I am taking a course in stochastic process this time. As I read through a couple of books every one mentioned that stochastic process is also a random process. So, my confusion is why we  call stochastic process just for a random process? For me random process makes a lot more sense than the stochastic process. I asked this question to my professor too but he replied me "I don't know."
What's the difference between stochastic and random?
CSS Transform Skew A function that is continuous at the origin but not differentiable there Show that $f(x,y)=\dfrac{xy^2}{x^2+y^2}$ (with $(x,y)\not=(0,0)$ and $f(0,0)=0$) is continuous but not differentiable at $(0,0)$.  I tried to show continuity with an $\epsilon -\delta$ argument but I don't know how to factorize the expression so that I can have something useful.   For differentiability I think I should show that the partials are not continuous at $(0,0)$. But finding the partials is also painful. Cancel misclicked flags I'm wondering (since it just happened to me), is it possible to "cancel" ("undo", "delete", "retract", whatever) a flag I just raised if I misclicked it, so the mods won't waste time?  I looked everywhere, but I can't find such a feature. Question:     A man like you should not do this, _______?   Which question tag should I use in the blank space?   should he? should you?   Which would be grammatically correct? I think 1 is true. Spam iCloud Calendar Invitations Today I've suddenly received spam calendar invitation for $19.99 Ray Ban sunglasses (never subscribed, checked, searched or visited any related site, so clearly spam) and it has other visible email accounts within the invitation. I'm wondering if I should be worried whether my accounts been compromised or a simple email from anywhere just plops this in my calendar without review. Questions to be answered:  What should I check/setup in order to make sure my iCloud account is safe? How can I delete this invitation without sending a notification to the sender, so as to prevent them from knowing my email address is live? How can I prevent these notifications in the future?  Here's an image: How to create a site in a sitecollection on a remote SPServer using C# Compact way to assign values by slicing list in Python Resistors in series vs parallel Why are there directories called Local, LocalLow, and Roaming under \Users\\AppData? I have a workstation running Windows Server 2008 that's logged into an  domain, and I have a dual boot with Ubuntu Linux. When running Linux, I'd like to be able to use the same Thunderbird profile I use under Windows, so I pointed Thunderbird to use a profile I found under:  \Users\(myname)\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Profiles   It turns out it was not the correct profile -- it had the right configuration, but the Inbox was an old version. I eventually found out the correct path was:  \Users\(myname)\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles   What's the rationale behind those different places to store application data? Flash drive .docx disappeared files Determine if wire in switch box is safe to re-purpose? I need to pull a neutral wire to my light switch for a smart switch.  It's presently switching an outlet that I don't need switched, and the other side of the outlet already has unswitched power.  My plan is to use a smart switch, which requires neutral, to control a different device wirelessly.    I can't feasibly run a new wire, because the wires aren't run through conduit.  Instead, my plan is to repurpose the switched wire to get neutral from the outlet.    The switch, which controls an outlet has two wires, one black and one red.  The switched outlet has a white neutral wire, plus the red and black wires that I assume run directly to the switch.  I've completely disconnected the red and black wires from the outlet and the switch.  The black wire is measuring 120V AC when measured against ground using the box as ground, both at the outlet and at the switch. Using my DMM, the red wire is measuring 24V AC with respect to the box/ground at both sides.  I assume this is a  caused by induction from the charged black wire over to the floating red wire.    Our house is ~100 years old and this particular switch seems to be run using armored cable (note the paper wrap around each wire.)  There are literally only two wires in the switch box; no wire nuts.    If relevant, we do have some old knob and tube wiring active, but I'm pretty confident there's none on this circuit.  Is there some way I can determine with enough confidence that the red wire isn't connected elsewhere such that I can know it's safe to connect the red wire at the outlet to netural? How can I install applications like Google Chrome on Ubuntu?  Are there any commands to install an application?    Index of answers: Why does this formulation of Choice not follow from the Comprehension Schema? How to find out client ID of component for ajax update/render? Cannot find component with expression "foo" referenced from "bar" How to use find command to search for multiple extensions I can get all jpg images by using:    find . -name "*.jpg"     But how can I add png files to the results as well? Any way to do DISTINCT ON? I'm trying to create a query like this:  SELECT DISTINCT ON (field1, field2) field1, field2, field3 FROM table1   But can't figure out how to get DISTINCT ON narrowed down to a few fields in Drupal like that. Calling $query-&gt;distinct() just seems to structure the query like this:  SELECT DISTINCT field1, field2, field3 FROM table1   I did figure out a hacky way to add what I want by adding an expression before I add any fields like this:  $query-&gt;addExpression('DISTINCT ON (field1, field2) field1', 'field1');   Which creates:  SELECT DISTINCT ON (field1, field2) field1 as field1, field2, field3 FROM table1   I'm looking for a better way to this ? Does the Rule of Two Serve any Actual Purpose? I know Darth Bane came up with the Rule of Two to ensure the survival of the Sith, but, in reality (or in the Star Wars reality), does it (or any Sith rule) serve a true purpose?  And why does each successive Sith bother with it?  Due to the nature of the Sith, Sith Lords tend toward arrogance and self-importance.  Both the Sith master and Sith apprentice seem to regularly break the rule by training others.  Deceit and personal interest over loyalty is a way of life for the Sith.  What is to keep any Sith from following the Rule of Two (or any rule, for that matter) if it is against their own self interest?  If a Sith Master can stay in power longer by training a 2nd apprentice and pitting the two against each other, is he really going to worry about the Rule of Two more than his own plans and survival?  The Rule of Two also assumes that every Sith Master would place the survival of the Sith over his own survival, as opposed to attempting to ensure his own immortality in whatever way he could (like Plagueis).  When you have a group that, by default, is arrogant and self-serving, as well as deceptive, why would they want the Sith to survive themselves?  I can see how the Rule of Two, and any other Sith beliefs would be possible guidelines, but it terms of the nature of ambitious people (and the Sith are ambitious), it's hard to believe that each new Sith Master would follow this rule faithfully.  So does this rule, or any Sith rule, actually work?  Or is it more of a suggestion that is broken when convenient? I'm adding two footnotes to a section heading:  \documentclass{article} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{lipsum}  \usepackage[stable]{footmisc}  \usepackage{titlesec}  \begin{document} \section{test \footnote{This is footnote no1.} \footnote{This is footnote no2.} } \lipsum[4] \end{document}   The heading will have both of the footnotes, but at the end of the page only the second is displayed. The problem appears to be \usepackage{titlesec}, because it works fine without it.    Stuff I specified in \usepackage{titlesec}:  \renewcommand\thesection{\arabic{section}}  \renewcommand\thesubsection{\arabic{subsection}}  \renewcommand\thesubsubsection{\arabic{subsubsection}}  \titleformat{\section}[block]{\Large\scshape\centering}{\thesection}{1em}{}  \titleformat{\subsection}[block]{\large\scshape}{\thesection.\thesubsection}{1em}{}  \titleformat{\subsubsection}[block]{\large\scshape}{\thesection.\thesubsection.\thesubsubsection}{1em}{}   Thanks in advance! How to downgrade a package via apt-get? I have a card that is 50% used with 7% interest. The max credit limit on the card is $10,000, and I used $5000. I have another card that is $14,000 and I have $2900 used, but the interest is 14.9%. I want to move the $2900 card to the other card that has a lower interest rate (7%). This will bring the balance close to the max, but the idea is to focus on this one card and bring the balance down as quickly as possible. is this a wise choice? I am looking to purchase a house in 6 months so I thought that this might be enough time to pay it off and keep my score up. My scores are currently in the low 700s.