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Do the beacon lighters really live on top of the mountains? Following this image I found online:    Do the beacon lighters really live on top of the mountains?  It seems really cold on top of some of these mountains and there are no villages or whatsoever. With a macro such as:  \def\naive{na\"{\i}ve}   I find that the space which I would hope to follow it, is absent. So, with  the \naive approach   I get     the naïveapproach   in the output. How do I bring back the space? Literal @YES not working in iOS 5 / Xcode 4.4 Why doesn't Ubuntu ship an application, or the latest versions of some applications? What reasons are there for applications in Ubuntu not being the most up-to-date, and why are some applications not available, in its  repositories? How should I phrase an important question that I need to ask a professor? When needing to ask a professor about something important and potentially delicate, what is an appropriate way to phrase the question or write the email?  Examples include:   Requesting a recommendation letter Asking for exceptions to policy (e.g., ignoring a course prerequisite, rescheduling an exam) Asking if you can do research with them, join a group, get into a program Scheduling a meeting, exam, or defense Letting them know about a change of plans Letting them know about a life event affecting your work or studies (e.g., wedding, funeral, sickness, vacation) How to say that something is (not) random I want to compare two things, one of which is random and the other is not, in favor of the latter. I'd like to do it in a more sophisticated way than simply using the word "random".  Like, for example,     In this case, your pay will not depend on the roll of the dice.   But Google Ngrams doesn't find a single occurrence of "depend on the roll of the dice", so I guess there's something wrong with this particular phrase. What would be a better substitute? When typing &lt; or &gt; in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode. How to solve the "io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection refused: no further information" error on Minecraft? I am getting the following error when I try to connect to a Minecraft server:  This is all servers, not just one. The error says:  io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection refused: no further information: Version 1.12  I've tried:  Restarting Minecraft Restarting Computer Uninstalling and Reinstalling Mincraft Uninstalling and Reinstalling Java Altering Firewall Restarting Internet I've messed with my port, made a second windows account, reset netsh winsock Checked hosts Made a new WINDOWS account  The overlay in the bottom right is Geforce's Overlay for game capturing. I don't have any mods installed. A Mojang support ticket wouldn't help. Im desperate. How to install a dictionary (danish) in Texmaker singlespacing in table with no indent How can an 18 month old be taught that bullying is not ok? He seems to like causing the trouble it brings upon him, and bullying, mean acts also seem to please him. He likes to sit on his younger cousin (my son), push him down, and steal his toys. His parents seem to be at a loss about it, and I don't really have any good suggestions to give. Thanks. Prove that T is diagonalizable if and only if the minimal polynomial of T has no repeated roots. Is there a way to fix a small chip in a wall's paint? I'm not sure exactly with what I've bumped my wall and caused this this:    Is there anything that can be done to fix this without repainting the entire room?  I've been reading around a bit, and not sure exactly what to call this, hence the weird question title.  The paint is a beige-ish colour, not exactly white. The hole is about 2 x 1.5 cm in size.   I've read a bit about spackling paste, though I understand that's for small cracks and holes.  Here are some picture with a better resolution:  and   Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with this sort of thing. Help please.  Also, this is in the UK, so you can tell what stores I might have access to for materials. Stop Edit/Rollback Wars: Limit Number Of Edits/Rollbacks Per User Per Post Per Day I came up with an idea for how to begin putting an end to the edit/rollback wars and then the ensuing comments battle...   What if you are only allowed to edit a post (not the author) once a day. What if you are also only allowed to rollback one edit to your post a day. There would not be a overall limit on the users ability to edit other posts other than the one edit per post per day. There would also not be a limit on the number of times a single post could be edited or rolledback (multiple users), but each edit/rollback would trigger the 24 hour wait... There is currently some threshold in place that allows a post to be edited after it is posted without calling it an edit.  This same threshold could apply to the edit in case a mistake is made (fat fingered, mis-tagged, etc.) which would allow the editor a window of time to correct a mistake before getting locked out.     If either the editor or rollerbacker feel that the current state of the post is not acceptable and they are out of mods for the day, then a moderator can get flagged through the current process. Take a look at the following picture:   Why does the light at the bottom of the water form this pattern? I have also seen the same phenomenon in all the swimming pools I've ever visited, of whatever depth they may be. How does this happen? How to prevent LaTeX from hyphenating the entire document? I can't find where I can remove any kind of hyphenation and just have LaTeX just do a line break.  edit: Honestly speaking I just don't like to read hyphenation anywhere and that's the only reason why I wanted to remove it. It is a matter of style, probably unexpected in LaTeX.  The document has only a summary in a different language and I used the language packages to hyphenate properly. cp - cannot create regular file : permission denied I want copy to /lib/udev but gives error  cp -f /tmp/ok_pcscd_hotplug.sh /lib/udev  cp:cannot create regular file /lib/udev/ok_pcscd_hotplug : Permission denied   I am root , but I can't understand . what can I do ? I am using &lt;a&gt; tags for links on a web page. How do I disable the Tab key from selecting either of them? Can someone help me figure out the big-O for the recurrence relation $T(n) = T(n^{1/2}) + 1$?  I didn't think the master theorem would work since it requires $T(n) = T(n/b)$... to have $b$ as a constant. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on a method to approach this problem? (not looking for a solution) Why is Lamarck's evolutionary theory considered incorrect? Many sources postulate without much argumentation that Lamarck's evolutionary theory is "obviously incorrect". A classic example provided in such sources is the one with giraffes, in which Lamarck argued that the necks of these animals became long as a result of continually stretching to reach high foliage. This mechanism for adaptive change in response to the environment is considered wrong.  Now the counterargument to Lamarck's ideas comprises modern findings in genetics. So it is stated that organisms pass down traits through predetermined genetic information, not based on environmental adaptations during their lifetime. Furthermore, genetic research shows that living organisms cannot alter their genetic material as needed.   Doesn't the latter contradict the evolutionary theory itself, which states that nature (i.e. environment) shapes species through natural selection in the environmental milieu? If it is not the environmental/natural factor that is responsible for genetic evolution, then what is? If genetic material were to be unchangeable, then how would adaptation to the environment and consequent evolutionary change would ever be possible? The genotype (following this logic) would remain the same. And lastly, maybe giraffes do not develop long necks at such a rapid pace (as Lamarck probably thought) by simply stretching their necks in one generation; however, what, if not neck stretching, is responsible for their consistently longer necks throughout thousands or millions of years? Hadn't the environment gradually shaped their genotype? Similarly, if I run more often, maybe my children will not become more fit, but isn't it just a matter of time (thousands of years) that if all of us consistently run a lot, then our offspring will eventually become more fit? Wouldn't our voluntary efforts eventually enhance our genetics? I do not see any problem with Lamarck's logic at all, except probably the time frame.