Should UI be phrased positively or negatively?
Should we avoid negative words when writing error messages?
Reputation for graph is off by a day So when we view reputation, there is graph view. However, it seems to be off by a day. Here's what I mean:   I'm sure 70 + 20 + 15 is not 15. Its 105, which is what we see below:   And 40 + 10 is NOT 105, unless you did  :)     Anyways 40 + 10 is 50:   So yeah. Did you do what that post on codegolf says? Devs better fix that :) How do I send all information in /var/adm/message file to a remote system? I'm trying to figure out how to send all information that is normally identified in the /var/adm/message file on a Solaris system to a remote system. Given that   $x^x = y$; and  given some value for $y$   is there a way to expressly solve that equation for $x$? I have recently submitted a paper to arXiv, but the arXiv moderators put my paper in status "on hold", because they have to make a decision on the right classification for the paper.   To those who have experienced a similar situation, how long did it take before they made a decision and published the paper on the arXiv? I just want to have an idea of how long I will have to wait. Simple logic problem: Finding largest and smallest number among 3 numbers How to say that you have plans to go to the movies tonight (but you are not sure yet, maybe you will have a pizza)? I mean there are options:     I am going to the cinema tonight.   Way too much certainty in this. For me it means that you have already bought tickets, the least.     I am going to go to the cinema tonight.   Sounds a bit awkward.     I will go to the cinema tonight.   Sounds too formal to me. Recursivly Deleted Root Directory I recursively deleted the contents of my root directory with sudo privileges. My display reset, and windowing stopped working. I could no longer run non-buitin commands. Most of my directories (including the home directory disappeared).  What I meant to run:  sudo rm ./* -rf   What I believe I ran:  sudo rm /* -rf   I understand how this command works (see ).  I'm trying to get a better sense of how much (and what parts) of the original files and directory-structure physically remains on the hard-drive.  How much of these "remains" are recoverable? E.g is it possible to use data recovery software like TestDisk/PhotoRec to recover the full home dir itself? What about config files? Possible Duplicate:             What is correct? The jury was divided or The jury were divided? I am told that the latter is accurate because all of the jury do not have the same opinion in the particular case. Then, how does the subject verb agreement fit in 'The jury is still out' ? I mean, 'The jury is out' would allude to a situation were the opinion on a matter is (are?) still divided. The rank of Jacobian matrix at a point of affine variety is independent of choice of generators The final state of 1000 light bulbs switched on/off by 1000 people passing by There are  1000  light bulbs and 1000 tutors. All light bulbs are off. Tutor 1 goes flipping light bulb 1,2,3,4... tutor 2 then flips 2,4,6,8... tutor 3 then 3,6,9...etc until all 1000 tutors have done this.  What is the status of light bulb 25? 93? 576?  Is there a general solution to find out the status of any light bulb?  How many light bulbs are on after all 1000 tutors have gone by?  Not homework but a UK university interview question. Please help. Could humans choose to establish fibre digesting colonies in our guts? Humans don't digest fibre, and nor do any animals, but some creatures have micro-organisms (bacteria, I'm guessing) in their gut which digest fibre for them.  My question is, could humans take some sort of pill and establish our own fibre-digesting colonies in our intestines?  Has this been tried?  Supposing it could be done, would you suppose it would have any negative effects on our health?  (i.e.. would those whose gut digested fibre for them be stuck on a low-fibre diet?).    Purpose of question: just wondering.  It would be cool to be able to eat bark. Create WiFi hotspot on ubuntu Although many questions have already been asked regarding WiFi hotspot, I didn't get any of the solutions working for me.  I connect to the Internet using a 3G Dongle of Huawei 3772 (Vodafone). The connection type is Mobile Broadband connection. I have to share this Internet connection with my other devices like mobile phones and laptops.  How can I create a WiFi hotspot connection for this connection.  I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  I would like to note that I have already tried some help links from Ubuntu but, they are so confusing that I could not understand them. What is the difference between the examples below?  Generally, in a newspaper, news is based on past tense (things which have already happened).   Then why are headlines written in ways that says: He Kills (shouldn't it be: He Killed)?  For example:  Parliament passes bill vs. Parliament passed bill  Also  He kills his friend vs. He killed his friend  Please help. Why is the picture not inserted? When I pdflatex the text below it doesn't insert the picture, but writes the name of the file instead (pic).  And the geometry line gives the error  ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.   The picture I am using is at  and the floatrow package .  Question  Can anyone see what is wrong?  Text  \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \pdfpagewidth=\paperwidth \pdfpageheight=\paperheight \usepackage{aeguill} \pdfcompresslevel=9 \usepackage[pdftex,colorlinks]{hyperref}  \usepackage{a4} \usepackage{fixltx2e} \usepackage[danish]{babel} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  \usepackage[draft]{graphicx} \usepackage{floatrow}  \usepackage{geometry}  \geometry{margin=10pt,paperwidth=\textwidth+20pt,paperheight=\textheight+20pt}  \begin{document}  The first paragraph.  \begin{figure}   \includegraphics{pic} \end{figure}  And the second.  \end{document} Pressure and weight? (hydrostatic paradox) Consider two different shaped containers having same area: one is cylinder, the other is like an inverted pyramid (roughly). Both have the same level of water, the weight of the inverted pyramidal container will therefore be greater than that of the cylinder. But I know from Pascal's law that the pressure should be same in both containers. If the base areas are the same then the force (weight as measured by a scale) should also be the same. Why are the weights different? Drawing function in tikzpicture What is an intuitive explanation of the Expectation Maximization technique? How to prevent page breaking for lstinputlistings? Evaluate $\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin (6x)}{\sin(2x)}$ without L'Hopital If one were to take a similar path as  in shooting candid street photography today, should they be concerned about laws or other realistic norms of today? I am wondering specifically in the US speaking broadly of all states. I am not looking for legal advice, but anything that one photographer to another would caution against as potentially being grey or obviously illegal.  Similar previous question: