While I was answering some grammar tests, I came across this :     (Blank) the patient's condition, the doctor decided to operate .   Our teacher says 'regarding' is the correct choice but I can find no reason as to why 'according to' might be incorrect. Please explain the difference between 'regarding' and 'according to' ? Is it always possible to use these two interchangeably ?
I wrote this sentence     However, if the user defines each rule (regarding/according to/in) a specific context, the algorithm will take the context into account before deciding to remove such elements.   Which are applicable and what would be the implication of each?  I myself think "regarding" means "about" and is not proper here, but I doubt between "according to" and "in", because "in" is a collocation for "context".
How does Motherboard and CPU affect RAM choice? I am seeking advice on which memory to use with my motherboard and CPU. Below are my components and some relevant information extracted from their official websites.   NOTE: Although this is a very specific case, a general answer is equally good for me — and also alot more useful for everyone else!  CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810   ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO listed as one of many  motherboards.   Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO   4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 1800(O.C.)*/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel memory architecture (Complete list of specs: ).   NOTE II: I wouldn't want to do any overclocking as I have no experience with that. So I think the 1333 MHz is the most appropriate. Since the higher frequencies are marked with "O.C."  Questions:   How can I be certain that a specific RAM will work well (or not work) together with my CPU and motherboard? (The Qualified Vendor List is a good starting point, but it's a bit limited and sometimes a bit outdated). Is it true that choice of memory is not independent of the processor? How?    I'm worried I'll be missing something essential when buying my next RAM chips :) $P(X<Y)$ where X and Y are exponential with means $2$ and $1$ Cannot mount USB stick - errors out with "$MFTMirr does not match $MFT" Securely erase hard drive using the Disk Utility $\mathbb Z^n/\langle (a,...,a) \rangle \cong \mathbb Z^{n-1} \oplus \mathbb Z/\langle a \rangle$ 16.04 Upgrade: Failed to fetch Empty files can't be valid archives When should "Mom" and "Dad" be capitalized? I am trying to understand capitalization rules with Mom and Dad. I believe I have it correct below, but please let me know if I do not.     The one thing I learned from my dad was that it was good to earn the trust of one's children. Dad has shown me how good that a dad can be. One day when I went to his house, and Dad wasn't there, I ran outside....   The above passage is just made-up just so that you would see what I mean about capitalization. Let's put numbers by each one, like so:     The one thing I learned from my dad(1) was that it was good to earn the trust of one's children. Dad(2) has shown me how good that a dad(3) can be. One day when I went to his house, and Dad(4) wasn't there, I ran outside....    This is one where I'm not certain. I believe in this sense I'm showing possession here with "my", and it just didn't seem right saying "my Dad". I don't know what the grammar rule is here, or if I even have it right. This one is obvious—it starts the sentence. In this case, I'm using Dad like a name instead of saying "Larry". Therefore, it should be capitalized. Again, just like 3. Prevent Photos app on OSX from launching when plugging in device The Photos app opens whenever I plug in my phone.    How can this be prevented?  I have seen many solutions for the old iPhoto app that involve changing the "Connecting camera opens" option, but the new app has no such option. Enumerate alignment problem in theorem environment I'm using amsart. When I create an enumeration inside a theorem environment, the numbering is not aligned properly:  Theorem 14. (1) (2) (3) (4)   How do I shift the (2),(3),... to be aligned with (1)?  MWE:  \documentclass{amsart} \newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}[section]  \begin{document} \begin{thm} \begin{enumerate} \item Item 1 \item Item 2 \item Item 3 \end{enumerate} \end{thm} \end{document} I am a n00b to physics. What physics I know comes from high school and popular science books.  At school we were taught about atoms and what make up atoms, but we weren't actually told what the particles were!  So sure an atom has electrons orbiting around a nucleus made of protons and neutrons, but what exactly is an ?  And if we don't know, how can we fire them from guns, like they do in experiments ... etc  Any clarification on this would be great. How to code around known MMa special-case failures? How to connect and disconnect to a network manually in terminal? Since the network manager is troubling me so much I want to replace it (possibly wicd orNM from ppa:volanin).  I do not know how to connect and disconnect to the network through the terminal without using network manager.  I would like a command-line way of managing the network. How to change a default application in Ice Cream Sandwich? I used the ADWLauncher EX by default while having Gingerbread 2.3.6.  Today I have manually updated my Nexus S to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3, and I wanted to give the new default launcher a shot, but I cannot find anymore where to select / forget the default application for an action.  I've turned the settings of my phone inside out, googled and crawled the forums, but without success. If anybody can tell me how to change a default application in ICS, I'd be grateful!      Yeah, I never thought I'd want to see that Complete action using... window again! :D Is there a simple reason why the expected number of coin flips till getting $m$ more heads than tails or $n$ more tails than heads should be $mn$? I flip a coin until I get $m$ more heads than tails, or $n$ more tails than heads. Let the expected number of flips of the coin before stopping be $f(m,n)$.  I obtained $f(m,n)=mn$ from the recursion $f(m,n)=1+\frac{f(m-1,n+1)+f(m+1,n-1)}2$ with $f(k,0)=f(0,k)=0$ for all $k$.   Other than going through this recursion (and either solving by inspection or by writing as linear recurrence in single variable and solving brute force), is there an intuitive reason you should expect this process to take $mn$ flips? I was thinking about the more general problem with probability $p$ of getting heads and was struck by how simple the formula became when handling, what turned out to be a special case (general formula broke down) of $p=\frac12$. I looked at MyAnimeList, there is a classic series, it's Devilman, had an anime adaptation in January 5th, 2018. I am interested to watching this series. Quick search for these series, it has a lot of adaptations since 1970's.   Do I have to watch all of those serieses before started to watch Devilman: Crybaby? Are these series unrelated to the past series?  Note: I have never watched or tried to watch this series, so I have no idea about this franchise. Can some metadata about deleted posts be included in Data.SE? Minimal sufficient statistic of $\operatorname{Uniform}(-\theta,\theta)$ Find the highest order bit in C How can PPAs be removed? ꕺ (U+A57A Vai Syllable Kpoo) is allowed in character names as the last character I believe this should be changed so ꕺ can not be the last character of a name at minimum. This could be a bug in my opinion because it provides confusion with diamond mods.  Although other symbols are blocked from what I understand but this does technically look different.  I have changed my name to such to demonstrate the confusion at least temporarily.  They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery so maybe this should be accepted because to anyone who is familiar with SO I doubt this would cause an issue.