAbAPIQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=snippet&q=%22download%22&f=false) (a publication of the US Air Force) says at page 18: > > Failure to follow written procedures and **download** the missiles... > > > (meaning failure to remove the missiles from the aircraft) There are earlier examples of "download", "downloading" and "uploading" in the January 1961 [Aerospace Accident and Maintenance Review](https://books.google.com/books?id=Myb32suKp-EC&pg=RA1-PA23&dq=%22downloading%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX1JaMu-XlAhXBxFkKHQVBBaUQ6AEwA3oECAcQAg#v=snippet&q=%22download%22&f=false), also a USAF publication. And still earlier in the October 1959 [Aircraft Accident and Maintenance Review](https://books.google.com/books?id=jlyg_p7KuQUC&pg=RA9-PA27&dq=%22downloading%22%20%22usaf%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1sZqviOblAhVmuVkKHd52DL4Q6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22downloading%22%20%22usaf%22&f=false), USAF, at page 27: > > During **downloading** of armament for a routine check, it was discovered that all the missiles aboard the F-102 had their internal power source activated. > > > (There was also an even earlier meaning relating to the direction of load on an aircraft component, such as on the tail of the aircraft. See "download on tail" in the April 1957 NACA [Technical Note 3961](https://books.google.com/books?id=oNAjAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA8&dq=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWut3bruXlAhXIV98KHaNdDZoQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&f=false) and ""download applied to the horizontal tail surface" in the [1952 US Code of Federal Regulations](https://books.google.com/books?id=hviyAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj55sL9sOXlAhWjVN8KHWVZAUkQ6AEwAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&f=false) ). Then, within the US Air Force, the concept was extended to computers. The July 1968 [IMPLEMENTATION OF THE USAF STANDARD BASE SUPPLY SYSTEM: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1927/53b84b808edefd05faac90b7f215214599a2.pdf) says: > > ADC provided a three-man team, which visited the bases > some 30 days prior to conversion and conducted a full-scale **download** > of the 305 and **upload** of the 1050, requiring 10 to 15 days. > > > ... > > > 2. **Download** records from the previous computer > 3. **Upload** records on the 1050 computer > > >

Looking at the OED first use, "1976 [Science 7 May 518/1](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/192/4239/511) Software at any level can be developed on a host minicomputer and ‘down-loaded’ without code conversion", it appears to be talking about loading code from a host to a microprocessor. No real help there but I wonder if the author was thinking of taking reference books down in a library to copy out texts and then putting them back up on the shelves?

I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from?

2017/01/29

Looking at the OED first use, "1976 [Science 7 May 518/1](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/192/4239/511) Software at any level can be developed on a host minicomputer and ‘down-loaded’ without code conversion", it appears to be talking about loading code from a host to a microprocessor. No real help there but I wonder if the author was thinking of taking reference books down in a library to copy out texts and then putting them back up on the shelves?

Download and Upload are far from arbitrary, they are entirely rational: A **[Download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download)** refers to data that is brought '**down**' from a network, the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) to reside on a local drive / computer. **Upload** is data that is sent '**up**' to the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) from a local drive of computer. The term originated as others have described from the pre-personal computer era, and is a Networking term. In the good o'l days [1970's],all computing power was housed exclusively in remote Server or mainframe computers - it was too expensive for an individual to buy. Other than a local terminal directly wired to the 'glowing mass' of the mainframe, any other connections were "*Down the wire*", outside of a large company with a LAN, typically this would be the public telephone system. I remember visiting my Secondary School during the summer holidays in 1977 to play "Lunar Lander" via the dial-up telephone-cradle modem link to the local council mainframe computer. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gDmHv.jpg) As an aside: The game required the player to type in a numerical value, which was sent 'up' the telephone line to the mainframe, which would respond to the teleprinter with a message like: > > "You are at 3,000' and descending at 50m/sec." > > > The player would type another value and so on until you received the message: > > "Congratulations, you have crashed!" > > > Tv monitors and video displays were but a distant dream... All local drives were "down the wire". Any keyboard inputs were sent "up the wire"... See also: [Downstream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downstream_(networking))

I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from?

2017/01/29

Initially, "download" and "upload" were used in aviation, especially by the US military. "Download" meant to remove items such as weapons from the aircraft, while "upload" meant to load items onto the aircraft. For example, the [August 1963 *Aerospace Maintenance Safety*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SNvGD-_SKL0C&pg=RA4-PA18&dq=download%20missile&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2zLC2qeXlAhUhc98KHRAbAPIQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=snippet&q=%22download%22&f=false) (a publication of the US Air Force) says at page 18: > > Failure to follow written procedures and **download** the missiles... > > > (meaning failure to remove the missiles from the aircraft) There are earlier examples of "download", "downloading" and "uploading" in the January 1961 [Aerospace Accident and Maintenance Review](https://books.google.com/books?id=Myb32suKp-EC&pg=RA1-PA23&dq=%22downloading%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX1JaMu-XlAhXBxFkKHQVBBaUQ6AEwA3oECAcQAg#v=snippet&q=%22download%22&f=false), also a USAF publication. And still earlier in the October 1959 [Aircraft Accident and Maintenance Review](https://books.google.com/books?id=jlyg_p7KuQUC&pg=RA9-PA27&dq=%22downloading%22%20%22usaf%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1sZqviOblAhVmuVkKHd52DL4Q6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22downloading%22%20%22usaf%22&f=false), USAF, at page 27: > > During **downloading** of armament for a routine check, it was discovered that all the missiles aboard the F-102 had their internal power source activated. > > > (There was also an even earlier meaning relating to the direction of load on an aircraft component, such as on the tail of the aircraft. See "download on tail" in the April 1957 NACA [Technical Note 3961](https://books.google.com/books?id=oNAjAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA8&dq=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWut3bruXlAhXIV98KHaNdDZoQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&f=false) and ""download applied to the horizontal tail surface" in the [1952 US Code of Federal Regulations](https://books.google.com/books?id=hviyAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj55sL9sOXlAhWjVN8KHWVZAUkQ6AEwAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&f=false) ). Then, within the US Air Force, the concept was extended to computers. The July 1968 [IMPLEMENTATION OF THE USAF STANDARD BASE SUPPLY SYSTEM: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1927/53b84b808edefd05faac90b7f215214599a2.pdf) says: > > ADC provided a three-man team, which visited the bases > some 30 days prior to conversion and conducted a full-scale **download** > of the 305 and **upload** of the 1050, requiring 10 to 15 days. > > > ... > > > 2. **Download** records from the previous computer > 3. **Upload** records on the 1050 computer > > >

OED noticed the word for the first time in 1976, it seems. 1976 was very early in the development of computers. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) was designed 1971 and TCP/ IP followed in 1973. These two protocols made any transfer of data possible for the first time. Servers or internet wasn't something anyone could imagine yet. Instead scientist were still hammering out the basic how of a data transfer. In these years, several conceptual models for the transfer of data were developed. Most used and known nowadays is the OSI model with 7 layers - and these layers have an up / down direction. Now, if I want to get data from another computer, I technically send the other computer a request, which then converts said data "down" to the physical layer, until all is left is a physical signal. This signal is then send to my computer, and I convert it again (this time "upwards"). This also is a likely explanation why "upload" appeared years later, in 1980 according to OED. Upload was coined as the simple opposite of download. Though, while this is what I first thought of, it might be that there is also a hierarchy meaning in play as well.

I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from?

2017/01/29

OED noticed the word for the first time in 1976, it seems. 1976 was very early in the development of computers. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) was designed 1971 and TCP/ IP followed in 1973. These two protocols made any transfer of data possible for the first time. Servers or internet wasn't something anyone could imagine yet. Instead scientist were still hammering out the basic how of a data transfer. In these years, several conceptual models for the transfer of data were developed. Most used and known nowadays is the OSI model with 7 layers - and these layers have an up / down direction. Now, if I want to get data from another computer, I technically send the other computer a request, which then converts said data "down" to the physical layer, until all is left is a physical signal. This signal is then send to my computer, and I convert it again (this time "upwards"). This also is a likely explanation why "upload" appeared years later, in 1980 according to OED. Upload was coined as the simple opposite of download. Though, while this is what I first thought of, it might be that there is also a hierarchy meaning in play as well.

Download and Upload are far from arbitrary, they are entirely rational: A **[Download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download)** refers to data that is brought '**down**' from a network, the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) to reside on a local drive / computer. **Upload** is data that is sent '**up**' to the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) from a local drive of computer. The term originated as others have described from the pre-personal computer era, and is a Networking term. In the good o'l days [1970's],all computing power was housed exclusively in remote Server or mainframe computers - it was too expensive for an individual to buy. Other than a local terminal directly wired to the 'glowing mass' of the mainframe, any other connections were "*Down the wire*", outside of a large company with a LAN, typically this would be the public telephone system. I remember visiting my Secondary School during the summer holidays in 1977 to play "Lunar Lander" via the dial-up telephone-cradle modem link to the local council mainframe computer. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gDmHv.jpg) As an aside: The game required the player to type in a numerical value, which was sent 'up' the telephone line to the mainframe, which would respond to the teleprinter with a message like: > > "You are at 3,000' and descending at 50m/sec." > > > The player would type another value and so on until you received the message: > > "Congratulations, you have crashed!" > > > Tv monitors and video displays were but a distant dream... All local drives were "down the wire". Any keyboard inputs were sent "up the wire"... See also: [Downstream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downstream_(networking))

I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from?

2017/01/29

Initially, "download" and "upload" were used in aviation, especially by the US military. "Download" meant to remove items such as weapons from the aircraft, while "upload" meant to load items onto the aircraft. For example, the [August 1963 *Aerospace Maintenance Safety*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SNvGD-_SKL0C&pg=RA4-PA18&dq=download%20missile&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2zLC2qeXlAhUhc98KHRAbAPIQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=snippet&q=%22download%22&f=false) (a publication of the US Air Force) says at page 18: > > Failure to follow written procedures and **download** the missiles... > > > (meaning failure to remove the missiles from the aircraft) There are earlier examples of "download", "downloading" and "uploading" in the January 1961 [Aerospace Accident and Maintenance Review](https://books.google.com/books?id=Myb32suKp-EC&pg=RA1-PA23&dq=%22downloading%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX1JaMu-XlAhXBxFkKHQVBBaUQ6AEwA3oECAcQAg#v=snippet&q=%22download%22&f=false), also a USAF publication. And still earlier in the October 1959 [Aircraft Accident and Maintenance Review](https://books.google.com/books?id=jlyg_p7KuQUC&pg=RA9-PA27&dq=%22downloading%22%20%22usaf%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1sZqviOblAhVmuVkKHd52DL4Q6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22downloading%22%20%22usaf%22&f=false), USAF, at page 27: > > During **downloading** of armament for a routine check, it was discovered that all the missiles aboard the F-102 had their internal power source activated. > > > (There was also an even earlier meaning relating to the direction of load on an aircraft component, such as on the tail of the aircraft. See "download on tail" in the April 1957 NACA [Technical Note 3961](https://books.google.com/books?id=oNAjAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA8&dq=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWut3bruXlAhXIV98KHaNdDZoQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&f=false) and ""download applied to the horizontal tail surface" in the [1952 US Code of Federal Regulations](https://books.google.com/books?id=hviyAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj55sL9sOXlAhWjVN8KHWVZAUkQ6AEwAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22download%22%20%22tail%22&f=false) ). Then, within the US Air Force, the concept was extended to computers. The July 1968 [IMPLEMENTATION OF THE USAF STANDARD BASE SUPPLY SYSTEM: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1927/53b84b808edefd05faac90b7f215214599a2.pdf) says: > > ADC provided a three-man team, which visited the bases > some 30 days prior to conversion and conducted a full-scale **download** > of the 305 and **upload** of the 1050, requiring 10 to 15 days. > > > ... > > > 2. **Download** records from the previous computer > 3. **Upload** records on the 1050 computer > > >

Download and Upload are far from arbitrary, they are entirely rational: A **[Download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download)** refers to data that is brought '**down**' from a network, the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) to reside on a local drive / computer. **Upload** is data that is sent '**up**' to the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) from a local drive of computer. The term originated as others have described from the pre-personal computer era, and is a Networking term. In the good o'l days [1970's],all computing power was housed exclusively in remote Server or mainframe computers - it was too expensive for an individual to buy. Other than a local terminal directly wired to the 'glowing mass' of the mainframe, any other connections were "*Down the wire*", outside of a large company with a LAN, typically this would be the public telephone system. I remember visiting my Secondary School during the summer holidays in 1977 to play "Lunar Lander" via the dial-up telephone-cradle modem link to the local council mainframe computer. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gDmHv.jpg) As an aside: The game required the player to type in a numerical value, which was sent 'up' the telephone line to the mainframe, which would respond to the teleprinter with a message like: > > "You are at 3,000' and descending at 50m/sec." > > > The player would type another value and so on until you received the message: > > "Congratulations, you have crashed!" > > > Tv monitors and video displays were but a distant dream... All local drives were "down the wire". Any keyboard inputs were sent "up the wire"... See also: [Downstream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downstream_(networking))

I want to be able to grab multiple media clips from my project window all at once, then drag and drop them to a timeline stacked on top of each other as opposed to side by side. Each track would take its own track in the timeline. Sort of like keyframe assisting in after effects. Is there a way for this to be done, maybe by holding down a particular keyboard command?

2016/07/11

I dont believe there is any native built in way to do this. The easiest way would likely to build a simple keyboard mouse macro which can be run to repeat the action of selecting the next clip down, and adding to a new track at the start of the sequence.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 has a thing called a Multi-Camera Source Sequence. This is kind of a combination of both a multicam clip and a sequence. I believe it is enough of a sequence that it can behave like a sequence, meaning that if you were to composite the layers together instead of switching between them, you'd get the expected result. Such sequences can be created by selecting a number of Project items, as you wish to do. When you create such a sequence, choose "In" points to sync everything, which means everything starts with each clip's first frame. For more about this new feature, read the [relevant section](https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/create-multi-camera-source-sequence.html#UsetheMulticameraSourceSequencedialogbox) of the Adobe manual.

So, every time I switch to orthographic mode in Blender 2.8 (Didn't use to happen in 2.79) my model starts clipping (as shown in the video). I've tried changing the "clip start" value, but that just ruins it when I switch back over to the dynamic view. Any ideas? Video: <https://youtu.be/EuOuOvNPw78>

2019/02/18

I've been having the same problem and fortunately we are not alone and somebody has already reported this bug. You can find the current state of it at the link below. It looks like it's been resolved and we're just waiting on an update now. Bug report <https://developer.blender.org/T61632> Specific commit with the fix <https://developer.blender.org/rB4bbd1b9610f6d85079ea5bc31fc1949f8409a1a4>

set it up like in this capture, thats its the right values [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NTHDG.png)

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus." I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what they found it appears that it is possible but someone has to code it. Its worth keeping an eye on it: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630989>

The new API for full control of the camera on android had been added to android version 5. Google added these features like iso ,manual focus and etc in android lollipop. I personally think to use this new API the camera hardware must support this features, However I didn't find any reference to claim this, but it makes sense to me that a hardware must be able to do such stuff. you can use [this](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test) app to check Manual Camera Compatibility.

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus." I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what they found it appears that it is possible but someone has to code it. Its worth keeping an eye on it: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630989>

Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera>

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus." I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what they found it appears that it is possible but someone has to code it. Its worth keeping an eye on it: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630989>

There is a free android app that allows you to manually adjust focus (and more camera technical stuff for photographers) Its called open camera and can be found on playstore. (the one by mark harman) NOTE: it will only work if your device supports it. (aka if possible) To get straight to using manual focous: install, open settings, near bottom of page turn "use camera2 API" on, then in camera mode (ready to take picture) click the "..." on the right side pannel, on the second row down of icons click the "m" (just above the "photo mode" words) (make sure your scolled to top, you can scroll down in that menu) It will then popup 'focus manual' and on the left side there is a big slider (above the zoom slider), you can drag that to manually focus your camera. * someone who has had this app for a while. Your welcome.

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus." I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what they found it appears that it is possible but someone has to code it. Its worth keeping an eye on it: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630989>

My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting.

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

The new API for full control of the camera on android had been added to android version 5. Google added these features like iso ,manual focus and etc in android lollipop. I personally think to use this new API the camera hardware must support this features, However I didn't find any reference to claim this, but it makes sense to me that a hardware must be able to do such stuff. you can use [this](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test) app to check Manual Camera Compatibility.

Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera>

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

The new API for full control of the camera on android had been added to android version 5. Google added these features like iso ,manual focus and etc in android lollipop. I personally think to use this new API the camera hardware must support this features, However I didn't find any reference to claim this, but it makes sense to me that a hardware must be able to do such stuff. you can use [this](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2_compatibility_test) app to check Manual Camera Compatibility.

My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting.

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

There is a free android app that allows you to manually adjust focus (and more camera technical stuff for photographers) Its called open camera and can be found on playstore. (the one by mark harman) NOTE: it will only work if your device supports it. (aka if possible) To get straight to using manual focous: install, open settings, near bottom of page turn "use camera2 API" on, then in camera mode (ready to take picture) click the "..." on the right side pannel, on the second row down of icons click the "m" (just above the "photo mode" words) (make sure your scolled to top, you can scroll down in that menu) It will then popup 'focus manual' and on the left side there is a big slider (above the zoom slider), you can drag that to manually focus your camera. * someone who has had this app for a while. Your welcome.

Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera>

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting.

Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera>

Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone? I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus.

2010/10/09

There is a free android app that allows you to manually adjust focus (and more camera technical stuff for photographers) Its called open camera and can be found on playstore. (the one by mark harman) NOTE: it will only work if your device supports it. (aka if possible) To get straight to using manual focous: install, open settings, near bottom of page turn "use camera2 API" on, then in camera mode (ready to take picture) click the "..." on the right side pannel, on the second row down of icons click the "m" (just above the "photo mode" words) (make sure your scolled to top, you can scroll down in that menu) It will then popup 'focus manual' and on the left side there is a big slider (above the zoom slider), you can drag that to manually focus your camera. * someone who has had this app for a while. Your welcome.

My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting.

I'm a very new player to the Pokemon TCG, and have picked up two themed decks to play with ([Ultra Prism](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/sun-moon-ultra-prism/theme-decks/)). So far in my experience however it seems that if one player gets their active Pokemon to its final evolution (for example [Empoleon](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/sm-series/sm5/34/)) before the other player, then that player has a massive advantage, and is able to one shot all of the opponent's Pokemon before they can do enough damage to knock out the evolved Pokemon. Is there a strategy for countering this? It can turn a game very one sided very quickly.

2019/09/02

Which is one of the main concepts to win a game, prepare your pokemon so that they can do massive damage and dominate the scenario (either by evolving it or get it ready with necessary energy cards). Since we are talking about theme decks here, cards and scenarios are limited which is really beginner-friendly. Each expansion (in your case, Ultra Prism) comes with 2 theme decks normally (which they balance out the odds of winning between them so they both will sell), each has it's strenghts and ways to take over the game. There are a few ways to "comeback" in the game playing any mode, unfortunately (and fortunately at the same time) in Theme mode ways to win is limited to setting up your Over Powered evolutions and swiping your oponents actives. One way to comeback in themes which I have noticed is sacraficing some prizes and Pokemon until you prepare a Pokemon that could take out your oponents active. Basically, while your opponent got their active evolved and ready with energies and is swiping your actives and taking prizes (he is 1-hit KOing your active Pokemon), he/she is probably "over comitting" on his active Pokemon, which they have spent a few turns only attaching enery cards to that pokemon and probably do not have other Pokemon prepared on their bench. You can take the opportunity to stall by giving him the turns to KO your some of your Pokemon while preparing 1 Pokemon to fight against his "OP" Empoleon. E.g. have your garchomp set with a Cynthia in hand so you can KO his Empoloeon with 200 dmg. Try to get the cards you need to set up powerful attackers while your oponent is putting all his eggs in one basket, by optimizing usage of trainers and supportes you have in hand. You need to calculate your sacrafices and chances, and give your best shot. There have been many times where games were turned from 6-1 prizes to 0-1. I'm no pro player but hope that helps : )

Overall, strategies include a switch, sleep stun or paralyze, and energy discard. Look through your decks carefully. Many pokemon as well as trainer cards can use one of these techniques. Theme decks usually have some decent trainer cards. It's your job to decide when to use them. In a little more detail: **Switch:** Switch an opponent's benched pokemon with their active one. Swap that basic low HP pokemon on their bench with their evolution. Guzma is a (currently active) supporter card which does this quite well, although it also requires the player to switch their active pokemon so a little planning is required. Pokemon Catcher is an item card that has a 50-50 chance (coin flip) of doing a switch. This technique requires your opponent to have a benched pokemon. **Sleep, stun or paralyze:** Several pokemon have attacks that cause these effects. This prevents the one-shot kill and lets you get some damage in. The opponent can clear the condition with trainer cards (Pokemon Center Lady). **Discard Energy:** There are both trainer cards and pokemon attacks which discard energy from the opponent's active pokemon. If they don't have energy, they can't attack. I would recommend downloading the "Card Dex" app (made by Pokemon Int.) and look at some different item cards.

I'm a very new player to the Pokemon TCG, and have picked up two themed decks to play with ([Ultra Prism](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/sun-moon-ultra-prism/theme-decks/)). So far in my experience however it seems that if one player gets their active Pokemon to its final evolution (for example [Empoleon](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/sm-series/sm5/34/)) before the other player, then that player has a massive advantage, and is able to one shot all of the opponent's Pokemon before they can do enough damage to knock out the evolved Pokemon. Is there a strategy for countering this? It can turn a game very one sided very quickly.

2019/09/02

Which is one of the main concepts to win a game, prepare your pokemon so that they can do massive damage and dominate the scenario (either by evolving it or get it ready with necessary energy cards). Since we are talking about theme decks here, cards and scenarios are limited which is really beginner-friendly. Each expansion (in your case, Ultra Prism) comes with 2 theme decks normally (which they balance out the odds of winning between them so they both will sell), each has it's strenghts and ways to take over the game. There are a few ways to "comeback" in the game playing any mode, unfortunately (and fortunately at the same time) in Theme mode ways to win is limited to setting up your Over Powered evolutions and swiping your oponents actives. One way to comeback in themes which I have noticed is sacraficing some prizes and Pokemon until you prepare a Pokemon that could take out your oponents active. Basically, while your opponent got their active evolved and ready with energies and is swiping your actives and taking prizes (he is 1-hit KOing your active Pokemon), he/she is probably "over comitting" on his active Pokemon, which they have spent a few turns only attaching enery cards to that pokemon and probably do not have other Pokemon prepared on their bench. You can take the opportunity to stall by giving him the turns to KO your some of your Pokemon while preparing 1 Pokemon to fight against his "OP" Empoleon. E.g. have your garchomp set with a Cynthia in hand so you can KO his Empoloeon with 200 dmg. Try to get the cards you need to set up powerful attackers while your oponent is putting all his eggs in one basket, by optimizing usage of trainers and supportes you have in hand. You need to calculate your sacrafices and chances, and give your best shot. There have been many times where games were turned from 6-1 prizes to 0-1. I'm no pro player but hope that helps : )

Other answers provide good strategies. I will try to provide additional info and some other strategies and cards that can help with that. 1. As [@TomYumGuy wrote](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/a/48534/22542) you could **sacrifice** some pokemon while preparing your defeater on bench. There are trainer cards that can help with this like [Raihan](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh7/152/): > > You can play this card only if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out > during your opponent’s last turn. Attach a basic Energy card from your > discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, search your deck for a > card and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. > > > 2. One more option is to buy time with **pokemon/attack that prevents future damage** to it, for example [Shelgon](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh7/108/) - Hard Roll: > > Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent’s next turn, prevent all > damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. > > > [Diglett](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh6/76/) - Dig or [Pikachu](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/xy-series/xy8/48/) - Agility. 3. There are some pokemon/attacks with advantage against evolution pokemon like [Hitmonchan](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh7/81/) - Clean Hit: > > If your opponent’s Active Pokémon is an Evolution Pokémon, this attack > does 50 more damage. > > > 4. It is also possible to **devolve the pokemon**, f.e. [Golurk](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/bw-series/bw6/59/) - Devolution Punch: > > Devolve the Defending Pokémon and put the highest Stage Evolution card > on it into your opponent's hand. > > > Devolved pokemon might not have enough HP left and be knocked out!

I'm a very new player to the Pokemon TCG, and have picked up two themed decks to play with ([Ultra Prism](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/sun-moon-ultra-prism/theme-decks/)). So far in my experience however it seems that if one player gets their active Pokemon to its final evolution (for example [Empoleon](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/sm-series/sm5/34/)) before the other player, then that player has a massive advantage, and is able to one shot all of the opponent's Pokemon before they can do enough damage to knock out the evolved Pokemon. Is there a strategy for countering this? It can turn a game very one sided very quickly.

2019/09/02

Overall, strategies include a switch, sleep stun or paralyze, and energy discard. Look through your decks carefully. Many pokemon as well as trainer cards can use one of these techniques. Theme decks usually have some decent trainer cards. It's your job to decide when to use them. In a little more detail: **Switch:** Switch an opponent's benched pokemon with their active one. Swap that basic low HP pokemon on their bench with their evolution. Guzma is a (currently active) supporter card which does this quite well, although it also requires the player to switch their active pokemon so a little planning is required. Pokemon Catcher is an item card that has a 50-50 chance (coin flip) of doing a switch. This technique requires your opponent to have a benched pokemon. **Sleep, stun or paralyze:** Several pokemon have attacks that cause these effects. This prevents the one-shot kill and lets you get some damage in. The opponent can clear the condition with trainer cards (Pokemon Center Lady). **Discard Energy:** There are both trainer cards and pokemon attacks which discard energy from the opponent's active pokemon. If they don't have energy, they can't attack. I would recommend downloading the "Card Dex" app (made by Pokemon Int.) and look at some different item cards.

Other answers provide good strategies. I will try to provide additional info and some other strategies and cards that can help with that. 1. As [@TomYumGuy wrote](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/a/48534/22542) you could **sacrifice** some pokemon while preparing your defeater on bench. There are trainer cards that can help with this like [Raihan](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh7/152/): > > You can play this card only if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out > during your opponent’s last turn. Attach a basic Energy card from your > discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, search your deck for a > card and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. > > > 2. One more option is to buy time with **pokemon/attack that prevents future damage** to it, for example [Shelgon](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh7/108/) - Hard Roll: > > Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent’s next turn, prevent all > damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. > > > [Diglett](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh6/76/) - Dig or [Pikachu](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/xy-series/xy8/48/) - Agility. 3. There are some pokemon/attacks with advantage against evolution pokemon like [Hitmonchan](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh7/81/) - Clean Hit: > > If your opponent’s Active Pokémon is an Evolution Pokémon, this attack > does 50 more damage. > > > 4. It is also possible to **devolve the pokemon**, f.e. [Golurk](https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/bw-series/bw6/59/) - Devolution Punch: > > Devolve the Defending Pokémon and put the highest Stage Evolution card > on it into your opponent's hand. > > > Devolved pokemon might not have enough HP left and be knocked out!

As the sole product designer in my past two startups I have been an essential piece towards bringing the product to reality (user research, ux, visual design, qa). However, in both situations I found myself not sitting at the leadership table when discussing the future of the product. Marketing, sales, support, development all had multiple employees and each department head would get a seat at the table, while I found myself on the outside looking in. I brought this up several times (along with trying to lobby for more resources in my "departments") in 1-1 meetings with the owners but to no avail. I possibly have delusions of grandeur, but in my view if anyone should be at the table with ownership it would be the individual that is creating the experience that customers are going to pay for. Any suggestions for how to improve/approach this situation or book recommendations that might help?

2020/06/05

Unless you want to spend more time convincing and showing the value of UX through its impact on revenue, I suggest you to move on. Otherwise, treat it like a project. Understand what the heads really care about and show how UX can help.

A lot of this is determined by the structure and the nature of the company, and it is not always something that you can control unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time and effort into 'educating' the stakeholders. For example, a company that focuses on sales and is a startup will probably use UX to tick a box for potential investors, rather than being a customer/consumer focused business that wants to make the user experience a point of difference. You can often tell by the C-suite level makeup of the company (e.g. whether they have anyone with a UX background or a Chief Experience Officer). A traditional company or business often has many levels of hierarchy, and it can take a lot of communication for the type of insights and values generated by good UX research and design to filter up to the top (I have been in this situation many times before). It is important in those situations to work towards establishing UX design as a capability or area of expertise in the business as a first step towards getting a seat at the table (at least compared to the 'flatter' structure of startups). So I would suggest doing a bit more research into the background of the company, their product, business model and the team that you will be working with initially, rather than going into a project and expect to be able to make wholesale changes when the focus is probably on delivering a product based on a set timeline (I know that it doesn't sound very user-centric or 'Agile' but then again very few businesses truly embrace both philosophies).

As the sole product designer in my past two startups I have been an essential piece towards bringing the product to reality (user research, ux, visual design, qa). However, in both situations I found myself not sitting at the leadership table when discussing the future of the product. Marketing, sales, support, development all had multiple employees and each department head would get a seat at the table, while I found myself on the outside looking in. I brought this up several times (along with trying to lobby for more resources in my "departments") in 1-1 meetings with the owners but to no avail. I possibly have delusions of grandeur, but in my view if anyone should be at the table with ownership it would be the individual that is creating the experience that customers are going to pay for. Any suggestions for how to improve/approach this situation or book recommendations that might help?

2020/06/05

You Can Sit at My Table When You Improve the Things I Care About ---------------------------------------------------------------- Your owners (like the users you research) have goals, needs, tasks to accomplish, and metrics to improve so they and their business can succeed. If you want a seat at the table you will need to not only understand those goals, needs, and tasks; but help your owners with them. The best tactic is to tie the owners' business metrics directly to your work: * Show how your UX work improved Customer Acquisition by X% * Show how your interaction design changes reduced support costs by $X * Show how a redesign attracted a specific angel investor Once you show your owners that you can directly impact their goals for the better, they will be more than happy to "pull up a chair" for you and include you in the product and company's roadmap. After showing your positive impact on the bottom line and getting acknowledgement from you owners, then you can request investment in more UX resources (people and tools).

Unless you want to spend more time convincing and showing the value of UX through its impact on revenue, I suggest you to move on. Otherwise, treat it like a project. Understand what the heads really care about and show how UX can help.

As the sole product designer in my past two startups I have been an essential piece towards bringing the product to reality (user research, ux, visual design, qa). However, in both situations I found myself not sitting at the leadership table when discussing the future of the product. Marketing, sales, support, development all had multiple employees and each department head would get a seat at the table, while I found myself on the outside looking in. I brought this up several times (along with trying to lobby for more resources in my "departments") in 1-1 meetings with the owners but to no avail. I possibly have delusions of grandeur, but in my view if anyone should be at the table with ownership it would be the individual that is creating the experience that customers are going to pay for. Any suggestions for how to improve/approach this situation or book recommendations that might help?

2020/06/05

You Can Sit at My Table When You Improve the Things I Care About ---------------------------------------------------------------- Your owners (like the users you research) have goals, needs, tasks to accomplish, and metrics to improve so they and their business can succeed. If you want a seat at the table you will need to not only understand those goals, needs, and tasks; but help your owners with them. The best tactic is to tie the owners' business metrics directly to your work: * Show how your UX work improved Customer Acquisition by X% * Show how your interaction design changes reduced support costs by $X * Show how a redesign attracted a specific angel investor Once you show your owners that you can directly impact their goals for the better, they will be more than happy to "pull up a chair" for you and include you in the product and company's roadmap. After showing your positive impact on the bottom line and getting acknowledgement from you owners, then you can request investment in more UX resources (people and tools).

A lot of this is determined by the structure and the nature of the company, and it is not always something that you can control unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time and effort into 'educating' the stakeholders. For example, a company that focuses on sales and is a startup will probably use UX to tick a box for potential investors, rather than being a customer/consumer focused business that wants to make the user experience a point of difference. You can often tell by the C-suite level makeup of the company (e.g. whether they have anyone with a UX background or a Chief Experience Officer). A traditional company or business often has many levels of hierarchy, and it can take a lot of communication for the type of insights and values generated by good UX research and design to filter up to the top (I have been in this situation many times before). It is important in those situations to work towards establishing UX design as a capability or area of expertise in the business as a first step towards getting a seat at the table (at least compared to the 'flatter' structure of startups). So I would suggest doing a bit more research into the background of the company, their product, business model and the team that you will be working with initially, rather than going into a project and expect to be able to make wholesale changes when the focus is probably on delivering a product based on a set timeline (I know that it doesn't sound very user-centric or 'Agile' but then again very few businesses truly embrace both philosophies).

I'm new to the Raspberry Pi community and to working with electricity, so I'm looking for some advice. I've brought the WS2801 LED strip from eBay (but I think it's the same as this: <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11272>). Using a computer PSU I've connected the LED strip power to my 5V molex rail and data to my Raspberry Pi. Everything seems to work as it should. Similar to this, but power drawn from my PSU rather then a DC Jack: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T5bRL.png) After reading a bit more about this setup online, I found out that it might not be wise to connect the power directly to the GPIO. Apart from that I also don't want to use a bulky PSU to power this, but rather a smaller power brick if possible. What I intend to do is to use a male molex connector and connect it to micro USB header and to the power pins of the same connector used by the power strip. This way I intend to power both the LED strip and my PI using the 5V provided. When it comes to the data connection I'm going to do the same as in the picture and use the GPIO as previously. Is it possible/a good idea to split the power between the LED strip and my RPi this way or is there something I should be aware of? I think about using a Molex connector in the beginning, just to verify that everything works. Then trying to measure the current needed and replace my Molex and PSU with a DC Jack connector and suited power brick. I have one that says 5V/8A max (5V 8A 8000mA AC-DC Switching Adapter Desktop Power Supply YT-0508 PSU 2.5/2.1), but I'm not sure if that's ridiculous high amount of amps and if it's ok to be trusted... Any suggestions on this or things I should be careful about would be awesome! **Edit:** This is the micro usb connector I intend to use. I plan to just remove the red and black and replace it with my own from the molex power connector. I've that the usb connector has a connector on the side as well (Ground?). Do I have to connect this one to ground (the other black cable that already goes to the connector) as well or just leave it?

2015/08/16

What you are suggesting sounds fine to me (but I'm not an electronics type so treat anything I say with caution). As the Pi and LED strip will have a common ground you don't need to connect a Pi ground to the LED strip ground. If you ever use a separate power supply for the Pi and the LED strip you will have to join the grounds.

Powering the Pi and the LED strip the way as shown in the schematics is possible. There is however one issue to consider: back feeding the supply voltage to the Pi via the GPIO pin connector bypasses the polyfuse of the Pi and might render the overvoltage protection (D16) non-operative. Compare [schematics](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080241/https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/schematics/Raspberry-Pi-Rev-2.1-Model-AB-Schematics.pdf), page 1, top left.

In the Pokemon School, you can create a group and other players can join. I created and some friends of mine joined. The NPC says something about syncing events. What does being in a group do? What kind of things does it sync?

2011/03/18

> > Joining a group is a feature introduced in Generation IV. Players in the same group encounter the same swarming Pokémon, weather conditions, changing Pokémon in the Great Marsh, Feebas location, and other things each day. Group members can compare records on the third floor of Jubilife TV. > > > Source: [Bulbapedia](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Groups)

I always created a group with my friend when we wanted to enter the Doubles Battle Tower together. I assume that "event" in this context refers to any multiplayer event that can be done with a friend in HGSS. They use groups for all of them so that it remains consistent.

I have 3 unread messages. For this reason, I have to show `3` at the top of a message like this picture: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iSjcI.png) How can I do this? PLease help me.

2015/09/16

I think this repo will help you. <https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZEyse.png)

If you are using a relative layout to show your icons, than you can put another relative layout(rl2) over message icon with relative margins containing circular imageview and an textView above it, control the visibility of rl2 from activity along with the text of textview, Suppose, There is are 3 new messages, set visibility of rl2 visible and set text of the textview to 3, In case there are now new messages, set visibility of rl2 to invisible.