My Ubuntu 10.10 is no longer supported. Some programs like Update Manager will not open. And a bunch of other Ubuntu programs. I was wondering if it would work if I:  1: Got an 8GB USB flash drive  2: Correctly put Ubuntu 14.04.3 on the USB flash drive  3: Plugged the USB flash drive (with Ubuntu on it) in the computer that runs the faulty Ubuntu   Installed it and totally get rid of Ubuntu 10.10 Ran the new Ubuntu   Would this work? Because I figured that it would because it is just like installing any other Ubuntu.  Today (10-22-15) I will be going out to buy a USB flash drive! Please leave a response if you read this.
Recently I have installed an older version of Ubuntu on my old machine. Whenever I try to install any software, I get an error saying it couldn't be found:  $ sudo apt-get install vlc Reading package lists... Done                Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done     E: Couldn't find package vlc
How do I set the default font size in Vim? Does "corresponding author" carry an implied meaning? After reading the question , I got the impression that (at least in the writers' field) the "corresponding author" flag could carry an implied meaning, such as "did more work than the other authors", or "is a more senior author". Is it the case?  I am in mathematics, a field where we typically sort the authors alphabetically, and I've never given any importance to that role (apart from "this author is willing to answer a couple of extra e-mails, if needed"). Show that $K[x,xy,xy^2,\dots]$ is not Noetherian Here is the problem I am stuck on: Fix a field $K$ and consider the subring $A \leq K[x,y]$ generated by $K \cup \{x,xy,\dots,\}$. Show that $A$ is not Noetherian.  I figure that taking ideals $I_n = (x,xy,\dots,xy^n)$ should give an infinite strictly ascending chain, which would establish that $A$ is not Noetherian, but I cannot figure out how to show that each $I_n$ is a proper subset of $I_{n+1}$. Any help here? Example of vector space such that $cv = 0$ where $c \ne 0$ and $v \ne \vec{0}$ Is there an example of a vector space $V/F$ such that $0 \ne c \in F$, $\vec{0} \ne v \in V$, but $c \cdot v = 0 $?  I couldn't think of an example. iPhone Storage Space Inaccuracy (No Storage Space) Is it possible to load some package from a .sty file only if some option is selected?  (Naive approach \DeclareOption{something}{\RequirePackage{something}} doesn't work.) Storable Action - System.LimitException: Too many DML statements: 1 @AuraEnabled(cacheable=true) public static String  deleteContacts(List&lt;String&gt; contactIds) {     List&lt;Contact&gt; returnList = new List&lt;Contact&gt; ();     String query = ' SELECT Id,Name, LastName,Department,MobilePhone, Email FROM Contact WHERE id IN : contactIds ';     for (Contact thisContact:  Database.Query(query)) {          returnList.add(thisContact);     }     try {       delete returnList;       return'deleted successfully';     }     catch(Exception ex){        return 'Problem occoured';     }  }  JS Method deleteSelected(){     deleteContacts({         contactIds :this.selectedIds     })      .then(result =&gt; {         this.dispatchEvent(             new ShowToastEvent({                 title: 'Success',                 message: result,                 variant: 'success',             }),         );         return refreshApex(this.getContactList, { searchKeyWord: '$searchKeyWord' });     })     .catch(error =&gt; {         this.error = error;     }); In which way does quantum mechanics disprove determinism? I've heard this pop up in a discussion with my physicist/engineer roommates, but didn't care to ask at the time.  Now I'm mighty curious about it.   doesn't really seem to say much on this issue.  From what I understand about the Uncertainty Principle, it says that there are certain properties of electrons and stuff that cannot be measured, and are therefore uncertain.  Then Wikipedia (under ) states that Sir Arthur Eddington says that the Uncertainty Principle isn't really so because we can't measure these properties, but because turns out nature is indeterministic.  At least that's what I took from those paragraphs.  Even without my biased wording, it sounds more like an assertion than evidence.  I've also read a few things about how other scientific conventions perceive the issue, like how a ball on the peak of a perfect mound might randomly roll down in any direction, and I'm still unconvinced.  My belief of determinism is generally that if you knew every single variable that existed as a factor at the very beginning and birth of the universe, you could correctly determine all properties of any individual particle at any point in time.  Could anyone provide some more background about this?  Especially regarding quantum mechanics? the weak form of 'on' I am confused at whether or not there is a weak form at preposition's 'ON'. I've checked at some dictionaries at Cambridge and Oxford dictionary, they don't mention on the weak form's pronunciation. However, I, am a Japanese, checked at English-Japanese dictionaries, they mention on the weak form as /ən/.  For example, is there the difference of pronunciation between 'It goes on' and 'There is an apple on the table' in connected speech?  Does it exist?  Thanks Yuichi  *It's Edited I dont need this vertices and/or edge. What is the best way to get rid of them? Personal Hotspot not working over Wi-Fi on iOS 13 After upgrade to iOS 13 from 12.4, I noticed that personal hotspot isn't working anymore over Wi-Fi (via USB is ok).  Tested on two computers with Win7. The PC can connect to Wi-Fi, but no valid IP (IPv4) is assigned and no connection is working to internet. R : Format the text file output Defrosting meat/fish in warm water I have found warm water to be a great way to quickly defrost meat and fish as opposed to just letting it sit outside the freezer, which is what my mom does.  But I wonder if there are any negative side effects to the method, as in, for example, compromised taste or compromised food safety.  I do understand that the water shouldn't be too hot as to avoid actually cooking the frozen food. The continuity of $f(x,y) = \frac {\sin (xy)} {\sqrt {x^2 + y^2}}$ at $(0,0)$ I got a function:       $f(x,y) = \frac {\sin (xy)}  {\sqrt {x^2 + y^2}}$ if $(x,y) \not =  (0,0)$, otherwise $f(x,y) = 0$,   and I should look at its continuity in $(0,0)$   I tried the sandwich theorem but got slightly stuck unfortunately  $ 0 \le \left|\frac {\sin (xy)}  {\sqrt {x^2 + y^2}}\right| \le 1$   I was thinking that $\sin (xy)$ is a restricted function, but not sure what to with $\sqrt {x^2 + y^2}$ if $x,y$ are too small so I think my idea doesn't work. Then it would look like:  $ 0 \le \left| {\sin (xy)} \right| \le \sqrt {x^2 + y^2} = 0$  Any other idea please? Can the Force be used to fly? In The Empire Strikes Back Yoda uses the Force to lift Luke's X-Wing out of the water and put it on land.  In Attack of the Clones and in many instances in the second series of The Clone Wars, Anakin (and others) use the Force to jump higher than they could otherwise, or to jump from very high locations, but I don't think I've ever seen the Force used for outright self-levitation.  But if Yoda could lift the X-Wing, shouldn't a strong Jedi be able to lift himself and, essentially, fly with the help of the Force? Unity Performance: How many Materials per Object? PCA and the train/test split I have a dataset for which I have multiple sets of binary labels. For each set of labels, I train a classifier, evaluating it by cross-validation. I want to reduce dimensionality using principal component analysis (PCA). My question is:  Is it possible to do the PCA once for the whole dataset and then use the new dataset of lower dimensionality for cross-validation as described above? Or do I need to do a separate PCA for every training set (which would mean doing a separate PCA for every classifier and for every cross-validation fold)?  On one hand, the PCA does not make any use of the labels. On the other hand, it does use the test data to do the transformation, so I am afraid it could bias the results.  I should mention that in addition to saving me some work, doing the PCA once on the whole dataset would allow me to visualize the dataset for all label sets at once. If I have a different PCA for each label set, I would need to visualize each label set separately. Retrieving HTTP status code from loaded iframe with Javascript I'm looking for a way to insert a &lt;style&gt; tag into an HTML page with JavaScript.  The best way I found so far:  var divNode = document.createElement("div"); divNode.innerHTML = "&lt;br&gt;&lt;style&gt;h1 { background: red; }&lt;/style&gt;"; document.body.appendChild(divNode);   This works in Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer but not in Google Chrome. Also it's a bit ugly with the &lt;br&gt; in front for IE.  Does anyone know of a way to create a &lt;style&gt; tag that   Is nicer Works with Chrome?   Or maybe   This is a non-standard thing I should avoid Three working browsers are great and who uses Chrome anyway? I recently had somebody tell me that a mutual friend of ours who is  prefers that people refer to him/her using the gender-indefinite pronoun they.   In some cases, this almost seems okay:   Kris left their umbrella at our house.  On the other hand, if Kris is sitting right next to you, it feels very odd to say       They (meaning just Kris) would like more cake.   Or even odder,      Kris would like some more cake, can you please pass it to they/them?"   Are these usages grammatically correct? Are they in the process of becoming grammatically correct? Are there more correct alternatives?