I have a Thinkpad T440p and the fan seems to be dirty from no hot air coming out of the laptop. All the disassembly guides show that I need to take the whole fan assembly out but I have no thermal paste left nor do I have any cans of compressed air.  Can I just take a vacuum cleaner to the fan and clean it that way?
To get rid of dust that had gathered near the fan, I put a vacuum cleaner to the air intake (with the computer turned off).  This removed the dust.  It also caused the fan to rotate at a fairly high speed. Quite faster than normal speed, judging from the sound.  Do I risk destroying stuff by doing this?
Boxplot interpretation: is it correct that a boxplot is missing a whisker? I have a data set that has customerID and daily visits. This dataset records the number of times customers visited the site in a day.   customerID   TotalVisits  1            6  2            17  3            20  4            25   Just to explore the data further, I tried plotting the TotalVisits values in a box plot. The plot doesn't seem to have a lower whisker. q1=1 and there are no values between q1 and  q1-1.5(IQR). The plot has q1, q2 and q3. The minimum value and q1 are the same.   Is this why the boxplot doesn't have the lower whisker? Could you please help me with the interpretation? Is it correct to draw a boxplot without any whiskers?  [I am new to the site and I am not able to post the image.] I have an idea or subject that should have a Q&amp;A, and want to propose a new site. How can I do this?  Related: Can I cast a Warlock spell with another (higher) spell slot from a different multiclass? Reviewing an answer to a recent question I posted, I had a thought about Armor of Agathys. In the event of a Sorcerer 18 / Warlock 2 build, would the character be able to cast Armor of Agathys with a 9th level spell slot, thus getting 45 Temporary Hit Points and dealing 45 damage when hit?   Is the spell in any way limited to being cast using Warlock spell slots or to a maximum of a 5th level spell slot? What are the differences between executing shell scripts using "source file.sh", "./file.sh", "sh file.sh", ". ./file.sh"? Have a look at the code:  #!/bin/bash read -p "Eneter 1 for UID and 2 for LOGNAME" choice if [ $choice -eq 1 ] then         read -p "Enter UID:  " uid         logname=`cat /etc/passwd | grep $uid | cut -f1 -d:` else         read -p "Enter Logname:  " logname fi not=`ps -au$logname | grep -c bash` echo  "The number of terminals opened by $logname are $not"   This code is used to find out the number of terminals opened by a user on the same PC. Now there are two users logged on, say x and y. I am currently logged in as y and there are 3 terminals open in user x. If I execute this code in y using different ways as mentioned above the results are :  $ ./file.sh The number of terminals opened by x are 3  $ bash file.sh The number of terminals opened by x are 5  $ sh file.sh The number of terminals opened by x are 3  $ source file.sh The number of terminals opened by x are 4  $ . ./file.sh The number of terminals opened by x are 4   Note: I passed 1 and uid 1000 to all these executables.  Now can you please explain the differences among all these? cardinality of the set of $ \varphi: \mathbb N \to \mathbb N$ such that $\varphi$ is an increasing sequence I know that the set of functions $ f:\mathbb N \to \mathbb N$ is uncountable, but what if we consider only $f$ such that $f$ is increasing? I want to know if this set is countable D: and also the case of bijective and increasing (clearly if the firstone holds then this too). I think that it could be possible that it's countable PhD Student : Publish Paper with Wife? 12.04 GPU lockup I was able to install Ubuntu 12.04 using the alternative version of the image, (64 bit) but when I start the system it tells me the GPU  locked up, and instead presents a text only screen.  I understand that this site is not for bug reports, but at the same time, I know that there are some versions of the installer than have to be compatible with my graphics card (Nvidia GTS 360M).  I assumed that the mere fact that the alternative installer ran was an indication that I could get some sort of graphical interface running after the install.  Is there some way of getting some type of graphical interface running on my machine? Even better would be is there a way to get the rest of the system running as normal (i.e. GPU up and running)?  If an internet connection is required to download driver support or something similar, directions for how to configure a wireless connection with WPA2-Personal protection from the text-only interface (bash).  Any help would be appreciated.  Note: I was able to find  which tells me that the card is supported.  Note 2: In the install software stage of the install, I was unable to install anything (no internet connection)  Update: The exact error message is [8.591394] [drm] 0000:01:00.0: GPU Lockup - switching to software fbcon  Update 2: If I try to install with the regular version of Ubuntu, the screen goes staticy. This also happens if I install with Wubi (distasteful I know) and then try to use Ubuntu.  Update 3: I've tried xforcevesa, nomodeset and xforcevesa nomodeset as my wubi boot options.  Update 4: Thanks to jokerdino, I can now connect to the internet, so internet tools would now be a possibility. XPS 15 stuck on 800MHz I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with CPU: i7-6700.  Even with one of the cores sitting on 100% utilisation cpufreq-info reports.  ... analyzing CPU 7:   driver: intel_pstate   CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 7   CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 7   maximum transition latency: 0.97 ms.   hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.50 GHz   available cpufreq governors: performance, powersave   current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.50 GHz.                   The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use                   within this range.   current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.   Each CPU shows 800 MHz.  How do I get my CPU frequency to increase under load? Possible Duplicate:          I received two answers to a question I asked. One solution suggested I do things in a completely different manner than I have been. Another acknowledged that the first solution was correct but went on to explain how to do what I was asking.  Should I accept the first answer because it provides the better way of doing things or should I accept the second one because it answers the precise question that was asked? How does the Higgs mechanism work? I'm not a particle physicist, but I did manage to get through the Feynman lectures without getting too lost. Is there a way to explain how the Higgs field works, in a way that people like me might have a hope of understanding? Is it possible to exit the airport without going through the customs? Basically the &quot;updates page&quot; loads in a non rich html format, and if theres an update it's missing the tabs on the update page as well.  I can't figure out if this is just because apple may have stopped supporting El Capitan or if I have something else going on.  Any help would be appreciated.  I've trashed the caches in library and the user profile. But this page is the only one that still loads like this (see pic below) on my app store. I am failing to add a heading for the appendix to the ToC with the correct page number:  \documentclass{scrbook} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \chapter{test} \appendix \addcontentsline{toc}{part}{\appendixname} \chapter{First Appendix} \end{document}     I also tried to use the \addappheadtotoc command from the  package, but that changes nothing (expect that it writes 'Appendices' instead).  I assume that the appendix package provides the solution, but I could not figure out how to use it. Limits, find a limit that exist in absolute value but not outside the absolute value. Let I be an open interval that contains the point c and let f be a function that is defined on I except possibly at the point c. Suppose that lim |f(x)| as x->c exists. Give an example to show that lim f(x) as x->c may not exist.   Not really sure of an example for this? I was trying to solve the following:  Given: $0 &lt; a &lt; b$ and $n&gt;1$, prove: $$na^{n-1}(b-a) &lt; b^n-a^n &lt; nb^{n-1}(b-a)$$  I managed to get this far using the mean value theorem: $$a^n(b-a)&lt;b^n -a^n&lt;b^n (b-a)$$ Any idea how to continue? Is the function $f(x)=|x|^{1/2}$ Lipschitz continuous? Is the function $f(x)=|x|^{1/2}$ Lipschitz continuous near $0$? If yes, find a constant for some interval containing $0$.   I think the answer is yes since I can find $L=1$ that satisfies Lipschitz continuity criteria in a interval close to $0$, am I right? Right identity and Right inverse implies a group Let $(G, *)$ be a semi-group. Suppose   $ \exists e \in G$ such that $\forall a \in G,\  ae = a$;  $\forall a \in G, \exists a^{-1} \in G$ such that $aa^{-1} = e$.    How can we prove that $(G,*)$ is a group? Is it appropriate to use short form of "have" ('ve) when it means possession? I feel uncomfortable saying sentences like the following:    "I've a car" instead of "I have a car" "They've a great time" instead of "They have a great time" "He's a pen" instead of "He has a pen" etc   I ask this because I read this sort of thing in a book.  Are they correct? And what is the rule? Can you use such forms in a formal setting? Do iOS app visits count to your consecutive visits Strange result when removing item from a list while iterating over it