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Stacking
Stacking may refer to: Arts and media * ''Stacking'' (video game), a 2011 game from Double Fine * ''Stacking'', a 1987 TV movie directed and produced by Martin Rosen * Stacking, a technique in broadcast programming Language * Consonant stacking, a feature of some South Asian writing systems * Verb stacking, a grammatical phenomenon involving concatenation of verbs Science and technology * Stacking (chemistry), an attractive, noncovalent interaction between aromatic rings * Focus stacking, an image processing technique in photography * Image stacking, a form of speckle imaging * Block-stacking problem, a puzzle in statics * Stacking, a technique used in reflection seismology * Stacking, a type of ensemble learning in machine learning * Stacking, the assembly of a multistage rocket Sport * Stacking, a strategy used in the sport of pickleball * Dice stacking, a performance art involving dice * Sport stacking, played using plastic cups * Stacking guard pass, a technique in grap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacking (video Game)
''Stacking'' is an adventure puzzle video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by THQ; like Double Fine's previous '' Costume Quest'', it is a smaller title created during the development period of ''Brütal Legend'', and was released in February 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles. A Windows version was released on March 6, 2012. A Linux version was released in May 2013. The game is based on the Russian stacking matryoshka dolls, an idea coined by Double Fine's art director, Lee Petty, who saw the dolls as a means to replace the standard player interface used in graphical adventure games. The player controls the smallest doll, Charlie Blackmore, who has the ability to stack and unstack into larger dolls and use their abilities to solve puzzles to allow Charlie to free his older siblings and put an end to child labor enforced by the antagonist, the Baron. Puzzles within the game have multiple solutions, and include additional puzzles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Stacking
Sport stacking, also known as cup stacking or speed stacking, is an individual and team sport that involves stacking 9 or 12 (usually 12) specially designed cups in pre-determined sequences as quickly as possible. The cups are specially designed to allow for speedier times. Participants of sport stacking stack cups in specific sequences, by aligning the inside left lateral adjunct of each cup with that of the next. Sequences are usually pyramids of 3, 6, or 10 cups. Players compete against the clock or another player. The governing body setting the rule is the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA). Most sport stacking competitions are geared toward children. History While working for the Boys & Girls Club of Oceanside, California, in 1981, Wayne Godinet came up with the idea for sport stacking. When the children he was working with were tired of playing traditional sports, he took paper cups and asked them to stack the cups as fast as they could. The sport was well received, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Pickleball Terms
This glossary provides definitions and context for terminology related to, and jargon specific to, the sport of pickleball. Words or phrases in italics can be found on the list in their respective alphabetic sections. 0–9 ;0–0:See '' Zero–Zero'' ;0–0–2 or 0–0–start: See '' Zero–Zero–Two''. A ;Ace:Any ''serve'' that is not returned by the ''receiver'', or, more specifically, a serve that the receiver's paddle never touches. The term, originally used in Tennis, has been attributed to American sportswriter Allison Danzig. ;Andiamo!:Meaning "Let's go!" in Italian, it can be heard after a player wins a particularly critical ''point''. The term was popularized in pickleball by professional player Julian Arnold. ;APP:See ''Association of Pickleball Professionals'' ;Approach shot:A shot executed while moving from the ''backcourt'' towards the ''non-volley line''. ;Around-the-post (ATP):A legal shot that travels outside the net posts, allowing its trajectory to stay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focus Stacking
Focus stacking (also known as focal plane merging and z-stacking or focus blending) is a digital image processing technique which combines multiple images taken at different focus distances to give a resulting image with a greater depth of field (DOF) than any of the individual source images. Focus stacking can be used in any situation where individual images have a very shallow depth of field; macro photography and optical microscopy are two typical examples. Focus stacking can also be useful in landscape photography. Focus stacking offers flexibility: since it is a computational technique, images with several different depths of field can be generated in post-processing and compared for best artistic merit or scientific clarity. Focus stacking also allows generation of images physically impossible with normal imaging equipment; images with nonplanar focus regions can be generated. Alternative techniques for generating images with increased or flexible depth of field incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensemble Learning
In statistics and machine learning, ensemble methods use multiple learning algorithms to obtain better predictive performance than could be obtained from any of the constituent learning algorithms alone. Unlike a statistical ensemble in statistical mechanics, which is usually infinite, a machine learning ensemble consists of only a concrete finite set of alternative models, but typically allows for much more flexible structure to exist among those alternatives. Overview Supervised learning algorithms perform the task of searching through a hypothesis space to find a suitable hypothesis that will make good predictions with a particular problem. Even if the hypothesis space contains hypotheses that are very well-suited for a particular problem, it may be very difficult to find a good one. Ensembles combine multiple hypotheses to form a (hopefully) better hypothesis. The term ''ensemble'' is usually reserved for methods that generate multiple hypotheses using the same base lear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacking (chemistry)
In chemistry, pi stacking (also called π–π stacking) refers to the presumptive attractive, noncovalent pi interactions (orbital overlap) between the pi bonds of aromatic rings. However this is a misleading description of the phenomena since direct stacking of aromatic rings (the "sandwich interaction") is electrostatically repulsive. What is more commonly observed (see figure to the right) is either a staggered stacking (parallel displaced) or pi-teeing (perpendicular T-shaped) interaction both of which are electrostatic attractive For example, the most commonly observed interactions between aromatic rings of amino acid residues in proteins is a staggered stacked followed by a perpendicular orientation. Sandwiched orientations are relatively rare. Pi stacking is repulsive as it places carbon atoms with partial negative charges from one ring on top of other partial negatively charged carbon atoms from the second ring and hydrogen atoms with partial positive charges on top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Rosen (director)
Martin Gerald Rosen (born August 31, 1936) is an American filmmaker and theater producer. He directed the animated film adaptations of ''Watership Down'' (1978) and '' The Plague Dogs'' (1982), both from the Richard Adams novels. Career Rosen originally worked as a literary agent before he moved with his wife to the United Kingdom. He first produced the Canadian feature ''A Great Big Thing'' (1968) and later co-produced Ken Russell's film version of ''Women in Love'' (1969), which won Academy Awards for Glenda Jackson and Billy Williams (cinematographer) Rosen was originally the producer of ''Watership Down'' but took over as director after John Hubley, the original director, left after disagreements with Rosen. He also wrote the screenplay for it. This was the first of two novels by Richard Adams he adapted. In 1982 he also produced, directed and wrote the screenplay for another animated feature based on an Adams novel, '' The Plague Dogs'' (1982). Rosen produced ''Smooth Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Block-stacking Problem
In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire , also the book-stacking problem, or a number of other similar terms) is a puzzle concerning the stacking of blocks at the edge of a table. Statement The block-stacking problem is the following puzzle: Place N identical rigid rectangular blocks in a stable stack on a table edge in such a way as to maximize the overhang. provide a long list of references on this problem going back to mechanics texts from the middle of the 19th century. Variants Single-wide The single-wide problem involves having only one block at any given level. In the ideal case of perfectly rectangular blocks, the solution to the single-wide problem is that the maximum overhang is given by \sum_^\frac times the width of a block. This sum is one half of the corresponding partial sum of the harmonic series. Because the harmonic series diverges, the maximal overhang tends to infinity as N increases, meaning that it is poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dice Stacking
Dice stacking is a performance art, akin to juggling or sleight-of-hand, in which the performer scoops dice off a flat surface with a dice cup and then sets the cup down while moving it in a pattern that stacks the dice into a vertical column via centripetal force and inertia. Various dice arrangements, colors of dice, scooping patterns and props allow for many degrees of complexity and difficulty. Dice stacking is usually performed with canceled casino dice, as their square edges and heavy weight give them an advantage when being stacked. In Germany, the first national dice stacking championship tournament took place in May 2008. Tournament rules included the use of a special designed DiceBoard for players which shows the different prescribed moves. There are two disciplines: the "full-area" discipline and the "speed-area" discipline. See also *Sport stacking Sport stacking, also known as cup stacking or speed stacking, is an individual and team sport that involves stacking 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacking Guard Pass
The guard is a grappling position#Ground grappling position, ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs. In pure grappling combat sports, the guard is considered an advantageous grappling position, position, because the bottom combatant can attack with various joint locks and chokeholds, while the top combatant's priority is the transition (grappling), transition into a more dominant position, a process known as passing the guard. In the sport of mixed martial arts, as well as hand-to-hand combat in general, it is possible to effectively strike (attack), strike from the top in the guard, even though the bottom combatant exerts some control. There are various types of guard, with their own advantages and disadvantages. The guard is a key part of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu where it can be used as an offensive position. It is also used, but not formally named, in Judo though it is sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang Signal
A gang signal, also known as a gang sign, is a verbal or visual way gang members identify their affiliation. This can take many forms including slogans, hand signs, colored clothing and graffiti. The wearer usually favors, or is in, that particular gang. Many of these, especially slogans and hand signs, have become part of popular culture, especially in African American hip hop culture. Hand signs "Throwing up" a gang sign (e.g., "Stacking", "page", "gang walk") with the hands is one of the most known and obvious forms of "claiming" or stating the gang one is affiliated with. It is used in many situations where other identifiers may not be possible or appropriate, and it can also show that a gang member is in the area to "do business" as opposed to just passing through. Usually these signs are made by formation of the fingers on one or both hands to make some sort of symbol or letter. It can also serve to relay more specific information, such as what set they represent within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stack (other)
Stack may refer to: Places * Stack Island, an island game reserve in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia, in Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group * Blue Stack Mountains, in Co. Donegal, Ireland People * Stack (surname) (including a list of people with the name) * Parnell "Stacks" Edwards, a key associate in the Lufthansa heist * Robert Stack Pierce (1933–2016), an American actor and baseball player * Brian "Stack" Stevens (1941–2017), a Cornish rugby player * Stacks (rapper) (born 1985), the stage name of the rapper Yannique Barker Arts, entertainment, and media * '' Stack magazine'', a bimonthly publication about high school sports * ''Stacks'' (album), a 2005 album by Bernie Marsden * Stacks, trailer parks that were made vertical, in the film ''Ready Player One'' Computing * Stack (abstract data type), abstract data type and data structure based on the principle of last in first out ** Stack (C++), a C++ standard container, simulating a stack * Stack (Haskell), a tool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
