Within MCU canon, what was Yondu's motivation to travel to Earth, only abduct Quill, and then raise him as his son?  It seemed to me that Yondu and his crew of Ravagers had more rewarding things to do if they were going to travel all the way to Earth, and had more rewarding uses for Quill than making him an adopted son. Or am I missing something?
During the movie, we learned that Ego tried to reproduce the Celestial gene by having a lot of children and then having them delivered to him. I am not sure if Yondu was contracted for all of them but he definitely delivered at least a few of them since he broke the ravager code and got banned for dealing in kids.  My question is: why did he stop with Peter? Was Peter the last one on the contract or did he keep on delivering some but just not Peter?  Also, why didn't Ego seek out Yondu to get his kid back?  I don't think this was touched on in the movie. This was slightly mentioned here () but that is not answering my question.  I think Yondu said it was because he could get to places where the Ravagers could not since he was a kid but that would have been true with all the others kids he abducted for Ego.
Convert integers to written numbers Is there an efficient method of converting an integer into the written numbers, for example:  string Written = IntegerToWritten(21);   would return "Twenty One".  Is there any way of doing this that doesn't involve a massive look-up table? Prove : $p$(n│even number of ODD parts)=$p$(n│distinct parts ,number of ODD parts is even ) I'm trying to prove the following Integer Partition claim :   $p$(n│even number of ODD parts) = $p$(n│distinct parts ,number of ODD parts is even) .  So I tried to prove a stronger claim :   $p$(n│number of odd parts) = $p$(n│number of distinct parts) :  Using generating functions :   DISTINCT PARTS =  $$(1+x)\cdot(1+x^2 )\cdot(1+x^3 )\cdot(1+x^4 )\cdot\cdot\cdot\cdot$$  = $$\frac {1-x^2} {1-x} \cdot \frac {1-x^4} {1-x^2} \cdot \frac {1-x^6} {1-x^3} \cdot \frac {1-x^8} {1-x^4}\cdot\cdot\cdot\cdot$$  $$ \frac {1} {1-x} \cdot \frac {1} {1-x^3} \cdot \frac {1} {1-x^5} \cdot \frac {1} {1-x^7} \cdot\cdot\cdot\cdot $$  = ODD PARTS  But I'm not sure regarding the proof , does it really prove that even number of odd parts equals distinct parts ,where number of ODD parts is even ?   Thanks How can I make NON-fluffy pancakes? Every recipe I can find is for "fluffy" pancakes.  I prefer thinner, slightly crispy, (very) slightly chewy, non-fluffy pancakes.  Basically, the less "cake-like" the better.  Apparently I'm the only one, and these are all non-desirable qualities in a pancake, so it is hard to find recipes.  How can I make non-fluffy pancakes?  I will be using a cast-iron pan. What are the odds of hitting exactly 100 rolling a fair die Let $f$ be a bounded measurable function on a set of finite measure $E$.  For a measurable subset $A$ of $E$, show that $\int_A f = \int_E f \cdot \chi_A$     Lemma: Let $f$ be a bounded measurable function on a set of finite measure $E$.  Suppose $A$ and $B$ are disjoint measurable subsets of $E$.  Then $\int_{A \cup B} f = \int_A f + \int_B f$.   My first approach was to view the problem like this utilizing the above lemma:  $$\int_E  f \cdot \chi_A = \int_{E\setminus A} f \cdot X_A + \int_A f \cdot \chi_A $$  I'm not really sure how the result follows from the above. Induction and electromagnetic fields I've got a few questions on induction and electromagnetic fields. My current understanding of induction and electromagnetic fields is that, when electricity/current flows through a wire, it creates an electromagnetic field. If you twist that wire into a coil then you can concentrate that field. You can then induce current into a different coil by placing it inside of the electromagnetic field created by the first coil.  So here are my questions:  Q1. Does the electromagnetic field contain any energy?  EDITED QUESTION  Q2. Electromagnetic fields are the same as waves, so does that mean that when current is induced, they get the energy from electromagnetic waves being exchanged, or do they induce current directly from the electromagnetic field?   Q3. If electromagnetic fields and waves are the same, then doesn't that mean that you can induce current from waves? Therefore transferring electricity over long distances?  Q4. What spectrum of light are the electromagnetic waves that are in a field created by electricity?  Q5. Finally, why is it not possible to induce current from the Earth's magnetic field? I thought Maxwell said that electric fields and magnetic fields were the same thing.   Thank you to anyone who answers.  Edited Q2: So my original question (although asked poorly) still stands. Where does the current that gets induced in the secondary coil come from? How does the electricity transfer from the primary coil to the secondary? For example, is it taken from the stored energy in the e.m field? Does the field just act as a bridge between the 2 coils? Or do the 2 coils exchange e.m waves which carry the electricity that is being transferred from coil 1 to coil 2? Or is it none of these things and something completely different? Expressing hourly temporal recurrence What is the most idiomatic way to put into words a situation where a recurring event happens every hour at a certain minute. For example, consider that some event takes place at the tenth minute of each hour: 0:10AM, 1:10AM, 2:10AM, ...  My first ideas were "every hour at the tenth minute" or "every hour at minute 10". Are these options idiomatic and if not, what would be an idiomatic way of expressing this matter? using tar showing, "No Such file or directory" But when I try to run it using  tar zxvf jre-8u151-linux-i586   I get tar (child): jre-8u151-linux-i586: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2  What is wrong? The name and place matches prefectly. Interference between strokeopacity and fillopacity I have a few circles in a drawing, and want to highlight some of them.  \begin{tikzpicture}  \coordinate (A1) at (0,0); \coordinate (A2) at (1,0); \coordinate (A3) at (1,1); \coordinate (B)  at (1,0);  \draw (A1) -- (A2); \draw (A1) -- (A3); \draw (B)  -- (A3);  \foreach \point in {A1,A2,A3,B} {    \fill [black,draw=white](\point) circle (3pt); }  \pgfsetstrokeopacity{.3} \pgfsetfillopacity{.3} \fill [red,draw,rounded corners,line width=9pt] (A1) -- (A2) -- (A3) -- cycle; \pgfsetstrokeopacity{1} \pgfsetfillopacity{1} \end{tikzpicture}   I would like the whole area surrounding the A points to be of the same color, but the strokeopaticy and the fillopacity interfere.  Is there some ay I can prevent this?  Note: in my actuall use scenario, there are too many coordinates for manual adjusting to be an option (otherwise I would just do with a fill with rounded corners, with points calculated manually). Dispatcher.BeginInvoke: Cannot convert lambda to System.Delegate Variance of product of multiple independent random variables My input file is,  ami21 ami65 ami67 ami66 ami88 ami76 ami29 ami55  ami54 ami32   Using a single command line I need the output as,  ami22 ami66 ami68 ami67 ami89 ami77 ami30 ami56 ami55 ami33   I used the command  awk -vRS=ami '{$0=$0+1;ORS=RT}++n' inputfile &gt; outputfile   but I got the outputfile as ami21ami65ami67ami66ami88ami76ami29ami55ami54ami32  i.e. all strings are written in same line and without space. Could anyone suggext me some better command line. Why can't I sort questions by "votes" or "unanswered" without logging in? For any prime $p > 3$, why is $p^2-1$ always divisible by 24? Let $p&gt;3$ be a prime. Prove that $24 \mid p^2-1$.   I know this is very basic and old hat to many, but I love this question and I am interested in seeing whether there are any proofs beyond the two I already know. How to keep any Window "Always on Top"? Some software have an option for their window to be "Always on Top". Is there any way to get the same functionality for any window. Let me give an example where this would be useful.  Suppose I have a small browser window with real time stats from a game. The window is automatically updated at the rate of once every 10 seconds. I would like the small window to be always on top. so that I can just look at it whenever I want to, without actually going to it and at the same time I could continue working in my main application, which is at full screen.  Is there any Windows hack or App which can give me this functionality? What should happen if a logo I made is similar to another? Note: This is a canonical post created so that we can close the many similar questions as duplicates as discussed in .   We have created a logo for a client and they love it. We've already started preparing the materials that will feature the new logo.   However, after we had created the logo, we found a logo for another company that looks eerily similar. We did not intentionally create the new logo to look like the one of the other company, in fact we didn't even know it existed beforehand, but it does regardless.  What should we do? Is this plagiarism? Can our client use the logo we have created? Should they? Or do we need to come up with another logo that's more different? Is it possible to make an ASP.NET MVC route based on a subdomain? Why does water take a "wet" path? Allow me to explain what I mean... ((I am asking this question in the physics section in hopes of finding a "physics" argument))  I shall make it clear what I mean by demonstrating an experiment...  Hold your hand upright with your index finger pointing up towards the sky. Now drop about 2-3 drops of water right on top of your finger. Water drop should (theoretically) stay there. Now tilt your hand ever so slightly towards one side. The water drop rolls down your finger down your wrist leaving a trail towards the tilted side right?  Now's here comes my question. Now if you bring your finger and the hand to the initial upright state and place another water drop on the same finger. Now we see that the water drop takes the same trail! Why does it happen?  My argument: The water trail which was previously left off reduced the friction in that path by filling the gaps between the molecules. Hence the new drop tends to slide more on that path and hence ends up travelling in it.  ((This "effect" is also observed when tear drops keep rolling down in the same path. But that could just be because that path is the steepest.)) Java: Sorting user-input array upon return Why is this clause unsatisfiable?