As the title says, is it possible? What is AOSP (Android Open Source Project)? I want to install a pure Android operating system, nothing else. Full control (root access), no bloatware and all.   Is there any possible way, as Android is said to be an open source, so why we are bounded by these restrictions?
So I have an old unlocked phone and I'd like to load up my own OS.  I've seen some mods out there.  CyanogenMod seems to be the most popular.  However, I was curious if I could just install a pure untouched version of the OS -- as distributed by Google. I seem to remember being able to download a clean compiled version of the Android OS.    Does Google distribute any binaries like this, and if not, is there someone out there that does?    Additionally, is this even worth trying?  These days is it necessary for Android to be packaged with special drivers and such for all of the different hardware out there?
Prove that $ S=\{0\}\cup\left(\bigcup_{n=0}^{\infty} \{\frac{1}{n}\}\right)$ is a compact set in $\mathbb{R}$, but $\bigcup_{n=0}^{\infty} \{\frac{1}{n}\}$ is not a compact set.   (Can we use definition of compact set for this problem? ) Timeout on a function call I'm calling a function in Python which I know may stall and force me to restart the script.   How do I call the function or what do I wrap it in so that if it takes longer than 5 seconds the script cancels it and does something else? The error I am having when trying to update my package list.  W: GPG error: http://download.opensuse.org ./ Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1436387333  W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/samrog131/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Why are there gaps in my IDENTITY column values? Java synchronized static methods: lock on object or class The Java documentation says:      It is not possible for two invocations of synchronized methods on the   same object to interleave.   What does this mean for a static method?  Since a static method has no associated object, will the synchronized keyword lock on the class, instead of the object? Finding center and radius of circumscribed triangle Is there an AES identity key? The following questions are of pure theoretical nature. I don't have an application in mind.   Is there a key that makes AES the identity function? Is there a key that makes AES the identity function for certain inputs? Is it known whether such keys might exist? Are such keys known for other ciphers?   For example, I want to encrypt "Hello StackExchg" with AES with said key and the ciphertext should be again "Hello StackExchg".  When I encrypt "Hello StackExchg" with the perfect cipher one-time-pad, there is a possibility that the resulting ciphertext is again "Hello StackExchg". This possibility must exist (though it is unrealistically small), otherwise, the ciphertext would not be perfectly random but depending on the plaintext. The corresponding key for one-time-pad would be all zeros. How to remove the top horizontal bar in fancyhdr? When using fancyhdr, how do you remove the top horizontal rule?  I do not want a header at all, just a footer.  This is what I do now:  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy}  \lfoot{text} \cfoot{text 2} \rfoot{text 3}  \begin{document} Foo Bar \end{document} Alien invasion movie, giant robot aliens with long legs capturing people Why is ++i is l-value and i++ not? Interpretation of interaction term I have a model: $$ \ln({\rm earnings}) = a+b_1{\rm female}+b_2{\rm white}+b_3{\rm female}\times{\rm white} $$ ${\rm female}$ and ${\rm white}$ are dummy variables.  I have interpreted $b_1$ and $b_2$:    $b_1$ = change in female earnings comparing to male given you are non white $b_2$ = change in white earnings comparing to non white given you are male   But I am unable to interpret the coefficient of the interaction term ($b_3$). Please help me with this.  Let me make it more clear what I need out of this regression $$ \ln({\rm earnings}) = 2.618656-.0899657{\rm female}+.382019{\rm white}-.2754126 {\rm female}\times{\rm white} $$ Now i know there is gender pay difference with b1, i also know there is race pay difference with b2. Now with b3 i need to know is their a gender pay gap for whites only. How can i figure that out with regression above and without test. Support showing image in original size in overlay Cycle Normal Pass in Camera Space Chat is down. Where can I find when it'll be back up? Chat is down network-wide. Where can I find when it'll be back up? Include the "People Reached" and "Helpful Flags (count)" data in SEDE Why are vias placed this way on a PCB? I used to check complex commercial PCBs specially those of graphics cards to see how professional PCB designers do their layout and learn from their techniques.  When I checked the card shown below I noticed two things regarding the placement of vias:  (A higher resolution image is ).   The PCB is surrounded by stitching vias all around the edges. What's the role of all of these? I think they're connected to ground to act as a shield, if that's true, I can't understand technically how by this placement they achieve this shield? By looking closer to the mounting holes, I noticed they added vias all around the pad, why? While I was reading Enderton's "A mathematical introduction to Logic", I came across the proof of the following sentence: "The set of all finite sequences of members of the countable set A is also countable".   Proof: The set S of all such finite sequences can be characterized by the equation  $$S=\bigcup_{n \in N} A^{n+1}$$ Since A is countable, we have a function f mapping A one-to-one into N. The basic idea is to map S one-to-one into N by assigning to $(a_0,a_1,...,a_m)$ the number $2^{f(a_0)+1}3^{f(a_1)+1}\cdot ... \cdot p_m^{f(a_m)+1}$, where $p_m$ is the $(m+1)$st prime. This suffers from the defect that this assignment might not be well-defined. For conceivably there could be $(a_0,a_1,...,a_m)=(b_0,b_1,...,b_n)$, with $a_i$ and $b_j$ in A but with $m\neq n$. But this is not serious; just assign to each member of S the smallest number obtainable in the above fashion. This gives us a well-defined map; it is easy to see that it is one-to-one.  Note: P is a finite sequence of members of A iff for some positive integer $n$, we have $P=(x_1,...,x_n)$, where each $x_i \in A$.  First of all, I cannot understand why the former assignment might not be well-defined and the latter assignment is well-defined. Secondly, I cannot understand what Enderton means by "just assign to each member of S the smallest number obtainable in the above fashion". By the way, is $(a,b,c,d) = ((a,b),(c,d))$ true? Also, in which cases can I omit/add parentheses in a tuple so as to have an equal tuple? Show that any monotone boolean function can be realize by the following connectives. Why is boiling water loud, then quiet? Water in my electric kettle makes the most noise sixty to ninety seconds before the water comes to a full boil. I have been fooled many times by the noisy kettle, only to discover that the water was not yet hot enough for tea. The kettle is only at a full boil after the noise has subsided.    I have noticed the same phenomenon with many other kettles, including conventional kettles on kitchen ranges; it is not a peculiarity of this electric kettle.  Why does the boiling become quieter as the water reaches full boil? Is there a word to describe a highly desirable cursed treasure? Is there a single word to describe an object or idea that is so desirable that everyone wants to attain it but once they have it they are immediately cursed?  The idea is often used in literature—some examples:   In Lord of the Rings, the 'one ring' is a perfect example of this. In Guy de Maupassant's story , the necklace might be considered to be this. There are many stories of people making deals with the devil (see question: ), or being granted three wishes by a Djinn or fairy, which inevitably turn out bad. In the Twilight Zone episode , Bemis's desire to be left alone with his books would be an example of this word.   'Bane' covers the cursed part, but no one desires it.  Is there a single word to describe a most highly desired treasure that (knowingly or unknowingly) comes with a curse?