I want to do MS in USA, My GPA 2.74. will I be eligible? did anyone had same GPA?. your response is really helpful. Thank you
When applying to a PhD program in the US, how does the admissions process work? If an applicant is weak in a particular area, is it possible to offset that by being strong in a different area?  Note that this question originated from this . Please feel free to edit the question to improve it.
how to replace multiple strings together in Oracle I have a string coming from a table like "can no pay{1},as your payment{2}due on {3}". I want to replace {1} with some value , {2} with some value and {3} with some value .  Is it Possible to replace all 3 in one replace function ? or is there any way I can directly write query and get replaced value ?   I want to replace these strings in Oracle stored procedure the original string is coming from one of my table I am just doing select on that table   and then I want to replace {1},{2},{3} values from that string to the other value that I have from another table There is a way to add custom split normal use Python API? I can't find a way to achieve custom split normal effect. I want to use python (mesh normal/hard edge or soft edge) data collected from Maya then write to Blender mesh.    How to do it using the following Python API and how?  bpy.data.meshes[objName].normals_split_custom_set_from_vertices  bmesh module Why do we say "last night" and not "yesterday night"? As from object, is there a rational reason for saying "last night" rather than  "yesterday night", though you would say "yesterday morning" and "yesterday afternoon"? My friend and I are planning a vacation to Ireland later this year. We'll be there for a week, flying into Dublin and then renting a car and driving around the country.  Both of us are 23. Are there any age restrictions on renting cars in Ireland? What would be the cheapest/best option for us? Can I travel to Canada with valid visa on old/expired passport? I recently renewed my passport. I also have an expired passport which has my Canada visa (visitor's) valid for another three years. I have already used my Canadian visa which is multiple entry. I am planning to visit Canada this summer.  Since my valid Canadian visa is in my old/expired passport, do I need to renew/transfer my Canada visa or can I simply travel with valid visa in old passport? The title is kind of obscure. What I want to know is if this is possible:  string typeName = &lt;read type name from somwhere&gt;; Type myType = Type.GetType(typeName);  MyGenericClass&lt;myType&gt; myGenericClass = new MyGenericClass&lt;myType&gt;();   Obviously, MyGenericClass is described as:  public class MyGenericClass&lt;T&gt;   Right now, the compiler complains that 'The type or namespace 'myType' could not be found." There has got to be a way to do this. How to Hide sections of InfoPath form based on Group membership I need to Hide "Sections" of InfoPath form using SharePoint or AD group membership (either is fine). How can I achieve this?  InfoPath 2010 in SharePoint 2010 Can a set be neither open nor closed? An example would do. I cant think of any.   Thanks in advance! Could a ship equipped with Alcubierre drive theoretically escape from a black hole? Could a ship equipped with Alcubierre drive theoretically escape from a black hole?  Also, could it reach parts of the universe that are receding faster than the speed of light from us? Equation for a smooth staircase function I am looking for a smooth staircase equation $f(h,w,x)$ that is a function of the step height $h$, step width $w$ in the range $x$.   I cannot use the unit step or other similar functions since they are just one step. I have been experimenting with various sigmoid curves and while I can get a single smooth step I cannot get to realize the staircase shape. The closest staircase function I have found is given in  in equation (18) and depicted in Fig. 4 and it is a close example of what I want (i.e generate a staircase in the range $x$ for arbitrary step heights and widths) but it is not smooth at all.  Regarding smooth steps, a likely starting point I found is  but it gives a smooth function of just a single step. I have been unable to modify the equation to make it into a staircase. I would like to specify arbitrary step heights and widths and generate a smooth staircase in the range $x$ specified.    Edit (Extra info): The smooth function I mention above has the problem that the upper, horizontal line is not equal in length to the lower, horizontal line which is why I have been unable to adapt it into a staircase function   Edit 2 Including some pictures     Edit 2 Plot of $s$ with a steep slope showing a different width on the first horizontal line Function return object How do I create a vertical version of \not? Command prompt as SYSTEM user (Windows 7) How can I get a command prompt as the SYSTEM user on Windows&nbsp;7?  Context: I'm testing a computer startup script, and I need to figure out the behavior of a command when run as SYSTEM rather than my user account.  I've seen ways to do this with at and psexec, but those methods only appear to work on Windows&nbsp;XP or Windows&nbsp;Vista.  I'm using Windows&nbsp;7 Pro SP1. Since Naruto failed the Genin exam so many times, doesn't that mean he's older than Sasuke and Sakura? How to prevent LaTeX from line-breaking a phrase? How can I prevent LaTeX from putting line-breaks into a phrase?  I could replace dashes with  and spaces with non-breaking spaces, but I'm looking for a more general solution in case I need other characters in such phrases. I have just discovered that my local bank, Nordea, has decided to remove the only good thing about their entire operation: the so-called "simplified login" feature on their website, which allows (soon allowed) the customer to log in to a kind of very limited "read-only" mode which basically just allowed you to see your current balance, the last few transactions (limited descriptions) and see whether or not there are any new "customer support messages", but not read those messages, not make any kind of payments, edit accounts, etc.  Now, they will only allow "full" logins, which 100% prevents any kind of automation and requires you to sit with a hardware device and enter numbers into it and then into the webpage before it allows you to see as much as your account balance. Other than being very obnoxious for every customer, it also blocks me and other "advanced" users out from our custom-programmed bots which have always regularly logged in with that "simplified" login method just to regexp out the current balance/new messages and then notify us via whatever mechanism we use privately.  I have previously asked them if they have any kind of JSON/RSS API of any kind, but no. They don't even have as much as e-mail notifications! Nothing except their spyware "smartphone app" which I would never install, nor would I ever allow such a surveillance device to track me 24/7 in the first place. Only by being a registered corporation with special, way more costly account types do you get any kind of "API" access from them, even to do this most basic imaginable task.  Before you tell me to switch banks, the others are at least just as bad (even worse from what I can tell, and for a longer time), and the act of switching banks is practically impossible for me personally.  What I'm asking is if maybe somebody knows of some sort of "hidden standard" or something which all banks in the world support, but don't have documented, for people like me to automate basic things such as knowing my account balance. Needless to say, I have looked for this countless times on their website, asked them about it, and asked other people about it. Nobody seems to know anything, or, if they do, won't tell me.  I know that there are a bunch of "Nordea-supporting" PHP libraries and whatnot on Github, but they are all ancient and even if they were up to date, they were most likely using the same method as I have been using: automating the login process through their "simplified login" mechanism, which is "soon" to be gone. (Probably at new year; they didn't even mention any dates or time frames.)  And yes, I have a Bitcoin wallet and have that fully automated. The problem is that virtually nobody else in the world cares about my Bitcoin, so "switching to Bitcoin" remains a pipe dream which I would be ready to do, but the world clearly isn't. How can I easily share links or text between my Android phone and my laptop? Phantom spaces in listings I have a problem with SQL code in a PDF document. For code representation I'm using the listings package. Everything works perfect until I copy-paste that code from the created PDF document. I get some phantom spaces in string type. When people are reading my PDF document, they need to copy-paste some of the code. Visually the code looks good in PDF, but when I try to copy-paste my code to NotePad or any other editor I get some unexpected spaces in strings. In the example below, when I copy-paste my SQL code, instead of getting:  SELECT ST_Area(the_geom)   FROM katastar   WHERE kc_broj = '1414';   I get  SELECT ST_Area(the_geom)   FROM katastar   WHERE kc_broj = ' 1414 ';   See the spaces in between quotes.  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{listings,xcolor}  \lstset{  tabsize=4,         basicstyle=\scriptsize,         %upquote=false,         aboveskip=\baselineskip,         columns=fixed,         showstringspaces=false,         extendedchars=true,         breaklines=true,         prebreak = \raisebox{0ex}[0ex][0ex]{\ensuremath{\hookleftarrow}},  frame=single,         showtabs=false,         showspaces=false,         identifierstyle=\ttfamily,         keywordstyle=\color[rgb]{0,0,1},         commentstyle=\color[rgb]{0.133,0.545,0.133},         stringstyle=\color[rgb]{0.627,0.126,0.941},  language=SQL }  \begin{document} \begin{lstlisting} SELECT ST_Area(the_geom)   FROM katastar   WHERE kc_broj = '1414'; \end{lstlisting} \end{document} Notepad++ incrementally replace Does Class need to implement IEnumerable to use Foreach This is in C#, I have a class that I am using from some else's DLL. It does not implement IEnumerable but has 2 methods that pass back a IEnumerator. Is there a way I can use a foreach loop on these. The class I am using is sealed.