Since gravity only curves spacetime, how does it give kinetic energy to an object eg when an object falls to the ground. Since it only curves spacetime we shouldn't move towards it without kinetic energy. So when an object goes up why does it come down?
It is fine to say that for an object flying past a massive object, the spacetime is curved by the massive object, and so the object flying past follows the curved path of the geodesic, so it "appears" to be experiencing gravitational acceleration. Do we also say along with it, that the object flying past in reality exeriences NO attraction force towards the massive object? Is it just following the spacetime geodesic curve while experiencing NO attractive force?  Now come to the other issue: Supposing two objects are at rest relative to each other, ie they are not following any spacetime geodesic. Then why will they experience gravitational attraction towards each other? E.g. why will an apple fall to earth? Why won't it sit there in its original position high above the earth? How does the curvature of spacetime cause it to experience an attraction force towards the earth, and why would we need to exert a force in reverse direction to prevent it from falling? How does the curvature of spacetime cause this?  When the apple was detatched from the branch of the tree, it was stationary, so it did not have to follow any geodesic curve. So we cannot just say that it fell to earth because its geodesic curve passed through the earth. Why did the spacetime curvature cause it to start moving in the first place?
Imagine a situation in which the whole place is on fire, a bomb is about to explode, everyone is running for their lives and someone is checking his looks on the mirror... pretty inappropriate for the situation, don't you think? I'm looking for an idiom or colloquial/slang/informal expression to describe such an indifferent stance. The new software center in Ubuntu 16.04 shows no application data found This is the error I get when I open the software center. I've tried rebooting and running sudo apt-get update but I see no improvement. It worked earlier but I don't know what went wrong since then. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 final release on a Dell Inspiron 15R. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.  EDIT: The problem magically solved itself without me doing anything special (or maybe inadvertently doing something, I don't know). So I'd still like to get to the root of this. I was playing modern with the owner of a shop.  He played a  which he used to bring in 7 lands: 5 basic mountains and 2  cards.  He then claimed that each  triggered 5 times (killing me).  I am doubting this now.    Here is my reason: The two  cards entered at the same time as the other 5 basic lands.  That means when they were on the battlefield and their ability was in effect, the other 5 basic lands were already there too.  That seems too late to trigger a "Enters the Battlefield" effect.  So here is my question.  Am I right or wrong?  If I am wrong, please show me how the enter the battlefield effect can trigger for something that enters the battlefield at the same time as itself.  If I am right, please show me the rules that prove it.  I now have two shop owners that are convinced that this is a legal play.  If it is not legal, I am going to need clear rules citations to convince them.    Side note:  If I am wrong and it is a legal play, then I have a follow up scenario.  Say I have 2  cards and 5 other human cards in my graveyard.  If I play a spell that lets me return all of them to the battlefield at the same time (say ), would the  cards get 6 +1/+1 counters on them?    To me, if the trick that was played on me with  is legal then my  cards should also get the +1/+1 counters. Why do we use residuals to test the assumptions on errors in regression? Suppose that we have a model $Y_i = \beta_0 + \beta_1X_{i1} + \beta_2X_{i2} + \dots + \beta_kX_{ik} + \epsilon_i$.  Regression has a number of assumptions, such as that the errors $\epsilon_i$ should be normally distributed with mean zero and constant variance. I have been taught to check these assumptions using a normal QQ plot to test for normality of the residuals $e_i = Y_i - \hat{Y}_i$ and a residuals vs. fitted plot to check that the residuals vary around zero with constant variance.  However, these tests are all on the residuals, not the errors.  From what I understand, the errors are defined as the deviation of each observation from their 'true' mean value. So, we can write $\epsilon_i = Y_i - \mathbb{E}[Y_i]$. These errors cannot be observed by us. *  My question is this: how good of a job do the residuals do in mimicking the errors?   If the assumptions appear to be satisfied on the residuals, does this mean they are satisfied on the errors too? Are there other (better) ways to test the assumptions, like fitting the model to a testing dataset and getting the residuals from there?    * Furthermore, does this not require that the model is specified correctly? That is, that the response really does have a relationship with the predictors $X_1, X_2,$ etc. in the way specified by the model.  If we are missing some predictors (say, $X_{k+1}\ \text{to}\ X_p$), then the expectation $\mathbb{E}[Y_i] = \beta_0 + \beta_1X_{i1} + \beta_2X_{i2} + \dots + \beta_kX_{ik}$ would not even be the true mean, and further analysis on an incorrect model seems pointless.  How do we check whether the model is a correct one? Biometric information for a UK visitor visa for the second time I submitted my biometric information when I applied for (and successfully received) the UK visitor visa.  Now, the visa has expired and I would like to apply for it again.   Do I need to submit my biometric information again?  Will the process be the exact same as before? How to change background colour in texworks I am using texworks for the first time, I want to change the background of the editor from dark to white, as the code is not visible in dark background. I am using texworks in Manjaro Linux on GNOME desktop environment. Please help me. Split a commit into smaller commits with Git? Add Windows 10 to GRUB OS list I recently got a computer from school. It came with Windows 8.1 installed. I then installed another copy of Windows 8.1 (so it would use the built-in Windows Pro license) and upgraded it to Windows 10. I then installed Ubuntu alongside both Windows 8 and 10. Note that I made a separate 255MB ext2 partition for /boot. Now, when I boot the computer, I first see a GRUB prompt (I already un-hid the grub prompt 'cuz I like it that way) with Windows 8 and Ubuntu options. However, there is no Windows 10 option. If I select Ubuntu, the computer boots into Ubuntu. However, if I select the Windows 8 option, I then get sent to the Windows bootloader, where it then gives me options to boot either Windows 8 or Windows 10. (However, by this point, the computer has already loaded the kernel and all. Apparently Microsoft misunderstood the concept of a bootloader and decided that that meant &quot;boot practically the entire system before actually showing the bootloader&quot;. Typical Microsoft.) How can I disable the Windows bootloader and add a Windows 10 option to GRUB? EDIT: Someone has answered telling me to disable the Windows bootloader. However, I still do not know how to add Windows to the GRUB OS list. Can anyone help with this? EDIT 2: After removing Windows 10 from the Windows bootloader with EasyBCD, it seemed that, after a few reboots, it would continually unhide itself and Windows 10 would reappear. However, I then later deleted Windows 10 from the list of OSes in msconfig, and it seems to have stayed deleted. However, I STILL have not managed to get Windows 10 to appear in GRUB. It's as if GRUB simply doesn't detect it. Also, I'll put this in the question so that people see it - I have tried using boot-repair, however, it has NOT helped any. I've tried everything I can think of. Resetting the router, changing the channel number and band.   The internet connection is fine, and then just hangs for a minute or 2, then returns to normal.   The wifi icon remains connected, and I have the latest 10.10.4 update installed. At first I thought it was a DNS bug with Yosemite, and have played with the settings such as changing DNS provider, changing the IPV6 to IPV4 only etc.  Driving me nuts. Has anyone had a similar problem? I've checked the surroundings with wifi scanners and have chosen the best channel available.     One thing I have noticed, it seems a lot more reliable on 5GHz as opposed to 2.4Ghz It seems to affect my Macbook Pro Retina 13in Early 2015 a lot more than the other devices on the network. I'm using a Virginmedia  1. Why didn't Spock die in The Search for Spock? You know, some of us read right to left...  Certain sites like  and  have an obvious need for this, as Arabic and Hebrew are Right To Left (RTL) languages. Many answers on those sites cite the Torah and the Quran respectively. Directly quoting these sources properly requires RTL text. Do you have to take the second leg of a domestic flight? Say I want to book a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago.  Say the airline also flies to St. Louis from Fort Launderdale but has a connecting flight through Chicago.  If I book that flights from FLL->ORD->STL and just get off in Chicago, what possible problems can I run into, assuming I didn't check any bags and only have carry on?  This scenario exist for Southwest, but I wanted this be more of a general question that would apply to all airlines. Software was blocked from opening because it is not from an identified developer I went to run LibreOffice on my OS X 10.9 and it would not let me install it. It said it was from an unidentified developer. I'm aware of the security features of the Mac and went to System Preferences to allow the software to run.   When I opened this setting I saw a button that said, '"LibreOffice" was blocked from opening because it is not from an identified developer.' and there was a button next to it that said "Open Anyway". I clicked this button and nothing happened. I clicked it multiple times, like a hundred, out of frustration. Is there something else I need to do? Could someone verify this is not a bug?   UPDATE: I've included the photo below of what my System Preferences screen looked like and the button I pushed that didn't work.  UPDATE II: So I tried opening the application again and went into the system preferences and pressed the "Open Anyway" button again and nothing happened at first but a few minutes later while I was typing an email something flashed across my screen, possibly another dialog (or more likely a chewpacabra), but it quickly disappeared and the next thing I know LibreOffice launched! How to forbid keyboard shortcut stealing by websites in Firefox Many websites, especially everything involving rich text editing (this site is guilty as well), steal keyboard shortcuts normally used to control Firefox and make them do something else instead. It is totally infuriating when I press something like Cmd-number, Cmd-L, Cmd-T, or Cmd-K and it doesn't do what I want it to. Can I make it stop?  Actually, it would probably be for the best if I could forbid stealing of all Cmd-* shortcuts. I've never seen them used for anything useful. Is it possible? Why am I getting different results from two servers that located in the same destination network? There's two servers with the same network IP, and the only difference between them is the last two numbers like: 37.211.15.247 and 37.211.166.178. The Hosting Provider claims that the subnet mask for both networks is 255.254.0.0  When I try the command Tracert (Traceroute) to test the ping and to see what hops does it take to reach the destination server, I get different ping times and different forward path results which is strange because they are all located in the same company host.  Is there something wrong? Shouldn’t it take the same path too?  I have added the the full IP addresses to both servers as requested by some commenters. Well the two servers aren’t “International” anyways, so as far as I know, the only thing that comes to mind is the possibility that the two are configured on different subnetworks just like what . Though it’s suspicious.  UPDATE: After doing so much research, I found out the Subnet of these two hosts. They are on a /15 (255.254.0.0) subnet mask. Unfortunately, this is what that hosting provider claimed to me which is not true, and the true Subnet they apparently use is a /17 (255.255.128.0) Subnet mask. It turns out that they were definitely on different Subnets. That's why I got different traceroutes when I tested these two IPs 37.211.15.247 and 37.211.166.178  because they are clearly on different Subnets. Thank you everyone for these good answers, especially  his answer helped me a lot. Customizing tray/taskbar date display in Ubuntu with GNOME 3 A linking verb is a verb which connects a subject to its predicate   without expressing an action. A linking verb is used to re-identify or   describe its subject.      Ex:      Alan is a beast.      Alan seems drunk.   But I would say that some linking verbs can be used with "continuous tenses" &amp; other linking verbs can not, but I am not sure.      (linking verb) to experience a particular feeling or emotion      Ex: I’m feeling a little better today.      Do you still feel hungry?   So, feel in this meaning can be used with continuous tenses  But I would think this sentence "Do you still feel hungry?" does not make much sense because it uses "simple present tense" which expresses something that happens regularly. Noone would feel hungry regularly.  So, that sentence "you feel hungry" would mean "you always feel hungry".      (linking verb) (not used in the progressive tenses): to have a   particular physical quality which you become aware of by touching         adj.         The water feels warm.      Its skin feels really smooth.    says "Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs."  so, "The water feels warm." could mean "The water is always warm" (simple present expressing things that happen regularly - more or less permanent action)  But "The water feels warm." could mean "The water is warm now" (simple present with non-continuous verb expressing things that is happening now - a temporary action)     : (linking verb) to seem; to appear         adj.         to look pale/happy/tired      That book looks interesting.   In dictionary,      (linking verb) (not used in the progressive tenses): to   give the impression of being or doing something         adj.         She didn't appear surprised at all.       (to somebody) (to be) something (not used in the progressive tenses): to give the impression of being or doing something (synonym:   appear)         adj.         You seem happy.   So, we cannot say "you are seeming happy" or "you are appearing happy".  But I am not sure I can say "You are looking good" (sounds right to my ears) or "That book is looking interesting." (doesn't sound right to my ears)  But we can say "The future’s looking good." ()  So, some verbs has the same meaning but one can be used with "continuous" &amp; the other can not, right?  Ex: "you are looking happy", but "you seem happy". I am trying to customize the legend for this graph. First of all, I would like the legend width to be equal to the x-axis width. At the moment, I am setting the width of the legend via      /tikz/every even column/.append style={column sep=1.0cm}   and I could manually adjust this value so that length equals the x-axis width, but I guess that there is a more elegant way to set the width of the legend.  Second, I don't really like the little color rectangles in the legend. I only want one rectangle in front of every entry and not two. This rectangle does not need to have a border and should be vertically centred with the text. The alignment seems to be okay for the rectangle closer to the text, but not for one the far left.   Update: Thanks to Christian Feuersänger's comment, there is possibility to change the rectangles via   legend image code/.code={%     \draw[#1, draw=none] (0cm,-0.1cm) rectangle (0.6cm,0.1cm);   or what Gonzalo Medina proposed  legend image code/.code={%     \draw[#1, draw=none, /tikz/.cd, bar width=3pt, yshift=-0.2em, bar shift=0pt] %     plot coordinates {(2*\pgfplotbarwidth,0.6em)};   Third, I would like to the legend entries to start next to the text "Legend:".  I don't really know if with these requirements it still makes sense to use legend or if it would be better to add everything manually via after end axis/.code and \ref{label}.  Graph    MWE  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest}  \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}     \begin{axis}[                 ybar,                 height=6cm,                 title={Some plot},                 width=12cm,                 axis on top,                 y axis line style={opacity=0},                 axis x line*=bottom,                 tick align=inside,                 tick style={draw=none},                 xtick=data,                 ymajorgrids,                 major grid style={draw=white},                 xtick={1,2,3,4},                 legend style={                     at={(0.0,-0.15)},                     anchor=north west,                     legend columns=-1,                     /tikz/every even column/.append style={column sep=1.0cm}                         },             ]                    \addlegendimage{empty legend}             \addlegendentry{\textbf{Legend:}}                                \addplot coordinates {                 (1, 0.2064)                 (2, 0.3961)                 (3, 0.5961)                 (4, 0.7961)}; \addlegendentry[text width=45pt, text depth=]{legend a}             \addplot coordinates {                 (1, 0.3064)                 (2, 0.4961)                 (3, 0.6961)                 (4, 0.8961)}; \addlegendentry[text width=65pt, text depth=]{lengend b}     \end{axis}  \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} How to break multi digit number into separate digits in VHDL? I found the method .But I do not know how to perform this in VHDL. Let a fixed point number (12 downto -19) like 3456.478396 I need break this number entirely into separate numbers 3456.478396 --> 3,  4, 5,  6,  (dot) ,  4,  7,  8,  3,  9,  6...  into 11 integer type variables. How to perform this in VHDL?  signal example : sfixed(4 downto -4); --'example' contains 9.75 then it is storage as "01001.1100". --simply example ="10011100". --10011100 --&gt; integer 156   How to get back original 9.75 number from 156 to separate into single digits?  I USED,  library ieee; library ieee_proposed; use ieee.std_logic_1164.all; use ieee.numeric_std.all; use ieee_proposed.float_pkg.ALL; use ieee_proposed.fixed_pkg.ALL; use ieee_proposed.fixed_float_types.ALL; How do you make a deep copy of an object?