Is is possible to run Ubuntu from a USB pen drive, while simultaneously working and running the main OS (Windows) on the computer? I assume this is like a virtual desktop held on the USB, and displaying in a window on the computer.  I would like to be able to explore/ navigate to it, or minimize and maximize in and out of the Ubuntu [session], while the Windows [session] is still in operation.  Edit/ update: I attempted to install Virtual Box and a portable V-box onto my 16gb USB without luck. It wanted to only install/ run and operate from my computer not the USB.  Is there a way to keep all programs on the USB, launch from the USB and never install anything to the host computer? (Virtual-box or the like) In conjunction with running Ubuntu from that USB like a hard drive and be capable of saving settings, programs and documents? (Not a live or boot-able USB)
I would like to know if anyone can help me with installing Ubuntu on VirtualBox
Asks a question; never responds to answers/comments What do we call someone who asks a question and never responds to answers/comments?    Think of it more as "a pattern of behavior" (somebody who has asked many questions and never responded). I had unresponsive in mind, but that doesn't say that they asked in the first place. Running programs in the background from terminal How do I run a program in the background of a shell, with the ability to close the shell while leaving the program running? Lets say my UI is having problems or for some reason, I need to boot up a program from the terminal window, say, nm-applet:  nm-applet   When it's started, it occupies the foreground of the terminal window.  Is there any simple way to run the program in the background without needing to leave the terminal open or have it occupy the whole terminal?  On that note, I did find a way to run programs from the terminal and have it allow for other inputs, by appending an ampersand (&amp;) to the command as such:  nm-applet &amp;   But this isn't much use as any processes started in the terminal are killed once the terminal is closed. Difference between standard beta and unstandard beta distributions? What is the difference between standard beta and unstandard beta distributions? How to understand in an article if it is not described if it is standard or not? Google Drive search for part of a file name Is there any way I can search based on the last three digits of a file name?  I have a file with many invoices that are easy to reference with the last three numbers. Is there any way I can search something like *765 to search for ends with 765  Another example.. sometimes files are prefixed with a 0, sometimes not.. 093241251 vs 93241251 and if I just search 93241251 it will not find the 0 prefix version Integer $x$ for which $x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1$ is perfect square. Integer values of $x$ for which $\bf{x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1}$ is a Perfect Square.  $\underline{\bf{My\; Try}}$:: Let $\bf{x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1 = k^2}$, where $k\in \mathbb{Z}$  $4x^4+4x^3+4x^2+4x+1 = 4k^2 = (2k)^2$  Now How can I proceed after that  Help Required,  Thanks What is Uplay? Can I play Ubisoft games without it? Heroes of Might and Magic VI seems to have installed a program called "Uplay", which it uses to launch (in addition to Steam, mind!)  What exactly is Uplay supposed to be? I notice that when I stop playing, it captchalogs the highlights of my past session (achievements earned, etc.) - which is kinda cool, but also kinda creepy and big-brotherish. Given that I value my privacy, is there anyway to play Uplay games without using Uplay?  Is this just Ubisoft's infamous "always-on" DRM? Capitalization of names that begin lowercased, at the beginning of a sentence I've recently come across several statements to the effect "there are questions science can't answer", mostly from proponents of  and , but also from  and  as well.   However it seemed to me that there was an inherent contradiction in statements of the type "Science doesn't have all the answers" or "Science can't answer all questions". This is hinged on what is meant by "answering a question". It seems to me that to answer any significant question is to provide 2 things:    An accurate and objective explanation of the current state of affairs, in terms of relationships, causes and effects.  Based on that explanation, a method for making decisions if one is faced with future scenarios similar to or related to the current state of affairs, and for predicting future states of affairs with a certain amount probability, i.e the explanation is useful for future purposes.   But then if a field of inquiry is able to provide accurate, objective and useful information regarding a question, doesn't that field simply become part of science?   As examples:    If some school of mysticism is demonstrated to truly improve the happiness and well being of it's practitioners, then wouldn't that school's mystical teachings simply be incorporated into mainstream psychology and psychotherapy?  Similarly, if a political ideology is proven to provide better economic conditions and less crime, less pollution, etc...then this ideology's principles would become an accepted part of social sciences?     To put it more simply: Science has all the answers, because science IS anything that can provide objective and useful answers to a question.  Am I not talking about the demarcation problem per-se (at I least I think I am not), because even disciplines which are agreed upon as failing various demarcation criteria (such as astrology or intelligent design) are still trying (and failing) to be scientific in the sense I mentioned above. If they did start to provide answers, science would have to take them into account. Moreover, various philosophical schools of ethics are trying to be scientific in their explanatory framework, they are just not able to provide verifiable and falsifiable statements to prove their precepts (and probably would do so if possible).   My questions then are:    Per those who claim that science can't answer all questions, what type of question are they talking about? Do they have a demarcation criteria for such questions? (I'm not asking for examples, there are already plenty in the links I posted above).  If a field starts providing objective, accurate answers, doesn't it just become a subfield of science?   Is there a second demarcation problem between "carckpot" pseudosciences (such as astrology or numerology) which are providing the wrong answers and legitimate fields of inquiry (such as political theory or ethics) which are trying to provide answers but so far have failed to provide verifiable and falsifiable statements or accurate predictions? C++11: defining function on std::array Geometry with Trigonometry In chrome, most of the time, when i middle click on a link (text or image), it opens a new tab and the current tab does not change. This is the expected behaviour.  However, some websites have links (i'd say 5%) that also switches the current tab to the new one. For example: on this , the name of the players in the main list have the problem.  By looking at the source, i didn't find anything anormal (the link is a standard html tag). But if i disable javascript, i have not the problem. I looked at the source, and didn't find the problematic script... Note also that if i open the tab with right click > open link in new tab, there is no problem.  I'd like to know if you find the reason of the problem and how i can fix it. I am running chrome 10.0.648.204 on windows 7 x64.  EDIT: the website above does not exhibit the behavior anymore, but I sill have the problem sometimes on other sites (which I don't remember) Let $A$ be a $3\times 4$ and $b$ be a $3\times 1$ matrix with integer entries.Suppose that the system $Ax=b$ has a complex solution. Then which of the following are true? (CSIR December 2014)         $Ax=b$ has an integer solution.    $Ax=b$ has a rational solution.   The set of real solutions to $Ax=0$ has a basis consisting of rational solutions.   If $b$ is not equal to zero then $A$ has positive rank.      Is it possible to say that 1 and 2 are true as $Ax=b$ has a complex solution? If not  what we have to understand from the statement "the system $Ax=b$ has a complex solution " ? What about 3 and 4  ? Show $a^p \equiv a \mod 2p$ I've stucked at the following problem:  Let $p$ be an odd prime number. Show that for all $a\in\mathbb{Z}$  $$a^p \equiv a\ (\mathrm{mod}\ 2p)$$  How can I prove it? I know within Fermat's theorem that $a^p \equiv a\ \mathrm{mod}\ p$. pgfplots - barplot with multiple bars on same coordinate, but labelled differently I'm showing several data sets next to each other using multiple \addplot commands within a pgfplots axis environment. These are then further grouped into categories. The output of the graph per se is fine, however, I need each bar to be labelled separately - basically, I want the legend to be displayed directly underneath its corresponding element. I presume a picture will illustrate my problem more clearly:     I prepared an MWE:  \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{pgfplots}  \begin{document}  \pgfplotstableread{ 0 35569 8842    134984   1 30428 4689    34077 2 32920 6207    73787    3 16462 7562    23496    4 12315 8572    16565    5 76572 19572   26030    }\dataset \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ybar,         width=.9\textwidth,         ymin=0,         ymax=150000,                 ylabel={Y-Label},         xtick=data,         xticklabels = {             Category 1,             Category 2,             Category 3,             Category 4,             Category 5,             Category 6         },         major x tick style = {opacity=0},         minor x tick num = 1,         minor tick length=2ex,         ] \addplot[draw=black,fill=black!20] table[x index=0,y index=1] \dataset; %Data1 \addplot[draw=black,fill=black!40] table[x index=0,y index=2] \dataset; %Data2 \addplot[draw=black,fill=black!60] table[x index=0,y index=3] \dataset; %Data3 \legend{Data1,Data2,Data3} \end{axis}  \end{tikzpicture}  \end{document} Why is gksu no longer installed by default? I have always recommended pressing ALT+F2 and typing for example gksu nautilus or gksudo nautilus both are equivalent; to run graphical programs with root privileges.  However, I have just installed raring on a test system and this no longer works.  gksu and gksudo are not installed as part of a default raring install; though they are in the repositories. In 12.04 at least gksudo was just a symbolic link to gksu  The reasons I have always done this are because while it is often safe to use sudo under some circumstances it can cause problems with graphical applications because gksu has you running the program as root while with sudo you are running as yourself but with elevated privileges.  This can mean you inadvertently change the owner of critical system files.  This can cause problems.  This reasoning is explained better here:         Why was command removed from a fresh install and what should we be using instead? I was working with a new C++ developer a while back when he asked the question: "Why can't variable names start with numbers?"  I couldn't come up with an answer except that some numbers can have text in them (123456L, 123456U) and that wouldn't be possible if the compilers were thinking everything with some amount of alpha characters was a variable name.  Was that the right answer?  Are there any more reasons?  string 2BeOrNot2Be = "that is the question"; // Why won't this compile? In ZFC set theory, every element object is a set. We know or feel that if $X$ and $Y$ are sets, their cartesian product $X\times Y$ is a set.  My question is: Why if $X$ and $Y$ are sets, their cartesian product $X\times Y$ is a set? What really is an indeterminate form? We can apply l’Hôpital’s Rule to the indeterminate quotients $ \dfrac{0}{0} $ and $ \dfrac{\infty}{\infty} $, but why can’t we directly apply it to the indeterminate difference $ \infty - \infty $ or to the indeterminate product $ 0 \cdot \infty $?  Furthermore, why can’t we call $ \infty + \infty $ and $ \infty \cdot \infty $ indeterminate forms?  I’m new to calculus, so please clear up my concepts if you can. Thanks! How to avoid duplicating assigned materials when duplicating a mesh? how can I prevent Blender 2.8 from duplicating materials every time (?) I duplicate a mesh. Bell's inequality theorem, along with experimental evidence, shows that we cannot have both realism and locality.  While I don't fully understand it, Leggett's inequality takes this a step further and shows that we can't even have non-local realism theories.  Apparently there are some hidden variable theories that get around this by having measurements be contextual.  I've heard there are even inequalities telling us how much quantum mechanics does or doesn't require contextuality, but I had trouble finding information on this.  This is all confusing to me, and it would be helpful if someone could explain precisely (mathematically?) what is meant by: realism, locality (I assume I understand this one), and contextuality.  What combinations of realism, locality, and contextuality can we rule out using inequality theorems (assuming we have experimental data)?