Put new harddrive in Acer model # N17Q3 laptop downloaded Ubuntu 20.04 to harddrive of a desktop computer with Ubuntu used disk creator made a bootable 16G usb and plugged it into my laptop it will NOT boot? The harddrive I removed had windows on it.
This is the third time I've tried to install Ubuntu Server 14.04.03 64-bit on the same laptop, and each time it caused different problems.  Each time I wrote the same iso image to a USB flash drive by using a different application and OS.   Universal USB Installer (pendrivelinux.com) from Windows WinImage writer from Windows built-in image writer from Linux Mint 17.2    The iso image is the same in all three cases, the USB flash drive is the same, and the laptop is the same. However each time the installation of Ubuntu gave me different installation options. For example, the last time I installed Ubuntu, it didn't show all the packages to choose while installing (Basic Ubuntu server, etc.).
A command-line or batch cmd to concatenate multiple files I have 50 text files in one directory.  Is there a Windows command-line method to concatenate those files into a single file?  I am using .  I don't want to type the name of all files. What is a word for getting an award in a competition or being one of the top three? When does a flying creature start and end falling? Situation:  Alice the Aarakokra sees Bob the Battlemaster coming. She ascends to 605', just out of the 600' range of Bob's longbow.  Bob (Str 14) performs a running high jump 5' into the air and successfully hits Alice with his longbow, despite firing at disadvantage for long range. He spends one of his maneuver dice to perform the Trip Attack maneuver, and succeeds on the contested roll to knock Alice prone.  Alice is now flying and prone, so she falls. Falling does 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10' fallen, to a maximum of 20d6.  Questions:   When does Alice start falling? It is on Bob's turn as soon as she's knocked prone, or some time else such as the beginning of her own next turn? When does Alice hit the ground? On Bob's turn as soon as she's knocked prone, or some time else?   These answers determine whether anyone can save Alice from her 20d6 of certain doom.   Is a reaction (e.g. casting Feather Fall) on Bob's turn the only hope? Can Alice's ally Charlie swoop in on his subsequent turn within the same round to catch her? Can Alice spend half her movement on her next turn to "stand from prone" and pull out of her involuntary dive? If Alice had expected to be shot down, could she have spent an action to be Ready to "stand from prone" while moving through Bob's airspace? Human & Alien captured, observed by higher beings From a collection of short stories I read at least 30 years ago. :/  This is going to be incredibly vague, so apologies in advance.  A human and alien (blob/octopus-like...I think) from warring races are captured by an unidentified higher intelligence and put in an enclosure (more like a zoo habitat rather than a prison cell). They are separated by an invisible barrier and can see each other.  I think they were both trying to escape or trying to figure out how they could kill the other first. There was a bulldozer/loader type vehicle they could use at one point to build a shelter (or something).  I believe they were crafting makeshift weapons as well. There was no communication between the two as far as I remember.  The main tension in the story seemed to be was the race to get to the other first.  This has been stuck in my head forever. I know its a very common theme.  The short stories may have included Asimov. Infinite Geometric Series Formula Derivation Automate the downloading of Data Export zip files After a Data Export has completed there can be a large number of zip files to download.  If there are 80+ files at 130 MB (In Summer 12 the limit has been increased to 512 MB) each and each file takes several minutes to download it can be a time consuming process to do manually.  Is there a way to automate the retrieval of these zip files? Bounds for $n$-th prime In  I have found that the bounds for $n$-th prime is given by, $$n(\ln n+\ln \ln n)&gt;p_n&gt;n(\ln n+\ln \ln n-1)$$ for all $n\ge6$. Are there even stronger bounds for the $n$-th prime?   If possible (of course if the answer is affirmative) in the answer (or comment) please give the link of the paper in which it first appears. I read a comment under :     There are plenty of events that can occur that have zero probability.   This reminds me that I have seen similar saying before elsewhere, and have never been able to make sense out of it. So I was wondering    if zero probability and impossibility mean the same? if an event with zero probability doesn't mean that the event is impossible to occur, how probability theory represents/describes impossibility?   Thanks and regards! Value of $\frac{\sqrt{10+\sqrt{1}}+\sqrt{10+\sqrt{2}}+\cdots+\sqrt{10+\sqrt{99}} }{\sqrt{10-\sqrt{1}}+\sqrt{10-\sqrt{2}}+\cdots+\sqrt{10-\sqrt{99}}}$ Here is the question:     $$\frac{\sqrt{10+\sqrt{1}}+\sqrt{10+\sqrt{2}}+\cdots+\sqrt{10+\sqrt{99}} }{\sqrt{10-\sqrt{1}}+\sqrt{10-\sqrt{2}}+\cdots+\sqrt{10-\sqrt{99}}} = \;?$$   ()  I think we need to simplify it writing it in summation sign as you can see here:  $$\frac{\sum\limits_{n=1}^{99} \sqrt{10 + \sqrt{n}}}{\sum\limits_{n=1}^{99} \sqrt{10 - \sqrt{n}}}$$  or in Wolfram Alpha input in comments.  I can compute it too! It's easy to write a script for this kind of question. I need a way to solve it. How would you solve it on a piece of paper? Validation Rule on picklist under opportunities There are 2 requirements:    standard users can’t update the status of a record beyond “open won” (so that only SF Admins or auto processes update “registered” and the stages beyond registration. Validation rule for this:    ~   AND(       $Profile.Name &lt;&gt; "System Administrator",      ISCHANGED(StageName),      OR(TEXT(StageName) = "Registered",     TEXT(StageName) = "Pre-Certified",     TEXT(StageName) = "Documentation, Submission",     TEXT(StageName) = "Performance verified",     TEXT(StageName) = "Appeals",     TEXT(StageName) = "Certification/ Closed Won")      )   Requirement 2: Standard users cannot update the status of a record that is already Registered (or post-registered phase). For us, some Opp was already “Registered” but some standard user  was able to change the record to “Open Won.”    I am looking for the validation rule of requirement 2 and which should align with first requirement also.  Thanks, Please guide. I am interested in good integer approximation from below and from above for binary Log(N!).  and  provides only a general idea but not exact values. In other words I need integers A and B so that  A &lt;= Log(N!) &lt;= B When to use "Well" or "Good" I want to display the pages 'famous' and 'mschief'.  Using this code, WP_query() doesn't return any result:  $args = array( 'post_type' =&gt; 'page', 'pagename' =&gt; 'famous,mschief', 'posts_per_page' =&gt; 3 );   This code returns one of the 2 pages:  $args = array( 'post_type' =&gt; 'page', 'pagename=famous,mschief', );   And this code returns the 2 pages correctly:  $args = array( 'post_type' =&gt; 'page', 'pagename=famous,mschief', 'posts_per_page' =&gt; 3 );   Why does the first piece of code (the only correct one to me) doesn't work? And why the two others produce these results? Why can't variable names start with numbers? 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? I'd like to create a Yahoo! account. The signup page won't let me proceed without entering a cell phone number, and it won't recognize my Google Voice number as a valid cell phone number. Is there a workaround to be able to create a Yahoo! account without having a cell phone that can receive SMS messages? Is it possible to access a 64-bit dll from a 32-bit application? How to install Flash player on Ubuntu? Even though I have the latest Adobe Flash player 11.2 for Linux in Firefox -   - a particular online flash game still requests that I update to the latest flash player.  I've tried this online game on my laptop (Windows 8 with Flash Player 11.8) and it has no problems.  Is there a way to trick Ubuntu or this game into thinking Flash Player 11.8 is "installed"? What event log should I check for Hardware Changes Wrong (hyper-)references after resetting chapter counter The following MWE produces a PDF whose TOC has two entries: “Foo” and “Bar” with correct page numbers. So far, so good. However, upon clicking on the link to “Bar”, I am taken to the page for “Foo” instead.  \documentclass{report} \usepackage{hyperref} \newcommand*\backmatter{\setcounter{chapter}{0}}  \begin{document} \tableofcontents \chapter{Foo} \backmatter \chapter{Bar} \end{document}   (Produced with pdflatex, run twice.)  This MWE is whittled down from a (much!) more complex document but the above does seem to reproduce the error reliably.  Re-setting the chapter count seems to confuse hyperref, even though the page references are still accurate. Notice that in my real document, \backmatter does other things, including setting the numbering style to alphabetical so there’s no chance of confusion even though both chapters are ostensibly labelled as “Chapter 1”.  How do I fix this? Is this a bug? Are there workarounds? How to download Ubuntu over an unreliable connection