For example:  "Would you like to eat a pizza and/or a hamburger"
As a programmer, I have no problem with seeing or using "and/or" in technical documentation. For example,     I can upvote an answer that satisfies me and/or mark it as accepted.   That's perfectly good English to me. However, if I were writing a novel, or even just an essay, or — heaven forbid — a poem, "and/or" would seem extremely out of place.  My question is, what should I be using instead? (I solemnly swear I will not use that knowledge to actually write a poem.)
I'm wondering how can I simulate a sample of n Weibull distribution lifetimes that include Type I right-censored observations. For instance lets have the n = 3, shape = 3, scale = 1 and the censoring rate = .15, and the censoring time = .88.  I know how to generate a Weibull sample but I do not know how to generate a censored data that have type I right-censored in R.  T = rweibull(3, shape=.5, scale=1) I don't understand why the interior of $\mathbb{Q}$ in $\mathbb{R}$ is empty, since, for every ball with the center being a rational number, given an $\epsilon&gt;0$, I can find an infinite sequence of rational numbers that approach this point. For example, take $\frac{1}{2}$. The sequence $\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{n}$ can be made as close as I want to the number $\frac{1}{2}$, therefore I can always have open balls with center $\frac{1}{2}$ such that there are rationals inside it. When people want to classify a group with certain (small) order, they seem to find a normal subgroup $H$ and a subgroup $K$, and then consider how many distinct $H \rtimes_\varphi K$ are there.  My question is: For any group $G$, does it always exist normal subgroup $H$, subgroup $K$ and $\phi : K \rightarrow Aut(H)$ s.t. $G\cong H \rtimes_\varphi K $?  Sorry if this question is too basic...  Thanks the comment and the answers. Then if the $G$ is not simple, can we have can $G\cong H\rtimes_\varphi K$ for proper subgroup $H$, $K$, with $H$ normal?  EDIT:  If we have a group $G$, that is not simple (then $G$ has at least one normal subgroup), are there always a non-trivial normal subgroup $H$ and a proper subgroup $K$ s.t. $G \cong H \rtimes K$. (Note that if $G$ is simple this is clearly not possible).  But the quaternion group and $Z_4$ given in answers have shown that we cannot always have it. I can't retrieve my Facebook password I haven't been to my Facebook account in a while and I can't remember my password. When I try to have it reset, it goes to a security question, but I can't remember that either.    Is there anything I can do? Seeking world map with boundaries of regions and communities for commercial use? I'm new here. Can anyone give me a hint in this problem? Please.  Let $X$ be a topological space. If $f,g$ are continuous function of $f,g\colon X\to S^n$  which $f(x)\neq -g(x)$ for all $x$ in $X$, show $f$ and $g$ are homotopics. I try to show a homotopy using $$q(x) = \frac{f(x)+g(x)}{\|f(x)+g(x)\|}$$ it's well defined, but i'm stuck. Infinite amount of flags I have been going through some old posts, flagging them as necessary. But I have noticed that the number of posts that I am able to flag is continually staying at ten. It seems that the new flagging system has messed this up.  I am able to keep flagging posts even after 10, so I know it isn't a UI bug. This is a very big problem, because I can flag infinitely many times. And I am pretty sure this isn't the intended behavior of the overlords This isn't because I am being awarded more flags. I flag more than 13 posts in 5 minutes, and I can keep going without restriction  Some of the flags were accepted, so now my number is up to 13. But it is still staying at 13 Rotating a gyroscope's output values into an earth-relative reference frame For whatever reason, I seem to have gotten myself twisted into quite a confusion on how to process data from my 3 axis gyro and 3 axis accelerometer to get gyro rotation values related to the earth's reference frame. i.e. Given my accelerometer measures gravity (we assume it's stable) along the sensors (x,y,z) reference frame, how do I adjust the values of my gyro, measured along the sensors same (x,y,z) reference frame such that I am actually measuring the rotating about the Earth's frame x (North), y (West), and z (downwards) direction?  I just can't seem to wrap my head around the use of the rotation matrix. Do I simply employ a 3d rotation matrix, and multiply the vector, \$[gyro_x, gyro_y, gyro_z]^T\$, by a rotation matrix, R? I then assume the rotation angles, are somehow derived from the filtered accelerometer outputs, but I'm having trouble deciding on what those should be.  I have yet to find a concise reference on how to move the rotation and acceleration values from the sensor reference frame into the earth global reference frame. Perhaps someone can help? Thanks If you have a line passing through the middle of a circle, does it create a right angle at the intersection of the line and curve? More generally, is it valid to define an angle created between a line and a curve? Is the tangent to the curve at the point of intersection a valid interpretation (I.e a semi circle has 2 right angles) I saw it in a debate thread and it got me curious now. I'm trying to show that $R = \mathbb{Q}[X,Y]/(Y^2-X^3)$ is not a UFD, but I got stuck.  To prove this, I could try to find two "different" factorisations for one element, but I am not familiar with this, so I tried to use a lemma and one of the previous exercises. If my syllabus is right, in every UFD counts $$ x \ \text{is irreducible} \quad \iff \quad x \ \text{is prime}$$ My syllabus also states that the elements $\bar{X}, \bar{Y} \in R$ are irreducible. So I tried to show that at least one of the elements $\bar{X}, \bar{Y} \in R$ does not generate a prime ideal.  This would mean that I should find two polynomials $f,g \in \mathbb{Q}[X,Y]$, such that  $$\exists p \in \mathbb{Q}[X,Y], \quad fg - pX \in (Y^2-X^3)$$ and $$\forall q \in \mathbb{Q}[X,Y], \quad f-qX \notin (Y^2-X^3) \ \wedge \ g-qX \notin(Y^2-X^3)$$ or the same thing but then for $Y$.  I hope that you can tell me if this approach is correct, and provide me a hint. I'd appreciate it if you told me the solution, but please start your answer with a hint, clearly separated from the rest. Should Suggested Edits change the technical content of a post? I have noticed a significant number of suggested edits that attempt to fix code, or change the original meaning of someone else's post.    Is this really a good idea?    I've been on StackOverflow awhile, and among the editors who have sufficient reputation to edit without approval, I've never seen anyone modify the technical content or meaning of someone else's post.   I would consider obvious syntax and spelling errors OK to change, but I have seen many suggested edits that change the meaning of the code that was posted, or add things to the code that have nothing to do with the original question. A good example of this would be adding parameters to a SQL command, when the question was not asking about SQL injection. Why is Euler's Totient function always even? Algorithms for computing multiplicative order modulo $n$ Cumulative Sum without Script I created a model and added some Actions in the DopeSheet editor (more or less 5).  I exported the model to my game engine, saved the .blend file (Ctrl-S) and closed it.  Then I opened it again, and all the actions were gone, it just had the one I was using last.  The same happens with some preferences (for example, I disabled mip-maps on User Preferences -> System, and I have to re-enable it every time I open the .blend file again.  Does somebody knows how to restore the Actions and save everything? Thanks. Excel to CSV with UTF8 encoding This question is actually related to my earlier question ("").  The fact that objects move a lot in the universe and that the universe is expanding, can imply that gravity is a repulsive force that increases with distance.. so the farthest objects repel us more.  This can still explain several existing observations, e.g., why does the apple fall?   Motion is the result of such repulsion. Two objects unlucky enough not to be moving relative to each other get squished due to the repulsion of the rest of the universe  around them. The earth repels the apple less than the stars so it is pushed towards the earth.   Furthermore, it can explain the expanding universe without the need for dark energy.  This could be demonstrated in a thought experiment. If we take a lot of same-charge particles (with small mass) such as electrons and lock them in a large box at a low enough temperature. The mutual repulsion of the particles may cause similar motion as if due to gravitational attraction.   Another experiment would be to measure the slight changes in our weight during day and night when the sun and earth align (if their masses are large enough to detect the feeble change in repulsion).   [EDIT: the question in the original form may not have been clear. It is "can we model".. with a yes/no answer and why (not). If downvoting, please justify. Is it possible to legally visit uninhabited islands in the Pacific for a couple of days/weeks like Robinson Crusoe Getting GIF and/or moving images into a LaTeX presentation I'm very new to presentations in LaTeX (I've been using PowerPoint for years but have finally converted). I am wondering how to get a GIF into a section. If need be, I can convert a GIF into lots of pictures and have them overlay to give the impression of movement. Does a shortcode with a single attribute have to use an array? I want to build a shortcode that takes a single attribute.  Everything online is telling me to make it using an array:  // Add Shortcode function bg_comparison_points_shortcode( $atts ) {     // Attributes     $atts = shortcode_atts(         array(             'custom_field' =&gt; '',         ),         $atts,         'comparison_points'     );     return bg_calculate_points($custom_field); } add_shortcode( 'comparison_points', 'bg_comparison_points_shortcode' );   But in my mind something like this would be much simpler  // Add Shortcode function bg_comparison_points_shortcode( $custom_field ) {     return bg_calculate_points($custom_field); } add_shortcode( 'comparison_points', 'bg_comparison_points_shortcode' );   Is there a problem doing this simpler version?