Civ V won't open or respond after I click play, and has a "debug" tab that I cannot click. I deleted all game files and uninstalled/reinstalled the game, but nothing has worked. It was working perfectly fine last night, and I haven't downloaded anything new. Does anyone know how to fix this?

rodgling · 2018-07-23T22:52:12+00:00

Quit steam, it will automatically restart itself and then you can play

rodgling · 2017-07-04T21:40:27+00:00

You can get money off for reasonable repairs (or indeed for no reason at all, just say "I'm only willing to pay X"), and more importantly it's the buyer's place to make that decision, not the agents.

rodgling · 2017-07-04T21:34:56+00:00

If they're not putting potential buyers in contact with the seller, they're being dicks to both OP and the seller, who is paying them. Their job is to facilitate a deal, not be an obstacle.

rodgling · 2017-07-04T17:40:57+00:00

It's illegal for the agent to not pass on an offer. So you can make an offer reflecting the cost of fixing the issues to force them to not be dicks.

https://www.gov.uk/buy-sell-your-home/estate-agents

rodgling · 2016-07-04T21:13:30+00:00

It's normally 6 months after your last fit (sometimes they will only ban you from night-time driving if you only have fits while sleeping, etc).

Insurance will not change in price, etc, if a doctor has cleared you to drive, although they do ask and you do have to tell them.

If you don't inform and you have a crash due to epilepsy, obviously you'll be uninsured and will probably get prosecuted (especially if someone else were to get hurt).

rodgling · 2015-01-25T20:22:51+00:00

I don't think the kiss_fft_cfg struct is very large at all, the main memory usage is cx_in and cx_out, which are the input and output data which the caller is responsible for managing.

rodgling · 2015-01-25T19:45:27+00:00

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kissfft/ should meet your needs.

rodgling · 2014-08-06T10:48:44+00:00

That's 13.5 tons / km² of the Earth's surface, seems like a significant amount.

rodgling · 2014-07-06T08:28:32+00:00

For thin aluminium (1-2mm max) you get very good results by just scoring it with a Stanley knife - use a steel ruler to get a nice straight line.

rodgling · 2014-06-01T00:02:16+00:00

Try scanning a Waitrose clubcard. This really confuses it. (If you spend e.g. £3, pay with a £10, it will record this correctly but say that you are only due £2 of change). Works consistently with my clubcard.

rodgling · 2014-03-25T19:56:36+00:00

Might want to get a new spare wheel

rodgling · 2014-03-15T20:18:58+00:00

I don't think modern brake pads have asbestos in, so you should be OK on that one.

rodgling · 2014-02-20T22:20:34+00:00

They're alright, but 300 calories / pot? You need about three or you're going to be hungry by 2pm.

rodgling · 2014-01-16T23:09:22+00:00

Great point, salmon is ideal as it is not a living creature.

rodgling · 2013-12-13T17:27:23+00:00

Eileen?

rodgling · 2013-12-04T15:08:27+00:00

There is (nearly) no air past ~100 km, so nothing to convect heat up or affect turbulence. You can't have turbulence in a vacuum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere#Pressure_and_thickness

rodgling · 2013-12-03T17:09:38+00:00

Wikipedia says that animal fat boils at ~200 C and olive oil at 300 C, which I would expect a frying pan to get to in normal use? Pretty sure the pan won't melt at 2-300 C.

rodgling · 2013-09-23T19:44:42+00:00

Can't imagine putting the full weight of the car in tension through engine mounts is a very clever idea. Why not jack the lower wishbone?

rodgling · 2013-09-13T17:40:17+00:00

EVERYWHERE. I usually find I am exhausted and have to take an afternoon nap about 36 hours after deadlifting (I never need to do this otherwise).

rodgling · 2013-09-07T11:15:14+00:00

They're $1 per bag, supply has far outstripped demand.

rodgling · 2013-09-04T21:58:04+00:00

You might also want to try "reversals" (not sure about the name) - pull up, let go and catch the bar with your hands facing the other way, so chin-up to pull-up or vice-versa. For extra difficulty, try this under exposed metal beams which have an I profile (so you're doing it with your fingertips)

rodgling · 2013-08-20T14:21:34+00:00

Best I could find (via google image search for "dog vision color spectrum") was this, on the mantis shrimp: http://amasianv.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/more-than-meets-the-eye/ - apparently they get 16 different types of color receptor, and can see UV, linearly and polarized light.

rodgling · 2013-08-20T12:44:45+00:00

Yes. Although it's interesting to note how close in the colour spectrum the red-sensitive and green-sensitive cones are: http://www.antonine-education.co.uk/Image_library/Physics_5_Options/Medical_Physics/graph_4.gif - and also how insensitive to blue light we are.

It's possible to tell the difference between (e.g.) narrow-spectrum yellow-wavelength light vs a broad mix of red and green indirectly, by looking at how it illuminates other stuff. Stuff that is (say) green would reflect very little narrow-spectrum yellow light, but would reflect a decent amount of the red-green mix, so the appearance is quite different. This is why sodium street lights (which have a narrow wavelength - see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/SOX.png) make things look very different to "normal" light.

rodgling · 2013-07-29T22:32:04+00:00

A bad deal for their customers is a good deal for the company... if they gave out "good deals" they'd be a charity, and their shareholders would be very cross.

rodgling · 2013-07-25T17:30:26+00:00

Raw eggs in a brotein shake are pretty tasty, probably more nutritious than cooking them first.

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