I have a HP Pavilion g4-1363la Notebook PC with the i3 Core CPU and Intel HD3000 graphics.  I had Windows 8 on it, but i guess it got corrupted somehow or something, it wouldn't start up anymore.  My uncle, who somewhat knows a thing or 2 about computers, says that i need a new OS, because it was missing or something, so i checked out this Ubuntu &amp; saw that u could install it to a laptop via USB flash drive, i have done everything i need (at least i think i have), every time i turn on my laptop, it shows me the Ubuntu install menu.   The options that i have are:   "Try Ubuntu without installing" "Install Ubuntu" "Check for disc for defects" "Test memory" "Boot from first hard disk"    The first 3 options takes me to a black screen, then the screen sorda turns off. "Test memory" takes me to a blue screen with a bunch of weird statistics that i have no idea what it is for, then i have options like "(ESC)Reboot" - "(c)configuration" - "(SP)scroll_lock" - "(CR)scroll_unlock". The "Boot from first hard disk" also takes me to the black screen till the screen turns off, unless i hit enter, it shows me the installing menu again.  I really need help installing Ubuntu, do i really need to repair my laptop?? am i missing something? or am i doing something wrong??
I am trying to boot Ubuntu on my computer.  When I boot Ubuntu, it boots to a black screen.  How can I fix this? Table of Contents:
Why does signing on to one site not sign me on to all of them? I've seen this question asked 3 times, but in none of those threads did I find a satisfactory answer.  I'm not asking about reputation: it makes sense that different sites should have different reputations.  However, consider the StackExchange drop-down menu at the top left of the screen.  When looking through the "Hot questions", the links are often to sister websites of StackExchange (programmers.stackexchange i.e.).  It doesn't make sense to me that if I go to one of those sister sites, I'm no longer logged in.  I feel like it's counterintuitive to click a link to go answer a question, only to find that you can't answer that question until you log in.  What is the reason for this?  Is there an option to do as I'm suggesting? Find the center of the symmetry group $S_n$. Find the center of the symmetry group $S_n$.   Attempt:  By definition, the center is $Z(S_n) = \{ a \in S_n : ag = ga \forall\  g \in S_n\}$. Then we know the identity $e$ is in $S_n$ since there is always the trivial permutation. Suppose $a$ is in $S_n$, but not equal to identity. Now we can imagine the permutation as bijective function that maps from $\{1,2,\dotsc,n\}$ to $\{1,2,\dotsc,n\}$.  So suppose $p$ is a permutation map. Then $p$ maps from a location $i$ to a location $j$. Take $p(i) = j$ where $i\neq j$. Let $k$ be in $\{1,2,\dotsc,n\}$, where $k$, $i$ and $j$ are all different elements. The cycle $r = (jk)$, then we will see if this commutes.  $rp(i) = rj$    Can someone please help me, I am stuck?  Thank you. Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare() Issue I'm having to update a WP installation for a community organisations from version 2.9.1 to the current 3.9.1.   The installation has a couple of custom built plugins that aren't documented.  I've just performed the WP version update and now I see a warning (Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare()) on every page that relates to the following line in the code of one of these custom built plugin:  $rows = $wpdb-&gt;get_results($wpdb-&gt;prepare("SELECT id, name FROM ".$table_name));   From what I've read online, this is due to a change in the coding, that requires 2 values to be sent to wpdb::prepare(), but I've no idea how the line of code given above, needs to be changed.  If someone could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. Google Spreadsheets Enter/Return Key Behavior In Microsoft Excel, the default behavior of pressing the Enter (return) key is this:     If you are in a cell, and tab over as   you input data, at the end of the   series when you click Enter, the focus   will go to the cell directly under the   cell that you began the series of   tabs.      For example, if you are in cell A1,   tab over to C1, and then click Enter,   the focus will go to cell A2.   Is there any way to get this behavior in Google Spreadsheets? When I restart httpd, I get the following error.  What am I missing?  [root@localhost ~]# service httpd restart Stopping httpd:                                            [  OK  ] Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 22 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/sites.conf: Invalid command 'SSLEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration   I have installed mod_ssl using yum install mod_ssl openssh  Package 1:mod_ssl-2.2.15-15.el6.centos.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package openssh-5.3p1-70.el6_2.2.x86_64 already installed and latest version   My sites.conf looks like this  &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt; #    ServerName shop.itmanx.com     ServerAdmin webmaster@itmanx.com      DocumentRoot /var/www/html/magento     &lt;Directory /var/www/html&gt;         Options -Indexes         AllowOverride All     &lt;/Directory&gt;      ErrorLog logs/shop-error.log     CustomLog logs/shop-access.log &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;  &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;     ServerName secure.itmanx.com     ServerAdmin webmaster@itmanx.com      SSLEngine on     SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/ssl/secure.itmanx.com/server.crt     SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/ssl/secure.itmanx.com/server.key     SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/httpd/ssl/secure.itmanx.com/chain.crt      DocumentRoot /var/www/html/magento     &lt;Directory /var/www/html&gt;         Options -Indexes         AllowOverride All     &lt;/Directory&gt;      ErrorLog logs/shop-ssl-error.log     CustomLog logs/shop-ssl-access.log     &lt;/VirtualHost&gt; Definitions and usage of Covariant, Form-invariant & Invariant? Just wondering about the definitions and usage of these three terms.  To my understanding so far, "covariant" and "form-invariant" are used when referring to physical laws, and these words are synonyms?  "Invariant" on the other hand refers to physical quantities?  Would you ever use "invariant" when talking about a law? I ask as I'm slightly confused over a sentence in my undergrad modern physics textbook:     "In general, Newton's laws must be replaced by Einstein's relativistic laws...which hold for all speeds and are invariant, as are all physical laws, under the Lorentz transformations." [emphasis added]      ~ Serway, Moses &amp; Moyer. Modern Physics, 3rd ed.   Did they just use the wrong word? Could any one give an example of a bijective map from $\mathbb{R}^3\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$?  Thank you. Find all solutions to $x^2\equiv 1\pmod {91},\ 91 = 7\cdot 13$ Please add close flags, duplicate links and review data to the public data dump Let $D$ be an integral domain and let $a^m=b^m$ and $a^n=b^n$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime integers, $a,b \in D$.   How do I show $a=b$? What does [&] mean before function? What is the difference between $* and $@? Consider the following code:  foo () {     echo $* }  bar () {     echo $@ }  foo 1 2 3 4 bar 1 2 3 4   It outputs:     1 2 3 4       1 2 3 4   I am using Ksh88, but I am interested in other common shells as well. If you happen to know any particularity for specific shells, please do mention them.  I found the follwing in the Ksh man page on Solaris:     The meaning of $* and  $@  is   identical  when  not  quoted  or  when  used  as a parameter   assignment value or as a file name. However, when used as  a   command argument, $* is equivalent to ``$1d$2d...'', where d   is the first character of the IFS variable,  whereas  $@  is   equivalent  to  $1 $2 ....   I tried modifying the IFS variable, but it doesn't modify the output. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I have tried a little bit which as follows- Since $f(x_n)\in[0,1]$, $\{f(x_n)\}$ has a convergent subsequence say $y_n=f(x_{r_n})\ \forall n\in\Bbb{N}$ Let, $\lim y_n=l\implies \lim \frac{y_1+y_2+\cdots+y_n}{n}=l\implies \lim \frac{f(x_{r_1})+f(x_{r_2})+\cdots+f(x_{r_n})}{n}=l$ But I am getting no idea to proceed and prove the convergence of $\{x_n\}$. I have also tried to prove the sequence to be cauchy which goes- $x_{m+1}-x_{n+1}={\sum_{i=1}^m f(x_i)\over m}-{\sum_{i=1}^n f(x_i)\over n}\le {\sum_{i=1}^m f(x_i)\over n}-{\sum_{i=1}^n f(x_i)\over n}$ (since $m\ge n)$ $\implies |x_{m+1}-x_{n+1}|\le \frac{|f(x_m)|+|f(x_{m-1})+\cdots+|f(x_{n+1})|}{n}\le\frac{m-n}{n}$ (since $f([0,1])\subseteq [0,1])$ Now, what will I get if I tend $m,n\to\infty$? But I need to do something more in the 2nd case since I have nowhere used the continuity of $f$.  Can anybody give an idea to prove it? Thanks for assistance in advance. My friend and his wife visited UK during the year 2015. And they came back on time we want to know one information as they same couple want to visit UK again  For how many years or months can multiple entry visa can be given for a couple who have already visited UK? What should the order of DNS servers be for an AD Domain Controller and Why? This is a  about Active Directory DNS Settings. Related:     Assuming an environment with multiple domain controllers (assume that they all run DNS as well):  in what order should the DNS servers be listed in the network adapters for each domain controller? Should 127.0.0.1 be used as the primary DNS server for each domain controller? Does it make any difference, if so what versions are affected and how? I have two questions. First, which command lists files and directories, but lists directories first?  Second question: I want to copy a list of files into a single directory, but make the target directory the first filename in the command. Will be flying with easy jet and was wondering for retuning flights the old luggage tag we have on are suitcase. should we take them off before arriving at the airport to return home or leave it as the person will do it for us anyways? Im guessing even at self check in they will have someone who will make sure that old tags are taken off and that the new one is correctly done etc? Are there any tools in Blender that take irregular polygons and make them regular (approximate a circle)? I'm specifically looking for a solution that works with preexisting polygons. Also, it would be nice if it keeps the overall position after making it regular.    Irregular Polygons    Regular Polygons Say that we have a secure random number generation that outputs 32 bit random numbers, so it's output is a true random number between 0 and a MAX.  What is the best way to map this random number to a defined range (say I want something random between X and Y) without loosing too much entropy? no space left in '/' but a lot space left in '/home' i install ubuntu and followed a guide to put 20gb in '/' and the rest (150gb) in '/home'. Now i just found out that a lot of the things installed in ubuntu usually goes to '/' instead of '/home'. I have a lot more things to install.  So what is the point of '/home' ? How do I fix this ? Should I transfer 150gb from '/home' to / ?  Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev            7.8G     0  7.8G   0% /dev tmpfs           1.6G  9.5M  1.6G   1% /run /dev/sda6        19G   16G  1.8G  91% / tmpfs           7.8G  676K  7.8G   1% /dev/shm tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock tmpfs           7.8G     0  7.8G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda2        96M   29M   68M  31% /boot/efi /dev/sda8       159G  1.1G  150G   1% /home tmpfs           1.6G   56K  1.6G   1% /run/user/1000   what is /boot ? Its not '/' or '/home'