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I'm fairly new to Unicies. With the advent of GNU/Linux and BSDs, what are the reasons for companies to prefer AIX, Solaris and other commercial systems?
Well some software is specifically written for AIX/Solaris etc. while some 'money men' don't trust 'free' software (I've witnessed this myself, someone told me I HAD to spend money on OS!). But most of the time it's to get 24/365 support.
Because then you have a big name behind it that you can talk to for providing a SLA.
Because you don't want to get locked into an open system.
Adding to previous answers: It depends on what you are going to run on the server. Example: If you want to run Oracle, you go with (both hardware and) operating systems that Oracle itself says its (particular version of the) software is tested (certified by them) to run on.
In terms of Solaris vs Linux I can say my eyes were somewhat opened reading the Sun published book "Solaris Internals".
If you want to get down-and-dirty with your operating system you'll find there are considerable differences with prioritisation, debugging-hooks, process-to-CPU binding and memory model optimisation, etc.
Some features of Solaris are:
Of course Linux supports many of these features and evolves rapidly (although dtrace is unquestionably an advantage of Solaris over Linux).
1, Support from a major blue chip company.
There may be issues of commercialisation where a corporate feels 'safer' with a big-name company holding their hand for a licence fee (although the likes of Red Hat etc. could counter this argument for Linux).
Some companies will prefer to stay with a 'known' name, especially if they have legacy systems with the supplier and the supplier has significant expertise in maintaining or migrating from one OS to another within their portfolio.
There may be technical features that are only available in one specific OS or the company may prefer specific branded hardware that restricts their choice of OS.
Some corporates have always 'done it that way' and see no need (or have no inclination) to change.
Some corporates may have applications that are specially tuned to one OS and there may be a risk or high cost in migrating to another OS platform.
> But as we all know, Linux is only free if your time has no value, and I find that my time is better spent doing things other than the endless moving-target-upgrade dance.
Edit - this was funny. As you can see from the top of the page, this was a quote from a 1998 interview JWZ did. He had a better opinion 2 years later in 2000, when he wrote the blurb at the top. And it's 2010 now. But it's still funny.
There's a few specific scalability reasons which make AIX or Solaris a better choice than Linux for large systems.
For example, AIX 7 on POWER7 scales from 1 core through to 256 cores in a single operating system image, and 8TB of RAM. Solaris has similar scalability abilities.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is certified up to 32 processors and 256GB of RAM (though will theoretically support up to 1TB) on x64, but the performance increase generally drops off at a faster rate as you add processors in Linux than AIX or Solaris.
Beyond that, there's technical niceties such as the AIX logical volume manager, or Solaris' ZFS storage system, which both make working with larger storage capacities than few hard drives worth much easier.
However, at the smaller end of scale, I'd now argue that there's minimal benefit in buying AIX over a supported Linux distributed for most organisations.
(Mostly Solaris-centric; haven't used AIX. I have a lot of experience with the BSDs and Linxu--starting in '93.)
The commercial Unices run on some awesome hardware is one reason. x86 is pretty good for many things, but running on (say) the SPARC T-series servers, you can highly parallel workloads like almost nothing else out there. You can further split any machine into virtual ones with Solaris zone, without any overhead (since there's only one kernel). I've seen benchmarks where running a load under VMware you get 30% less throughput compared to zones on the same hardware.
I believe AIX has has similar features.
I also like the "fit and finish" of Solaris compared to Linux. Since one organization takes care of the code, things tend to be done in a coherent way. The BSDs are similar, since you have on team working on everything, instead of a hogdge podge in Linux. The distributions certainly helped, but you can tell it's decentralized.
The documentation on commercial Unices also tends to be good, as people are actually paid to write it--Linux has a lot of holes in this area.
Free is nice, but you can't actually use that in a large production environment in most cases. Not having a support contract for your HR/CRM/SAP information isn't going to fly. At which point, if you have to cut a cheque, might as well go with a larger organization.
Also, until Oracle bought out Sun, Solaris support was actually cheaper than (say) Red Hat's. This has changed I think under Larry Ellison's watch I believe.
I also think that Solaris is a superior operating system. I've been doing this stuff for a few years now, and (for example) I see Linux live lock usually once a year or so. I have never, in over ten years of using Solaris, see that happen. I've seen load averages of 200+ on Solaris boxes, and they were still responsive enough for me to get in and see what was going on. With Linux, there have been many occasions that I had to bounce the box because it had gone AWOL: this is something I would expect with Windows, not Unix.
In order of preference on servers, I'd go with (ceteris paribus)
I do like FreeBSD's Ports system better than anything else, but you can can a close facsimile with NetBSD's multi-platform Pkgsrc that works on other OSes. (On desktops my first choice would be Mac OS X, with FreeBSD coming in second if I had to use FOSS--though if I'm admining mostly a particular OS, I'd dog-food it on my desktop.)
All Linux/UNIX systems for the serious production are commercial, the software vendors like to make a big software (i.e. Oracle) for the predictable OSes. Vendors of the free systems can't ensure the predictability and a backward compatibility.
It's not because you pay for something it is good, this is what I trust. But alot of people think the converse. 1 000 000 million people can be wrong.
certainly the money is for support and indemnification. this is the fundamental value-proposition of redhat, who at this point is probably selling more support contracts for their linux product than ibm is for aix. were it simply about obtaining technology, that can be done presently at no cost...centos is a free fork of redhat, and freebsd has incorporated many of the technical advantages of solaris (zfs, dtrace etc) and osx (grand central dispatch, clang).


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U21 Euro Championship Quals Group 9: Portugal U21's 1-0 Sweden U21's
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I've downloaded Ubuntu because my Windows 7 kept showing a black screen with a cursor on it and and wouldn't boot up properly. So I thought that maybe Linux would work.
It worked perfectly but I can't open
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So, the lich king dies. Someone must take up his crown, to prevent the undead Scourge washing over the world, ravaging everything. Originally Tirion Fordring believes it'll be him.. until another, forgotten hero turns up to save us. None other than the legendary Bolvar Fordring. We thought he'd died at the wrath gate; not so. You can't keep a son of Stormwind down.
When he is given the crown, a blaze of light is born in the center of the icecrown citadel. Fordragon orders Fordring to tell the world that the Lich King is dead.
But he'll be back to save us one day. Through light and fire, where as the old Scourge represented shadow and frost.
That'll teach the Horde. For sooo long they waved it over us that they had Saurfang and we had peasly Fordragon. Now, Saurfang is old and boring, His son is dead and evil, and Bolvar is the new LICH KING.
I reckon this will spawn 10,000,000 new alliance recruits.
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FORT RILEY, Kan. (WIBW) -- A group of elementary students got a rare opportunity to visit Fort Riley for an inside look at what soldiers do on a daily basis at the installation as they train for combat.
On Friday, 130 students from Stewart, Schilling and Sunset elementary schools in Salina will descend upon Fort Riley's Marshall Army Airfield as the invited guests of 601st Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade.
The aviators are community partners with Salina schools.
Officials explained the goal behind giving the children a glimpse of military life.
"One is to foster our community partners and get our soldiers to interact with these kids who really look up to them. We also want to have a positive vantage point for these kids on our soldiers and the things they do on a daily basis. It brings a lot of joy to us because they're excited about it and we're excited to have them here as well," said Lieutenant Colonel Allan Lanceta, Battalion Commander.
The kids got to see different attack helicopters up close and learned about the weapons systems and technology that soldiers train on.


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I saw a link to what appeared to be a Carbon bike on amazon. The price was extremely lower than any carbon bike I had ever seen. After reading a bit, it seems that the bike frame is really made of "carbon fibre wrapped aluminum". What advantages would wrapping an aluminum frame in carbon have compared to just a regular aluminum bike. Is it just to get a carbon look bike more cheaply, or does it allow you to use a narrower aluminum frame, with carbon taking up some stress, creating a frame with a weight somewhere between carbon and aluminum?
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That is purely marketing. It's a common ploy with components, but I've never seen it on an entire frame until now. Aluminum and carbon can be used in conjunction effectively, but not in this case. The carbon wrap on that bike is basically veneer.
For the carbon fiber to be of any use structurally, it has have multiple layers. If it says it is wrapped around the aluminum, my bet it is for show only so it gives the appearance of being an expensive frame when it is clearly not.
There is no way that a composite of the two will be very light without being very weak if it were compared to a full Carbon frame or an Aluminum. Both materials will not hold up to a stress test. The Aluminum would be very brittle and the Carbon fiber would be very squishy.
Carbon and Aluminum are very light as is. Carbon fiber is light and when wrapped certain ways can be stiff or supple. Aluminum is always stiff, that is the nature of the material.
To reiterate, it is most likely a way to mask a cheap frame and pass it off as Carbon fiber.
It would in theory combine some of the characteristics of both, while permitting a cheaper bike than straight carbon. The aluminum could be thinner, providing only modest strength but serving as a mandrel to support the carbon, and the carbon would produce a stiffer bike than straight aluminum.
Or it could just be hype. Or the "carbon wrap" could be used to conceal crummy joining of the aluminum tubes.
Mid range bikes commonly have a carbon-wrapped seat post which claims to reduce vibration and increase comfort. Basically, get some of the benefits of a full carbon seat post with less of the cost. I expect this manufacturer is using the same concept on the entire frame to get carbon-like ride at a reduced cost.
Personally, I cannot discern the difference between a carbon-wrapped and a non-carbon wrapped seat post. I know other riders who believe it makes a difference (but they were using a different brand of seatpost).
I think it's difficult to tell if the carbon-wrap would improve the ride any just based on the description. I've ridden aluminum frame bikes that ride far better than full-carbon frame bikes that cost quite a bit more. The frame material is just one factor in ride quality and a "carbon wrapped" frame could be a huge improvement for the right frame design or a huge marketing gimmick for the wrong one.


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Ok, So I'm using AJAX to pull some information from my MYSQL database and put it onto the screen. The thing is I cannot understand JSON for the life of me. Can you suggest any tutorials or anything that will help?
I mean I get that I can encode my query via JSON but I guess it's the javascript side I do not understand.


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spoiler:When Shadow[Matilda] passes out in the tunnels on Korriban's catacombs under the czerka residential module and she goes into her first-time-on-Orion flash back, as soon as she is done talking to the Arkanian guy after he says he will give her her a tour,
spoiler:Whenever you have to defend the Ebon Hawk from Sith fighters (whether fleeing Taris, the Leviathan, or going from planet to planet), the battle is always the Taris fighter battle. Can this be fixed?
Also, I'm having trouble getting into the Korriban mines again. I accessed the door console, where one of the engineers described his clever solution to allow allow survivors to escape, and I've answered the questions at the Medical Room console, but can't find out how to proceed...
...Wait. someone else in the thread said you can get into the Maintainence Room by overloading a nearby conduit. I think I'll try that.
spoiler:I've done all the Hutt's missions and such, and I've killed the leisure officer, but I there seems to be one room in the Civilian Section I can't get into. How do I do it.
I've also obtained the Czerka Mechanic's uniform, but the merchant still knows I'm not a Czerka employee. Will this affect my getting into the aforementioned room?
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I am wondering if anyone can help me with my situation. I was using JAF 2.3.7 Rom for about 3 months with no issues. After installing Prey as well as Dropbox (only 2 new apps) the phone started to restart on its own randomly. As I was already out, I did not have a chance to reflash it.
After listening to music and putting it away, the next time I pulled it out I got the usual Vibrate and then nothing when I tried to turn it on. It did this the rest of the night. In the morning I got the 3 red blinks (1, 1, 1, stop). Charging the phone did not change this.
When I finally did get home and I plugged it in, the computer recognizes a connection. So does SEUS and flashtool. However I am unable to proceed past the "How to connect your phone screen" In SEUS. In flashtool I get:
"ERROR - (x10flash.java:365) -ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="SECURITY_CLASS";ERR_DYNAMIC="SIN header verification failed"
After that I hear it disconnect and then it reconnects. If I try and flash again I am stuck at the message: INFO - (X10flash.java.431) - Reading device information
As mentioned before I was running JAF 2.3.7 with a Locked Bootloader. Is there anyway that I can recover my phone ? or is it just bricked now for good ?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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When running a published adventure which some players have already played, such as a RPGA module, are there any suggestions for keeping it interesting for all involved ?
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A lot of gamers enjoy familiarity with a classic module, yet want to play it again and again. Here are a couple of examples of ways you can do that so they will still have fun:
Even in an a written module there can be great variety in experience. Don't let the characters (NPCs) you've got to work with lie flat; breath life in to them. Draw on that acting class from college, make that villain despised.
The same thing with combats. Be inventive with the forces listed, and don't be afraid to make flavor changes.
Remember, the adventure is an guide, not a script.
Specifically for RPGA stuff: There's a lot you can do to alter the premise, the situation or the NPCs.
One example I've mashed up before is Many Hands Make Light Work (DRAG1-1). The adventure is originally about the PCs altruistically helping the Sisters of Selune rebuild a temple in the Dragon Coast. One common way I've reworked it is to have the adventure start in Cormyr (which is at odds with the DragonCoast) and have the PCs on a secret mission that on the surface is rebuilding the temple, but secretly, unbeknowns to the sisters of Selune, they have a mission to install a magical listening device in the temple and clear out the tunnels underneath for a safehouse. Selmik the rat can be it's own sideplot- it mentions him singing and playing an organ - a bit like Phantom of the Opera.. well you can turn that into a whole sideplot- he's an opera performer who's gone missing, affected by wererats. Although the module doesn't say so, the Temple of Selune specializes in curing lycanthropy. It's a great way to restructure things when you have all of these elements.
Similarly- for something like Scepter Tower of Spellguard, there are actually three adventures, but the real deal has to do with the Shadar-Kai villian collecting pillars in order to seize control of the oracle-ghost. Well, you can do quite a bit in the monastery and even outside of the designated adventure area by having someone approach the PCs and say "Someone stole an old white pillar from our museum in the Grey Vale recently.." and then implicate the halfling clan, Dark creepers, etc.. and then have the clues point the way back towards Spellgard. Normally- at least from what I've seen- Dms just run this adventure linearly- first the halfling wererat clan, then the tunnels, then the tower.. but you can really make this much more engaging by involving the rival adventurers at the monastery, and using the over-arching mystery of the magical columns. It doesn't have to be in order at all. The investigation can happen organically, and the NPCs at the monastery can be used to really make the adventure into an engaging mystery.
Continuity and mission is what you make of it.
In the past I have used the players' expectations and knowledge and used it against them by tweak various traps or changing the encounters. Or in a substained campaign world if the players have gone through it once then what would this adventure be like? What would have moved in since it was last explored? This is a fun exercise of taking a known thing and putting your own twist on it to make it new again.
Do a mash up. Grab a second module, perhaps with some kind of common element to the first, and mash them together. If the players are expecting an orc warboss in location 13b, and instead it's the ghost of a pirate captain, still searching for his lost treasure after all these years, then you've shaken things up without really changing anything.
If you're not comfortable with major edits to published modules, you can try other tricks to give the players a more immersive experience.
For example, In running one published module where the party ends up in a cave-in, we were playing in a relatively small, windowless room. When the cave-in happened, I read the box text then reached over and flipped off the lights, leaving the room in total darkness. "It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a gru. What do you do?"
If a player lit a torch, I lit a candle.
One player pulled out a cell phone to light his area. "What? I have dark-vision."
With all the players with a light source we completed the skill challenge and as the party emerged from the cave-in I flipped the lights back on.
Sure I had spend a few bucks on supplies, but overall I think everyone had fun.
Think of the module as a movie, or story where the stars are always different. What would happen if the star was a dark haired dark eyed cimmerian? How about a magic wielding swashbuckler? A famous detective? A dashing trickster?
Module NPCs are usually designed to hook the player characters into the adventure. Adding some complexity to the npcs beliefs and personality traits can make an encounter more interesting. ex: The missing villager may not want to be rescued by a paladin who worships his gods immortal enemy. In fact he may secretly plot to attack his rescuer as soon as given the opportunity.
Coming up with a few more personalities that are linked to the module npcs could definitely mix things a bit as well. ex: The wise old man could have a rival, the decrepit sage, who is intent on stealing the mcguffin and may offer the pcs a fine bribe if he believes they are persuadable. If not, he may hire someone else who will which may lead to ambush if the player characters are caught unawares.
I think this is a huge gift to you as a GM - if they are already familiar with the bones of the adventure, that frees you up a lot! Ask them to fill in details, paint scenes, offer descriptions, since they know where they are and what is about to happen. If you are all on board, I could see this being a very fun and collaborative session! You can spend more time on details, senses, and motivations. When it comes time for encounters, change things up enough to keep it exciting and unexpected.
This may only be relevant to dungeons, but simply moving the connections - whether they are clues or dungeon corridors - can have a big impact. The whole area of a dungeon can be different if you switch a few connections around. Players will no longer know the exact direction to go. If you also change some traps and move the encounters based on the new map shape, it will keep players off-balance.
Alternatively, simply consider what the adventure would be like if the PCs arrived before or after they are meant to. Perhaps the orcs dug a second tunnel for an emergency exit? Maybe the ogre lair moved to higher in the mountains? The murderer the PCs are chasing may have already killed the person who asked for their help, or maybe hasn't even started killing yet. This will confuse players as well, but can be done to make either small changes or larger ones, depending on your preference.
A method that can require slightly more work is changing which NPC employs the PCs. If it's the local authorities, the PCs can get away with more than if it's simply a concerned citizen. Also, if the job is changed slightly from 'stopping the attacks' to finding the attacker' the PCs priorities change: they may risk more lives being lost so they can catch the killer instead of simply stopping him. Of course, for many adventures the easiest way to do this is to only pay the PCs if they bring the BBEG back alive.
You may also (to completely change the adventure without needing to change any locations/people) simply change which side hires the PCs (and maybe add some antagonists from another adventure). If the small kobold tribe wants protection from treasure hunters instead of the PCs attacking the dungeon, they defend it from the vicious goblins. This can interest players who have already played the adventure, as they will see the opposite side of the story.
The specifics will depend on how balanced you want the modified adventure to be, but in general, these techniques have helped me before in many ways.


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how can i make it so my GRUB does not show safe modes, does show memory sticks, and if possible has a hotkey to boot windows?
Just to complete the previous reply, here is how you install grub-customizer:
Add the following line to /etc/default/grub
After that execute
You can install grub-customizer which is an easy graphical way to make adjustments to your grub menu, including removal of safe modes (which I don't recommend because it may seem like a good idea until something happens and you need to boot into safe mode).
GRUB is located on your fixed storage. Therefore, if your memory stick is bootable, your bios will boot from the memory stick before GRUB ever has a chance to launch from your drive.
Windows will show on the GRUB menu and as far as I know must be selected from the list of installed OSes as normal.
Just Go to the terminal .
Then Log on as Super User.
Then open the File
There you can modify your grub
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These are hypoallergenic, so if they make you sneeze, it's probably because the cat rubbed its tush on them.
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I did a quick google search on these since I don't like buying things like this without being able to test it out myself first, and I found a couple other deal-a-day sites that have the same deal, but none that I had actually HEARD of. However, I did find that Newegg has these for $90. Weird, but OK.
Any reviews I could find were alright, however. I decided to try them for $20.
The target site shows as features both:
* Standard/Queen: 20" length x 28" width, and
* King: 20" length x 36" width
But there's no means for choosing the size you want nor is there any indication of the size that will be shipped. I can't order under this circumstance.
dangit. i just bought pillows last week. grumble #firstworldproblems
The link takes me to sheets, not pillows. Hmmm....
@c45513: You might try going into a bed bath and beyond. Wamsutta is a brand they usually have there.
@zuiquan: The main offer on their site today is for sheets. You should see the pillows on the landing page when coming from this deal.
So if I cover my house in these, I'll know where my cat's butt has been?
@thefenst: Ah, I see it now. I have to register to get this offer. Decisions, decisions.
I can't go back from my Z Pillow. $50 well spent.
extra firm will be for side sleepers. just went through about 9 or 10 different kinds of pillows to find one that I liked. didn't end up trying any of the buckwheat shells/air/new type of pillows tho. did try one with gel & memory foam and that was quite a headache causer.
Can't ship to an address other than your billing address without using paypal. Weird policy to have in my opinion and it prevents me from ordering them without signing up for paypal. Oh well.
@justafreak: I purchased a Z pillow a few months back, it's heavenly and it doesn't even try to go flat on me. I love it!
Nice! I bought these last week from 1Sale through Brads Deals. Got em on Saturday. It's kinda like a memory foam blast to the face. So good! 'specially at 2 for $20. Pow!
So, if you got them last Saturday, can you post the size???
I got four yesterday from Bensoutlet- they are std/queen- very full and firm, but not hard...no idea what the JUMBO means- a great deal- love them going to grab some here and replace the guest room pillows:)


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Is it true that the characteristic (indicator) function of a subset of Euclidean space with finite positive measure is never in the Sobolev space $H^1 = W^{1,2}$ And if so, what is the best/easiest/most elementary way to see this?
I have this on good authority (it is stated in a decent textbook). However, I have had no joy in showing this to be the case myself. Due to its placement in aforementioned textbook as the first exercise at the end of a chapter about $H^1$, it feels like it oughtn't be difficult to show, but a group of my friends and I had no luck. It is bugging me now.
[Though I am a student taking a course based on the textbook, this is not `homework'; I will not be graded on it in any way and I have attempted the problem myself.]


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I have studied graduate abstract algebra and would like to learn about Hopf algebras and quantum groups. What book or books would you recommend? Are there other subjects that I should learn first before I begin studying Hopf algebras and quantum groups?
I don't think that you really need to learn much more algebra before you start on Hopf algebras. As long as you know about groups, rings, etc, you should be fine. An abstract perspective on these things is useful; e.g. think about multiplication in an algebra $A$ as being a linear map $m : A \otimes A \to A$, and then associativity of multiplication as being a certain commutative diagram involving some $m$'s. This naturally leads to dualization, i.e. coalgebras, comultiplication, coassociativity, etc, and then Hopf algebras come right out of there by putting the algebra and coalgebra structures together and asking for some compatibility (and an antipode).
For the Drinfeld-Jimbo type quantum groups, it is helpful to know some Lie theory, especially the theory of finite-dimensional semisimple Lie algebras over the complex numbers. If you don't know that stuff, the definitions will probably not be that enlightening for you.
There are a lot of books on quantum groups by now. They have a lot of overlap, but each one has some stuff that the others don't. Here are some that I have looked at:
There are some other ones which I know are out there, but I haven't read. These include Lectures on Algebraic Quantum Groups, by Ken Brown and Ken Goodearl, Lectures on Quantum Groups, by Jens Jantzen, Introduction to Quantum Groups, by George Lusztig, and Quantum Groups and Their Primitive Ideals, by Anthony Joseph. Having glanced a little bit at the last two in this list, I found both of them more difficult to read than the ones in my bulleted list above.
So, as you can see, there is a lot of choice available. I would advise you to check a few of them out of the library and just see which one you like the best.
I agree with MTS comment that you do not need much to start with. Whether you need more or not will depend on your focus: which part of the theory are you interested in?
Personally I would reccomend Serre's Complex Semisimple Lie Algebras as a must since you most likely will end up fighting with Serre's relations.
Also, classic books on Hopf algebras are not to be forgotten; here the choice is between Abe and Sweedler, if I remember correctly the title is "hopf algebras" in both cases.
As for the three books about which MTS does not add comments let me say something:
Joseph's book requires a solid background on Lie algebras and their reps, otherwise it's almost impossible to understand its directions. With this background it's a very intriguing, though demanding, reading.
Brown-Goodearl is a great book to start with. It's built from lecture notes of a course and therefore "learning oriented". It's much oriented towards the more algebraic part of the theory. I would reccomend McConnell-Robson book on Noncommutative Noetherian Rings at hand...
Lusztig's book requires feeling at ease with various categorical issues: definitely not a first reading. It is also uite narrowly focused on some specific aspects. I would not put it in any list: if that is your direction at some point younwill be forced into it.
I do not know about Jantzen's book.
I think it is also worth to mention the book "S. Dascalescu: Hopf algebras. An introduction" as a suitable textbook on the algebraic theory of Hopf algebras. However, since it is not dealing with quantum groups, it could be timely to use it together with some books mentioned by MTS on this subject.
Thomas Timmermann's Invitation to Quantum Groups and Duality.


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Sidney H. Asch '43 was an accomplished judge and scholar who spent more than a decade as an associate justice at the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court. He passed away on September 1, 2011, in North Carolina, at the age of 92.
Born in New York City, Asch taught at New York Law School in the late 1940s and early 1950s and served as an elected member of the New York State Assembly from the 2nd District in Bronx County. He was appointed as a Bronx Municipal Court judge in 1961 and elected to a full term on the court later that year. In 1962, Asch was elected as a judge at the New York City Civil Court.
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Sia $G$ un gruppo non abeliano di ordine $21$, quanti automorfismi possiede un gruppo siffatto?
Translation (by Davide): Let $G$ be a non-abelian group of order $21$. How many automorphisms does such a group possess?
Sia $G$ un gruppo non abeliano di ordine $21$, quanti automorfismi possiede un gruppo siffatto?
Translation (by Davide): Let $G$ be a non-abelian group of order $21$. How many automorphisms does such a group possess?
A different solution.
Notice first that $G$ has trivial center, so $|\operatorname{Inn}(G)| = |G/Z(G)| = 21$. Thus $|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|$ is a multiple of $21$. Then bound $|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|$ above by $42$, so $|\operatorname{Aut}(G)| = 21$ or $|\operatorname{Aut}(G)| = 42$. Finally, you can find an automorphism that is not inner, and thus it turns out that the answer is $42$ (as usual).
Here are details for the last part. By Cauchy's theorem we find non-identity elements $x$ and $y$ in $G$ such that $x^3 = y^7 = 1$. Since $\langle y \rangle \trianglelefteq G$, we have that $x^{-1}yx = y^{\alpha}$ where $1 \leq \alpha \leq 6$. Then $y = x^{-3}yx^3 = y^{\alpha^3}$, and so $\alpha^3 \equiv 1 \mod 7$. Therefore $\alpha = 2$ or $\alpha = 4$, because $G$ would be cyclic in the case of $\alpha = 1$. Let's assume $\alpha = 2$ for clarity, the other case is similar (and the group would still be the same up to isomorphism). Thus $x^{-1}yx = y^2$.
It is not difficult to show that the elements of $G$ are of the form $x^ky^l$, where $0 \leq k \leq 2$ and $0 \leq l \leq 6$.
Let $\phi: G \rightarrow G$ be an automorphism of $G$. Because $G$ is generated by $x$ and $y$, we have that $\phi$ is completely determined by the values of $x$ and $y$. Now $\phi(y)$ and $y$ have the same order, so $\phi(y) = y^j$, where $1 \leq j \leq 6$. Similarly $\phi(x)$ and $x$ have the same order, so $\phi(x) = xy^i$ or $\phi(x) = x^2y^i$, where $0 \leq i \leq 6$.
Could it be that $\phi(x) = x^2y^i$? Then $\phi(xy)\phi(xy) = x^2y^{5i+5j}$ and $\phi(xyxy) = \phi(x^2y^3) = xy^{5i+3j}$. Therefore $y^{2j} = 1$, but this means that $y^j = 1$, which is not possible.
Thus there are $7$ possibilities for the value of $\phi(x)$. Since there are $6$ possibilities for the value of $\phi(y)$, we have that $|Aut(G)| \leq 42$. Finally we need to find an outer automorphism. Because $y$ and $y^3$ are not conjugate, we could try $\phi(x) = x$ and $\phi(y) = y^3$.
Such a group is the semidirect product $C_7\rtimes C_3$. Let $C_7=\langle x\rangle$ and $C_3=\langle y\rangle$. Here $y$ acts by $x^y=x^2$. Then an automorphism $\alpha$ must send $x$ to some power of $x$ (because $\langle x\rangle$ contains all six elements of order $7$); there are $6$ choices there.
$\alpha$ must then send $y$ to some $x^iy^j$ Such that $x^{y^j}=x^2$; since we can consider $j\pmod{3}$, we need $j=1$. There are $7$ choices for $i$ (from $0$ to $6$), and so there are at most $42$ automorphisms of our group.
But every such choice yields an automorphism. There are many ways to show this; I like taking a presentation for your group to be $\langle x,y\ |\ x^7=y^3=1, x^y=x^2\rangle$, and then simply checking that for each of the $42$ choices for $\alpha$, $\alpha(x)$ and $\alpha(y)$ generate your group, and $\alpha(x)^7=\alpha(y)^3=1$, with $\alpha(x)^{\alpha(y)}=\alpha(x)^2$. Finiteness then guarantees that all such choices give automorphisms.
It's also not hard to show the automorphism group is the holomorph of $C_7$, namely $C_7\rtimes C_6$. Here the generator for the $C_7$ factor is the map sending $x$ to $x$ and $y$ to $xy$. The generator for the $C_6$ factor is the map sending $x$ to $x^3$ and $y$ to $y$.
All of this works in more generality as well. For the finite centerless group $C_m\rtimes C_n$, there are $m\phi(m)$ automorphisms, and the automorphism group is the holomorph $C_m\rtimes C_{\phi(m)}$.
There may be easier ways to do this, but here is one. Let $A$ be the automorphism group of $G$. Note that $G$ has seven Sylow $3$-subgroups and $14$ elements of order $3$. Any two different Sylow $3$-subgroups generate $G,$ so no non-identity element of $A$ can fix more than two elements of order $3$ in $G.$ On the other hand, any element of $A$ which fixes an element of order $3$ has to fix the inverse of that element. Hence every non-identity element of $A$ fixes $0$ or $2$ elements of order $3$ in $G.$ Let $\theta$ be the permutation character of $A$ afforded by its action on the elements of order $3$ in $G$. Then $\theta(\theta- 2 \times 1_A)$ vanishes on all non-identity elements of $A$ (where $1_A$ denotes the trivial character). It is a generalized character of degree $168$, so that $|A|$ divides $168$ (taking the inner product with $1_A$).
\medskip On the other hand, let $F$ be a Sylow $7$-subgroup of $A$. Let $a$ be an automorphism of order $2$ in $A$. Suppose that $a$ centralizes $F$ (note that $G$ has trivial centre, so is isomorphic to ites inerr automorphism group, so may be regarded as a normal subgroup of $A$). Notice that $C_G(F) = F.$ Now we have $[\langle a \rangle,F,G] = [F,G,\langle a \rangle ] =1,$ so that by the three subgroups lemma, $[G,\langle a \rangle, F] = 1.$ But $C_G(F) = F,$ so that $[G,\langle a \rangle] \leq F$ and $[G,\langle a \rangle, \langle a \rangle] = 1.$ Since $|G|$ is odd, standard results on coprime automorphisms show that $[G,\langle a \rangle ] = 1,$ a contradiction since $a$ has order $2$.
\medskip Hence a Sylow $2$-subgroup of $A$ acts faithfully as a group of automorphisms of $F,$ so is cyclic of order (at most) $2$. Hence $|A|$ divides $42$. But $G$ is isomorphic to a subgroup of the holmorph of $F,$ which has order $42$, so $|A| = 42.$


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Continuous Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy
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The Two-Higgs Doublet Model and Sonification: Using Sound to Understand the Origin of Mass (Physics and Music)
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The Brain vs. Rule 137: Using Spacetime Patterns to Classify the Complexity of Cellular Automata
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The Consistent Histories Interpretation as a Solution to the Quantum Measurement Problem (Physics and Philosophy)
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I need to plot lines onto a map to display road quality. I'm already using colours to distinguish between different road conditions, but I also need to display another factor - the survey origin.
There are only two different origins to display, but I'm not sure what's the best way to do this. Dashed lines with gaps are not appropriate as surveys can legitimately contain gaps.
My current approach is to display the two types as follows:
- Solid colour lines for one of the survey types.
- For the second type, use a dashed line, but with the gaps drawn in a lighter shade of the same colour (shown below).
However it still seems a little confusing to see where surveys start and end.
Are there any alternatives or best practices to follow?


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You can hide and unhide rows or columns in Excel 2007 when you don't want part of the worksheet to be visible or when you don't want certain data (such as salary information) to appear in printed reports — hidden rows and columns do not print.
You cannot hide selected cells; only entire columns or rows.
Select the column or row headings you want to hide.
If you want to unhide rows or columns, drag in the worksheet frame to select the rows or columns both before and after the hidden rows or columns.
Click the Format button in the Cells group on the Home tab.
Notice the Visibility section of the resulting Format drop-down menu.
Point to the Hide & Unhide command under Visibility in the Format menu.
Another menu appears, containing options for hiding and unhiding rows and columns.
Make a selection from the menu.
When you hide columns or rows, the associated column letters or row numbers disappear from the worksheet frame.


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5 Horrific Ways Your Brain Can Turn On You Without Warning
We hate for you to find out this way, but you should know that your brain hates you. Even if you're perfectly healthy and have never had a mental illness or dropped acid, it can mess with you in a terrifying variety of ways.
And some of them are downright diabolical.
#5. Exploding Head Syndrome
What Is It?
It's a typical night. You've just set aside your glass of scotch and are reclining in bed next to yet another nameless groupie you've just had acrobatic sex with. You click off the lamp and are drifting off to sleep...
And a fucking bomb goes off in your head. There's a horrendous noise, like someone is firing a handgun from somewhere inside your skull and then a flash of light ...
... And suddenly, it's over again. Your heart is pounding. You look around the room blinking, shocked to find that your brains aren't splattered all over the bedroom. Physically, you appear perfectly fine.
Congratulations, you've just experienced a random occurrence of Exploding Head Syndrome and, yes, it's totally a real thing.
Wait, What's Going On?
Well, no one is really sure. Physicians think there's a link to stress or extreme fatigue (surely you've heard the common saying, "Man, I'm so tired, my brain is going to fucking explode!"). They think physically it may also be caused by an inner ear problem, or possibly a form of minor seizure in the temporal lobe. But don't worry, according to Wikipedia, "it is not thought to be dangerous [citation needed]."
The noise itself can be an explosion, or a roar, or waves, or a gunshot, or an electrical zapping. But it will always be loud, like pants-shittingly loud, and it's not a dream. We're just barely exaggerating about the pants-shitting thing, too--the experience is said to be followed by a rush of adrenaline, an elevated heart rate and terror (well duh).
It may only happen once, it may happen several times. EHS is usually random, even happening when a person is fully awake. Whoa, what if it happened right when you were in the middle of defusing a bomb?
Can it Happen to You?
It's rare, and found mostly in those over age 50. It's a little more common in women than men, and seems to come along with pre-existing sleep problems. Otherwise, who knows? It's so rare and so random that they haven't been able to document many cases of it. If you're out there and this is happening to you every night, there's probably someone with a scalpel who would love to take a look under the hood.
#4. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What Is It?
It's the next day. You wake up with a terrible headache. You roll out of bed, stumble into the hall...
...only to find the hallway is about a hundred miles long, the end vanishing into the horizon. What the hell? You look down. Wait a second... the floor is only an inch away from your face. The hallway isn't longer, you're just tiny. Your cat trots by, and you are unsurprised to find it is the size of a woolly mammoth.
A moment later, everything is back to normal. We hope you enjoyed your bout of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome.
Wait, What's Going On?
In this bizarre condition, you don't just see everything as if it's much larger or smaller than it actually is, you completely perceive everything as larger or smaller, including your own damned body.
It's not a hallucination, and your eyes are working just fine. Everything you see and touch is really there. Unfortunately, you just became either Gulliver, or one of the title characters in Honey I Shrunk the Kids, or both at the same time.
Experts think it's due to a malfunction of a part of the brain called the parietal lobe, which is in charge of keeping track of where your body is versus all the stuff in your environment you're trying to avoid running into. When it goes astray, your whole spatial awareness goes berserk. Your front door can appear to be the size of your fist, a cockroach as big as a dog.
Can it Happen to You?
AIWS can be triggered by all sorts of things, including psychoactive drugs or the Epstein-Barr Virus (also known as "mono"). But it can happen even without that and, in fact, one of the most common causes is migraines.
The bad news is there's no cure, the good news is it always goes away on its own after a short time. Though those words may not be as comforting coming from a doctor who's towering five-stories above you.
#3. Phantom Extra Limb Syndrome
What Is It?
You've just sat down to watch the Ace of Cakes marathon. You rest your chin on your hand, thoughtfully. You look down at your other hand and notice you should probably trim your fingernails. You look down at your other hand and notice... that you seem to have three hands.
In fact, the hand that's touching your chin is invisible, even though you can feel and move it. You can now tell your friends you've experienced phantom extra limb syndrome.
Wait, What's Going On?
Meet the sensory homunculus:
That's a model that demonstrates how you would look if you were shaped the way your brain sees you. That is, your brain devotes more power to tracking sensory data from your hands than, say, your ankles. The brain devotes quite a bit of effort to tracking your limbs and the information gained from them. For instance, it knows how close your hands are to the woman's boobies, so that you caress them instead of slapping them, and transmits the touch sensation back to your brain accordingly.
Regular old phantom limb syndrome happens when you lose a limb; the brain sensory cortex doesn't always come to terms with that news very well and goes into a kind of denial. The end result is you feeling sensation, mostly pain, in the missing limb.
But then, in rare cases, you get phantom extra limb syndrome. This happens in people who have not had anything amputated and in those cases the sensory cortex is so messed up it just manufactures an extra limb out of thin air.
Some patients have felt an extra arm or leg branching off from their existing limb, others have felt a third arm growing out of their chest. One patient even claimed he could see a third hand. So you can't underestimate how freaking convincing the sensation is. As far as your body knows, you've got the extra limb. Some patients even accused the hospital of stitching on an extra leg (why? To pad the bill?).
By the way, one woman said she had lost control of her third arm and that it was now trying to strangle her. Holy shit!
Can it Happen to You?
The regular variety of phantom limb syndrome, where you think a limb is still there after amputation, is extremely common in amputees (50 percent to 80 percent). The extra limb variety seems to only occur due to some kind of brain damage, such as in the aftermath of a stroke. So, if you get into a bar brawl and some guy cracks you over the head with a crowbar, make sure the fist you're hitting him with actually exists. Otherwise you'll just look ridiculous.


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A recent personal finance question asks when to hire an investment professional? Given that many of us here are on the professional manager side of the business, how would you make the case? What quantitative evidence would you show a potential client? What research is there to guide one as to the right asset level at which to switch from do-it-yourself investing to hiring a professional wealth manager? Are there reasons besides investment returns to make the switch (e.g., tax, retirement planning)? Keep in mind that most investors, unlike us, are not interested in spending a significant chunk of their lives thinking about investment decisions.
There's a strong theoretical argument that makes the case for active management that is also supported by empirical research. First, check out Jonathan Berk's paper "Five Myths of Active Management". The paper reads like a clever Gedankenexperiment.
Starting with a theoretical approach is better than starting with an empirical approach because as Berk points out:
Berk shows that in equilibrium, the following seemingly plausibly hypotheses are false:
His point in a nutshell is that in equilbirium the excess returns (after fees) of active managers is driven down to the return from indexing/passive management. The first $XYX dollars under management generate alpha but at equilibrium the manager has taken on enough funds such that the marginal invested dollar does not.
Excerpt of the argument:
Berk goes on to relax the assumptions and offers a more realistic experiment. Then he proceeds to cite his 2004 paper "Mutual Fund Flows and Performance in Rational Markets" where he empirically models indirectly the value-added from managers and finds that "the vast majority of active managers add value" and "80% of mangers generate value in excess of their fees".
An active manager can be good for a few reasons.
They can scale resources much better than an individual investor, and as a result can get better execution prices and access to assets that would be impractical for some individual investors(unsponsored foreign listings comes to mind).
Better firms will have tax professionals available to minimize taxes and therefore increase returns - whatever it takes to beat the benchmark, right?
Also, it might be worthwhile to look at a manager who has a contrary style to your own. This can offer a hedge of sorts and may supply opportunities you otherwise wouldn't undertake.
Directly from the Berk paper Five Myths of Active Portfolio Management:
The second paragraph is especially telling. From the investor's perspective, active managers provide no value in terms of return. Berk himself is saying exactly this. With this conclusion there are then many reasons why active management is a negative for investors (style drift, fees, etc.). This paper only serves to strengthen the argument that participating in active management is a loser's game for investors.


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For the first time, AUTrojans.com is counting down Anderson University athletics' 25 most memorable games, matches and meets from the 2013-14 academic year. This season's countdown began on Monday, June 16 and will continue throughout the summer.
Be sure to check AUTrojans.com during the offseason to relive all the highlights of another successful year at Anderson.
Women's Cross Country Finishes Fourth at Conference Championships
Oct. 26, 2013
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. – Paced by Sydney Hazel, the Anderson women's cross country team finished fourth at the 2013 Food Lion SAC Cross Country Championships, hosted by Mars Hill University at the Montreat College course in Black Mountain, N.C. in late October.
With the runners battling temperatures in the mid-20s, Hazel's time of 20:03.6 was just off her team season-best mark of 18:55.1 set at the Royals Challenge when nearly every AU runner posted season-best times two weeks prior to the conference meet.
But the Summerville, S.C. native overcame the weather to capture Second-Team All-SAC honors for the second consecutive season with her 11th-place finish. Freshman Bari Robinson narrowly missed all-conference and all-freshman accolades with her 15th-place finish in a time of 20:16.0. Fellow freshman Olivia Gardner (20:21.3) crossed the line in 17th, while senior Hannah Robles claimed 33rd in a time of 21:13.0.
Another freshman duo, Grace Gerlock (21:34.0) and Amber Worthy (21:41.4) finished 41st and 45th, respectively. Freshman Mia Swierzs placed 58th with a time of 22:22.2, while sophomore Devan Fisher (22:41.8) earned 65th. Redshirt junior Madison Guest was just behind in 66th in a time of 22:46.1.
Wingate, the top-ranked program in the USTFCCCA Southeast Region poll, won the team title for the first time since 2007 by having the top four finishers.
Reigning SAC Runner of the Year, Keeley Wood of Wingate, defended her individual title with a time of 18:47.3. Defending champion Lenoir-Rhyne, which won its third title since 2008 a year ago, finished in fifth.
AUTrojans.com's Most Memorable Moments of 2013-14
25. Women's Tennis 6, Carson-Newman 3 – April 11, 2014
24. Setro Finishes Sixth at State Farm Intercollegiate – Oct. 15, 2013
23. Baseball 5, Southern Wesleyan 2 - March 5, 2014
22. Women's Cross Country Finishes 4th at SAC Championships - Oct. 26, 2013


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I've been trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 from a USB flash stick and each time I try to boot from the USB key one of two things happen:
A) The screen that asks you what you would like to do (e.g. run Ubuntu from the USB key or install it) shows up and the countdown to the default option starts to count down but as soon as I either touch the keyboard (sometimes I press enter or the arrow keys to select an option) or the countdown gets to zero the screen just locks up and nothing happens no matter how long I wait.
B) When I boot from the USB key the screen will flicker for a second and then go black with a flashing white underscore at the top left corner of the screen. Again it doesn't matter how long I wait, nothing happens and pressing keys doesn't do a thing.
The very first time I tried to install it I got a terminal-like screen that said something about a directory called 'casper' having an error of some sort.
I have tried installing from USB using both 11.04 and 10.10. I'm about to try 10.04. I have read tons of forum posts about this but so far I haven't seen anything in the solutions that apply to me.
My intention is to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I must keep Windows as I am required to use Visual Studio for one of my college courses.
Right now I'm using Wubi but I really want a full install. I can't use LVPM because it doesn't work with the version of Wubi I used. So now I'm thinking my best bet is to try to get a clean install working. I'd also convert Wubi to a full install too but there's no solution as far as I've read.
So could someone tell me a reason why this is happening or if there's something I can do to get around the problem?
I'm using a Gateway LT2802u netbook with and Intel Atom N455 processor, 1GB RAM, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics card, and a 250GB HDD.
I don't have anything on my current Wubi install that I can't replace so keep in mind when answering that I don't care if I lose my current settings and files from Wubi.
Thanks everyone!


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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet session held at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah today. The ministers began by welcoming the King's order to implement a major expansion of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, which will increase capacity by 1.6 million worshipers.
After reviewing reports on the latest international developments, the Cabinet discussed the tragic situation in Syria and the proceedings of the Geneva Peace Conference, which was held over the weekend. The Cabinet reiterated the Kingdom's request that the international community take decisive action to end the massacres and the humanitarian disaster currently being witnessed in Syria. It called for the full implementation of the plan of joint U.N.-Arab League Envoy Kofi Annan, which aims to reach a political solution based on the aspirations of all the Syrian people according to a specific timeline. The Cabinet also expressed the Kingdom's satisfaction over the outcome of the 22nd Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU).
Addressing its remaining agenda items, the Cabinet approved a new implementation system designed to enforce the rules and verdicts issued by judges and semi-judicial committees; approved a financed leasing system to be monitored by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA); approved a registered real-estate mortgage system and a real estate funding system; and added two paragraphs to Article 5 of the Financial Market System.
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Casson's invariant is an invariant of a homology 3-sphere, obtained by ``counting" representations of the fundamental group into $SU(2)$. I was wondering if there is an analogous invariant counting representations into $SL(2,R)$? Curtis has an invariant counting representations into $SL(2,C)$. These invariants are obtained by taking a Heegaard splitting of the manifold, and considering the intersection of the representation varieties of the two handlebodies in the representation variety of the Heegaard surface. Casson has to perturb the resulting varieties to make them transverse, then counts the intersections. Curtis counts only the finite points of intersection using algebraic geometry to resolve any singularities, and ignoring any higher dimensional components of the intersection. Then they both have to show that this count is invariant under stabilization of Heegaard splittings, and therefore an invariant of the manifold. I was wondering whether one could combine the two approaches to get an analogous invariant in the case of $SL(2,R)$ representations? One would throw away higher dimensional components of intersection of the $SL(2,R)$ varieties of the two handlebodies, and perturb near the isolated intersections to get a count of intersection points.
If this works, what about making an analogous Floer theory, by counting holomorphic disks between finite intersection points?
I have't done a literature search, but I suspect this is an open question.


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Due to a bug my computer has stopped in the middle of the boot sequence, just waiting. If I type anything, it prints stuff like
^[[B. I do not want to damage the files on the computer by pressing the power button.
Is there some way I can exit the boot sequence and go to a prompt so that I can type
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The Monte Carlo MC90 will work with the Monte Carlo Discus BED 5 Blade 52 inch fan. The over all height when used is 11 3/4 inches. That measurement includes the whole fan flush mounted.
Will the MC90 work with the Monte Carlo Discus BSD 5 Blade 52 inch fan? and what is overall height when used?
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This Limited Lifetime Warranty includes motor and motor-related parts only, which will be replaced or repaired as determined by Monte Carlo Fan Co. during the period in which this warranty is in effect, as further defined below. For plated finishes, wood blades and switches, the warranty period is ninety (90) days. Glass globes are not covered by this warranty, but will be replaced if found broken at time of purchase. If parts should fail within the warranty period due to a defect in materials or workmanship, we will repair or replace the parts free of charge when the parts and labor are provided by our service center.
If the original user or consumer purchaser ceases to own the fan, this warranty and any other implied warranty will be voided.
No warranty, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is made in respect to light fixture, glassware, light bulbs, or the finish on any metal or wooden portion of the fan. This warranty is in lieu of all other express or implied warranties. The duration of any implied warranty, including but not limited to any implied warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose, in respect to any Monte Carlo ceiling fan motor parts or accessories is expressly limited to the period of the express warranty set forth above for such motor, parts, or accessories.
This warranty is voided if your fan is not purchased from an authorized dealer and installed in the United States or Canada.
This warranty does not apply and is voided in case of improper installation, failure or supporting devices not supplied, such as original mounting hardware, neglect, accident, misuse, exposure to extremes of heat or humidity, or as a result of modification to the original product. All costs of removal and reinstallation of the fan are the expressed responsibility of the original user/purchaser.
Monte Carlo Fan Co. reserves the right to modify or discontinue any product at any time and will supply equal or similar parts and/or product in the event of replacement. Repair, replacement or service to the fan motor, parts, or accessories should be secured by immediately contacting our Customer Service Department at 1-800-519-4092 (weekdays between