General Questions Thread

[Guernsey]

I learned while filing my taxes that I qualify for SNAP food stamps, should I get them or should I just avoid them?

[monster]

Originally Posted by Guernsey

I learned while filing my taxes that I qualify for SNAP food stamps, should I get them or should I just avoid them?

If you qualify, then get it.

[HasuMasu]

Do spiders have any natural predators I can reasonably pick up at a pet store?

I'd Google this, but there'd probably be pictures of spiders.

I thought of starting a fire and smoking them out, but then what? It's a bad idea...how is that even supposed to work in the first place...

[Lord of Fire]

Originally Posted by HasuMasu

Do spiders have any natural predators I can reasonably pick up at a pet store?

I'd Google this, but there'd probably be pictures of spiders.

You should have tried it anyway. You might have found this if you did:http://pestcontrol.about.com/od/diys...-Predators.htm

And if you want to use more forceful methods: http://pestcontrol.about.com/od/diys...Of-Spiders.htm

[barcode120x]

Edit #2: Problem solved on my mouse. A hard pound on the left clicker fixed it...who would have thought...

[HasuMasu]

Originally Posted by Lord of Fire

You should have tried it anyway. You might have found this if you did:http://pestcontrol.about.com/od/diys...-Predators.htm

And if you want to use more forceful methods: http://pestcontrol.about.com/od/diys...Of-Spiders.htm

Thanks! I'm glad we have some friendly lizards...

[risingstar3110]

Anyone a bit knowledgeable on scientific report/ thesis writing?

You know when it comes to thesis or scientific report writing, the orthodox method is going with the Introduction-Methodology-Result-Discussion. So let's just say i want to create a cat girl. I will state the reason why we all want cat girl. And so we do it by opening a Dark Portal to 5th dimension and summon one out. And the result is a perfectly healthy cat girl that loves her master very much. So on and so on. I think that's the clearest way to present your results and what you do to get there .

But what i want is more on presenting how much works we did to get that cat girl in first place,a and how much critical thinking and different approaches we have tried. So for example, we tried to attach cat ears to girls first, and how we did it. Didn't work out. But that made us rethinking and re-approach the process as appearances alone is not what made cat girl in the first place. Then we go with ADN altering, which provided some results, but the resulted cat girl acted either too much like cat , or 3D girls, which is not what we want. So we end up going with dark art and summon one directly from source. You know basically a bit on story-telling format.

So what i want to know is whether there is an actual format for that? Because the only way i could think of is:

• Basic Introduction
• Basic methodology
• Chapter 1: obtaining cat girl through surgery (then go into more detail introduction on why we are doing this, what is the reason we uses this approach, results, etc)
• Chapter 2: obtaining cat girl through DNA altering (go on detail about everything again, same as above)
• Chapter 3: obtaining cat girl through dark magic
• Conclusion

... which is basically a combinations of 3 standard reports, with some basic introduction at the start, and sum up at the end

[oompa loompa]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Anyone a bit knowledgeable on scientific report/ thesis writing?

You know when it comes to thesis or scientific report writing, the orthodox method is going with the Introduction-Methodology-Result-Discussion. So let's just say i want to create a cat girl. I will state the reason why we all want cat girl. And so we do it by opening a Dark Portal to 5th dimension and summon one out. And the result is a perfectly healthy cat girl that loves her master very much. So on and so on. I think that's the clearest way to present your results and what you do to get there .

But what i want is more on presenting how much works we did to get that cat girl in first place,a and how much critical thinking and different approaches we have tried. So for example, we tried to attach cat ears to girls first, and how we did it. Didn't work out. But that made us rethinking and re-approach the process as appearances alone is not what made cat girl in the first place. Then we go with ADN altering, which provided some results, but the resulted cat girl acted either too much like cat , or 3D girls, which is not what we want. So we end up going with dark art and summon one directly from source. You know basically a bit on story-telling format.

So what i want to know is whether there is an actual format for that? Because the only way i could think of is:

• Basic Introduction
• Basic methodology
• Chapter 1: obtaining cat girl through surgery (then go into more detail introduction on why we are doing this, what is the reason we uses this approach, results, etc)
• Chapter 2: obtaining cat girl through DNA altering (go on detail about everything again, same as above)
• Chapter 3: obtaining cat girl through dark magic
• Conclusion

... which is basically a combinations of 3 standard reports, with some basic introduction at the start, and sum up at the end

One (just one) of the ways to do this is :

1.) Abstract
2.) Introduction - expand on abstract + why its important + state your hypothesis briefly
3.) Literature review - what other people have done ( or have not done), why they did it + how you plan on adding to what others have done ( or not done)
4.) hypothesis : formally state your hypothesis and what its about
5.) methodology - state hypothesis again, and how you're going to go about it. if you have multiple cases, outline the multiple cases
6.) observations/results - observations on each of your cases
7.) discussion - what is the meaning behind what you've observed
8.) caveats
9.) conclusion
10.) appendix
11.) references

[HasuMasu]

How come Desmos and Wolfram Alpha give different graphs...of the same function?

[Fizix]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

Anyone a bit knowledgeable on scientific report/ thesis writing?

You know when it comes to thesis or scientific report writing, the orthodox method is going with the Introduction-Methodology-Result-Discussion. So let's just say i want to create a cat girl. I will state the reason why we all want cat girl. And so we do it by opening a Dark Portal to 5th dimension and summon one out. And the result is a perfectly healthy cat girl that loves her master very much. So on and so on. I think that's the clearest way to present your results and what you do to get there .

But what i want is more on presenting how much works we did to get that cat girl in first place,a and how much critical thinking and different approaches we have tried. So for example, we tried to attach cat ears to girls first, and how we did it. Didn't work out. But that made us rethinking and re-approach the process as appearances alone is not what made cat girl in the first place. Then we go with ADN altering, which provided some results, but the resulted cat girl acted either too much like cat , or 3D girls, which is not what we want. So we end up going with dark art and summon one directly from source. You know basically a bit on story-telling format.

So what i want to know is whether there is an actual format for that? Because the only way i could think of is:

• Basic Introduction
• Basic methodology
• Chapter 1: obtaining cat girl through surgery (then go into more detail introduction on why we are doing this, what is the reason we uses this approach, results, etc)
• Chapter 2: obtaining cat girl through DNA altering (go on detail about everything again, same as above)
• Chapter 3: obtaining cat girl through dark magic
• Conclusion

... which is basically a combinations of 3 standard reports, with some basic introduction at the start, and sum up at the end

If its for some kind of creative writing assignment (or fan fic/writing) then that type of report will suffice because you only need it to be palettable.

If its for an actual assignment then choose a different topic because we don't all want a cat girl, cats are evil and a cat girl would weird most of us out. (Ignoring the practical limitations of doing so).

Seriously, your format is fine but I am curious as to why you are asking this question.

[HasuMasu]

The cat girl is probably just a placeholder for whatever the actual topic is. (...I'd be glad to be wrong though )

[Alistar]

How can I terminate my account and all traces of it and delete all of the posts I have made? Thanks for the help.

[Fizix]

Originally Posted by HasuMasu

The cat girl is probably just a placeholder for whatever the actual topic is. (...I'd be glad to be wrong though )

Well, on the off chance that this is a serious assignment, I'd like to point out that its actually being approached all wrong.

Firstly, you need an island, preferably with a feature volcano with your actual face carved into it. This is very important, it notifies those who may find it, such as the worlds governments, that this is a secret base and should be respected as such.

Then you need a base with various labs to be constructed within the volcano itself, no matter how logistically impossible.

Then you need a crew of scientists of questionable moral value and a group of henchmen. Its important that these henchmen are unskilled in case any have a to hero's pop up to put an end to your dastardly plans.

Once those steps are complete, you're ready to begin your report.

Originally Posted by Alistar

How can I terminate my account and all traces of it and delete all of the posts I have made? Thanks for the help.

Contact a mod?

[risingstar3110]

Yeah it's just a place holder. Of course i'm not working on manufacturing cat girl...

(the actual project was to train killer loli. But it's a top top secret, alright? If you let the word out, I may have to send one knocking on your door...)

Originally Posted by oompa loompa

One (just one) of the ways to do this is :

1.) Abstract
2.) Introduction - expand on abstract + why its important + state your hypothesis briefly
3.) Literature review - what other people have done ( or have not done), why they did it + how you plan on adding to what others have done ( or not done)
4.) hypothesis : formally state your hypothesis and what its about
5.) methodology - state hypothesis again, and how you're going to go about it. if you have multiple cases, outline the multiple cases
6.) observations/results - observations on each of your cases
7.) discussion - what is the meaning behind what you've observed
8.) caveats
9.) conclusion
10.) appendix
11.) references

My issue is, i want to go with present the experiment. State and discuss the results. Then plan another experiment based on that result (with new methodology and etc). Discuss the result. Then plan a third experiment, and explain the reason behind the planning, and then discuss the results.

I don't want to pretend that i have planned everything out, and it worked just as plan all the way since day one. I want to show that i have to reassess the situation before i plan the next step.

[HasuMasu]

Something...is going on with Windows 8.1...it says I lost ntasn1.dll but Google just gives results from shady-looking places...

What's going on?

[blaze0041]

Originally Posted by HasuMasu

Something...is going on with Windows 8.1...it says I lost ntasn1.dll but Google just gives results from shady-looking places...

What's going on?

Do you have a screenshot of the error message?
A quick search in my System32 folder tells me that dll manages the Microsoft ASN.1 API.
If it's a legit message, and the computer is still useable, you should be able to run the Command Prompt as an administrator, and use the following commands:
sfc scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
You may need to run sfc /scannow a second time if it doesn't find any issues (making sure you've run the DISM command after the first SFC scan).

Otherwise, you may consider Refreshing or Resetting your PC. Make sure your PC has a recovery partition or you've got an installation DVD or USB.

It would be wise if you made a system image backup before you try any of the above.

[HasuMasu]

Images

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Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?

From those forum links...it works the same for 8.1? If so...I will try...

EDIT: FIXED thanks

[SaintessHeart]

Is there a way to mount a TV without bracket and screws?

[Fizix]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Is there a way to mount a TV without bracket and screws?

Probably, but personally unless you want to risk a very broken TV, I'd recommend the brackets and screws.

Why do you want to avoid the brackets and screws?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Fizix

Probably, but personally unless you want to risk a very broken TV, I'd recommend the brackets and screws.

Why do you want to avoid the brackets and screws?

Tenancy agreements.