What would be the last magic to disappear from the world

Question: This is slightly based on Babylonian/Summerian myths where gods gave man perfect knowledge of every art and craft at the beginning of time and since then the knowledge has slowly been lost, making each generation worse than the previous. But only Slightly based.
A million years ago magic descended over the world and singled out a creature as the axis of its many expressions. Within generations this caused the ape to become sentient and evolve into humans. At some point they were harmoniously living with the magic creatures and magic powers, but as time went on the creatures started thinning out and their powers waned. Man developed writing, math and technology to compensate and then to surpass it. But they still feel subconsciously that the ancient powers remain...
Come the modern era almost all magic has disappeared and the last human with magic must help the last remnants to move along so the human species can truly embrace science as the way to the future.  I have written a couple chapters where he lets a genie out from a lamp, a spirit from a lost temple and such.
They are really just variations of the same and they don't really feel like their disappearance would affect the world.  What I really want to do is a metaphor about how superstition and flashy mysticism disappear with the development of science and only true faith and philosophy, no matter how ancient or modern, remain. This is not about religion or life choices. Because magic no longer affect us doesn't mean we no longer believe there is something beyond or we are less spiritual. We just are in a different manner.
What would be a good example of myths that still exist but are doomed to disappear in the future?
What beliefs died out as science advanced in history?
Comment: Free will itself, unbound by the limitations of the chemicals in your brain, is the last magic. As the onslaught of neuroscience and psychologists continues, soon there will only be one man left who can truly choose his own path in the world. He is free, the last free man, holding the last remnant of magic. Everyone else's life is run by atavistic instinct, propaganda, and advertising.
Comment: Kind of the opposite of what I'm aiming at. The whole idea is freeing humanity from external, non-human, factors that actively or subconsciously control them.
Comment: Larry Niven wrote a series of stories playing with this idea, The magic Goes Away, magic is a non-renewable spacial resources. as it is used up the most dramatic and powerful magics fail first with magical effects becoming fainter and weaker and the things that rely on it move to more and more remote places attempting to survive. some weird thing last becasue they were magical in execution but not effect, like great towers supported by magic fall but the rubble is still there and the skeletons of a dragons can be found even though they have gone extinct.
Answer: Sympathetic magic: the FCC issued a formal rejection of homeopathy just this week after finally testing it exhaustively. But maybe it worked in the past.
ESP: researchers in the 1950s swore they found evidence for ESP, but none of those experiments replicate today.
Accupuncture: still going strong... for now.
Astrology, runes, numerology... all used to work. The weakening ley lines go along with the weakening of divination. What if our weather prediction gets worse?
Alchemy is narrowed to chemistry -- arbitrary transformation of substances is now restricted to more limited transforms. What if it continues to narrow?
We can now only meaningfully communicate with dogs and a few specific members of other species instead of the whole animal kingdom. What if our few domesticated species cease to be domesticated?
What if antibacterial drugs are the last gasp of healing magic? And when they're gone, they're gone?
What if math just starts failing to describe physics? Rotate an object 360 degrees and it never comes back to face you. Pour half a bottle into another bottle of the same size and the liquid completely fills the other bottle. That would be true magic fading.
Comment: What does the Fedreal Communication Commission have to do with quack medicine?
Comment: Advertising rules
Answer: TLDR
All myths are human centered.  Not to detract from other forms of myth, but to make a case in point - we seek a deity because we fear our own insignificance/helplessness and the the allure of believing that we are special to some entity which is so much greater than us is irresistible to many people.  We have an innate sense that we have little to no control over our lives (tragedy can happen at any moment) and we cannot escape knowing that life will eventually end.
Myth #1 - the afterlife is a place rather than a chemical process in the brain that occurs near death
Myth #2 - we can affect things by believing in a higher power and beseeching that power to intervene in our lives
Myth #3 - magic once existed and gods walked the earth (this one may be difficult to explain in the context of the story, but in the context of the below analogies it may not be as difficult to explain as one would think).
The Long Version
You have to be careful how you use the term "faith".  Even though you clearly refer to extinguishing superstition and mysticism, one cannot generally be lead to the assumption that you are also rejecting religious faith as I am sure you are aware of the contention that religion is not "superstition" nor is it "mysticism".  The previous point is an important one to consider if you have a true desire to lead people out of irrational belief.  I typically define faith as "knowing what is possible, knowing how to get there and taking steps in good faith to assure that a positive result is most likely".  To me faith is a form of wisdom, in a sense it is a belief in something I cannot see because it relies on future events which are uncertain, but it is more a matter of choosing and acting rationally, not believing and simply waiting.  I do not hold out wishing for things and believing they will be because I wished them so.  Any other kind of faith, I suspect, is merely a psychological hack or a lie we tell to children, which in fact, by my definition of faith, amounts to the spreading of faithlessness rooted in the need to trick or persuade to get a desired result.  I value reason over finagling, however well meaning it may be.  And there you have my faith which derives directly from my personal philosophy.
The IEP states:

Some have held that there can be no conflict between [faith and reason]—that reason properly employed and faith properly understood will never produce contradictory or competing claims—whereas others have maintained that faith and reason can (or even must) be in genuine contention over certain propositions or methodologies.

I assume that the kind of faith that you are referring to is the same as the above referenced faith that is "properly understood" such that it does not contradict reason.
Here is a bit of loosely autobiographical American History as related by Hunter S. Thompson to give you a sense of faith without wisdom and the danger of forging a blind path.
This at a time when common folks, en masse, both embraced and began to reject self-medication for the purpose of relieving the self from the ills of society.  Although, "self-medication" is clearly not new to that period, nor certainly can the 1960's era in the U.S. be placed on par with other noteworthy periods such as the Age of Enlightenment.  The events of the 60's basically (merely) represent a mass rejection of the social contract, a rejection of human roles prescribed by society and a skepticism of an established order which appeared to lead to so much unhappiness - a theme which in itself, ironically, is not at odds with the founding of the established order, that of a democratic nation, however, the rejections are of the decay of human centered values, those which get lost in vying for dominance among nations.  Similar themes are present, though in a different cultural context, in Japan, the suppression of self/emotion for the greater good.  The roots of the rejection of the societal order go back to the beginnings of civilization, but we can see a trace of the sense of dystopia as late (in proximity to the 60's melt down) as the Marx Brothers' films.
The first part below relates the myth, the belief, the intuition which goes along with attempting to heal, that finding inner peace will solve the problems which lead to the lack thereof.  Afterward it is compared to the disillusionment, the breaking point, the realization and the beginning of the acceptance of loss and an inability to completely heal - the starting point of moving on with life.
The "Wave" Speech
TLDR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az36k4-Hc94
From Wikipedia:

Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run… but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.…
History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of "history" it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.
My central memory of that time seems to hang on one or five or maybe forty nights—or very early mornings—when I left the Fillmore half-crazy and, instead of going home, aimed the big 650 Lightning across the Bay Bridge at a hundred miles an hour wearing L. L. Bean shorts and a Butte sheepherder's jacket… booming through the Treasure Island tunnel at the lights of Oakland and Berkeley and Richmond, not quite sure which turn-off to take when I got to the other end (always stalling at the toll-gate, too twisted to find neutral while I fumbled for change)... but being absolutely certain that no matter which way I went I would come to a place where people were just as high and wild as I was: No doubt at all about that…
There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda.… You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.…
And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave.…
So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.

The Final Speech:
TLDR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrd-sfoAv9A
From http://www.goodreads.com/

We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "consciousness expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously... All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create... a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody... or at least some force - is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.
Answer: The ability to communicate with the afterlife would be my choice. All magic naturally comes from the spiritual realm, If magic is fade because the connection between the spiritual world and the physical world is fading. mediums keep what little connection there is going, but as they die off the connection becomes weaker and weaker. Only the last the ghost of the last true  medium is the all that left keeping that powering the connection. Once that ghost leaves this world and goes to the spiritual world with the rest of the dead, then the connection will fade and last bit of magic will disappear from the physical world.
This is just one senero you can change the it a bit but keep the basics. The ideas is that magic comes to this world from another place and that the connection between that place and our world is fading since no new magic is coming from that other place (afterlife, spirit world, Narnia or something else) the magic already in the world is dissipating but a small trickle is still coming through because of something (someone) magical who is trapped in this world, once that thing (or person) returns to the other place then magic will be officially gone form this world.
Comment: My original idea is that magic was trickling from a bunch of such places and the protagonist was the one charged with closing the doors by returning things to them or getting things back or fulfilling ancient pacts...
Answer: Tl/Dr: This answer is really broken into two parts.  The first points out that there is a superstition deep at the heart of many people's concept of science which suggests that science is more than it actually is.  It would be the last magic to disappear.  The second half is a lightning fast run through about a century of mathematics to suggest how magic might outlast science after all.

What I really want to do is a metaphor about how superstition and flashy mysticism disappear with the development of science and only true faith and philosophy, no matter how ancient, remain.

I make it a point to keep science honest these days.  It loves to make some pretty incredible claims.  It also has a pretty darn good track record of defending those claims, but with stories like this I think there's an opportunity to give it a gentle nudge.
Given your plan to write a story about the development of science, literally over magic's dead body, I'd suggest the last myth to die will be "science can tell you what truly is."  It'll be the last one because it will be the most staunchly defended.
In what I would call its purest form, science is a branch of empiricism, itself a branch of epistemology.  It explores the question of "what can we know by empirically observing the world?"  It has had quite a lot of success answering that question by assuming there are "natural laws" which are in effect everywhere and every time, and devising repeatable reproducible experiments to model those laws, typically in the language of mathematics.
There is, however, the selling arm of the scientific community which sells science as an branch of ontology: the philosophy of what is real.  These people rely on a very interesting but tricky form of reasoning known as abduction.  Abduction is the lesser known kin to induction and deduction.  While induction generalizes the whole from the part, and deduction derives the part from the whole, abduction is a bit more nuanced.  Abduction is when one declares that the best hypothesis one has is actually true.  This sounds reasonable, of course, but it turns out mighty difficult to pin down.
The abductive claim, of course, is that all of reality is governed by natural laws.  So far science has had great success with that assumption, but it can never really prove it (and good scientists never try... they strive towards more reasonable phrasings, often involving statistics).  Without this claim, science remains empirical.  It merely models the world (with great success).  With this claim, it defines the world.
So this claim would have to go at some point, recognized as pure superstition just like all other sources of magic.  Sure, there will be attempts to do without it, but the Münchhausen Trilemma asserts that this is difficult.  It states that all logic arguments must have one of the following:

The circular argument, in which theory and proof support each other
The regressive argument, in which each proof requires a further proof, ad infinitum
The axiomatic argument, which rests on accepted precepts

(This Trilemma is, of course, self-consistent.  Any attempt to prove it relies on one or more of the three arguments above).
This Trilemma has survived several millennia (it's also attributed to Agrippa the Skeptic, from the 1st century AD), despite man's efforts to the contrary.  If it indeed holds, there will always be one last axiom for magic to hide behind, or one infinite argument for the finitists to question.  Circular logic is abhorred by the scientific community, so it is unlikely to be the final bastion of magic, but who knows.
This is not to say we haven't tried.  Science's language of preference is mathematics, and the mathematical community has take great efforts to try to plumb the secrets of this trilemma.  In the early 1900's, there was a strong effort to create a self-proving system of mathematics, which could prove all of the truths in arithmetic, and indeed prove the validity of its own machinations it uses to get there.  This effort was struck down by Kurt Godel, with his incompleteness theorems, which showed that mathematics could never create a system which could prove all the true statements of arithmetic and prove itself without being inconsistent.  Mathematics remains firmly planted in the world of axioms which cannot be proven.
So perhaps science will change the language.  Mathematics is ever evolving, tackling new and more nuanced questions.  Perhaps in its effort to become self-hoisting, science will embrace the rules of mathematics put forth by Dan Willard.  He put forth a self-proving system by relaxing one specific rule of arithmetic: the totality of multiplication -- that you can multiply any two numbers and the result is a number.  In fact, he doesn't so much have to relax the rule, as much as merely state that the totality of multiplication is not provable in his systems.  This particular quirk is enough to sidestep Godel's work and create a system which proves itself and all of the true statements in its arithmetic.
The systems he suggest have a peculiar behavior: they can be constructed within our currently accepted rules of set theory and arithmetic, and if built in such a way, it can lead to peculiar consequences.  You can construct a set within the theory which is "uncountably infinite" within Willard's world, but "countably infinite" from the outside where one has access to a multiplication function that is total.  From inside, this would appear as expansive as the undulating stream of real numbers bringing forth the ocean waves, while from the outside it would merely be but the integer number of grains of sand upon the beach.  This would be because those inside Willard's world are incapable of constructing the concepts needed to capture the set's size as we do.  It'd be like simply lacking a word to express the feeling you are having.
Which suggests the humans inside that little scientific bubble bastioned by arithmetic in the form of one of Willard's systems might get curious one day whether there might be some multiplication-like operation which is total.  Different mathematicians may note that, if you're willing to risk the ire of the gods by assuming multiplication is total, its easier to make decisions.  Of course, not everyone will understand this.  Some will have to be wowed, instead, by great feats of these multiplication wizards who dare look reality straight in the face.  What they would do would seem miraculous indeed.
Magic dies hard.
Comment: That the protagonist was wrong all along and science is the one dying would be a neat twist for the ending.
Answer: I hate to say this, but I feel like I'm missing a key piece of information to answer your question. If the theme of the story is "only true faith and philosophy remain," how does that relate to a single magical charge that occurred at the beginning of time?  Is it a metaphor? "Faith" requires an object - it is something believed in without proof that belief is justified. In the description you gave, I didn't see a connection between faith and magic - the magic spilled over the earth, had it's effect and faded. No faith required. If the magic was responsible for the eventual evolution of mankind, and an ability to express himself perfectly via the arts, then wouldn't the fading of the magic result in mankind's devolving back to the stone ages? Perhaps, then the last magic to fade would be the ability to actually utilize the writing/math/technology/science which compensated for the lack of direct magic?
Comment: It's not about faith. I mention it to make it clear that because magic disappears from the world doesn't mean all is pragmatic, cold blooded thought from then on. Art and religion and philosophy are human born and they will always exist. I will edit the question to make it clear.
Answer: If one supposes that non-magic (science, technology) essentially crowded out magical ways, then discoveries like the germ theory of disease (and the principle of vaccination) would kill off magic, wherever those ideas spread.
Similarly, I could imagine human mastery of fire, electricity and nuclear power as killing off energy-transformation magic.

Contrary-wise, if people's beliefs in science were shredded, then magic might come back.  Of course, YMMV.


I want to know how high voltage generator works

Question: This is the product I'm refrering to. I have seen this product being used in many DIY and wanted to know the circuit it uses and how it is able to step up the voltage so high in such a small space and price.
Comment: I can't open the page.
Comment: Tip: put the make and model into the hyperlink text rather than "this". Your question will make no sense when the link dies.
Answer: These circuits based on three stages first DC to high frequency AC using PWM chip and then connect a high frequency switching transformer.(the transformer turn ratio tell the high voltage).The transformer(ferrite or torride core) converter low voltage high frequency AC to high voltage high frequency AC. After this stage we connect the high frequency switching diode which convert AC to DC. The explained block diagram is shown below. The purpose of using high frequency switching transformer is to reduce size and increase power.
Answer: It contains an AC oscillator and a step up transformer. The AC oscillator converts the DC voltage to alternating current which the transformer then steps up to a high voltage.
Many people homebrew a similar device using an ignition coil from an older vehicle as the transformer. It will not develop as high of voltages as claimed in the ad (which are quite dubious) but it does make a simple source for high voltages. Use these terms to search the web for DIY instructions.


When should I start thinking about a will?

Question: What would happen with my savings on a bank account and personal property in a case of death? I don't have a family, only a brother and separated parents. Do I need to think about a will?
Answer: Dying with no will is to die "intestate" and the rules (order) of inheritance are dictated by the state.
It's cheap enough, everyone should have one if only to make their wishes clear.
On a personal note, if my wife, daughter and I all die in an accident, my will states that the designated beneficiaries must show the executor of my estate a valid will as a condition of their inheritance. If I'm gone, I don't actually care where they choose to leave it, it will be their money, but they need to be responsible enough to spell out the next beneficiary.
Answer: If you get a will now it will prevent a dispute between your parents and a brother who gets what. There are laws that define a priority if there is no will but it still can get messy among relatives.
On the other hand i think you have to state a beneficiary when you open an account. If that's the case and these are the only assets you have you probably don't need a will.
Comment: I think the potential for dispute is actually smaller without a will. Without a will, there are inheritance laws which dictate who gets what. Those laws are not very open to interpretation, so there isn't much to dispute. But when there is a will, then people can make legal arguments against that will (it's unclear, it's illegal, it's unenforceable, it's unethical...) or dispute the authenticity of the will itself. This can get far more messy, IMO.
Answer: Make a will whenever you have properties. Think about 'whom' you want to benefit, and go with that.


Can tmux and a SSH-client on Windows be more integrated?

Question: I am using tmux on my Debian server and PuTTY on Windows.  This works as expected, but sometimes I wish, to have a more Windows like feeling when working via SSH, eg. have separate windows for the tmux tabs and use Alt-Tab or the mouse to switch between them.
I have found several PuTTY alternatives that offer tabbed interfaces and deeper Windows integration, but ideally I would like to keep running tmux and only have some more comfort when accessing the system from my Windows PC.
Can you point me in what directions to look, besides remotely accessing an XServer on the linux box
Answer: What about something like mRemoteNG?


Is Mihawk stronger than one of the gorosei who holds the sword(since mihawk is titled strongest swordsman)?

Question: Since mihawk is titled as the strongest swordsman and there is one samurai in the 5 elders team,so does that mean mihawk is stronger than that gorosei?
Comment: Might I redirect you to this question: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5765/is-dracule-mihawk-really-the-strongest-swordsman?rq=1
Comment: There's no way of telling how strong they are until that Gorosei member shows us some moves. Until then, it's TBA
Comment: Agreed on the TBA with the Gorosei, but note that new info in the Vivre Card Databook indicates Mihawk is equivalent to or stronger than Shanks (in terms of swordplay at least). Hence, this assumption of him being stronger than the gorosei is also not very outlandish.
Answer: We don't know because we don't know how strong that Gorosei is or (really) how strong Mihawk is.  Mihawk is likely a better swordsman than anyone in One Piece but that doesn't not mean he is stronger than that Gorosei in any other way.
There are several things to note:

Mihawk being the strongest swordsman is as much of a title as a
display of his ability. If there is a character who is a stronger
swordsman, it must be that his ability is underestimated or not known
to the world at large. Zoro won't be the strongest swordsman until
he can somehow be demonstrated as earning that mantel.  As it is Mihawk's
defining character trait and Zoro's dream, I doubt Oda has some mystery swordsman somewhere who is stronger with a sword.
Mihawk's title only refers to his ability with a sword. It is notable that Mihawk's only power seems to come from his reputation
and swordmanship. He has no known devil fruit, no shown Haki (though
he obviously has Armament), no gimmicks, and no crew.  I don't think
many people would doubt that Shanks is stronger and Shanks uses a
sword.  Shank's power, however, includes his crew and his insane
levels of Conquerors Haki.  If Gorosei must be a stronger fighter, he might
be stronger for other reasons than swordsmanship. That being said:
There is no reason to assume the Gorosei members must be all that strong. Maybe he was the strongest but got old. Maybe he was
never that strong but got there based on his intelligence.

(Also Whitebeard was the strongest man but Kaido is the strongest beast.  Maybe there is a stronger swordswoman somewhere? But that doesn't apply here... probably. Unless that Gorosei is a Celestial so is not to be downplayed to the level of mere "man"."
Comment: The Gorosei are celestials, they are the highest ranking celestial Dragons. So i do agree with you, for some weird reasons they see themselves as a higher race on the level of gods and that coulld explain why the title of "strongest swordsman" might be seen as an insult rather than a compliment.
Comment: @Rumpelstiltskin I really hope Oda doesn't pull that. Though it would be satisfying to see Zoro transcend to that even higher level. (I did know they were Dragons but sorry for the odd wording.)


What is the difference between fruit teas and pure fruit teas?

Question: In this Livestrong article they make a distinction between "fruit teas" and "pure fruit teas". The only difference i picked up on is that pure fruit teas have more sugar. But dont fruit teas also have sugar? Im confused.
Comment: I suspect that manufacturers intend to confuse you: *pure* means about as much as *natural*
Answer: Teas made with fruit and herbs, or fruit and tea, are often referred to as fruit teas. Teas made with only fruit would then have to be called pure. However a quick look online suggests that "pure fruit teas" also includes some of the former.
The article you link seems to use pure to mean "not containing tea*, as it discusses caffeine quite a lot. The sugar aspect is probably a distraction as even a fruit tea made by soaking dried fruit in hot water can only deliver very little sugar as the total weight of the dry tea is small and most of that is discarded.
Answer: There is no single standardized meaning of the word. You can take a guess at what the author of a specific text wanted to express with it, but you cannot tell for sure unless a definition is given more or less directly.
The article you are reading does contain such a definition, as it says that

Pure fruit teas are [...] infusions of fruit extract or juice

As opposed to teas which also contain herbs, spices and tea leaves beside the fruit. This is just valid for this one article though, and other texts may use their own definitions.
Answer: I assume that Fruit teas contain artificial or natural flavourings and other ingredients which I would not want to consume. Natural fruit teas may also contain unwanted elements, though I think to a lesser extent. I always read labels.
Note: fruit contains sugar of which the amount will be shown on the info label.
Answer: If you read the article carefully:
Fruit tea:

Fruit teas are hot beverages that contain real fruit juice alone or
  infuse the sweetness of exotic fruits with earthy teas, herbs and
  spices.

Pure fruit tea:

Pure fruit teas are made from infusions of flavors from the juice of
  fresh fruit such as apple, cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant, blueberry,
  orange, strawberry and peach.

Conclusion:
Pure fruit teas are infusions only made from fruits. While a 'fruit tea' is required to contain fruit, but may also include other herbs and flowers.


Using the notification inbox as an... actual inbox?

Question: I think it would be nice if, for our notification inbox, we could delete notifications after we've read them. Just for organizational purposes. (And if that gets added, perhaps the filter by date function could be removed for it.)
Comment: Related: [Feed for global inbox](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66728/feed-for-global-inbox)
Comment: @Kevin hey, can you please explain why this feature request has been declined?
Answer: I approve of this suggestion because I would really like to be able to manage what I do at work separately from what I do at home. I'm happy to deal with SO, P.SX and other work related SX sites at work, but many other SX sites are just for personal interest and it wouldn't be appropriate to deal with them on work time.
I would love it if Inbox notifications were only 'marked as read' when I actually clicked on them. At the moment, if you click on any of the Inbox items, they all stop being highlighted (are marked as Read in UX terms).
That way I would be able to ignore non-work related notifications during the day, and have all my non work notifications still highlighted when I get home. Similarly, while at home I could ignore work related notifications, and have them all still highlighted when I get to work the next day.
Answer: workaround: You can use the RSS-feed of a question instead of using the star, and your favourite RSS-reader will certainly have this feature
Comment: @TGP Meta works differently than SO in terms of downvotes. A downvote here is a mere sign of disagreement, it's not necessarily an indication that something is wrong with your question or answer. It's closer to an actual *voting* process - "do you want this, or not"?
Comment: Actually, one should then better use the *responses* feed rather than a *question* feed. One other advantage: it shows a much longer summary, not just the first few characters. See your user profile, tab Responses, bottom right corner, @TGP.
Comment: Did you bump this question down one or was that someone else? I don't want to download an RSS feeder, then subscribe manually to each and every question I reply to, whereas this idea could just be implemented :S
Comment: @TGP1994: in fact I +1'ed you, and as I mentioned this answer would only be a work-around. I don't -1 without comments usually.
Comment: Oh, thank you very much then :) I apologize if I came at a bad angle there. I wish that the -1 person explains why they think it's bad.
Comment: @TGP1994: I guess they want to state something like "I don't think this is important enough to take the developers time"


How can I get a refund from a seller who only accepts Zelle?

Question: I am wanting to purchase an item and the seller only accepts Zelle.  If I send a payment and do not get my item, is there a way to get my money back?
Comment: @JoeTaxpayer: In my experience, the marketplaces that provide buyer protection are the same ones that perform payment processing.  A payment made via Zelle is certainly outside any marketplace, and there won't be any guarantees for orders placed circumventing the marketplace, even if the seller has a listing in the marketplace and even if that's the method of initial contact.
Comment: How did you find the seller? The marketplace will often carry its own guarantee of a complete order.
Comment: @Belle-Sophie https://www.zellepay.com/
Comment: @BenVoigt - yes. My comment or an answer should just have said to use the marketplace's method of payment to get their guarantee, if any. If not, find the item elsewhere.
Comment: Tell us more about what makes this seller special; why select them instead of dozens of other sellers of the same thing?
Comment: What's Zelle? I tried googling, but only run into mentions of a golf club and a mansion of that name.
Answer: If the seller only accepts a payment method that doesn't allow you to get your money back, then there is a reason for that. There is a much higher likelihood that something happens where you'd want a refund, and you won't get one. So I would stay well away from this.
Answer: The Zelle FAQ article "I'm unsure about using Zelle® to pay someone I don't know. What should I do?" can be sumarized in three words: "Use something else".

Zelle is a great way to send money to friends, family or others you trust such as your personal trainer, babysitter, or a neighbor. If you don't know the person, or aren't sure you will get what you paid for (for example, items bought from an on-line bidding or sales site), we recommend you do not use Zelle for these types of transactions, which are potentially high risk.
Zelle does not offer a protection program for any authorized payments made with Zelle - for example, if you make a purchase using Zelle, but you do not receive the item or the item is not as described or as you expected.

If you get scammed, they won't help you in any way to get a refund. Reclaiming the money would be your own responsibility.
Comment: I think the key take away is that you should treat Zelle as cash. If you are not comfortable handling a transaction using cash, then you should not consider Zelle either.
Answer: Zelle/Venmo do not protect you in this situation, so you'd likely have to resort to the courts to compel re-payment from the seller. Small-claims court can be fairly reasonable, but is not always an option if the seller is in a different state. Costs can quickly add up to more than it's worth, though if successful you might also recoup legal costs from the seller.
If you don't trust the seller stick with payment methods that offer protection, if they are hesitant due to the extra fees associated with other methods then perhaps you would offer to pay a little extra.
Answer: Small claims court.  Which will probably cost you more than the cost of the item, and definitely will take long enough for the fraudster to disappear with your money.
You would have no basis to request a reversal of a Zelle transfer, because when you make a Zelle transfer you have to agree to treat the payment as a gift not as a payment for goods.  Failure to deliver the goods is not any concern of Zelle or the banks participating in using Zelle for transfers.
Answer: "Gifts" as a payment method is typically used in case of dubious transactions. Either the seller tries to avoid paying duties and taxes, or they are trying to avoid providing you with something they are obliged to provide (like mandatory warranty), or perhaps they are selling you an item which cannot be sold legally. That is, assuming that they don't plan to simply disappear as soon as they get your money.
A wise piece of advice would be to stay away.
Comment: Zelle does not imply a gift. One term used for these services is _quasi-cash transaction_.
Comment: @user71659 Technically true, but it may actually be that the OP are thinking they are buying something, when in fact they are making a gift and expect a gift in return. In many cases claiming that the transaction was an actual gift is the main defence the other party will use if you try to sue them. And yet another reason the OP should stay away is because disguising a purchase as a gift is a kind of fraud. AFAIK, Zelle doesn't allow any kind of business transactions for customers with debit cards other than gifts.
Answer: For online purchases, I find it is best to have more than one guarantee of refund for goods not received. (1) Ebay and Paypal both have separate policies with different deadlines. (2) The bankcard you use can also have a policy for disputing charges for goods not received, but some banks make this too complicated by putting responsibility on the buyer to prove they negotiated with the merchant first and documented the process. (3) Only if packages are actually mailed using insurance, and later lost, the carrier service has another system of claims against insurance, which also involve deadlines and documentation.  If someone is a legitimate seller in good faith, they will agree to insurance and other systems that protect the buyer and back the purchase; but if it costs extra for these services, they want the buyer to pay the difference. Thus, you could also offer to pay this seller more to cover added costs for using a different system that allows safer guarantees. Both ebay and paypal add costs and time, so you might have to add a lot more to the payment as "incentive" to make it worth the seller's trouble to use those. (NOTE: If you cannot use this seller, try searching online for the same or similar item elsewhere. )


How do Ahmadis justify their belief that Jesus (as) is dead?

Question: What are some of the sources Ahmadis use from Quran and Hadith to argue that Jesus (as) is dead?
Answer: As an Ahmadi I will answer my own question. The following points are from Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's (as) book Izala-e-Auham:
The answer will be in two parts, Quran and Hadith:
Quran:

"The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger; surely, Messengers like unto him had indeed passed away before him. And his mother was a truthful woman. They both used to eat food. See how We explain the Signs for their good, and see how they are turned away." (5:75).

In this verse Allah is refuting the notion that Jesus (as) is divine with two arguments. A) Messengers before him passed away and B) he and his mother used to eat food. Now, what's the point of mentioning that messengers before Jesus (as) passed away if he's an exception and he is still alive? It is pointless to mention a rule if Jesus is a glaring exception. The only reason why this would be mentioned is to show that Jesus (as), like all those before him, passed away.
Furthermore, Jesus (as) is grouped with his mother and it is said that they both used to eat food. Mary cannot eat food now because she is dead. So Jesus (as) too must be dead. He lived as his mother lived. So, either you say that both Mary and Jesus were normal humans, or you ascribe superhuman beliefs to them both.

"And We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they to live for ever." (21:8)

Jesus is not special, and he must be eating food. Let's assume that the verse quoted in proof 1 doesn't show that Jesus doesn't eat food anymore. So, while he awaits his descent in the heavens, he must be eating food. So there is a kitchen for him in the heavens that he eats from. And there is a bathroom that he goes to relieve himself. But last time I heard there are no bathrooms or kitchens in heaven. Another verse also adds:

"And We never sent any Messengers before thee but surely they ate food and walked in the streets. And We make some of you a trial for others. Will you then be steadfast? And thy Lord is All-Seeing." (25:20)

"And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him. If then he die or be slain, will you turn back on your heels? And he who turns back on his heels shall not harm Allah at all. And Allah will certainly reward the grateful." (3:144)

Like the verse quoted in proof 1, contemporary translations say "some Messengers" while the meaning is "all Messengers." And the companions all agree upon this:
All Muslims should be familiar with the death of the Holy Prophet (sa). At this time the Muslims were hurt so much that they couldn't even accept him (sa) to be dead. Hazrat Umar (ra) even went to the point to say that if anyone claims that Muhammad (sa) is dead I'll take their head. Many had the belief that, like Moses (as) went away from his people for 40 days, so did Muhammad (sa).
In these circumstances. Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) kissed the body of the Holy Prophet (sa) and then went out to gather the rest of the companions and he recited the verse quoted above.
Upon hearing this verse, all the companions came to the realization that the Holy Prophet (sa) has passed away. He was a prophet just like all others. True, he is the best prophet. But no prophet is free from death. So, he too, has passed away. Every single companion present agreed with this fact. So this is the Ijma' of the Companions.
Not a single companion even mentioned the possibility that Jesus (as) was alive. The only thing close was mentioning Moses's (as) retreat towards God away from his people. If they all believed Jesus (as) to be alive, then they would've clamored at that fact and would have lost their minds that Jesus (as) is sitting alive in the heavens while our Khatam-un-Nabiyyin (sa) has passed away. But no one said a word of that sort. Hence, they believed that all prophets, including Jesus (as), passed away.

"When Allah said, 'O Jesus, I will cause thee to die a natural death and will exalt thee to Myself, and will clear thee from the charges of those who disbelieve, and will place those who follow thee above those who disbelieve, until the Day of Resurrection; then to Me shall be your return, and I will judge between you concerning that wherein you differ." (3:55)

The point of contention is the word متوفيك. Most contemporary translations take it to mean "I will take you up." However, this word توفى appears nearly 30 times in the Quran, and it always means death. In two cases it also means sleep, but even then it is only used as a metaphor to compare sleep to death. Otherwise everywhere this word means death. You can check even sunni translations. Yet when it comes to Jesus (as) contemporary translators will make new meanings for this word. This is literally what the Jews do, change the meaning of the scriptures. It pains me to see the same done to the Quran.
Now, what about God raising Jesus (as) to himself? Well, it is very obvious. Once tawaffa is understood, then إني متوفيك ورافعك إلي would accurately mean: "I will cause you to die and exalt you to myself." This raising of the soul to God happens to all prophets, all believers for that matter. Everyone after death is raised to their spiritual station near God. After death Jesus was raised to the 2nd heaven as seen by Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa). In fact, in one narration (Bukhari 7517 Book 97 Hadith 142) when Muhammad (sa) ascended passed Moses he cried out and said: "رب لم أظن أن يرفع علي احد" My God I never thought that anyone would be RAISED over me.
The reason why the Rafa (ascension) of Jesus (as) is mentioned specifically in the Quran is to counter the Jewish and Christian belief about Jesus (as) – that he (nauzu billah) is accursed. Being cursed means simply put to be away from God, far removed from Him. Jews believe this to prove that he (nauzu billah) that he wasn't a prophet, and Christians believe this as it is the basis for atonement and their entire religion. So God decisively rejects this notion and clears Jesus (as) of this heinous allegation and says that no, after his death he was raised towards Me and is the opposite of accursed.
So in this verse God is assuring Jesus (as) that he will be safe from the harmful designs of the Jews. By saying "I will cause you to die" it implies that Jesus's (as) life and death is in the hands of God alone and no one will be able to interfere with the designs of God. So no one else will kill Jesus (as) except for God who will cause him to die at his appointed time. So the meaning would hence be "I will cause you to die (the natural death I will ordain for you)."

"I said nothing to them except that which Thou didst command me — 'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.' And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou hast been the Watcher over them; and Thou art Witness over all things." (5:117).

This verse also uses tawaffa as توفيتني, ie. you caused me to die. Naturally, here contemporary translators also change the meaning of the Quran and use "you raised me up" though here it makes even less sense.
In this verse Jesus (as) is showing that he is unaware of what his people did after his passing. He says that all he did was tell his people to worship God, and that as long as he was with them he made sure they didn't do otherwise. Now, if Jesus (as) is to come back, and inform all the Christians of their falsehood, then Jesus (as) talking as he does in this verse makes no sense. Since in this verse there is no mention of Jesus (as) knowing what happened to his people after his passing. In fact, if he did know, he would say here that, Oh God, my people started to worship me – but don't worry You sent me back and I stopped them from this and brought them back to the truth. But this is nowhere mentioned. Not in this verse nor anywhere else in the Quran. How could the Quran be blind to such a glaring fact?

"And him whom We grant long life — We revert him to a weak condition of creation. Will they not then understand?" (36:68).

This is the law of nature that the longer someone lives, the more old and frail their body becomes. So even if Jesus were to come back he would be such a frail old man that it wouldn't matter. Where is it said that Jesus (as) is an exception to this clear eternal law? Likewise in other verses of the Quran this eternal law is mentioned without exception.

"...And there are some of you who are caused to die prematurely, and there are others among you who are driven to the worst part of life with the result that they know nothing after having had knowledge..." (22:5)

"All that is on it (earth) will pass away." (55:26).
etc.

"We granted not everlasting life to any human being before thee. If then thou shouldst die, shall they live here for ever?" (21:34).

Everlasting life doesn't necessarily mean literally forever. According to Arabic idiom it also refers to extraordinarily long lives otherwise impossible. Here, the Prophet (sa) is addressed that you like every other human being will die but no one will remain forever. Jesus (as) is in clear violation of this rule. Compared to us a lifespan of 2000+ years is basically forever.

"He said, 'Therein shall you live, and therein shall you die, and therefrom shall you be brought forth.'" (7:25).

Humans are to live on earth, die on earth and be raised on earth. They are not to live in heaven with their physical bodies. No mention of Jesus the exception.

"Return to thy Lord well pleased with Him and He well pleased with thee. So enter thou among My chosen servants, And enter thou My Garden." (89:28-30)

People enter into Heaven at the time of death with the pious souls of the believers. Holy Prophet (sa) saw Jesus (as) with all the other prophets of Miraj in Heaven. So, if Jesus (as) is living with them in Heaven, he must be died and his soul is in heaven with a new spiritual body (as is the case with everyone). If Jesus (as) had his normal physical body, the Holy Prophet (as) would've noticed something different about him compared to the other prophets. But no, he did not.

 "And those on whom they call beside Allah create not anything, but they are themselves created. They are dead, not living; and they know not when they will be raised." (16:20-21)

Since Jesus (as) is worshipped besides Allah, he is included in this verse. He is but a created being, and he is dead, not living. I find this verse especially interesting, as if it were untrue then Christians would be praying to a being besides Allah who is alive and might actually hear their cries and intercede for them. But no, this verse disproves that idea very clearly.

"And their saying, 'We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah;' whereas they slew him not, nor crucified him, but he was made to appear to them like one crucified; and those who differ therein are certainly in a state of doubt about it; they have no definite knowledge thereof, but only follow a conjecture; and they did not convert this conjecture into a certainty; On the contrary, Allah exalted him to Himself. And Allah is Mighty, Wise. And there is none among the People of the Book but will believe in it before his death; and on the Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) shall be a witness against them." (4:157-4:159)

This verse is often used as an argument for Jesus being alive. Though nothing could be further than the truth. The argument goes that this verse means that every Jew/Christian will believe in Jesus before Jesus's death. Ok. Then that would mean that every Jew up to this point that has passed away believed in Jesus before passing away? Well, in that case they wouldn't be Jews and they'd be Christians?
Most commentators do not make this claim and say that this only refers to Jesus's second coming when at that stage all Jews will believe in him. But there is nothing in this verse that even remotely hints at a second coming.
And the Quran also says that Jews and Christians are destined to remain until the Day of Judgement:

"And from those also who say, 'We are Christians,' We took a covenant, but they too have forgotten a good part of that with which they were exhorted. So We have caused enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection. And Allah will soon let them know what they have been doing." (5:14)

"And the Jews say, 'The hand of Allah is tied up.' Their own hands shall be tied up and they shall be cursed for what they say.... And We have cast among them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection..." (5:64)

"When Allah said, 'O Jesus, I will cause thee to die a natural death and will exalt thee to Myself, and will clear thee from the charges of those who disbelieve, and will place those who follow thee above those who disbelieve, until the Day of Resurrection..." (3:55).

So if Jews and Christians are all supposed to become Muslims, then these verses will be meaningless. Yes, Islam is to be supreme above all other religions. But for these verses to remain true a small group of Jews and Christians would have to remain until the Day of Judgement, no matter how small or insignificant they may be.
So what does this verse mean then? Two main ways to make sense of it. The actual arabic is: وَاِنۡ مِّنۡ أهلِ الۡکِتٰبِ اِلَّا لَیُؤۡمِنَنَّ بِہٖ قَبۡلَ مَوۡتِہٖ
A) The به would refer to not Jesus (as) but the previously mentioned account of crucifixion, and موته would refer to the death of the Jew/Christian. This becomes very clear. In order for a Jew to remain a Jew and a Christian to remain a Christian it is imperative to believe in the account of crucifixion and that Jesus (as), God forbid, died an accursed death. And they have to remain on this belief until their last breath.
B) وإن من اهل الكتاب refers to not all the Jews but some from each group of the them. So it would be translated as "And there is none from (among the various groups of) the people of the book except that will believe in Jesus before Jesus's death." And this also makes sense since Jesus (as) claimed to be sent to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. At the time of Jesus there were only 2 tribes of Jews in Judea (Judah and Benjamin), the rest exiled at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar mainly being scattered across Asia Minor reaching up to Afghanistan, India, and Kashmir. It was Jesus's (as) mission to preach towards all the Jews, not just the 2 tribes in Judea, so he must have left Judea in search of these tribes after the crucifixion event. And hence the Quran confirms that he was successful in this mission as each tribe had those who accepted him.
For some information on the lost tribes you can check out this Wikipedia article for a quick summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Lost_Tribes#:~:text=These%20are%20the%20tribes%20of,not%20have%20its%20own%20territory).
Taking this verse to mean that Jesus (as) is still alive doesn't make sense and goes against all the other verses and Hadith that say otherwise. So Muslims should let go of this belief.

"[Disbelievers say we will not believe unless....] Or thou have a house of gold or thou ascend up into heaven; and we will not believe in thy ascension until thou send down to us a book that we can read.' Say, 'Holy is my Lord! I am not but a man sent as a Messenger.'" (17:93).

In this verse and the previous few the disbelievers say that they will not believe in Muhammad (sa) unless he performs certain miracles that they ask, one of which is ascension to the sky. Muhammad (sa) is commanded to say that he is just a human messenger. So he does not have the ability to go into the heavens with his physical body. So how would a miracle that Muhammad (sa) claim inability to perform be ascribed to Jesus (as)?
This verse would also mean that the Isra and Miraj weren't physical events but were extraordinary, realistic, powerful visions seen by the Holy Prophet (sa). But that's a separate debate.

"...But thou wilt never find any change in the way of Allah; nor wilt thou ever find any alteration in the way of Allah." (35:43)

There are no exceptions to the ways of Allah. So stop making Jesus (as) an exception to everything.

"Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah has full knowledge of all things." (33:40)

If Jesus comes back he will be an independent prophet after Muhammad (sa). This will violate his being Khatam-un-Nabiyyin.

"And they say, 'Why has not an angel been sent down to him?' But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been settled, and then they would not have been granted a respite. And if We had appointed as Messenger an angel, We would have made him appear as a man; and thus We would have made confused to them what they are themselves confusing." (6:8-9)

God does not show such obvious signs like the sending down of angels because in that point no one has the option to disbelieve. Islam teaches Iman bil-Ghaib, belief in the unseen. If He wanted God could've made everyone believe. But he doesn't and wants people to believe in Him through free will. God does show signs to have people believe in God. But every sign, no matter how strong or obvious, still leaves room for someone to disbelieve. In this way those who believe are rewarded for their struggles by God.
But if Jesus descends from the sky as most Muslims allege, then this law is broken. Seeing someone descend from the sky with his hands on the shoulders of angels is one of those signs that leaves absolutely no room for doubt. And those signs have never been manifested since the beginning of time. Islam is against such illogical and ridiculous beliefs.
Comment: Only 2 or 3 of these evidences are on-topic and relevant. As a matter of fact you try to prove that 'Isa isn't special by cherry picking verses, you further try to show he isn't God or alike which certainly is not the belief of any Muslim and therefore this part of discussion is irrelevant. The point that Sunni agree upon is that Allah will send 'Isa back whether he died an earthly life before or not actually is not agreed upon even among Sunni's. But the fact that Allah's will may make anything possible even this resurrection is clearly proven in the Qur'an and not addressed at all here.
Comment: 1. These aren't my arguments but those of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as). I presented them here since very few Muslims are familiar with them.
Comment: 2. They aren't cherry picked verses but Quranic principles about human nature which do not mention Jesus (as) to be an exclusion but to which most Muslims make Jesus (as) an exception.
Comment: 3. Regardless of what Sunnis believe the view of the majority is not to be regarded as true since it is the majority, as the Quran says "And if thou obey the majority of those on earth, they will lead thee astray from Allah's way. They follow nothing but mere conjecture, and they do nothing but lie." (6:115). The truth about any matter must be inferred by the Quran and Hadith and proven thereby.
Comment: Anyway I didn't make this post to debate, just to share knowledge and spread awareness. Otherwise I'm more than willing to have a personal discussion on this topic with you (or anyone for that matter) since it is very interesting to me.
Comment: If anything I invite you to make a similar post (ie: your own question and answer) similar to this where you present a similar number of proofs from Quran and Hadith to argue the contrary.
Answer: These proofs are in two parts. 1-15 are from Quran, 16-23 from Hadith.
Hadith:

In all the hadith about the coming of Jesus son of Mary, nowhere is it specifically mentioned that the same Jesus Christ son of Mary (as) upon whom the Gospels were revealed who was a messenger to the Jews will come back. There is no mention of a "second" coming either. Only the same name is used "Jesus son of Mary." And nowhere does it say that he'll physically descend "from the sky." Only the word نزل  Nazala is used which means descend. But in the Quran many things are also said to have descended (Iron 57:25, Clothes 7:26, the Quran 16:64, the Torah 5:44, the Holy Prophet (sa) 65:10-11).
Based on the Quran which categorically makes it clear (which I've hope you've understood by now) that Jesus (as) has passed away, we would have to interpret this to mean that God will send someone in the likeness of Jesus (as) as the Messiah for the Muslims. Just like Jesus was a Jew, this Messiah for the Muslims would be a Muslim. And likewise these Hadith are not to be taken literally but have to be interpreted in a reasonable manner in accordance with the Quran. For only the Quran is flawless, and Hadith are not free of fault. It is quite possible that many Hadith about the coming of Jesus (as) are wrong. Regardless we shouldn't reject these hadith but interpret them in a way that makes sense with the Quran. And that is only when we accept that Jesus of old isn't coming back but God will send someone else in his likeness.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to 'Ali: "You are to me in the position that Harun was to Musa, except that there is no Prophet after me." (Tirmidhi 3730 Book 49, Hadith 127)

Just as I've said in point 14, if Jesus comes back he will violate the finality of Prophethood. The argument that he was a prophet before is meaningless since this hadith rejects the coming of any prophet after the Holy Prophet (sa).
But what about the person who is coming then? Will he not be a prophet? Well, Hadith show he will in fact be a prophet:

"The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no prophet between me and him, that is, Jesus (ﷺ). He will descent (to the earth)...." (Sunan Abi Dawud 4324 Book 39, Hadith 34)

Hadith also do not reject the idea that prophets can come:

"I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Nothing is left of the prophetism except Al-Mubashshirat." They asked, "What are Al-Mubashshirat?" He replied, "The true good dreams (that conveys glad tidings)." (Bukhari 6990 Book 91, Hadith 9)

"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A good dream of a righteous man is one of forty-six parts of prophetism." (Bukhari 6983 Book 91, Hadith 2)

So prophethood is still open for the ummah. But it is not true prophethood but partial prophethood. And this is the prophethood that the coming Messiah of the Muslims would have. He would have the title, but he wouldn't be the true prophet in essence because his prophethood is nothing but a reflection of the prophethood of Muhammad (sa). Anything he gained is in obedience to him (sa). Jesus of old did not gain his prophethood through obedience of the Holy Prophet (sa) but it was granted independently by God.

"What will be your state when the son of Mary descends amongst you and he will be an Imam amongst you?" (Sahih Muslim 155d Book 1, Hadith 297 and Sahih al-Bukhari 3449 Book 60, Hadith 119)

When Jesus comes he will be an imam for the Muslims. As I've clarified he will be a Muslim, an Ummati, who through obedience to the Holy Prophet (sa) God will grant him the title of Prophethood, though he will not be an independent prophet and merely a reflection of the Prophet of Muhammad (sa). So, as a prophet he will be an Imam of the Muslims.
Here there is the issue of the mahdi. Common belief is that they are two independent people and that Jesus will be subordinate to the Mahdi and pray behind him. However, this goes against the teachings of the Quran. God says:

"And We have sent no Messenger but that he should be obeyed by the command of Allah." (4:64).

Another Hadith explains that "he will be an Imam amongst you":

"What would you do when the son of Mary would descend amongst you and would lead you as one amongst you? Ibn Abi Dhi'b on the authority of Abu Huraira narrated: Your leader amongst you. Ibn Abi Dhi'b said: Do you know what the words:" He would lead as one amongst you" mean? I said: Explain these to me. He said: He would lead you according to the Book of your: Lord (hallowed be He and most exalted) and the Sunnah of your Apostle (ﷺ)." (Sahih Muslim 155f Book 1, Hadith 299)

Prophets and Messengers don't follow anyone except God. Or they would follow other messengers commanded by God. So when Jesus comes down people would obey him because he is sent by God. Him following some non-prophet is not something that Islam supports. As the Quran explains about the Holy Prophet (sa):

"And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah; if he were to comply with your wishes in most of the matters, you would surely come to trouble...." (49:7)

Another Hadith makes this clear:

"لا مهدي إلا عيسى: ...the only Mahdi (after Muhammad (ﷺ)) is 'Eisa bin Maryam." (Sunan Ibn Majah 4039 Book 36, Hadith 114)

Some have labeled this hadith to be weak. However, in the context of the hadith of Sahih Al-Bukhari and the Quranic concept of prophethood, it makes much more sense.
Labelling hadith as strong or weak is done on a variety of reasons. But the foremost should be its accordance with the Quran. Hadith with stronger chains of narrators may go against the Quran and Hadith with weaker chains may be in accordance with the Quran. We must keep in mind that the Quran remains supreme. Hadith, once again, are not free of fault. Only the Quran is.

"None amongst the created beings would survive after one hundred years. Salim said: We made a mention of it to him (Jabir), whereupon he said: It means those who had been living on that day." (Sahih Muslim 2538e Book 44, Hadith 315)

Even if Jesus (as) was alive at the time of the Holy Prophet (sa) then he wouldn't be 100 years after that day.
There are some versions of this Hadith that use the words على ظهر الأرض, on the face of the earth. However, mufassirin of old such as Al-Alusi in Ruh-ul-Maani have used this Hadith to infer that Ilyas (as) and Khidr have passed away, even though Ilyas (as) is also argued by some to have been lifted bodily to the heavens (which is the context given by Al-Alusi as he mentions this hadith). So if this verse only applies to humans physically present on earth (and so Jesus (as) would be an exception) then how could mufassirin apply this verse to Ilyas (ra)

With regards to Jesus (as) there are two contradictory accounts of his appearance in Sahih al Bukhari:
*At the Night of Miraj: Red-white complexion, curly hair, broad chest.

.....The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, "I met Jesus." The Prophet (ﷺ) described him saying, "He was one of moderate height and was red-faced as if he had just come out of a bathroom." (Bukhari 3437 Book 60, Hadith 108)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw Moses, Jesus and Abraham (on the night of my Ascension to the heavens). Jesus was of red complexion, curly hair and a broad chest. Moses was of brown complexion, straight hair and tall stature as if he was from the people of Az-Zutt." (Bukhari 3438 Book 60, Hadith 109)

*The Messiah to come: brown/fair complexion, long lank hair

The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the Masih Ad-Dajjal in front of the people saying, "Allah is not one-eyed while Masih Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye and his eye looks like a bulging out grape. While sleeping near the Kaaba last night, I saw in my dream a man of brown color the best one can see amongst brown color and his hair was long that it fell between his shoulders. His hair was lank and water was dribbling from his head and he was placing his hands on the shoulders of two men while circumambulating the Kaaba. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'This is Jesus, son of Mary.'"(Bukhari 3439,3440 Book 60, Hadith 110)

Narrated Salim from his father, "No, By Allah, the Prophet (ﷺ) did not tell that Jesus was of red complexion but said, "While I was asleep circumambulating the Ka`ba (in my dream), suddenly I saw a man of brown complexion and lank hair walking between two men, and water was dropping from his head. I asked, 'Who is this?' The people said, 'He is the son of Mary.'... (Bukhari 3441 Book 60, Hadith 111)

These Ahadith, as you can see by the references, come one after another. The mention of Jesus (as) being red/white complexion (ahmar) and curly hair is only mentioned with miraj and when mention of Jesus (as) is made as the second coming mentioned alongside Dajjal, he is said to have brown/fair complexion (udm/adam) and long hair. The conclusion is quite obvious. The Holy Prophet (sa) didn't make a mistake when he saw them. These are two different individuals: the Messiah for the Jews, and the Messiah for the Muslims.
Ponder over this point. It's very powerful.

Aishah (ra) has given us the precedent to interpret Hadith according to Quran (even though she herself lived so much with the prophet and is the narrator of many Hadith herself). I'll present two ahadith. It shouldn't require an explanation IMO. This is common sense but nowadays Muslim gives more precedent to Hadith and mold meanings of the Quran to fit their precious Hadith.

One of the daughters of Uthman died at Mecca. We went to attend her funeral procession. Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas were also present. I sat in between them (or said, I sat beside one of them. Then a man came and sat beside me.) Abdullah bin Umar said to Amr bin Uthman, "Will you not prohibit crying as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has said, 'The dead person is tortured by the crying of his relatives.?" Ibn Abbas said, "Umar used to say so." .... Ibn Abbas added, "When Umar died I told all this to Aisha and she said, 'May Allah be merciful to Umar. By Allah, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not say that a believer is punished by the weeping of his relatives. But he said, Allah increases the punishment of a non-believer because of the weeping of his relatives." Aisha further added, "The Qur'an is sufficient for you as Allah has stated: 'No burdened soul will bear another's burden.' " (35.18). Ibn Abbas then said, "Only Allah makes one laugh or cry." Ibn `Umar did not say anything after that." (Bukhari 1286 Book 23 Hadith 46)

Aishah (ra) questioned the hadith's validity and gave a different interpretation if accepted to be true.

Narrated Ibn Umar: "The Prophet (ﷺ) stood at the well of Badr (which contained the corpses of the pagans) and said, "Have you found true what your lord promised you?" Then he further said, "They now hear what I say." This was mentioned before `Aisha and she said, "But the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Now they know very well that what I used to tell them was the truth.' Then she recited (the Holy Verse):-- "You cannot make the dead hear... ...till the end of Verse)." (30.52) (Bukhari 3980, 3981 Book 64, Hadith 32)

Once again Aisha (ra) questioned the Hadith and gave a different interpretation.
So, we should follow this example and instead of being firm and stubborn on taking Hadith literally and bending the Quran to suit its meanings we should be doing the other way around.

It is on the authority of Ibn Abbas that he said "موتفيك مميتك" in relation to verse 3:55. So he himself translated it as "I will cause you to die." This is in Bukhari Kitab-ut-Tafsir (Book 65) under Sarah Al-Maidah at the start of Bab/chapter 13. You'll have to open the chapter and scroll down until you find it. Or do control+f and search مميتك. But it's there nonetheless. Very enlightening.

From there scroll down a tiny bit to bab 14 to get this hadith:

"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) delivered a sermon and said, "O people! You will be gathered before Allah barefooted, naked and not circumcised." Then (quoting Qur'an) he said:-- "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. A promise We have undertaken: Truly we shall do it.." (21.104) The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "The first of the human beings to be dressed on the Day of Resurrection, will be Abraham. Lo! Some men from my followers will be brought and then (the angels) will drive them to the left side (Hell-Fire). I will say. 'O my Lord! (They are) my companions!' Then a reply will come (from Almighty), 'You do not know what they did after you.' I will say as the pious slave (the Prophet (ﷺ) Jesus) said: And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up. You were the Watcher over them and You are a Witness to all things.' (5.117) Then it will be said, "These people have continued to be apostates since you left them."(Bukhari 4625 Book 65 Hadith 147)

Here, the Holy Prophet (sa) says that on the Day of Judgement he will say the same thing Jesus said in (5:117) to show that he was innocent as to what his ummah would do after him. Though God informed him within his lifetime of how his ummah would deteriorate towards the end times. Interestingly, here Sunnah.com translates it the same way common translators do: "You took me up." So did God physically raise Muhammad (sa) to the heavens and allow him to escape death like Jesus? Of course not. Muhammad (sa) passed away on Earth. So, let's do justice and apply the same meaning to Jesus (as). Stop giving different interpretations to Jesus (as) than you do to Muhammad (sa). They were both humble and noble prophets of God and they both passed away as all prophets do. If anyone was dear enough to God to escape death and live with his physical body in the heavens it would've been our Holy Prophet (sa). Not the Messiah for the Jews (as).
This should be enough for someone with a rational mind to start thinking and pondering over the Quran and the Hadith and to understand what Islam teaches.


What does 前方高能 mean?

Question: I think 能 might be misspelled, it might have been 熊, otherwise it doesn't make sense. But still "There is a tall bear ahead" is not good enough to get across, what does it really mean?
Comment: 能 here means power or energy.
Comment: You must be watching the danmaku's on AcFun or Bilibili :) It justs means there are astonishing danmaku's or video contents ahead.
Answer: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%89%8D%E6%96%B9%E9%AB%98%E8%83%BD

前方高能一般认为最早出自《机动战士高达》系列。指宇宙舰队在太空行军过程中为了安全,会时刻对前方的宇宙空间进行能量侦测。若有高能量反应,则及时规避。
而在各ACGN弹幕网的视频弹幕中经常会出现"前方高能"之类的弹幕,则是预示接下来会出现激烈的内容或画面。

It is apparently a Japanese phrase commonly seen in Japanese anime.

"Front high-energy" is generally considered the earliest from the "Mobile Suit Gundam" series. Refers to the space battle ships (or mobile suits) travel in space, for safety reason, will always sweep for high energy reactions. If detected a high energy reaction, The pilot can decide to take evasive action or prepare to engage enemy.
In the videos from ACGN network.  The message  "前方高能" (High energy reaction detected in front) would often appear on screen. Whenever it does, the two enemies are in a collision course, intense battle will begin shortly.

Nowadays, they also use this phrase to announce upcoming exciting sequence of all kinds, not just for battle
Answer: It is Japanese Kanji, in China, it means the upcoming will be exciting/ shocking/ amazing/.
Another words is 高能预警: warn for upcoming.
When you watch an online video, you may see 弹幕 like this:
"前方高能" (The upcoming scene is amazing/ shocking)"
"高能预警, 非战斗人员速速撤退" (warning, the following scene is amazing, you don't want to miss it.)
...
"太高能了" (Amazing.)
Answer: The phrase is currently mainly used for warning that "something" special/shocking is about to happen.
前方: literally "ahead", here meaning "soon".
高能: literally "high energy", here meaning "great impact" and further into "something shocking", it could be either positive or negative.
Being put together makes it sounds more like "Warning: We are about to take great impact, please tighten your seat belts".
So the phrase is often used as a notification when you want yourself prepared for what's about to happen.
Note that the phrase "高能" is also used seperatly for "shocking"(as adjective).

What does 前方高能 mean?


Posting error messages

Question: Is there a place where I can post my error messages without giving too much private information away, and where the information isn't public, if it contains private information about my system?  I'd like to help resolve some issues, but am concerned about posting publicly the info from the clipboard which Tor collects in its error log.  Can someone explain whether it is private information or not too, as I am unaware of what to do, but would like both the help to establish a good connection, and at the same time, a secure site for all decent users.
Comment: By default Tor will redact most information from the logs (if `SafeLogging 1` is specified, which is the default). About the only identifying things that might remain are possible error messages related to bridge IP/Port (if connection errors are happening), file paths and timezone.
Answer: First it is important to know what you consider private/sensitive information. @canonizing ironize wrote some good hints in their comment.
By default Tor sets SafeLogging which means that IP addresses and other information which Tor considers sensitive is redacted. Furthermore you should check the logging information before posting it somewhere if it contains more sensitive information.
Another way to protect information from future use is to use a paste site which automatically deletes the content after some time. However this doesn't prevent anyone from copying this information and making it public at some other place.
If it is a bug in Tor, you can make an entry in the bug tracker and leave an information there that you can provide more, but sensitive information. This way a developer could contact you and you could send the information in private to this person.
Furthermore you can use one of the contact methods to contact the project privately.
However I would suggest to redact the log as a first step and use publicly available channels.

Posting error messages


mega length usb cables

Question: I have a Actiontec GT-701WR DSL router with 1.5 mbps internet, connected to my main pc via ethernet. I have a D-Link usb wireless adapter on my other PC which won't pick-up the router signal (although every other device picks up signal anywhere in the house i.e. laptop, PS3, etc). I'm on a budget and can't afford a different adapter. I am thinking of connecting using the usb output on router, but this means a cable around 30-feet in length. Any ideas, suggestions? Thanks!
Answer: The USB specification defines the maximum cable length of 3 metres (about 10 feet). You can chain repeaters (which cost money) up to about 30 metres (100 feet), but bandwidth will suffer.
I have heard people claim they can get better range using cat5 cable for USB. The electrical characteristics of USB make this unlikely, check the USB FAQ.
If you already have a router, just pull the Ethernet cable to the other machine, this will easily reach 30 feet.
Comment: 5 meters, not 3 meters.
Answer: I know at least 15ft cables exist without repeaters, but be careful about which ones you pick.
I freelance as a photographer covering various sports tournaments, and using these 15' cables allow three shooters to upload photos simultaneously to a central location from three shooting positions.  This really helps get complete coverage when covering cheering.

mega length usb cables


Can druids take multiple animals companions?

Question: I was wondering this while DMing my little bro with the red box set as he was fighting the white dragonling. With my sentinel druid, would I be able to tame multiple creatures and possibly even use multiple at once?
Answer: As a Sentinel Druid you get 1 animal companion that is based on your chosen season. This is the only animal companion you can get. There are however ways to get other animals to follow you around (though they won't count as your animal companion so you can't use them for any of the attacks or other class features you have that require your animal companion).
The simplest way is to use the Train Animal aspect of the Nature skill. This allows you to train normal animals to do things like "Come", "Fetch", and "Stay".
The next simplest way is to take either the Fey Beast Tamer [DDI] or Animal Master [DDI ]themes. These allow you to gain a Fey Beast or Animal Minion respectively, and a power related to the chosen companion.
The hardest way would be to take a multiclass feat for any Arcane class and Arcane Familiar [DDI]. This will allow you to gain a familiar many of which are animals, these familiars give you different benefits based on which one you pick.
Note in addition to not being able to use any of these additional animals for you class features that require an animal companion, they also share your actions. This means that if you have both you animal companion, a fey beast, and a familiar you still only have 1 each of a standard, move, and minor action to split between all of them and yourself. For this reason it is generally a good idea to limit the number of animals you have following you around, since generally you will be doing things with your animal companion and the rest of your pets will be left not doing anything but taking up space.
Comment: +1, Good point about the actions. You can also get an Elemental Companion, from Heroes of the Elemental Chaos. They're basically familiars.
Answer: You can also do a hybrid summoning druid beast master ranger. This gives you an animal companion, the ability to change shape like them, and ability to summon others to join you.
Comment: This could use some elaboration. What are you summoning, and what features are in use here, and how does this relate to being able to have multiple animal companions as a Sentinel Druid? (Also, please take the time to type out "you".) In case you are mistaking this place for a forum, it is not - it's a Q&A site, please check our [tour]. We need answers to fully and directly answer the question.
Comment: U may want to check out our tour, FAQ, and meta; They contain a wealth of information on how this site handles questions and answers and what we expect of answers. In this particular case, this should probably be a comment on the existing answer; You'll gain the ability to post comments when you have 25 reputation - and believe me, that takes no time at all; Upvotes are worth five reputation each, and one half-decent question will get you that much.
Comment: @GMJoe FYI, typing `[tour]` will produce a magic auto-link to the tour inside of comments.
Comment: @doppelgreener Ah! I've been wondering how to do that for months. Thanks!


what are these big trees?

Question:
Boss just give me this pictures asked me about the variety.
Thanks a lot~
Comment: Truly need to see a picture of the leaves/buds for ID.  These trees have been pruned almost pollarded a few years back. They will be unable to be IDed from a distance as their form is not natural.  This is vastly interesting, I suspect someone got lucky.  It is almost beautiful.  Please send close up of  leaves and buds nodules along the stem.  Closeup of the bark as well.  What is very much fun is that these guys are all healthy and thriving, no dead individuals.  Very interesting...
Comment: Interesting that neither google nor tineye can find a match for the image (I was hoping for more information, like a country)  Is that a tuktuk in the image? The shoulders on the road also look unlike what I've seen in Europe or North America, especially combined with the lack of a line up the middle of the road
Comment: It could help if your boss told us what part of the world they come from!
Comment: What IS your background?  A rickshaw would indeed be a give away as is Yue Li's name.  Very good eyes for detail.  Certainly a photographer, yes?  Keeping you on FILE for future stuff...
Answer: Pretty sure its a type of pollard willow, judging by the thick bases of the trees. Not entirely sure about the bright green colour, this could just be the image or the newly developed leaves that formed, or a specific variety.
A pollard willow is a normal willow tree that is pruned back to a specific size each year, which gives this beautiful thick base and "tufts" of branches. Often used for basket and fence making, due to the springy young offshoots every year.
Salix Alba and sub-varieties are the main species used to do this in my area.
Comment: @stormy I'm willing to bet that photo's been enhanced colour wise - the dark purple of the mountain behind and the almost purple road surfacing strongly hint the colour's been tinkered with
Comment: @ChrisH - absolutely, no way are they actually that colour. Most likely willows though, they are a very light green when they first open up, but not sure which one - the leaves look quite small but impossible to say without close up. Location guess, China, Japan maybe, somewhere like that
Comment: You could probably get that bright colour straight out of camera with the low sun that comes under thick clouds as a shower clears, especially with the right camera setting but the shadows don't work for that.  There's something a little odd about the focus/blur on the road in the foreground too and some artefacts in the sky (sharpening?).  So it's probably been through a black-box filter of some sort (like an instagram high contrast or fake HDR). (@Bamboo but having written it I remember that we're on gardening.se, not photo.se)
Comment: The bright green color must be the new growth coming on strong.  Have you seen this before?  Which willow do you think is managed in this way?
Comment: I have seen bright green before (although close, not quite the emerald green on display here, possibly this is due to editing of the photo?), I live in an area where this kind of willow management is very commonplace, and in the spring the new shoots are beautiful to see. I believe mainly Salix Alba and sub-varieties are used.
Comment: @Bamboo I'm sure the contrast has been boosted -- the histogram for all channels runs from 0 to 255.  This would brighten the leaves quite a lot, completely wiping out information about the shade of green
Comment: Sigh, I've seen this fluorescent green before, just never on this scale.  Why would someone do that?  I wonder how this would have looked had they not pollarded these trees...like a covered tunnel.  Excellent observations guys, my goodness.
Comment: @ChrisH  This is not an isolated incident.  Doesn't happen very often which is amazing.  Who are you?  Could  you elect to stick around for technical questions like this?  Who cares what site it is on...it would be very cool to have our own vid expert!  Better yet our own in house go to IT dude.  Whoa thanks for stepping in!
Comment: @stormy I'm not an expert, I just know a little about photo processing. There are people who know more than me hanging around I'm sure. I check in here every so often but by no means daily. I don't tend to post a lot though.

what are these big trees?


Merge tag [knexjs] into [knex.js]

Question: I came across an obvious duplicate which should be merged.  knex.js is the primary tag with 1905 questions and knexjs is a copy with only 32 questions.
Comment: you click on the knex.js tag and you see on the tight sight in the upper region synonyms, but you need at leat 2 - 5 .upvotes. So i hope that a mod or with even more rep can do it.
Comment: we are talking about 39 questions. is a merge really necessary, why not as synonym
Comment: @LindaPaiste - technically, there is - merge destroys the other tag. With such a small number of tags, we can retag manually indeed (and after 24h of no questions the removed one will self-destroy). Not sure a synonym is warranted here as nbk suggests - we can't create synonyms for every typo out there, and Knex is called "knex.js"
Comment: I wonder why would anyone disagree with the merge proposal given the tags are *identical*? Off-note: wiki and excerpt both need some love (excerpt lacks usage guidance, wiki is ok, but would benefit from more detailed info)
Comment: @nbk I didn't know there was a difference between a merge and a synonym.  What is the process here?  If there's a small number of questions do we just manually retag them?
Answer: Merged knex and knexjs into knex.js

Merge tag [knexjs] into [knex.js]


Completely Rewrite a Bad Question or Create a New One

Question: If I create a question that is so terrible in every possible way, should I be completely rewriting it into a new, better question that makes more sense with my new knowledge and ideas on how to overcome it, or should I just leave it alone and start a new question?
Comment: "So terrible in every possible way?" I'll level with you:  even though it's tagged with [tag:php], you're at least *trying* to improve it...
Comment: And if you really would like here's the question that got me thinking of this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32576396/php-check-for-certain-words-to-create-dictionary-link
I am not sure what to do about it. It was terrible from the start, and it's still terrible.
Comment: @Makato Yes I have tried, but even reading back on it, even I can clearly see why people complained about it so much and why it was considered such a bad question...
Comment: @PaulCrovella That is why I was wondering if I should just pretty much completely rewrite it or start a new one. If I were to make a new one, it wouldn't start out with bad reputation and would be considered "new" by StackOverflow, however then I don't exactly know what to do with the old one...
Comment: @Paul Crovella Well unsurprisingly, I was banned from posting questions due to my terrible question, so I'll just edit it and try to do other things to get unbanned. Thanks for your suggestion. I really appreciate everybody's help and support on this website.
Answer: If the question is so bad that your rewrite would make it look like a totally different question, I'd delete it and start again.
If it already had answers, I'd think twice but only if they were good answers (in which case the question may not be as bad as you think). One thing you shouldn't do is change the question in such a way that it invalidates answers to date. If it does that, it's almost certainly a different question.
Since your linked question had no answers, I'd definitely delete and start over.
And remember when you're asking a question, think what info you would need were you to answer it yourself. Then try to supply that up front.
Answer: That question is terrible because the people/programmers here won't suggest you some code. We will help you with the problem you are facing in your code or the code you have getting from somewhere and are trying to implement. And another issue is as the comments suggest you have presented a very broad view of the scenario you are facing. Please be specific about the problem and narrow down you approach.
And as per your question it's your choice you can start a new one or improve/edit this question also. If the question is as per standards of this site it will get upvoted eventually.
Also go through these links so that you get the idea how to post an ideal question on stack Overflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask
https://stackoverflow.com/help/dont-ask
Hope it helps. !!!
Comment: Ok I'll take a look at that and see. Thanks :)
Comment: Actually, we *do* suggest code, on the right kind of questions. Consider for example that algorithm-questions are on-topic...


Suit for Titan Life

Question: I was wondering what suit I'd need for Titan, The design of the Suit, and the oxygen system of the Suit? I know that you'd need a suit that can keep you warm and supply oxygen but how would it do it? What's the most efficient way?
Comment: See these previous posts: [here](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/2599/could-an-eva-suit-meant-for-mars-be-used-for-eva-on-another-celestial-or-vice-v), [here](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/29967/how-do-i-dress-for-a-hike-on-a-hot-summer-day-on-titan/29984), [here](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/32846/how-would-humans-with-appropriate-equipment-travel-the-surface-of-saturns-moon/32856), [here](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/34527/titan-vs-mars-for-colonization/34560).
Comment: I don't see how this "needs more focus" and no close voter has bothered to provide any help by leaving even a short comment. One nice answer already has been able to address the full scope of the question already. **Voting to leave open** because the question is already easily answerable as is, no need for an answer-blocking closing and reopening cycle here.
Answer: Titan's atmosphere is has about 1.5 times the surface pressure of Earth's, so there would be no need for a pressure suit and it's mainly nitrogen, so not especially toxic. Something like a divers' dry suit would be a good place to start. You would need to find a material for the suit that remained flexible at low temperatures, which might be a challenge, and you would some combinations of insulating layers and electrically heated layers inside that. You'd probably want knee and elbow pads and boots outside the suit to prevent punctures and provide additional insulation. Inside the suit you'd have air at ambient pressure (or just slightly greater to keep the insulation from being flattened).
As for air supply, again underwater diving technology is probably the place to start. You could use bottled oxygen and a rebreather type setup, or pre-mix the oxygen with nitrogen (easily available from the atmosphere) and have a simpler setup, but with bulkier tanks for the same duration of mission.  Oxygen would come from melting and electrolyzing the surface ice, so you would need plenty of power. The tanks would need to be heated a bit to keep the oxygen gaseous (or they could contain liquid oxygen under pressure, which might increase capacity) and the oxygen would need to be heated before you breathed it. The valve, hoses, etc. would all need to be either made from cold-tolerant materials or heated.
Comment: It has a lot of cyanides, so, yes, it is toxic.

Suit for Titan Life


How can I solvent exchange from water to alcohol?

Question: Given an aqueous colloidal solution, is there a way to transfer the colloidal particles into an alcohol (assuming the colloidal particles are also stable in the alcohol)? I see in the literature that lyophilizing the aqueous solution and re-dispensing the colloidal particles is an option, but is there a method to perform this all in the wet phase?
Comment: It would help other potential answerers if you would cite the literature.
Answer: Since it's a colloid, rather than a true solution, put the water-based mixture in a dialysis membrane of appropriate pore size and immerse it in concentrated alcohol. The water will dissolve into the alcohol, while alcohol slowly seeps in to displace the water, but the colloidal particles cannot get through the pores. Depending on how little water is desired in the final product, this step may be repeated multiple times.
For some materials, inexpensive cellophane sausage casing may be suitable.


Why does my character glitch out when i put it on a path

Question: video blend file
i animated my character and when i put it on a path to walk it glitches out and distorts. At first i tried just moving it with g and it did the same thing and now im trying to put it on a path and it does the same thing. Ive linked a blend file and a video file. If any of you could help me it would be appreiated
Comment: In these cases I usually parent the character's main armature to what I call a
'Nav(igation) Empty'.  The character is then moved around by dragging that. This makes the armature's keyframes relative to the Nav-empty and insulates the walking action from the path's function - i.e. turn and move the character along the path. My preference is to use another Empty on the path itself and get that moving as required, then parent the character's Nav-Empty to the path Empty.  See next...
Comment: Continuing from above ... Whilst sounding a little cumbersome this approach makes things a lot easier when a character is to approach and enter a path (or any other constraint for that matter) and once traversed, leave the path and continue on using keyframes once more.
Answer: I think your problem is the following one:
You're trying to give a Follow Path constraint to your mesh, but it's not the thing to do, it's not the mesh that is supposed to follow the path, the mesh is parented to the armature, it's the armature that is supposed to follow the path... If you give your mesh a Follow Path constraint, it has 2 contradictory constraints: The Follow Path and the armature, and it can't work.
So give the Follow Path to the armature.
Also, you need to make sure that you've:

Applied the scale and rotation of your curve.
Given it the right direction, i.e. the direction that the armature is supposed to follow, in Edit mode switch it with a W > Switch Direction.
Put the curve origin at its beginning.
Put the armature at the center of the scene with an altG, so that it sticks to the beginning of the curve once you create the Follow Path.

But it looks already good...


Wygwam & CKeditor wordcount

Question: I'm looking to use the wordcount plugin for the CKeditor in WYGWAM.  Wordcount states it is compatible with version 4 of CKeditor, which is in v3 of WYGWAM.  So my question is - Is it possible to get wordcount working inside of WYGWAM 3?  Can anyone confirm before I buy a licence?
Comment: Did you end up giving this a shot? Did it work?
Comment: Not yet Nick, I should have time to try next week, watch this space.
Answer: I can can confirm this works.  Here are the steps I took.

Copy old WYGWAM folders out of themes/third_party & expressionengine/third_party to somewhere safe
Copy New folders in respective places.
In admin Go to Addons/Modules and click Run Module Updates (top right)
In same screen click WYGWAM, and clone and existing config (the one you use)
Click new cloned version, under "Advanced Settings" select extraPlugins from the dropdown and type "wordcount" in the text box (sans quotes).
At this point my WYGWAM field was broken because it was trying to init old ckeditor plugins, namely channel images, you may or may not get this problem depending on your setup but if you do, copy missing plugins (console.log shows whats missing) from the ckeditor/plugins folder backed up in step one, into the new folder (these plugins are in the theme area).

That's it, I wanted to have a word and character count so I edited  themes/third_party/wygwam/lib/ckeditor/plugins/wordcount/plugin.js and changed the defaultConfig var accordingly.
Answer: While I haven't used that particular extension (Wordcount) with Wygam, I have had success using a few others, so it should theoretically work. If it doesn't, Devot-ee has a 30 day return policy.

Wygwam & CKeditor wordcount