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Mathematics is very rigorous and everything must be proven properly even things that may seem true and obvious.
Can you give me examples of conjectures/theories that seemed true but through rigorous mathematical proving it was shown otherwise?
Mathematics is very rigorous and everything must be proven properly even things that may seem true and obvious.
Can you give me examples of conjectures/theories that seemed true but through rigorous mathematical proving it was shown otherwise?
Finding the roots of a linear polynomial is trival. Already the Babylonians could find roots of quadratic polynomials. Methods to solve cubic polynomials and forth degree polynomials were discovered in the sixteenth century, all using radicals (i.e. $n$th roots for some $n$). Isn't it obvious that finding the roots of higher degree polynomials is also possible using radicals and that we have not found the formulas yet is only because they become more and more complicated with higher polynomial degrees?
Galois theory shattered this belief.
Berry's Phase was discovered after a lack of rigor in the proof of the Adiabatic theorem was discovered around 1980. It now appears in standard Quantum Mechanics texts and has produced at least 3000 papers since 1980 (actually, that number is about 10 years old, I'm not sure how many by now).
While this appears in physics, the mistake was mathematical. In particular, topological. There is an integration over parameter space in the proof which is assumed to be trivial. That would be fine if the parameter space was one-dimensional, but for higher-dimensional parameter spaces there might be a singularity in the domain which obstructs the vanishing of the integral. Once this mistake was uncovered, physicists then gained insight from the corrected theorem to modify phase with ease. It would be exciting to see similar developments in other physical arenas where adhoc mathematics is utilized. However, it seems this is the abberation from the norm. Much like the case with math. I think it's fair to say that most often the heursitic proof has turned out to be correct once the details are fleshed out. This is why this thread is interesting.
First thing that comes to mind: not every smooth function is equal to its Taylor series over the series' region of convergence. As a counterexample, consider the function $$ f(x) = \begin{cases} 0 & x=0\\ \exp\left(-\frac1{x^2}\right) & x\neq0 \end{cases} $$ whose Taylor series centered at $x=0$ is simply $0$, with an infinite radius of convergence.
I think the simplest example is the answer to the question:
Intuition says that "of course there are much, much more rationals". However, rigorous mathematical proof shows that there are exactly the same number of each.
The one that currently bugs me is that exponentiation is Diophantine.
This means that there exists an integer polynomial (so, no variables in the exponents) $P(x,y,z,w_1,\dots,w_n)$ such that:
$$\forall x,y,z\in\mathbb N\,\left(z=x^y \iff \exists w_1,\dots,w_n\in\mathbb N\,\left(0=P(x,y,z,w_1,\dots,w_n)\right)\right)$$
I've read the proof. I believe the proof is correct. I still don't instinctively believe the result.
One of the surprising results of this is that first order number theory only needs to have multiplication and addition - you can still answer questions about exponentiation using the above polynomial.
Maybe you should also consider statements that are obviously true and are indeed true, but their proof is far from straightforward. The Jordan curve theorem surely falls under this category.
The Axiom of Choice was believed to be true (in $\sf ZF$), but it turned out be be independent from $\sf ZF$.
Not really an answer, but here you go anyway: the number of all Turing machines is countable. Thus, no matter the encoding, almost all real numbers are not computable.
Intuitively, it's easy to speak about volumes or areas of sets (in $\mathbb R^n$), like e.g. "the smaller a set, the smaller it's volume" which would lead to the statement
$$A \subset B \Rightarrow vol(A) \leq vol(B)$$
Our error is in fact that we imply that all sets actually had some well-defined volume. On precisely defining what we understand as a measure $vol(\cdot)$, it turns out that we can't define one for all subsets as there are non-measurable sets.
Statements like the above are actually only valid given that the sets we talk about are measurable.
We can think there is universal set. But, mathematicians proved it isn't a set. I think existence of universal set might not be seemed obviously true for you. But for a non-mathematician obviously there is a universal set! We can think that, mean of "obvious" gets shape with people, and for the man who proved the theorem it isn't any longer obvious.
Using constructivist mathematics, which allows us to define a function the way we intuitively think about them,
a function $f:A \to B$ is a procedure assigning for every value in $A$ a unique value in $B$
we can prove rigorously that all functions are continuous. A shockingly surprising statement. It turns out that all of our classic discontinuous functions aren't actually computable.
It might seem obvious that every topological manifold has a triangulation; I mean manifolds are just spaces which are locally Euclidean, so we should be able to split up the manifold enough in to compact areas which are homeomorphic to disks, and then triangulate from there right?.
In fact, for dimensions 4, there are non-triangulable manifolds such as the $E_8$ manifold. In higher dimensions, the problem may still be open (although a recent preprint of Ciprian Manolescu may have proved that there are non-triangulable manifolds in all dimensions greater than $4$ as well - a great early review of the result and its implications can be seen here).
Most useful example in this context may be considered Integration. Riemann Integration is used everywhere. Consider simplest function $f(x) = x$. Its antiderivative is $\frac{x^2}{2} + c$, definite integral can be calculated also very easily. But there is a theoretical part behind that, which is very much necessary for a logical understanding.
This is an example of a statement that seems true and turns out that its true (like one of Hagen von Eeitzen's answers).
Before I knew its proof, I never thought that this fact was obvious. But I know a lot of people who think that it's obvious (they don't know the proof though, they just think its obvious!).
Here is a case where you can easily be misled by working out some early examples. All groups up to order 60 are solvable (a nice definition of this available on Wikipedia) -- you can show that by checking them all out. With 59 consecutive examples to start with, you might think that all groups are solvable. But it's not true. There is at least one group of order 60 which is not solvable. This is directly connected to the insolubility in radicals of polynomial of degree ≥ 5; so it would be important to get it right.
This will give you some idea of how deceiving and tantalizing even relatively simple things may be. The Wikipedia link tells the temporal history well enough but to appreciate the work that went into the proofs, you have to read at least one original paper...
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According to best practices is it a bad idea to cache features and geometries inside business objects? If it is bad, what is the alternative way?
References to features may be replaced with their Ids, but what about geometries?
According to best practices is it a bad idea to cache features and geometries inside business objects? If it is bad, what is the alternative way?
References to features may be replaced with their Ids, but what about geometries?
In general this shouldn't be a problem but there are some objects in the ArcObjects library that you want to be very careful about managing their lifetimes so that you don't tie up critical resources or keep locks on database tables for extended periods.
Among lots of other good info, in this thread James MacKay lists some of the types of objects you should take special care with:
If you are using .NET then you should be aware that it is a garbage-collected environment, and COM objects are not necessarily released as soon as they go out of scope, but can linger on until application shutdown unless you explicitly release them, call
I think storing row IDs instead of rows themselves is a good idea, but you should be okay storing geometries that you create as long as memory consumption is not a problem. As @Ragi mentions below, if the geometries are coming from a recycling feature cursor, be sure to use
I have stored
You do not describe in detail what exactly are your business objects. It is a largely overloaded term and many people tend imagine very different things.
Given that your business objects are the same as domain objects in the sense of traditional domain-driven design, I am gonna suggest the exact opposite of blah238's answer (even though it contains a lot of valuable information) - do NOT keep references to geodatabase objects in your business objects.
The rationale behind this suggestion might not be applicable for the simplest applications, but please bear the following points in mind:
Now, again, validity of all of these points largely depends on your particular scenario and needs. Holding onto ArcObjects is obviously not prohibited and I do that myself on occasions. You just need to be aware of the implications, of which there are many. As I tried to hint, some of these are technically purely ArcObjects-related, some are more of a higher-level software design nature.


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You need gold coins to do EVERY SINGLE THING in the game. To even change your gear parts, there's NONE which uses in-game currency, all of them with real money! Even ammunition costs real money!! oil, repair kits, health kits, EVERYTHING!
Seriously I know that game companies need to make money, but you are doing it WRONG by charging players for every single action in-game. Its 1000x cheaper to play a P2P game than this!
Then you are going to tell me "marauders drop gold", yeah, for every 50 killed 1 drops ONE GOLD COIN. If you find it fun to kill marauders all day long in order to achieve anythin in this game, me and real humans don't.
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Thoughts on these? Python is one example, and no this is not a stab against Python I like the language.
What languages have a indentation requirement?
Thoughts on these? Python is one example, and no this is not a stab against Python I like the language.
What languages have a indentation requirement?
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In Makefiles, it's annoying. In python, I find it very apropos and it makes the syntax a lot cleaner. I think the thing that makes it better in python is that no special characters are required, the only requirement is that you be consistent. You should be doing it anyway, so you get no cost added by following it.
In general, I'm against bondage and discipline features that are geared towards making it hard to write bad code. However, I don't find that Python's forced indentation fits this mold. The compiler/interpreter needs to know where blocks begin and end somehow, and about the only human-readable way to denote this is with indentation. Therefore, using indentation to denote it to the compiler/interpreter as well is a good example of DRY.
Using curly braces for the compiler/interpreter plus indentation for humans is like writing otherwise inscrutable but excessively commented code. Information is specified once for the compiler/interpreter, then again for humans. It has to be kept in sync manually and becomes almost impossible to understand if it gets out of sync.
I like Python's indentation rule.
I said this elsewhere and will repeat here, whoever complains about Python in this respect should be asked to maintain poorly indented source code. If you understand how painful it is to read through that kind of source code, you would appreciate this rule.
I dislike a lot this kind of language requirement.
I think python is a great language but this is keeping me away of it !
For those complaining about not or bad formatted code, I will say: use a code formatter !
I think that this restriction is more invasive than a rule about having parenthesis, using '.' or '->' for member access or using a ';' or a '.' to end a line.
Old-fashioned FORTRAN and COBOL had indentation requirements based on punch-card layout, which I found annoying. Indentation requirements don't seem to bother me provided I can use all columns, but having to be careful to start a line on column 7 because 6 is for line continuation is awkward.
Haskell do notation is kind of a nice balance here. If you want to do indentation based you may do so. If you want to do semicolons you may do so. Not quite the block structure since that's a different language, but the idea of "use whatever pleases you because this isn't really an important detail" is one I like.
This seems to me purely a matter of preference.
I personally don't like significant whitespace for the following reasons:
You ask for languages that enforce indentation. Python and make have been mentioned. Another one is the esoteric language whitespace.
FORTRAN has also been mentioned in other answers - early versions required that code start in specific columns (or beyond, so it's not precisely the same).
It is my understanding that Haskell also enforces indentation, according to this part of it's specification: "A nested context must be further indented than the enclosing context (n>m). If not, L fails, and the compiler should indicate a layout error."
There is no free lunch; something must be used for a delimiter. Since we use spacing anyway, using EOL,space and tab characters makes sense and reduces clutter.
No. I rarely get bitten by indentation requirements (perhaps because I'm a stickler for detail). I'd indent my code anyway, so it's not a problem. (The only time it's been an issue is with some old Python code I'm working on; the previous developers wrote it with 2-space tabs (ick!), then newer developers created some files with 4-space tabs, and I have my editor set to 4-space tabs, so indentation is kind of a pain in the older files.) I've never had a problem with it in Haskell, either. It's a bit annoying in Makefiles, but I wouldn't say it's "cumbersome".


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If I want to install lightscribe for CD burning, how do I install it safely?
How to use simply use it?
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If I want to install lightscribe for CD burning, how do I install it safely?
How to use simply use it?
32-Bit Installation
If you have a 32-bit system, you should be good to go! Just install the debs, like so:
Now I haven't tested this because I do not have a 32-bit system so if you have trouble, let us know in the comments! I can always cook up a VM to test this in properly.
64-Bit Installation
If you are using a 64-bit operating system, which I would wager to guess that that is true, you will have to force the software onto your system. This is never recommended, but i can't imagine that the impact of the software is significant enough to cause any damage to your install. The Ubuntu help page however, gives the following warning;
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So these raids were conducted on legitimate businesses that were selling LEGAL products marketed for a different purpose that dope heads were using to get high so how can you arrest someone for selling something that is NOT a drug and NOT illegal to sell???
Dope heads like to huff paint to get high so are they gonna kick in the doors of Napa auto and confiscate all their car spray paint cans??
And Krogers sells cans of whip cream that dope heads are using to get high so is Krogers getting raided and all their whip cream confiscated?
Dope heads sniff the glue that Lowes sells to get high so are they raiding Lowes???
This case will wind up in the supreme court and I feel these business owners are going to become multi-millionaires as a result!!
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I recently purchased a NN5 for my pentax K10 and started to get a few good shots using a Sigma 10-20mm lens.
I now use a Pentax K5 and a 10-20mm and a Pentax FA*28-70mm at 28mm. I normally only do 2 rows of up to 10 shots to get the desired coverage.I find I can get the stitching ok and worked out how to set up the NN5 .
The problem is with the K5 using either lens I am getting poor image quality and not very sharp at all.Also a lot of variation in exposure. The K10 were great shots but dissapointed with the K5 results.
It may be jus t acase of me not knowing what I am doing and not a good work flow, maybe someone can look at what I do and comment on my workflow.
Camera in manual mode.
2 second shutter delay.
Manual focus.
Set exposure to brightest part of scene and lock exposure at that setting.(not at the sun)
Maintain same shutter and f/stop throughout whole of pano.
I have tried from f/8 up to f/22 but still not at all too sharp.
Camera shake is turned off as well.
White balance set to light conditions.
I found windy days to create havoc so shot the same scene in no wind conditions.
My last hope today is that I have got the K10D out of mothballs, reset the K5 back to new settings and do some comparison shots at various settings.
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5 Movie-Worthy Lines Said by Real Soldiers Facing Death
You know how the Starbucks cashier makes fun of you for not knowing the difference between a wet and dry cappuccino but you don't think of the perfect comeback ("My balls know the difference!") until days later? Well, some people go down in history specifically because they didn't have that problem -- they used their wits to slam entire armies, usually while lots of guns were pointed at parts of their body that shouldn't have guns pointed at them.
Their brash words long outlived them, and rightfully so.
#5. Napoleon Bonaparte: "If There Is One Among You Who Wishes to Kill His Emperor, Here I Am."
The Situation:
After managing to piss off the entire continent of Europe, Emperor Napoleon was exiled to Elba, an island off the coast of Italy that he insisted on running like it was a real country, because "ruling an island of 13,000 people" counts as punishment when you're an emperor. But after hearing that France wasn't super happy with the government that replaced him, Napoleon assembled an army of 600 dudes and launched a comeback tour, promising his men they'd take Paris.
Back in those days "taking Paris" was a legitimate accomplishment.
But the French king got wind of his plan, so six days after hitting France's shores, Napoleon's ragtag band of misfits was face to face with 8,000 well-armed French soldiers at the town of Grenoble.
Apparently deciding that banishment was worse than death (or maybe thinking that he was bound for the gallows anyway), the totally-normal-size Frenchman decided to rely on sheer balls: He walked out in front of the enemy troops, opened his shirt, proclaimed himself emperor, and dared them to blow him away. "If there is one among you who wishes to kill his emperor, here I am."
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"Also, if one of you has a waxing kit, your emperor could use some help with his happy trail."
The Aftermath:
Remember the end of Platoon when a wounded Tom Berenger dares Charlie Sheen to shoot him, and Charlie totally does? The scene in that movie is more realistic than what happened here. The sight of their former emperor's nipples was too much for the French troops' resolve: They began cheering "Vive l'empereur!" and swarmed him like a bunch of crazed teeny boppers at a One Direction concert. The invasion force, now eight times as big and sporting some shiny new cannons, marched to Paris and made good on Napoleon's earlier promise by conquering the ever-loving shit out of it in two weeks.
They spent the first week retrieving the hats they'd merrily thrown in the air.
Napoleon's renewed rule lasted just over 100 days, setting a standard by which we judge our presidents' first 100 days in office, meaning that his legacy is to forever be compared to people who get to be in charge longer than he did. Still, he got in one last great quote, and what's a couple dozen (thousand) dead people next to an emperor's chance to sound rad as hell?
#4. An Unnamed Medic: "They've Got Us Surrounded -- The Poor Bastards"
The Situation:
The Battle of the Bulge has the not-so-enviable prestige of being the absolute worst time ever for everyone involved -- particularly those fighting near the Belgian town of Bastogne. It also proved the Law of Proportionate Badassery (which we just made up), which states that something as simple as telling someone to work on their midair defecation becomes historic when you're shouting it over the din of mortar explosions. And somehow, a quote about a general's testicles isn't even the ballsiest boast to burst from the beaks of the Battered Bastards of Bastogne.
U.S. Army
Big batches of bombastic broadcasts were bellowed by this battalion of bold, brave boys.
As German forces plowed through Allied territory and closed in on the 12,000 soldiers holed up in that tiny village, a Corporal Carson of Easy Company (the group that Band of Brothers was based on) approached a medic and asked why everyone wasn't being evacuated. The medic (whose name has been lost to history, somehow) replied, "Haven't you heard? ... They've got us surrounded -- the poor bastards."
The Aftermath:
The medic was right: Hitler's bulge left a lot to be desired, and although things were bleak at the time, the Allied soldiers in Bastogne held their adversaries off long enough for General Patton's army to stroll on in and start cracking skulls -- although, to this day, none of the soldiers Patton found there have ever admitted they needed rescuing.
U.S. Army
They were enjoying an afternoon of sledding when reinforcements arrived.
As for the Wehrmacht, well, they didn't even have time to lick their wounds before they met a whole mess of Russians just itching to teach them a lesson about fighting a war in winter.
#3. Queen Tomyris: "For All Your Insatiability of Blood, I Shall Give You Your Fill of It!"
The Situation:
In 529 B.C., Cyrus the Great was expanding the Persian Empire into the legendary force that would forever be remembered as the weird orc-people who got super-stabbed by the Opera Phantom in 300. After taking down the Babylonian Empire, Cyrus set his sights on the Massagatae Empire, ruled by Queen Tomyris.
Depicted here with a 6-foot phallic symbol so men would take her seriously.
Cyrus' first plan was to bone her into giving up her empire, but she politely passed, partly because she knew it was a ploy and partly because of his gigantic schnoz. His second plan involved using his more unfit soldiers as bait to lure in the Massagetae army and then attack them during their victory feast. The shockingly dickish plan worked, and Cyrus ended up with a whole bunch of prisoners -- including Tomyris' son.
Understandably pissed off, Tomyris sent a request that her son be returned that concluded with "For all your insatiability of blood, I shall give you your fill of it!"
The Aftermath:
Cyrus ignored the message, and Tomyris made good on her promise. Not only did she launch a wicked counteroffensive and defeat Cyrus on his own turf, she even managed to kill him during the battle. But when she found out that her son had killed himself to escape the shame of imprisonment, she decided to get a bit more literal with her revenge. She cut off Cyrus the Smacked Down's head and dunked it in a skin bag filled with blood.
It's like we've always said: when life kills your children, desecrate the corpse of a Emperor.
Yeah! Score one for revenge! Queen Tomyris went down in history for making good on badass promises, while Cyrus the Stupid got stuck with a legacy of ... writing the world's first declaration of human rights, which freed slaves, encouraged racial equality, and established freedom of religion.
OK, so badass quotes may not be the best way to pick sides. Like in the next case ...


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WinMerge is an excellent and very powerful file merging tool, but as the name would imply, it's Windows only. What's a good equivalent on the Mac?
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You can use FileMerge, Apple's diff solution. It's free and it comes with every Mac OS X install.
Then, you can find it at
Agree with the recommendation for FileMerge.app. You also have the free, cross-platform DiffMerge program, but I like FileMerge better.
A modern, powerful, but paid (currently Mar-2013 $69.99) file merging application for OS X is Kaleidoscope. It handles folders, files, and even images. Ad copy from the page:
Here are which I've found:
See also: What file comparison tool can I use under OS X? and Comparison of file comparison tools at Wikipedia for the full list.
Araxis Merge (http://www.araxis.com/merge_mac/index.html) is the gold standard in this area and has a similar cost (what is the weight of bits?). There are Windows and Mac versions, and it is truly excellent if you find yourself spending a lot of time doing multiway diffs and merges (more common in these days of distributed version control systems).
The pricing starts (as of Sept 2011) at $129.
Stumbled upon this thread today and thought I'd contribute this new cross-platform OSS diff tool that supports file and directory comparision. It is a good alternative to WinMerge for Mac. http://meldmerge.org/
Maybe you will find the app SourceTree interesting: http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/ SourceTree is a free Mac client for Git and Mercurial version control systems. Therefor it isn't a general purpose diff or merge tool but it is worth mentioning it.
There's an application called SemanticMerge for Mac.
SemanticMerge, as the name says :-), is a tool able to merge based on code structure instead of blocks of text. It basically means it parses the code first and then merges based on methods, classes and so on, so it is quite refactor friendly since it can match methods/functions even when they've been moved to different locations within the file.
At the time of writing this Semantic supports C#, Java and C, but of course ObjectiveC will be the next one.
Perforce, a source control application, has a free * diff and merge tool that is cross platform and works fine on my mac. It's called P4Merge.
It presents file-diffs very nicely and handles three-way merges like a champ. As a long-time WinMerge user I was very happy with it. Its use of little gem-like icons in a 3-way merge takes some getting used to. One icon is for my change, one for their's, and one for the common ancestor. Once you get that straight it was very helpful.
* it was free, but may now be subject to Perforce's licensing. Perforce in-general is restricted to a certain number of users and/or files unless you buy it. However, these restrictions only make sense when using their server-side software. These client-only tools can't really be licensed like that. I'll update if I ever hear back from the company on this matter.
I am a Mac user attached to elegance and esthetics as a significant factor in productivity for cognitive reasons. A fully native and elegant Human Interface is for me of paramount importance.
I tried many contenders (Araxis, P4Merge and many others). I purchased several. I loved Changes for a long while. Now my favorite is Kaleidoscope. It provides 3-way merge, it can compare images in a smart way, it has a slick and elegant interface.
When an application claims to be cross-platform, that rings an alarm bell. More often than not, it means an ugly, non-native interface. Having to cringe when working is not my idea of having fun at work.
Beyond Compare is now in beta for the Mac. It's the best diff/merge program I've used on Windows and is definitely worth checking out.
Meld is a good option..
steps to install meld on Mac :
I use VisualDiffer.
It's not as good as WinMerge, but pretty close and very cheap (only $
Here's a screenshot.
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My favorite free solution for merging the contents of files is KDiff3. KDiff3 can do two-way and three-way merges, has a decent GUI and has some pretty powerful features to assist with the merge.
My favorite non-free, but inexpensive ($30-ish) solution for merging the contents of files is Beyond Compare 3. Yes, Beyond Compare 3 is only available as a native Windows or Linux app, but I run it in WiNE via the easy to use Wineskin Winery app.
When it comes to merging the content of directories both KDiff3 and Beyond Compare 3 can do it, but IMO KDiff3 is not very usable in this regard. Fortunately Beyond Compare 3 excels at directory merges, even on OS X.
Seems like there were plans to make WinMerge 3 available for Mac too:
A note about Meld:


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MORGANTOWN - West Virginia's defense is on the verge of cementing its spot as the most porous in school history.
The Mountaineers (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) are giving up 50 points per game in conference play. If they allow at least 47 on Saturday at Oklahoma State (5-3, 3-2), they'll shatter the single-season school record of 364 points allowed, set in 1978.
And there's still at least four games left.
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DEFENSIVE WOES — TCU wide receiver Josh Boyce slips tackles by West Virginia's Cecil Leve and Ishmael Banks during their game in Morgantown on Saturday. TCU won, 39-38, in overtime.
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"We can't worry about what's happened," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. "We've got to worry about what's ahead of us.
"The last time I was aware, this is the first time West Virginia has ever played in the Big 12. It's a league that can score; it's a league that can play good defense. It's a league that can play good football. A whole lot of parity exists in it, so we've got to take what's happened and we've got to try to build on it. If we sit here and worry about this, and worry about that, we're worrying about the wrong things."
The most passing yards given up by any West Virginia team entering this season was 451. Two quarterbacks have surpassed that this year, and Baylor's Nick Florence, Texas Tech's Seth Doege and Kansas State's Collin Klein combined to throw for 14 touchdowns and run for five more against the Mountaineers.
The Big 12 has seven of the top 18 scoring offenses in the country. West Virginia's former conference, the Big East, has none in the top 30.
Mercifully, West Virginia doesn't list a record for most yards allowed in a season. The Mountaineers are giving up 483 per game, 10th worst in the FBS and twice as much as the stingiest team, Florida State. That's also 92 yards worse than any West Virginia defense over the past decade.
"Being in the Big 12 is a different league," said West Virginia defensive coordinator Joe DeForest. "I want to hold them to the least amount of points that we possibly can."
And so comes the weekly task of facing another high-octane offense.
Oklahoma State is averaging 43 points and 576 yards, although the Mountaineers aren't sure which quarterback they'll face. Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has said he expects starter Wes Lunt will split practice time with backup Clint Chelf this week before the team determines who will play. Lunt was hurt in the Cowboys' loss to Kansas State last week.
"Teams are going to score," said West Virginia defensive lineman Will Clarke. "That's part of the game. If those 47 points are made, they're made. But we're going to try to stop teams from scoring. That's just the focus we're trying to have."
Fans have debated whether DeForest's 3-4 scheme is a step back from the 3-3-5 of predecessor Jeff Casteel, who oversaw the defense for a decade and helped the Mountaineers go 3-0 in BCS bowls. Casteel and two other assistant coaches joined Rich Rodriguez at Arizona this season. But Arizona is faring worse than West Virginia, giving up an average of 498 yards.
The Mountaineers coaching staff has seen some signs of improvement on a unit that's leaned heavily on first-year players. Freshmen linebacker Isaiah Bruce and safety Karl Joseph are 1-2 in tackles and combine for two of the team's six interceptions.
In a 39-38 double-overtime loss to TCU last week, West Virginia's defense gave up the fewest points in five games. One of TCU's touchdowns came on special teams.
"I thought we communicated better," DeForest said. "I thought we flew around better than we have since the James Madison game (Sept. 15). The emotion and the energy and the intensity that we played with, I thought it was obvious watching."
Still, West Virginia was inept at the worst possible times against TCU, giving up a 94-yard touchdown pass in the closing minutes of regulation when the defense lost track of a receiver, allowing a 25-yard TD strike in the second overtime and the ensuing two-point conversion pass that pushed the Mountaineers' losing streak to three games.
"What we need to do this week is continue to work on the little things that cost us the game," DeForest said. "There were five plays that if we would have made one of those plays, it would have been a different outcome.
"Games are won and lost by doing the little things right the whole game, and I think our kids realize we played really, really good, except for those five plays and it cost us. So now hopefully we'll have a prolonged period of consistency and concentration."


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WACO (January 30, 2013)--It took a McLennan County jury only two hours Wednesday to find a homeless man not guilty of sexual assault in connection with a 2011 attack on a local woman.
Jeffrey Glenn Bolton, 50, was on trial for the sexual assault of a woman near the Cotton Palace Park, on Clay Street, that was reported at around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2011.
The victim identified Bolton as someone she knew.
He was arrested in January 2012 in Austin and sent back to Waco for trial.
Bolton was tried as a habitual offender because, prosecutors said, he had been convicted 11 times of various felonies and 10 times for misdemeanors in at least six states.
One of his previous convictions was for a sexual assault in Arkansas and another for assault Galveston County.
"We respect the jury's verdict," said Assistant District Attorney Gabrielle Massey.
"Every victim of violent crime deserves to have an advocate fighting for justice for them and our office will stand up for all victims of crime, even those who have no voice of their own. The District Attorney's office will continue to pursue justice for all victims of crime."


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Indonesia's gasoline deficit and imports will exceed the US and Mexico, reversing trade flows and replacing the US as the main driver of global gasoline trade and prices.
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Asia-Pacific is expected to turn into a gasoline importer by
2018, driven mainly by shortages in Indonesia that will
influence global gasoline prices and draw imports from as far
as the Atlantic basin, Wood Mackenzie said in a
new statement.
Indonesia is currently one of the largest gasoline importers
in Asia-Pacific, but globally the US remains the largest market
and imports the vehicle fuel from refineries across Europe and Asia.
This is set to change as Indonesia's gasoline deficit and
imports will exceed the US and Mexico, reversing trade flows
and replacing the US as the main driver of global gasoline
trade and prices, Wood Mackenzie said.
It said Indonesia's gasoline deficit is expected to grow
from 340,000 bpd to around 420,000 bpd from 2012 to 2018, while
the US and Mexico will see their combined deficit fall from
560,000 bpd to about 60,000 bpd.
"The competition between US and Europe to supply East of Suez
markets will act to influence pricing, and we expect
Singapore's gasoline prices to strengthen relative to both the
US Gulf Coast and Northwest Europe gasoline prices in the long
term, to support the arbitrage opportunities from US and Europe to Asia Pacific," Sushant
Gupta, head of downstream research for the Asia-Pacific region,
Indonesia's gasoline demand up to 2025 is driven by income
growth, increased car ownership and government subsidies, but
supply is restricted as new oil refineries are unlikely to be
constructed before 2018, resulting in shortages.
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C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of inflammation in the body. Therefore, its level in the blood increases if there is any inflammation in the body. C-reactive protein, along with other markers of inflammation (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, "sed rate," or ESR) are also sometimes referred to as acute phase reactants. C-reactive protein is produced by the cells in the liver.
Although the c-reactive protein level does not provide any specifics about the inflammatory process going on in the body (such as the location of the inflammation), it has been linked to atherosclerotic vascular disease (narrowing of blood vessels) by many studies. Atherosclerosis of blood vessels is thought to have an inflammatory component, and this may explain the link between this process and elevation of c-reactive protein.
Atherosclerosis can exist in varying stages. The basic theory suggests an injury to the blood vessel walls that occurs slowly over time. The site of initial injury then may become a focus for plaques to form, which contain inflammatory cells, cholesterol deposits, and other blood cells which are covered by a cap inside the lining of the blood vessels. This may represent a stable area of narrowing, or atherosclerosis, with mild inflammatory activity. These lesions can develop throughout the body in different degrees, and they can increase in size over time. Occasionally, the cap on one of these plaques can rupture and cause a more acute inflammation that results in impairment of blood flow in the involved vessel, leading to heart attacks or strokes when this occurs in the coronary arteries or arteries within the brain, respectively.
Did you have high levels of C-reactive protein? If so, what did your doctor advise to lower your risk for cardiovascular problems?


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Timesaving Tips for Getting Organized
Part of the Organizing For Dummies Cheat Sheet
If you keep these tips handy (by your desk, on the bulletin board, on the fridge), you're guaranteed to save time everyday and be more organized. Practice makes perfect!
Set goals. Prioritize. Plan.
Make lists.
Avoid procrastination.
Handle interruptions.
Use a tape recorder, especially when driving, to dictate notes.
Use deadlines wisely: a) Impose them for every project. b) Plan backward to meet them.
Follow routines and time them to your personal rhythms.
Learn to say No when you have too much to do.
Take an early or late lunch and work through the usual lunch hour to avoid interruptions.
Make appointments with beginning and ending times.
Use the telephone or e-mail as much as possible, matching the medium to the message.
Keep supplies on hand.
Keep active files within fingertip reach.
Clean off your desk every night.
Put away a project before beginning a new one.
Continue learning how to use your computer better.
Carry a To Read file.
Be prepared.
Reward yourself.
Plan today for tomorrow.


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I heard on a TV show dark is just for colour and light is just for flavour?
Light soy sauce: "is a thin (low viscosity), opaque, lighter brown soy sauce, brewed by first culturing steamed wheat and soybeans with Aspergillus, and then letting the mixture ferment in brine. It is the main soy sauce used for seasoning, since it is saltier, has less noticeable color, and also adds a distinct flavour."
Dark soy sauce: "a darker and slightly thicker soy sauce made from light soy sauce. This soy sauce is produced through prolonged aging and added caramel, and may contain added molasses to give it its distinctive appearance. This variety is mainly used during cooking, since its flavour develops during heating. It has a richer, slightly sweeter, and less salty flavour than light soy sauce. Dark soy sauce is partly used to add color and flavour to a dish after cooking, but, as stated above, is more often used during the cooking process, rather than after."
It's probably similar to the difference between run-of-the-mill balsamic and aged balsamic. In that case, the "light" or regular balsamic is an everyday condiment while the aged stuff is thicker and has much more concentrated flavor.


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Inside the Windows Application Server Enhancements known as Dublin (1/2)
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Session 1: Walkthrough of Windows Application Server Enhancements code named Dublin
In this session we will review the features of the Windows Application Server Enhancements code named Dublin. This session will show how to use new and enhanced concepts in the .Net 4.0 framework to empower Services hosted in Windows allowing users insight
into service health and activity.
Stephen W. Thomas started his career with a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Iowa. After realizing his passion was actually in software, he went to work for a major consulting firm where he worked on his first Microsoft BizTalk project in early 2001. Since then Stephen has done consulting work for a number of different clients including many in the Fortune 500. He was fortunate to get to work with the beta release of BizTalk 2004, BizTalk 2006, and BizTalk 2006 R2 and BizTalk 2009. Stephen now focuses on all Connected Systems Technologies including the latest improvement in .Net 4.0 (Window Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow) and Dublin.
Currently, Stephen is an independent consultant focused solely on Microsoft based integration solutions using BizTalk and other Connection System Technologies. Stephen runs the BizTalk community site www.BizTalkGurus.com and is a 5 year Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in BizTalk Server. Recent speaking engagements are at the Microsoft's SOA and BP Conference in January 2009 in Seattle, WA and at Tech Ed in Orlando in 2007. Book credits include tech reviewer of the BizTalk 2006 Recipes book published by APress.
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Nancy Price Mendenhall, M.D., Professor, Associate Chair, and Medical Director, University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL
Rationale for Proton Therapy
Thomas F. DeLaney, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center, Boston, MA
Bertil Damato, M.D., Hon. Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Liverpool, Ocular Oncology Service, St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool UK
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Robert Malyapa, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL
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Hiroshi Tsuji, M.D., Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiology Sciences, Univ of Tsukuba, Japan
Abdominal Lymphoma
Allan F. Thornton, M.D., Midwest Proton Therapy Center, Bloomington, IN
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Special Physics Issues
Thomas Bortfeld, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director of Physics Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Special Physics Issues
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Financial Issues
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I want to buy a baby monitor but I am overwhelmed by all the different options. based on your experience, what are the most important features to look for in a baby monitor? Please explain the reasons for your preference.
Most important to us is portability and good battery life, because it's difficult to keep the receiver plugged into just one place. I would next check for clear reception. Hearing static all the time can get annoying. Digital is better for this in general, but there are good analog ones too. As a rule of thumb, higher GHz numbers traditionally have better immunity to interference, but depending on what gadgets you and your neighbors have this isn't always the case. Don't be afraid to return one if the static is just too annoying at your house.
I personally would take video off the list unless price isn't an issue, because you usually use the monitor when you're sleeping or otherwise engaged. New parents will always go into the baby's room when he's fussing anyway, and experienced parents know what sounds to ignore without video. Video monitors also use more bandwidth, so it's harder to find one that doesn't cause or be affected by interference.
Also off my personal must have list is encryption unless it doesn't cost extra. The signal doesn't go much past the end of your driveway, and if someone is camped out there listening to your baby sleep I think you have bigger privacy issues than your baby monitor.
I'd say that these factors are relevant to consider:
Do you need...
You can find lots of variety on your local Amazon site.
Aside from all the above, which are great features, you may want the baby monitor to not interfere with your Wifi signal at home. It's something that's not always clearly stated.
Many baby monitors operate on the same frequency as most wireless routers (2.4 Ghz) and use a (too) wide band of channels.
This list of features from Consumer Reports is helpful: a link
I prefer a video monitor because it means that a baby does not need to cry to get the attention of parents.
Parents of more than one baby/toddler should consider a system that they can add on a 2nd camera to. And it is helpful if that camera can be remotely controlled since babies more a lot in their sleep.
Range is another important consideration. Do you want to be able to take the monitor to the backyard? Down into the basement? Or do you live on a single floor?
There are audio monitors that will not transmit the base level of noise. It's helpful to play white noise for babies, but then you will always have noise coming through your monitor unless you get a monitor that will not transmit that base level.
Many new parents find the sensor pads that come with some monitors (Angel Care) an important piece of mind. It might be irrational, but there are times in those early weeks that you'll wonder if your baby is still breathing, and then wake baby up trying to check. Having a sensor pad would help if you're prone to worry.
As Karl says, "New parents will always go into the baby's room when he's fussing anyway, and experienced parents know what sounds to ignore without video."
But... I think the video feature (with 'night vision') is very usefull for comfortably making the transition from being a new parent to being an experienced parent. In between those stages, you'll hear a sound, look at the video, see whether they are fully awake or just having little "baby nightmares" and overtime learn to tell the difference just by sound. Going into the room to observe whether they need your attention tends to be ineffective since the act of going into the room will often wake them up or excite them if they are partially awake.
The ability to push a button to remotely play music or toggle lights is a common thing on these gadgets but we found them totally useless.


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"Chelsea is an amazing young lady who exceeds expectations everyday academically, athletically and socially," said Ottawa University Head Cross Country Coach Kirk Wren. "She works diligently to accomplish her goals as a student athlete by using excellent social skills, written and oral communications and an outstanding personality. I'm glad she is here at Ottawa getting a quality education and running cross country, indoor track and outdoor track."
In addition to being a four-time national NAIA qualifier (twice in cross country; twice as a marathon qualifier), Fullerton holds the school record for both the half marathon and marathon. She is a two-time All-KCAC runner in cross country, three-time All-KCAC runner in indoor track, and a two-time All-KCAC runner in outdoor track. She has been part of an Academic All-American Team six times and is an NAIA Scholar Team Athlete.
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Besides her year-round involvement in two sports, Fullerton is also a second-year resident assistant and is involved in Campus Ministries at Ottawa University, including Fellowship of Christian Athletes, women's Bible study, and the Christian high school retreat Braving Discipleship, which she helped plan and coordinate last year.
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Fullerton is pursuing her bachelor's in economics and accounting with a minor in mathematics. While she isn't certain what she plans to do following graduation (maybe a master's degree in agricultural economics), it is almost certain that she will excel at whatever she decides to pursue.
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I'm currently reading Roger Penrose's book Shadows of the Mind, in which (at pp.72-77) he gives a simple, somewhat preliminary I guess, proof for Gödel's incompleteness theorem by using turing machines. However, I'm having trouble understanding the argument.
The argument
Suppose that we list all the possible computations that can be carried out on a certain input number, $n$
\begin{equation} \label{firstList} C_0(n), C_1(n), C_2(n), C_3(n), C_4(n), C_5(n), \ldots, \end{equation}
In other words; we're listing all the turing machines that can operate on a certain input number, $n$.
Now, further assume that we have some computational procedure, $A$, which tries to predict whether a certain turing machine will stop when working with a certain input number. This procedure won't always be able to discern if a certain turing machine stops when it's fed with a certain input number, but it is sound, meaning that it never will say that it stops if it doesn't.
So, formally, $A$ takes two inputs: $q$ and $n$. $q$ represents a certain turing machine and $n$ represents the input to this turing machine. $A$ signals that a certain turing machine will not stop by stopping itself. This then has the consequence that
\begin{equation} \text{If } A(q, n) \text{ stops, then } C_q(n) \text{ does not stop.} \end{equation}
Now, Cantor's diagonal slash is introduced, in which one always choses a $q$ and $n$ that are the same. This means that we can write
\begin{equation} \text{If } A(n, n) \text{ stops, then } C_n(n) \text{ does not stop.} \end{equation}
Penrose here states (I'm citing him because I'm not entirely sure what the essential components of these steps are)
We now notice that $A(n, n)$ depends upon just one number $n$, not two, so it must be one of the computations $C_0, C_1, C_2, C_3, \ldots$ (as applied to $n$), since this was supposed to be a listing of all the computations that can be performed on a single natural number $n$. Let us suppose that it is in fact $C_k$, so we have:
\begin{equation} A(n, n) = C_k(n) \end{equation}
Now examine the particular value n=k. [...] We have [from the equation above]:
\begin{equation} A(k, k) = C_k(k) \end{equation}
Now, substituting $n$ with $k$ in the statement before the quotes we get
\begin{equation} \text{If } A(k, k) \text{ stops, then } C_k(k) \text{ does not stop.} \end{equation}
By then taking advantage of $A(k, k) = C_k(k)$ above, we get
\begin{equation} \text{If } C_k(k) \text{ stops, then } C_k(k) \text{ does not stop.} \end{equation}
Penrose then states that (not important for my question but just providing some context for readers not familiar with what this proof leeds to)
From this, we must deduce that the computation $C_k(k)$ does not in fact stop. (For if it did then it does not, according to [the equation above]. But $A(k, k)$ cannot stop either, since by [one of the equations above], it is the same as C_k(k). Thus, our procedure $A$ is incapable of ascertaining that this particular computation $C_k(k))$ does not stop even though it does not.
Moreover, if we know that $A$ is sound, then we know that $C_k(k)$ does not stop. Thus, we know something that $A$ is unable to ascertain. It follows that $A$ cannot encapsulate our understanding.
What I don't get
Now, what I don't get here is why the diagonal slash is necessary for the argument. Why can't I just choose two numbers; one for the turing machine, $x$; and one for the input number, $y$; and then proclaim that $A(x, y)$ has to correspond to a certain computation, $C_x(y)$? From that point on I should be able to say that if $C_x(y)$ stops, then $C_x(y)$ does not stop. An important part of the argument seems to be that "$A(n, n)$ depends upon just one number $n$, not two", but I don't understand why.


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I tried the setting for GTK-fonts in KDE system-settings to be set to "use my KDE fonts in GTK apps" and also the option "use own font" (maybe mistranslated). To the same effect.
I can change the fontsize for all KDE programs manually to another value, apply the changes, restore the previous settings, apply the changes again an derverything works like expected again.
Once I log out or reboot and login to KDE the fontsizes are messed up again (as if the multiplier applies to some of KDE!).
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The crack of a whip sounded in the air. The great grass plain ending on the great Mississippi river was littered with the brown shapes of a cattle herd rushing along on another cattle drive. Here and there the cowboys shouted and kicked their horses for speed. The sky above was a clear blue without a cloud visible but somewhere in the distant horizon. Finally the lead rider spotted their destination and called out. Two other men joined him at the front of the herd and leaned against the back of their horses.
"There it is fellas. Carlton Trading Post. and by the looks of it there's the riverboats ready as well" the lead rider said and glanced at the two others who smiled.
"Don't get too excited, Angelface. We still have to get the herd on the boats" the more rough and worn looking rider told the lead rider before flipping a lit cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other.
"Sure, but after that it's just a ride down to New Orleans and that's it for this ride" Angelface said with a sigh of relief before whistling and waving for the other riders to collect the herd and start moving for the trading post and the riverboats.
The three lead cowboys, Angelface first, entered the small walled trading post right off the shore of the Mississippi river. It was a regular stop for riverboats needing more firewood or small repairs and supplies. This time, however, something was wrong with the place. The gate was open but nobody was out to greet them. As the horses stepped inside the walls, Angelface unmounted and rushed inside the trading post main building. When he came back out, the man shook his head.
"Nobody's inside. It's like the place is deserted" he said before looking at the gate where one of the riverboat captains stumbled in, rather drunk apparently.
"Well that'd explain that" the rough rider said and took the cigar from his mouth.
"You got the trade post keeper on your boat too?" the rider asked while dismounting the horse. His spurs tingled as he walked towards the captain who had a severe case of hiccups.
-aye" the captain answered, causing a long exchange of looks between the cowboys.
"You think you can get us down to New Orleans intact?" another question sounded and the captain nodded his head vigorously.
"S-shay, you d-don't have any whiskey with yous?" the captain continued and fell back, losing balance and hitting the ground rather harshly. The smoker man took hold of his horse's reins and walked it over to the captain before helping the drunkard on the back of the horse.
"Go make sure the cattle will be ready. I'll go announce to the riverboats we're getting ready to bring them on board"
It wasn't too long after that that the two riverboats, now loaded with cattle, began the arduous journey downstream to New Orleans where an unloading would take place. The rough rider once again was smoking his cigar, hat tilted slightly sideways and wearing a duster while leaning on a railing on the bow of the ship.
"Hey, I never got your name" a voice came from behind the man, who simply smirked and shook his head.
"You don't need my name" the gruff, deep voice of the man answered before he turned and looked at the cowboy nicknamed Angelface.
"Thats right. I don't" Angelface responded before drawing his six-shooter and cocking it.
"See, I already know. You're Jack Walshey, and I already have what I need from you" Angelface said with a grin as he picked up something from within his coat and opened a map showing the location of an old cache he was after.
"You can't take that" Jack said and lowered his hand for his gun. As he did that, several gunshots rang through the air and a light cloud of smoke rose up between Angelface and Jack. Several steps clacked against the wooden deck of the riverboat as Angelface approached Jack and stopped in front of the man. The much younger, but apparently much more ruthless, man pressed the revolver against a small silver star hidden within Jack's duster coat. Another gunshot and then a splash as Jack went overboard, more than probably dead by the time he hit the water.
Several footsteps came from behind Angelface. As the young man turned and holstered the gun, he smiled and looked at the second lead cowboy of the cattle drive.
"We've got it. Now we just have to get from New Orleans to Texas before the rest of these damn Marshals come searching"
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It had been years now. The Civil war had come and gone, making those people with a cache of weapons in their knowledge very rich men. However, slowly one by one these men, hardly in their mid-thirties, began to die of a major case of lead poisoning. And not due to lead in the water or in household items. The poisoning came rushing several hundred kilometers per hour from a tight cramped barrel of an old Smith & Wesson.But for some reason the lead poisoning did not come before the crumbling of the target's life, but rather much after, as if some vengeful angel had first destroyed the once rich men one by one and then Death himself had collected upon the ruins of a once great cowboy. This applied by the beginning of our story to all but one; Angelface. The richest and most powerful of the group that had once killed US Marshal Jack Walshey.
After The Civil War Angelface had moved on to the rocky planes of Texas, where he ran a town as a mayor and also owned one of the largest cattle ranches in United States. Heck, he even had stock investments in the railroads. That's probably why he was so powerful too. Nobody wanted to go against a railroad boss in the end, since they usually had the power to send a whole army of mercenaries and gunslingers after you if you did. But one day someone would try...
The sun was hot over the arid planes around the town of Melée(tm) and the dusty and dry wind blew from the deserts to the west of the town. A stagecoach approached the town, several bags and suitcases tied to the top and two men sitting on the front of the coach. Inside a suited man wiped sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief and his wife sat back straight and with a parasol open, despite it being near impossible inside the cramped stagecoach. Opposite them was a man sitting with a dark green hat, which seemed like a short top hat, tilted slightly forwards and covering his face. He also had a long, again dark green, duster coat, beneath it seemingly a worn cowboy gear. What was odd in this cowboy was that he had a priest's collar on his neck.
As the stagecoach stopped speck in the middle of the town of Melée(tm), the preacher stepped up without tilting his hat up and calmly stepped out of the coach once the door was opened. He tugged his duster coat closed before being handed his gear from the top of the stagecoach. It seemed he was traveling on horse, but it either died or had to be left somewhere just before he got on the stagecoach. In any case, the man carried the gear with him to the nearest INN and rented himself a room. It wasn't a nice room by any standard, but livable still. The gear was dropped on the floor by the door as the man made his way inside and the owner followed him in.
"Anything else, sir?" the owner asked and the preacher turned. He was about a head taller than the innkeeper and so the innkeeper could see under the man's hat and into the eyes of the stranger. The sight beneath the hat was something terrible to the man, despite being an innkeeper and seeing much of what can be seen, to the extent that the owner let out a squeal like a little pig being slaughtered. The preacher slowly shook his head and the owner ran out of the room, closing the door behind him. The small puddle on the floor where the owner had stood was a good indicator on the amount of horror that the owner had faced when looking into the eyes of the preacher.
As the stranger to this town stepped out to the balcony of the inn, he took a careful look around the town to familiarize it swiftly. A small group of men, all armed and without a star on their chest, walked down the middle of the street, obviously being the real order in town instead of the law. They were some of Angelface's men. One of so many groups traveling around town keeping order and terrorizing people into obeying. The sheriff and his deputies had no power. It was lucky they even got out of the jail house without several bullet wounds on their bodies.
A sort of grumble escaped the preacher's lips as he watched the group laugh and torture an elderly man. His expression was neutral, but the grumble was a clear indication he would change how things were handled around the town.
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Is it OK to downvote "impossible questions"? With impossible questions I mean questions that are not possible to answer or that are not possible to do (obviously, the OP doesn't know that). For instance:
Anyone knows if P = NP? >>> Not possible to answer
Is there a way to sort an array with a O(logn) complexity? >>> Not possible to do
Related post , but no the same, I'm asking about downvoting, not closing.