For some reason when i render my scene in Blender my minecraft grass texture has a black background, not all the grass has the black background but most do and it is an annoyance. I just want to know how to fix it. I didn't change any settings, and I can't seem to find a solution anywhere after googling for an hour. There is a video how ever it is using Blender Render, and I am using Cycles.
Using v2.73, cycles and a very simple scene: an array of cubes, no big deal.   If I set the shader's material to transparent, the cubes in the foreground do become transparent but those far away in the back do not disappear completely and this strange dark things appear (visible in rendered mode and in final renders)    I've played with the clipping distance on the viewport and camera, but I can't figure out how to make those ghosts go away...
If I'm standing at the equator, jump, and land 1 second later, the  Earth does NOT move 1000mph (or .28 miles per second) relative to me,  since my velocity while jumping is also 1000mph.   However, the Earth is moving in a circle (albeit a very large one),  while I, while jumping, am moving in a straight line.   How much do I move relative to my starting point because of this? I  realize it will be a miniscule amount, and not noticeable in practise,  but I'd be interested in the theoretical answer. How to change account profile picture? I can't believe I have to ask this...but, how do I change my account profile picture in Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop? One would think it would be under the "User Accounts" section. From      Glueballs are predicted by quantum chromodynamics to be massive, notwithstanding the fact that gluons themselves have zero rest mass in the Standard Model. Glueballs with all four possible combinations of quantum numbers P (parity) and C (c-parity) for every possible total angular momentum have been considered, producing at least fifteen possible glueball states including excited glueball states that share the same quantum numbers but have differing masses with the lightest states having masses as low as 1.4 GeV/c2 (for a glueball with quantum numbers J=0, P=+, C=+), and the heaviest states having masses as great as almost 5 GeV/c2 (for a glueball with quantum numbers J=0, P=+, C=-).   Rather than going through a list of possible mechanisms that unfortunately I know next to nothing about, such as can the mass be attributed to virtual quarks, or binding energy between the gluons, I would rather leave the question as in the title to find out as much as I can.  Also, although the SM is firmly established, would the discovery of Glueballs buttress it further?  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I'll give an example of the kinda scenarios this is relevant for: Can  activate her first ability when no untapped cards are around? Or, thinking untap-effects, could I bounce a forest with  even when there isn't a tapped creature available?  Notice that, unlike the previous batch of examples, the wording on these lacks the clause restricting their use to un/tapped permanents - does that mean that they aren't?  Any kind of clarification would be greatly appreciated here. I have a 12-hour layover in Istanbul. Will I be able to leave the airport to do some sightseeing in the city? I'm flying to Barcelona from Israel via Istanbul. The layover in Istanbul is 12 hours, and I'm thinking about leaving the airport and entering the country for a couple of hours. Would that be possible? Are there any Border/Airline restrictions?  I'm Traveling with Turkish airlines, and hold a passport which does not require a visa to enter Turkey.  I've done this in the past, but only inside the Schengen area, so this question is Turkey-specific. cd into all directories, execute command on files in that directory, and return to previous current directory I'm attempting to write a script that will be run in a given directory with many single level sub directories. The script will cd into each of the sub directories, execute a command on the files in the directory, and cd out to continue onto the next directory. What is the best way to do this? I have a scrbook document with an openright option, i.e. every once in a while a blank left page appears in the document. Not that I really want to do this, but how could I include the infamous "This page has been intentionally left blank" in those blank pages cleanly, i.e. without too many hacks?  Bonus points for including a different famous quote on each blank page instead of the dull default ;) Including the interaction but not the main effects in a model How to get the list of properties of a class? Why is this true?  $(\exists x)(P(x) \Rightarrow (\forall y) P(y))$ sci-fi book where a meteorite gives 3 different kinds of telepathic powers to people who then vie for control 3 groups of telepaths each with different powers.  They received their powers from a meteorite.  One group is the strongest and are kind of in control.  Another group wants to gain control.  One group, I believe the strongest, have telepathic battles to determine the strength of one another conjuring up swords, walls, etc. in their minds. It was written by a lawyer.  Could have been written in the ‘80s, or earlier.