What is the closer term for a person (in a relationship) who argues with you but when it comes to you, he/she just dismisses you as being absurd without listening a any contrary opinion (probably because of a prejudice)  or or/and  what sort of manipulation is this called when one self claims such argument as one's victory without actually arguing or debating.
I'm looking for a word that describes a person who is extremely dismissive and unopen to ideas or comments. Dismissive  feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration   For example,  Tom: 'Get your table organised! It's so-' Jack: 'Shush, bring your comments somewhere else.'
Prove that $\sin x+2x\ge\frac{3x(x+1)}{\pi}$ for all $x\in [0,\frac{\pi}{2}]$ I am trying to adapt an existing code to a 64 bit machine. The main problem is that in one function, the previous coder uses a void* argument that is converted into suitable type in the function itself. A short example:  void function(MESSAGE_ID id, void* param) {     if(id == FOO) {         int real_param = (int)param;         // ...     } }   Of course, on a 64 bit machine, I get the error:  error: cast from 'void*' to 'int' loses precision   I would like to correct this so that it still works on a 32 bit machine and as cleanly as possible. Any idea ? I have added a custom/secondary query to a template file/custom page template; how can I make WordPress use my custom query for pagination, instead of using the main query loop's pagination?  Addendum  I have modified the main loop query via . Why isn't pagination working, and how do I fix it? Oven temperature for multiple ducks? I have  a  requirement where a future method need to be called from batch apex ,I came across various articles stating that a future method could not be called from the batch. Is there any alternate solutions for that? I'm looking for a good way to perform multi-row inserts into an Oracle 9 database.  The following works in MySQL but doesn't seem to be supported in Oracle.  INSERT INTO TMP_DIM_EXCH_RT  (EXCH_WH_KEY,   EXCH_NAT_KEY,   EXCH_DATE, EXCH_RATE,   FROM_CURCY_CD,   TO_CURCY_CD,   EXCH_EFF_DATE,   EXCH_EFF_END_DATE,   EXCH_LAST_UPDATED_DATE)  VALUES     (1, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 109.49, 'USD', 'JPY', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),     (2, 1, '28-AUG-2008', .54, 'USD', 'GBP', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),     (3, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 1.05, 'USD', 'CAD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),     (4, 1, '28-AUG-2008', .68, 'USD', 'EUR', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),     (5, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 1.16, 'USD', 'AUD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),     (6, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 7.81, 'USD', 'HKD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'); I accidentally killed a noble, now every guard wants to kill me. Is there any way I can get rid of the bounty? I've been very into acoustics lately, specifically the harmonic series. I find it fascinating how the harmonic series works as a sort of guideline to harmony, and how we base tuning systems on trying to estimate the intervals from the harmonic series.  As you've probably gathered already, I know close to nothing about acoustics. But I would love an acoustic textbook that's suitable for dummies like myself. Let $f:\Bbb{R}\to\Bbb{R}$ be a function given by  $$f(x)=\begin{cases} \exp\left(\frac{1}{x^2-1}\right) &amp; \text{if }\vert x\vert\lt 1\\  0 &amp; \text{if }\vert x\vert\geqslant 1  \end{cases}$$  I would like to prove that $f\in C^\infty$, that is, $f\in C^k$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$. I think that it can be done by induction on $k$. If $\vert x\vert\gt1$, the problem is trivial. On other points, the base case is the simplest and the only that I'm be able to do. Can someone help me?  Thanks. (semi)-Automatic pluralization around a citation Set margins in maketitle Is it possible to change the margins in make title, so they match the margins of the document?  I have created the following modification to the \maketitle. I would like everything to align to at the same left margin.    \documentclass[a4paper]{article} %=============================================== % Title and author \makeatletter \def\@maketitle{%   \newpage   \vspace*{-\topskip}      % remove the initial space    \flushleft Incomplete draft. 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I know almost nothing of nonstandard analysis and was asking myself if something like the sentence « $1- 0.999 \dots$ is a nonzero positive infinitesimal» could be easily expressed and proved in nonstandard analysis.  First of all, what is 0.999... ? If we take the usual definition as a series or as a limit of a sequence of rationals, then it will still be a real number and equal to $1$ (I guess by "transfer principle", but please correct me if I'm wrong).  Instead, let's define  $$0.9_N:=\sum_{i=1}^N 9\cdot 10^{-i} $$  where $N\in{}^*\mathbb{N}\setminus\mathbb{N}$ is an infinite nonstandard natural number. This $0.9_N$ is a legitimate element of ${}^*\mathbb{R}$, expressed as $0.$ followed by an infinite number of "$9$" digits.  What can be said about $\epsilon_N:=1-0.9_N$ ? Is there an elementary proof that $\epsilon_N$ is a positive infinitesimal of ${}^*\mathbb{R}$ ? (by "elementary" I mean just order and field axioms and the intuitive facts about infinitesimals, like that for $x$ infinite $1/x$ is infinitesimal etc.; no nonprincipal ultrafilters &amp; C). Partition of harddisk lost/unusable What are those zigzagged folded paper things you see in supernatural anime? In a lot of supernatural anime, like Shin Sekai Yori, or Tokyo Ravens there often appear these large ropes with folded paper things hanging from them:    As far as I can tell, they serve to seal or mark places that are sacred or in some way supernatural, like shinboku, or holy trees:    What are these folded paper things, and what purpose do they really serve? A surjective endomorphism (of a Noetherian ring) is injective. The problem is stated as follows:  "Let $R$ be a Noetherian ring and $\theta$ be a ring homomorphism from $R$ to $R$. Show that if $\theta$ is surjective then it is also injective."  Regardless of the right solution, I don't understand why is the following wrong:     We have $\theta: R\to R$. By the isomorphism theorem $R/\ker\theta\cong\operatorname{Im}\theta$. Since $\operatorname{Im}\theta = R$, it follows $\ker\theta =0$, so it's injective.   Harsh criticism will be appreciated. Thanks. NSString tokenize in Objective-C When disconnecting from WebSphere MQ with C# client TCP connections are still in CLOSE_WAIT status Why are vias placed this way on a PCB? I used to check complex commercial PCBs specially those of graphics cards to see how professional PCB designers do their layout and learn from their techniques.  When I checked the card shown below I noticed two things regarding the placement of vias:  (A higher resolution image is ).   The PCB is surrounded by stitching vias all around the edges. What's the role of all of these? I think they're connected to ground to act as a shield, if that's true, I can't understand technically how by this placement they achieve this shield? By looking closer to the mounting holes, I noticed they added vias all around the pad, why? I have a notebook with no Scroll Lock key (or any shortcut using the 'Fn' key).  Somehow Excel 2010 got the Scroll Lock on. I see it left down in the status bar and now I can't navigate through cells using the arrow keys, which is pretty annoying. It wasn't turned on some hours ago, so I think I must have hit some Scroll Lock toggle shortcut in Excel 2010 by mistake.  Anyone knows what hot to turn off Scroll Lock in Excel (shortcut or menu option)?