Which one sounds better?     (A) Ask her if she will go with us   OR      (B) Ask her whether she will go with us (or not)
Are if and whether equivalent in sentences like the ones below?     How to determine if my saddle is too high?   How to determine whether my saddle is too high?         We should check if everything is okay now.   We should check whether everything is okay now.
is it problematic to cluster across two datacenters w/aag? In general is it problematic to cluster across two datacenters that are up to 15-miles apart?  For this one particular project the approach is the following?   2-Node Failover Cluster across two datacenters, one node per datacenter local SAN disks, no shared disks 'Node and FileShare Majority' at third location on-campus employ AAG, failover will be manual; asynchronous mode   Is anyone implementing something like this with success??!?  Thanks so much for the help!! Why aren't these loops homotopic? Let $S^1 = \{z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| = 1\}$.  Take the loops $f,g : [0,1] \rightarrow S^1$, $f(t) = 1$, $g(t) = e^{2\pi it}$.  I know these represent different elements in $\pi_1(S^1, 1)$, but I don't see why $F(t,s) = e^{2\pi its}$ isn't a homotopy between $f$ and $g$. A question about long exact sequence of finite dim vector spaces Q) Prove that if $0\rightarrow V_1\rightarrow V_2\rightarrow...\rightarrow V_k\rightarrow 0$ is an exact sequence of finite dimensional vector spaces, then $\sum_{i=1}^{k}(-1)^idim (V_i) = 0$.  For $k=3$, I see that the statement is true. For $k&gt;3$, am I correct in understanding that $V_2 = V_1\oplus V_3 (\implies dim(V_2)=dim(V_1)+dim(V_3))$ and $V_3 = V_2\oplus V_4(\implies dim(V_3)=dim(V_2)+dim(V_4))$ and so on?   If it is true, then for $k=4$, $\sum_{i=1}^{4}(-1)^idim (V_i) = -m_1+m_1+m_3-m_2-m_4+m_4$ and am not sure why $m_2=m_3$ for the sum to be $0$? where $m_i = dim(V_i)$. Thanks. Detecting an undefined object property What's the best way of checking if an object property in JavaScript is undefined? Can we please move the  "Start a bounty" link to be in the same location as all of the other action buttons? It makes no sense to me for this to be buried after the comments - It's an action on the Question. It can be very difficult to locate, especially when your question gets .  I don't think this should be that difficult to implement - it's just moving the location of a design element. Can we please get this button moved? Adjectives and nouns to describe an answer that doesn't answer the question? What is a "static" function in C? The question was about plain  functions, not  static methods, as clarified in comments.  I understand what a static variable is, but what is a static function?  And why is it that if I declare a function, let's say void print_matrix, in let's say a.c (WITHOUT a.h) and include "a.c" -  I get "print_matrix@@....) already defined in a.obj", BUT if I declare it as static void print_matrix then it compiles?  UPDATE Just to clear things up - I know that including .c is bad, as many of you pointed out. I just do it to temporarily clear space in main.c until I have a better idea of how to group all those functions into proper .h and .c files. Just a temporary, quick solution. How can phone companies detect tethering (incl. Wifi hotspot) Pointer vs. Reference What would be better practice when giving a function the original variable to work with:  unsigned long x = 4;  void func1(unsigned long&amp; val) {      val = 5;             } func1(x);   or:  void func2(unsigned long* val) {      *val = 5; } func2(&amp;x);   IOW: Is there any reason to pick one over another? I've always been taught to put myself last when referring to myself in the same sentence as others but the usage of "me and..." seems to be everywhere these days. The misuse of the word "me" instead of "I" aside, is there some new rule I haven't heard of? Shouldn't we put ourselves last regardless of the "me"/"I" usage?  Examples of "correct" usage:      My friends and I went for some ice   cream. Did you see my friends and me   at the ice cream stand?   Examples of "incorrect" usage:     Me and my friends went for some ice   cream. Did you see me and my friends   at the ice cream stand?   Note: I was also taught that the only person who could put themselves first was the queen. How do I properly access Windows software RAID 0? I am a new Ubuntu user with a fresh installation, and am eager to get started with it. However, all of my important data is on Windows software RAID 0 array, and I need it to stay there as I'm also dual booting Windows. I need access to this data on Ubuntu, and can't really get anything real done until I have access.  I have already researched this subject as best as I could, and I managed to find a very helpful post:      The post describes how to get Ubuntu to see a Windows RAID 0 array that is made up of two drives. The main command used is sudo mdadm --build /dev/md0 --chunk=64 --level=0 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdd2 /dev/sdc2. According to that user, and the other posters in the thread, it actually does work. That's great.  I have not tried following these instructions yet. Why? The post includes a warning about how you must not write to it if you enter the wrong chunk size; it's understandable how that could cause problems. My concern is that my setup is different to their example, and I am not sure that the commands should be entered exactly the same for my setup. I am afraid to break it by doing it wrong, and therefore wish to get the advice of somebody more experienced.  This is how my setup differs from their example:   I have three 1 TB drives, not two drives (of whatever size they used). I have two RAID 0 partitions spread across those three drives: one 500 GB and 2.3 TB. This means that I need to NOT use the full disks when creating the RAID array, but instead use just part of them. I used a non-default block size for at least one of my RAID 0 partitions when I set them up years ago. I have no idea if this block size is the same as the chunk size that they mention. My 500 GB partition has a block size of 4 kb (4096 bytes per cluster), and my 2.3 TB partition has a block size of 64 kb (65536 bytes per cluster).   The relevant output from sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL (for just those three RAID0 drives) is:  NAME   FSTYPE   SIZE MOUNTPOINT            LABEL sdb           931.5G             ├─sdb1            1M             ├─sdb2          127M             └─sdb3        931.4G             sdc           931.5G             ├─sdc1            1M             ├─sdc2          127M             └─sdc3        931.4G             sdd           931.5G             ├─sdd1        166.7G             └─sdd2        764.7G    The relevant output from cat /proc/partitions (for just those three RAID0 drives) is:  8       16  976762584 sdb 8       17       1024 sdb1 8       18     130048 sdb2 8       19  976631478 sdb3 8       32  976762584 sdc 8       33       1024 sdc1 8       34     130048 sdc2 8       35  976631478 sdc3 8       48  976762584 sdd 8       49  174763008 sdd1 8       50  801865728 sdd2   The "Disks" program in Ubuntu displays the following partitions for my drives:  /dev/sdb:   GUID Partition Table . /dev/sdb1:  1.0 MB, Microsoft LDM metadata. /dev/sdb2:  133 MB, Microsoft Reserved. /dev/sdb3:  1.0 TB, Microsoft LDM data. /dev/sdc:   GUID Partition Table partitioning. /dev/sdc1:  1.0 MB, Microsoft LDM metadata. /dev/sdc2:  133 MB, Microsoft Reserved. /dev/sdc3:  1.0 TB, Microsoft LDM data. /dev/sdd:   Master Boot Record partitioning. /dev/sdd1:  179 GB, Unknown. /dev/sdd2:  821 GB, Unknown. /dev/sdd:   136 MB, Unallocated space.   I hope I've provided enough information here. So now, my question is this: what is the proper command for me to enter with my setup, so that I can access both of my Windows RAID 0 partitions from Ubuntu?  Thank you very much in advance. Given the pdf $f(y\mid\theta) = \theta y^{\theta - 1}1_{0<y<1}$, show $E\left(\frac{1}{2\theta\sum_{i = 1}^n W_i}\right) = \frac{1}{2(n-1)}$ How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed? I installed some version of Ubuntu on my VMware, but I don't know what version exactly it is. How can I find it out? Should my first trip be to the country which issued my Schengen Visa? In case, if I get a multiple-entry Schengen visa in one of the embassies in Ukraine, Kyiv - should my first trip be to the country which issued the visa?  Any there any requirements of this sort? Does this condition vary depending on embassy which issued the visa?  What are the possible consequences on not visiting that country first? Does it somehow depend on country where the embassy is (i.e. non-Schengen and not EU members)? How to setup Java-Home and Path in Ubuntu 12.04 Solve the integeral equation (C.S.I.R) Let $\lambda_1, \lambda_2$ be the eigen value and $f_1 , f_2$ be the coressponding eigen  functions for the homogeneous integeral equation  $$ \phi(x) - \lambda \int_0^1 (xt +2x^2) \phi(t) dt = 0 $$  Then   $\lambda_1 = -18 - 6 \sqrt{10} , \lambda_2 = -18 + 6 \sqrt{10}$ $\lambda_1 = -36 - 12 \sqrt{10} , \lambda_2 = -36 + 12 \sqrt{10}$ $\int_0^1f_1(x)f_2(x) dx = 1$ $\int_0^1f_1(x)f_2(x) dx = 0$   I have solved simply and get the values of $\lambda_1 \ \ and \ \ \lambda_2$ belong to (1).  Please tell me about (3) and (4) option.  Thank you. Which transformations are canonical? Which transformations are ? Change section command in article In the document class article how do I change the command \section to behave exactly like the command \chapter in the document class book? i.e. write Chapter # and then the title and also leave some empty space at the top of the page.  Sorry if my question is not clearly stated and if this question might already exist but I couldn't find anything. Cross-thread operation not valid: Control accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on The phrase for when: working in a group to divide responsibility and reduce malicious intent