All I can remember is that he had to pilot the ship through some supernova or other anomaly to save the other passenger.
I thought it was The Tommyknockers by Stephen King, but after a check with Wikipedia, it appears that's not the case.  What I remember about the story (a TV movie I think, but definitely based on a book) was that the world is created anew every night, and that the old, used up, Earth was eaten nightly by some scary creatures.  The major plot point involved some protagonists not getting onto the new world at midnight, and having to escape from the monsters that were eating up yesterday's planet.  Does this ring a bell for anyone? I'm finding it very hard to Google for.
What are the differences between "-" and "--" in commands? I often see a single dash - or double dash -- followed by linux commands or other installed linux programs.   What are the differences between single dash and double dashes?  Is it just about abbreviation?  For example, -v means --verbose most of the time. GridView sorting: SortDirection always Ascending Why is carbon dating limit only 40,000 years? I have a training set with about 3000 positive instances and 3000 negative instances. But my test data set is pretty much un-balanced. The positive set only has 50 instances and negative has 1500 instances.This causes the precision very low. Are there any approaches to solve this problem? I use SVM to build classifier. Problem: Let $X$ and $Y$ be independent and suppose that each has a $\text{Uniform}(0,1)$ distribution. Let $Z = \min\{X, Y\}$. Find the density $f_Z(z)$ for $Z$. Hint: It might be easier to first find $\mathbb{P}(Z &gt; z)$.  Attempted Solution:  Given that $X, Y \sim \text{Uniform}(0,1)$, how do we not just have the following?  $$ f_Z(t) = f_X(t) = f_Y(t) = \begin{cases} 1 &amp; \text{if } 0 \le t \le 1 \\                                           0 &amp; \text{otherwise}                             \end{cases} $$  Of course I'm highly suspicious of this answer because it's not making use of the fact that $X$ and $Y$ are independent, nor is it making use of the provided hint. ContourPlot of implicit function doesn't work when I square the equation Number of ordered pairs $(a,b)$ such that $ab \le 3600$ Find number of ordered pairs $(a,b)$ such that $ab\le 3600$ and $a,b \in N$  My attempt : Well, all $a,b \leqslant 60$ are solutions. These 3600 solutions. After that I have no idea how to count the number of remaining solutions...   I have a feeling that my approach is $very$ bad. But I had to give as it would be marked as off-topic. Show that if $ \ A \cup B = A$ and $ \ A\cap B = A$ then $ \ A = B$ Question:  Show that if $ \ A \cup B = A$ and $ \ A\cap  B = A$ then $ \ A = B$  My attempt:  Proof by contradiction:  Assume $ \ A \cup B = A$ and $ \ A\cap  B = A$ and $ \ A \neq B$   Case 1: $ \exists \ x \in A, x\notin B$  If $ x \in A \implies x\in A \cap B \implies x \in A \ and \  x\in B  \implies x\in B$, a contradiction.   Case 2: $ \exists \ x \in B, x\notin A$  If $ \ x \in B \implies x\in A \cup B \implies x\in A$, since $ \ A \cup B = A$. Contradiction.   Is this approach correct? Could someone please show me how to do a direct proof? Strange bar plot alignment in Pandas Is there a way to have a copy of any message sent from a Gmail account sent to another address?  I've got any messages coming to my address copied to another (see  for one solution, setting up filters is another), but I haven't yet found a way to have outbound messages automatically copied.  Is there a way? Idempotent of closure and other properties Suppose we have a set  $S=\{a,b\}.$ Obviously, the total number of binary operations on $S$ is the number of all the pairs such that $$*(a,b)=a \, \text{or}  \, b,$$ which gives  $ 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2=2^4$ possible ones. Is there a way to find which of these $16$ binary operations are associative without writing all the operation matrices and checking it by hand? When a land becomes creature, can you kill it? Some lands have an ability to become a creature, but they usually say they are still a land. If a land is a 3/3 creature and a land, can you target and kill it with a  to send it to the graveyard, or does it remain in play as a land? How to derive the least square estimator for multiple linear regression? Let $A$ be a commutative ring, $I$ an ideal of $A$ and $M$ an module over $A$. Is it true that $\operatorname{Ann}(M/IM) = \operatorname{Ann}(M) + I$?    One inclusion is certainly true, but I don't know about the other one. If the above statement does not hold in general, does it perhaps for finitely generated modules? How do I prove equality of x and y? If $0\leq x,y\leq\frac{\pi}{2}$ and $\cos x +\cos y -\cos(x+y)=\frac{3}{2}$, then how can I prove that $x=y=\frac{\pi}{3}$? Your help is appreciated.I tried various formulas but nothing is working. This is something I'm supposed to be able to prove for an upcoming test, but I can't find anything to help me prove this in my notes or the chapter, which is on cosets and Lagrange's theorem. If all I start with is the group having no proper subsets, then that means any subset is the whole group. By Lagrange's theorem, that means the index is $1$, but that doesn't get me anywhere. Where do I start? How to find Windows 7 File Transfer History? I am in doubt as to whether the subject-verb agreement of the second sentence of this paragraph is correct :  Unfortunately, there is no such thing as the ideal home workshop because most people are limited by the space available and by their budget. However, the information and diagram here acts as a guide to help you formulate a sensible workshop layout and a machinery “wish list”.  I suppose if the compound subject is seen as a single unit, then the sentence can be considered as correct. A little further in the same book, another sentence has a singular verb with a compound subject :  Alternatively commandeer a garage, or build yourself a substantial workshop if outdoor space and permission allows – however, do consider the impact of machinery noise on your neighbours.  Can &quot;outdoor space and permission&quot; be seen as one thing, or would this be considered a mistake ? How to make an ext4 formatted usb drive with full RW permissions for any linux machine? I want to format my USB stick to ext4 and just use as I would any other typical non-linux format drive (FAT32, exFAT, NTFS).   That is to say, I want to be able to plug the usb stick into any of my linux machines, and read/write to it without needing to adjust permissions, like doing chmod or chown stuff.  I would prefer to use GUI partition software like GParted, rather than command-line commands, though I welcome any solution!  I'm sure a post like this is duplicate flag heaven for some, but after browsing 6~10 SO and forum posts from google, I didn't find a simple solution to my question. Seemed like everything was about adjusting permissions on a per-user basis. Maybe you just cannot use ext4 drives with the same brainless convenience as NTFS.