How can someone invent a spell? Snape has invented Sectumsempra, we all know that. But what interests me is the act of making spell. If all spells are invented, what does it say about magic in HP-universe?
In the Harry Potter series, are wizards capable of creating their own spells, or are they limited to the spells that they're taught/learn?  I seem to remember something about Snape creating sectumsempra, but I'm not sure if that really is the case.
How can I set an external display (monitor) as the primary one? Currently the MacBook's display works as primary, so every application I open gets open on the 13" and I have to drag it to the 24". I also don't have access to the dock on my 24".  Is is possible to turn off the MacBook screen and use only the one attached via DVI?  (I've just connected my 24" HP LP2475w via Mini DisplayPort to DVI to my MacBook Pro 13", which works great except for this one thing.) For which values of $\alpha$ and $\beta$ does the integral $\int\limits_2^{\infty}\frac{dx}{x^{\alpha}\ln^{\beta}x}$ converge? I'm trying to find out for which values of $\alpha$ and $\beta$ the integral $\int\limits_2^{\infty}\frac{dx}{x^{\alpha}\ln^{\beta}x}$ does converge. I know that when $\alpha=1$ then $\beta$ must be greater than $1$. I tried to use integration by  parts but It didn't work, so I would appreciate some hints. Thanks in advance. I have a div 200 x 200 px. I want to place a 50 x 50 px image right in the middle of the div.   How can it be done?  I am able to get it centered horizontally by using text-align: center for the div. But vertical alignment is the issue.. "find: missing argument to `-exec'" when using "-exec rm -f {}\" KeyboardViewer app is saved from this AppleScript.  on run {input, parameters}     if application "KeyboardViewer" is running then         quit application "KeyboardViewer"     else          activate application "KeyboardViewer"     end if     return input end run   Dock toggle save. Adding shortcut to above, needs some work...   Syntax error Can’t set application "KeyboardViewer" to some object. Access not allowed.  tell application "System Events"     set application "KeyboardViewer" to (keystroke "K" using control down) end tell Did Michael Corleone ever get revenge against those who killed his wife? Did Michael Corleone ever get revenge against those who killed his wife?   I just watched the 3 Godfather movies again and I was not able to figure out who made the attempt on his life and in the process killing his wife with the car bomb Sicily in the first movie. I know it was one of his body guards that planted the bomb, but I could not get who was actually behind it. I am guessing it was probably the Barzini crime family for the killing of Virgil Sollozzo, but I am just making an assumption there and if in fact it was the Barzini crime family then obviously he did get his revenge. I was hoping someone could back this assumption up, or not.  So did Michael Corleone ever get revenge against those who killed his wife? Currently selected indicator's colour in flag summary and help pages, can be the same as the site's colour code Nautilus context menu for current directory when there's lots of files / "Open in Terminal" After MiKTeX update: suddenly all fonts (incl. existing path-referenced ttf files) are not found by fontspec / LuaLaTeX anymore As far as I know, only a player character's non-temporary ability scores are considered for taking feats, taking prestige classes, etc. Meanwhile, any ability bonus that comes from spells, or magic items that are in effect only while worn, is not counted (except tomes which increase abilities permanently).  So a Fighter with low Int who wants to qualify for Combat Expertise can't use spells or items that gives an Int bonus to raise it high enough to qualify. Is that right?  For example:  Say our fighter has Str 12, so he can not take the Power Attack feat. Suppose he asks for a spell from the wizard to make his Str 16, or to borrow a ring which provides +4 Str from another character. (Or any other method that will provide him a non-permanent bonus). His Str is now 16. Can he take Power Attack with that non-permanent bonus now? Because after the spell duration ends or he takes off the ring, his Str score will be to low again to qualify for Power Attack. Nothing shows up in the terminal when I type my password When I'm about to install a program in the terminal it wants the password:  [sudo] password for xxx:   But when I start to type my password nothing happens. What should I do? What is the best indicator in finding out whether a database is utilized or accessed?  I tried index statistics and  based on I/O utilization but none seem to be a good indicator.   Problem: I have a lot of databases on a development environment and due to space issues we are trying to decommission those that are not used without actually messing with the ones that are really needed. How is it possible that quantum phenomenons (e.g. superposition) are possible when all quantum particles are being constantly observed? I don't understand how quantum mechanics (and therefore also quantum computers) can work  given that while we work with quantum states, particles that this quantum state consist of cannot be observed, which is the most fundamental requirement.  If I am not mistaken, by "observed" we mean interaction with any other particle (photon, gluon, electron or whatever else). So my very important questions:   Aren't the particles this quantum state consists of interacting with each other? Why doesn't that cause the state to collapse? Aren't all particles in the universe interacting with Higgs field and gravitons etc? Why doesn't that cause every quantum state to collapse?   I feel there is something very fundamental in quantum mechanics that I am not aware of, hence I would be very pleased to have these questions answered. How to migrate from test environment to production environment? The migration is from the local environment to the production environment. The production environment has run some time and created a lot of articles.   In order to add new things to my site, I added a custom theme and installed CCK, Views and other modules in my local test environment. Now that the local test environment is finished, how do I migrate it to the production environment, without destroying the content of its database? Find all polynomials $P:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$ such that $$P(x^2)=P(x)^2 .$$   Here is what I tried:  First, it is easy to see the constant solutions, namely $P\equiv 0,P\equiv 1$.  Let $r$ be a root of $P$ (i.e. $P(r)=0$). It follows that all terms in the infinite sequence $r,r^2,r^4,\dots,r^{2n},\dots$ are roots of $P$. To avoid a polynomial with infinite roots, we have to have the sequence be periodic. So it turns out that either $r=0$, or the roots of $P$ are roots of unity of degree $2n$ for some $n\in\mathbb{N}$.  In the first case, we get $P(x)=xQ(x)$. Plugging in, we get $$x^2Q(x^2)=x^2Q(x)^2\implies Q(x^2)=Q(x)^2 ,$$ i.e. that $Q$ satisfies the same condition as $P$.  In the second case, we have $P(x)=(x^{2n}-1)Q(x)$. Plugging in, we get $(x^{2n}-1)Q(x^2)=(x^{2n}-2x^n+1)Q(x)^2$. I was not sure how to proceed from here. While studying I read about the principle of underdetermination of scientific theories. I made some researches online but I am more confused than before. I read about the Quine-Duhem holistic thesis, but I do not know if is the same as underdetermination. Checking from shell script if a directory contains files From a shell script, how do I check if a directory contains files?  Something similar to this  if [ -e /some/dir/* ]; then echo "huzzah"; fi;   but which works if the directory contains one or several files (the above one only works with exactly 0 or 1 files). How are Stack Exchange sites officially branded? How are sites in the Stack Exchange network, including Stack Overflow, officially branded? How are their names abbreviated? What conventions should be used in the FAQ? Align images with text without using tables This is a  about Active Directory domain naming.   After experimenting with Windows domains and domain controllers in a virtual environment, I've realized that having an active directory domain named identically to a DNS domain is bad idea (Meaning that having example.com as an Active Directory name is no good when we have the example.com domain name registered for use as our website).   , but I'm still not sure about what other rules there are around naming Active Directory domains.  Are there any best practices on what an Active Directory name should or shouldn't be?