I've got Blender version 2.68a and I'd like to update it, but I'm afraid that all of my setup will be deleted and I will have to set it again... Is there some way to keep all this stuff when I will be updating?  Tnaks for help.
I know Blender is free software and bugs happen. But my question is, is it good practice to update Blender every time there is an update? Even if a minor one? (i.e I'd consider 2.56 to 2.56b minor or even 2.63, no?)  I haven't been updating very often for fear that updating frequently causes issues like broken settings, non-compatibility or lost user configs?  Or is updating often recommended to keep up to date and adapted to the new changes, i.e like upgrades in the GUI and functionality?
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C++ handling very large integers I am using the RSA Algorithm for encryption/decryption, and in order to decrypt the files you have to deal with some pretty big values. More specifically, things like   P = C^d % n   = 62^65 % 133   Now that is really the only calculations that ill be doing. I have tried using Matt McCutchen's BigInteger Library, but I am getting a lot of compiler errors during linking, such as:  encryption.o(.text+0x187):encryption.cpp: undefined reference to `BigInteger::BigInteger(int)'  encryption.o(.text+0x302):encryption.cpp: undefined reference to `operator&lt;&lt;(std::ostream&amp;, BigInteger const&amp;)'  encryption.o(.text$_ZNK10BigIntegermlERKS_[BigInteger::operator*(BigInteger const&amp;) const]+0x63):encryption.cpp: undefined reference to `BigInteger::multiply(BigInteger const&amp;, BigInteger const&amp;)'   So I was wondering what would be the best way to go about handling the really big integers that come out of the RSA Algorithm.  I heard that a possibility would be to declare your variables as a double long, so...  long long decryptedCharacter;   but I'm not sure exactly how big of an integer that can store.    Well for example, I try to compile and run the following program using dev C++:  #include iostream  #include "bigint\BigIntegerLibrary.hh"  using namespace std;  int main() {     BigInteger a = 65536;     cout &lt;&lt; (a * a * a * a * a * a * a * a);     return 0; }   then I get those errors.  Derek, I thought that by including the BigIntegerLibrary.hh file, that the compiler would go through and compile all the necessary files that it will use.  How should I try and compile the program above in order to resolve the linking errors? How do I let the world know about my role-playing system? I have been working on a short narrativist system for quite some time now. I intend to offer it freely to anyone interested but I'm not sure about a couple of things:  First, how do I package it? One option is to make a website with the rules. In that case, is making lots of small interconnected pages a good idea? Or is it better to keep it linear and on as few pages as possible? Another option is to make a book-like pdf, possibly using LaTeX. Assuming people go as far as the download page, will they be willing to get the pdf? Is it easier to read?   Second, how do I let other people know? I can't just barge into forums spamming about how great my system is. Should I look for contests or challenges, like the 24Hour RPG? Is there any point to posting on social news/bookmarking sites? Is it good form to contact game review sites and ask them to consider my game?  Feel free to ignore the secondary questions if you want to; they're there only to expose my reasoning thus far and to inspire answers. What kind of construct is 'would that that were all'? There is a place in Bram Stoker’s Dracula where I can’t quite parse the grammar:     8 May. — I began to fear as I wrote in this book that I was getting too   diffuse. But now I am glad that I went into detail from the first, for   there is something so strange about this place and all in it that I cannot   but feel uneasy. I wish I were safe out of it, or that I had never come. It   may be that this strange night existence is telling on me, but would that   that were all!   I understand the meaning of the text in bold (it’s equivalent to if only that was all!), but I don’t understand the grammar being used. What kind of construct is this? Bash while read loop breaking early I've been banging my head against for wall for a while with this one.  I want to SSH into a set of machines and check whether they are available (accepting connections and not being used). I have created a small script, tssh, which does just that:  #!/bin/bash  host=$1 timeout=${2:-1}  ssh -qo "ConnectTimeout $timeout" $host "[ \`who | cut -f1 | wc -l \` -eq 0 ] &amp;&amp; exit 0 || exit 1"   This script works correctly. Returning 255 if there was a connection problem, 1 if the machine is busy and 0 if everything is good. If anyone knows a better way to do this please let me know.  So next I try and call tssh on my set of machines using a while read loop, and this is where it all goes wrong. The loop exits as soon as tssh returns 0 and never completes the full set.   while read nu ; do tssh "MYBOXES$nu" ; done &lt; &lt;(ruby -e '(0..20).each { |i| puts i }')   At first I thought this was a subshell problem but apparently not. Any help, along with comments on style/content, would be much appreciated! I know I'm going to kick myself when I find out why... How to prove that 2017 divides $1^{2017}+2^{2017}+\dots+2017^{2017}$? How can I prove that $2017 \mid 1^{2017}+2^{2017}+\dots+2017^{2017}$? I tried proving it with the use of modulo, however it was to no avail. Afterwards, I  tried researching, for possible theorems, that may help, but that bore no fruit, either. Can you guys please help me proving it, as I am stuck? Thanking you in advance. Let $u$ be an integer of the form $4n+3$, where $n$ is a positive integer. Can we find integers $a$ and $b$ such that $u = a^2 + b^2$? If not, how to establish this for a fact? Why doesn't pressing enter return '\n' to getch()? #include &lt;stdio.h&gt; #include &lt;conio.h&gt; main() {     char ch,name[20];     int i=0;     clrscr();     printf("Enter a string:");     while((ch=getch())!='\n')     {         name[i]=ch;         i++;     }     name[i] = '\0';     printf("%s",name); }   When I give "abc" as input and if I press enter it's not working. Can anyone let me know why the condition ch=getch() != '\n' is not becoming false when I press enter? I have also observed that ch is taking \r instead of \n. Kindly let me know. Thanks Virtual Box Toolbar Hidden. How to show? Unable to stylize raster data as pseudocolor render type on MAC OSX In a raster layer's Style Properties, I can choose pseudocolor render type, and choose a color ramp and classify the raster.      However, when I click the 'Apply' button, or click 'OK', the visualization of the raster never changes.  I was able to output a 'colorized' version of the same raster using GRASS plugin.  I also reinstalled QGIS 2.8, and was able to adjust and see a raster stylings using the steps I outlined above.  So, can anyone confirm this as an issue, or confirm that there's a mistake somewhere in my process?  I should note that I'm on a Mac, 10.10.4, and I'm using the QGIS provided by , 2.10.1-1 .  Update 1: Here's a screenshot of the rest of my settings.      I have Grayscale set to off in the Style setting.  Also, I don't believe grayscale/color-blind Preview is available on the Mac version of QGIS.  They're does't appear to be the option where it , in the Menu Bar under View / Preview / Photocopy (grayscale) etc.  Either way-- I added a shapefile to show color.  Update 2: I've experimented with setting color interpolation to discrete, linear, and exact, but still am not able stylize using Singleband pseudocolor.  I've also confirmed that the 'Render' box on the the main map view is checked.  Also, I am able to adjust Color Rendering settings, like Hue, Blending Mode, etc., and see the results when clicking 'Apply' or 'OK'.  Update 3: As other Mac users are confirming this, I think it may be a bug. I've created a bug report at the official . I just renewed my antivirus (Kaspersky's) yesterday. After that, I logged onto Chemistry.SE (which I frequent often) but then I was greeted with this  Which was definitely not how it looked like earlier that morning. I wasn't able to  Open the reputation and badges tab Vote on questions, answers and comments (even answers to MY questions) Comment on questions or answers. 'Favorite' a question Attach tags to a question Post questions  etc., etc. But when I logged on to the Physics and Biology SEs (which I also frequent), the page format hadn't changed, but I still faced the same problems as above. Does anyone know how to fix this? P.S- I'm not a computer/formatting whiz, so you'd have to try avoiding the jargon when helping me out, sorry.... (Also I use Chrome...in case that's important.) Also @Oded recommended checking out the browser developer tools and having a look at the CSS, but as I said, I'm no Software/formatting whiz...so I'm still lost....  On @Shadow Wizard 's advice I've taken a screen shot of the 'error' notification (I had to scroll down to get all 10 'errors' on screen, hence the need for separate screen-shots) The Barbarian's Rage ability gives advantage on Strength checks and saving throws.  Does this mean that the Barbarian gets advantage to attack rolls as well? Is an attack a check, or since saving throws are mentioned, that means it does not apply to attacks? Defaulting to the sign-up form? Recently I've noticed more and more sign-in / sign-up workflows defaulting to the sign-up option first and providing a minimal "Sign-In / Login" action somewhere else on the page. What's the reason behind this practice?  Examples where I've seen this recently: Hello. I was trying to make a bootable flash drive from the startup disk creator, and when I went to erase the flash drive I accidentally erased the wrong drive, a 1TB removable drive. The operation took less than a second and gave no warning. 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