You can extend the VSlider and add a method that reports the reverse of the slider value. public function getReverseSliderValue() : Number { return Math.abs(this.value - this.maximum) + this.minimum; //Adding minimum is necessary when minimum != 0 }

You can probably type faster than you can clean up images and install OCR engines: #!/usr/bin/perl (my$d=q[AA GTCAGTTCCT CGCTATGTA ACACACACCA TTTGTGAGT ATGTAACATA CTCGCTGGC TATGTCAGAC AGATTGATC GATCGATAGA ...

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I always thought that I should use "an" if the next word starts with a vocal. But recently I read the sentence: In order to find a object-oriented system, ... So am I wrong or is this a spelling error?

In the following example, is it appropriate to use "a" or "an" as the indefinite article, and why? He ate [insert here] green apple. I know that in the case of just "apple", it would be "an apple," but I've heard conflicting answers for "green apple," where the noun is separated from the ar...

A basic grammar rule is to use an instead of a before a vowel sound. Given that historic is not pronounced with a silent h, I use “a historic”. Is this correct? What about heroic? Should be “It was a heroic act” or “It was an heroic act”? I remember reading somewhere that the h is sometimes sile...

99% of the time, I'm clear on when I should use "a" versus "an." There's one case, though, where people & references I respect disagree. Which of the following would you precede with "a" or "an," and why? FAQ FUBAR SCUBA [Note: I've read the questions "A historic..." or "An historic…"? a...

On some forum today I referred to myself as a English nerd. Now I'm wondering whether maybe I'm an English nerd. My gut feeling tells me that there is a slight nuance in meaning between the two phrases and that even though the general rule is to use an in front of a word starting with a vowel, I...

The word Year when pronounced starts with a phonetic sound of e which is a vowel sound making it eligible for being preceded by An. Yet, we tend to write A year. Why?

When a/an precedes a parenthetical aside (sometimes seen in informal/conversational writing), should the vowel rule depend on the first word in parentheses, or the next word in the "regular" flow of the sentence? I need a (memorable) idiom (preceding an m word; use a) or I need an (memo...

Possible Duplicate: Use of “a” versus “an” Which is correct — “A Year” or “An Year”? I noticed an ad on Stack Overflow featuring another StackExchange site and the title of the question had this in it: Allow an user to... But shouldn't it be Allow a ...

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Hello guys, I have recently heard the term "Acme developer of IPhone." I was just wondering what it stands for? I think I know the meaning: Is it when a developer goes to a client and presents his/her ideas for the app? Thanks for your help.

This is kind of tricky, let's see if I can explain... As Claudiu pointed out already, gerund is the term. However, expanding on what he said, "a verb ending in -ing" is not necessarily a gerund; it could be a present participle. A gerund is an -ing form used as a noun (more precisely, as the hea...

2×4: From Wikipedia. Edit: Oh, and the sentence as a whole means that the observation was a big surprise or a great shock; an aha experience or a eureka moment; an eye-opener.

A rock is bigger, possibly immovable, you couldn't throw it with one hand, at a pinch you might be able to with two. Above, a Google Image result for "Rock", below, for "Stone" Note that a boulder is probably bigger than a rock1. Below, a boulder Oh, also note that rocks and boulders are...