Is everyone able to learn philosophy?  If not, what kind of person is able to learn philosophy?    Does learning philosophy require a certain intelligence or talent? If I start at the age of 18, is it too late?   I am a student of vocational high school, majoring in informatics engineering. I rarely read books other than textbooks, and just recently read a non-textbook book titled Sophie's World. That is what led me to this question.
What is a comprehensive definition of Philosophy? Alternatively, is it impossible to define Philosophy? This is a pseudo- question, but it seems like it belongs here.
Is there a way to get the path for the assembly in which the current code resides?  I do not want the path of the calling assembly, just the one containing the code.   Basically my unit test needs to read some xml test files which are located relative to the  dll.  I want the path to always resolve correctly regardless of whether the testing dll is run from TestDriven.NET, the MbUnit GUI or something else.  Edit: People seem to be misunderstanding what I'm asking.  My test library is located in say      C:\projects\myapplication\daotests\bin\Debug\daotests.dll   and I would like to get this path:     C:\projects\myapplication\daotests\bin\Debug\   The three suggestions so far fail me when I run from the MbUnit Gui:   Environment.CurrentDirectory gives c:\Program Files\MbUnit System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(DaoTests)).Location gives C:\Documents and Settings\george\Local Settings\Temp\ ....\DaoTests.dll System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location gives the same as the previous. Boundary condition with spatial derivative is ignored by NDSolve How to convert an "object" into a function in JavaScript? JavaScript allows functions to be treated as objects--if you first define a variable as a function, you can subsequently add properties to that function.  How do you do the reverse, and add a function to an "object"?  This works:  var foo = function() { return 1; }; foo.baz = "qqqq";   At this point, foo() calls the function, and foo.baz has the value "qqqq".  However, if you do the property assignment part first, how do you subsequently assign a function to the variable?  var bar = { baz: "qqqq" };   What can I do now to arrange for bar.baz to have the value "qqqq" and bar() to call the function? How do I get started with 'painting with light' photography? Tunnels being naturally dark may not be the most intuitive choice for a place to take pictures. But I love the '' work that artists such as '' are putting out and they're clearly seeking out places like tunnels, caves, garages... Dark places in other words, to create their works of art. Which brings two questions to mind:   How do I go about finding places that I can accomplish this sort of 'tunnel photography.' What are some techniques that I can use to 'paint with light' in my photography once I have found some locations? I have a product key for windows 8.1 (Single language edition or not that i can't remember). I have currently windows 10 pro installed.  I am planning to install windows 10 Home so i activate with windows 8.1 key.  So my question is will i be able to activate it if the Product Key is Windows 8.1 Single Language and i install Windows 10 Home(Multiple language edition) or vice versa. UnboundLocalError on local variable when reassigned after first use Prove $a^\alpha b^{1-\alpha} \le \alpha a + (1 - \alpha)b, \; a,b > 0,\; 0 < \alpha < 1$ I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be appreciated. The chapter I'm on is about differentiation and the mean value theorem.  Prove $a^\alpha b^{1-\alpha} \le \alpha a + (1 - \alpha)b, \; a,b &gt; 0,\; 0 &lt; \alpha &lt; 1$ How to mount an image file without root permission? float to int unexpected behaviour I would like to know how to get the version information of an installed program that doesn't have the      --version or -version   method implemented. Fermat's Last Theorem with negative exponent What is inertia of a body? The definition of  is  "Inertia is the resistance offered by the body whenever its state of motion is changed."   What is inertia of a body? Is inertia actually a force exerted by the body?  If so, then why is there no application of inertia in numerical problems involving application of force on a body? What is the actual application of inertia in theory? I know that this machine does not work, via thermodynamics. I am asking for an analysis in terms of mechanics and magnetism.  Anyway, so here is the machine:   (source: )    The magnet (the red ball) pull the ball up the ramp, and then it drops the ball through the hole, which then rolls down, and go ups the ramp again. Thermodynamics shows that this can not work.  From a mechanics and magnetism perspective, what happens when you do this, and why can't it happen?  I have a source saying that it would work if it were frictionless and we didn't try to extract energy from it (), so in a certain sense, it is very close to possible (they didn't provide a full analysis though.)  Another Image: How can I know if my post(comment, answer, question) was Flagged? Is it possible to see if my post was flagged. The only way as I see it, if you see your post has got deleted, them may be someone might have flagged it for moderation. But is there other way to see if your post was flagged for moderation.   I am wondering if someone's is repeatedly flagged for posts, maybe he can be assigned a badge(bad one :) )  But right now, I want to know if it is possible to see how many posts of mine were flagged. I am thinking of building a model predicting a ratio $a/b$, where $a \le b$ and $a &gt; 0$ and $b &gt; 0$. So, the ratio would be between $0$ and $1$.  I could use linear regression, although it doesn't naturally limit to 0..1.  I have no reason to believe the relationship is linear, but of course it is often used anyway, as a simple first model.  I could use a logistic regression, although it is normally used to predict the probability of a two-state outcome, not to predict a continuous value from the range 0..1.  Knowing nothing more, would you use linear regression, logistic regression, or hidden option c? Centos recently updated to 7.3 and there's been problems with sshd sftp group permissions. I have one user that is chrooted to it's home directory, and that user is in group sftponly. Then i have the /var/www directory, which has 775 permissions and owner is apache and owner group is sftponly. I have a bind link pointing from /home/user/files/web --> /var/www, so the user can access /var/www even though being chrooted to it's home directory. I can view files in /var/www with that user, but impossible to edit or add anything. This worked fine before the big Centos 7.3 update, and now it's stopped working. Any ideas? Invisible software updates list in Software Updater Render every Nth frame of an animation I want to render every Nth frame of an animation, in this case every 12th frame. This way I can play back the animation at 2fps and see if everything is going correctly.  I'm a real novice with Blender Python and cobbled this together:  import bpy  for f in range(startframe,endframe,NthFrame):     bpy.context.scene.frame_current = f     bpy.ops.render.render()     bpy.data.images['Render Result'].save_render(filepath="" + str(f) + '.png')    This kind of works, the right images are rendered and saved. However it completely freezes up Blender, and after about an hour it crashes on windows due to being unresponsive I guess. How can I fix this? Preferably I'd like it to work like rendering an animation normally works, i.e. being able to still use Blender and seeing the progress of each rendered frame. Prove a assertion concerning Lebesgue space Let $f_n \in L^1$ such that $f_n\rightrightarrows f$. Then I want to conclude that If $\mu(X)&lt;\infty,$ then $f\in L^1$ and $\int f_n\to\int f$, so I want to make use of the Dominated convergence theorem, the thing is that I don't know which would be my dominating function.  I was trying to figure out if the measure could play that role, but after thinking a little bit I have realize that the measure doesn't have to be bigger than the absolute value of the functions of the sequence.  Another thing I was thinking of, is to apply Fatou's lemma, but I can't ensure that my functions are positive.  So, Can someone help me to prove this theorem please ?  Thanks a lot in advance :).    NOTE: I think this theorem is taken from Folland's Real analysis, modern techniques, and their aplications 2nd Edition :), This is to have all the definitions so we can talk the same language as in the book (this is, same notation and theorems or machinery) Priority and timing between enchantments and instants If I have priority and cast an  on a just summoned 2/3 creature, then, passing priority, my opponent casts a  on that creature, does my creature survive? The first spell that resolves is obviously the bolt, that deals 3 point of damage to the creature; but immediately after, will the  Unholy Strength resolve (giving +2/+1), allowing the creature to survive?