BRIEF  "We’ve reinvented electricity supply for the digital World making it possible for any generator to sell directly to a consumer".  "By buying electricity directly from generators, you get a better deal by going direct and you know where your electricity comes from."  DEBRIEF  Create a connection between two simple, similar/different shapes.  HELP  I have asked a friend of mine for his opinion about this logotype (actually a complete brand identity). He pointed me to :  I have not used Gerstner as direct inspiration, but studied Swiss Graphic Design quite intensely at the University. My opinion is that Gerstner's work is deep in my mind / subconscious. I have used an effortless square grid to design it, exactly like Gerstner did - it is the easier and natural way to do it for everyone I suppose.  FACT  The client already signed off before I recognised the similarity and he loves it.  PROBLEM  Should I honestly tell the client what's happening? Is it plagiarism? Or, is just connecting a square and a circle too general to be copyrighted?  Thanks for considering
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?
Attributing contributions to academic work that occur in Stack Exchange Sometimes we may ask questions on stack exchange or online forums wherein the response is helpful or even essential to a piece of work that gets published in an academic journal. If this occurs, how should credit be given to those involved in the exchange? Should they all be included as authors? Should a link to the forum be included as a reference in the paper?  Once something is in a stack exchange or forum, it's "published". Perhaps in the future, the current peer review model will transform into people writing blogs and posting in forums and databases. But for now, how might this issue be dealt with while forums, blogs, etc coexist with journals? Say person A and person B are having a discussion/argument.   Person A tells person B that his views are arrogant, or closed-minded, or some other derogatory adjective. 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The whole series takes place "here &amp; now". I have a feeling he's a "chosen" person of some kind... But, the strongest memory I have is of a symbol: a circle which is divided into quarters (a vertical bar and a horizontal bar).  I know it's vague, but does anyone recognise this? in a file containing :  ... 18-11-2018:othercharacters 10-11-2018:othercharacters 03-10-2018:othercharacters 30-10-2018:othercharacters 27-09-2018:othercharacters 03-12-2018:othercharacters ...   the command :  sort -t- -k2 -k1    does not sort by date, what am I missing ? I am considering buying my first DSLR.  How do I know whether I need a 18-200 lens, 17-85, or 18-55? Or something else? Why two inverters cascaded in multiplexer control signal terminals? Why cascaded inverters are used in the multiplexer when it is possible to realize the circuit using a single inverter. If $Y$ is connected, why is $A\cup Y$ connected in this case? sqlite3: not found It seems that in the words Englishman, Frenchman, and Scotsman, the ‑man part is pronounced /mən/ (just like in Roman).  Whereas in snowman, the ‑man part is pronounced /mæn/ (just like in no man).  Why is it that when ‑man is appended to snow‑ to make snowman, the pronunciation of the man part doesn’t change?    Wouldn’t it logically follow for it to be pronounced /ˈsnowmən/ not /ˈsnowˌmæn/? Possible Duplicate:          Here is my sync script:  ssh user@remote.host /etc/init.d/some_service stop scp user@remote.host:/var/some_service/events ./events scp ./new_data user@remote.host:/var/some_service/new_data ssh user@remote.host /etc/init.d/some_service start   As You can see, it stops service, perform some copies with scp and starts service back.  The problem: it "costs" 4 "similar" ssh connections in a row.  Is there any way to make all the work, using one physical ssh connection? Contour method to show that $\int_0^\infty\frac{x-\sin x}{x^3} \, dx=\frac\pi4$ Show that $$\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{x - \sin(x)}{x^3} \, dx = \frac{\pi}{4}$$   My attempt is as follows: Let $$f(z) = \frac{z - i e^{iz}}{z^3}$$ and consider the contour on $[\epsilon, R]$ followed by a semicircular arc in the counter clockwise direction, then on $[-R, -\epsilon]$, then the semicircular clockwise contour avoiding the origin. We have, then, that  $$0 = \int_{\Gamma} f(z) dz = \int_{[\epsilon, R]} f(t) dt + \int_{C_R}f(Re^{it})Rie^{it}dt + \int_{[-R, -\epsilon]}f(t)dt + \int_{C_{\epsilon}}f(\epsilon e^{-it})\epsilon i e^{-it} dt$$  Then the first and third integrals ( $I_1$ and $I_3$) combine so that  $$I_1 + I_3 = 2\int_{\epsilon}^R \frac{t - \sin{t}}{t^3}\,dt$$  Further,   $$|I_{C_R}| \leq \int_0^\pi \left|\frac{Re^{it} - ie^{-R\sin{t}}e^{iRcos{t}}}{R^2 e^{2it}} \right|dt \rightarrow 0 \text{ as } R\rightarrow \infty$$  (I've omitted the details, it isn't too bad to bound)  However, I'm having trouble computing the limit  $$\lim_{\epsilon \rightarrow 0}\int_{C_{\epsilon}} f(\epsilon e^{-it})\epsilon i e^{-it} dt$$  No matter which way I look at it, it seems like this limit does not exist. Perhaps I'm seeing something wrong or have I chosen a bad $f(z)$? Effect of space time relativity on the age of the universe? So we all heard about the twins paradox to explain einstein's time space relativity.  Wikipedia Quote :" In physics, the twin paradox is a thought experiment in special relativity involving identical twins, one of whom makes a journey into space in a high-speed rocket and returns home to find that the twin who remained on Earth has aged more. This result appears puzzling because each twin sees the other twin as traveling, and so, according to a naive application of time dilation, each should paradoxically find the other to have aged more slowly. "  So what if the universe has been travelling at varying speeds (increasing or descreasing), wouldn't this effect our measurements on age of the universe? I have a question about subsets $$ A \subseteq \mathbb R $$ for which there exists a function $$f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$$ such that the set of continuity points of $f$ is $A$. Can I characterize this kind of sets? In a topological,measurable or in some way? For example, does there exist a function continuous on $\mathbb Q$ and discontinuous on the irrationals? How to write a while loop with the C preprocessor? How do I determine whether or not two lines intersect, and if they do, at what x,y point?