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Sometimes a pinch of salt is added to a cup of coffee - but why?
Is this only done for low-quality or mediocre coffee? When is the best time during the coffee-making process to do this?
I'm not a coffee drinker, so can't comment on the timing -- but it's due to salt's effect of masking bitterness.
This is common practice in places like Ethiopia, where it is used (much like Americans use sugar) to cut the bitterness. This is a longstanding cultural practice (they domesticated it, so I figure they probably know better than we do), in an area where sugar was not readily available. In this situation, it is added just prior to drinking.
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I still see API links to older versions of Java, even when there's nothing relevant about that specific version. I realize that Google often links to 1.4.2 for some reason, but shouldn't we require stackoverflow users to take the time to link to the latest version of Java unless an older version is specifically being discussed?
What is meta?
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I don't think you should require people to answer with updated links. It's their answer, not yours. If you don't like it, either downvote it, comlain about it in a comment, or write an answer with the "right" link.
There are a sizable number of API calls that haven't changed since 1.4.2 so they may still be relevant.
People link to old versions of the API, because that's what a Google search brings up:
Google search for "java runtimeexception"
Pretty much all class name searches that were available before Java 5 will bring back the 1.4.2 docs I've found.
The main reason is the search
Results in version 5, but
Results in version 6.
Since they are virtually identical, it really doesn't matter. Unless people are linking to the docs to point out a feature only available in 6, the version they link to shouldn't matter a whole lot.
If there has been a subtle change since 1.4.2, it could confuse someone who doesn't realize they're looking at old documentation. But it's fairly easy to get the right version. Just type, say, "java arraylist" directly into the address bar (at least in Firefox, the way I have it set up, and probably in most browsers) and you end up at the old docs. Then change the
For people with enough rep to do so, I think it's appropriate for them to change the links. I certainly wouldn't mind if someone did that to a post of mine. It might also help to popularize Java Doc Fast.


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Similar question here but for Tex -document. Imagemagick shows ways of watermarking here but not how to do it as invisible as possible. I currently just obfuscate some functional elements into photos so extremely hard to remove, without distorting the image itself. Is there some commandline tool to add invisible watermark to images, something like to check with microscope perhaps but still readable? I have a massive tree of images (of very different variety so watermark should adopt to env etc) -- some commandline tool to add watermarks fast invisibly on every photo?
I believe what you're looking for is steganography, a way to hide a message in otherwise innocent-looking content.
There doesn't seem to be a wealth of tools out there for this on Linux, but outguess1 and steghide2 would do what you want. openstego is another one (with a command-line interface).
Example with
Source image (from Tux.svg):
Image with your question hidden inside it:
The images are different if you look closely, but it's pretty much as if the second one had been generated with a higher JPEG compression level. The fact that the complete text of your question is mixed in (and password protected) isn't noticeable visually at all.
1old, but builds just fine.
There must be a way to embed a quite stable watermark into the image, DigiMark does it e.g. in Photoshop filters - so why shouldn't a command line tool be able to do as well?
This is no solution, but an idea how it may work... if you create an invisible watermark on a blank white image and blend the resulting code into any other image, the watermark-reader is able to extract the wartermark from the resulting image again - even when modified/cropped or printed and photographed again.
So actually batch adding a given watermark gradients code won't be the problem - rather finding an appropriate signing algorithm and sotware to extract the watermark.


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I'm reading this article about Amazon ads etc on Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Well, it seems like Ubuntu developers set themselves on the path of Dark Side. So my first question is:
Is it possible to completely avoid all this leaks, what EFF writing about?
Mysterious cite about 'trust us your data':
This article also has a citation of Mark Shuttleworth's words about privacy issues:
We are not telling Amazon what you are searching for. Your anonymity is preserved because we handle the query on your behalf. Don't trust us? Erm, we have root. You do trust us with your data already. You trust us not to screw up on your machine with every update. You trust Debian, and you trust a large swathe of the open source community. And most importantly, you trust us to address it when, being human, we err.
See highlighted phrase.
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I would like to sample audio from popular songs to remix - is this possible within Reason 5 or Record 1.5?
Is it possible to remix cds / songs / audio within Reason 5? Can you open audio or anything like that?
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You can't do this is Reason. Reason is a synthesis engine and sampler with some MIDI tracking capabilities, but not a full-featured DAW.
You can do this in Record. Record is a full on DAW program, but with the Propellerhead Software take on how a DAW should be laid out.
It certainly is possible in Record, but in Reason too, although dreadful. Nonetheless, I will explain the procedure in Reason: First you will have to export material you are working on into .wav/.aif clips. Then the clips have to be loaded into either Redrum or NN-XT. The actual remixing process is theoretically simple, simply trigger the audio clips in the playlist normally (and remix to your hearts will).
There are few advantages of doing this over other DAWs. Most of the time you will not be able to fast forward, because Reason doesn't directly support audio clips in playlist like other DAWs such as FL Studio or Cubase do. It simply triggers the sample once and plays it from start to finish (if not interrupted), and that's it. And because of the lack of support for audio clips in playlist you have little visual feedback about what you are doing. You can't simply see when a clip ends, you have to know it. But, if the audio clips you will be using are less than say, 5 seconds long, these might not be issues at all for you.
Record deals with all the disadvantages I've mentioned, and is a much saner DAW to use when using longer audio clips.
Opening pre-rendered audio is a basic function of any modern day DAW.
I havn't used Reason 5 yet but I assume it will have this functionality. I know FL Studio does.
This was not possible in Reason 5 and was limited in Record. You can now do some of the stated things in Reason 7 but I'd avoid using Reason for this type of work. That's not what it was meant for and you'll be better off looking into other software for audio editing.


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Even though he's in county music's capital, he hasn't delved into that genre. His last album, "Baby Don't Look Down," was decidedly more folk than the rock 'n' roll on his new release.
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Let $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}$ be a differentiable function, with $a\in \mathbb{R}$ a regular value of $f$.
Let $M=f^{-1}((-\infty,a])$. Then $M$ is an $n$-manifold with boundary, whose boundary is $\partial M=f^{-1}(a)$.
Let $p\in \partial M$. Then $T_p\partial M=\{\nabla f(p)\}^{\perp}$.
Question: Does $\nabla f(p)$ point outwards of $\partial M$?
I know it's not true if we take the interval the other way around. E.g. $-1$ is a regular value of $f:\mathbb{R}^2\to \mathbb{R}$, $f(x,y)=-x^2-y^2$, but the gradient of $f$ points inwards of the boundary of $f^{-1}([-1,+\infty))$ which is $S^1$.
In fact, by symmetry, if the answer to the question is positive, I suspect that if we take $M=f^{-1}([a,+\infty))$ then $\nabla f(p)$ always points inwards of $\partial M$.


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I need to find the volume of the region defined by $$\begin{align*} a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2&\leq1,\\ a^2+b^2+c^2+e^2&\leq1,\\ a^2+b^2+d^2+e^2&\leq1,\\ a^2+c^2+d^2+e^2&\leq1 &\text{ and }\\ b^2+c^2+d^2+e^2&\leq1. \end{align*}$$ I don't necessarily need a full solution but any starting points would be very useful.
It turns out that this is much easier to do in hyperspherical coordinates. I'll deviate somewhat from convention by swapping the sines and cosines of the angles in order to get a more pleasant integration region, so the relationship between my coordinates and the Cartesian coordinates is
$$ \begin{eqnarray} a &=& r \sin \phi_1\\ b &=& r \cos \phi_1 \sin \phi_2\\ c &=& r \cos \phi_1 \cos \phi_2 \sin \phi_3\\ d &=& r \cos \phi_1 \cos \phi_2 \cos \phi_3 \sin \phi_4\\ e &=& r \cos \phi_1 \cos \phi_2 \cos \phi_3 \cos \phi_4\;, \end{eqnarray} $$
and the Jacobian determinant is $r^4\cos^3\phi_1\cos^2\phi_2\cos\phi_3$. As stated in my other answer, we can impose positivity and a certain ordering on the Cartesian coordinates by symmetry, so the desired volume is $2^55!$ times the volume for positive Cartesian coordinates with $a\le b\le c\le d\le e$. This translates into the constraints $0 \le \phi_4\le \pi/4$ and $0\le\sin\phi_i\le\cos\phi_i\sin\phi_{i+1}$ for $i=1,2,3$, and the latter becomes $0\le\phi_i\le\arctan\sin\phi_{i+1}$. The boundary of the volume also takes a simple form: Because of the ordering of the coordinates, the only relevant constraint is $b^2+c^2+d^2+e^2\le1$, and this becomes $r^2\cos^2\phi_1\le1$, so $0\le r\le\sec\phi_1$. Then the volume can readily be evaluated with a little help from our electronic friends:
$$ \begin{eqnarray} V_5 &=& 2^55!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\int_0^{\sec\phi_1}r^4\cos^3\phi_1\cos^2\phi_2\cos\phi_3\mathrm dr\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4 \\ &=& 2^55!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\frac15\sec^2\phi_1\cos^2\phi_2\cos\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4 \\ &=& 2^55!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\frac15\sin\phi_2\cos^2\phi_2\cos\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4 \\ &=& 2^55!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\left[-\frac1{15}\cos^3\phi_2\right]_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\cos\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4 \\ &=& 2^55!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\frac1{15}\left(1-\left(1+\sin^2\phi_3\right)^{-3/2}\right)\cos\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4 \\ &=& 2^55!\int_0^{\pi/4}\left[\frac1{15}\left(1-\left(1+\sin^2\phi_3\right)^{-1/2}\right)\sin\phi_3\right]_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\mathrm d\phi_4 \\ &=& 2^55!\int_0^{\pi/4}\frac1{15}\left(\left(1+\sin^2\phi_4\right)^{-1/2}-\left(1+2\sin^2\phi_4\right)^{-1/2}\right)\sin\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_4 \\ &=& 2^55!\left[\frac1{15}\left(\frac1{\sqrt2}\arctan\frac{\sqrt2\cos\phi_4}{\sqrt{1+2\sin^2\phi_4}}-\arctan\frac{\cos \phi_4}{\sqrt{1+\sin^2\phi_4}}\right)\right]_0^{\pi/4} \\ &=& 2^8\left(\frac1{\sqrt2}\arctan\frac1{\sqrt2}-\arctan\frac1{\sqrt3}-\frac1{\sqrt2}\arctan\sqrt2+\arctan1\right) \\ &=& 2^8\left(\frac\pi{12}+\frac{\mathrm{arccot}\sqrt2-\arctan\sqrt2}{\sqrt2}\right) \\ &\approx& 5.5035\;, \end{eqnarray} $$
which is consistent with my numerical results.
The same approach readily yields the volume in four dimensions:
$$ \begin{eqnarray} V_4 &=& 2^44!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\int_0^{\sec\phi_1}r^3\cos^2\phi_1\cos\phi_2\mathrm dr\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3 \\ &=& 2^44!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\frac14\sec^2\phi_1\cos\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3 \\ &=& 2^44!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\frac14\sin\phi_2\cos\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3 \\ &=& 2^44!\int_0^{\pi/4}\left[\frac18\sin^2\phi_2\right]_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\mathrm d\phi_3 \\ &=& 2^44!\int_0^{\pi/4}\frac18\frac{\sin^2\phi_3}{1+\sin^2\phi_3}\mathrm d\phi_3 \\ &=& 2^44!\left[\frac18\left(\phi_3-\frac1{\sqrt2}\arctan\left(\sqrt2\tan\phi_3\right)\right)\right]_0^{\pi/4} \\ &=& 12\left(\pi-2\sqrt2\arctan\sqrt2\right) \\ &\approx& 5.2746\;. \end{eqnarray} $$
The calculation for three dimensions becomes almost trivial:
$$ \begin{eqnarray} V_3 &=& 2^33!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\int_0^{\sec\phi_1}r^2\cos\phi_1\mathrm dr\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2 \\ &=& 2^33!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\frac13\sec^2\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2 \\ &=& 2^33!\int_0^{\pi/4}\frac13\sin\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_2 \\ &=& 8(2-\sqrt2) \\ &\approx& 4.6863\;. \end{eqnarray} $$
With all these integrals miraculously working out, one might be tempted to conjecture that there's a pattern here, with a closed form for all dimensions, and perhaps even that the sequence $4,4.69,5.27,5.50,\dotsc$ monotonically converges. However, that doesn't seem to be the case. For six dimensions, the integrals become intractable:
$$ \begin{eqnarray} V_6 &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\int_0^{\sec\phi_1}r^5\cos^4\phi_1\cos^3\phi_2\cos^2\phi_3\cos\phi_4\mathrm dr\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_2}\frac16\sec^2\phi_1\cos^3\phi_2\cos^2\phi_3\cos\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_1\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\frac16\sin\phi_2\cos^3\phi_2\cos^2\phi_3\cos\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_2\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\left[-\frac1{24}\cos^4\phi_2\right]_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_3}\cos^2\phi_3\cos\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\frac1{24}\left(1-\left(1+\sin^2\phi_3\right)^{-2}\right)\cos^2\phi_3\cos\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\left[\frac1{48}\left(\phi_3+\sin\phi_3\cos\phi_3-\frac1{\sqrt2}\arctan\left(\sqrt2\tan\phi_3\right)-\frac{\sin\phi_3\cos\phi_3}{1+\sin^2\phi_3}\right)\right]_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_4}\cos\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_3\mathrm d\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\int_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\frac1{48}\left(\arctan \sin \phi_4 + \frac{\sin \phi_4}{1 + \sin^2 \phi_4}-\frac1{\sqrt2}\arctan\left(\sqrt2\sin \phi_4\right)-\frac{\sin \phi_4}{1 + 2 \sin^2\phi_4}\right) \cos \phi_4\mathrm d\phi_4\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 2^66!\int_0^{\pi/4}\left[\frac1{96} \sin\phi_4 \left(2 \arctan\sin\phi_4-\sqrt2\arctan\left(\sqrt2 \sin\phi_4\right)\right)\right]_0^{\arctan\sin\phi_5}\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &=& 480\int_0^{\pi/4}\sin\arctan\sin\phi_5 \left(2 \arctan\sin\arctan\sin\phi_5-\sqrt2\arctan\left(\sqrt2 \sin\arctan\sin\phi_5\right)\right)\mathrm d\phi_5 \\ &\approx& 5.3361 \;. \end{eqnarray} $$
Wolfram|Alpha doesn't find a closed form for that last integral (and I don't blame it), so it seems that you may have asked for the last of these volumes that can be given in closed form. Note that $V_2<V_3<V_4<V_5>V_6$. The results from Monte Carlo integration for higher dimensions show a monotonic decrease thereafter. This is also the behaviour of the volume of the unit hypersphere:
$$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} d&\text{sphere}&\text{cylinders}&\text{sphere}&\text{cylinders}&\text{ratio}\\ \hline 2&\pi&4&3.1416&4&1.2732\\ 3&4\pi/3&8(2-\sqrt2)&4.1888&4.6863&1.1188\\ 4&\pi^2/2&12\left(\pi-2\sqrt2\arctan\sqrt2\right)&4.9348&5.2746&1.0689\\ 5&8\pi^2/15&2^8\left(\frac\pi{12}+\frac{\mathrm{arccot}\sqrt2-\arctan\sqrt2}{\sqrt2}\right)&5.2638&5.5036&1.0456\\ 6&\pi^3/6&&5.1677&5.3361&1.0326\\ 7&16\pi^3/105&&4.7248&4.8408&1.0246\\ 8&\pi^4/24&&4.0587&4.1367&1.0192\\ \hline \end{array} $$
The ratio seems to converge to $1$ fairly rapidly, so in high dimensions almost all of the intersection of the cylinders lies within the unit hypersphere.
P.S.: Inspired by leonbloy's approach, I improved the Monte Carlo integration by integrating the admissible radius over uniformly sampled directions. The standard error was less than $10^{-5}$ in all cases, and the results would have to deviate by at least three standard errors to change the rounding of the fourth digit, so the new numbers are in all likelihood the correct numbers rounded to four digits. The results show that leonbloy's estimate converges quite rapdily.
There's reflection symmetry in each of the coordinates, so the volume is $2^5$ times the volume for positive coordinates. There's also permutation symmetry among the coordinates, so the volume is $5!$ times the volume with the additional constraint $a\le b\le c\le d\le e$. Then it remains to find the integration boundaries and solve the integrals.
The lower bound for $a$ is $0$. The upper bound for $a$, given the above constraints, is attained when $a=b=c=d=e$, and is thus $\sqrt{1/4}=1/2$. The lower bound for $b$ is $a$, and the upper bound for $b$ is again $1/2$. Then it gets slightly more complicated. The lower bound for $c$ is $b$, but for the upper bound for $c$ we have to take $c=d=e$ with $b$ given, which yields $\sqrt{(1-b^2)/3}$. Likewise, the lower bound for $d$ is $c$, and the upper bound for $d$ is attained for $d=e$ with $b$ and $c$ given, which yields $\sqrt{(1-b^2-c^2)/2}$. Finally, the lower bound for $e$ is $d$ and the upper bound for $e$ is $\sqrt{1-b^2-c^2-d^2}$. Putting it all together, the desired volume is
$$V_5=2^55!\int_0^{1/2}\int_a^{1/2}\int_b^{\sqrt{(1-b^2)/3}}\int_c^{\sqrt{(1-b^2-c^2)/2}}\int_d^{\sqrt{1-b^2-c^2-d^2}}\mathrm de\mathrm dd\mathrm dc\mathrm db\mathrm da\;.$$
That's a bit of a nightmare to work out; Wolfram Alpha gives up on even small parts of it, so let's do the corresponding thing in $3$ and $4$ dimensions first. In $3$ dimensions, we have
$$ \begin{eqnarray} V_3 &=& 2^33!\int_0^{\sqrt{1/2}}\int_a^{\sqrt{1/2}}\int_b^{\sqrt{1-b^2}}\mathrm dc\mathrm db\mathrm da \\ &=& 2^33!\int_0^{\sqrt{1/2}}\int_a^{\sqrt{1/2}}\left(\sqrt{1-b^2}-b\right)\mathrm db\mathrm da \\ &=& 2^33!\int_0^{\sqrt{1/2}}\frac12\left(\arcsin\sqrt{\frac12}-\arcsin a-a\sqrt{1-a^2}+a^2\right)\mathrm da \\ &=& 2^33!\frac16\left(2-\sqrt2\right) \\ &=& 8\left(2-\sqrt2\right)\;. \end{eqnarray}$$
I've worked out part of the answer for $4$ dimensions. There are some miraculous cancellations that make me think that a) there must be a better way to do this (perhaps anon's answer, if it can be fixed) and b) this might be workable for $5$ dimensions, too. I have other things to do now, but I'll check back and if there's no correct solution yet I'll try to finish the solution for $4$ dimensions.
Here's how I'd tackle the problem (i.e. a starting point). For some intuition, reduce the problem to 3D. Now, you have 3 right-angled cylinders intersecting each other:
This article gives a solution to compute the volume of the intersection in 3D ; do you think it can be extended to 5D?
It is clear that the valid region lies between the hyperspheres of radius $r_1=1$ and $r_2=\sqrt{5/4}$. This already gives some trivial bounds, but the upper bound is not tight. Lets try to compute the excess volume, beyond the unitary sphere.
Let fix some $1<r<r_2$. The valid region over that surface corresponds to the points with $|x_i|>\sqrt{r^2-1}$ ($\forall i$). We wish to compute $p(r)$, the proportion of the surface that lies in that region, i.e. the probability that if we throw a random point uniformily over a hypershpere surface, all its coordinates are greater than some value. This happens to be closely related to other recent question. The approximation I proposed there, using independent gaussians, can also be applied here, and we can expect to perform better (because we are interested in a more "probable" region). Applying the same reasoning, ($n$ gaussians with variance $r/n$ here, and $\epsilon = \sqrt{r^2-1}$), we get the approximation:
$$p(r) \approx \left[ 1 - erf\left(\sqrt{ n \, \frac{r^2-1}{2 r}}\right)\right]^n$$
and from this we can compute the total volume integrating:
$$ V(n) = V_1(n) + V_e(n) = \frac{\pi^{n/2}}{\Gamma{(\frac{n}{2}+1})} + n \frac{\pi^{n/2}}{\Gamma{(\frac{n}{2}+1})} \int_1^{r_2} p(r) \; r^{n-1} dr$$
where $r_2 = \sqrt{\frac{n}{n-1}}$. Pluggin the above approximation, I get these values:
where column A is my approximation, J are the values from Joriki's answer (Montecarlo integration for $n>5$). The columns Ae,Je show the respective excess volumes over the unitary hypersphere, they are actually the relevant quantities to be compare to judge the goodness of the approximation. (I must say I'm surprised that gives so good results for small $n$, and the speed of convergence)
Here goes the Octave/Matlab code:


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Vladimir Putin is what happens when James Bond gets one of his villains pregnant and the child grows up to kick both their asses. An ex-secret agent now in charge of the entire Eastern Bloc, he's the good and bad guys combined so that the morality cancels out and you're left with the best part of a Hollywood movie: pure, unadulterated ass kicking.
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He presided over a sextupling of Russia's GDP, the doubling of average national wages, signed bills mandating increased wages for teachers and nurses, and his approval rating is so constantly, ridiculously high, he's the only world leader reviewed by IGN. Either he is ruthlessly exploiting the media or he is a real-life action hero of such colossal scope that any movie starring him would seem absurd.
#7. Flying and Fire Fighting
When wildfires ravaged the Ryazan region of Russia last year, Putin didn't appear in front of a camera to assure residents that everything possible was being done, he appeared in the front of a Beriev BE-200 amphibious aircraft to do it himself. Initially a passenger on the fire-fighting flight, the Prime Minister took this natural disaster's attack on his homeland personally and seized the copilot's seat. He then throttle-aimed the plane at the fire and personally beat a wildfire into submission.
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Using Air and Water to fight Fire -- he just kicked 60 percent of Captain Planet's ass.
What would be a memorable event in anyone's life, flying a plane filled with water was just another day for Putin. He's had more kickass vehicles under his command than Optimus Prime; he flew a Tu-160 supersonic heavy bomber in an air show, and a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 over Chechnya in 2000. For anyone lacking the historical context, Chechnya in 2000 was one of the worst places to hang out in a fighter jet, and an even worse place to do so as the Russian President.
And he still found it boring
He also celebrated a deal bringing F1 to Russia by driving one around at 150mph and nearly crashing it. After personnel told him how fast he was going, he responded with, "For the first time, it's good." It's good. For him 150 mph and nearly crashing a personalized F1 trial isn't fantasy; it's barely acceptable. He also upstaged President Barack Obama's 2009 visit to Moscow by cruising into town with bikers called the "Night Wolves," presumably just to mess up traffic for the American President and maybe to see what it was like to chain whip someone with a gang.
#6. Defeating Nature
In 2008 Putin visited Ussuri national park with a camera crew to see a trapped tiger when the adjective "trapped" suddenly, and pants-shittingly, no longer applied. Faced with the now-loose predator, Putin scooped up a tranquilizer pistol, dropped the tiger and then, because just downing a people-eating jungle cat didn't shake him up, he helped measure its teeth.
Sleep well, worthy foe.
The story is so fantastic it doesn't matter whether it's true or not. If it's true it's better than our politicians, who are decidedly less accurate with guns.
And if it's a lie then it's still a better story than any of our politicians can muster, and certainly more comforting. Realizing you're in the capable hands of a man who defeats tigers in his spare time is reassuring. Hell, it's practically an honor to have your country dominated by a man like that. He also fired crossbow bolts at a whale as part of an eco-tracking effort, proving that even when he's helping nature it involves at least medieval era weaponry. To give the whale a sporting chance he did so from a small rubber dinghy.
Captain Ahab used an entire ship. The pansy.
He's also tagged and weighed a Polar bear, proving that he's going to save the world if he has to defeat every single thing in it. He helped lift the tranquilized bear onto scales before shaking its paw, both to show respect as one unbelievable badass to another, and to get a measure of the bear's physical strength should Russia ever need them as allies.
If only he was alive at the same time as Theodore Roosevelt they'd have sorted out the whole stupid Cold War mano-a-mano, and it would only have cost the world one forest of felled trees.
#5. Judo-Throwing Japan
On an official trade visit to Japan in 2003 Vladimir took time out from negotiations to spiritually kick the entire country's ass with Judo. In front of the Japanese Prime Minister in the Kodokan judo headquarters of Japan, Putin demonstrated his willingness to take on any nation at its own sport. He suited up and showed everyone his version of various sweeps and throws on the center Kodokan instructor in a sparring match. In fact, he's the only world leader with a special move (Haraigoshi). While Qaddafi has to pay foreigners to fight his own people, you get the impression that if the Russian public ever rebelled Putin would roll up his sleeves and give the army the day off.
Putin simultaneously opens trade relations and his opponent's kidneys.
He actually wrote the book on Russian Judo, which you can buy right now called Judo:History, Theory and Practice. Though, in Russia it's called Judo with Putin.
And just like the best characters in Street Fighter, he's said to have crazy glowing energy, long-distance attacks too; when Russian ex-spy, Alexander Litvenko died of radiation poisoning in London, some diplomats insisted that Vladimir likely knew about the assassination plot. He was, after all, the ex-head of Russian secret service and then President of the Russian Federation. While we don't have any proof, we're nearly certain that upon learning of Litvenko's death, Putin had some pithy action movie line like, "You can't expect to just leave the KGB without some ... fallout."
Via The Kremlin
We're pretty sure James Bond just shat himself.
#4. Male Modeling
Very few world leaders look good. Silvio Berlusconi had to sell his entire country to get women to stand near him, Kim John Il and son look like someone overinflated a pair of bleached footballs, and David Cameron looks like he at least encounters women provided they're shopping for competitive insurance rates. Vladimir Putin operates on a different level, and that level is the top shelf magazines with the foil wrapping.
Because women have votes too.
You look like a great catch.
But combining ass-kicking for straight men and considerate flexing for straight women still leaves 10% of the population, and that's 10% more approval rating than Putin's prepared to miss. So in addition to the fistful of heterosexual photos of him shirtless or dominating wild-animals, Putin also offers a compass for any Russian's who are confused about where they stand or are otherwise directionless.
Via The Kremlin
Who could be confused under the comforting warmth of that piercing gaze?
Putin also knows there's more to a man than a toned, musk scented exterior. He flexes his sensitive side frequently as well. In December of 2010, he played piano to raise money for a charity that supports children suffering from eye diseases and cancer, presumably because he felt sorry for the kids who would never be able to see his unadulterated masculinity with their own eyes. He even sang a duet with an adorable little girl in front of the cameras of the world.
Who cares if he's Russian, at this point the Statue of Liberty would have dropped her torch if he proposed.
"But these are all PR stunts," you may say, "just because he insists people should love him doesn't mean they do." But you're wrong. Where American bureaucrats risk political suicide if they so much as breathe on an intern, Putin graciously and publicly accepts naked pictures of college co-eds. Not just one girl from a university, but all the girls at that university, with female Moscow State University students sending him an erotic calendar of themselves for his 58th birthday earlier this year; Russian women literally professionally print and bind themselves for delivery to his house.
Vladimir is sure your birthday cards are very nice too, of course
He got twelve for his birthday - that's a dozen times better than JFK. He described the girls as "courageous" in an interview with Naomi Campbell, implying that even withstanding his magnetism was dangerous work and therefore honorable.


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I believe you can use the metadata templates for this purpose, but the digiKam documentation is not exactly clear on this.
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I believe this is referring to the metadata templates which you can define by opening digiKam then selecting the "Settings" menu, then "Configure digiKam". In the window that appears, select the "Templates" icon from the scrolling menu on the left. You should now see the "Metadata templates" page of digiKam's settings, and you can define copyright and author information here. There are also tabs for "Location", "Contact" and "Subjects" but I don't know why you would want these values to be appended to all imported images.
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It is not possible for users to access the filesystem on the iPad since this access is not permitted on devices running iOS.
- How is the function of the iPad improved by preventing users from accessing the filesystem?
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First, I think it's about how people think about their workflow. It's an emphasis on "how" instead of "where": http://www.malcolmgroves.com/blog/?p=633
If you are primarily interested in creating a spreadsheet, you create the spreadsheet first. What you call it and where you put it come later, or in the case of iOS that step is removed entirely, you just don't have to think about it at all. On the other hand, I see people editing particular files on their desktop all the time--it's no longer I want to create a spreadsheet anymore, it's I want to edit this spreadsheet.
Second, I think it's also a matter of simplification. I have a lot more files on my computer than I do applications, and I don't necessarily want to sort and organize them so I can find a particular spreadsheet that I'm interested in. Taking away the documents and just focusing entirely on applications, which filter you down to the documents they know about, simplifies things.
Third, if your focus is consumption, does it matter as much to you where your files are? I think maybe not, and the iPad and the iPhone feel like consumption devices to me. If something doesn't matter to the target audience and it's just adding unecessary complications, maybe it should be taken out.
From the comment "this is a philosophical question that doesn't have an answer" - Yes, it indeed is. The philosophy behind this is Steve Job's obsession to be in complete control over the user experience of the device. By allowing access to the file system, Apple is relinquishing control to the user, who may be a bit naive and do stuff Apple may not want to encourage (for example - install "unapproved" apps, hack the OS and experience crashes, viruses etc.).
The whole idea is that Apple believes it knows what the user wants, better than the user himself.


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"Boom!", was the sound Tek heard. An argument in a speeder has caused two poor souls to perish in flame. Why was Tek even acknowledging the crash. He was used to that kind of thing…
Tek, a mandolorian bounty hunter was on his way to a meeting with a "Black Sun" deathstick dealer, in the Uscru Entertainment District. Flax, he called himself. Tek had a slight suspicion to this shady character's identity. The conversation they had shared over his helmet communicator made him feel a bit uneasy. But he needed the high credit bounty Flax had offered.
Tek arrived at the Snapping Septoid, eager to here about his mission. "Tek! Over Here!" Flax's greeting was kind, but a bit embarrassing. Tek remembered something his father had told him as a boy in training. "First impression's are everything." Tek slowly made his way thru the club in the direction the voice had come from, wondering how he had been seen, but could not find Flax himself.
"Tek my boy! Have a seat." A surprising look was on both there faces. Flax was surprised how small Tek was. Tek was surprised how big Flax was. A sigh of relief came over the bounty hunter as he saw this "Flax person" was not a Jedi ready to capture him. Till this day Tek was still haunted of that horrible night when the Jedi filled his house taking his father away from him and his mother. He suddenly came out of the flashback. "You okay son?" Flax asked. "Fine, I'm Fine" Tek responded. Flax looked to be a tall and pudgy trandoshan. The mandolorian sat down. Flax yelled at a waiter to bring them some jawa juice. They sipped for a few seconds. "Now, let's get down to business. There is a human, Fin Ulrak, who has information that could ruin our company's deathstick trade forever. I am in charge of dealing with the bounty hunters such as yourself, who seek out these jobs. Since this particular situation is fairly risky, I put a high price on this scumbag's head hoping to attract highly skilled bounty hunters, and I do believe that I have found one. "You are correct, Flax" Tek said. "So, when do I start?" "Right now…" replied Flax.
Tek slowly walked across the thug ridden streets staring at the cool black ground. As much of a filth hole as Coruscant was he loved that city. He moved there at the early age of 15, and had lived there ever since. "Was this the right thing to do?" he thought to himself. "Do I really want to associate with such a risky dealer? Ah, forget about it. Just keep your eyes on the reward." 1,500,000 Credits was the price on this bozo's head. "He shouldn't be any harder to track down than any of the previous slime ball's lives I've ruined. I guess I'll go to Neb's."
Neb Groban was a weapon specialist and dealer who owned a shop a few levels down. Tek step thru the doorway to be greeted by his old friend. "Tek! Old buddy! Where the fierfek you been all these years eh?" "Oh you know, just the normal." Replied Tek. "You rascal! So, what can I do for you?" the mandolorian said. " I need something special. Perhaps poison filled. It should be able to travel silently and fast, yet be big enough to fit my sniper." Said Tek. "Well, in that case, I have just the thing you need than." Answered Neb. "I had a feeling you would." Replied Tek. "Oh you know me old buddy, always got something useful in this hole I call a shop. But anyway, here's your precious bullets." He said. " Amazing! There light as a feather but still large enough to fit most standard snipe's!" Tek said. "And that's not all. They whistle silently from great distances striking fear into your enemy's heart. Not to mention there super fast when fired from high powered rifles. Oh and check this out!" Neb pressed a tiny button on the bullets wing. "You can insert a small bottle of poison here! Amazing isn't it." He said. Tek Stared in awe as he fondled the small bottle of poison. "Yes, yes it is. What is this small sign right her? Firefek It's illegal here. There's always a catch with you isn't there Neb?" Sighed Tek. "I'm afraid so lad. Sorry." He chuckled. "Come on Tek. You're a Bounty Hunter! Since when do you care about what's legal and what's not?" Said Neb. "Since an incident with the law that happened a few years back I can never forget. What does it matter? Now shut up and give me the Bullets you scoundrel! And do you have any of these other items?"
"Now." Thought Tek. "Where should I start looking for Ulrak? I guess police records could be promising." Arriving at the station he asked the desk attendant where the U files where. She directed him down a long narrow hall leading into a large circular room. "Lets see. Ulraj, Ulrajen, Ulrak. Here we go." Tek found himself very irritated. The file contain only one small crime. According to the CSF, Fin Ulrak has committed no crime's other than assaulting an old lady. "Fierfek! I need some sort of lead on this guy." Tek called Flax on his helmet communicator hoping for some evidence of where Ulrak mite be. "Flax? It's Tek. Yes I have started looking for him. No, no I haven't found anything yet. That's actually why I called. I need to know if he has any close friends, business partners, anything in that sort? He does? Thanks, that's all I need. Alright, lets pay this neimodian a visit.
"Ding, Dong…" Went the door as Tek stepped through. He walked over to the counter to find a neimodian neatly stacking canned meat. "Are you a friend of Fin Ulrak?" Said Tek. "Why yes, is he okay?" answered the neimodian. "Come with me now." Tek replied grabbing him by the arm, forcing him out the door and shoving him onto a bench. "Sit down, now! Look, I'm going to make this quick and simple. Your friend, Fin Ulrak, is wanted by the Black Sun. He has information that could ruin there deathstick trade forever, and put all of there dealers in prison. If you happened to know where he is at all, tell me now." Tek said with force. "If I tell you, it would be betrayal. Not to mention he would kill me" The neimodian replied. "Look. Your life is worth no more than a wamp rat to me. If you don't answer me right now, I will incinerate you with my flamethrower right here, and leave your carcass for the birds. It's your choice. Make your decision now." Tek stated. The neimodian cleared his throat. "Ahem. Now that you put it that way, I mite just know a little something or two. He said. "Spill it!" said Tek. "Okay, Okay! Here's what I "can" tell you. I know that he spends most of his time in a bar down in the Crimson Corridor. He hang's out with some street gang. They call themselves the "Raptors" I think." The petrified neimodian said. "The Raptors? Well, That just makes my job all that more, interesting." Tek knew of these "Raptors". A fierce street gang that preyed on the innocent civilians that live in the Crimson Corridor. In fact, the Crimson Corridor itself was a frightening lower level that saw only a few minutes of sunlight a day. It would certainly be fun down there. "Thank you, That all I need to know." Tek said.
Tek decided it would not be safe to venture down into the Crimson Corridor without a speeder. At the parking lot where he kept his transport he was tapped on his shoulder. "Hey, you want to buy some deathsticks?" said the stranger. "Are you aware of the situation you are in my friend? I should kill you just for ruining my day." Tek said furiously. "Let him go, bounty hunter." A Jedi emerged from the shadow. "And just who do you think you are telling me what to do?" Tek said, even madder. "Easy friend. I am Jedi Qui-gon Jinn. I can deal with him." Qui-gon Jinn looked directly into the deathstick dealers eyes. "You don't want to sell us any deathsticks. You want to go home and sleep." said the Jedi. Amazingly, the dealer repeated exactly what had been said to him, and left. "Leave me alone, Jedi." Said Tek. "Wait. You seem troubled. Maybe I can help?" Jinn Said. "If you must know, I'm looking for someone, Fin Ulrak. He's wanted by the Black Sun." Tek replied. The Jedi closed his eyes and seemed to black out. Once he opened them again he looked at the ground. "Why don't you try asking his previous employer." He said. A loud bang made Tek turn around blaster in hand. " What previous employer…?" When he turned back around, the Jedi was gone. "I hate Jedi." Tek muttered to himself.
On his way to the Crimson Corridor, Tek wondered if the Jedi, this mysterious Qui-gon Jinn, was right. He called Flax, again. "Flax? Hey, it's Tek. I had another question. Do you know of any, previous employment, Fin Ulrak mite have had? A scrap metal shop down in the Crimson Corridor? Really? That's, odd. I talked with his friend and he said he spent most of his time down there in some bar with the Raptors. I guess I'll check it out. I'll call you if I get anymore leads.
Down in the Crimson Corridor, Tek was on the move. He wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. "The Neimodian didn't mention a name, Flax didn't either. I guess I could ask some locals. Better switch to thermal vision." Instantly, Tek began making his way down the streets of this dark, and crime ridden labyrinth. He only saw small rodents, which offered no help at all. "I am beginning to wish I hadn't taken the job." A few moment later Tek turned a corner to see movement in an alley. The strange shadow darted across the street into another alley. Tek darted after him. "Wait! Wait! I need your help." The figure kept running. Tek pursued him into a corner. Once he realized he was trapped he crawled up into a ball and began to cry. "Easy, friend. I'm not going to hurt you" Tek said, calmly. "Do you know these streets?" The stranger nodded. "Can you tell me of any bars or scrap metal shops around here?" The weequay (that's what he appeared to be) looked puzzled. He pointed in a direction. "There…" He said. Tek knew weequay were not known for there intelligence. "Which one?" Tek asked. "Both" The weequay answered. "Thank you my friend." Tek said. Tek tossed him a few credits. "There you go my friend, You deserve it." Tek hadn't given him much, a measly 50 credits, but he knew down there that's more than a hard worker earned in a month. The weequay jumped up in excitement, and ran off, apparently skipping as he went. "It always feels good to help an innocent soul out." Tek muttered to himself.
30 minutes later , Tek, had finally found the scrap metal shop Ulrak had previously worked in. He open the door and found a scrawny looking old man. "Hello, can I help you?" The human said. "Actually yes." Tek replied. "I am looking for a previous worker of yours, Fin Ulrak. Have you seen him recently?" Tek asked. " Ulrak? Why I haven't seen that fool in years. I'm terribly sorry I could be of no assist." Said the Man. "No, its fine. I'm used to that sort of thing." Tek said with a shrug. He began to make his way back out the door. "Wait!" Cried the old man. "I do know that he hangs out in a bar a few blocks down. The Wampa Cave, I believe its called. Hope that's helpful." the old man said. "Like you wouldn't believe." Tek said.
A few minutes later, Tek arrived at the Wampa Cave. He entered to find it crawling with street thugs. Tek scanned the room. He noticed a some raptor tattoos on a few humans, sitting in a corner. He decided to start there. "Hello gentlemen." He said. "I'm looking for someone, Fin Ulrak, who is said to hang around with raptor members. You know him?" Tek said, obviously annoyed. "Eh? What's in it for me?" The thug replied. "What's in it for you?" Tek said beginning to laugh. "How about…Your life." Tek pulled his Westar-34 on him pushing the barrel into his temple. "Easy buddy! I can tell you, I can tell you! He's over there at the bar to the right!" The thug said. "See, that wasn't hard at all, now was it" Tek said. "No, no sir." Said the human. Tek holstered his blaster, and began to walk off. Instantly, he was hit hard on the back, knocking him forward a yard or so. He turned around to see the thug, with a frown on his face, pointing some dirt cheap blaster at him. Tek busted out into laughter. He knew that gun had no hope of penetrating Katarn Armor. Tek walked over to there table, every eye on him now. "You want to try that again, son?" He said. The thug tried instantly to land a kick on him. Tek caught it easily, then flipped him backwards. Then all three jumped him. It took one minute and they were piled up on the table squealing in pain. Everyone returned to there drink's. The someone yelled "There he goes! Hey bounty hunter, there he goes!" and pointed toward the door. Tek turned, and saw a human run out the door. Tek ran after him in a full blown sprint. Tek chased him for a few blocks, then he climbed down into a manhole. Tek stopped in front of it. "Oh great. This job just keeps getting more interesting." Than he began to go after him.
In the hole, Tek could see nothing. He switched thermal vision back on. Once again, his sight was restored. "Now, why would he go down here? This is becoming a real pain." He thought to himself. "1,500,000 credits? Is it worth it? Ah, I know I'm going to regret this." Tek began the long passage of which he had hoped, not to travel. There have been story's, of sub-human species that live in the gloomy labyrinth of Coruscant's underworld. Along with giant creatures, that even the force cant stop.
About an hour later, Tek was beginning to become bored. "I wonder if he died? That would make this absolutely pointless…" As he continued, he began to hear a rushing sound. "Is that, water? I am in a sewage pipe after all." He came to a point in the tunnel which seemed to go down hill a little. He looked to his right (where the noise had come from) into a large sewage container. Tek stepped over to the edge, and stared down into a black hole filled with gloomy looking water. The cylinder seem to have another hole (like the one he was standing in) on the wall across from him. He noticed a slight movement…could it be? Then, out of nowhere someone plummeted down into the abyss. "He must be absolutely out of his mind…?!?!" Tek thought to himself. "Ughhhh, I'm going to regret this…here we go!" Tek jumped, and fell for what seemed to be minutes. When he finally surfaced, after nearly drowning, he saw Ulrak climb back up into yet another sewage pipe. Tek proceeded after him, sure he would catch up now. Then, after rounding a corner he lost sight of him. He heard a blood curdling howl. "What could that be? The stories of the things that live down here are no more than myths." Tek felt a chill go down his spine. It was them…the Cthons.
Tek began running farther into the tunnel, not the brightest of ideas, but still the best he had. He knew the Cthons had technology that could defy even light sabers. He looked over his shoulder to see shadows getting closer. Guns were of no use here, even if there nets weren't in front of them. "Ah Firefek! I cant even see them… I doubt Ulrak survived this. If I escape, I'm leaving this fierfeking planet and never coming back." The Mandolorian ran, and ran cursing the creatures that he was fleeing from. Suddenly, he tripped over a rock or something. He instantly got up, but was tackled by six or seven Cthons. He tried his best to fight them off, it did no good. Even a Mandolorian couldn't fight those numbers. He felt them gnawing on his limbs. There sharp as glass teeth pierced his skin sending shrieks of pain through his body. His bodysuit started tearing, blood and saliva sinking in. He thought for sure it was his time. Then he saw a light…
Tek awoke in a dark room, from the roof, he was hung by a rusty chain. He came to senses moments later. He easily snapped his restraints down, then apart. "Amateurs…" He thought to himself. He walked half asleep down a narrow hallway. He heard noises ahead. Squeals, and gnawing of bone. Tek wanted revenge on them, and he wanted it now. He crept down the passage, hiding in the shadows. He came to the entrance of a room. There sat the seven Cthons who has attacked him back in the tunnel. One seemed to be fairly close to the doorway. Tek pressed a button, and readied his flamethrower. He stopped, and noticed a small can of what look like fuel. He had and idea. He set his blaster for silence. He fired a small whole in it. The leaking sound startled the Cthons. The howled. Then Tek lit the fuel, and left.
After a long ascent, he returned to the surface. He quickly phoned Flax.
"Flax, we need to meet now."
"Calm down son, what is it?"
"It's about Ulrak, and it's urgent."
"Ok, ok. Come to my place. Here's the location."
When Tek arrived at Flax's apartment, he noted to guards station by the door. "Now why on earth would he need guards? There's isn't anyone here besides me…" Tek entered.
"Tek, sit down my boy. Have a drink."
"First, I'm not a boy. Second, I'll pass, but thank you anyway."
"So, what was it you needed to talk about?"
"Oh yeah, that. Well I tracked Ulrak into the sewage tunnels."
"That far down? You don't say. What happened?"
"After searching for an hour or so, I was ambushed by Cthons. They are cannibal sub-humans that crawl around down there. I would assume that he is dead. However, I did not find his body. I am more than 50 percent sure he is dead. So, with saying that I resign from this job. Thank you and goodbye."
"Oh no you don't just escape like that. At this point, Tek, you are as much danger to the Black Sun as Ulrak is. Who knows if you found the info he was carrying? It doesn't matter, I was going to kill you even if you did return with Ulrak. Guards! Guards! Take him! Wait a minute. Where are they now?"
Flax ran to the door to find his guards laying on the ground, heads severed from there neck's. In front of them stood a black hooded figure. He pulled of his hood, revealing a red and black tattooed face. Horns came out of the top of his head. His eyes red as the Coruscant sunset. He stepped in the room as Tek and Flax stepped back. He stuck his hand in his robe, and removed a handle of some sort. A button was pressed as a red blade of light pierced the air. He got closer, and closer. He raised the light saber above his head. He swung as the final words came out of Tek's mouth.
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