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8,927 | I work in a small but growing team of UX designers developing a suite of web applications. It's become obvious that we would benefit from a common pattern library, but are unsure how to get started or what tool we should use.
We want something that we can collaborate on and also share with visual designers and develop... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8927",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4500/"
] | We have put together our own Wiki-based pattern library that contains screenshots, descriptions of use-cases, and notes on variations of the element/widget. The intention of the library was to enforce standardized designs across the different applications. In this regard, it has been of limited success. I attribute thi... | This depends on the tools you're using. Usually you can create a master file placed in a shared location. I've seen this done with Powerpoint (just a ppt with elements), Visio (custom stencils), Axure RP (widget libraries / shared project) and Illustrator (don't know how it was done exactly). |
8,927 | I work in a small but growing team of UX designers developing a suite of web applications. It's become obvious that we would benefit from a common pattern library, but are unsure how to get started or what tool we should use.
We want something that we can collaborate on and also share with visual designers and develop... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8927",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4500/"
] | We have put together our own Wiki-based pattern library that contains screenshots, descriptions of use-cases, and notes on variations of the element/widget. The intention of the library was to enforce standardized designs across the different applications. In this regard, it has been of limited success. I attribute thi... | There's a market for this type of product. We've done a lot of research on it and haven't found one that really fits the bill yet.
In the past two org's I've worked on, we've built skunkworks pattern/component libraries by hand...typically a loose mix of PHP includes. We're toying with the idea of building some custo... |
8,927 | I work in a small but growing team of UX designers developing a suite of web applications. It's become obvious that we would benefit from a common pattern library, but are unsure how to get started or what tool we should use.
We want something that we can collaborate on and also share with visual designers and develop... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8927",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4500/"
] | There are several [design pattern repositories listed on Konigi web](http://konigi.com/wiki/design-pattern-repositories). From these, [Patternry](http://patternry.com/) allows you to create public and private collections of patterns. | There's a market for this type of product. We've done a lot of research on it and haven't found one that really fits the bill yet.
In the past two org's I've worked on, we've built skunkworks pattern/component libraries by hand...typically a loose mix of PHP includes. We're toying with the idea of building some custo... |
8,927 | I work in a small but growing team of UX designers developing a suite of web applications. It's become obvious that we would benefit from a common pattern library, but are unsure how to get started or what tool we should use.
We want something that we can collaborate on and also share with visual designers and develop... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8927",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/4500/"
] | Internally here we use [confluence](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/). One of our guys is in charge of keeping it in order, and we just all post use it as a way to reference the correct UI to use in a certain situation.
That being said, we also use it as a discussion point when we believe an element is w... | There's a market for this type of product. We've done a lot of research on it and haven't found one that really fits the bill yet.
In the past two org's I've worked on, we've built skunkworks pattern/component libraries by hand...typically a loose mix of PHP includes. We're toying with the idea of building some custo... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | Not as long as you might think, especially if the room is not tightly sealed. Bugs will eat a corpse pretty efficiently, even without animals.
If you are looking for this to be some romantic scene because there isn't viscera, well, it's going to smell if it's been sealed, no matter what. Even if they are bones. The b... | The rule of thumb is “100 degree-days to get bones”. I don't know what *degree* is measured from, but that should be a start for Google…
And that turns up [this link](https://weather.com/science/news/flesh-bone-what-role-weather-plays-body-decomposition-20131031) which is a start. [This one, *The Rate of Decay in a Co... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | They discovered [Richard III's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England#Discovery_of_remains) bones a few years ago. Given that he died in 1485, bones do survive for around 5 centuries in soil.
Flesh rots in air, bones desiccate. From what a quick Google search indicates, bones become powdery in air in a... | The rule of thumb is “100 degree-days to get bones”. I don't know what *degree* is measured from, but that should be a start for Google…
And that turns up [this link](https://weather.com/science/news/flesh-bone-what-role-weather-plays-body-decomposition-20131031) which is a start. [This one, *The Rate of Decay in a Co... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | Okay, there's not much data on timescales of human bones decaying away to nothing, because we bury/ cremate our dead. Also when folk come across a pile of bones, they tend to phone the police. So you might have to look at studies of animal bones and extrapolate from that. The search term you'll need is [taphonomy](http... | The rule of thumb is “100 degree-days to get bones”. I don't know what *degree* is measured from, but that should be a start for Google…
And that turns up [this link](https://weather.com/science/news/flesh-bone-what-role-weather-plays-body-decomposition-20131031) which is a start. [This one, *The Rate of Decay in a Co... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | It really depends on four things
1. how well sealed the room is, keeping rodents out is essential, they will eat bone just for the calcium.
2. the humidity, fungi can eat bone so you want it dry, light is likewise the enemy.
3. the temprature, if it is exposed to freezing and thawing the bones will powderize quite qui... | The rule of thumb is “100 degree-days to get bones”. I don't know what *degree* is measured from, but that should be a start for Google…
And that turns up [this link](https://weather.com/science/news/flesh-bone-what-role-weather-plays-body-decomposition-20131031) which is a start. [This one, *The Rate of Decay in a Co... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | Not as long as you might think, especially if the room is not tightly sealed. Bugs will eat a corpse pretty efficiently, even without animals.
If you are looking for this to be some romantic scene because there isn't viscera, well, it's going to smell if it's been sealed, no matter what. Even if they are bones. The b... | They discovered [Richard III's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England#Discovery_of_remains) bones a few years ago. Given that he died in 1485, bones do survive for around 5 centuries in soil.
Flesh rots in air, bones desiccate. From what a quick Google search indicates, bones become powdery in air in a... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | Okay, there's not much data on timescales of human bones decaying away to nothing, because we bury/ cremate our dead. Also when folk come across a pile of bones, they tend to phone the police. So you might have to look at studies of animal bones and extrapolate from that. The search term you'll need is [taphonomy](http... | Not as long as you might think, especially if the room is not tightly sealed. Bugs will eat a corpse pretty efficiently, even without animals.
If you are looking for this to be some romantic scene because there isn't viscera, well, it's going to smell if it's been sealed, no matter what. Even if they are bones. The b... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | Not as long as you might think, especially if the room is not tightly sealed. Bugs will eat a corpse pretty efficiently, even without animals.
If you are looking for this to be some romantic scene because there isn't viscera, well, it's going to smell if it's been sealed, no matter what. Even if they are bones. The b... | It really depends on four things
1. how well sealed the room is, keeping rodents out is essential, they will eat bone just for the calcium.
2. the humidity, fungi can eat bone so you want it dry, light is likewise the enemy.
3. the temprature, if it is exposed to freezing and thawing the bones will powderize quite qui... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | Okay, there's not much data on timescales of human bones decaying away to nothing, because we bury/ cremate our dead. Also when folk come across a pile of bones, they tend to phone the police. So you might have to look at studies of animal bones and extrapolate from that. The search term you'll need is [taphonomy](http... | They discovered [Richard III's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England#Discovery_of_remains) bones a few years ago. Given that he died in 1485, bones do survive for around 5 centuries in soil.
Flesh rots in air, bones desiccate. From what a quick Google search indicates, bones become powdery in air in a... |
49,109 | From death to brittleness?
Two bodies, on a bed, in an embrace. Windows and doors closed, so little to no air and light, but not completely air/light tight.
No scavenger animals/rodents, but bugs would obviously be present.
Humid (tropical rain-forest) environment.
The aim is to have my characters stumble across this... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/49109",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/21849/"
] | Okay, there's not much data on timescales of human bones decaying away to nothing, because we bury/ cremate our dead. Also when folk come across a pile of bones, they tend to phone the police. So you might have to look at studies of animal bones and extrapolate from that. The search term you'll need is [taphonomy](http... | It really depends on four things
1. how well sealed the room is, keeping rodents out is essential, they will eat bone just for the calcium.
2. the humidity, fungi can eat bone so you want it dry, light is likewise the enemy.
3. the temprature, if it is exposed to freezing and thawing the bones will powderize quite qui... |
13,383 | I need a web based project management software. It should basically have:
* Issue tracker
* Wiki (not mandatory)
* Git integration
* Progress
It should be open source and I should be able to install it onto my server.
Currently, I have found the following options :
* [ProjeQtOr](http://www.projeqtor.org/)
* [MyColl... | 2014/10/22 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/13383",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/8417/"
] | I'd recommend using **[Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/)** (for details and screenshots, see my answers [here](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/7501/185) and [here](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/1560/185). Trac fulfills all your requirements listed:
* **Issue tracker:** Yes.
* **Wiki:** Yes.
* **GIT ... | There are various options out there: Gitlab, Redmine, Launchpad, and [others](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project_management_software).
Out of all of these, I have the best experience with **GitLab**, which is used by the likes of the **GNOME project and F-Droid**. (According to Wikipedia, other users ... |
5,391,816 | i have a javascript file about 6000+ lines of codes created by myself. Now it has functions for different sections of my site.. Now what i want to ask is that should i use that large file or divide it in parts for respective sections and call it in respective section. | 2011/03/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5391816",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/229849/"
] | I would suggest using 1 large one, as that requires only 1 http request. And with the right server setup it is only loaded once as it becomes cached. | It depends on how much the HTTP request cost is Vs. how likely a visitor is to access one of the sections with specific JS Vs. how much bandwidth is saved for the other pages. |
5,391,816 | i have a javascript file about 6000+ lines of codes created by myself. Now it has functions for different sections of my site.. Now what i want to ask is that should i use that large file or divide it in parts for respective sections and call it in respective section. | 2011/03/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5391816",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/229849/"
] | I would suggest using 1 large one, as that requires only 1 http request. And with the right server setup it is only loaded once as it becomes cached. | If it's just a question of serving the file, then one large one is almost definitely better, particularly if your server has gzip compression turned on (which it should).
However, you might also want to break the file up into smaller parts to improve the readability and maintainability aspects of the code. In such a ... |
5,391,816 | i have a javascript file about 6000+ lines of codes created by myself. Now it has functions for different sections of my site.. Now what i want to ask is that should i use that large file or divide it in parts for respective sections and call it in respective section. | 2011/03/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5391816",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/229849/"
] | I would suggest using 1 large one, as that requires only 1 http request. And with the right server setup it is only loaded once as it becomes cached. | Lately, it appears as if the best approach is to split it up into smaller files and load only the needed ones, in parallell, using some kind of JS loader (like [Head JS](http://headjs.com) for example; click the link and scroll down to the headline "Combining scripts" to read more about the performance difference).
An... |
5,391,816 | i have a javascript file about 6000+ lines of codes created by myself. Now it has functions for different sections of my site.. Now what i want to ask is that should i use that large file or divide it in parts for respective sections and call it in respective section. | 2011/03/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5391816",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/229849/"
] | It depends on how much the HTTP request cost is Vs. how likely a visitor is to access one of the sections with specific JS Vs. how much bandwidth is saved for the other pages. | If it's just a question of serving the file, then one large one is almost definitely better, particularly if your server has gzip compression turned on (which it should).
However, you might also want to break the file up into smaller parts to improve the readability and maintainability aspects of the code. In such a ... |
5,391,816 | i have a javascript file about 6000+ lines of codes created by myself. Now it has functions for different sections of my site.. Now what i want to ask is that should i use that large file or divide it in parts for respective sections and call it in respective section. | 2011/03/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5391816",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/229849/"
] | It depends on how much the HTTP request cost is Vs. how likely a visitor is to access one of the sections with specific JS Vs. how much bandwidth is saved for the other pages. | Lately, it appears as if the best approach is to split it up into smaller files and load only the needed ones, in parallell, using some kind of JS loader (like [Head JS](http://headjs.com) for example; click the link and scroll down to the headline "Combining scripts" to read more about the performance difference).
An... |
252,729 | I know you get 2 set pieces in the new season for reaching level 70, what else do you have to do to get the other 4 pieces?
Can you get a free set again if you complete the parameters with a new character? | 2016/01/21 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/252729",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/73403/"
] | You get two more set pieces for completing the Chapter 4 objective "Mercy" (Defeat Zoltan Kulle on Torment II) and two pieces for completing the Chapter 4 objective "Great Expectations" (Complete a Level 20 Greater Rift solo). | As yuuki didn't answer this:
**NO**, you can't get the items on other characters. |
3,945,342 | I started building an app under an individual developer account.
In preparing to beta and release this I'm switching over to a new company account.
I'm trying to prepare a checklist of the things I will need to update in order to move the project over to the new account.
* Install new development certificate
and prof... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3945342",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/296003/"
] | Here is my checklist in addition to your list:
* Change Version of your app to 1.0 in case if this is your first time you submit the app. If it's an update make sure it has higher version number than the one on app store
* Add Code Signing Entitlement file to the project
* Remove debug code like NSLog
* Build the App ... | Make sure to clear your Mac user account's Keychain of all old certificates (or use a different Mac User account), clear the Xcode Organizer of all old provisions and then quit and restart Xcode, and delete all old provisions off of your device (Edit: you can keep the old provisions if they are named differently and ar... |
9,648 | I have various devices to connect to my iMac using good-old RS-232.
Of course, I only have USB connectors on my machine.
I have a couple of Prolific PL2303-based cables, and they seem to work OK, but the kext provided seems a little flaky and I'm not sure about long-term support.
What is the most-stable, best-suppor... | 2011/03/05 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/9648",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/1794/"
] | I have two Prolific USB-to-serial adapters but they are made by different Vendors (one is Prolific, the other ATEN).
I've used their supplied drivers just fine. Note that there are open source drivers for these devices too available here: <https://github.com/failberg/osx-pl2303> FYI my use case is actually patching th... | Just to be clear, **I have not used this device myself.**
Stewart Cheshire, creator of ZeroConf (the basis of Bonjour), gave a Google Tech Talk on the subject of ZeroConf, and presented a couple of embedded devices (Cameras, and an RS-232 unit).
I've always wanted to try this out, but have never had a good enough use... |
9,648 | I have various devices to connect to my iMac using good-old RS-232.
Of course, I only have USB connectors on my machine.
I have a couple of Prolific PL2303-based cables, and they seem to work OK, but the kext provided seems a little flaky and I'm not sure about long-term support.
What is the most-stable, best-suppor... | 2011/03/05 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/9648",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/1794/"
] | I have two Prolific USB-to-serial adapters but they are made by different Vendors (one is Prolific, the other ATEN).
I've used their supplied drivers just fine. Note that there are open source drivers for these devices too available here: <https://github.com/failberg/osx-pl2303> FYI my use case is actually patching th... | Both Prolific PL2303 and FTDI devices work fine.
I'm using a TrendNET TU-S9 v2 currently (PL-2303). Other than the vendor provided driver or driver from Prolific's Taiwan website, options include <https://www.mac-usb-serial.com> (fairly inexpensive driver), and the nice Mac app <https://www.decisivetactics.com/product... |
9,648 | I have various devices to connect to my iMac using good-old RS-232.
Of course, I only have USB connectors on my machine.
I have a couple of Prolific PL2303-based cables, and they seem to work OK, but the kext provided seems a little flaky and I'm not sure about long-term support.
What is the most-stable, best-suppor... | 2011/03/05 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/9648",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/1794/"
] | Just to be clear, **I have not used this device myself.**
Stewart Cheshire, creator of ZeroConf (the basis of Bonjour), gave a Google Tech Talk on the subject of ZeroConf, and presented a couple of embedded devices (Cameras, and an RS-232 unit).
I've always wanted to try this out, but have never had a good enough use... | Both Prolific PL2303 and FTDI devices work fine.
I'm using a TrendNET TU-S9 v2 currently (PL-2303). Other than the vendor provided driver or driver from Prolific's Taiwan website, options include <https://www.mac-usb-serial.com> (fairly inexpensive driver), and the nice Mac app <https://www.decisivetactics.com/product... |
237,697 | In my [previous question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/234454/i-designed-a-maglev-space-propulsion-tube-on-mt-everest-do-you-see-any-issues), I was discussing about the possibility of using a mass-driver on Mt. Everest, to propel payloads to space, and reduce the amount of fuel needed (RIP bulky ro... | 2022/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/237697",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/97694/"
] | Though I don't see any reference to it in this question or your previous one, you should probably read about [StarTram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTram), because it was a project that considers many of the same things you're looking at. The StarTram authors used to have all their interesting stuff available for ... | >
> Is this design more better for propelling payloads/passengers to space? If no, then what flaws do I have to fix?
>
>
>
**Two Big Flaws**
1. How does it stay up?
2. How come it's so fast?
You claim the graphite stilts will support the track no problem. How are they so dang strong? I feel safe to assume that n... |
237,697 | In my [previous question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/234454/i-designed-a-maglev-space-propulsion-tube-on-mt-everest-do-you-see-any-issues), I was discussing about the possibility of using a mass-driver on Mt. Everest, to propel payloads to space, and reduce the amount of fuel needed (RIP bulky ro... | 2022/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/237697",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/97694/"
] | >
> Is this design more better for propelling payloads/passengers to space? If no, then what flaws do I have to fix?
>
>
>
**Two Big Flaws**
1. How does it stay up?
2. How come it's so fast?
You claim the graphite stilts will support the track no problem. How are they so dang strong? I feel safe to assume that n... | Ditch Everest. Switch to Chimborazo in Ecuador. Two reasons:
1. Because it is closer to the equator, it's peak is actually farther from the center of the Earth.
2. Because it is closer to the equator, you get more of a boost from rotation of the Earth. Everest at 29.59 degrees North loses almost 14% of the rotational ... |
237,697 | In my [previous question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/234454/i-designed-a-maglev-space-propulsion-tube-on-mt-everest-do-you-see-any-issues), I was discussing about the possibility of using a mass-driver on Mt. Everest, to propel payloads to space, and reduce the amount of fuel needed (RIP bulky ro... | 2022/11/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/237697",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/97694/"
] | Though I don't see any reference to it in this question or your previous one, you should probably read about [StarTram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTram), because it was a project that considers many of the same things you're looking at. The StarTram authors used to have all their interesting stuff available for ... | Ditch Everest. Switch to Chimborazo in Ecuador. Two reasons:
1. Because it is closer to the equator, it's peak is actually farther from the center of the Earth.
2. Because it is closer to the equator, you get more of a boost from rotation of the Earth. Everest at 29.59 degrees North loses almost 14% of the rotational ... |
989,381 | I have Intel NUC i5 with Latest OpenElec installed on it.
I would like to wake it up from suspend using Wake On Lan feature (sent from another device on my home network), but I am having difficulties with that.
I have verified WOL is enabled in the BIOS, and I have tried to use the WOL Windows GUI provided in Depicio... | 2015/10/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/989381",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/511927/"
] | I was looking for an answer to this and just tested out a number of syncing services on my Mac by trying to copy an OSX framework. The only one that successfully copied the internal symbolic links between folders was...
* **[Copy.com](https://copy.com)** (Edit: **Service will shut down on May 1, 2016**. So that leaves... | BitTorrent sync will do what the OP requests. It will copy and sync symlinks as links, without following them. It differs somewhat from services like Dropbox in that there is no cloud involved - just peer to peer communication. There is a free service and a paid service. I dropped Dropbox for this very reason, and have... |
989,381 | I have Intel NUC i5 with Latest OpenElec installed on it.
I would like to wake it up from suspend using Wake On Lan feature (sent from another device on my home network), but I am having difficulties with that.
I have verified WOL is enabled in the BIOS, and I have tried to use the WOL Windows GUI provided in Depicio... | 2015/10/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/989381",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/511927/"
] | I was looking for an answer to this and just tested out a number of syncing services on my Mac by trying to copy an OSX framework. The only one that successfully copied the internal symbolic links between folders was...
* **[Copy.com](https://copy.com)** (Edit: **Service will shut down on May 1, 2016**. So that leaves... | It seems syncthing will also handle symlinks correctly (symlinks are not followed but copied as symlinks);
see relevant discussions:
<https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/262>
<https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/2358>
But I'd love to see a cloud hosted solution (unlike bt sync and syncthing) that ... |
2,079,812 | What is the difference between WPF and Silverlight?
Is it just the same as winforms vs asp as in desktop apps versus web app or is there an overlap? | 2010/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2079812",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/231822/"
] | Silverlight is a subset of the functionality in WPF. WPF is desktops, silverlight is cross-platform web apps. Silverlight can run out-of-browser with limited functionality. if you want full blown WPF and access to everything WPF can access on the client, you can't do silverlight out-of-browser - just build a WPF app.
... | WPF is a desktop API that is a replacement to the venerable pixel-based GDI Winforms library. It uses XML layout (XAML) and binding, partial classes and is no longer pixel-based (it deals in units so apps still work where the user has the DPI set differently).
Silverlight is a subset of WPF that runs within a browser,... |
2,079,812 | What is the difference between WPF and Silverlight?
Is it just the same as winforms vs asp as in desktop apps versus web app or is there an overlap? | 2010/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2079812",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/231822/"
] | WPF is a desktop API that is a replacement to the venerable pixel-based GDI Winforms library. It uses XML layout (XAML) and binding, partial classes and is no longer pixel-based (it deals in units so apps still work where the user has the DPI set differently).
Silverlight is a subset of WPF that runs within a browser,... | [One](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/944608/wpf-vs-silverlight) and [two](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/629927/what-is-the-difference-between-wpf-and-silverlight-application). |
2,079,812 | What is the difference between WPF and Silverlight?
Is it just the same as winforms vs asp as in desktop apps versus web app or is there an overlap? | 2010/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2079812",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/231822/"
] | Silverlight is a subset of the functionality in WPF. WPF is desktops, silverlight is cross-platform web apps. Silverlight can run out-of-browser with limited functionality. if you want full blown WPF and access to everything WPF can access on the client, you can't do silverlight out-of-browser - just build a WPF app.
... | [One](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/944608/wpf-vs-silverlight) and [two](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/629927/what-is-the-difference-between-wpf-and-silverlight-application). |
45,149 | I imported some 2000 photos into Lightroom 5 on the Mac, and then removed most of the ones in them, bringing it down to 40 photos. I did this by selecting photos I didn't like, pressing the Delete button and selecting Remove (not Delete From Disk). These removed photos are still on the filesystem, taking up 30 GB. How ... | 2013/11/13 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/45149",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/22575/"
] | The problem is that Lightroom does not know about these images, so it cannot do anything about it. Essentially you want to know which photos are *not* in Lightroom. I have no idea how to do that but I think this will work:
From Lightroom, select the folder or tree where these photos are and synchronize it. It will pop... | You needed to use the Delete From Disk option. You removed your reference to the images in Lightroom and it now has no more idea about them than it does about your Word documents and internet browsing history.
One thing you could do since you have so few images is you could make a new folder, drag the photos to keep i... |
1,911,426 | In one customer computer (windows vista) almost all forms of my app are oddly unnaligned.
Making some investigation I noticed that every component with akRight anchor acts oddly, being positioned way more for the right.
Searching in SO I found [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1355258/delphi-7-forms-anchors-... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1911426",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19224/"
] | Aren't you experiencing the problem described in the following question?
[Why do my Borland C++Builder 5 forms with right-anchored controls appear incorrectly on Vista?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/525517/why-do-my-borland-cbuilder-5-forms-with-right-anchored-controls-appear-incorrec)
Maybe the answer is of s... | I've also experienced similar issues. After much frustration I pretty much gave up using anchors and started using a combination of the Align, AlignWithMargins and Margins properties. |
18,647 | One of the comments on [this question](https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/18623/mileage-varies-by-driving-at-different-speeds) reminded me of something I've been wondering for a while. Given that engines get the best efficiency at peak torque, why do most hybrid cars still use a mechanical transmission (whic... | 2015/07/21 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/18647",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/373/"
] | It depends on the type of hybrid car you are talking about. In one type of hybrid, there will be a gasoline engine and at least one electric engine capable of driving the wheels. In this case, the gasoline engine must still use a transmission because it cannot be revved too high without causing major damage or shortene... | I don't think the accepted answer answers this question acceptably. The reason for hybrid vehicles having a mechanical power transfer pathway is that mechanical power transfer has a higher efficiency than electric power transfer.
I have read somewhere (but cannot find the source right now) that the electrical power tr... |
26,288 | A commercial came on the radio last night while I was driving home that was a spoof on the old [news reels of the 30s and 40s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreel). And, being radio, the spoof was entirely centered on the iconic 'voice' of those old news reals...quick talking with an inflection unique enough that wh... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26288",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/10250/"
] | It wasn't just the newsreels. The ultra-fast talking high-pitched (and almost rhythmic) voice was actually common in media of that era. For example, here's the [final scene from Casablanca](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kiNJcDG4E0) in 1942. By modern standards, it sounds like a lot of bursts of rapid-fire dialog, in... | Please see the [following list, also on WikiPedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_video_archives), along with [A Bijou Flashback: The History of Movie Newsreels](http://www.moviefanfare.com/the-history-of-movie-newsreels/).
These newsreels were produced by each of the major film corporations be... |
26,288 | A commercial came on the radio last night while I was driving home that was a spoof on the old [news reels of the 30s and 40s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreel). And, being radio, the spoof was entirely centered on the iconic 'voice' of those old news reals...quick talking with an inflection unique enough that wh... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26288",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/10250/"
] | Please see the [following list, also on WikiPedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_video_archives), along with [A Bijou Flashback: The History of Movie Newsreels](http://www.moviefanfare.com/the-history-of-movie-newsreels/).
These newsreels were produced by each of the major film corporations be... | Cam Cornelius. <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfKRKI3daoM> He has that old times news voice. |
26,288 | A commercial came on the radio last night while I was driving home that was a spoof on the old [news reels of the 30s and 40s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreel). And, being radio, the spoof was entirely centered on the iconic 'voice' of those old news reals...quick talking with an inflection unique enough that wh... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26288",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/10250/"
] | It wasn't just the newsreels. The ultra-fast talking high-pitched (and almost rhythmic) voice was actually common in media of that era. For example, here's the [final scene from Casablanca](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kiNJcDG4E0) in 1942. By modern standards, it sounds like a lot of bursts of rapid-fire dialog, in... | Cam Cornelius. <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfKRKI3daoM> He has that old times news voice. |
26,288 | A commercial came on the radio last night while I was driving home that was a spoof on the old [news reels of the 30s and 40s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreel). And, being radio, the spoof was entirely centered on the iconic 'voice' of those old news reals...quick talking with an inflection unique enough that wh... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26288",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/10250/"
] | It wasn't just the newsreels. The ultra-fast talking high-pitched (and almost rhythmic) voice was actually common in media of that era. For example, here's the [final scene from Casablanca](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kiNJcDG4E0) in 1942. By modern standards, it sounds like a lot of bursts of rapid-fire dialog, in... | I am Cam Cornelius and I can assure you that I did not originate this style, lol! The voice you are referring to is a style of the Mid-Atlantic accent...and yes, as a voice actor I do have opportunities to use this style for historical projects.
Here is a great article on the origins: [That Weirdo Announcer-Voice Acc... |
26,288 | A commercial came on the radio last night while I was driving home that was a spoof on the old [news reels of the 30s and 40s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreel). And, being radio, the spoof was entirely centered on the iconic 'voice' of those old news reals...quick talking with an inflection unique enough that wh... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/26288",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/10250/"
] | I am Cam Cornelius and I can assure you that I did not originate this style, lol! The voice you are referring to is a style of the Mid-Atlantic accent...and yes, as a voice actor I do have opportunities to use this style for historical projects.
Here is a great article on the origins: [That Weirdo Announcer-Voice Acc... | Cam Cornelius. <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfKRKI3daoM> He has that old times news voice. |
105,982 | My barbarian will be level 3 soon, and I'm looking forward to choosing the Path of the Totem Warrior. | 2017/08/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/105982",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/34635/"
] | The most thematically appropriate option would be for your Barbarian to hunt the relevant animal of your choice.
The PHB of 50 states
>
> ...
>
>
> You must make or acquire a physical totem object -an amulet or similar adornment—that incorporates fur or feathers, claws, teeth, or bones of the totem animal.
>
> ... | You need to acquire the item:
>
> You must make or acquire a physical totem object -an amulet or similar adornment—that incorporates fur or feathers, claws, teeth, or bones of the totem animal.
>
>
>
From [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquire):
>
> **acquire:** to come into posse... |
2,592,292 | Let's say I have a standalone windows service running in a windows server machine. How to make sure it is highly available?
1). What are all the design level guidelines that you can propose?
2). How to make it highly available like primary/secondary, eg., the clustering solutions currently available in the market
3... | 2010/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2592292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/125904/"
] | To keep the service at least running you can arrange for the Windows Service Manager to automatically restart the service if it crashes (see the Recovery tab on the service properties.) More details are available here, including a batch script to set these properties - [Restart a windows service if it crashes](https://... | If you break down the problems you are trying to solve, I think you'll probably come up with a few answers yourself. As Justin mentioned in the comment, there is no one answer. It completely depends on what your service does and how clients use it. You also don't specify any details about the client-server interactivit... |
2,592,292 | Let's say I have a standalone windows service running in a windows server machine. How to make sure it is highly available?
1). What are all the design level guidelines that you can propose?
2). How to make it highly available like primary/secondary, eg., the clustering solutions currently available in the market
3... | 2010/04/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2592292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/125904/"
] | To keep the service at least running you can arrange for the Windows Service Manager to automatically restart the service if it crashes (see the Recovery tab on the service properties.) More details are available here, including a batch script to set these properties - [Restart a windows service if it crashes](https://... | If the service doesn’t expose any interface for client connectivity you could:
* Broadcast or expose an “I’m alive” message or signal a database/registry/tcp/whatever that you are alive
* Have a second service (monitor) that checks for these “I’m alive” signals and try to restart the service in case it is down
But if... |
29,600,941 | I want to add data in drop down list,I am able to add the data and view it but for that i have to refresh the page again, I want to do that in jQuery without refreshing the page. | 2015/04/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29600941",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4781955/"
] | The problem is
* Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Can't convert to color: type=0x2 at android.content.res.TypedArray.getColor(TypedArray.java:326)
The code or id of the color is invalid. | I actually get it! The problem was with the custom theme i was trying to use. I think the main reason for that error came from trying to extend Material Light and that was incompatible with android version on my phone! :)
If someone can confirm that i'll be gratefull! |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | A few scams I've seen making the rounds:
* Use it to dial a premium rate number owned by the group. In the UK, 09xx numbers can cost up to £1.50 per minute, and most 09xx providers charge around 33%, so a five minute call syphons £5 into the group's hands. If you're a good social engineer, you might only have a 10 min... | Some mobile networks in the world allow users to transfer prepaid balances from one account to another. Alternatively, they might send some sort of incriminating SMS from your phone which may cause you issues with law enforcement officer. |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | They could use it to send the detonation signal to that nuclear weapon they've secreted in a warehouse in Manhattan. That's pretty much the worst-case scenario. | While detonating a bomb or EMP would be the most harmful, I think the following scenarios are much more likely to happen.
If you have a smartphone, it's very likely you have some kind of weather widget on the homescreen which tells the attacker what is your hometown.
Also, I yet have to see a smartphone without news w... |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | They could use it to send the detonation signal to that nuclear weapon they've secreted in a warehouse in Manhattan. That's pretty much the worst-case scenario. | Rule 3: [If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore.](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc722487.aspx#EIAA) |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | with a USB rubber on android the pin password could be hacked (brute forced)
<http://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/usb-rubber-ducky>
they could then create a backup of your device, they could analyse already created backups, they could download all of your saved data, media etc and use this to further penetrate other... | With some phones it is possible to call system commands or even to lock the SIM card, just by visiting a prepared website. There was an article some time ago on [Heise security](http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Android-smartphones-USSD-calls-can-kill-SIM-cards-1719230.html) about this problem. |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | They could use it to send the detonation signal to that nuclear weapon they've secreted in a warehouse in Manhattan. That's pretty much the worst-case scenario. | With some phones it is possible to call system commands or even to lock the SIM card, just by visiting a prepared website. There was an article some time ago on [Heise security](http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Android-smartphones-USSD-calls-can-kill-SIM-cards-1719230.html) about this problem. |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | While detonating a bomb or EMP would be the most harmful, I think the following scenarios are much more likely to happen.
If you have a smartphone, it's very likely you have some kind of weather widget on the homescreen which tells the attacker what is your hometown.
Also, I yet have to see a smartphone without news w... | Did not see these: adding another sync account, forwarding your calls, automated pin code retrieval (boostmobile), calling drug dealers, making threats over your phone. |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | They could dial their own number to get yours (assuming your number isn't private.)
I think I just invented a new, somewhat forceful and creepy, pick-up move. | They could dial a [USSD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstructured_Supplementary_Service_Data) to get supplimental information about you or your device. Some UUSD codes have been documented to have the capability of doing a factory reset on your phone. [Source](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/25/dirty-ussd-code-samsung... |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | While detonating a bomb or EMP would be the most harmful, I think the following scenarios are much more likely to happen.
If you have a smartphone, it's very likely you have some kind of weather widget on the homescreen which tells the attacker what is your hometown.
Also, I yet have to see a smartphone without news w... | Rule 3: [If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore.](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc722487.aspx#EIAA) |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | A few scams I've seen making the rounds:
* Use it to dial a premium rate number owned by the group. In the UK, 09xx numbers can cost up to £1.50 per minute, and most 09xx providers charge around 33%, so a five minute call syphons £5 into the group's hands. If you're a good social engineer, you might only have a 10 min... | With some phones it is possible to call system commands or even to lock the SIM card, just by visiting a prepared website. There was an article some time ago on [Heise security](http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Android-smartphones-USSD-calls-can-kill-SIM-cards-1719230.html) about this problem. |
25,772 | A stranger walks up to you on the street. They say they lost their phone and need to make a phone call (has happened to me twice, and maybe to you). What's the worst a phone call could do?
Let's assume they don't run, don't plug any devices into the phone, they just dial a number and do whatever, and hang up. | 2012/12/21 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/25772",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/17662/"
] | They could dial their own number to get yours (assuming your number isn't private.)
I think I just invented a new, somewhat forceful and creepy, pick-up move. | While detonating a bomb or EMP would be the most harmful, I think the following scenarios are much more likely to happen.
If you have a smartphone, it's very likely you have some kind of weather widget on the homescreen which tells the attacker what is your hometown.
Also, I yet have to see a smartphone without news w... |
148,103 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlYZM.png)
I have a fictional world, consisting of a federation of 17 provinces (in blue on the map extract). Currently, it is in the late 1920's. The Dzevogurski and Quidthovitse provinces are on the brink of war. H... | 2019/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/148103",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6500/"
] | **It depends**
I would say that if the question is purely about semantics, we do not have an internationally accepted definition of civil war. I think that the conflict between two provinces in a federation is not a civil war. Presumably, there is some sort of a federal government, and it's not taking part in it in th... | **Yes**
A civil war is when members of the same country fight against each other for some reason. The people of these provinces presumably think of themselves as part of the same country, and they are fighting, therefore this is a civil war regardless of whether or not some provinces do not fight. There’s a long histo... |
148,103 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlYZM.png)
I have a fictional world, consisting of a federation of 17 provinces (in blue on the map extract). Currently, it is in the late 1920's. The Dzevogurski and Quidthovitse provinces are on the brink of war. H... | 2019/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/148103",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Yes**
A civil war is when members of the same country fight against each other for some reason. The people of these provinces presumably think of themselves as part of the same country, and they are fighting, therefore this is a civil war regardless of whether or not some provinces do not fight. There’s a long histo... | Yes, it is not only possible to have neutral parties in internal conflicts, it has happened historically.
This would probably classified as a [Low Intensity Conflicts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_intensity_conflict) due to the localized nature and limited scale of fighting. While "Low Intensity" might not seem t... |
148,103 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlYZM.png)
I have a fictional world, consisting of a federation of 17 provinces (in blue on the map extract). Currently, it is in the late 1920's. The Dzevogurski and Quidthovitse provinces are on the brink of war. H... | 2019/05/31 | [
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] | **It depends**
I would say that if the question is purely about semantics, we do not have an internationally accepted definition of civil war. I think that the conflict between two provinces in a federation is not a civil war. Presumably, there is some sort of a federal government, and it's not taking part in it in th... | There are plenty of historical examples to confirm that such conflicts can exist. Provinces of the [Ottoman Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire) frequently feuded with each other. And in the US there was the third [Pennamite War](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennamite%E2%80%93Yankee_War) between P... |
148,103 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlYZM.png)
I have a fictional world, consisting of a federation of 17 provinces (in blue on the map extract). Currently, it is in the late 1920's. The Dzevogurski and Quidthovitse provinces are on the brink of war. H... | 2019/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/148103",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | There are plenty of historical examples to confirm that such conflicts can exist. Provinces of the [Ottoman Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire) frequently feuded with each other. And in the US there was the third [Pennamite War](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennamite%E2%80%93Yankee_War) between P... | Yes, it is not only possible to have neutral parties in internal conflicts, it has happened historically.
This would probably classified as a [Low Intensity Conflicts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_intensity_conflict) due to the localized nature and limited scale of fighting. While "Low Intensity" might not seem t... |
148,103 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VlYZM.png)
I have a fictional world, consisting of a federation of 17 provinces (in blue on the map extract). Currently, it is in the late 1920's. The Dzevogurski and Quidthovitse provinces are on the brink of war. H... | 2019/05/31 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/148103",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/6500/"
] | **It depends**
I would say that if the question is purely about semantics, we do not have an internationally accepted definition of civil war. I think that the conflict between two provinces in a federation is not a civil war. Presumably, there is some sort of a federal government, and it's not taking part in it in th... | Yes, it is not only possible to have neutral parties in internal conflicts, it has happened historically.
This would probably classified as a [Low Intensity Conflicts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_intensity_conflict) due to the localized nature and limited scale of fighting. While "Low Intensity" might not seem t... |
38,817 | In Windows Vista, whenever I open a folder, the selection of columns is nonsensical: album, date taken, etc., for folders that contain no music or pictures whatsoever. I can select the correct columns for a particular folder, but all the other folders are still wrong, even when I go in to Folder Options and click the b... | 2009/09/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/38817",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/10624/"
] | First you set the columns the way you want in one folder, then on the Tools menu (`Alt`+`t` if the menu is hidden by default), click Folder Options... and then go to the View tab, click Apply to Folders. After confirming, you will see that all your folders (at least of that type) have been changed.
PS. Thanks for aski... | See this article from annoyances.org : ["Default Folder Template Patch"](http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/choosetemplate), which says:
>
> Windows Vista has a bug that prevents
> it from choosing the correct view for
> a folder based on its contents, which
> is why you may see thumbnails when
> they're not app... |
113,574 | In D&D 5th edition, there is a continuity among the spells that deal with returning life to the dead. Virtually all of them require an expenditure of diamond or diamond dust.
* **Revivify** diamonds worth 300 gp
* **Raise Dead** diamond worth at least 500 gp
* **Resurrection** a diamond worth at least 1,000 gp
* **Tr... | 2018/01/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/113574",
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] | Yes, some material components are thematically related to types of spells
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I found [this spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KSibOeWub0_f79GYSnMu7om8kWwog1ob8dRY9LLoDAE/edit#gid=0) from this [reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r... | Thanks to someone on Reddit doing most of the legwork ([here](https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/5fz3k0/spreadsheet_all_material_spell_components_in_dd_5e/)), I found a couple common themes for components:
1. Water is a common component for water and ice spells (surprising, I know). See *conjure elemental (water), ... |
10,858,505 | I'm trying to run around 15000 soap requests through JMeter. I have 15000 individual soap files in a folder.
I know that the [WebService(SOAP) Request](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#WebService%28SOAP%29_Request) component has the option to point to a folder.
But, the problem is that the... | 2012/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10858505",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/499635/"
] | I would use [the JSR223 Sampler](http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#JSR223_Sampler) to run a script (e.g. Groovy) to iterate through the files in the directory and store the text of each file in a String.
See, for example, [this other answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/9733568/62667) about u... | You could put the data into a csv file and read it in using a CSV Data Set Config. If you need unique values over multiple threads then you have to create multiple files, one per thread.
You could also put the data in a database and use a JDBC Config/Sampler to access it, making sure to either a: delete the data after... |
37,727 | As we all know that Upanishads were written to understand Vedas. Some great scholars also said that they are the branches of Vedas. My question is related to it. Yesterday in a library, I was reading some books and then I found a book written by Dr. Surendra KR Sharma. The name of the book was in Hindi **Kya baloo ki b... | 2020/01/04 | [
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] | We should also read the next verse (1:1:6) in continuation for understanding Mundak Upanishad 1.1.5
Please [read the following](https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mundak1/mundak1_1.html):
>
> We cannot go to the Veda directly and understand anything out of it
> unless we are proficient in these six auxiliary shastr... | The Upanishad verse in question refers to the Vedas interpreted only ritualistically, as inferior. It does not negate the importance of Vedic knowledge itself. Because we see the same Upanishad talk about the Vedas in high regard.
2.1.6:
>
> तस्मादृचः साम यजूंषि दीक्षा यज्ञाश्च सर्वे क्रतवो दक्षिणाश्च
>
>
> Fr... |
37,727 | As we all know that Upanishads were written to understand Vedas. Some great scholars also said that they are the branches of Vedas. My question is related to it. Yesterday in a library, I was reading some books and then I found a book written by Dr. Surendra KR Sharma. The name of the book was in Hindi **Kya baloo ki b... | 2020/01/04 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/37727",
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] | The Vedas are divisible into two parts which are [Purva Mimamsa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%ABm%C4%81%E1%B9%83s%C4%81) or Karma Mimamsa dealing with rituals for Dharma, Artha, Kama and Gyana Kanda or Uttara Mimamsa/Upanishads for Moksha. Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha together are [Purusartha](https://en.wikipe... | The Upanishad verse in question refers to the Vedas interpreted only ritualistically, as inferior. It does not negate the importance of Vedic knowledge itself. Because we see the same Upanishad talk about the Vedas in high regard.
2.1.6:
>
> तस्मादृचः साम यजूंषि दीक्षा यज्ञाश्च सर्वे क्रतवो दक्षिणाश्च
>
>
> Fr... |
37,727 | As we all know that Upanishads were written to understand Vedas. Some great scholars also said that they are the branches of Vedas. My question is related to it. Yesterday in a library, I was reading some books and then I found a book written by Dr. Surendra KR Sharma. The name of the book was in Hindi **Kya baloo ki b... | 2020/01/04 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/37727",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
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] | Vedic karma Kanda and Jnana Kanda are both far below spiritual experience.
>
> They study the Vedas and discuss. **But they do not realize the Ultimate
> Reality just as a spoon does not know the taste of food**.
>
>
> The head
> carries the flowers, the nose knows the scent. The people study the
> Vedas. But, very... | The Upanishad verse in question refers to the Vedas interpreted only ritualistically, as inferior. It does not negate the importance of Vedic knowledge itself. Because we see the same Upanishad talk about the Vedas in high regard.
2.1.6:
>
> तस्मादृचः साम यजूंषि दीक्षा यज्ञाश्च सर्वे क्रतवो दक्षिणाश्च
>
>
> Fr... |
576,538 | So, a little background. I work for a company that has a number of extremely important, non-public facing websites. People's safety and livelihoods depend on these staying up. We have very little downtime, but there are always catastrophic situations that mean restoring from bare metal.
Our current setup is inadequate... | 2014/02/18 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/576538",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/209899/"
] | * Leverage VMware SRM, or at least VMware Replication. It will drastically reduce the amount of time it takes you to come online in a secondary datacenter. (Hyper-V Replica and HVRM are the equivalent in the Microsoft stack.
* Separate your front-end from your back-end. It sounds like you need a web tier and a database... | I've seen the second setup more often than the first, especially when your DR site doesn't have the same capacity as your primary site. However, I think this question isn't really appropriate for SF, since it's very much opinion based (although I'm not going to flag it as such since I see some value to the question). |
109,317 | I have been reading quite a bit in order to make the following choice: which path-finding solution should one implement in a game where the world proceduraly generated, of really large dimensions?
Here is how I see the main solutions and their pros/cons:
1) grid-based path-finding - this is the only option that would... | 2015/10/06 | [
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] | Given that the rooms are procedural built, portals created and then populated, I have a couple of ideas.
A\* works really well on navigation meshes, and works hierarchically as well. I would consider building a pathfinding system that works at two levels - first, the room by room level, and second within each room, fr... | I'm going to take a stab and recommend a **hierarchical pathfinding algorithm**, such as [**HPA\***](http://aigamedev.com/open/review/near-optimal-hierarchical-pathfinding/). Even though I'm not an expert in AI, I'm fairly confident in this guess because your generator sounds almost identical to [the one in a game I'm ... |
6,319 | Ever since upgrading to Google Maps 5.1.0 on my Droid X, I have often had Google Maps bog down and freeze to the point of completely crashing the phone. Anyone else seeing this crash? Anyone find a solution? | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/6319",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/3078/"
] | You can usually uninstall updates from the app's page in the market. However, previous updates to Google Maps had similar problems for users that never turned their phones off. Try just restarting your phone. | Upgrade to Google Maps 5.2.1, released today. |
7,060 | recently I bought 3 solar panels rated at 5V 200 mA each. I want to use them to charge a 5V battery bank to charge a phone. Thinking about the proper way to put them, I thought i can connect all in parallel to get maximum current, but realized that if the sun light was a little weak it will no generate full 5v thus pre... | 2016/01/23 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/7060",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/1736/"
] | Putting a single panel in series with two other panels that are in parallel does not accomplish what you think it does. The overall current of such a setup is limited by the single panel to 200 mA, so the three panels will not produce any more power than you'd get by just putting two panels in series.
A single solar c... | That's a mess, and your labels about what is + and what is - out of each panel seem inconsistant.
For the most effective use of the panels, wire them all in series. That will put out around 15 V under full sun. Now use a buck converter to make a regulated 5 V from that.
There are many buck converter chips available o... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
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] | Suppose you throw a ball up into the air. You could ask how the ball manages to move upwards when gravity is pulling it down, and the answer is that it started with an upwards velocity. Gravity pulls on the ball and slows it down so it will eventually reach a maximum height and fall back, but the ball manages to move u... | update: the accepted answer has now been updated to make my answer superfluous.
**we totally don't know.**
we don't know why the universe started expanding at the beginning of time. we basically just shrug and say "it seems like there was this big bang". your question seems to imply that gravity should have stopped t... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/45820/"
] | update: the accepted answer has now been updated to make my answer superfluous.
**we totally don't know.**
we don't know why the universe started expanding at the beginning of time. we basically just shrug and say "it seems like there was this big bang". your question seems to imply that gravity should have stopped t... | >
> How can the universe expand if there is gravitation?
>
>
>
Because gravity alters the motion of light and matter through space. But *it doesn't make space fall down*.
>
> We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible?
>
>
>
Because the expanding universe is something like ... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
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] | Something the other answers don't really delve into is this: **Space itself is what's expanding**
Let's think about a regular Newtonian Spacetime with zero expansion, borrowing Jim's example of a car on the road. You're sitting completely still, as is a friend you're following on a roadtrip, with about a hundred feet ... | The attraction of any two objects is proportional to the product of their masses times the distance between them squared. This force always accelerates the objects toward each other. But that "distance between them squared" term means that the force drops off faster than the velocity does. This means that any two objec... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/45820/"
] | update: the accepted answer has now been updated to make my answer superfluous.
**we totally don't know.**
we don't know why the universe started expanding at the beginning of time. we basically just shrug and say "it seems like there was this big bang". your question seems to imply that gravity should have stopped t... | The attraction of any two objects is proportional to the product of their masses times the distance between them squared. This force always accelerates the objects toward each other. But that "distance between them squared" term means that the force drops off faster than the velocity does. This means that any two objec... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | Ok I am no professional physicist, so feel free to scrap this if you want to, but as I have had explained to me: the expansion of space is the phenomenon that distances increase, *without* relating to any motion.
It is the space in between atoms and galaxies that gets "stretched", not that objects "move" away from ea... | I would like to start by clarifying a couple of misconceptions you have.
1)Everything is NOT attracted to a "**bigger** thing". Everything IS attracted to **everything**.
2)For the expansion of our universe to be caused by a "bigger thing," the thing would have to be a "shell" bigger than our universe, and the sh... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/45820/"
] | Something the other answers don't really delve into is this: **Space itself is what's expanding**
Let's think about a regular Newtonian Spacetime with zero expansion, borrowing Jim's example of a car on the road. You're sitting completely still, as is a friend you're following on a roadtrip, with about a hundred feet ... | update: the accepted answer has now been updated to make my answer superfluous.
**we totally don't know.**
we don't know why the universe started expanding at the beginning of time. we basically just shrug and say "it seems like there was this big bang". your question seems to imply that gravity should have stopped t... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | After the Big Bang, the universe was left already expanding. Imagine sitting in a car. You step on the gas and get it to top speed. Then you put it in neutral and turn off the engine. What happens? You keep moving forward. But why? The car can't take off by itself. Friction should prevent it from moving. This answer is... | Ok I am no professional physicist, so feel free to scrap this if you want to, but as I have had explained to me: the expansion of space is the phenomenon that distances increase, *without* relating to any motion.
It is the space in between atoms and galaxies that gets "stretched", not that objects "move" away from ea... |
276,351 | We live in an expanding universe - so I'm told. But how can that be possible? Everything imaginable is attracted by a bigger thing. So, why can't gravitation stop the expansion of the universe? I know the "Big Bang" theory, but is it possible that the expansion of the universe is caused by the attraction of a bigger ob... | 2016/08/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/276351",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/45820/"
] | Suppose you throw a ball up into the air. You could ask how the ball manages to move upwards when gravity is pulling it down, and the answer is that it started with an upwards velocity. Gravity pulls on the ball and slows it down so it will eventually reach a maximum height and fall back, but the ball manages to move u... | Something the other answers don't really delve into is this: **Space itself is what's expanding**
Let's think about a regular Newtonian Spacetime with zero expansion, borrowing Jim's example of a car on the road. You're sitting completely still, as is a friend you're following on a roadtrip, with about a hundred feet ... |
39,973 | I know the differences between a **rangefinder** and a **SLR/DSLR** but what is the real reason to put a mirror in front of a lens to reflect light into the viewfinder?
It raises lens prooduction price when you put extra distance between lens and sensor. So why do that? Does it improve image quality somehow? Isn't it... | 2013/06/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39973",
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] | Simple, it allows you to see exactly what the camera will "see" when you expose the shot.
Nir has given you a part of the argument as well which is accuracy.
In the "middle ground" of anything around mabye 20-100mm, building a rangefinder is not too difficult and Leica had adapters for longer and wider lenses if I am ... | Simple — you can't make an exchangeable lens rangefinder where the viewfinder is even remotely accurate. (Well, you can't without digital technology and live view — and then the mirrorless cameras makes more sense than rangefinders.) |
39,973 | I know the differences between a **rangefinder** and a **SLR/DSLR** but what is the real reason to put a mirror in front of a lens to reflect light into the viewfinder?
It raises lens prooduction price when you put extra distance between lens and sensor. So why do that? Does it improve image quality somehow? Isn't it... | 2013/06/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/39973",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/17818/"
] | Simple, it allows you to see exactly what the camera will "see" when you expose the shot.
Nir has given you a part of the argument as well which is accuracy.
In the "middle ground" of anything around mabye 20-100mm, building a rangefinder is not too difficult and Leica had adapters for longer and wider lenses if I am ... | Its tradition. When we had film cameras, a mirror system was used to give the photographer an accurate image of what the lens was seeing irrespective of which lens was attached. Obviously one could have a system with a live viewer. Old time photographers are used to looking in a view finder and composing an image. |
24,283 | Reading Matthew 12:26
If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
I cant seem to pin point where is his kingdom? Evil men dont seem to be united? | 2013/12/31 | [
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] | Let's take a long look at the Scriptures around your referenced Scripture:
Matthew 12:25 through 28 KJV
>
> 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
>
>
> 26 And if Satan cast... | I see three questions plus the question in the quote.
**Is Satan's kingdom here on earth?** Yes, the adversary is here on earth. He was cast out when Jesus was "snatched up to God and to his throne" (Rev 12:5). Most likely his "Ascension into Heaven" (Acts 1:9-11) but possibly at his death on the Cross.
**I cant se... |
24,283 | Reading Matthew 12:26
If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
I cant seem to pin point where is his kingdom? Evil men dont seem to be united? | 2013/12/31 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/24283",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/6506/"
] | Let's take a long look at the Scriptures around your referenced Scripture:
Matthew 12:25 through 28 KJV
>
> 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
>
>
> 26 And if Satan cast... | This question is about spiritual world. How it is reflected within humanity? How it manifests? How a spiritual world stands?
To understand how a man can become evil man, or a good man, I will quote from Holy Tradition of Orthodoxy, where many mysteries about humanity and God where revealed to us through Holy Spirit an... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | ### To punish them.
Looking at your situation from a modern lens - Politicians love spending money on those who voted for them, and also those who could be plausibly convinced to vote for them. They don't like spending money on those who voted strongly against them. Dishing out favour in this way is known as [pork bar... | Instead of government-sanctioned crime, what about a small area with a different government or no government? It could be an independent city where three or more large countries meet, and none of the countries can take it over because the others wouldn't let them. This also gives a good explanation for why there would ... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | I wonder if you have a too modern view of the state -- by the people, for the people. Over much of history it was by *some* people, for *some* people.
* **Illicit substances**
Very much in the eye of the beholder. In much of the West, alcohol is legal (and taxed) and cannabis is not. Say you have strong merchant gu... | Instead of government-sanctioned crime, what about a small area with a different government or no government? It could be an independent city where three or more large countries meet, and none of the countries can take it over because the others wouldn't let them. This also gives a good explanation for why there would ... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | Nonsense. If something is allowed by the law, then it is not a crime. The very definition of a crime is breaking the law.
The proper question would be why the law in this city is more lenient than elsewhere. Consider for example the US, which is probably the country with the most legally heterogeneous country in the w... | Hollywood will show you many - prolly dozens - of stories in which "governments" sanction crime for their own devious ends… most often to justify increasing the security budget or beefing up security powers.
That and any other Answer uses "government" in a rather loose sense. Even in today's Communist China and the hi... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | I wonder if you have a too modern view of the state -- by the people, for the people. Over much of history it was by *some* people, for *some* people.
* **Illicit substances**
Very much in the eye of the beholder. In much of the West, alcohol is legal (and taxed) and cannabis is not. Say you have strong merchant gu... | >
> What might be the benefits for [a] government to sanction certain crime within [an] important trade city?
>
>
>
There are already excellent answers to this question, but to add some more real world details that have been overlooked:
### Strengthening Colonial Rule
The most famous real-world example is [**Hon... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | **Crime keeps people scared. Scared people want governments that are tough on crime. To demonstrate you are tough, you need criminals to punish.**
<https://www.foxnews.com/us/san-diego-homeless-attacks-help>
>
> San Diegans beg city to curb violence by homeless: 'like you’re in the
> 'Walking Dead''
>
>
>
What a... | >
> What might be the benefits for [a] government to sanction certain crime within [an] important trade city?
>
>
>
There are already excellent answers to this question, but to add some more real world details that have been overlooked:
### Strengthening Colonial Rule
The most famous real-world example is [**Hon... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | Crime is allowed in the central city because it symbolically reinforces the government's claim to power.
* The current rulers are not nobles whose authority to lead flows down from their heritage.
* They are not great businessmen whose authority comes from their wealth and the employment opportunities they bring to th... | **All of that is already legal to some extent in some places**
Legal in lots of jurisdictions, some of them even real democracies:
* Killing humans, for example in self defense, in war, as capital punishment, to save the mother of an unborn, abortion or euthanasia.
* Substance trading and consumption: Drinking alcoho... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | **Crime keeps people scared. Scared people want governments that are tough on crime. To demonstrate you are tough, you need criminals to punish.**
<https://www.foxnews.com/us/san-diego-homeless-attacks-help>
>
> San Diegans beg city to curb violence by homeless: 'like you’re in the
> 'Walking Dead''
>
>
>
What a... | We have good historical examples where this occurred because of jurisdictional confusion.
For example, the tangled relationship of royal and Church prerogatives in Europe in the medieval and early Modern period often allowed Church leaders to exempt people from royal laws while on their lands. For example, in an area ... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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] | Nonsense. If something is allowed by the law, then it is not a crime. The very definition of a crime is breaking the law.
The proper question would be why the law in this city is more lenient than elsewhere. Consider for example the US, which is probably the country with the most legally heterogeneous country in the w... | Some governments [pork barrel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel): they favor the electorates that voted for them with money for projects that will benefit those communities - better roads, park lands, new hospital or extension to an existing one, etc.
There is also an element of divide and conquer. If the com... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
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"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | **In the real world, we sanction crime already**
Many countries allowed crime. Prostitution is illegal in many areas and has been at many times. It was and is often *tolerated*. Reasonings like, "if we don't tolerate it, the sailors will grab our woman of high social standing" were used to justify this. It was certain... | Hollywood will show you many - prolly dozens - of stories in which "governments" sanction crime for their own devious ends… most often to justify increasing the security budget or beefing up security powers.
That and any other Answer uses "government" in a rather loose sense. Even in today's Communist China and the hi... |
207,341 | Assume this city is relatively large by late medieval standards, around 200,000 people. The city is mainly a site for trade due to its geographically central position and being on a river. Also, because it is geographically central, it also means the city is important for the government to project power.
**What might ... | 2021/07/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/207341",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/43517/"
] | **In the real world, we sanction crime already**
Many countries allowed crime. Prostitution is illegal in many areas and has been at many times. It was and is often *tolerated*. Reasonings like, "if we don't tolerate it, the sailors will grab our woman of high social standing" were used to justify this. It was certain... | We have good historical examples where this occurred because of jurisdictional confusion.
For example, the tangled relationship of royal and Church prerogatives in Europe in the medieval and early Modern period often allowed Church leaders to exempt people from royal laws while on their lands. For example, in an area ... |
2,318 | We would like to get rid of the Tridion Broker as part of a project and publish content directly to a repository as part of a Storage Extension.
My question is, is there any deep dependency that Tridion has on the Broker that might mean things work in a sub-optimal way, or gotchas that I should be aware of?
Update -... | 2013/07/25 | [
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/questions/2318",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/users/315/"
] | I will assume that what you mean with the Broker is the Tridion Broker database.
It is possible to publish everything to the file system, it includes, content, linking info, metadata and references, however this functionality is deprecated and will be removed in future releases, having said that, in future releases, l... | 1. Dynamic Linking is the big one as Rob mentions.
2. any DCPs embedded on Pages will render
UCs/Tags.
3. Any code that queries CPs using Criteria/Query API will need to be gutted/replaced.
4. If you use P&P, then any personalized content will be rendered and filtered via User Controls/Tags, and this will need replaci... |
2,318 | We would like to get rid of the Tridion Broker as part of a project and publish content directly to a repository as part of a Storage Extension.
My question is, is there any deep dependency that Tridion has on the Broker that might mean things work in a sub-optimal way, or gotchas that I should be aware of?
Update -... | 2013/07/25 | [
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/questions/2318",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/users/315/"
] | 1. Dynamic Linking is the big one as Rob mentions.
2. any DCPs embedded on Pages will render
UCs/Tags.
3. Any code that queries CPs using Criteria/Query API will need to be gutted/replaced.
4. If you use P&P, then any personalized content will be rendered and filtered via User Controls/Tags, and this will need replaci... | This sounds like an unusual implementation.
It might be worth blueprinting your website to allow you to localize the templates to render the json. The new child publication could be used with a new deployer for you to test if this gives you the output you need without any missing functionality. |
2,318 | We would like to get rid of the Tridion Broker as part of a project and publish content directly to a repository as part of a Storage Extension.
My question is, is there any deep dependency that Tridion has on the Broker that might mean things work in a sub-optimal way, or gotchas that I should be aware of?
Update -... | 2013/07/25 | [
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/questions/2318",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/users/315/"
] | I will assume that what you mean with the Broker is the Tridion Broker database.
It is possible to publish everything to the file system, it includes, content, linking info, metadata and references, however this functionality is deprecated and will be removed in future releases, having said that, in future releases, l... | This sounds like an unusual implementation.
It might be worth blueprinting your website to allow you to localize the templates to render the json. The new child publication could be used with a new deployer for you to test if this gives you the output you need without any missing functionality. |
2,318 | We would like to get rid of the Tridion Broker as part of a project and publish content directly to a repository as part of a Storage Extension.
My question is, is there any deep dependency that Tridion has on the Broker that might mean things work in a sub-optimal way, or gotchas that I should be aware of?
Update -... | 2013/07/25 | [
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/questions/2318",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/users/315/"
] | I will assume that what you mean with the Broker is the Tridion Broker database.
It is possible to publish everything to the file system, it includes, content, linking info, metadata and references, however this functionality is deprecated and will be removed in future releases, having said that, in future releases, l... | I would be vary wary of any approach that removes all Content Delivery functionality, or the ability to hook into it. Customers I have seen that take this approach due to whatever requirements, tend to become very dissatisfied in the long term. Usually they bought Tridion for the whole package of functionality, CM + CD... |
2,318 | We would like to get rid of the Tridion Broker as part of a project and publish content directly to a repository as part of a Storage Extension.
My question is, is there any deep dependency that Tridion has on the Broker that might mean things work in a sub-optimal way, or gotchas that I should be aware of?
Update -... | 2013/07/25 | [
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/questions/2318",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/users/315/"
] | I would be vary wary of any approach that removes all Content Delivery functionality, or the ability to hook into it. Customers I have seen that take this approach due to whatever requirements, tend to become very dissatisfied in the long term. Usually they bought Tridion for the whole package of functionality, CM + CD... | This sounds like an unusual implementation.
It might be worth blueprinting your website to allow you to localize the templates to render the json. The new child publication could be used with a new deployer for you to test if this gives you the output you need without any missing functionality. |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
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] | Consider Titivilus
==================
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes includes a number of devils that you can draw on for your campaign. One of these is [Titivilus](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/titivilus) who can innately cast [*Alter Self*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/alter-self) and [*Nondetection*](https://... | Would [Shapechange](http://engl393-dnd5th.wikia.com/wiki/Shapechange) go? It only lasts for an hour, but the caster can transform into any creature with same or lower challenge rating. Limitations are "not a construct or an undead, no class levels or the Spellcasting trait, and you must have seen the sort of creature a... |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/29455/"
] | Why not try using the disguise of an entirely different person?
In the MM, all the stronger devils seem to have telepathy of 120ft. They could use their telepathy in order to communicate through another person that is in service to the devil. I think it would make sense that a higher more prestigious devil would empl... | A hat of disguise could easily allow an erinyes pass off as an aarakocra or winged elf, either of which would stand out in a crowd, but wouldn't be barred entrance to a city. |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/29455/"
] | You had requested no homebrew creatures, and I'm not sure this qualifies as homebrew or just refluff, but you could easily take the Deva (MM pp16) and have it be "fallen" (think Lucifer.)
Instead of an Angel, it is a Fallen Angel, but still has all of the attributes which allows for Change Shape with everything you'r... | A hat of disguise could easily allow an erinyes pass off as an aarakocra or winged elf, either of which would stand out in a crowd, but wouldn't be barred entrance to a city. |
93,391 | I am designing a campaign and I have a couple of evil power blocs vying for control. I would really like to have one of them directly interacting with the party and I think I really want it to be a devil because I love the idea of the lawful evil tricking them while still being true to its word.
So my question would i... | 2017/01/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/93391",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/29455/"
] | Consider Titivilus
==================
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes includes a number of devils that you can draw on for your campaign. One of these is [Titivilus](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/titivilus) who can innately cast [*Alter Self*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/alter-self) and [*Nondetection*](https://... | When you say 'devil', would *any* devil do? If so, and given your "anything else that would normally interact with a party around a town" then - for a given definition of "interact" an imp works. It's technically a devil and can shapechange at will into a spider, rat or raven, all of which can be encountered in a town ... |
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