A guy contacted me regarding a business that I have. He never told me what he did for a living. I have never met him but he told me his wife died and he wants to support a young woman like me and help with all my bills. He gave me his bank account and routing number and full name, which I used to pay some utility, phone, and credit card bills and they all went through. I read a similar story and now I’m thinking it’s suspect because I’m not sure where his money comes from.  I’m so stupid for using the information to pay my bills because i now realized it could be dirty money! He wants me to use my credit card to go buy “gift cards for his clients” because it’s good for his business. Please someone help me, what do I do? The payments already went though on my credit cards but I want to return it all. I don’t want to go to jail please help.  The thing is he made me trust him, he acts like he cares about me and wants to take care of me. I just thought he wanted “someone to be there for him” but I don’t know what he wants or what he’s doing. How do I return the money? Please help!
This is a really weird situation. A guy contacted me regarding a business I have. He offered far in excess of my stated fees and even told me he could help me financially if I needed it, which I do. He said he was a doctor. Before he even showed up, he gave me his bank account and routing number and full name, which I used to pay some utility bills. All the payments went through. He also sent me $2500 through PayPal, and I received an email that I had received the payment, though it's been 24 hours and it still hasn't shown up in my "recent activity" in my account. But at the time when I met him, I had no reason to doubt the whole thing was real.   So we met, and through conversation he seemed totally legit. Halfway through our session, he abruptly left — he claimed he was being called in to the hospital. He had already received some, but not all, of the services we had agreed to. He said he would come back in a few hours. Oh yeah, and since the PayPal funds hadn't gone through yet, and I needed cash to pay rent, he said his "financial advisor" would be wiring me $800 a couple hours later. Well, I never heard back from him and never got a call about a wire transfer. In retrospect it all seems very obviously a scam, except for the fact that he gave me a bank account number that actually worked as far as paying some bills!  My question is, assuming the PayPal payment never goes through — I never got an email saying that it was cancelled, but it isn't showing up in my payments either. I'm planning on calling PayPal if it hasn't gone through by tomorrow. But assuming that payment doesn't go through, how can I use the bank account info to get the payment he promised me as far as the services I provided? Other than paying all my utilities in advance? You'd think with an account number and routing number and full name, I would be able to withdraw money somehow, but I really have no idea how. And since it isn't under my name, I can't make a payment on my student loans. I wouldn't take more than he owed me, but it would really be nice to at least get that, even if I didn't get the $2500 he had promised me.   You always hear about not letting people see your account number and stuff like that, but it seems impossible to do anything with this info even though I have it! If scamming people with their bank account number is so easy, how do scammers do it? So I'm wondering two things:   What legal way can I take what I am owed from this guy? What illegal way do people use this info if they had it? I don't want to get in trouble, but I'm just curious because you always hear how easy it is.   (Oh, and I never actually saw his ID so I don't know that the name &amp; bank info he gave me was actually his, he could have stolen it from someone, though he really didn't seem like a hacker — he was a middle aged black man who was very smart-sounding, polite, soft spoken, and he seemed to have a lot of knowledge that a real doctor would have. I have a college degree and am very skeptical in general and careful about not being scammed and I've never had an experience even close to this, and the whole time I kept thinking "is this guy for real?" but since the utility stuff had gone through, it seemed legit. And nothing he did sent up a red flag like he might be a criminal or something. But later I googled the name and couldn't find a doctor by that name, at least not in the state he said he lives in. And since he said he would be contacting me last night, and he never did, it seems obvious that he planned the whole thing, but it just makes no sense to me.)
I have a simple question about calculating distances in PostGIS.  I would like to get the distance between two geometries. I am using this sid : 4269 in meters what i am doing now is this : ST_Distance((a.geom,b.geom)) FROM ... but I am getting result in degrees. I think that I should work with geography but how can I cast a geom to a geography? I tried with (a.geom::geography) but i am getting an error.  What can I do to get my result in meters?   Thank You Chrome: remove URL from autocomplete which doesn't show up in history? I've discovered a new pattern.  Is this pattern well known or what is the opinion about it?  Basically, I have a hard time scrubbing up and down source files to figure out what module imports are available and so forth, so now, instead of  import foo from bar.baz import quux  def myFunction():     foo.this.that(quux)   I move all my imports into the function where they're actually used., like this:  def myFunction():     import foo     from bar.baz import quux      foo.this.that(quux)   This does a few things.  First, I rarely accidentally pollute my modules with the contents of other modules.  I could set the __all__ variable for the module, but then I'd have to update it as the module evolves, and that doesn't help the namespace pollution for code that actually lives in the module.  Second, I rarely end up with a litany of imports at the top of my modules, half or more of which I no longer need because I've refactored it.  Finally, I find this pattern MUCH easier to read, since every referenced name is right there in the function body. I'm given a inequality as such: $n! &gt; n^3$ Where n > 5,   I've done this so far:  BC: n = 6, 6! > 720 (Works)  IH: let n = k, we have that: $k! &gt; k^3$  IS: try n = k+1, (I'm told to only work from one side)  So I have (k+1)!, but I'm not sure where to go from here.  I've been told that writing out: $(k+1)! &gt; (k+1)^3$ is a fallacy, because I can't sub in k+1 into both sides, but rather prove from one side only.    Any Help on how to continue from here, would be much appreciated. Simple form validation What are the technical differences between using a DSLR viewfinder and live view? The earlier question  asks for practical advantages of optical viewfinders. But what's the technical difference, and why does a camera behave differently in each mode?  For example, on my Nikon D5100:   Slower auto-focus — I saw this explained in the related issue, but just partially: "The other major drawback of live view is that because it requires the mirror to be locked up, it means that the auto focusing mechanism is unavailable."  option not available. No . The manual says that it's dangerous to shoot direct light, when it's on live-view. There's no range finder available.   Why are all these things different?  Live view also has some advantages, like:   automatic scene selection grid lines on the screen other smaller things, like possibly easier operation on a tripod where the viewfinder might be inconvenient to look through   Some of these things, like the tripod operation, are natural. But are there technical reasons the others can't be done with an optical finder? Are there other advantages enabled by live view for technical reasons? How can one change a coordinate system for a .lasd (Lidar) dataset?  The file is currently in UTM_Zone_15N and I am trying to convert it to IL_East. Exterior power "commutes" with direct sum I know that for vector spaces $V, W$ over a field $K$, we have the following identity :  $$ \bigoplus_{k=0}^n \left[ \Lambda^k(V) \otimes_K \Lambda^{n-k}(W) \right] \simeq \Lambda^n(V \oplus W) $$ which holds in a canonical way : for $0 \le k \le n$, the maps  $$ \Lambda^k(V) \times \Lambda^{n-k}(W) \to \Lambda^n(V \oplus W), \\ (v_1 \wedge\cdots \wedge v_k,w_{k+1} \wedge \cdots \wedge w_n) \mapsto (v_1 \wedge \cdots \wedge v_k) \wedge (w_{k+1} \wedge \cdots \wedge w_n) $$ factors through the tensor product's universal properties, which gives us a map $\varphi_k : \Lambda^k(V) \otimes_K \Lambda^{n-k}(W) \to \Lambda^n(V \oplus W)$, and since the category of $K$-modules has biproducts, we get a canonical map  $$ \varphi = \bigoplus_{k=0}^n \varphi_k : \bigoplus_{k=0}^n \left[ \Lambda^k(V) \otimes_K \Lambda^{n-k}(W) \right] \longrightarrow \Lambda^n(V \oplus W) $$  What if I replace $K$ by a (commutative ring with $1$) ring $A$? Does this map have a kernel? I know it is surjective (it suffices to "look at it", i.e generators of the codomain are obviously all hit by $\varphi$). I don't know if it helps, but I am working in integral domains. In the field case, this is obvious if $V$ and $W$ are finitely generated, since one can use dimension arguments. I wouldn't mind if the above identity held only in the finitely generated case either. If it worked in general it would be cool though.   Note that when trying to compute the inverse map with the universal property, there seems to be a problem... my guess would have been $$ (v_1 + w_1,\cdots,v_n + w_n) \mapsto \bigoplus_{k=0}^n (v_1 \wedge \cdots \wedge v_k) \otimes (w_{k+1} \wedge \cdots \wedge w_n) $$ and this map is obviously $A$-multilinear, but there is a problem with the alternating property ; I get some terms left. I'm guessing this is the wrong map... if there is one. Cooperative game vs Multiplayer game Can any one tell what is difference between cooperative game and multiplayer game? Linux network troubleshooting and debugging From time to time Linux and Unix users faced with various network problems. Many of these problems are presented here and at some others troubleshooting forums, but they are very concrete and contains a lot of additional technical information, and sometimes it's rather difficult to understand the main point and the real reason of buggy system behavior.   By asking this question, my intention is to start a community wiki page which allows generalizing our network troubleshooting and debugging experience. I hope the Linux and Unix users could easier recognize and solve("divide and conquer") their network problems using this page.   The parent of this page should be  . But here we should focus on troubleshooting the network problems from user- and kernel-space.  I suppose, if you:    Share the information about using some great network diagnostic tool with concrete usage examples and examples of network bugs, which they help to catch. Share the link to the great network tutorial connected with this subject Tell about a general method or recipe which allows to tackle some class of network problems Share information about your tool-set for network debugging and troubleshooting   it would perfectly fits for this topic.    I'll begin from sharing the link to varios  and . Also  seem to have actual information about our subject. And for diving into linux networking we definetely need to visit . What are the limitations of a typical kit lens as a general purpose lens? I have a Canon EOS 550d with the 18-55mm IS kit lens. I have done  (portraits, nature, night shots etc), and find the image quality to be pretty good. In fact most of the reviews have also been positive (at least in terms of image quality):   Quote:     indeed Canon's main concern may   ultimately become whether users have   as much incentive to upgrade to more   expensive optics as they did before       So, what are the key limitations of this lens (or any other similar kit lens) that would compel one to upgrade to a more expensive general purpose zoom lens (apart from the wanting to upgrade the zoom range)? Proving a limit of a trigonometric function: $\lim_{x \to 2/\pi}\lfloor \sin \frac{1}{x} \rfloor=0$ "Stack Overflow requires external JavaScript from another domain" message is error 404  Well, it seems that Wget picks it up so the last statement is false and the exact message is:  Error 6 (net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND): The file or directory could not be found.   and it loads in Chrome once after I clear the cache but not after. In my assignment I have to prove that the following function doesn't have a limit:  $$f(x)=\frac{x}{x-\lfloor{\sin x}\rfloor}$$ when $${x \to 0}$$  In other words, I have to prove that for every $\delta$ such that $0&lt;|x-{x_0}|&lt;\delta,$ $|f(x)-L|&gt;\epsilon$.  In fact, I don't even know how to start. Do I choose my $\delta$? I know that the sin function has certain values that's supposed to help me. How do I use it?  I have to prove this by definition, so I can't use limit arithmetic for example  Thanks. Is it legal to study while on a tourist Schengen visa? If, say, you acquired a 90-day tourist Schengen visa, would it be legal to use it for the purpose of visiting a language course or a university class? Or do you have to apply for a special education visa if you have such intents?  Answers linking to official EU pages on that matter would be highly appreciated :) How did Sauron remain in control of the Nazgûl? The One Ring gave Sauron control of the Nine, yet when it was taken from him he still possessed the power to control them (or, at least he regained it towards the end of the third age).  Why is this?   mentions that he drew the Nine to him, but not how. Is there a vendor for animal parts? I'm looking to upgrade all my pouches, but some animals are hard to find, or the part needed drops rarely.  Is there a merchant somewhere that sells them outright? I have shards to spare. Which arena do free and crown chests use when determining the cards you will get? Nobody owner (99 99) in FTP caused by php functions? Removal of statistically significant intercept term increases $R^2$ in linear model In a simple linear model with a single explanatory variable,  $\alpha_i = \beta_0 + \beta_1 \delta_i + \epsilon_i$  I find that removing the intercept term improves the fit greatly (value of $R^2$ goes from 0.3 to 0.9). However, the intercept term appears to be statistically significant.  With intercept:   Call: lm(formula = alpha ~ delta, data = cf)  Residuals:      Min       1Q   Median       3Q      Max  -0.72138 -0.15619 -0.03744  0.14189  0.70305   Coefficients:             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(&gt;|t|)     (Intercept)  0.48408    0.05397    8.97   &lt;2e-16 *** delta        0.46112    0.04595   10.04   &lt;2e-16 *** --- Signif. codes:  0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1   Residual standard error: 0.2435 on 218 degrees of freedom Multiple R-squared: 0.316,    Adjusted R-squared: 0.3129  F-statistic: 100.7 on 1 and 218 DF,  p-value: &lt; 2.2e-16    Without intercept:   Call: lm(formula = alpha ~ 0 + delta, data = cf)  Residuals:      Min       1Q   Median       3Q      Max  -0.92474 -0.15021  0.05114  0.21078  0.85480   Coefficients:       Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(&gt;|t|)     delta  0.85374    0.01632   52.33   &lt;2e-16 *** --- Signif. codes:  0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1   Residual standard error: 0.2842 on 219 degrees of freedom Multiple R-squared: 0.9259,   Adjusted R-squared: 0.9256  F-statistic:  2738 on 1 and 219 DF,  p-value: &lt; 2.2e-16    How would you interpret these results? Should an intercept term be included in the model or not?  Edit  Here's the residual sums of squares:  RSS(with intercept) = 12.92305 RSS(without intercept) = 17.69277