When cast at 3rd level, dispel magic ends a spell that is currently affecting the target:  Choose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends. For each spell of 4th level or higher on the target, make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a successful check, the spell ends.  Notably, this does not work on effects from spells with instantaneous duration, as those spells have already ended. But when cast at 4th level or higher, it appears as though it should end spell effects from spells having Instantaneous duration:  When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you automatically end the effects of a spell on the target if the spell's level is equal to or less than the level of the spell slot you used.  Is this the correct ruling? Does a 4th level dispel magic end spell effects from instantaneous duration spells?
has a duration of instantaneous. However, it also produces an ongoing effect, and the spell's text describes when this effect ends (emphasis added):  At the end of every 30 days, the creature can repeat its saving throw against this spell. If it succeeds on its saving throw, the spell ends. The spell can also be ended by greater restoration, heal, or wish.  The fact that the text refers to the spell ending, as opposed to just &quot;the effect&quot; or something similar, implies that it produces an ongoing magical spell effect, which can be dispelled using Dispel Magic. However, it has also been argued that any effects that persist beyond a spell's stated duration cannot be considered magical (with the classic example being fires started by a Fireball spell). Applying this rule to Feeblemind, it shouldn't have any ongoing effects since its duration is instantaneous. So, which is it? Are the ongoing effects of Feeblemind considered magical and therefore susceptible to effects like Dispel Magic, or are are they simply the lingering result of the initial shattering of the creature's intellect and personality? (Note that the final sentence quoted above does not by itself rule out Dispel Magic and other ways of ending the spell. It gives additional options for ending the spell, but it doesn't say these are the only options.)
I dont quite understand how pipes work in bash.  I know that it takes an output from one command as the input in another command.  What an output is I can get because it's what the command prints out to the screen.  But how do I know what input a command will take?  Here is an example I thought would work:  which gem | rm   Unfortunately it didn't.  Which gem prints out /usr/bin/gem so that must be the output right?  I thought that was given to rm so it woud be rm /usr/bin/gem but I was wrong.  So my question is, how do I know what input a command takes? Javascript parseInt() with leading zeros Prove that for any positive integer $n$,       $$n^{1/n}  &lt; 1 + \sqrt{\frac{2}{n}}.$$   This due to Victor Linis, Eureka, Vol. 2, No. 2, February 1976, p. 29.   Hint:      Use the binomial theorem. Best practice when analysing pre-post treatment-control designs Imagine the following common design:   100 participants are randomly allocated to either a treatment or a control group the dependent variable is numeric and measured pre- and post- treatment   Three obvious options for analysing such data are:   Test the group by time interaction effect in mixed ANOVA Do an ANCOVA with condition as the IV and the pre- measure as the covariate and post measure as the DV Do a t-test with condition as the IV and pre-post change scores as the DV   Question:    What is the best way to analyse such data?  Are there reasons to prefer one approach over another? How to add an image to a JPanel? I have a  to which I'd like to add JPEG and PNG images that I generate on the fly.  All the examples I've seen so far in the , specially in the  use ImageIcons.  I'm generating these images as byte arrays, and they are usually larger than the common icon they use in the examples, at 640x480.   Is there any (performance or other) problem in using the ImageIcon class to display an image that size in a JPanel? What's the usual way of doing it? How to add an image to a JPanel without using the ImageIcon class?   Edit: A more careful examination of the tutorials and the API shows that you cannot add an ImageIcon directly to a JPanel. Instead, they achieve the same effect by setting the image as an icon of a JLabel. This just doesn't feel right... Looking for a book series about a girl and her friends captured and sold as slaves Showing directional line symbol in ArcGIS for Desktop? Is this possible in ArcGIS to have variable number of arrows on the line to show direction?  This is an ArcGIS example, where I can have fixed (1,2,3,4,5...) number of arrows and it stays the same doesn't matter what the line length is. First and last always stick to the end, doesn't help with network mapping, where there is usually the node to show. Having just one in the middle is never enough, check line at the right...   No such issues with ArcView 3: How to open recovered files in word? My computer restarted while I was asleep because of system updates (need to turn that off), and when I opened up Word the first time after it restarted, it gave me a pane on the left hand side that showed me all the documents I had opened.  I chose one of the documents but I want to open them all, how can I bring that pane back?    Update:  I forgot to mention I'm on Word 2007.  I've found that if you go to      C:\Users*YOURUSER*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word   you can see the autorecovery files.  Mine are still in there, but I don't want to touch them, I'd rather bring back that pane and do it right just in case they disappear as soon as I double click haha... Can I kill an indestructible creature with -X/-X and sufficient damage marked on it? Can I hit a 4/4 indestructible creature with a  (3 damage) and give it -1/-1 with  to kill it? (Does it matter which way around I cast those?)  I read  here and it says, damage is removed in cleanup step, so it should be on the creature still after both spells.     702.12. Indestructible   702.12a Indestructible is a static ability.   702.12b A permanent with indestructible can’t be destroyed. Such permanents aren’t destroyed by lethal damage, and they ignore the state-based action that checks for lethal damage (see rule 704.5g).   702.12c Multiple instances of indestructible on the same permanent are redundant. Having different horizontally  distributed equations inside an align environment, only lines are numbered, but not individual equations.    How can the left equations be numbered using subequations? See also the question   \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document}   \begin{subequations}     \begin{align}        %\label{a}         a &amp;= a ,&amp;       \label{b}         b &amp;= b ,\\       %\label{c}         c &amp;= c ,&amp;       \label{d}       d &amp;= d .     \end{align}   \end{subequations} \end{document}     The solution should be able to either:    attach a label to the left equations, or modify the labels on the right to read (1a,b) and (1c,d)    I couldn't find anything in the documentation of amsmath or other packages. English equivalent for the Persian idiom "send someone out in pursuit of black chickpeas" "To send somebody out in pursuit of some black " is a Persian idiom that implies 'to make or ask someone to run an errand so that you be able to have/ buy some time in order to deal with your private affairs in their absence', like having or continuing a (secret) conversation with someone else.   According to its etymology, since 'black garbanzos/chickpeas' were rarely available in the markets, when someone wanted to buy them, they had to search many stores for a long time, and most of time they couldn't find them at all.   Today, its meaning has changed somehow, and it doesn't necessarily mean that we ask someone to run an impossible errand, but it means we use that errand as an excuse to send them away for a while just to have time to do something in their absence.   Example scenario:   Suppose your classmate has come to your house and you are talking about some girly issues in the sitting room. Now you want to tell her a big secret about one of your classmates, but not in the presence of your younger sister who is sitting there too. So you ask her to go to the market and buy some snacks for you. In this way, you will have some time to continue your conversation until she is back. So you might say to your friend:     Well, I sent my sister out in pursuit of some black chickpeas.  I'm sure that she won't be back for another 15 minutes, so we can talk more freely now."   And your sister, before leaving the house, might sarcastically say to you:     Okay, but I know this is just an excuse, and you are just sending me in pursuit of some black chickpeas!!! so don't think that you can fool me!   Is there any idiom, expression or proverb that conveys the same meaning or connotation in English (i.e. to make or ask someone to do an errand just in order to buy time so that you can deal with some of your private affairs)?   I have found to be/go on  but I'm not sure if I can use it or not. software updater failed to download repository information When I run software updater it says that it failed to download repository information and to check Internet connectivity.  I have Internet connectivity.  How do I fix this?  editing to add content of sources,list:  sorry I can't figure out how to paste in the content of sources.list without making a huge mess.  Some of it previews as really large bold print.  I tried to follow the block quoting and code rules but it is a huge mess anyway. How do I install Adobe Air using "Ubuntu Software Centre" I tried:   Launching Ubuntu Software Centre I typed in "air" and found "adobe air" It says "available from the 'maverick-partner' source. and has a button "use this source" I clicked "use this source", I saw a "in progress (1)" icon come up in the side bar, and disappear, but nothing happened/changed.   I'm stuck.  I have actually already added the maverick-partner source to apt so I could install sun-java6-jdk. Finding the limit of $(1-\cos(x))/x$ as $x\to 0$ with squeeze theorem How do I find:  $$ \lim_{x\to0}\frac{1-\cos(x)}{x} $$  Using the squeeze theorem.  Particularly, how would I arrive at its bounding functions?   If possible, please try not to use derivatives. Pass in an array of Deferreds to $.when() Video grid with vstack and hstack Proving a direct product of groups is a group I am trying to prove the following and am looking toward the math.stackexchange community to comment on whether I am on the right track or not. Thank you in advance.    Let $n \geq 1$ be an integer. Suppose $\{G_1,...,G_n\}$ is a finite set of groups. Define the set $G = G_1 \times G_2 \times ... \times G_n$ of ordered n-tuples $(g_1,g_2,...,g_n)$ where $g_i \in G_i$. Show that the operation $\bullet$: $G \times G \rightarrow G$ given by $(g_1,g_2,...,g_n) \bullet (g'_1,g'_2,...,g'_n) = (g_1g'_1,g_2g'_2,...,g_ng'_n)$ makes $G$ into a group.    Proof of associativity: $((g_1,g_2,...,g_n) \bullet (g'_1,g'_2,...g'_n)) \bullet (g''_1,g''_2,...,g''_n)$ = $(g_1g'_1,g_2g'_2,...,g_ng'_n) \bullet (g''_1,g''_2,...,g''_n) $ = $(g_1g'_1g''_1,g_2g'_2g''_2,...,g_ng'_ng''_n)$ = $(g_1,g_2,...,g_n) \bullet (g'_1g''_1,g'_2g''_2,...,g'_ng''_n) = (g_1,g_2,...,g_n) \bullet ((g'_1,g'_2,...,g'_n) \bullet (g''_1,g''_2,...,g''_n))$  \  Proof of the existence of an identity For each $G_i \in G$, take its identity element $e_i$ and multiply it as follows: $(g_1,g_2,...,g_n) \bullet (e_1,e_2,...,e_3)$ = $(g_1,g_2,...,g_n)$.  \  Proof of the existence of an inverse: Since each $G_i \in G$ is a group, simply takes its multiplicative inverse $g_i^{-1}$ and multiply it: $(g_1,g_2,...,g_n) \bullet (g_1^{-1},g_2^{-1},...,g_n^{-1}) = (e_1,e_2,...,e_n)$. is $\sqrt{x}$ always positive? How can I convert the binary string $x_bin="0001001100101" to its numeric value $x_num=613 in Perl? Density of sum of two independent uniform random variables on $[0,1]$ I am trying to understand an example from my textbook.  Let's say $Z = X + Y$, where $X$ and $Y$ are independent uniform random variables with range $[0,1]$. Then the PDF is $$f(z) = \begin{cases} z &amp; \text{for $0 &lt; z &lt; 1$} \\ 2-z &amp; \text{for $1 \le z &lt; 2$} \\ 0 &amp; \text{otherwise.} \end{cases}$$  How was this PDF obtained?   Thanks