9.44.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.44.2.1 Why I get the "Set::write: "Tag Times in is Protected." error?
9.44.2.2 How can I draw the Olympic rings with Mathematica?
9.44.2.3 Calling Correct Function for Plotting DiracDelta
9.44.2.4 Is there a syntax for single-line comments for notebooks?
9.44.2.5 How to create animated snowfall?
9.44.2.6 Get a "step-by-step" evaluation in Mathematica
9.44.2.7 $\LaTeX$ and Mathematica
9.44.2.1 Why I get the "Set::write: "Tag Times in is Protected." error?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=11868

Why I get the error below with this code: 
 
... 
[vector-calculus]
 
asked by Aurelius https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1669 Score of 11
answered by Mark McClure https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36 Score of 15
9.44.2.2 How can I draw the Olympic rings with Mathematica?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8885

How can I draw the 5 interlocking Olympic rings with Mathematica? 
(SVG version) 
Edit 
 
Hard choice, but some pretty cool answers here. I didn't have 3D answers in mind when I posted the question, but ... 
[graphics] [generative-art]
 
asked by Mike Honeychurch https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=77 Score of 47
answered by cormullion https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=61 Score of 23
9.44.2.3 Calling Correct Function for Plotting DiracDelta

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3506

I am wondering what is the correct function in Mathematica to plot the true impulse function, better known as the  DiracDelta[]  function. When using this inside of a ... 
[plotting] [functions]
 
asked by night owl https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116 Score of 19
answered by Heike https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46 Score of 21
9.44.2.4 Is there a syntax for single-line comments for notebooks?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1496

I'm aware that I can use  (* ... *)  to comment out stuff in a notebook. Many languages have a syntax for single-line comments, such as 
 
... 
[syntax] [comment]
 
asked by Peeter Joot https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10 Score of 83
answered by Szabolcs https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12 Score of 86
9.44.2.5 How to create animated snowfall?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=16881

Well, the title is self-explanatory. What sorts of snowfall can we generate using Mathematica? There are two options I suggest to consider: 
 
1) Continuous GIF animations with smallest possible number ... 
[dynamic] [random] [animation] [generative-art]
 
asked by faleichik https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=219 Score of 42
9.44.2.6 Get a "step-by-step" evaluation in Mathematica

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=148

Is it possible in Mathematica to get a step-by-step evaluation of some functions; that's to say, outputting not only the result but all the stages that have led to it? If so, how does one do it? 
 
... 
[evaluation] [interactive] [faq]
 
asked by Cydonia7 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=44 Score of 144
answered by J. M.'s eventual burnout https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=50 Score of 118
9.44.2.7 $\LaTeX$ and Mathematica

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=736

I quite often would like to draw graphics in my $\LaTeX$ documents using Mathematica. I have encountered three problems. I would like to know if there are any workarounds to these problems 
 
I would ... 
[graphics] [export] [latex]
 
asked by Thomas Rot https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=227 Score of 140
answered by Simon https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=34 Score of 47