Some people are really good at conversations and they can run a conversation perfectly without having to reach for words. They always find the right words to say in any situation and as a result, people enjoy their conversations. What is that person called in English?
I am looking for an adjective/noun for someone who is able to speak/ makes speeches very well and uses words effectively to influence/impress people.
Why is English written and read from left-to-right as opposed to right-to-left, top-to-bottom, or (not even sure any language does this) bottom-to-top? Am hesitant to ask yet one more embarrassing question, but I can't seem to see the problem with the \foreach in the MWE. It should produce several horizontal lines but only produces the one with the yValue as specified in the \newcommand{\yValue}{0.3}:  Code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots}  \newcommand{\yValue}{0.3}  \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis} [  ymin=0,  ymax=1,  xmin=0,  xmax=1, ]  \foreach \yValue in {0.00,0.1,...,1.00} {     \draw [red] (axis cs:0,\yValue) -- (axis cs:1,\yValue); }  \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} If a,b,c,d are positive integers with a sum of 63, what is the maximum value of ab + bc + cd ? (By using calculus to solve it)) If $a,b,c,d$ are positive integers with    $$a+b+c+d=63,$$   what is the maximum value of $$ab+bc+cd?$$   I treated this as an optimization problem and tried to solve it but I did not make any progress. can't read from SQlite database Particular nodes are missing from node editor I am looking for the  but it is not available under the Vector nodes menu or any other menu. I have Blender 2.77 which cooresponds with the manual version in the above link.    I also cannot find the Texture Coordinate or Gradient Texture.  Likely I am doing something wrong. Preserve blend mode effect when underneath layers are disabled? (Photoshop) What would you consider to be the best exception type to throw when an extension method is called on a null instance (where the extension method does not allow it)? Since extension methods are nothing but static methods you could argue that it should be ArgumentNullException, but on the other hand they're used like instance methods so it might be more natural to use the NullReferenceException. Let's take the following example:  public static string ToInvariantString(this IFormattable value, string format) {     return value.ToString(format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); }   This way a NullReferenceException will be thrown if the value parameter is null.   The other example would be:  public static string ToInvariantString(this IFormattable value, string format) {     if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");     return value.ToString(format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); }   EDIT: In some of the answers you have pointed out that an extension methods can be called like a static method and in those cases a null reference exception would be wrong, which is a great point, and actually one of my concerns, not sure why I forgot to mention that in the question in the first place.   Someone also pointed out that it's wrong to throw a NullReferenceException, and yes, it is. That's why I don't throw it, I just let it happen (let the CLR throw it) by not guarding the method.  I think I favor the ArgumentNullException (that's what I've use so far) but I still think there is at least room to argue for an against the NullReferenceException since it seems more natural in most places where the method is going to be used. Unable to solve equation for a variable by any method Is "You are correct" correct? It seems to me that "You are correct" means that the person in question is supposedly "correct" in their quiddity. "That is correct" or "You are right" seems a lot better.  I also would like to know if someone is using correct(ly) correctly, as to correct someone who is potentially using correctly incorrectly. Where can I find every gnome? No matter where I look, I just can't find gnome number [insert number here]. Where can I find every gnome in the game? I have been thinking a bit about Morita equivalence   and I would like to know whether it also applies to subrings such as right or left ideals.  And, if so, how specifically? Could you illustrate if with the example of 2x2 matrices with zero entries in the bottom row? Since Morita equivalence concerns non-commutative rings, I am assuming it should apply, but I am just guessing.  Thanks in advance. Does Java have buffer overflows? Does Java have buffer overflows? If yes can you give me scenarios? Texmaker GUI is messy with high resolution screen Overnight charges for brokers holding stocks? I'm trying to learn about stock markets. I eventually want to invest a small amount over a long period. Yet, I notice on a lot of broker sites that they tend to charge an overnight fee for any stocks held over night. I presume this is every night thereafter?  I just wondered because it seems like a wall when you want to let your stock price grow, and an overnight charge eats into this. or, is this only the case for "CFD" stocks? I'm confused.  Any help?  Cheers Accidentally hit "toggle full screen", How do I exit? I'm stuck in full screen in the node editor. Escape isn't working, and I have no menus and no idea how to leave except to quit Blender and reopen the program. This baby-walking device is called a ([prefix]-)[name] by people from [location] What is the tolerable magnetic field (in Tesla) for a hard disk? I was wondering what would be the safest magnetic field for a hard drive so that the data inside it is safe and not wiped off?  For example I have a 2.1 home theatre system and when I take my android phone near it to check the magnetic field range it gives me a reading of 1000 micro Tesla. Would that be considered safe for a nearby hard disk? After swapping the positions of the hour and the minute hand, when will a clock still give a valid time? Manually hacking tables in LaTeX is one of the less funny things when preparing a document. Naturally, there are quite a few tools that promise to simplify this. In fact, I have somewhat lost track of all the tools available, and I'd like to gather your valuable experience into one big post. Some of the tools are mentioned in , but I feel there's much more around.  I'd suggest that somebody starts an overview with an alphabetic list (so that I can accept this answer and it stays on top), and that everyone replies with a "community wiki" entry, one reply per tool, and inserts the tool into the list.  Personally, I use Excel2LaTeX, but I'm unhappy with having to fire up Windows in order to generate the LaTeX code. I'm thinking of a rewrite as a standalone Python tool using the xlrd library, but I'm not too inclined to reinvent the wheel. First let me explain what I mean by "transitive" Suppose that the price of product A and the price of product B has a correlation of .5 Suppose also that the price of product B and product C has a correlation of .5  One might thing that if correlation(A,B) = .5 and correlation(B,C) = .5 then correlation(A,C) > 0, but with an intuitive example we can see why this is not the case:  Suppose that A is a fruit salad made of papaya and banana, suppose also that B is a fruit salad made of banana and strawberry and, finally, suppose that C is strawberries and cream. Clearly, when the price of banana goes up, both the price of A and B will go up; when the price of strawberry goes up the price of B and C will go up; but since A and C have no ingredients in common, their price isn't correlated.  My question is which statistical concept captures this intuitive idea. Is it the concept of dimensions?  What do I mean by transitive? Let me define the binary operator X corr? Y as 1 if correlation(X,Y) != 0 and 0 otherwise, so:   A corr? B = 1, B corr? C = 1, but  A corr? C could be = 0   If corr? was transitive, then A corr? C = 1