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Make it cost more to downvote without comment; make it hurt to leave a crap comment Possible Duplicate:    In the spirit of &quot;encouraging&quot; people to leave comments on downvoting, I would propose that if someone downvotes without a comment, I propose a heavy point tax, say 3x the current point cost for a downvote. If he or she downvotes and leaves a comment, then it costs the current amount. If someone leaves a crap comment (to avoid the &quot;charge&quot;) they get a painful spank (100 points gone or whatever the community decides) if and only if:  The comment is flagged Three (five? whatever) moderators agree it is crap  Common complaints Or, why my proposal is different.  &quot;  a &quot;   No it isn't. I specifically address the issue of leaving garbage comments to avoid the downvote tax, unlike the other proposals.   &quot;Some people want to leave anonymous (down)votes.&quot;  I understand that some might be fearful of retaliation. Is retaliation a real problem or a &quot;what if&quot; conjecture? (Where's the data?) What if we try it for 3-6 months and then circle back to see how well it works?  If a user starts retaliating against another user, they will be dealt with as are all other problem users. Nothing else is anonymous - asking questions, answering questions, editing questions, leaving comments, etc. and there is a clear benefit. What is the benefit to the community for having anonymous voting? I would argue &quot;none.&quot; Even though some people might want to leave anonymous questions, answer anonymously or anonymously edit a question, it is not allowed, because it is not good for the community.   &quot;But this will discourage downvoting&quot;  I agree, and I think that's a good thing, which goes to the philosophy of the site: promote good questions and answers. If a question or answer is poor, few will up-vote it. If is is really poor, it will get flagged and . If someone really wants to downvote, no one is stopping him or her. Just as we want quality questions and answers, we need quality voting.   It will require too much work to implement  Maybe. Let's ask if it is worth the effort. What benefit does anonymous, no-comment downvoting add to the site? It certainly doesn't allow the author to improve. What benefit would owned, commented downvoting add? It would hopefully allow authors to improve and discourage drive-by downvoting. Would me (or someone else) submitting a patch alleviate this complaint?   Jeff (or Joel) thinks this is a stupid feature, and you're stupid for suggesting it.  &quot;&quot; Is this a true statement?    Thanks for reading. Best Algebraic Topology book/Alternative to Allen Hatcher free book? Allen Hatcher seems impossible and this is set as the course text?  So was wondering is there a better book than this? It's pretty cheap book compared to other books on amazon and is free online.   Any good intro to Algebraic topology books?  I can find a big lists of Algebraic geometry books on here. On a very old thread on Maths overflow someone recommended that a person should read James Munkres Topology first, then you should read Allen Hatcher book.   It just seems like Rudin's book but crammed with ten times more material. Variation of Pythagorean triplets: $x^2+y^2 = z^3$ How to solve and see resolution of $13^{53} \pmod 7$ using Fermat little Theorem? Commutative non Noetherian rings in which all maximal ideals are finitely generated In commutative rings we have the following  Theorem. $R$ is Noetherian if and only if each prime ideal of $R$ is finitely generated.  From this Theorem I am looking for commutative rings $R$ in which every maximal ideal is finitely generated but $R$ is non Noetherian.  Question: Is there a straightforward example of a commutative ring $R$ so that each maximal ideal is finitely generated, but $R$ is non Noetherian?  Thank You Command "find -name" must be enclosed in quotes or it doesn't work. Why is that? Assume that $Y_0,\ldots , Y_n$ are independent random variables with the following identical distribution: $Y_i=1$ with propability $p$ and $Y_i=0$ with propability $1-p$. Also set $S_0=0$ and $S_n=Y_0+\ldots + Y_n$.  It's quite trivial that $(Y_n)_{n\geq 0}$ is a Markov chain, and I managed to show that $(X_n)=(S_n)_{n\geq 0}$ is also a Markov chain, by showing that  $\mathbb{P}(X_{n+1}=i_{n+1}\,|\,X_0=i_0,\ldots,X_n=i_n)=\mathbb{P}(X_{n+1}-X_n=i_{n+1}-X_n\,|\,X_0=i_0,\ldots,X_n=i_n)=\mathbb{P}(Y_{n+1}=i_{n+1}-X_n\,|\,X_0=i_0,\ldots,X_n=i_n)=\mathbb{P}(Y_{n+1}=i_{n+1}-i_n)=\mathbb{P}(Y_{n+1}+i_n=i_{n+1})=\mathbb{P}(X_{n+1}=i_{n+1}\,|\,X_n=i_n)$  However I am now running into the problem that I have to find whether or not $(X_n)=(S_0+\ldots + S_n)_{n\geq 0}$ is a Markov chain. I suspect that it isn't, but i'm having trouble finding a counterexample. I also need to find if $(X_n)=(S_n, S_0+\ldots+S_n)$ is a Markov chain, but I think this actually might be one, since $X_n$ gives "more information" (so to speak) to $X_(n+1)$. Again, having trouble actually proving that.  I appreciate any help, tips etc you can give me. How to calculate the costs of a weapon enchantment? Dirac Delta or Dirac delta function? When choosing cards for a deck, one of the most important things to consider is the number of land you put in. The biggest issue is mana curve, of course. What shortcuts are best for determining the proper amount of land with a given mana curve? How do I install VMware player on a Mac os X? How specific does "beast you have seen" have to be for Wild Shape? Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the   shape of a beast that you have seen before.   This doesn't say anything about the gender or age of the beast, so can a druid change into a female bear if he has only seen male bears? Can he change into a bear cub if he has only seen adult bears? What about hens/roosters/chickens, which look quite a bit different? Or does the gender of the animal shape just match the gender of druid? What is the net charge of the Earth? How can I get barcode-scan information into my photo metadata, onsite, untethered? I need a DSLR camera with a barcode scanner for on-site tours photography, which means it needs to be untethered! The image would have to contain the barcode scanned information in the image metadata or in the name itself.  I've seen solutions like, Foolography and a $2600 Canon Studio Edition launched in 2010. But I'm not sure of either those products!  So I'm asking the gurus here how I can get this working, which camera would I need and any accessory necessary?  I'm trying to recreate something like I saw the on-site volume photographers do in Disney's parks. How can I `alias sudo !!`? I'm trying to set an alias for sudo !! in Bash. I tried alias sbb='sudo !!', but it interprets that as a literal  !! and prints   sudo: !!: command not found   If I use double quotes, it substitutes the double bang in the string itself, so that doesn't work.  Is there any way to make this work? Or an alternative alias? ` Series as an integral (sophomore's dream) Manually disable a module Prove that equation has exactly 2 solutions Could you help me finding some less colloquial equivalent to highlighted phrases of this speech Today I want to be able to give you some good tips on parallel parking. It's part of your road test. It's something you need to learn. For most new drivers it's real difficult, because they're not able to judge angles. And parallel parking is all about angles. I'll take you through a typical parking, I'll take you through how I teach it , and maybe that'll help you in passing your road test. The first thing you want to do is you want to pull over over and you want to stop alongside a parked car. Typically, an inspector will give you a command to pull over, stop next to the red or blue car. You're just going to pull over, put your blinker on to the right, and pull over even with that car.     taken from a series of videos teaching driving   Why did the man use  be able in his speech? What is the difference between be able and I would like to or I want ? I mean what the listener should make of  I want to be able to give you ...  . Why did not he say I want to give you... ?  When he says I'll take you through a typical parking , I get the meaning of take one through ,It means I am going to teach you , isn't it? But my real concern is what the second I'll take you through means, while saying I'll take you through how I teach it . Perhaps it doesn't mean I will teach you that how I teach it ! , does it? The man always says the first thing you want to do . Why does not he say the first thing you should do , the first thing you need to do ? What are the diffrences in meaning? Isn't it unnatural saying you want to do ? In the last sentence he says You're just going to pull over, is the use of going to just weakening would and will? I think here it means something else. I think it means you just want to or you just start Ubuntu Wifi drivers not working after getting update