I have a lenovo G40 80 latop with Intel i3 4005u processor and 4GB DDR33l 1600 RAM. I want to add some RAM for virtualization purposes so I am thinking to add a 8GB SoDIMM so that later I can add another 8GB to get 16GB. But after searching about the matter I got to know that adding different size of DIMMs will affect the channel system.   Is it significant enough to rationalize buying of a 4 GB of ram rather then 8GB?
I know there a lot of posts about ram but I'm still confused about it. I'm building a new system and because it was cheaper, I bought a 6GB kit from Corsair. So I'm wondering if I would be better off just using 4GB of it in a dual channel configuration or just add all 6GB (3 DIMMS) in a single channel configuration.   Thanks
Is it possible to understand the One Piece storyline by watching the movies only? How do the EV stats work? How to filter by messages, not by conversation? I have been emailing my Gmail account error messages from a project I am working on.   I am trying to use Gmail filters/labels to sort out the class of errors.  But because the subject line is basically always the same even if I have a specific filter for 3 known error cases, the label is applied to the conversation, instead of the specific message.  Therefore, all the errors get all the filters.  I do not yet want to delete the errors, but would rather file them separately.   I have not yet used the NOT contains string yet, but that looks to be non-scalable as I get to the fourth or fifth error case I am done with handling.  Is there any option other than turning off Conversations for all my email?  (I guess I could use one of my spare accounts to turn off conversations and do the work there but would be nice to have such an option). Why does DMM show AC and DC current when source is a battery? (How to calculate power in this case?) The circuit is an altered Joule Thief of my design that is driven by an AA or AAA battery. I’m observing the current at the battery anode with my DMM in series. (Extech EX330) This circuit is extremely efficient (In relation to other Joule Thief I've build.) and does some weird stuff - like, it needs a pushbutton sometimes.    Measurements: It is drawing 9.21 mA DC and 6.48 mA AC in series with the battery. It shows 1.364 VDC and 0.010 VAC in parallel with the battery. Output on the LED is 2.572 VDC and 0.011 VAC with no measurable frequency. (with my DMM at least) All measurements are taken with the same configuration and voltage.    But how is it drawing AC and DC and how do I calculate power consumption? --> Could it be because the emitter pin of the NPN is directly connected to ground? --> Or is the circuit just "switching on and off"?     Download schematic:  (I tried to simulate the circuit in LTspice. Thanks for making me aware of this amazing program, Sredni Vashtar!)     What the pushbutton is used for: The pushbutton is used to "kickstart" the oscillation when it wont start by itself. For example: I have to manually "oscillate" using this button to start the circuit if the capacitor is too big and battery voltage is low. Pushing the button releases the energy in the transformer into the capacitor. If it reaches LED forward voltage the circuit keeps oscillating on it's own. It does work without manual intervention when then capacitor in parallel with the LED is not too big, like &lt;5000 µF, and it's a fresh battery.    . Thank you for your answers! I'm learning so much! :D Here's my code:  x = 1.0 y = 100000.0     print x/y   My quotient displays as 1.00000e-05.  Is there any way to suppress scientific notation and make it display as 0.00001? I'm going to use the result as a string. How does extra damage work for critical hits? Linear Algebra: If $A^3 = I$, does $A$ have to be $I$? How to parse a string into a nullable int I'm wanting to parse a string into a nullable int in C#.  ie. I want to get back either the int value of the string or null if it can't be parsed.  I was kind of hoping that this would work  int? val = stringVal as int?;   But that won't work, so the way I'm doing it now is I've written this extension method  public static int? ParseNullableInt(this string value) {     if (value == null || value.Trim() == string.Empty)     {         return null;     }     else     {         try         {             return int.Parse(value);         }         catch         {             return null;         }     } }      Is there a better way of doing this?  EDIT:  Thanks for the TryParse suggestions, I did know about that, but it worked out about the same.  I'm more interested in knowing if there is a built-in framework method that will parse directly into a nullable int? I'd like to be able to search for questions by multiple tags; for example "questions tagged 'nhibernate' and 'web-services'".  I can get close by searching for "nhibernate web-services" but the results tend to be a few questions that relate to both terms--but much more largely just questions that relate to one or the other. Excel VBA code to turn a row with a variable number of columns into fixed-length rows I would like to change this:  Filer   ShareName       IPAddress1    IPpaddres2    IPAddress2    ... ... .... ServerA /share1/tools   192.168.1.52  192.168.1.65  192.168.1.158 ServerA /share/library  192.168.1.65  192.168.1.61  192.168.1.155 ServerB /share/tools    192.168.1.158 192.168.1.159 ServerD /share/misc     192.168.1.7 .. ... ..... .......   To this, in a new worksheet:  Filer   ShareName       IPAddress ServerA /share1/tools   192.168.1.52 ServerA /share1/tools   192.168.1.65 ServerA /share1/tools   192.168.1.158 ServerA /share/library  192.168.1.65  ServerA /share/library  192.168.1.61  ServerA /share/library  192.168.1.155 ServerB ... ... ServerD ... ... .. ... ..... ....... Probability Interval for Gamma Distribution There is something that I am doing wrong in the exercise below and I would appreciate some help figuring it out.  Let $X_1, X_2, \ldots, X_5$ be a random sample from a $\Gamma \left(3,3 \right)$ distribution . Define $W=\sum_{i=1}^5 X_i $.    Obtain the distribution of $W$ and of $2W/3$ Find $c_1$ and $c_2$ such that $P \left( c_1 &lt; W &lt;c_2 \right)=0.95 $     Since $W$ is the sum of iid gamma variables, $W \sim \Gamma \left(15,3 \right)$ and now a straightforward transformation argument shows that $Y=\frac{2}{3} W \sim \chi^2 \left(30 \right) $. This completes question 1.  Now for question 2, my thoughts were to transform these probabilities using the result from question 1, namely that $\frac{2}{3} W \sim \chi^2 \left(30 \right) $. Hence, unless I have made a horrible mistake here:  $$P \left( \frac{2}{3} c_1 &lt; Y &lt; \frac{2}{3} c_2 \right)=0.95 $$  We can find the constants from a chisquare table for $30$ degrees of freedom. In my case, they are $16.791$ for the lower bound and $46.979$ for the upper one.   Then if we equate $\frac{2}{3}c_1=16.791$ and solve for $c_1$ we should be able to find the constant for the above gamma confidence interval, right?   The problem is that according to $R$, $P \left( W&lt;c_1 \right) =1 $, instead of  the desired $0.025$ which means I have gone wrong somewhere. I do not think it is in question though $1$ as I have verified the result many times.   Thank you. workspace switching via ctrl + alt + arrow not working after upgrade to 13.04, how to fix this? Evalute $ \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\sum^{n}_{k=0}\frac{\binom{n}{k}}{n^k(k+3)} $ The collection of all subsets of $\mathbb{Z}$ is uncountable, due to   But how can I prove that the collection of all finite subsets of $\mathbb{Z}$ is countable? It is well known that quantum mechanics and (general) relativity do not fit well. I am wondering whether it is possible to make a list of contradictions or problems between them?  E.g. relativity theory uses a space-time continuum, while quantum theory uses discrete states.  I am not merely looking for a solution or rebuttal of such opposites, more for a survey of the field out of interest. Can the milky way actually be photographed ? I know the image is manipulated, and is probably a composite, but how do you capture such contrast in the milky way? Is an equitorially mounted scope required? Any advice or pointers are welcome, thanks.  I'm heading out towards much less light polluted areas middle of next week and I want to try some nighttime sky captures with my 7D.  Additional info: I just found  on wikipedia that says: 54s, tripod mounted 5D, 16mm lens, f/2.8, ISO800. What else do I need to be aware of? My 7D is only an APS-C and the widest lens I have is 19mm. I'm thinking that might not be wide enough to capture an interesting shot? Circular duplicates in the close review queue? How to (properly) remove the parentheses around the year in authoryear style? (v3) I have a question that has been answered a few times, but does not work for me (and also not for another commenter in a previously asked question).   I want to remove the parenthesis around the yead in the bibliography with biblatex style authoryear, and ideally also add a comma and space before it. I have looked at the following questions:        I use biber 2.10 and TexLive 2017/W32Tex.  This MWE should work according to the question v2 above, but does not work for me, i.e. the output is still Author, Anne (2001a). Alpha. The output I need is Author, Anne, 2001a. Alpha.  \documentclass{article}  \usepackage[style=authoryear,dashed=false]{biblatex} \usepackage{xpatch,filecontents}  \begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib} @misc{A01,author={Author, Anne},year={2001},title={Alpha}} @misc{A02,author={Author, Anne},year={2001},title={Beta}} \end{filecontents} \addbibresource{\jobname.bib}  \xpatchbibmacro{date+extrayear}{%   \printtext[parens]% }{%   \setunit*{\addperiod\space}%   \printtext% }{}{}   \begin{document} \nocite{*} \printbibliography \end{document} Integration of $e^{ax}\cos bx$ and $e^{ax}\sin bx$ I would like to simulate the behaviour of a zener diode in LTspice. Consider the following schematic         &ndash; Schematic created using   I'm interested in simulating its performance when Vcc changes from the rated value (say 12V), for example when Vcc varies from 11 to 15 V.  Now, I know how to simulate this behaviour in LTspice for a generic diode or even for a particular diode which is available in the model library, but when it comes to using a custom diode, I have no idea on how to specify the diode parameters.  Looking into the documentation I was able to come up with a setup that is the correct one, that is, I can specify a custom diode model but now I'm having problems in understanding where to find all the parameters since the datasheet of my diode of choice does not provide all of them. In the LTspice model shown below I've picked a 4.7 V zener diode that was available just to have a base model to edit (and a 1k resistor just for reference).    The diode I'd like to use is a 3V . How can I simulate, as realistically as possible, the behaviour of this diode given the few parameters available in the datasheet?