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For example, in a novel, if someone is so powerful that no one can stop him, something like this would be said:     He [insert word] in the continent [or some other location].   "Moved unhinderedly" somewhat fits it, but it doesn't really seem like the right term.  The word I'm looking for describes a few things:   Should have an implication that the person himself is powerful That person can go wherever he wishes to, and cannot be stopped because of his strength That person can do whatever he wishes to, and like above, cannot be stopped because of his strength   The other word I have is "swept", i.e.:     He swept through the continent.   I used "swept" because when you sweep the floor, nothing stops you and everything is swept away, similar to the example. However, the dictionary definitions don't match up, so that isn't the word either.  Any suggestions? Call native javascript function that has been "erased" by the web page Problem with patching babel package I am trying to use babel and biblatex package together but I am getting following error:    ! Package biblatex Error: Patching 'babel' package failed.    This is my code example:  \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside,openright]{book} \usepackage{cmap} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[slovak]{babel} \usepackage{xpatch} \usepackage{csquotes} \usepackage{biblatex} \begin{document} \enquote{quote} \end{document}   I would need the result look like this:    Well, it seems like I could get rid of the error when using xpatch package, but it works only when I delete 'slovak' option for babel package. That way the result look like this:    Please, is there any workaround for this problem? I am really stuck in this. Let $F,G,H$ be groups such that $F\trianglelefteq G \trianglelefteq H$.  I am asked whether we necessarily have $F\trianglelefteq H$. I think the answer is no but I cannot find any counterexample with usual groups. Is there a simple case where this property is not true? How to force the user to download a file, not to view it? As a physics student, I have occasionally run across the gamma function  $$\Gamma(n) \equiv \int_0^{\infty}t^{n-1}e^{-t} \textrm{d}t = (n-1)!$$  when we want to generalize the concept of a factorial.  Why not define the gamma function so that   $$\Gamma(n) = n!$$  instead?  I realize either definition is equally good, but if someone were going to ask me to choose one, I would choose the second option.  Are there some areas of mathematics where the accepted definition looks more natural?  Are there some formulas that work out more cleanly with the accepted definition? I've grown quite fond of HTTP reverse proxies in our development environment and found the DNS based virtual host reverse proxy quite useful. Having only one port (and the standard one) open on the firewall makes it much easier for management.  I'd like to find something similar to do SSH connections but haven't had much luck. I'd prefer not to simply use SSH tunneling since that requires opening port ranges other than the standard. Is there anything out there that can do this?  Could HAProxy do this? Uncertainty principle and multiple observers My understanding is that an observer can measure the precise location of a particle so long as the corresponding uncertainty in momentum measurement is not an issue and vice-versa.    Say there is such an observer, interested in the precise position of a particular particle.  Now, consider a second, independent observer, unbeknownst to the first, who is trying to measure the exact momentum of the same particle without caring about the position.  As a thought experiment, we assume that the two observers are somehow able to access the same particle at the same time in some way without being aware of each other.  Can both observers get their desired results? Is there a way to execute JavaScript in Perl? Correct usage for "all you need is/are..." Can Windows use a Linux shell instead of cmd? I was wondering if it is somehow technologically possible for Windows to add some sort of Linux interface?  I think it would win over many programmers to develop on Windows.  Any ideas on this? Bash script to remove the oldest file from from a folder I want to make a bash script to delete the older file form a folder. Every time when I run the script will be deleted only one file, the older one. Can you help me with this? Thanks Compute the moment generating function of $Y = X_1X_2 + X_1X_3 + X_2X_3$ Can a sequence which decays more slowly still yield a converging series? In Bergman's companion notes to Rudin, he says that "If a sequence of positive terms has convergent sum, so does every sequence of positive terms which decays more rapidly." So given a sequence $\{a_n\}$ of positive terms such that $\sum_n a_n$ converges, if $\{b_n\}$ is such that $$ \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{a_n}{b_n} = +\infty, $$ then $\sum_nb_n$ converges. I can prove this given $\{a_n\}$ and $\{b_n\}$. However, can we find $b_n$ which decays more slowly, i.e. $$ \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{b_n}{a_n} = +\infty $$ such that $\sum_n b_n$ converges?  Similarly, we have the claim "if a sequence of positive terms has divergent sum, then so does every sequence of positive terms which decays more slowly." t-test or z-test: assume normality or s≈σ? Let's say I have a large sample ($n&gt;30$) with mean $\bar{X}$ and standard deviation $S$. I can calculate only: $T=\frac{\bar{X}-\mu}{S/\sqrt{n}}$.  If I want to use t-test for a hypothesis, then I have to assume normality of the population. If I want to use z-test for a hypothesis, then I have to assume that $\boldsymbol{s\approx\sigma}$.  What is the less important assumption? What test should I do? Should I do t-test, z-test or doesn't matter? Chrome: remove URL from autocomplete which doesn't show up in history? I accidentally visited gist.gihub.com (note the missing t), and now that URL auto completes each time I start typing gist.…. How can I remove this URL?  I've tried removing it from my history, but that doesn't help:     (note the empty search results) By integration by parts and the substitution $x = \sin t$ we can easily calculate the integral $\int_{0}^{1} \ln (x+ \sqrt{1-x^2})dx$ which equals to $\sqrt{2} \ln (\sqrt{2} +1) -1.$ I’ve tried to use the same substitution $x = \sin t$ to calculate the integral $ \int_{0}^{1} \frac {\ln (x+ \sqrt{1-x^2})}{x}dx,$ which becomes $$ \int_{0}^{\frac {\pi}{2}} \frac {\ln \sin (t+ \frac {\pi}{4})}{\sin t}dt$$ It seems difficult to solve the particular integral. Any help? Finite Sum of Power? Server only reachable over VPN I have an Apache server running on a Raspberry P and it works just fine in the local network. And after forwarding port 80 and trying to connect using the public IP, Chrome says ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED. But the strange thing is that I CAN reach the server when using VPN and using the same IP. What can I do?     -telnet 80.***.***.78 80      Trying 80.***.***.78...     telnet: connect to address 80.***.***.78: Connection refused     telnet: Unable to connect to remote host     -route -n      Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface     0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0     192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0      -sudo netstat -lapute:              Active Internet connections (servers and established)     Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       User       Inode       PID/Program name     tcp        0      0 *:http                  *:*                     LISTEN      root       6137        2051/apache2     tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN      root       6367        2249/sshd     tcp        0      0 pi.local:ssh            nmb.local:65535         ESTABLISHED root       8669        2565/sshd: pi [priv     udp        0      0 *:9949                  *:*                                 root       5918        1809/dhclient     udp        0      0 *:mdns                  *:*                                 avahi      6293        2184/avahi-daemon:     udp        0      0 *:54070                 *:*                                 avahi      6295        2184/avahi-daemon:     udp        0      0 *:bootpc                *:*                                 root       5946        1809/dhclient     udp        0      0 pi.local:ntp            *:*                                 root       6310        2200/ntpd     udp        0      0 localhost:ntp           *:*                                 root       6309        2200/ntpd     udp        0      0 *:ntp                   *:*                                 root       6304        2200/ntpd Wireless disabled by hardware switch on an Asus X550V