They were looking for the origin of a signal that had an intelligent structure to it. Was it ever shown what the signal actually was and/or who it was sent by? If not, have there been any good assumptions?
I remember after Stargate: Universe was cancelled, that I read, somewhere on the web, either part of an interview or an article by one of the producers about what they were planning if there had been a third season.  (He said they weren't sure whether they'd set it soon after the ending of the second season, or later, or were going to do something else.)  He also wrote that, while he felt okay discussing that, he did not feel like he could reveal how the story about the superstructure the Destiny had found would turn out.  He said that was something the other two producers had worked out and he didn't want to reveal it and would leave it up to them to reveal it if they wanted to.  Was this ever revealed?  Did the other producers ever discuss or reveal anything about what was going to happen with that storyline?    Addition: I'm referring to the superstructure that is the message found in the background radiation throughout the universe, not anything from the planet builders or other easily seen physical structures.
PC started having screen glitches after update I'm not sure what's caused it. I haven't changed any system settings. The only thing I've done that may have broken something is updating my software. My update was: upgrade linux-generic-hwe-20.04:amd64 5.8.0.48.54~20.04.32 5.8.0.49.55~20.04.33 upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04:amd64 5.8.0.48.54~20.04.32  upgrade linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04:amd64 5.8.0.48.54~20.04.32  upgrade linux-image-extra-virtual:amd64 5.4.0.70.73 5.4.0.71.74 upgrade linux-image-generic:amd64 5.4.0.70.73 5.4.0.71.74 upgrade linux-libc-dev:amd64 5.4.0-70.78 5.4.0-71.79 upgrade libseccomp2:amd64 2.4.3-1ubuntu3.20.04.3 2.5.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.1 upgrade nomachine:amd64 7.3.2-3 7.4.1-3```  Removing nomachine did not solve the problem. It was far worse before, I'm not sure how to describe exactly, but my entire screen's UI was glitching out. So I rebooted and that stopped, but now the terminal text looks like this:  I haven't changed any terminal settings. This seems to be occurring in the entire OS. Here is another example:  Not sure how to go about troubleshooting this? I don't have the time to reinstall the OS, nor do I think I should have to because this is just ridiculous and shouldn't happen. I'm not aware of anything I've done to make the system unstable. Edit Earlier I also tried booting the PC. It failed and got stuck on some command in a terminal (didn't manage to take a photo of what it said). So I rebooted into recovery mode with both available kernels. I was getting strange glitches like this:  That didn't work. So I rebooted the PC normally, and now I somehow logged in fine. Now I'm getting popups saying to report a system error. It says this:  Environment  Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS GNOME 3.36.8  sudo lshw -class display   *-display        description: VGA compatible controller        product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller        vendor: Intel Corporation        physical id: 2        bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0        version: 06        width: 64 bits        clock: 33MHz        capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom        configuration: driver=i915 latency=0        resources: irq:33 memory:f7800000-f7bfffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff  I also did , which passed with 0 errors. Let me know if more details are required. Is it possible to delete multiple elements from a list at the same time? If I want to delete elements at index 0 and 2, and try something like del somelist[0], followed by del somelist[2], the second statement will actually delete somelist[3].  I suppose I could always delete the higher numbered elements first but I'm hoping there is a better way. How many $4$ digit even numbers have all $4$ digits distinct ?   This question has been asked if we replace even with positive.   I was solving this Problem like: For first position $1-9$ (No $0$) for next $0-9$ (leaving out the digit which has been choose) for next $0-9$ (leaving out $2$ digits), but on last digit I get stuck. From what I should choose. Will it be $0, 2, 4, 6, 8$, because number needs to be even? How should I solve it? How do I update my graphics drivers? I am using a laptop and ubuntu 11.04. I would like the easiest way possible because I am new to linux.  here is my display information:  *-display              description: VGA compatible controller              product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller              vendor: Intel Corporation              physical id: 2              bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0              version: 18              width: 64 bits              clock: 33MHz              capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom              configuration: driver=i915 latency=0              resources: irq:41 memory:d0000000-d03fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:e080(size=8)         *-communication UNCLAIMED              description: Communication controller Difference between $ and # in Linux environment Does $\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\ [f(x+h)-f(x-h)]=0$ imply that $f$ is continuous? number of edges induction proof Proof by induction that the complete graph $K_{n}$ has $n(n-1)/2$ edges.   I know how to do the induction step I'm just a little confused on what the left side of my equation should be. $E = n(n-1)/2$  It's been a while since I've done induction. I just need help determining both sides of the equation. I wrote a Table Valued Function in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to take a comma delimited column in a database to spit out separate rows for each value.  Ex: "one,two,three,four" would return a new table with only one column containing the following values:  one two three four   Does this code look error prone to you guys? When I test it with   SELECT * FROM utvf_Split('one,two,three,four',',')    it just runs forever and never returns anything. This is getting really disheartening especially since there are no built in split functions on MSSQL server (WHY WHY WHY?!) and all the similar functions I've found on the web are absolute trash or simply irrelevant to what I'm trying to do.  Here is the function:  USE *myDBname* GO SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[utvf_SPlit] (@String VARCHAR(MAX), @delimiter CHAR)  RETURNS @SplitValues TABLE (     Asset_ID VARCHAR(MAX) NOT NULL )  AS BEGIN             DECLARE @FoundIndex INT             DECLARE @ReturnValue VARCHAR(MAX)              SET @FoundIndex = CHARINDEX(@delimiter, @String)              WHILE (@FoundIndex &lt;&gt; 0)             BEGIN                   DECLARE @NextFoundIndex INT                   SET @NextFoundIndex = CHARINDEX(@delimiter, @String, @FoundIndex+1)                   SET @ReturnValue = SUBSTRING(@String, @FoundIndex,@NextFoundIndex-@FoundIndex)                   SET @FoundIndex = CHARINDEX(@delimiter, @String)                   INSERT @SplitValues (Asset_ID) VALUES (@ReturnValue)             END              RETURN END Removing trailing newline character from fgets() input What Canon lens would one use for Sartorialist-like street photography? You probably know Scott Schuman and his blog (). What kind of lens (that is not expensive) would you recommend for Canon 550D to achieve similar effect (in terms of DoF etc.)? I'm a newbie so I'm not sure how to properly interpret those photos' EXIF info. My guess is, that a similar effect can be achieved using .   PS:   Update: Thank you guys for all the answers, it's much more clear for me right now. I think I'll try the Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens. Calculus book recommendations (for complete beginner) Well I have not started calculus yet but I am really keen to. I would love if you suggest some books.  Points to be noted:   I really don't like the way textbooks are written so please no "textbooks"  I am COMPLETELY beginner in calculus. I know a little bit of trigonometry and what functions are but not really in depth.The book should start from the base, I mean really from the base. I may require a precalculus book too if the books don't cover that. I would really love if the book shows how calculus was developed, why it was developed and things like that.   Well,thanks in advance! Two days had passed since she had last eaten or slept.   Or should it be:     Two days have passed since she last ate or slept.   Or something else? And why? The combinatorial explosion of past simple, past perfect and present perfect is killing me. How to determine the amount of experience needed for leveling up Related questions under this topic might include:   How should I base how much experience points it takes to get to the next level? What factors are involved in this? How do I keep the player not entertained long enough till he levels up? How can I vary the way the player gets experience points? Why {are you / you are} making noise? Let $b_n$ be a sequence which decreases monotonically to zero, prove $\sum b_nz^n$ converges for $|z|\leq 1$ and $z\neq 1$.  So I was able to prove it converges on the open unit disk in the complex plane, but except for a few special points on the boundary, such as $-1$ and $i$, where I was able to use the alternating series test, I can't seem to prove it converges in general on the boundary minus $z=1$.  I feel I have to somehow use the fact that all the numbers on the unit circle except $z=1$ rotate around and around as you raise them to higher and higher powers, thus you get the real and imaginary parts of your series to alternate between sets of positive and negative terms, but in a very irregular way for most initial angles.  I tried to simplify the problem by breaking the series into its real and imaginary parts, and then trying to prove they each converge separately, but I still can't prove either converges:  $$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}b_ne^{n\theta i} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}b_n\cos(n\theta) +i\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}b_n\sin(n\theta).$$ For ridiculously small hard drives (8GB), what Ubuntu Based (although not necessarily official) distribution offers the smallest installed size?  Let me clarify: I still want a certain amount of personal file space, preferably a few gig. I also don't have a problem with performance, while it is mediocre, a 2.6GHz single-core and 1GB of ram suffice to run ubuntu fine, but i find that it  uses 6-7GB of space. I am aiming for closer to 4GB. Cannot select text in Safari address bar What exactly are censored data? I have read different descriptions of censored data:  A) As explained in  thread, unquantified data below or above a certain threshold is censored. Unquantified means data is above or below a certain threshold but we do not know the exact value. Data is then marked at the low or high threshold value in the regression model. It matches the description in this , which I've found very clear (2nd slide on first page). In other words $Y$ is capped to either a minimum, a maximum value or both because we do not know the true value outside of that range.   B) A friend told me that we can apply a censored data model to partially unknown $Y$ observations, provided we have at least some limit information about the unknown $Y_i$ outcomes. For example, we want to estimate the final price for a mix of silent and open auctions based on some qualitative criteria (type of goods, country, bidders wealth, etc.). While for the open auctions we know all final prices $Y_i$, for the silent auctions we only know the first bid (say, $1,000) but not the final price. I was told that in this case data is censored from above and a censored regression model should be applied.  C) Finally there is the definition given by the  where $Y$ is missing altogether but the predictors are available. I'm not sure how this example is different from truncated data.  So what exactly are censored data? Open Safari / Google Chrome developer tools programmatically from JavaScript Is it a good practice to show a sign-up or registration form as seperate parts rather than in one go? I am designing a registration form for a site with multiple sets of information required from the user. I have categorized the data fields into relevant groups. Now should I present the form sections in one go or follow a wizard-like approach? What things should I keep in mind while deciding on this?