Latin (in wide use in English) for nonsensical response?
Is there a word for a comment which makes no sense or adds nothing to the current discussion?
What does the helpful flag mean? I don't see "Helpful" in the list of things I can do when I press the flag link.   In my profile page I saw "6 helpful flags."  How do I earn these flags?  May I make them on other peoples' posts or comments?   This is what I am talking about: How do I split a string, breaking at a particular character? Consider the following figure from Faraway's Linear Models with R (2005, p. 59).    The first plot seems to indicate that the residuals and the fitted values are uncorrelated, as they should be in a homoscedastic linear model with normally distributed errors. Therefore, the second and third plots, which seem to indicate dependency between the residuals and the fitted values, suggest a different model.  But why does the second plot suggest, as Faraway notes, a heteroscedastic linear model, while the third plot suggest a non-linear model?  The second plot seems to indicate that the absolute value of the residuals is strongly positively correlated with the fitted values, whereas no such trend is evident in the third plot. So if it were the case that, theoretically speaking, in a heteroscedastic linear model with normally distributed errors  $$ \mbox{Cor}\left(\mathbf{e},\hat{\mathbf{y}}\right) = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 &amp; \cdots &amp; 1 \\ \vdots &amp; \ddots &amp; \vdots \\ 1 &amp; \cdots &amp; 1\end{array}\right] $$  (where the expression on the left is the variance-covariance matrix between the residuals and the fitted values) this would explain why the second and third plots agree with Faraway's interpretations.  But is this the case? If not, how else can Faraway's interpretations of the second and third plots be justified? Also, why does the third plot necessarily indicate non-linearity? 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Then $S_{(f)}$ is a finitely generated algebra over $S_0$. Creating geodatabase feature class using geodatabase table schema with ArcPy? Is there a way in ArcPy to create an empty polygon geodatabase feature class that will acquire the schema of a geodatabase table?  I know that it's possible in ArcCatalog (New -> Feature Class and then import all the fields from a table) but I wonder if it can be written in a Python script.  The CreateFeatureclass_management tool allows only Feature Layers as schema templates. Let $f$ be a bounded measurable function on a set of finite measure $E$.  For a measurable subset $A$ of $E$, show that $\int_A f = \int_E f \cdot \chi_A$     Lemma: Let $f$ be a bounded measurable function on a set of finite measure $E$.  Suppose $A$ and $B$ are disjoint measurable subsets of $E$.  Then $\int_{A \cup B} f = \int_A f + \int_B f$.   My first approach was to view the problem like this utilizing the above lemma:  $$\int_E  f \cdot \chi_A = \int_{E\setminus A} f \cdot X_A + \int_A f \cdot \chi_A $$  I'm not really sure how the result follows from the above. Before Mavericks, I could use /etc/launchd.conf file to change maximum system resource consumption, for example:  limit maxfiles 16384 unlimited limit maxproc 16384 unlimited   It no longer works in Mavericks.  What is the correct way to do it in the recent version of OS X? Intuitively it's easy, but hard to prove by the epsilon-delta method:  $$ \lim_{n \to \infty} n x^{n} = 0$$ How can adding a 2nd IV make the 1st IV significant? I have what is probably a simple question, but it is baffling me right now, so I am hoping you can help me out.  I have a least squares regression model, with one independent variable and one dependent variable. The relationship is not significant. Now I add a second independent variable. Now the relationship between the first independent variable and the dependent variable becomes significant.  How does this work? This is probably demonstrating some issue with my understanding, but to me, but I do not see how adding this second independent variable can make the first significant. How to show that the cohomology of a Grassmannian has a basis consisting of the equivalent classes represented by Schubert cycles? Let $G(r, n)$ be the Grassmannian of the set of all $r$-planes in a $n$-dim vector space. How to show that the cohomology of a Grassmannian has a basis consisting of the equivalent classes represented by Schubert cycles? I am confused since I don't know how to compute the cohomology of a variety (how to construct the co-chain complex). I am really appreciate if you can compute the cohomology of, for example, $G(2,4)$ and show that it has a basis consisting of the equivalent classes represented by Schubert cycles. How to redirect standard output to multiple log files? The following does not work:  some_command 1&gt; output_log_1 output_log_2 2&gt;&amp;1 Should initial e's after h-dropping be capitalized? A new Victorian-set British novel begins sentences containing h-dropping with lower-case e's, as in " 'e took my money, 'e did." This seems incorrect but I'm at a loss to find the rule. Prove that if $a^2 = a$ for all elements of the ring $R$, then $R$ has characteristic 2. Is the converse of the statement true?  Attempt:  by the definition of characteristic of a ring, the first statement implies that characteristic of the ring is $\leq 2$. If the ring is assumed to be non trivial ring then, characteristic is 2.  About the last statement can we construct a field of say 8 elements and show that there exists a an element of order $\neq 2$?  Is there a simpler example ? How to stack three relations How to achieve function overloading in C? Is there any way to achieve function overloading in C? I am looking at simple functions to be overloaded like    foo (int a)   foo (char b)   foo (float c , int d)   I think there is no straight forward way; I'm looking for workarounds if any exist. Is using 15 amp components on a 20 amp breaker against code? Sorry for the vague title--I don't want the title to be a spoiler.  I've seen the movie three times, and the last two times I looked specifically for clues to this question, but found none.  The final scene in  shows       Cobb's top spinning, as he goes off to be reunited with his children.  The top continues to spin, then the movie ends, without telling us if the top topples--and therefore revealing whether he's in the "real world" or still in a dream. Do we know if he was in a dream at the end of the movie?   I'm assuming the answer is that we simply cannot know.  But did I miss anything?  Were there clues that I missed? How to setup dual-screen monitors in xorg.conf using Nvidia TwinView? In .NET, what's the best way to prevent multiple instances of an app from running at the same time? And if there's no "best" technique, what are some of the caveats to consider with each solution?