Google says I need to “verify” my account. I don’t want to give up my phone number to Google. Are there any ways to bypass this? I’ve already tried changing my IP address.  It doesn’t matter how I register with Google, through Gmail, or from an Android device. They still ask for phone verification. Nothing works. I tried throwaway numbers, but apparently Google made sure to blacklist all numbers from VOIP services.
When I want to register an account with Gmail now, it says "Google will send a text message containing a verification code to your mobile phone."  I don't want to give Google my mobile phone number!!  How do I get around this?
Random contacts on my iPhone 5 I recently bought a new iPhone 5. When I was going through my contacts today, I noticed a lot of email adresses stored along with the other numbers. I didn't even know most of them! What has happened? Wireless antenna does not appear despite its driver being installed Why is Excel truncating my 16-digit numbers? If I type in a 16 digit number (format: number, no decimals) it changes the number on me. Example: 1234567812345678 changes the view to 1234567812345670.    If I type it in as a general format it changes the numbers above so it displays 1.23457E+15 but if you click on the cell, the display shows the last digit as a 0 instead of an 8 once again.   I opened the file on a different computer and same issue now with it.  I have changed the auto correction and auto formatting all to no avail.  Help! I got a flat/puncture on my bike tube, how can I fix it myself without going to the nearest bike shop? What kind of equipment would I need? Are there any method to extend a filesystem when i adding more hdd to it without using LVM? What are those ? What kind of things can you take from a hotel? Hotels normally provide a big amount of sets (well, depending on the quality, but however, many!) that can help you feel more comfortable there.  So for example you can get towels, slippers, candies, pens, shampoos, shaving kits, sponges, ...  The same in the self-service breakfast: pastries, bread, ...  They are meant to be used during your stay. However, they can be provided in such an amount that there are some extra by the time you leave... and make you feel like taking some back home.  My general rule is to take those things that I used but didn't finish. However, sometimes I may be tempted to take the brand new stuff lying there before I close the door for the last time.  So the question that pops is: what kind of things is it correct to take from hotels and what is it not recommended? Else, what items may differ from country to country? to infinitive as direct object?! (as in : I promised to get there in time.) I'm a passionate Korean English-learner, and I would like to ask you a question about grammar.   It was 3 years ago when I first started to study the to-infinitive as studying grammar with Grammar In Use series and English Grammar series by Longman, having been exposed to English for 3 years. There wasn't any mention of the author saying that the usage of the to-infinitive is as an (direct) object. And for me also, the times I have encountered sentences in which the usage of the to-infinitive, so to speak, as direct objects were used, I've read them as some kind of obligatory adverbial that shows what the verbs are about, not as objects, which means they are noun phases! 100% of Korean textbooks say the usage is as a direct object, but I doubt it. I think it's some kind of obligatory adverbial that shows what the verbs are about.    I thought it was better for me to ask Americans themselves. Do you read this usage of to-infinitive as a noun phrase or an adverbial? My Ubuntu is running fsck on every bootup On every bootup it's the same:  /dev/sda1: clean, 908443/38690816 files, 44176803/154733312 blocks   Is it some kind of option Ubuntu uses to ensure filesystem consistency or is there something wrong with my HDD? fsck takes up to 30s while booting and so about triples the time needed otherwise.  Full output (partly in German):  Begin: Loading essential drivers ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done. Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done. done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... done. fsck von util-linux 2.20.1 /dev/sda1: sauber, 908443/38690816 Dateien, 44176803/154733312 Blöcke udevd[623]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /lib/udev/rules.d/45-libticables.rules:6  udevd[623]: invalid rule '/lib/udev/rules.d/45-libticables.rules:6'   * Starting mDNS/DNS-SD daemon                                                 [ OK ]  * Starting Reload cups, upon starting avahi-daemon to make sure remote queues are populated                                                                   [ OK ]  * Starting configure network device security                                  [ OK ]  * Starting bluetooth daemon                                                   [ OK ]  ####* Starting all other stuff What is the terminal's graphic API? How can certain programs set background and font colors, write characters to the same location on screen (e.g. to the third row, fifth column) more than once?  Some examples are the progress bar displayed by curl google.com &gt; a, some installation screens and nearly any text editor. Problem with Non English(Farsi, ...) subtitle How to get to the GRUB menu at boot-time? Custom Cursor Image CSS I have a number of heroshot images, that have a modal popup when clicked.  I'm trying to get my cursor to turn into  magnifying glass whenever it is moved over the image. The following CSS does not appear to work even though my magnify.cur is present in the right location.  a.heroshot img {   cursor:url(/img/magnify.cur), pointer; }   Has anyone ever done anything similar? I don't mind a JavaScript solution if one exists.  EDIT: It works in Safari, but not in Firefox. Why the name 'Rogue One'? So far, is there any suggestion, or speculation as to the reason for the name 'Rogue One' for the next Star Wars film?   To me, the name seems very close to the Rogue Squadron, most known from Hoth (their leader Luke Skywalker), especially the number following Rogue like a callsign.   However as far as I know, they were formed after the first Death Star destruction. So why Rogue One? Prove $a^\alpha b^{1-\alpha} \le \alpha a + (1 - \alpha)b, \; a,b > 0,\; 0 < \alpha < 1$ I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be appreciated. The chapter I'm on is about differentiation and the mean value theorem.  Prove $a^\alpha b^{1-\alpha} \le \alpha a + (1 - \alpha)b, \; a,b &gt; 0,\; 0 &lt; \alpha &lt; 1$ On really old Ubuntu 6.06 - How to upgrade I'm on an old Ubuntu version (Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS Server) which isn't really supported any more. So the automatic updates don't work. I have ISPConfig installed to manage a few web sites.  What's the best course of action? I'd like to upgrade to something current, but I can't figure out how to go about doing this, given that the apt-get scripts don't really work any longer. Does Hard reboot damage my Ubuntu Why is rm allowed to delete a file under ownership of a different user? From the post  I understand that rm just needs write permission on directory to remove the file. But I find it hard to digest the behaviour where we can easily delete a file who owner and group different.  I tried the following  mtk : my username abc : created a new user  $ ls -l file -rw-rw-r-- 1 mtk mtk       0 Aug 31 15:40 file $ sudo chown abc file $ sudo chgrp abc file $ ls -l file -rw-rw-r-- 1 abc abc       0 Aug 31 15:40 file $ rm file $ ls -l file &lt;deleted&gt;   I was thinking this shouldn't have been allowed. A user should be able to delete only files under his ownership? Can someone shed light on why this is permitted? and what is the way to avoid this? I can think only restricting the write permission of the parent directory to dis-allow surprised deletes of file. Is the .minecraft folder hidden on a Mac? I have a friend who is playing with me on a server we've created. Unfortunately, he is on a  Mac whereas I am on a Windows machine. I told him that I should be able to compile and send a .minecraft folder to him so that we can both play. Unfortunately, he can't find his .minecraft folder where it is supposed to be. Is it hidden and how can I unhide it? University rank/stature - How much does it affect one's career post-Ph.D? What I'm trying to understand is, to what degree does the status/rank of the University (where one completes his/her Ph.D) matter while shaping his/her career after graduation? I would like to know the weight given to one's school in both the following cases:   While applying for post-docs/faculty positions in academia While applying to industrial research labs   For instance, I've read on some forums (I can't locate the link now) that while considering prospective applications for tenure-track faculty positions, very few Universities accept a candidate who has completed his/her Ph.D from a lower ranked school having a lesser "brand" value, irrespective of the fact whether he/she has published equally original work as his/her counterpart from an Ivy league college. How much truth is in this statement? It would be really great if someone already in academia, either as a newly-accepted faculty or someone on the Faculty Hiring committee could share their experiences/statistics on this regard. I'm simply interested to know the answer, without commenting at all on whether such a practice is justifiable.  Similarly, what about recruitment to internationally acclaimed research labs (like  or ) - what importance do they place on the pedigree of a candidate's college, before taking into consideration what they published ?  I'm personally interested in answers related to the field of Computer Science (theory), but the question is applicable to any prospective grad student in any discipline in my opinion. Feel free to share your personal experiences post-Ph.D in detail, as that would give me (and future viewers of this question) about what its like to carve a career once you are out of school! Tabs in output file written by xelatex and pdflatex are different