I've just discovered the  questions on this meta, and wondered how and when this feature is used. For example, I just discovered that we had a  tag () on Electrical Engineering, which was variously used for source code, binary codes, color codes, and official standards.  All that, in 7 questions (which I've since edited to remove the tag).  None of these is obviously the main target of the word , so I conclude that the  tag is meaningless, and should be abolished.  Is a tag blocklist an appropriate action for this tag?  How do you decide which tags to block? Assuming that the blocklist is appropriate,how can the blocklist be created?  I don't see a way to add anything to the , and there's no mention of this privilege in the tools that I can find.
Following , I would like to know what exactly it means for a tag to be marked as blocked (formerly blacklisted) on a Stack Exchange site.  Does it mean I can't use that tag on my question? What are the reasons for blocking a tag? Who can block tags? Why am I being prompted to remove a tag from a question I'm editing?
Recursively delete empty directories in Windows I have a directory on my Windows 7 machine that has hundreds if not thousands of sub-directories.  Some of them have files, some do not.  I want to delete all the empty directories.  Looking at the del and rmdir DOS command, it does not look like you can recursively do this without deleting all the files.  Is there a way to do this from the command line? I am lost in normalizing, could anyone guide me please.  I have a minimum and maximum values, say -23.89 and 7.54990767, respectively.  If I get a value of 5.6878 how can I scale this value on a scale of 0 to 1. I've got a directory shared on my network, using Samba. People on the netwerk use this Samba share to download files from my share to their computers. I'm interested in what files are downloaded most, and by which users they are downloaded. I'd like to see this in real time, if possible. Is there a program that allows me to do this? If yes, how can I use it?    I'm using Ubuntu 11.10. How can I respawn the Ender Dragon? I have a server and the Ender dragon has been defeated.  However, returning to The End does not respawn the Ender Dragon.  How can I get the final boss back on a vanilla server without using mods? Add different materials to different parts of a mesh? Fixing geometry validity errors in QGIS 2? I have data in an Excel file that I want to join with a shapefile in my project. The Excel file contains values like volumes. The Excel file and the shapefile I want to join it with both contain the same property names.  The problem is, when I join the two, I get too many decimals in the attribute table. I get six, but I only want it to be one.  I tested to change the format of the cells to one decimal, and then I saved the file as *csv. But, somehow I seem to loose data in the process? It should be 42 rows that contains data in the column i am working with, but I end up with only like 10?  Another thing is that my property names contains the letters Å. Ä and Ö, perhaps this complicates things?  I read the question , but it doesn't mention the problem with the data loss.  My question was tagged with , but I didn't write what version I'm using. I use QGIS 2.2.0. Would it help to upgrade to the latest version? Solve $x=y\frac{dy}{dx}-\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right)^{2}$ OpenLayers low resolution and/or shifts in QGIS print composer? How can I make up for weak grades while applying for a masters? I feel I've received poor grades in my bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering - Second Class Second Division as per UK grading system. Having finished my bachelors in the UK I wish to enroll into a masters program in Systems or Mechanical Engineering in the US. I am currently employed by a logistics company in Dubai.   How can I improve my chances of getting into a grad school in the US with what I consider as poor grades? What other factors can strengthen my application? Why $\sqrt{-1 \times -1} \neq \sqrt{-1}^2$? Primes congruent to 1 mod 6 I came across a claim that I found interesting, but can't seem to prove for some reason. I have the feeling it should be easy  a prime $p$ can be written in the form $p = a^2 -ab +b^2$ for some $a,b\in\mathbb{Z}$ if and only if $p\equiv 1\bmod{6}$ Is $0$ a natural number? Is there a consensus in the mathematical community, or some accepted authority, to determine whether zero should be classified as a natural number?  It seems as though formerly $0$ was considered in the set of natural numbers, but now it seems more common to see definitions saying that the natural numbers are precisely the positive integers. $\sum a_{n}$ is convergent, $\sum a_{n}^2$ is divergent. Prove $\sum a_{n}$ is conditionally convergent. Suppose that the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_{n}$ converges while $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_{n}^2$ diverges. Prove that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_{n}$ converges conditionally. I was trying to install Linux on my MacBook for class when I bricked my computer, which now in an unbootable state.   I made my partition too small, so I was going to delete and create a larger one. However, Disk Utility did not allow me to delete the small partition. I followed the instructions from   However, not only was I still unable to delete it, but upon restarting I realized my primary partition (located on the same disk) changed into FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF, and I had no options to boot.  (I am sure I performed the command on the correct disk and partition)  I saw some similar threads, but my main bootable drive is the one that got corrupt.   I don't want to lose any data. I'm not the most terminal savvy, so ANY help is appreciated, and I will kindly provide any additional information!  (Disk 0, partition 2 is my main partition, and that only one I care about)  Below are the results of  $ diskutil list and $ gpt -r show disk0.        UPDATE: :  I have followed @klanomath 's instructions. At the last step I received the following error:  Checking prerequisites Checking the partition list Checking for an EFI system partition Checking the EFI system partition's size Checking the EFI system partition's file system Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting Error: -69766: The partition map needs to be repaired because there's a problem with the EFI system partition's file system Underlying error: 8: POSIX reports: Exec format error    FINAL UPDATE: SUCCESS!  I just wanted thank @klanomath for helping me through this entire process. He spent 11 hours TeamViewing with me until not only my files were accessible, but until I could access my computer as could before this whole debacle (and this was after 5 hours of email correspondence).   To any future reader with this problem: PLEASE don't give up, it can be fixed! Are There Any Mechanics for Removing Possession? So I'm thinking of a few adventure hooks for my players, and I thought about the possibility of them removing a demon that has possessed a noble. Are there currently any mechanics or rules surrounding possession and the removal of entities?  If not, does anyone have any play-tested homebrew rules? Do the Faceless Men take more than just a face? Order of redirections I don't quite understand how the computer reads this command.  cat file1 file2 1&gt; file.txt 2&gt;&amp;1  If I understand, 2&gt;&amp;1 simply redirect Standard Error to Standard Output.  By that logic, the command reads to me as follows:    concatenate files file1 and file2.  send stdout from this operation to file.txt. send stderr to stdout. end?   I'm not sure what the computer's doing. By my logic, the command should be   cat file1 file2 2&gt;&amp;1 &gt; file.txt   but this is not correct. Activity Monitor in Mavericks "Show Memory Usage" dock icon gone? 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