Prior to The Force Awakens' release, Captain Phasma was really hyped, and many of the creators seemed to really like the character.  I can only say that Gwendoline Christie is my favorite. She just killed it. You think, &quot;Well, what? It’s wearing a costume.&quot; But it’s a lot to wear and to have a performance when you’re wearing that requires a different kind of skill set and an additional talent, and she’s got it. It’s an incredible thing to work with her. I am glad that a character has been designed that is visually as stunning as that is, because she deserves it and the fans do to. When I first saw that design my mind was blown because it looked so undeniable. - She's an important character, a baddie in the best sense of the word. -  Despite this, the she plays only a minor part in the film.  If the creators liked Phasma so much, why was she given such a small role?
I've only seen The Force Awakens once, but I'm as far as I can remember, Phasma doesn't really do much, except:      get taken hostage that one time and disable the shields around the Starkiller after being asked twice   Was she originally supposed to play a bigger role?  I was really expecting to see much more of her, or at least see her in combat.
Is There Any Way to get the template Name By full URL for example  If the full url is  www.example.com/hello-world   I need a function that return the template name (page.php)  I know that WordPress matches every url with regular expression to determine the query and decide which template to include.  That's exactly what I need, a built in or (custom made) function that takes the URL and returns back the corresponding template Why can´t we assign a new string to an char array, but to a pointer? How can I convert string to datetime with format specification in JavaScript? Using dpkg to install upgrade and dist-upgrade packages If the $n^{th}$ partial sum of a series $\sum a_n$ is $S_n = \frac{n-1}{n+1}$, find $a_n$ and the sum. If the $n^{th}$ partial sum of a series $\sum a_n$ is $S_n = \dfrac{n-1}{n+1}$, find $a_n$ and the sum.  By definition,  the sum of the series is the $\lim n\to\infty$ of it's $n^{th}$ partial sum.  $$\text{ Sum = } \lim_{n\to\infty} = \dfrac{n-1}{n+1} = 1$$  I am asked to find $a_n$. How do I do this? What is the procedure? I understand that the architecture of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Feed forward (FNN) are quite different. And that CNNs use pooling and filters of shared weights over a patch of the image. I am not so clear on the core convolution operator (1):   If anyone could link me to an explanation, I have looked at the Colah blog and Nielsen's online book, and I understand what it is doing but don't understand the convolution operator.  Also, it looks quite similar to the the core FNN function is there and difference? (2).  (1) convolution operator is $a^1 = \sigma(b + w*a^0)$ which is equivalent to:  $a^1 = \sigma(b + \sum^4_{l=0}\sum^4_{l=0}w_{l,m}a_{j+l,k+m})$  (2) feed forward operation:  $a^1_i = \sigma(\sum^n_{j=1}w_{ij}x_j +b_i)$  Many thanks  Sources: functions taken from: Combinatorial argument for $\sum\limits_{k=i}^{n}\binom{n}{k}\binom{k}{i} = \binom{n}{i}2^{n-i}$ $$\lim\limits_{x\to 1}\frac{\sqrt x-x^2 }{1-\sqrt x}$$  I'm not entirely sure how to go about this, since rationalizing anything doesn't quite work for me. Just looking for some help. I'm trying to fill empty space in my mesh, and I looked at the knife tool page on the Blender Wiki, and I'm not sure if there's a way to make it so that a new edge is made using the knife tool. I took a screenshot, and hopefully it'll explain better than I can of what I'm trying to do. Oh and I'm using Blender version 2.71, by the way. How to prove that Fibonacci number is integer? Prove $4(x + y + z)^3 > 27(x^2y + y^2z + z^2x)$ Prove that, for all positive real numbers $x$, $y$ and $z$, $$4(x + y + z)^3 &gt; 27(x^2y + y^2z + z^2x)$$  I've tried expressing it as a sum of squares, but haven't got anywhere.   Hints are also welcome. Do I need to play previous Witchers before Witcher3 I'm thinking about buying The Witcher 3 and I know it's heavily based on a story/narrative.   For the story/narrative to make sense, do I need to play the previous 2 Witcher games - or are the stories for each title independent of one another? Concrete Mathematics - The Josephus Problem I've been going through  and have a question on the inductive proof for the . Recurrent relation:  $J(1) = 1$ $J(2n) = 2J(n) - 1$ $J(2n+1) = 2J(n) + 1$  Closed form hypothesis:  $J(2^m + l) = 2l + 1$, for $m \ge 0$ and $0\le l&lt;2^m$  Inductive Proof (for the even case):  $J(1)=1$ $J(2^m+l)= 2J(2^{m-1}+l/2)-1=2(2l/2+1)-1=2l+1$  How do the authors get from $2J(2^{m-1}+l/2)-1$ to $2(2l/2+1)-1$? Unique (non-repeating) random numbers in O(1)? Increasing notebook magnification pushes output onto a new line Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp on Mac OS X? In other words, why isn't /tmp just a regular directory, like on Linux or BSD? I understand how it works and I don't mind it, I'm just interested in the (historical?) reasoning behind it. Let random vector $x = (x_1,...,x_n)$ follow multivariate normal distribution with mean $m$ and covariance matrix $S$. If $S$ is symmetric and positive definite (which is the usual case) then one can generate random samples from $x$ by first sampling indepently $r_1,...,r_n$ from standard normal and then using formula $m + Lr$, where $L$ is the Cholesky lower factor so that $S=LL^T$ and $r = (r_1,...,r_n)^T$.  What about if one wants samples from singular Gaussian i.e. $S$ is still symmetric but not more positive definite (only positive semi-definite). We can assume also that the variances (diagonal elements of $S$) are strictly positive. Then some elements of $x$ must have linear relationship and the distribution actually lies in lower dimensional space with dimension $&lt;n$, right?  It is obvious that if e.g. $n=2, m = \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 0 \end{bmatrix}, S = \begin{bmatrix} 1 &amp; 1 \\ 1 &amp; 1\end{bmatrix}$ then one can generate $x_1 \sim N(0,1)$ and set $x_2=x_1$ since they are fully correlated. However, is there any good methods for generating samples for general case $n&gt;2$? I guess one needs first to be able identify the lower dimensional subspace, then move to that space where one will have valid covariance matrix, then sample from it and finally deduce the values for the linearly dependent variables from this lower-dimensional sample. But what is the best way to that in practice? Can someone point me to books or articles that deal with the topic; I could not find one. Random piece of plastic I have recently purchased a hybrid bike with suspension (not sure if that is relevant to this question). It came with two pieces of plastic. Any ideas what they may be for? Problem of unbalanced data Why $\dim U+\dim U^\perp=\dim V$?