Is there any difference between asking     Is it a peach or a banana?   vs.      Is it a peach or banana?   The latter sounds to me like a yes/no question, while the prior does not. Is it just me?
I have a problem with the use of "the" after "and" where you would basically be connecting words. For example, which of the following is better:     The table and the chairs?   The table and chairs?   Or are both okay? What is the rule, and are there exceptions to it? Or is the rule just contextual and may vary between the sentences and meanings?
Sending an HTTP request using QNetworkAccessManager Prove or Disprove: If every nontrivial subgroup of a group $G$ is cyclic, then $G$ is cyclic. Prove or Disprove: If every nontrivial subgroup of a group $G$ is cyclic, then $G$ is cyclic.    This is a question from page $181$, Chapter $3.4$ Elements of Modern Algebra ($8^{th}$ Edition) by Linda Gilbert.  My intuition tells me that the given statement is false, however, I cannot seem to find a rigorous argument (or counterexample) to disprove the statement. Can anyone please point me in the right direction?  I know that if a group $G$ is cyclic, then every subgroup is cyclic. This is not an if and only if statement - hence my intuition telling me the above mentioned statement is false. So this is a question with which I have been stuck for a while and it all revolves around the concept of volt.  I have posted a LOT of questions on physics forums while trying to understand the concept of volt and potential difference. This is hopefully going to be the last one.  What do you exactly mean when you say that a battery is 2.5 V. I know that it says that the potential difference between the 2 terminals of the battery is 2.5 V  but then what is the potential of the 2 ends of the battery? Is there a unit of potential and not just potential difference?  Also volt = work/charge but how can work/charge express the difference of potentials across the 2 terminals? SQL Server, convert a named instance to default instance? I need to convert a named instance of SQL server 2005, to a default instance.  Is there a way to do this without a reinstall?    The problem is, 2 out of 6 of the developers, installed with a named instance. So its becoming a pain changing connection strings for the other 4 of us. I am looking for the path of least resistance to getting these 2 back on to our teams standard setup.    Each has expressed that this is going to be, too much trouble and that it will take away from their development time. I assumed that it would take some time to resolve, in the best interest of all involved, I tried combing through configuration apps installed and didn't see anything, so I figured someone with more knowledge of the inner workings would be here. There was this cool tv show I used to watch as a kid (in the 1990's I think). It was about a world where water was extremely rare and people used to fight over it, however there was this person who had this large 3D polyhedron shaped device (big enough to fit a few people in it) that could synthesise water.  Now, this device was either a time travel device or could just make water (not sure but I remember some time travel aspect as they could either remember the world the way it was where water was plentiful or could travel back to it on occasion).  Anyway, would love to know if this rings any bells?????  It was on in the UK (but maybe the US too, not sure). Early 80s anthology book about human kind being feared by other races in space I always thought the book was Manifest Destiny but its not. The story that sticks in my head was a human in a cage over a pit? Aliens walk in and discuss how dangerous humans were. He eventually escapes. Man I miss this book. wish I wouldve written down every book I ever read. Ugh Can't install MySQL on Mountain Lion What are the consequences of using a low-wattage USB-C power supply with a MacBook Pro? Why do we need Diffie Hellman? Diffie–Hellman offers secure key exchange only if sides are authenticated. For authentication, sides are using public/private key. So if side A knows the public key of the side B, then A can simply use that key to encrypt the message (or the new session key).  Why bother to use separate key exchange algorithm? I am trying to make a custom food recipe. I'm using spawn eggs with /replaceitem because spawn eggs are not obtainable in survival. This works fine when the player crafts only one spawn egg, but when I scroll over multiple spawn eggs, I receive only 1 of the custom food. BTW this food uses custommodeldata, so I can't simply add it into the crafting recipe. I cannot seem to find a way around this. If I make the item non-stackable, such as a piece of armor, mass crafting would be impossible. If I make an item.dropped scoreboard, the player could keep the item and use it to spawn mobs (griefing or for own profit.)  My command:    execute as @a[nbt={SelectedItem:{id:"minecraft:villager_spawn_egg"}}] run replaceitem entity @s weapon  minecraft:melon_slice{CustomModelData:10000101,display:{ Name:"{\"text\":\"Blue Melon Slice\",\"italic\":\"false\"}"}}     My problem is that the command does not see item count, as it is often used for weapons and armor only.    One way I thought to fix this issue is by storing the amount of custom food crafted in a scoreboard item and then giving the player that same count of the custom food, but I do not know how to do this; consequently, I don't know if this works.    Is there a way to do this method, or is there another, simpler method possible? Difference between  and  in Java What is the fastest way to convert float to int on x86 What is the fastest way you know to convert a floating-point number to an int on an x86 CPU.  Preferrably in C or assembly (that can be in-lined in C) for any combination of the following:   32/64/80-bit float -> 32/64-bit integer   I'm looking for some technique that is faster than to just let the compiler do it. Problem with installing Steam on Ubuntu 15.04+ In the following code, I need to use +/- where I have used it, and plus/minus where I have used it.  \documentclass{amsart} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{calc} \parindent=0 pt \parskip=12 pt plus 0 pt minus 0 pt \def\headsep{25pt} \newcommand{\LAYOUT}[5]{%   \setlength{\hoffset}{0pt}   \setlength{\voffset}{0pt}   \setlength{\topmargin}{#1 - 1in - \voffset - \headheight - \headsep}    \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{#2 - 1in - \hoffset}   \setlength{\evensidemargin}{\oddsidemargin}   \setlength{\textheight}{#3}   \setlength{\textwidth}{#4}   \setlength{\marginparwidth}{#5} } \newcommand{\FULLPAGE}{\LAYOUT{1in}{1in}{9in}{6.5in}{0.75in}}  \FULLPAGE \begin{document} \lipsum[1-10] \end{document}   If I replace the plus and minus in line 5 with + and - I get an enigmatic  "missing begin{document}" error.    If I replace the minus's in lines 10-11 with "-" I get an equally enigmatic error:  "Missing number, treated as zero. Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted)."   Can somebody please explain when one can use +/- and when one can use plus/minus?  Presumably there's a good reason why latex's error messages are so completely mystifying, and why inconsistencies like these keep appearing? It's really hard to explain to my coauthors, who regularly complain that latex is the most infuriating program ever devised by mankind.  Thanks very much for any advice!   Leo GitHub pages are not updating What is it called when a non-verb is used as a verb? This is in very common use on the internet. I just read this:     "[The] hotel employee walks in, I say "uh, puppy" and she just NOPEd the [heck] out of the room."   This is often done by adding 'd to the word. How to automatically generate a stacktrace when my program crashes I am working on Linux with the GCC compiler. When my C++ program crashes I would like it to automatically generate a stacktrace.  My program is being run by many different users and it also runs on Linux, Windows and Macintosh (all versions are compiled using gcc).  I would like my program to be able to generate a stack trace when it crashes and the next time the user runs it, it will ask them if it is ok to send the stack trace to me so I can track down the problem. I can handle the sending the info to me but I don't know how to generate the trace string. Any ideas? I'll like to add this functionality to the autocomplete widget in Entityreference field to show node ID next to the titles in the dropdown list. The reason behind the idea is to differentiate between multiple nodes with same title.  Example:    This is a title (3) This is a title (2) This is a title (1)   I know the node ID is shown once a selection is made but I like to show it in the dropdown list in order to pick the right node quickly based on the node ID. Solution for PHP / MySQL website loading fast in multiple regions Speed of object towards a point not in the object's trajectory?