Why was Harry able to Accio the Cup portkey in GOF In GOF the Tri-Wizard cup was a port key that takes Harry to the graveyard with Voldemort.   Aside from the fact that it then takes him back to Hogwarts when he did so he used the Accio spell to bring the cup to him in the graveyard.   Assuming that this shouldnt be possible during the tournemant otherwise any one of the participants could have simply used the spell to instantly win the Cup.  How did this then work in the graveyard ?
Why didn't anybody Summon the Triwizard cup in the maze? We know that the Triwizard cup itself was Summonable. After all, Harry did Summon it in the graveyard.  So why didn't any of the contestants Summon it while in the maze?  Canonical answers, please.
How do you document your databases? I find that most of my clients are not documenting their databases at all and I find that pretty scary. To introduce some better practice, I would like to know what tools/process people are using.   How do you document your database? (SQL-Server)  What tool do you use?  Documentation Storage Format for database schema/meta-data?   Word documents Excel spreadsheet Plain Text  Documentation process or policies?   I am not talking about reverse engineering / document a existing database, but mainly on the documentation best practices while you develop your system/database. Why are most of the main characters White/English in Game Of Thrones? Okay, I was thinking about the series of Game of Thrones and all the battles and stuff, and I thought why aren't there any characters beside White/English characters that have main/important roles? Can you name any that are alive that are anything else beside White/English?   This is a short list of some of the main characters (all White/English):   Cersei - Queen and important political Lannister. Jaime - Guy who is father to the late king and is King slayer. Tyrion - Short guy in politics who is currently on the run(that's what the wikia told me). Daenerys - Queen who is freeing people and dragon owner.   And the list goes on and on, why aren't there any characters other than Caucasian characters that are in the series?  I've read a lot of articles on the internet about this after Googling around, and none of the articles I read had any scientific evidence or research - it was just conjecture.  So, are there any actors/characters from racially diverse backgrounds? I'm hoping for canon evidence (pictures, links, quotes) from the book and/or TV show. In the case of actors, can you also list their role?    This is not intended as a racist question. I just want to know why, since the story takes place over a large area, there doesn't seem to be any diversity. Computer doesn't boot up, shows PXE error and/or "operating system not found", "no bootable device", "insert boot media", or other similar error My computer no longer boots Windows or the installed operating system. Instead, I may get this error:  PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable -or- Check cable connection!  PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.   and/or one of the following messages or similar:  Operating System not found  No boot device available- No bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility  No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key  No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot the machine  Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed  Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device   What does this mean and what can I do?     This question comes up often and the answers are usually the same. This post is meant to provide a definitive, canonical answer for this problem. Feel free to edit the answer to add additional details. Rewriting Triple Integral in different order How can I rewrite, say: $$\int^1_0\int^{z^2}_0\int^y_0{f}dxdydz$$ In the orders $dzdxdy$ and $dydzdx$?  Would I have to solve this triple integral all the way or is there a simple way to do this? What's the most efficient way to get experience? Now that experience does something besides render regions of a server uninhabitable due to  orb lag, what's the most efficient and safe way to get those excellent enchants?  A mob farmer may rank highly, but what about without tons of setup? A solid spherical cap of radius $R$ is the solid delimited by a sphere    of radius $R$ and a plane that intersects the sphere.   The height $h$ of the solid spherical cap is the largest distance from a point of the solid to the plane intersecting the sphere.   Show that the volume of a solid spherical cap is given by:  $$V = \frac{\pi h^2(3R-h)}{3}$$   It is enough to consider the solid spherical cap delimited by the sphere $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = R^2$ and the plane $z = R-h$  use triple integrals by spherical or cylindrical coordinates. Give me a few min to try it out. I have a table and I am always getting the data by ordering a column. In my case, I  order by datenum. However, the selection is so slow because of the ordering.  Is it possible to order the table after datenum. This column is defined as unique. If  defined as an index, would the selection will be faster? Constructing an explicit isomorphism between finite extensions of finite fields Suppose $K$ is a finite field, $K = \mathbb F_{p^s}$. If we take an irreducible polynomial $f$ of degree $d$ over $K$, then the splitting field $L$ of $f$ is $K(\alpha)$ where $f$ is the minimal polynomial of $\alpha$. But then $L = \mathbb F_{p^{sd}} $. Since $\mathbb F_{p^{sd}}$ is unique, we see that this is the splitting field of every irreducible polynomial of degree $d$ over $K$.   Take $K = \mathbb F_2$ and let $P(X) = X^3 + X + 1$, $Q(X) = X^3 + X^2 + 1$. Let $L$ be the splitting field of $P$ and $L&#39;$ be the splitting field of $Q$. The above tells us that $L$ and $L&#39;$ are isomorphic. I would like to construct an explicit isomorphism between $L$ and $L&#39;$.   I know that $L \cong \mathbb F_2[X] /(X^3 +X + 1)$ and $L&#39; \cong \mathbb F_2[X] / (X^3 + X^2 + 1)$. Intuitively, I want to find an isomorphism $\phi : \mathbb F_2[X] \to \mathbb F_2[X]$ such that $\phi((X^3 + X + 1)) = (X^3 + X^2 + 1)$. A little playing around gives me $\phi(X) = X+1$. It now feels like I'm falling at the last hurdle: how do I finish the construction of an isomorphism between $L$ and $L&#39;$? I don't think $\phi$ makes sense as a map from $L$ to $L&#39;$, yet it seems the map I want. How can I execute a terminal command (like grep) from my Objective-C Cocoa application? How Deep Are Bender's Insides? Bender often pulls large objects from his torso cupboard, but how deep or how much empty space is he capable of storing? Can he bend space around the perimeters of the frame of his torso's door? If that is the case, does it also bend time? I suppose he might bend in more ways than one... Why are only certain shutter speeds or apertures available? For the exposure control function DSLRs there are specific shutter speeds available. For example there are 1/4, 1/100, 1/500. Why, even in high end DSLRs, is there no option to use a custom shutter speed (such as 1/19)?   If the camera can do 1/4000, why can't it do 1/33?  Similarly, why are the aperture choices limited?  Why is it a technical challenge to add extra shutter speeds or aperture settings? "He committed a crime killing/by killing a bird" Which wording with kill should be used here:     He committed a crime (killing/by killing) a bird.   My guess is the answer would be by killing. But I am really confused with the answer killing.   My questions relating to this sentence are:   Which one is correct and why? (or are they both correct?) If one of them is incorrect, why is it incorrect? (or, if both of them are, why?) If they are both correct, what is the difference in meaning? If they are both correct, what is the difference in their grammar? I understand that people explain (in layman's terms at least) that the presence of mass "warps" space-time geometry, and this causes gravity. I have also of course heard the analogy of a blanket or trampoline bending under an object, which causes other objects to come together, but I always thought this was a hopelessly circular explanation because the blanket only bends because of "real" gravity pulling the object down and then pulling the other objects down the sloped blanket. In other words, to me, it seems that curved space wouldn't have any actual effect on objects unless there's already another force present.   So how is curved space-time itself actually capable of exerting a force (without some source of a fourth-dimensional force)?  I apologize for my ignorance in advance, and a purely mathematical explanation will probably go over my head, but if it's required I'll do my best to understand. Can a wizard choose where to place their soul piece when creating a horcrux? No group of order 400 is simple According to this question:  entire ruSO site shouldn't become hot. But I just saw the following while searching MSE:        Direct link to the question on ruSO:   Perhaps the HNQ filter works on question title (in the current case there are no non-Latin symbols) instead of site origin. Hence, according to the post mentioned before this behaviour should be interpreted as a bug.   However, I suggest to fix such "bug" by taking another feature request in mind: Is color undefined I want to check whether a color has been previously defined, consider the below code which doesn't execute.  \documentclass{article}  \usepackage{xcolor} \newcommand{\colorprovide}[2]{\ifx\undefined{#1}\colorlet{#1}{#2}\fi}  \begin{document}     %Initial Definition     \colorprovide{mycolor}{red}     \textcolor{mycolor}{Test 1}      %Will overwrite     \colorlet{mycolor}{green}     \textcolor{mycolor}{Test 2}      %Should NOT overwrite as it exists     \colorprovide{mycolor}{red}     \textcolor{mycolor}{Test 3} \end{document}   In other words and analogous to \providecommand{...} not renewing an existing command if it exists, I need a macro which will will NOT redefine a color if the color has already been defined.  The above code throws an error as the logical checking part \ifx\undefined... is incorrect. I have a default Blender cylinder positioned upright atop a ground plane:    How can I rig the cylinder so that can be animated to wiggle/jitter (perhaps procedurally with noise f-curve modifiers on two of its rotation axis) without penetrating the floor?    A simple parent-child relationship as in the image above is sufficient to rotate (and translate) the cylinder on 1 axis in either a positive OR negative direction.   I'm looking for a setup that would allow me easily to rotate the cylinder on two or even three axis in both a positive and negative direction.  I imagine this would be possible with some drivers applied to the XYZ coordinates using trigonometric equations but the math escapes me. It might also be possible using a particular bone setup with the correct constraints but my attempts to find something that works so far have not succeeded.  Thanks for your assistance. Boolean Modifiers not working normally When using a Boolean modifier on an object, the "Operation" choices (Difference, Union, Intersect) are all not working normally. Choosing "Union" makes it do the effect of "Intersect" and "Difference" makes it do what "Intersect" is supposed to do. What's the deal here?   This is happening with following a simple tutorial. It's a simple primitive cube and primitive cylinder. No normals or doubles problems.   My specs are:  Macbook Pro 13" Retina early 2015 512GB i7 with 16gb RAM upgrade OS-X version 10.11.4 Split seeds.rb into multiple sections?