I have the model of a snake and I want it to follow a path, it deforms like this when I apply the curve modifier
I´m trying to model a race track using a bezier curve, but, when I add modifiers -> array -> curve I get this :    What should I check for to get the mesh following the curve correctly ? Thankyou
An element not in a field extension Possible Duplicate:          Consider the field extension $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt2)$. I want to show that $\sqrt5 \notin \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt2)$. If this were not the case, then we could write $\sqrt5 = a + b\sqrt2$ for $a,b\in\mathbb{Q}$. However, I do not see the contradiction here. Is there a better/easier way to prove this? I've already tried clicking and holding the left button of my mouse, and it just won't work! Whenever I press it, it opens the game menu instead. How to sample a function non-uniformly? See this example code:  \documentclass{article}  \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.10} \begin{document}   \begin{tikzpicture}     \begin{axis}[                  xmin=-0.1,                  xmax=1.1,                  ymin=-1.1,                  ymax=1.1,                  domain=0:1,                  samples=30                 ]       \addplot[blue] {sqrt(x)};       \addplot[purple] {-sqrt(x)};     \end{axis}   \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}   The result appears acceptable far from zero, but near zero it's too much undersampled:    Increasing samples value makes the plot nice, but it considerably slows down processing. As a workaround I could just plot the inverse in a parametric plot (i.e. (y^2,y)), but in my actual code it'd require quite a bit of additional work.  Is there a way to provide a custom sampling function or specify different density of samples in different parts of the domain? New install - no network devices available - Realtek Device b822 I just purchased a Lenovo Yoga 730 15" laptop, and installed Ubuntu 16.04 in place of Windows 10. Install seemingly worked fine, but now I have no wifi device available.  Tried a reinstall just to be sure, and the same issue is happening. I don't believe it to be a hardware issue, as wifi was working without issue on Windows before I wiped it out.  When I run rfkill list I see:  0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no   But when I run lspci I only see one item in the list claiming to be a network device:  3a:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b822 (rev ff)   I have a USB wifi adapter and that gets me connected without issue, but obviously that is not the desired solution.  Does anyone have any insight on what might be causing the issue?  Output from modinfo -p rtl8822be:  fix_rate: (int) debug_level: (int) swenc:Set to 1 for software crypto (default 0) (bool) ips:Set to 0 to not use link power save (default 1) (bool) swlps:Set to 1 to use SW control power save (default 0) (bool) fwlps:Set to 1 to use FW control power save (default 1) (bool) msi:Set to 1 to use MSI interrupts mode (default 1) (bool) dma64:Set to 1 to use DMA 64 (default 0) (bool) aspm:Set to 1 to enable ASPM (default 1) (int) debug:Set debug level (0-5) (default 0) debug_mask:Set debug mask (default 0) (ullong) disable_watchdog:Set to 1 to disable the watchdog (default 0) (bool) What is the definition of "creature" and is it used consistently? Is the product of two non-holomorphic function always non-holomorphic? Suppose $h(z)$ is a complex function. I have noticed that $h(z) = f(z)\cdot g(z)$, where $f(z)$ and $g(z)$ are non-holomorphic. Can $h(z)$ be holomorphic?   Can a similar statement be made, if $f(z)$ is holomorphic, but $g(z)$ is not? How many ways can we let people into a movie theater if they only have half-dollars and dollars? My interest in combinatorics was recently sparked when I read about the many things that the Catalan numbers count, as found by Richard Stanley. I picked up a copy of Brualdi's Combinatorics, and while browsing the section on counting sequences I found a nice little puzzle that has definitely puzzled me.     Let $m$ and $n$ be nonnegative integers with $n\geq m$. There are $m+n$ people in line to get into a theater for which admission if $50$ cents. Of the $m+n$ people, $n$ have a $50$-cent piece and $m$ have a $\$ 1$ dollar bill. The box offices opens with an empty cash register. Show that the number of ways the people can line up so that change is available when needed is   $$ \frac{n-m+1}{n+1}\binom{m+n}{m}. $$     I first noted that the first person to enter must be one of the $n$ with a half-dollar. Now the register has a half-dollar change. The second person can be either a person with a half-dollar or a dollar. In the first case, the register will now have two half-dollars, in the second case, the register will now have one dollar bill. So it seems to me that when one of the $n$ people with a half-dollar enters, the number of half-dollars in the register increases by $1$, and when one of the $m$ people with a bill enters, the number of half-dollars decreases by $1$ but the number of bills increases by $1$.   I tried to model this by looking at paths in $\mathbb{Z}^2$. The $x$-axis is like the number of half-dollars, and the $y$-axis is the number of bills. You start at $(0,0)$, and you can take steps forward $(1,0)$ or backwards diagonally $(-1,1)$ corresponding to who enters, but you must always stay in the first quadrant of the plane without crossing over the axes. The goal is to make $m+n$ moves, and I figured maybe the number of such paths is counted by $\frac{n-m+1}{n+1}\binom{m+n}{m}$, but I'm not sure how to show this. I don't know if this observation simplifies the problem at all, as I don't know how to finish up. I'd be happy to see how this problem is done, thank you. I have latitude and longitude as 19.0649070739746 and 73.1308670043945 respectively.   In this case both coordinates are 13 decimal places long, but sometimes I also get coordinates which are 6 decimal places long.   Do fewer decimal points affect accuracy, and what does every digit after the decimal place signify? Is there a way to disable access to certain Settings components? Prove that the difference between two rational numbers is rational This is a terribly simple question I'm sure, but I can't find a work-around in my proof. I must prove that the difference between two rational numbers is thus rational. Here is my attempt:     Let $a$ and $b$ be rational numbers. Therefore, \begin{align}  a=\frac{\lambda}{\beta},\:b=\frac{\xi}{\zeta},\:\ni\:\lambda,\beta,\xi,\zeta\in\mathbb{Z},\tag{1} \end{align} which gives us \begin{align}  a-b=\frac{\lambda}{\beta}-\frac{\xi}{\zeta}=\frac{\lambda\zeta-\xi\beta}{\beta\xi}.\tag{2} \end{align}   So I have shown that $a$ and $b$ are rational numbers which, by definition, can be represented by the quotient of two integers. But now how do I tackle the problem of the difference? By definition the difference between two integers is an integer. Does that require that this difference is thus rational?  Thank you for your time, Is there a method to export the URLs of the open tabs of a Firefox window? If I have a Firefox window open that contains 10 tabs, is there a way in Firefox or by a plug-in to get the URLs of those 10 tabs as a text file or some other format?  Right now if I want to do this I need to copy the URL of tab A, paste it somewhere, move to tab B, and repeat.  I could also bookmark all the tabs into a folder and export that, but that seems like such a hassle.  If there is no such method, could someone point me to some documents that describe the basics of writing a Firefox plug-in.  I am willing to write this myself if there is no "standard" way. The Order of Modification in English Nouns, Preceding or Succeeding? As I don't know the exact linguistic terms, what I mean my "preceding" and "succeeding" in modifying nouns is as follows.  Preceding : delicious food, long way, kind person, et cetera Succeeding : faculty of science, land of despair, a book that changed my mind, et cetera  English seems to accept both ways of modification.  Sometimes, either way will not make a difference. department of science == science department a burning book == a book burning  At other times, changing the order will still make sense but be somewhat awkward or bizarre. Kentucky Fried Chicken ?= Chicken Fried in Kentucky free as in free speech ?= as-in-free-speech free  When writing English, I tend to use more the preceding modification style because my native language Korean is quite strictly precedingly modifying. "빠른 판단을 바탕으로 한 재치있는 응수" directly translates to "a quick-decision-based clever response" rather than "a clever response based on a quick decision"  French as well as other Latin-originated languages seems to be succeedingly modifying. Académie Française, Poulet Frit du Kentucky  while German and Dutch more often use preceding modification.  Well, this mixture in English allows rich style with various ways of expression, but it does often make a non-native English speaker be a little confused. Is there any subtle but general difference between these 2 ways? Or is it just simply case-by-case. Any guidance will help. I'm starting out in Visual C++ and I'd like to know how to keep the console window.  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But in cases where you're just passing the values through, it seems needlessly verbose. In the simple linear regression model, $\hat{\beta}$ is the sum of independent normally distributed random variables.  Is it false because in linear regression there is $\beta$ and not $\hat{\beta}$? Which parts are from Eminems real life? In "" we saw how Bunny Rabbit got into the rapping gang and won the heart of millions of rap lovers. Now in Eminem's original life too similar thing happened. We know how Dr. Dre helped him getting into an industry which is dominated by mainly black people in USA. In fact,  called the film semi-autobiographical. So I want to know which parts are direct picturisations of his real life? 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It is preferred, if a crashing program will not keep the lock open. execute drush command from devel/php drupal Can any one please tell me how can I execute drush command from devel/php?  I can execute PHP codes from devel/php. But I don't know how can I execute drush command from devel/php. (As we know "devel/php" URL coming from devel module).  I have written some custom drush command for cron purpose. I can able to run those commands from command line.  &gt; drush my-cmd or drush cc all or drush status , etc ... I can run it through command line.   Expecting some function as mentioned below to run from devel/php  some_function("drush cc all"); I have my Xbox One set up to automatically download and install updates, the rest of my settings are shown below:    Is there a reason my games will show an update symbol on their tile, but they still don't download the update until I start the game manually? Can I upload an entire folder using FTP? I need to upload a full folder using FTP.  Is there is any option for transferring a folder and all of its contents at once?