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Trigonometry/Concepts

Usage and Relevance of trigonometry

In trigonometry, there are some concepts which must be grasped by the reader in order to understand the usage and beauty of trigonometry. It has often been asked why trigonometry exists, and why it is not simply under the umbrella of geometry -- while it is true that trigonometry is a tenet of geometry, its importance gives it the title of trigonometry because it is simply more than just, "what is a triangle's length?" and "what kinds of triangles are there?", and should thus be acknowledged.

Similarly, such thought takes away from the principles of mathematics; asking why a dog is not called "a-furry-thing-sometimes-but-sometimes-not-furry-and-sometimes-barks-when-angry" is the same as asking "Why isn't trigonometry called geometry of triangles?"; if for nothing else, the name is used for referring to something with accuracy and meaning and not for determining what it is a part of. If it were for people to go to the base of every definition every tenet of science, it would end up to some kind of ambiguous mess seen before in explaining our doggy friend.

If you are concerned about the history of trigonometry, which, by all means has importance, then understanding the principles and finer points of its beauty will help you come to the conclusions its contributors came to, hundreds and even thousands of years ago.

Further concepts and understanding
In order for you to understand trigonometry, this book will provide the necessary foundation in mathematics to help you continue toward a complete understanding of the topic, rather than urge you to read another book, and switch back and forth between the two. However, it is beneficial to have an understanding of algebra and basic mathematics to be able to learn the topic of trigonometry with a "running start". Because trigonometry describes entities and their relation to each other, trigonometry is naturally expressed through geometry because of entities which produce ratios, constants and equivalents to each other. These entities are not difficult to understand, but require some thought when being applied to situations of trigonometry. The prerequisites of trigonometry are learned similarly to those of the principles and prerequisites for any other form of mathematics and are used throughout this book. When learning any topic, the fundamentals are re-used repeatedly as a means of achieving higher platforms of learning once other concepts have been understood and analyzed properly. Although this may sound difficult to someone who has not practice mathematical analysis and understanding, the use of the terms is merely a means of describing the tasks which you have to do, or guide you in which way it is best to go about them, and is by no means out of the reach of anyone.

So, for the foundations of trigonometry, the fundamentals are that the student be ready and willing to understand the relation of objects to each-other and other shapes. Of course, because these entities are in relation, they resemble a whole unit which, when broken down, must be related with the use of algebra. However, such algebra only involves very basic equations, ratios and fractions and these will be broken down initially to show their logic, but also to reveal paths to the reader which they may not have known, or thought of before.

Of course, with everything that has requirements within other fields, reading other disciplines also helps enhance the ease and accuracy of the skills when they are applied to trigonometry. However, a good axiom for all learning that should be applied here is that you must allow yourself to move to the topics and the discipline itself; do not feel that you are implicitly required to, or that you must learn the concepts, but get to a stage where you, yourself are interested in the topic and feel that reading the topic directly gives you extra depth on the topic.

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Talk:Programming Mac OS X with Cocoa for Beginners/Adding finesse

This is a great wikibook.

I have one question about the printing. I implemented this, but somehow I messed something up, so the print menu is grayed out, even though the printDocument code is there and print menu item does point to it. From what I understand the code searches up the responder chain until it finds the printDocument. When it finds it, it activates the print menu, and in my case has not found it.

Some information in the book about how to check in the case of problems would be great.

cheers- Rob

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GIMP/Installing Plugins

Adding additional functionally or automation to any application can be extremely useful. Take, for example, the DDS plugin. The DDS plugin is a now stable and reliable plugin to load DDS files, supporting the OpenGL S3TC extension. Of course, GIMP plugins are not limited to file loading. There exists a GIMP plugin for using the CMYK color model!

If you want to run Photoshop plugins in GIMP, Microsoft Windows and Linux users may use the PSPI plugin. http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html

Extracting plugin packages
Almost every plugin you download will come in a package. You need to extract this package.

ZIP files can be extracted easily in Windows and GNU/Linux with the utilities included with your OS. Windows includes ZIP support by default. Most (if not all) GNU/Linux distributions include Info-ZIP, which can be used to decompress ZIP files, along with a GUI frontend, such as File Roller for GNOME and Ark for KDE.

RAR files are compressed using a proprietary format. WinRAR is the original tool for RAR, available for many platforms, WinRAR has a trial period BUT the trial period never ends so you can have the software forever for free. There are alternatives. The free software (as in freedom) unrar can unpack RAR files that do not use RAR 3.0 or later. If RAR 3.0 is needed, taking a newer CVS snapshot may work, which has been done for the unrar-free Debian and Ubuntu packages. The 7-Zip program includes support for RAR 3.0, but the RAR component is proprietary.

TAR.GZ and TAR.BZ2 files are compressed archives originating from GNU/Linux. It is a double extension. The "GZ" or "BZ2" section refers to the fact the compression method is gzip or bzip2. gzip and bzip2 can only compress single files, however, so a program like tar is used to merge the files/folders into one file, hence the "TAR" section of the name. On GNU/Linux, the original tools can be used, usually "tar -xvzf file.tar.gz" (TAR.GZ) or "tar -xvjf file.tar.bz2" (TAR.BZ2). On Windows, the free 7-Zip can be used.

7z files can be done in Windows with 7-Zip, and in GNU/Linux, if the p7zip utility is installed, Ark and File Roller will work, along with the p7zip command directly.

If you find any other file types, a quick search on the internet will help. On the Windows platform, 7-Zip is a piece of software that will extract most file formats, while on GNU/Linux, most free are bundled with the OS and others usually can be found in your package manager.

Copying the plugin to the GIMP plugin directory
Open up the folder containing the plugin. Now, copy the files to the clipboard (Select the files, right click one and press copy)

Windows
On Windows, go to the folder GIMP is installed in (usually somewhere in Program Files). Once in the GIMP main folder navigate to lib\gimp\*version*\ where as *version* represents the version of Gimp. Then double click the "plug-ins" folder. Not all plugins will run in Windows if the OS is 64bit.

To install a script (ends in ".scm") navigate to share\gimp\*version*\. Then double click the "scripts" folder, and paste.

Linux
On Linux, you might need to read the manual at the official site first under the section:

"1.3. Installing New Plugins" http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-scripting.html#gimp-plugins-install

Plugins may be stored in different locations depending upon your distribution.

Locally installing plugins are easiest because they will usually be stored in a hidden folder under $HOME/.gimp-*.* (where you should replace $HOME with path to your home catalogue and gimp-*.* with the version you use (for example 2.6). In this case, however, the plugins you install will only be available to the user who installed them, which may not be what you want.

If you want to install plugins globally, you might have to look around a bit more. Some boxes will have plugins stored at /opt/gnome/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ (change lib to lib64 if you've got a 64bit OS), others /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ (change lib to lib64 if you've got a 64bit OS. Running "$whereis gimp" (or "which gimp") in a terminal might help. For example, if the output was /some/place/bin/gimp, then you could check the /some/place/lib (or lib64 if you've got a 64bit OS). In Ubuntu, plugins are located at /usr/share/gimp/2.0/ for both 32 and 64bit. Note that you have to be root to access these files.

Ubuntu Linux
Steps to install GIMP scripts / plugins   Download the relevant GIMP script from the GIMP plug-in registry.  Save the downloaded python script into the GIMP plug-ins folder. In Ubuntu, it is in the directory /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/
 * Each GIMP script is available in two formats namely – Script-Fu (.scm) and Python script (.py). You can choose to download either one of them but not both. If you are downloading the Script Fu file, then it should be saved in GIMP scripts folder. If you are downloading the Python file, it should be saved in the GIMP plug-ins folder. Let’s assume we have downloaded the python script for the sake of this example.

How did I find the correct directory, you ask? I opened a terminal and ran the following command : $ dpkg -L gimp | grep plug-ins Of course, there is another way of finding the GIMP plug-ins folder which is, start GIMP and open “GIMP Preferences” dialog. In this dialog, click on “Folders > Plug-ins” and you will find the directory where GIMP installs all its plug-ins. Now you copy the downloaded script (gimp-script.py) into this folder as follows : $ sudo cp gimp-script.py /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/.  Next open the terminal and set the execute bit for the python script file as follows : $ sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/gimp-script.py  Lastly, if you have GIMP already running, restart it so that it is aware of all the new scripts you have installed.

Mac
System-wide script-fu scripts are stored in /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/share/gimp/2.0/scripts/. Executable and python plugins are located in /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/

User-private plugins are stored under $HOME/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/.

NOTE: Check "Preferences > Folders" to confirm your plug-ins directory. On some systems, it may be set to "Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/" which is wrong. Fix this by adding a new path and restarting.

Testing the plugin
To test the plugin, simply open the GIMP and try the plugin. If this plugin makes a certain image type supported, try opening a file of that type. If the plugin is a filter, test it.

Troubleshooting
If the plugin appears to not be working, be sure that its for your OS and it is for your version of GIMP.

Also, Scheme ( Script-Fu ) plugins (*.scm) and python plugins go in their own respective folder, up one level from the regular plugins directory. Python plugins also require gimp-python.

The Script-Fu directory is something like /usr/share/gimp/2.0/scripts/.

GIMP/Programowanie

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Statements

 * Please briefly answer these set of questions in your own section.

SBJohnny

 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * Historically in the C++ Programming book, but lately it's spread throughout the project.

 * Who's involved?
 * User:Panic2k4, and just about everyone who has tried to contribute to that book.
 * More recently he's become unpopular with more than a few others, because he used sockpuppets to evade a block.

 * What's going on?
 * "Total mayhem" sums it up rather nicely :). I was going to answer here (busy yesterday, sorry!), but Panic appears to be baiting me on his talk page (disparaging metaphors and legal threats), so I will keep my self out of this for the time being. I can be contacted on IRC or email if there are any questions.

 * What would you like to change about that?

Panic2k4

 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * Wikibooks, but directly related to issues already stated on the arbitration logs.
 * See: Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny
 * That is the source, everything after was derived from the way it ended.

 * Who's involved?
 * User:Panic2k4 and User:SBJohnny at least on my side and for now.

 * What's going on?
 * Wrongly blocked 3 times by User:SBJohnny (in reality I lost count at 5 but some weren't made by User:SBJohnny but he strongly supported them)

 * What would you like to change about that?
 * I wish for someone to specify and evaluates the accusations in a proper way and point to me situations that validated the use of a block (even if wrongly performed), so I can clear my name (as I'm still open to agree to be in error at some point), address the abuse of the block policy (as it was not fallowed and resulted in continued damage to my rights as user and person) and removal of blocks (can't see that last one happening, but if a strict use of site policy is made and issues are addressed in order later actions can be disregarded at least that is my opinion)
 * Since I don't know in what order you will want to pick this mess apart, it is my suggestion that you would start by (for the sake of the community and to ease your job), analise the way the arbitration was terminated not only for my benefit but because of the minority of people that stood up against what clearly is not the way things should be done on wikibooks, I also call your attention that during the time the arbitration was proceeding I was not under block nor restricted to edit, if you agree with the way the arbitration was terminated (not to the fact that it was terminated), then there is no point on your attempt to analise the other events, as we would as I have with User:SBJohnny and others a very different view on how to come to decisions, respect others and in general fallow policies.

Proposed agreements

 * Below are intended to be proposed agreements, anyone can propose any constructive suggestion, however only involved parties can "vote" to agree/disagree

Sockpuppets
Regardless of the intention sockpuppets should not be used to evade any kind of block (Justified or not)
 * Proposed by: Cool Cat
 * Vote:

 * Support -- I came pretty close to getting blocked on wikipedia a couple times (edit conflict over italics,,, long and painfully boring story), but even though I was right, I wouldn't have used a sockpuppet to go around a block. -- SB_Johnny | talk 03:41, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Staying Focused
Regardless of any wrongs or injustice that Panic has, agreeing to stay focused on the problems that the community has with Panic that has continued to cause him to be blocked, putting aside any disputes or objections he has regarding policies, the GFDL, laws, etc.
 * Proposed by: Darklama
 * Vote:

Involved parties only
I really want to focus on what is at hand today, not what has happened in the past. I can't change the past. Panic2k4 what exactly would you like to see changed? -- Cat out 13:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

 * My block.
 * If we reduce the scope so much then I really haven't got a problem with anyone since all actions will be outside of the discussion. You then should address the one that blocked me and ask why I'm blocked and what purpose does the block address that will only reverse the order of analysis as he probably can't justify the block without using the past as reference.
 * Anyway I seem to have read someone opposing this debate, I think we should address first the community concerns, even about the lifting of the last block to allow me to participate and at least come to an agreement on who agrees to participate and in what way and what is going to be addressed and how it will be applied, if the agreement is only between me, you and SB Jhonny then the community will have to respect our wishes even if in the end the last block can't be removed at least we would be working to resolve SB Jhonny problems with me. --Panic 23:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the better approach is for us to come up with a resolution to the dispute that the community would agree with. You can't just work outside of the community, you are supposed to be a part of the community -- Cat out 05:38, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If a dispute is between 2 users the community doesn't have to be involved, unless the solution would in any way have impact in the community itself, for instance a simple edit conflict would only need the 2 users or a third (or more) as arbiter(s) if so requested and agreed, a unblock request is a bit more trickier and we at the moment don't have a policy that would cover that, but the same solution is applicable (as was being used on our case), the user and the blocking administrator can get to an agreement or a arbitration can be used without no intervention of the community as it would not involve them, (in my case the problem was bigger because it was the first time and people did fear the arbitration of administrative actions, that I think was the main problem and the objection a significant part of the community had and why they imposed the end of the process and as I see it against consensus).
 * In any case I agree to discuss anything with anyone, see if you can define the problem in any way, but you should be careful on what actions you think we should address, it is my understanding that SB Jhonny is ok with your let's call it moderation, now he must define what are the subject he agrees to discuss or see addressed, it seems he declared a very big range and since you are restricting the time frame we would consider, I can't help you more, I gave you an idea from where to start, you can even agree to discuss and analise the problem outside of any "moderation" or arbitration with me, and show me were my action were incorrect, even that would at least help me, if in any case you came to share my view of the problem you may consider helping me addressing the problem next to the community. Any solution would be advantageous to all, inaction will only aggravate the problem. --Panic 06:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, lets try a little different approach to the issue then. Why do you feel you were blocked for? -- Cat out 06:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

 * reset

Bad assessment of the situation by the administrator, probably (I don't know and can't understand some of the actions) due to disagreeing with me in other points regarding interpretation of the author vs contributor and GFDL as his opinion was closer to that of the user. I had a valid (as justifiable based on policy) dispute with Darklama, that was being addressed, he could have been misinformed outside of wikibooks but I can't comment on that. Resulting in abuse of (as not implemented in accord to) the use of the block policy. (If we are addressing the first 3 blocks) --Panic 06:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Look, I cannot solve the 'past' disputes as they are a thing of the past. Please, lets focus on the present. My inquiry was for the very last block and what you think of it. -- Cat out 12:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It was illegal, it didn't obtain community consensus nor it emanated from an administrative action, in accord to the block policy in relation to any new event caused by myself. If I got it right the last block was performed at request of SB Jhonny but no specific reason was given, it was a direct result from other events that you are putting out of the discussion. --Panic 17:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I am merely trying to focus on current events. What is this deal with GFDL? Is that the root of the problem? I do not understand the disagreement at all. -- Cat out 18:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you have my user page monitored, I'm discussing there with Whiteknight on the GFDL, as for the author vs editor, most users seem to understand the any type of edit grants authorship of a work (this discussion would be futile on wikipedia but it seems to be a real problem to users o wikibooks to come to the understanding of the legal definition of author).
 * It is not the root but I think it is probably part of the problem the biggest one seems to be the revaluation of an administrative decision, I have writen a short story that resumes all the events (no users names were used), and it is not a exact account nor it intends to be, the "judge" character is used to simplify things also. --Panic 19:11, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Other comments
Cool Cat please remove this message if you feel that it doesn't belong here (not sure if this discussion is open to all). In my own opinion this problem has got out of hand and as Panic and SBJohnny have made clear above there are several different issues which makes it all the more complex. The original blocking of Panic took place on 9th December and was a short block issue by SBJohhny for trolling which (I think) concerned the infamous C++ book. It is believed by most users connected to this book that Panic had a negative influence over the book and wanted control over it and this feeling had scared off many would-be users. The following day a 2 week block was imposed by SBJohnny for continued problems associated with Panic and the aforementioned book. Later, on 3rd January, Panic was blocked for a further 2 weeks for similar problems and again by SBJohnny. He was later unblocked pending a long arbitration which was to be arbitrated by Robert Horning. Unfortunately it seems that not everyone approved of the arbitration but as no alternative suggestions were made it went ahead anyway. After a few weeks Robert Horning was absent for some time and so Withinfocus took the decision (after waiting a long time I should add) to end the arbitration and make a decision on his own. He chose to block Panic for 6 months and promptly did so. Robert Horning, Panic, myself and some other regular Wikibooks users were not happy at this decision as we either felt it was unfair or without community support. However I think that there were more Wikibooks users who supported the block than didn't. After much thought and some complaints from different parties I took the decision to unblock Panic and reimpose the original 2 week block (that SBJohnny had originally given him and what the arbitration was brought about for) as I thought this was a 'fairer' compromise. Since this time Panic has been reblocked indefinitely and this has not pleased some users (myself included) as I feel that indefinite blocks whould only be used against the worst kind of vandals of which Panic is not. During ongoing discussions with SBJohnny, Panic created some sockpuppet accounts to prove to the community that blocking users doesn't ever make them go away. His decision was not a wise one and this prompted further opposition to Panic although the majority of his action with these sockpuppets was of a good nature. Then you arrived Cool Cat and will hopefully sort all of this mess out.

My personal opinion is that SBJohnny was correct with his original 3 blocks but it may not look good if it's the same administrator performing the blocks each time. Panic certainly should never have been reblocked indefinitely nor for 6 months but he must commit himself to working with the community and addressing any issues he might have with SBJohnny and C++ authors. I believe that the issues about GFDL and sockpuppets are just distracting us from the real issues. Thanks for your time y'all. Xania talk 23:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't agree with the above opinion nor the reported assessment of events (in particular to have a problem with several users on that book), I do comprehend that it is how User:Xania sees it and value his position on how he interprets the events and I take this chance to personally recognize him as one of the few that chose to object to the more objectionable actions that took place, and by doing so getting involved on the subject and taking a personal risk to defend his opinions. Kudos to him for  the action and exposing his views even if I don't agree with him.  --Panic 23:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I believe that I am not the only contributor to the C++ book to find that Panic's actions made it not worthwhile to continue to contribute. I certainly had the impression that Panic characterized one set of corrections I made as "vandalism" because they did not correct all instances of the particular mistake I was addressing or some such.  That struck me as very odd, given that the reason for my edits was documented on the associated talk page, and that in any number of cooperative projects, the normal reaction to noting that somebody had contributed an incomplete correction would be to help them by applying that correction to other applicable instances of the error it addressed.  Talk of vandalism is immensely adversarial, and would seem not to be in the spirit of the "assume good faith" guideline.
 * Further evidence, to my mind, of the non-cooperative nature of Panic online is in his tendency to turn discussions of reasonable conduct into attempts to define rules. It's part of what makes a Wiki community work that it does not need a lot of formal rules, because people work together to reach consensus.  If a community within Wikibooks can't get along without a lot of rules, I think they're unlikely to get along with a lot of rules either.  I have experience in a fair range of online communities, and I've never seen anything quite like the current debacle.
 * I'd be willing to put it all behind us, but Panic's conduct during this whole sorry affair has continued to be one of arguing rather than appearing to cooperatively seek a good solution based on an accurate understanding of the situation. At this point I really do not know whether Panic argues for the sake of arguing, or whether he really does not see the problems that others do.  Panic is good at transforming a discussion to avoid the aspects he wishes to sidestep, but I think it would be better for him and the community not to do so; let's agree on what has happened first, and then make judgments on what to do going forward.  -- James Dennett 06:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Two more notes: firstly, that most of what I see written here has been written before during this process. I'd like to see some notion of at least a partial plan for how to ensure that we don't just go around in circles.  Secondly, maybe I should have written this elsewhere (or not at all).  It's not clear which dispute this "Dispute resolution" is intended to resolve (which was also a problem with the previous attempted arbitration).  It would be a good step to make sure we have a clear statement of what we're trying to achieve and why. -- James Dennett 06:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree with James Dennett. Panic's behavior is very odd and has an adversed effect on people. I also agree with SB_Johnny in that Panic's very odd behavior has spilled over into the general community and as a result increased the intention given to it. I agree as a result, as Xania put it, Panic has had a negative effect on the community. I agree with James Dennett that Panic's conduct throughout this whole sorry affair has been one of arguing and avoidance rather than cooperatively seeking a good solution based on an accurate understand of the situation. I agree with James Dennett and as others have also said, that it would be better for Panic and the community to stay focused and have a plan to ensure that we aren't just going around in circles. Finally I also agree with James Dennett that the previous "dispute resolution" did not make it clear what was intended to be resolved, what we are trying to achieve and why.

I believe this "dispute resolution" or "mediation" should in the spirit of staying focus on what is an ongoing problem, "here and now", as I understand Cool Cat wants, should be about resolving what problems the community has with Panic's behavior that has been the driving force of all the previous and current blocks, so that the community can, with or without him, move on to writing books rather than focusing on this. Unfortunately I don't believe Panic can or will agree to focus on this and will continue to try to focus on what he considers unjust blocks, wrongful use of Wikibooks/Wikimedia policies or wrong with them, and abuse/violation of the GFDL and laws, until he is no longer able to do so. As a result, causing this to draw out longer than anyone has time or patience for or ending very badly for him --dark lama  09:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I have very little knowledge on the details of the past dispute. If more people were involved with it we could adjust the mediation to accompany this. Of course this is assuming parties involved would agree to this. -- Cat out 14:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I want to point out that for myself, I am not entirely happy with the statements that have been made against me, particularly by those who were critical of my being "absent" from discussion about the arbitration. I deliberately tried to stay away from IRC discussions and the usual watering holes in part because I wanted to detach myself partially from the community and seek some objectivity. I also deliberately tried to set up an arbitration system that would protect Panic from abuse, and give him the best opportunity to defend himself and and get a conclusion to the whole matter. Instead (nothing against you personally Cool Cat) it appears as though those with an axe to grind against Panic were shopping for a venue that would confirm the ban that had been placed on Panic... even after I took over the arbitration.

From my perspective, what happened instead was that those who didn't get along with Panic (and there apparently were several) were quite upset that I hadn't blocked Panic already and wanted some action immediately. I also engaged briefly in both an edit war and a wheel war over the situation with Panic, and I was faced with the dillema of either trying to continue and broaden the wheel war or aquiesce and let the current "cabal" (as I mentioned on my talk page) take over. I do feel like I was bullied into letting Panic get blocked, and I'm still not entirely happy that it happened at all. The "lengthy" period that I was "absent" was not even two weeks, and by Wikibooks standards that is generally a short time to resolve things.

I will also mention that on my own, while I have tried to go through page logs, deleted pages, and user contribution logs, that I simply don't see where Panic has done all of the damage that he is being accused of doing. It seems more like a content edit war, with an additional twist that pushed Panic into the mess because he was writing a C++ Programming Wikibook, another group was writing another Wikibook on essentialy the same topic, and some admins came along and forced the merger of the two efforts even though there really was no community policy that really required this to happen. In some ways, the fight is artificial and occured precisely because of this merger. Experence on Wikipedia doesn't apply here as books are much more involved and you can find multiple book about the same topic... even by the same publisher. The idea that one and only one book on a given topic can ever be written on Wikibooks has never been codified as policy and I would fight that policy if it were ever tried. I do believe that this is ultimately the source of all of the contention, even though it has moved on.

In almost every case when people have even touched dealing with Panic, it seems as though logic goes straight out the window and either you want to crucify the guy or are dazzeled and confused by the whole mess. Panic does have an abrasive personality and has created some hard core enemies. Of that I'm sorry that people have to be so offended but it happens. But that happens even elsewhere and you simply have to get along with people like this. Even so, I never felt that any of the user blocks were justified, and I feel that I am being threatened with a block on my account if I try to do anything more right now, including trying to defend Panic. I also find it odd that one of the ways that people were trying to deal with Panic was to establish policies that would empower them to be able to go after this one user. I could speak volumes more, but I will say that for myself, I consider Panic to be a good friend and a very productive and useful contributor to the Wikibooks community. He is not a vandal or the usual rogue user who seeks do deliberately damage this project, but rather somebody with a very different world view that apparently some people here can't appreciate or cope with. It is far too bad that he is being singled out for so much attention in such a negative light and being told that he is not welcome on Wikibooks by what appears to me as a small but very vocal and active minority on Wikibooks. --Rob Horning 20:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Discussion between Panic and James Dennett
(At Panic's request, I've moved this here from his talk page. -- James)

About User:James Dennett: I don't have nor ever had any problems with James, my original post and comments about the situation and links to actions done on that regard are on part 1 of my response to the accusations on the arbitration log, I will repeat here again in a resumé,

James (and this is only my view on things, it can be wrong but facts support it), James is a old contributor to the C++ book he has been working on it since 2004, I have had nor reason or intention on addressing him directly before that post, he had not been involved on any discussions on the book evolution or to my knowledge on wikibooks in general (I know Paddu talked to him in 2004, the time of the fork and he also was contacted by the both User:Darklama and SB Jhonny near the arbitration days), in any case the so called "conflict" or what James is calling "my accusation of vandalizing" is clearly a confusion of his part and probably based on how he understand the situation and I already have (even before the block) requested apologies for it. The alleged "conflict" is about a 3 or 4 scattered word contribution, a post he made on the talk page requesting no alteration, his lack of signature of that and other posts, my conversation with other users at that time (I was busy addressing other 5-6 users including the ones I already named) and hadn't the time to check the text, his edit did transform humm incorrect information in nonsense, the request was made in the spirit I already stated I recognize and have James in high regard (relating to the book topic and even his edits on the book) and I consider that even if not shared by some wikibookians, he is a fellow author of the book as he has already added a significant quantity of his own content to it. I also note that he did not formalize a complain about my post on my talk or on the lounge as it is requested and that as soon as the user stated distress on the same book talk page I acted on it to clarify the action, I also remember that it is my view that even if productive on the book the user was unaware and unexperienced with the social relations or even etiquette (like signing his posts), I don't say this in any way as a disregard to James, but to point out that he may have seen thing a bit differently that one more experienced user (only he can say if that true or false). (I'll edit later and add links to the text).

I agree with James in several points things should be addressed, censorships and objections to debate will only provide cover for incorrect actions, there should be no fear on showing the truth, and debate even if it is not wikibooks objective is at the last degree beneficial to shared understanding, even if I don't agree with James and other users (but not on the same problem James points out, it seems that James object to the initial part of the text and the other users objected only to the time limitation), we can address that, and see if it really is a violation of policy and if the intention was of abuse from my part. --Panic 16:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't care to debate the meanings of words: whether something is "conflict" to you, doesn't change the fact that there was a communication problem and that I personally found your approach to be grating and a violation of expected codes of etiquette. There was a problem, whether you agree that the term "conflict" applies or not doesn't matter; pick a different term if you prefer.

Claiming that things are "clearly a confusion on [James Dennett's] part" assumes your own conclusion. But maybe you can tell me what you were referring to when you wrote of some edits that they were vandalism?

I am not talking "about a 3 or 4 scattered word contribution", and I did not make "a post... on the talk page requesting no alteration" (though I would and did ask that the page not be reverted to remove the error corrections).

Regarding "a lack of signature of that and other posts": when people assume good faith, there's not always a need to sign every point on a talk page. Whilst it's often useful, it's also useful to keep egos out of it by just posting impersonal information. The spirit of the rules is more important than a dogmatic application of it. (I'd say that's something of a meta-rule; if the rules act against the best interest and the stated goals of the community, the rules are in error. This may be a clash of personality types; apparently some view adherence to the rules as being vital even when the rules need to be changed.  We'll never be able to formalize enough rules, or accurate enough rules, that the rules alone determine what conduct is good and bad on Wikipedia.)

Your claim, repeated just now on this page that "his edit did transform humm incorrect information in nonsense" is offensive to me. (You probably did not mean offense; this is a simple example of how something said without malice may still be offensive.) What was there previously was nonsense (because it was diametrically opposed to reality); after my edit, it was less so (most of it was accurate and with the associated note on the talk page, it was trivial for any other editor to help out and complete the transformation to accurate information). A cooperative community acts that way.

You write "I also note that he did not formalize a complain about my post on my talk or on the lounge as it is requested". Indeed I did not; rather that recourse to authority and rules, I hoped that quiet diplomacy would be more effective. Clearly it was not effective. On the other hand, attempts by "authority" to ask you to work on how you deal with other people have so far not even achieved any recognition on your part that your conduct does alienate others and dissuade them from working on the C++ book.

Of "as soon as the user stated distress on the same book talk page I acted on it to clarify the action", I would say that instead of clarifying the action you acted to assert strongly (as you do again here) that you are in the right, by stating numerous things that are not consistent with what I have seen. You've not shown a willingness to address the points that have been raised numerous times that threaten your interpretation (for example, you've not responded to my repeated notes on why a partial correction is better than no correction).

Regarding "I also remember that it is my view that even if productive on the book the user was unaware and unexperienced with the social relations or even etiquette", while it is true that I am no expert on Wikipedia rulesmithing, I am very experienced with online etiquette in general (for example, I've moderated comp.std.c++ for the last 8 years, I've contributed to various FAQs, and I fear I've made thousands of posts to other programming-related newsgroups). One Wikipedian asked me politely to sign my talk notes, and since then I've done so (any exceptions being accidental).

I don't think the intention was abusive on your part; the actions, though, were inappropriate for a cooperative community. It's vital for a work such as this that you must not classify an incomplete correction as leaving "nonsense" -- it's a work in progress, and that's a very valid thing for a wikibook that doesn't claim to be near completion. Instead of welcoming the correction, you threatened to revert it to incorrect material. I don't know how many potential contributors have decided not to work on this book because of all the factual errors in it, but it was a big factor for me when I walked away in 2004, and to see it happening again was most disappointing. We need more openness to corrections, not less.

In the end it comes down to this: I'd like to work with others on a good online resource for people learning C++. There are many inaccurate resources online; there are almost no accurate tutorials/books addressing modern C++ from the perspective of someone learning the language. My time to contribute is limited, and there are other places I can contribute to the programming community as a whole. If helping on Wikibooks doesn't get results to justify the time it takes, I'll be elsewhere. This isn't a personal thing; I've not been out to see you reprimanded, which is why I've not made complaints until after others did. I preferred to talk away rather than making waves, but then I've seen that the waves were already there. -- James Dennett 19:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I understand your view point and probably it was a limitation of my vocabulary, but I don't take that a change I make if nonsensical does in any way, state a fact about the author (only on the result I will check the dictionary, Lacking intelligible meaning). I'm don't have English as my natural language but I don't think I'm that off the mark. (the edit you took offense was probably read out of contest, I remember you that Darklama raised exception to the use of the WE word (as in WE, wikibookians) and then I explained it to him on that same talk page and moved to his talk page just to remove any confusion you could possibly take from what I was saying to him), I was talking that the general way we deal with similar edits on the day to day are to revert them (and said if I'm not in error that I only made the request, in place of a direct revert because it did came from you), I haven't read you comment (just glanced I will provide a full reply to your point but consider this lines and check again (as it is on the arbitration log the only post I directed to you on that talk page). Please move the above comment to CC Discussion Page as soon as you can, :) in 3 days max I'll delete it from here, it will still be on the history. <- is this offensive to you or abusive even if we now are talking about my talk page, I would have preferred someone did place some info like that on some reverts done to me in the past, this was the alleged reason for the blocks. --Panic 22:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

(...James was asked to move his comment to the discussion page, I Panic will try not to alter the text of the first post I made regarding his involvement, but still want to add links there to see if James can agree with me that I it was not my intention to call him a vandal nor in any way put his work in question)

Comments from darklama
This is intended to address a broad range of comments by different people and concerns they may have.

I want to mention that I believe Panic may think he is and was blocked for simply having a different view than that of other users and administrators. I wish to try to make it clear for him and anyone else who might have similar thoughts, that this is not the case. I would be the first to defend Panic if I thought that was the case. I also want to say that new policy proposals that have popped up were not directed as an attack on Panic, but as a mutual. yet unspoken agreement, that some policies could use clarification and some things on Wikibooks taken for granted, but were never formalized as proposed policies may need to be, even if there were disagreements on what should or should not be a policy. None of this should be a part of any discussion that decides whether or not to block or unblock Panic.

I believe Panic to be blocked for being uncivil and destructive in the mist of trying to work together to work out differences. I believe for Panic to be unblocked that he needs to understand why he has been considered uncivil and destructive in order to prevent this sort of thing from happening again. I rather see him having a long block now that involves people trying to help him understand how he has been uncivil and destructive in the eyes of those who believe the blocks were warranted rather than have uncivil and destructive behavior repeat again later out of any perceived ignorance of what he's done. I think this needs to be defused now rather then allowing the block/unblock dance to continue which seems to only increase the divide and frustration for Panic and everyone else involved.

I don't want this process rushed as attempts to do so in the past have. I would prefer this mediation to end with everyone understanding what was being addressed even if not everyone agrees that it needs to be addressed. I would prefer this mediation to end with everyone satisfied with what was addressed even if not everyone is satisfied with the final decision and books have to be copied offsite in order for people to be able to continue to contribute to the books in peace. I would prefer this mediation to simply be the end to any future need to block Panic or to address the issues that resulted in his blocks. I would prefer this mediation to work, than have the next step be a steward making a decision for Wikibooks.

As a first step, can everyone agree to what is to be addressed, even without agreeing that it needs to be addressed? --dark lama  14:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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I had already reserved this page to eit. Are we even allowed to edit the same page?

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WebObjects/Web Applications/Development/How Forms Work

This document was written by Andrew Lindesay (http://www.lindesay.co.nz) and relates to WebObjects 5.3.

Overview
Component actions work by utilising the latter end of the action URL which will look something like 2.12.6.2 to allow the element which "owns" the action to invoke its bound action method. We call the inbound numerical string the "sender id" and the identifier of the element, the "element id". If the two match up then the element knows it should invoke its action.

If you have a form with many submit buttons this cannot be how the right action gets invoked because the action method contains a URL with a "sender id" of the form. This won't match with the "element id" of the submit button. For example, the following fictitious code illustrates this.

The submit button here might have element ID of 32.0.2, but the form has element 0.32.0. So it will not be possible to match up the sender id with the element id. So the question is; how does this mechanism work?

Invoke Action
The submit button could look for a value of 32.0.2 in the inbound request. In this way it would be able to see the value Search and then invoke the bound action. However this mechanism is slightly more complex. The form element makes modifications to the context in order to get the submit buttons to exhibit this behaviour. Those modifications include setting the  method as well as some internal methods to state if the form was submitted and if a submit button has invoked its action method yet.

If the submit button does invoke its method then it in turn modifies the context to state that an action had been "fired". If no submit button does set this value in the context then the form can invoke its own action method if appropriate.

Append To Response
The WOForm simply sets into the context that it is in a form and then renders its children.

Take Values From Request
The WOForm sets into the context that the children are in a form and if the form was submitted and then allows its children elements to take their values from the request.


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Talk:Complex Analysis/Complex Functions/Continuous Functions

The following sentences I have moved here

Note that $$f(z_0)$$ is defined iff $$z_0$$ is an accumulation point of $$\mathfrak{G}$$ belonging to $$\mathfrak{G}$$.

A point in a set is always an accumulation point of that set.

Since this definition assumes that f(z) is finite, we introduce the concept of chordal continuity: a function f is chordally continuous at $$z_0$$ if for any real for any real number $$\epsilon >0$$ we can find a real number $$\delta >0$$ such that $$\chi(f(z)-f(z_0))<\epsilon$$ for all z that satisfy $$\chi(z,z_0)<\delta$$. Note that a function that is continuous at a point is also chordally continuous there, although the converse may not be true (proof).

it is not said what finite is nor what $\chi$ means here.


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Cookbook:White Chocolate Cheesecake

| Dessert

White chocolate cheesecake is a baked cheesecake variant.

Crust

 * 1¼ cups shortbread crumbs
 * ¼ cup ground almonds
 * 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
 * ⅛ teaspoon almond extract
 * 3 tablespoons melted butter

Filling

 * 175 grams chopped white chocolate
 * 1.5 kilograms soft cream cheese
 * 250 grams soft light cream cheese
 * 5 large eggs, at room temperature
 * ¾ cup white granulated sugar
 * 3 tablespoons flour
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
 * ¼ teaspoon almond extract

Procedure

 * 1) Mix ingredients for the crust (shortbread crumbs, ground almonds, sugar, almond extract, and melted butter) and press into the bottom of a springform pan.
 * 2) Bake at 200°C degrees for 5–6 minutes.
 * 3) Remove from oven and cool.
 * 4) When cool, grease the sides of the pan lightly.
 * 5) Melt and cool the chocolate.
 * 6) Mix together cream cheeses, then add eggs, one at a time.
 * 7) Mix in sugar, flour, vanilla, and almond extract.
 * 8) Stir 1 cup of mixture into the chocolate, then mix all.
 * 9) Pour into the pan and bake at 160°C for 40 minutes.

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Talk:Persian/Lesson 2

Moved content here from Lesson One
I moved the content here from Lesson One as it was commented that it was too difficult, more time needs spent introducing the writing system. Anyway all that was here before was a bunch of words and links. Poppy 15:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

آغا is not آقا 's female version!!! as in modern persian, آغا means castratated man. (An example : آغا محمد خان قاجار) NetBSDuser (discuss • contribs) 17:48, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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Textbook of Psychopharmacology/Opioids/Prescription Forgery

Description
Prescription forgery is a means by which illicit drug users obtain medication illegally. By definition, its comprises the submission of a copied and/or handwritten prescription (Medical Doctor's order for medication) to a legitimate pharmacy in order to obtain controlled substances. Forged prescriptions are most often used to obtain narcotic painkillers, benzodiazepine anti-anxiety medications, erectile disfunction treatments, and other drugs which are popular on the black market.

Methods
Forgers are creative and enterprising people who are using their creativity and motivation for unethical reasons.

Copying
In this method, the forger would copy a legitimate prescription using electronic copying devices. The two prescriptions would then be submitted to different pharmacies, so that double the intended amount of medication may be purchased. In some areas, prescription forms are watermarked or otherwise marked with anti-copy markings. The absence or alteration of these markings would alert the pharmacist to a forgery.

A slight variation of the copying method occurs when the forger "whites out" the handwritten prescription on a form and uses an electronic copier to obtain blank prescription forms which the forger can then write on as he/she wishes.

Pad Theft
In this method, the forger steals blank prescription forms from a medical doctor's office. The forger can then write prescriptions for himself. This method is the forger's only choice when using prescription forms with anti-piracy mechanisms embedded.

Jargon or Lingo
Although plain-language writing of prescriptions is becoming more popular, there exists a "code" of abbreviations used by Medical Doctors for the writing of prescriptions. The forger will learn these abbreviations and become a master of them in order to make the forged prescription look more legitimate. Most of these abbreviations are derived from Latin language words. They are used to speed the writing of the script, to make the script harder for a layperson to decipher, and to avoid ambiguity and confusion on the part of the pharmacist. According to about.com, the Latin language was used for the earliest prescriptions, around 1400 AD; and is used to this day because Latin is a "dead" language, and is thus unlikely to be misinterpreted.

Examples
1 - 2 tab po q 4 - 6 hrs prn pain Unless you have a medical background, this phrase probably makes little sense. It means: "Take 1 or 2 tablets by mouth every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pain." The following table is only a short sampling of abbreviations and is not exhaustive.

Abbreviation Table
Abbreviation | meaning Sig | Signa - "to write" - used to indicate patient's dosing instructions tab | tablet - A normal "pill" - not a capsule cap | capsule or caplet prn | "as needed" or "as needed for" po | "by mouth"

DEA License Numbers
In the USA, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issues licenses to medical professionals that enable them to prescribe controlled substances. This number is sometimes preprinted on prescription forms, or is filled in on prescriptions for narcotics only.

Checksum Formula
There is a formula which can be used to verify DEA numbers. It is in use to prevent forgers from simply making up a random number for use as a DEA license number on a forged prescription. An example of a valid DEA number for a doctor named Dr Adams would be "#BA1424326". The following information was copied from www.uspharmd.com: DEA numbers are two letters followed by a seven digit number. The first letter is always either an 'A' or a 'B'. This letter is used to designate the nature of the prescriber's practice and/or indicate any special privileges or restrictions attached to the license. For example, physician's with a special license permitting the prescription of opoid replacement therapy medications (ie., Suboxone [buprenorphine/naloxone], and Subutex [buprenorphine]) will be designated with an introductory "X". Other examples of introductory letter designations include "A" and "B" for regular care providers (medical doctors, dentists, and non-physician care providers [CRNP's and PA's], and an introductory "C" for clinicians practicing in and /or operating healthcare practices such as a {C}linic or ambulatory/urgent care center. This introductory letter can be any one of many and no longer has any relationship relative to the date of license issuance. Most pharmacies pay a fee to subscribe to an electronic database of all current DEA numbers, giving them the ability to access and confirm the validity of any given number.  The second letter is always the first letter of the doctor's last name. The seven digits have a mathematical relationship that is always followed. Do this exercise with your DEA number to verify it: Let's use the first six digits (142432) as an example to determine what the final digit must be in order for it to be a valid DEA number: Add the first, third and fifth numbers. In this case we have 1+2+3 = 6 Now add the second, fourth and sixth numbers. 4+4+2 = 10. Double the sum you just calculated 10x2 = 20. Add this to the first sum. 20+6 = 26. Take the last digit in that sum (the sum is 26, the first digit is 2, the last digit is 6).
 The final digit in the above DEA number must be 6.
 1424326 is a valid DEA number. Any other digit (other than 6 in this example due to the mathematical relationship that must exist) as the last digit, is a fraud.


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Transferring Data between Standard Dial-Up Modems

Purpose:
To transfer text or files between two standard dial-up modems, with no connection to a telephone company. This method not only doesn't require a telephone company, it might not even work correctly while connected to one.

Advantages:

 * 1) Use any common phone cord
 * 2) Avoid using ports needed for mice and other peripherals
 * 3) Avoid the expense of a null-modem cable ($10 or more?)
 * 4) Some computers don't have the required jacks for null-modem cables
 * 5) Avoid the need for an ISP in a VPN (Virtual Private Network)
 * 6) Modems automatically determine and connect at appropriate speeds
 * 7) Null-modem cables are limited to a few feet, while phone cords can be much longer
 * 8) Transferring files using floppy disks is tedious and slow
 * 9) Some computers don't have the required hardware for removable drives (such as: USB drives, ZIP drives, external SCSI drives), or the ports could be in use for other devices.

A simple example to get started:
Note: When typing into a typical terminal program, such as HyperTerminal, what you type will sometimes not appear in the window, but will be sent to, and appear at any other computer it's connected to. This can be fixed by changing the "Echo typed characters locally" setting. In HyperTerminal go to "File/Properties", go to the "Settings" tab, click "ASCII Setup" and it will show the dialog with the "Echo..." setting. Sometimes this setting will cause two copies of each character you type. If so, you can fix it by unchecking it.

 * 1) Make sure both computers are disconnected from the wall jacks, to make sure you don't bother the phone company.
 * 2) Connect the modems together with regular phone cord, such as the one which usually connects them to a wall jack or one which connects a telephone handset to the base, for example.
 * 3) Run "HyperTerminal" on both computers
 * 4) Set them both up to use your modems
 * 5) If you want to hear a modem, make sure its volume is turned up in Windows volume control (try the one labeled "TAD"). It most likely has a volume control slider for it, but you might have to go to "Options/Properties/Show the following volume controls:" to enable it. If it's not there, your modem should have a built-in speaker anyway. Type "ATM1L3" then Enter (that controls the modem's internal volume controls).
 * 6) Type "ATD" and press Enter on either of them
 * 7) ...and within a few seconds afterward... type "ATA" on the other one and press Enter
 * 8) You should soon hear it "training" like it does when connecting to a dial-up ISP. This step could take up to around 20 seconds, but probably much less.
 * 9) You should soon see response messages like "CONNECT" or "CONNECT 36000" in the HyperTerminal windows. You can then send data between them just like a normal connection. The easiest way to test it is to type into one window and watch it appear at the other computer.

Optimizing your connection
If you get serious about using such a connection, you should change Windows settings for your modems. Some of these settings can improve your transfer speeds dramatically. None of these suggested settings should interfere with your usual ISP connection, so you can leave them this way.

 * In Windows "Start" menu
 * Go to "Settings/Control Panel/Modems"
 * ...or in HyperTerminal go to "File/Properties" and click "Configure"
 * On the "General" Tab of "Modems Properties":
 * Select the modem you plan to use.
 * Click "Properties"
 * On the "General" Tab (for the modem):
 * Set "Maximum speed" to 115200 (or more if possible)
 * On the "Connection" Tab:
 * Set "Data bits" to 8
 * Set "Parity" to "None"
 * Set "Stop bits" to 1
 * Click "Port Settings"
 * Check "Use FIFO buffers..."
 * Set "Receive Buffer" to "Maximum"
 * Set "Transmit Buffer" to "Maximum"
 * Click "Okay"
 * Click "Advanced", then
 * Check "Use error control"
 * Check "Compress data"
 * Check "Use flow control"
 * Select "Hardware (RTS/CTS)"
 * Click "Okay"
 * Click "Okay" or "Close"

Data throughput
The modems won't actually transfer data between them at speeds as high as some of the "Maximum speed" settings you can select, but it can ensure that data gets transferred promptly to the modem from a COMM port, so that there's no interruption in the flow. Due to how few people are aware of this capability of modems, there is no software which supports this use in a convenient way. It would not be very difficult to add such support though. Although a modem might report a connection speed of only 36000, the effective data through-put can be much higher because most modems have built-in compression. The effective data throughput can be increased even more by using a utility such as (the free, and open source) 7-Zip.

Actual example of effective data throughput using two 56k modems:
The file was a Windows help file (".hlp" extension) and was transferred using the "ZMODEM" protocol.

The time to transfer a megabyte of the original file was 127 seconds which is 02:07, in minutes and seconds. The time to transfer a megabyte of the zipped file was 59.45 seconds which is just less than a minute. The effective transfer rate of the zipped version was 2.1376 times that of the original, unzipped version!

Notes:

 * A command typed to a modem must be all UPPER CASE or all lower case, but not a mixture of the two. Both "ATD" and "atd" are fine, but NOT "Atd", for example. After they've connected, you can't type or send anything at all, until you send an "escape sequence", typically +++ (3 plus signs).
 * So-called "WinModems" or "software modems" might not be usable this way, because their capabilities are determined by software rather than the hardware. These modems have minimum hardware internally to help reduce their prices. "Hardware modems" were used during the testing of these connections.
 * Some files don't benefit from zipping, either because they've already been zipped, or because of the nature of their data. The type of file which won't likely benefit is an installer or setup program for software, or one with any of the extensions: 7Z, ARJ, BZ, CAB, GIF, GZ, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TGZ or ZIP, for example. If you're transferring many files, then zipping can make it more convenient if done at the lowest setting (called "fast" or "store", for example).
 * You should be able to hook up computers all over your house this way. The lines used can be many feet long. It's been tested with about 25 feet with no problems. This author hasn't tried this with more than two computers at once.
 * There are people who are said, or implied to be experts who claim that this can't be done at all. This author prefers to read such claims after sending them to another computer through a connection between two dialup modems :D
 * There are reportedly people who physically modify modems to achieve this, but modifications aren't necessary, at least not for all modems.
 * Modems made for use in some countries might have some features unavailable due to government restrictions, but hopefully not any required for this purpose.

Ideas for software to support modem-to-modem connections

 * 1) Use 7-Zip to zip sections of files to be transferred, so there's less delay before it starts sending data. The sections should probably be from 64KB to 1MB or so. The receiving computer would unzip and combine the sections as it got them.
 * 2) If it's known that one of the modems is always to be the initiator, then there's no need for a special protocol to make a connection without human intervention. If it isn't known, then each one should briefly go into answer mode to see if the other computer is trying to connect. If not, then it would go into initiate mode. Both would alternate between these two modes until a connection was made. The goal is to get the modems in the opposite modes at the same time.

How to distinguish between "hardware modems" and "software modems"
Hardware Modems handle telephony communications more on-the-adapter-card, rather than using CPU cycles and system bus for its processing; as such, hardware modems generally have much more electronic components visible on them including DIP switches (for configuring a specific COM port to be utilized), resistors, capacitors, IC chips, etc. This type of board tends to be more expensive than Soft Modems inasmuch as more components are utilized. Performance also tends to be better with this modem type as well since more of the processing is dedicated to a local level rather than having to shell out through system bus, CPU, and other motherboard components.

Software Modems, aka WinModems, are designed with a reliance on system board components (CPU cycles, RAM, system bus) for their processing capability. However this type of adapter card is more easily configured by the operating system inasmuch as normally there are no components which could be configured by a computer user. As such, the software modem settings are configurable using the operating system interface, with such settings as COM Port, IRQ, modem volume, buffers, and other configurable settings. Usually, these settings are configured automatically by a plug-and-play operating system such as Windows with little or no configuration required by the computer user. Adversely, a hardware modem might require one to specify a specific COM Port to use, figure out an available IRQ for the modem, and other such settings, making installation and initial use more cumbersome.


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Textbook of Psychopharmacology/Opioids

Opioids are a class of drugs derived from opium, or synthetically engineered to be similar in molecular structure and effect on the body. They are usually prescribed by a doctor for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Due to their addictive nature and impairment of cognitive function, they have fallen from favor in the medical community. These drugs are currently popular on the black market and are often obtained by illegal means such as prescription forgery.

Formulations
A short sampling of popular opioid drugs include the following: Codeine - Sold under many names and included in many formulations used for the treatment of minor to moderate pain, cough and cold, etc. Vicodin or Lortab - "Hydrocodone" used to treat moderate to severe pain. Vicodin and Lortab formulations combine hydrocodone with acetaminophen or ibuprofen Percocet or Oxycontin - "Oxycodone" used to treat moderate to severe pain. The percocet formulation combines oxycodone with acetaminophen. The Oxycontin formulation is a time-release oxycodone tablet. Dilaudid - "Hydromorphone" used for moderate to severe pain Morphine - Usually injected for treatment of severe pain

History
In the 1800s and before, opioids were unregulated by law. Opioid extracts were often a major component of "snake oil" remedies sold by peddlers. These peddlers touted their formula as a cure-all which would alleviate anything from a headache to arthritis to depression. In reality these formulas served only to get the user "high" and create a false feeling of well-being without actually curing the illness. Many users became addicted to these formulations.

title: Textbook of Psychopharmacology/Opioids


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