I don't mean a complete repost, but rewriting the question to be more interesting, more general, so that more people read it, and possibly write an answer.
I got  question in review. First sentence is:     I know there is a  question, but no answers.   And indeed the two questions are virtually identical. I started to flag as duplicate - but the original question had no answer at the time, so it wouldn't be correct and apparently . (I didn't go so far as to try to submit the flag).  What is the proper action here? How do we want such a question to be handled? Should both (or more) questions stay open indefinitely until either is answered and somebody gets the good idea to do the duplicate linking?   As the new question is essentially a bump to the front page (perhaps with re-tagging), especially in the case where the OP knows that a previous question exist, perhaps something should be done to enable bumping re-emphasizing without writing the new question.  As I wrote this,  actually got an answer. So the old one should now be closed as a duplicate of the new - but my question remains for the case where all known/found duplicate questions have no answer?  Ironically, just before asking this, the "Questions that may already have your answer" gave me ... (Although the suggestion has no answer). So it has been asked before - the comment there even suggest the ability to re-emphasize.
Polar Plot x and y ticks and units I am currently using a macbook pro but the operating system is debian 8.2 not os x  I am using a macbook pro but there's this one device that's just draining a lot of power. This USB device: Card Reader (Apple)   32.5 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: Card Reader (Apple)   2.60 W    100.0%                      Device         Radio device: btusb   209 mW     19.7 pkts/s                Device         Network interface: wlan0 (wl)   This device really drains my battery, I noticed that my laptop wouldn't even get 2 hours when not plugged in, I installed powertop. Made all the recommended changes but this device, I can't find out how to disable it. I don't even use that reader and forgot that it was there.  I configured all my devices to use limited power in my rc.local  echo '0' &gt; '/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog' echo 'min_power' &gt; '/sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy' echo '1' &gt; '/sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save' echo '1500' &gt; '/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-4/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-12/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-8.3/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.3/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.3/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.4/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.2/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:16.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:01.1/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:01.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:08:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:06.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:05.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:04.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:03.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:05:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:04:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.0/power/control' echo 'auto' &gt; '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.0/power/control'   How can I get this device to act sanely or disable it completely because I  haven't used it. Image, pre-image, and injection proof verification Just wanted to verify this proof was correct. Trying to make sure I have a handle on these subjects before the exam. Any style comments also more than welcome.    Statement: Let $f : A \mapsto B$ be a function. $f$ is injective if and only if for all $X \subseteq A$, $f^{-1}(f(X)) \subseteq X$.  Proof:  $\Rightarrow$ Suppose that $f$ is injective. Let $X \subseteq A$, and let $x \in X$. Since $f$ is injective, $f^{-1}(f(X)) = \{x\} \in X$, so $f^{-1}(f(X)) \subseteq X$.   $\Leftarrow$ Suppose that for all $X \subseteq A$, $f^{-1}(f(X)) \subseteq X$. Let $a_1, a_2 \in A$ and $X = \{a_1\}$. Suppose $f(a_1) = f(a_2)$. If $a_1 \neq a_2$, then $f^{-1}(f(X)) = \{a_1, a_2\} \not \subseteq X$, a contradiction. Thus $a_1 = a_2$, so $f$ is injective. Can you clone a larger drive onto a smaller drive (used space fits on the smaller) I have a 500GB drive which is about 50GB full. I got a 80GB SSD, which has 74.5GB of available space. I want to clone the system drive onto the SSD.   DriveImage XML will not let me copy a larger drive to a smaller one. 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? In mathematics, "A or B" includes "A and B". Does "either" mean "A or B but not (A and B)" or does it include the possibility of "A and B"? The context might be mathematics, formal logic or ordinary language. Union of two vector subspaces not a subspace? I'm having a difficult time understanding this statement. Can someone please explain with a concrete example? Zooming to WMS layer after CQL filter in OpenLayers? I created a layer that contains points and I added it to a map as WMS layer in OpenLayers. I did a CQL filter and it works but I'd like to zoom to the selected point when I worked with getextent or getdataextent it doesn't zoom to the right place. It missed with a few Km. Here is my the code of filter:   function filterNom(){             var filterType ="cql";             var filter = document.getElementById('batima').value;             // by default, reset all filters             var filterParams = {cql_filter: null};             if (OpenLayers.String.trim(filter) != "") {                 if (filterType == "cql")                      filterParams["cql_filter"] = "batiment='"+filter+"'";              }             // merge the new filter definitions             wfs_layer.mergeNewParams(filterParams);             var bounds =  new OpenLayers.Bounds             bounds = wfs_layer.getExtent()             map.setCenter(wfs_layer.getExtent(),18);             var center = map.getCenter();             center.transform(new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"));             alert(center.toString()); }   and here is the code to add the WMS layer:    wfs_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS("Patrimoines",         "http:// localhost/geoserver/cite/wms",          {layers: 'cite:patrimoine' , transparent: true },         {isBaseLayer: false, opacity: 1, singleTile: true, visibility: true,          projection: 'EPSG:900913'}); Performance Advantages to Iterators? What (if any) performance advantages are offered by using iterators. It seems like the 'Right Way' to solve many problems, but does it create faster/more memory-conscious code? I'm thinking specifically in Python, but don't restrict answers to just that. CPU cooler does not fit, will it cool worse if I cut tips of heatpipes off? Case: zalman z9 neo  Cooler: deepcool gammaxx 400  According to specs it should fit, but it does not, probably because my motherboard is mini-itx and cooler located a bit to the left  I'm thinking that cutting off those tips of heatpipes on the left would solve that; if I do that, will cooler work worse, like heatpipes would transfer heat not as good or something? Lagrange Multipler KKT condition I am looking at SVM, and reviewing Lagrange multiplier. Let's say with the constraint function $$g(x,y) = x^2 + y^2 -1 &gt; 0, $$ I am maximizing $$f(x,y) = x + y -1 .$$ Intuitively, since the constraint function does not provide a finite constrained region, there is no solution, and $f(x,y)$ can infinitely increase.  However, if I just plainly proceed with Lagrange multiplier calculation,  $$L(x,\lambda) = (x + y -1) +\lambda(x^2 + y^2 -1)$$ I get the solution: $$y,x = -\sqrt{2}/2, \lambda = 1/\sqrt{2}$$ And this still satisfies KKT conditions although the solution is wrong.  $$g(x) =&gt; 0 , \lambda =&gt;      0, \lambda g(x) = 0.$$  I expected that I would have some result that conflicted KKT conditions, but nothing was violated.   Does this mean that Lagrange multiplier under KKT conditions can produce a solution that cannot be solved, without giving any indication of intractability?  If functions are complicated, what's the systematic way to confirm that the optimization with inequality constraint functions is solvable using Lagrange multiplier? Prevent malicious bots from posting spam I remember  due to misuse and I wonder if bots have a part of it. If the bot is POSTing something to my site what are ways I can combat it? I was thinking of setting some cookies and having the cookies changed via JavaScript + timestamp and sign (so yesterday's cookies can't be used today and next week).  I'm sure most people/bots would just use another site instead of enabling JavaScript in their bot.  What else can I do? I'm thinking daily POST limit and a honeypot for generic bots who just randomly post spam. At what point is the ~/.bashrc file created? Filling NoData gaps in raster using ArcGIS Desktop? Add warning when changing display name The policy on changing one's display name :  only one display name change is allowed every 30 days  However, there is no warning whatsoever when actually changing one's display name.  Thus, it came as quite a bit of a shock to me when I found out today that I might be stuck as &quot;Unicorns are Yummy&quot; on Stack Overflow for the next freakin' month. I would like to recommend that a warning be added to the &quot;Edit Profile&quot; page to warn people. Or, at least make the policy concerning display name changes more obvious. Workaround I was able to change my display name back (phew!) by copying my profile from Meta Stack Overflow. I still think a warning should be implemented, though. Mavericks input source is set to US keyboard in login screen I'm from Belgium, and on my own user account, the input source is set to a Belgian (actually French) keyboard. The input sources menu is enabled in the menu bar, so I can switch it to the Belgian keyboard before entering my password, but how can I permanently change the input source used for login? I'm the system admin, and I know how to get root access if necessary.  It worked perfectly in Mountain Lion. Let $V$ be a vector space over a field $F$ and $T$ a linear operator on $V$. If $T^2$$=$ $0$, what can you say about the relation of the range of $T$ to the null space of $T$? How to recover data from a failing hard drive? An external 3½" HDD seems to be in danger of failing — it's making .  I've acquired a replacement drive, and want to know the best strategy to get the data off of the dubious drive with the best chance of saving as much as possible.  There are some directories that are more important than others.  However, I'm guessing that picking and choosing directories is going to reduce my chances of saving the whole thing.  I would also have to mount it, dump a file listing, and then unmount it in order to be able to effectively prioritize directories.  Adding in the fact that it's time-consuming to do this, I'm leaning away from this approach.  I've considered just using dd, but I'm not sure how it would handle read errors or other problems that might prevent only certain parts of the data from being rescued, or which could be overcome with some retries, but not so many that they endanger other parts of the drive from being saved.  I guess ideally it would do a single pass to get as much as possible and then go back to retry anything that was missed due to errors.  Is it possible that copying more slowly — e.g. pausing every x MB/GB — would be better than just running the operation full tilt, for example to avoid any overheating issues?  For the "where is your backup" crowd: this actually is my backup drive, but it also contains some non-critical and bulky stuff, like music, that aren't backups, i.e. aren't backed up.  The drive has not exhibited any clear signs of failure other than this somewhat ominous sound.  I did have to fsck a few errors recently — orphaned inodes, incorrect free blocks/inodes counts, inode bitmap differences, zero dtime on deleted inodes; about 20 errors in all.  The filesystem of the partition is ext3. Modify footer used by elsarticle.cls Meaning of Conditional sentences with 'should' and 'happen to'