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Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too? As per , the word 'kidnap' originated to denote nabbing away of a child. When and how did kidnap come to denote nabbing of adults?  Update: Just found a link to a  that mentions kidnapping of souls. Now not sure how correct the above link is. C# Lambda expressions: Why should I use them? Can we get some consensus on what flag to use for link only answers? Related:  (not a dupe, that's a feature request and was closed as a dupe of another one)        (old) post does indeed say that Link-only answers can be flagged as NAA, but there are a lot of posts like  which define Not An Answer is a way that it doesn't apply to link-only answers.  Can we get some up-to-date consensus on this? That link only answers are not allowed is . How to open a terminal from within Atom? I'm currently working with Atom, and sometimes I want to open a terminal on the directory my working file is. To do this, I usually have to open the folder in nautilus (right clicking the file in atom) and then I open a terminal on that directory from nautilus (right click).  I wonder if there is a way to open the terminal in the file directory without having to open nautilus first. Why do electron and proton have the same but opposite electric charge? I am debating whether or not to get the Potato Sack (yes, I realize I've been debating for several weeks now) bundle through steam.  I already own: Defense Grid: The Awakening, Super Meat Boy, and Audiosurf, all of which are part of the sack pack. What happens if I buy the Potato Sack?  Do I get 2nd copies of the three above mentioned games to gift elsewhere?  Is the price of the bundle reduced by the games I already have?  Do I get nothing special for already owning those 3 games? Software to draw illustrative figures in papers I would like to have suggestions of good software for drawing illustrations in research papers. I already know about , but this works only on Linux and is at times, clunky when it comes to text. Moreover the resolution is not always perfect making it difficult to manoeuvre the objects. Besides it is tough to learn and master, with all its weird click procedures.   I would love to know about better alternatives. Not talking about graphs here, just block diagrams and explanatory illustrations. I've just bought a new Toshiba laptop, on which Windows 8 is preinstalled. I've installed Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 and GRUB2 correctly detects Ubuntu and Windows. But the strange problem is that when I try to boot Windows 8, it appears the following error:  /EndEntire file path:/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(2,1f)/UnknwnMessaging(12)/HD(2,200800,82000,a8d996409dcfe211,a8,59)/File(\EFI|Microsoft\Boot)/File(bootmgfw.efi)/EndEntire error: cannot load image.   I've tried to solve using boot-repair, using the auto-correction. But never has changed. Here is the log generated by boot-repair:   How can I fix this? What does a tilde in angle brackets mean when creating a Java generic class? TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface How do I delete all Folders with a specific name (e.g. 128Kbps_Songs) without deleting its files  For example if I have directory "MP3_SONGS" with subdirectories "A", "B", "C" and each subdirectory has MANY directory Contains Film Name "FILM_NAME1", "FILM_NAME2", "FILM_NAME3" in it, In That Each Film NAme I have specific Folder NAme (128Kbps_Songs) in this "128Kbps_Songs" Folder I have That Film mp3 Songs Files  how can I remove the Folder "128Kbps_Songs", in Each Film_Name directory and Have to get these mp3 songs in that FILM_NAME..   ( Have to Delete 128Kbps_Songs Folder in all FILM_NAME without deleting the mp3 Songs in it, have to get the mp3 in FILM_NAME Directory..  MP3_SONGS (Parent Directory) ------ A , B, C  A (Sub Directory1) ------ FILM_NAME1 , FILM_NAME2 B (Sub Directory2) ------ FILM_NAME3 , FILM_NAME4 c (Sub Directory3) ------ FILM_NAME5 , FILM_NAME6  FILM_NAME1 (Directory) ---- 128Kbps_Songs (Directory) ------ FILM_NAME1 (MP3 Files) FILM_NAME2 (Directory) ---- 128Kbps_Songs (Directory) ------ FILM_NAME2 (MP3 Files)  FILM_NAME3 (Directory) ---- 128Kbps_Songs (Directory) ------ FILM_NAME3 (MP3 Files) FILM_NAME4 (Directory) ---- 128Kbps_Songs (Directory) ------ FILM_NAME4 (MP3 Files)  FILM_NAME5 (Directory) ---- 128Kbps_Songs (Directory) ------ FILM_NAME5 (MP3 Files) FILM_NAME6 (Directory) ---- 128Kbps_Songs (Directory) ------ FILM_NAME6 (MP3 Files)  Need Files in: FILM_NAME1 (Directory)  ------ FILM_NAME1 (MP3 Files) FILM_NAME2 (Directory)  ------ FILM_NAME2 (MP3 Files)  FILM_NAME3 (Directory)  ------ FILM_NAME3 (MP3 Files) FILM_NAME4 (Directory)  ------ FILM_NAME4 (MP3 Files)  FILM_NAME5 (Directory)  ------ FILM_NAME5 (MP3 Files) FILM_NAME6 (Directory)  ------ FILM_NAME6 (MP3 Files) How to specify that search should be between two dates in technical specification I'm writing an integration manual that specifies how to use our WCF service for mobile messages and responses. The part in question needs to specify that the search results will be filtered between the start and end dates.  My aim is to make it clear that the time portion of the two dates will be discarded and the result will include everything from the start date to the end date. (In practice the code truncates the dates, adds one day to the end date, and returns the data that conforms to a query something like:  SELECT * FROM Table WHERE DateCreated >= @StartDate AND DateCreated &lt; @EndDate)  But my paragraph looks verbose and clumsy. It doesn't feel right. I feel kind of like John Cleese telling the kids when to put their clothes onto a lower peg. How can I make this less verbose?  Or maybe I'm over-thinking this?     When searching for responses, the search is performed between the supplied dates, after truncating the time portion thereof. The results will include responses with a date-time greater than equal to the start date, and less than one day after the end date. So passing the same value for start and end date will retrieve all responses received on that date, for messages previously sent by that user. Is there a way to save composite node presets? Is there any way in Blender to save settings in your compositing node setup. For example say for my shadow catcher I have it setup for a hard shadow for sunlight, and then I also have a setting for diffuse light shadow for indoors. Is there any way I can save these settings individually so I can quickly switch to them rather than having to individually change the nodes every time. scanf not taking in data This is just a curiosity. I have come across multiple proofs of the fact that there are infinitely many primes, some of them were quite trivial, but some others were really, really fancy. I'll show you what proofs I have and I'd like to know more because I think it's cool to see that something can be proved in so many different ways.  Proof 1 : Euclid's. If there are finitely many primes then $p_1 p_2 ... p_n + 1$ is coprime to all of these guys. This is the basic idea in most proofs : generate a number coprime to all previous primes.  Proof 2 : Consider the sequence $a_n = 2^{2^n} + 1$. We have that  $$ 2^{2^n}-1 = (2^{2^1} - 1) \prod_{m=1}^{n-1} (2^{2^m}+1), $$  so that for $m &lt; n$, $(2^{2^m} + 1, 2^{2^n} + 1) \, | \, (2^{2^n}-1, 2^{2^n} +1) = 1$. Since we have an infinite sequence of numbers coprime in pairs, at least one prime number must divide each one of them and they are all distinct primes, thus giving an infinity of them.  Proof 3 : (Note : I particularly like this one.) Define a topology on $\mathbb Z$ in the following way : a set $\mathscr N$ of integers is said to be open if for every $n \in \mathscr N$ there is an arithmetic progression $\mathscr A$ such that $n \in \mathscr A \subseteq \mathscr N$. This can easily be proven to define a topology on $\mathbb Z$. Note that under this topology arithmetic progressions are open and closed. Supposing there are finitely many primes, notice that this means that the set $$ \mathscr U \,\,\,\, \overset{def}{=} \,\,\, \bigcup_{p} \,\, p \mathbb Z $$ should be open and closed, but by the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, its complement in $\mathbb Z$ is the set $\{ -1, 1 \}$, which is not open, thus giving a contradiction.   Proof 4 : Let $a,b$ be coprime integers and $c &gt; 0$. There exists $x$ such that $(a+bx, c) = 1$. To see this, choose $x$ such that $a+bx \not\equiv 0 \, \mathrm{mod}$ $p_i$ for all primes $p_i$ dividing $c$. If $a \equiv 0 \, \mathrm{mod}$ $p_i$, since $a$ and $b$ are coprime, $b$ has an inverse mod $p_i$, call it $\overline{b}$. Choosing $x \equiv \overline{b} \, \mathrm{mod}$ $p_i$, you are done. If $a \not\equiv 0 \, \mathrm{mod}$ $p_i$, then choosing $x \equiv 0 \, \mathrm{mod}$ $p_i$ works fine. Find $x$ using the Chinese Remainder Theorem.   Now assuming there are finitely many primes, let $c$ be the product of all of them. Our construction generates an integer coprime to $c$, giving a contradiction to the fundamental theorem of arithmetic.  Proof 5 : Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions (just so that you not bring it up as an example...)  Do you have any other nice proofs? When displaying the value of a decimal currently with .ToString(), it's accurate to like 15 decimal places, and since I'm using it to represent dollars and cents, I only want the output to be 2 decimal places.   Do I use a variation of .ToString() for this? Can Hydrogen Fusion via CNO Cycle Occur in First Generation Stars CNO cycle requires the presence of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen to undergo hydrogen fusion. Does this mean that for first generation stars, no matter how big they are, can't undergo hydrogen fusion by CNO cycle because there is no carbon, nitrogen and oxygen present?   I can't seem to find any website which mentions this. All they say is if a star is large enough, it will undergo hydrogen fusion via CNO cycle, they don't specifically mention it having to be a second generation star. Why is "can I get" replacing "could I have"? I noticed the other day when serving the public that when asking for something, people were saying "Can I get an xyz, please". The previous time I had such a job it was "Could I have an xyz", or "May I have..." if they were being very polite.  Does anyone know when this trend started and what caused it? Why are my photos not crisp? I use a Canon EOS Rebel T3i (600D) with the kit lens. I have experimented a lot with different settings and modes, but I feel like I have wasted many good shots that could have looked amazing, if only they were a little bit sharper.  I use auto-focus on most of my pictures and make sure to choose the right focus point, but all of my photos are still a little bit out of focus. When I zoom in, I can see that the pixels are not very crisp or well-aligned.  I am not sure if this issue is caused by my equipment or skills. Let us denote by $\chi(G)$ the chromatic number, which is the smallest number of colours needed to colour the graph $G$ with $n$ vertices. Let $\bar{G}$ be the complement of $G$. Show that  (a) $\chi(G)+\chi(\bar{G}) \leq n+1$  (b) $\chi(G)\chi(\bar{G}) \geq n$  I was able to prove (a) using induction. Any hints on proving (b)?