I have a networked computer that is used as a remote print/scan server (which is shared by numerous users) Is there any way I can block the machines internet access while still allowing it to connect to our local network?  edit-  Essentially, its a Windows XP machine shared between myself and 5 others in my department (a workaround to share a scanner without purchasing a network enabled scanner) VNC server is set up on the acting 'server' computer and each user is using a vnc client to access the machine. The machine has its own account and I would like to disable internet access. Is there a way I can disable all internet access from the computer itself without changing group policy settings?
I'm looking for a command (or command line program) to toggle (disable/enable) internet access to the outside world in Windows XP machines. It should temporarily block internet access but leave the LAN working.   I looked for ways to change the DNS, but browsers like Chrome keep their own cache. The machines are configured via DHCP.
A classic exponential inequality: $x^y+y^x>1$ This is a classic problem, but I haven't seen it on the site before.     Suppose $x$ and $y$ are real numbers that both lie in the interval   $(0,1)$. Prove  $$x^y+y^x&gt;1.$$   The following spoiler box contains a hint that indicates the solution I know. Does anyone know a more natural solution?       Use Bernoulli's inequality to show $$x^y\ge \frac{x}{x+y}.$$   Edit: I recently learned the source is the 1996 French math olympiad. Python analog of PHP's natsort function (sort a list using a "natural order" algorithm) I can't get into my field research prize I need to extrude a circular shape from a surface that's basically just a grid of quads. What's the best practice to do this without screwing up the topology too much?  I basically want to have a circular face I can extrude, in order to have a cylinder like protuberance on the object, something like this: As of today, a  has been found affecting versions 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f (inclusive) and 1.0.2-beta.  Since Ubuntu 12.04, we are all vulnerable to this bug. In order to patch this vulnerability, affected users should update to OpenSSL 1.0.1g.  How can every affected user apply this update now? I like some of the features provided by the Vim-LaTeX suite, but not all of them.  In particular, I dislike all of the mappings like [[ = \left[ \right] and the automatic placeholder stuff with &lt;++&gt;. I am a very fast typist but with that comes more typing mistakes, which I correct almost instantly by pressing backspace. Unfortunately, if something has automatically added a bunch of place-holders or expanded some expression, I then have to move around the document and remove more characters than necessary. For example, if I accidentally press [ twice, instead of only having to delete one character, I have to delete 10.  Having already looked through the documentation, and some of the source, I have managed to disable some of these "features", but not all of them:  In particular:  let g:Tex_SmartKeyBS = 0 let g:Tex_SmartKeyQuote = 0 let g:Tex_SmartKeyDot = 0   (Turn off maps for backspace, double quote and triple dot.)  let g:Imap_UsePlaceHolders = 0   (Turn off &lt;++&gt; placeholder insertion.)  But I can't seem to find a way of turning off the other stuff. Anyone have any suggestions?  Edit: I was able to "disable" some more things by setting:  let g:Tex_Leader = '`tex' let g:Tex_Leader2 = ',tex'   (Which stops some expansions but still not all. It's not really disabling it but just making it less likely that you're going to type in `texa as opposed to the potentially more common `a, for example.)  PS: Personally, I think it is very poor practice to make an optional package that, when installed, greatly changes the default handling of your system. I don't mind some intelligent source highlighting etc, or some new commands (that don't clobber any old ones), but it seems unhelpful to enable this drastic kind of key remapping by default. Proving that cardinality of the reals = cardinality of $[0,1]$ I need a software, that emulates a printer, converts the printed documents to PDF/TIFF and send it via eMail to a specified address (for windows).  The virtual printer / PDF conversion is possible with a lot of PDF-converters. But I need a software, which is also able to directly mail me these PDFs. It's always the same mailaddress, and I have an SMTP server.  Any suggestions? I'm trying to solve    So far I've done the first part, evaluating the summation ;  where a is just n. I'm not sure where to go from here or what it even means deduce the second summation. I understand that the summation of simply $$\sum\limits_{k=0}^n\cos(kx)$$ is derived from looking at the real part of  $$\sum_{k=0}^n{\rm e}^{ikx} $$I'm guessing they want me to see how the second summation in the question is defined by 'playing around' with the original? How come if $\ i\ $ not of the following form, then $12i + 5$ must be prime? How to convert hex string to float in Java? Given a pointed category $X$, is $|N(X)|$ contractible ($N(X)$ is the nerve of $X$)? Or are there counter-examples? Biblatex with Biber: Configuring my editor to avoid undefined citations Running the minimal example  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{filecontents} \begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib} @ARTICLE{example,   author  = {Other, Anthony Norman},   title   = {Some things I did},   year    = {2014},   journal = {J.~Irrep. Res.},   volume  = {1},   number  = {1},   pages   = {1-10} } \end{filecontents*} \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} \addbibresource{\jobname.bib} \begin{document} Hello\cite{example}. \printbibliography \end{document}   I get the warning There were undefined references.  I have read  and know that I need to run:   LaTeX Biber LaTeX   However, my editor is only set up to run BibTeX. How do I go about setting up my editor/IDE to be able to run Biber, and how do I run the LaTeX/Biber/LaTeX cycle?  Answers (sorted alphabetically by editor name)                    Answer guidelines   Each answer should be for one editor. If the editor is cross-platform, if possible give a single answer with notes covering the minor platform variations. Please edit the question to include new answers in the 'link list' Each answer should be 'stand alone', i.e. don't say 'It's almost the same as editor Y but ...' for the editor part Instructions for 'build tools' such as arara or latexmk are welcome but should explain how to set up the editor in question as not all editors allow simple addition of arbitrary tools How to prove that $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\frac {n^{2}}{2^{n}}=0$ & $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\frac {n^{2}}{n!}=0$? Prove that:  $$\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\dfrac {n^{2}}{2^{n}}=0$$  I think I need to show $2^n \geq n^3$ $\forall n \geq10$. Is it true?  What about: $$\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\dfrac {n^{2}}{n!}=0$$  What to do with $n!$? Let $f:\mathbb{R}_+ \to \mathbb{R}_+$ be a monotone decreasing function defined on the positive real numbers with $$\int_0^\infty f(x)dx &lt;\infty.$$ Show that $$\lim_{x\to\infty} xf(x)=0.$$   This is my proof: Suppose not. Then there is $\varepsilon$  such that for any $M&gt;0$ there exists $x\geq M$ such that $xf(x)\geq \varepsilon$. So we can construct a sequence $(x_n)$ such that $x_n \to \infty $ and $x_n f(x_n ) \geq \varepsilon$. So $$\frac{\varepsilon}{x_n}\leq f(x_n) \implies \sum_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\frac{\varepsilon}{x_n} \leq  \sum_{n\in\mathbb{N}} f(x_n) \leq \int_0^1 f(x)dx.$$ So we get a contradiction.  I feal like I have the correct idea but some details are wrong.  Any help would be appreciated. If $h : Y \to X$ is a covering map and $Y$ is connected, then the cardinality of the fiber $h^{-1}(x)$ is independent of $x \in X$. In "Knots and Primes: An Introduction to Arithmetic Topology", the author uses the following proposition   Let $h: Y \to X$ be a covering. For any path $\gamma : [0,1] \to X$ and any $y \in h^{-1}(x) (x = \gamma(0))$, there exists a unique lift $\hat{\gamma} : [0,1] \to Y$ of $\gamma$ with $\hat{\gamma}(0) = y$. Furthermore, for any homotopy $\gamma_t (t \in [0,1])$ of $\gamma$ with $\gamma_t = \gamma(0)$ and $\gamma_t(1) = \gamma(1)$, there exists a unique lift of $\hat{\gamma_t}$ such that $\hat{\gamma_t}$ is the homotopy of $\hat{\gamma}$ with $\hat{\gamma_t}(0) = \hat{\gamma}(0)$ and $\hat{\gamma_t}(1) = \hat{\gamma}(1)$.  The author then follows with; "In the following, we assume that any covering space is connected. By the preceding proposition, the cardinality of the fiber $h^{-1}(x)$ is independent of $x \in X$."   I am not sure why this results is true. This is my attempt at explaining it to myself. Take two different $x_1, x_2$ and their fibers $h^{-1}(x_1), h^{-1}(x_2)$ such that $y_1 \in h^{-1}(x_1)$ and $y_2 \in h^{-1}(x_2)$. Take two paths $\gamma_1, \gamma_2$ such that $\gamma_1(0) = x_1$ and $\gamma_2(0) = x_2$. Then we get two lifts $\hat{\gamma_1}, \hat{\gamma_2}$ with $\hat{\gamma_1}(0) = y_1$ and $\hat{\gamma_2}(0) = y_2$. Now, since our covering space is connected we can continuously deform $\hat{\gamma_1}$ into $\hat{\gamma_2}$ and conclude that every elements in $h^{-1}(x_1)$ is also in $h^{-1}(x_2)$ and vice versa. I feel that this is wrong but cannot figure out the right way to see this. Any help would be appreciated. Homotopy equivalence of universal cover Is there a secular, non vulgar alternative to "for heaven's sake"? I know for heaven's sake, for Pete's sake, for God's sake and for Christ's sake. All of those, however are religious references. The only non-religious equivalent phrases I know are for fuck's sake and its variations. Are there any non-vulgar, non-religious alternatives? I am very used to the general construct of for X's sake and am looking for something along the same lines that I could use in cases like  C'mon, it's just a scratch for X's sake! That's not even true for X's sake!  It does not need to also be applicable as a general exclamation of frustration (Oh, for chrissake!) but that would be nice. Basically, I'm looking for a synonym for the &quot;Oh come on!&quot; sense of for fuck's sake rather than the Oh shit! one.  EDIT: Since this has gotten quite a bit of attention, I would like to urge those who answer to read the entire question, not just the title. I am not just looking for polite swearwords but for something that can be used in the example phrases above. Close locked file in Windows Share using Powershell and Openfiles I work with a lot of folder shares, but there are a bunch of locked files which have been opened by some other process.  I need to close those files. So far I've been using MMC - System Tools - Shared Folders - Open Files.  It would be far more convenient if I could use PowerShell to filter the list/table retrieved by OpenFiles.exe and once I get the file ID close it with net file  /close, or some other PS native means to similar effect.  I am new to PowerShell, so I wonder if there is a way to create a PS script that receives the file's path and then used the file ID to close that file? What is the 64-bit Firefox Beta PPA?