My soldering iron came as part of a kit and I have really not used it very much at all in all the years I have had it. (Read zero meaningful uses). I cannot remember who gave it to me or why. The kit came with some solder but I have since learned that there are different types including leaded and lead free. Is there a way of figuring out what type I have?
Is there a test to determine whether solder is leaded or lead-free? Perhaps conductivity/resistance?
How do I change the extension of multiple files? I would like to change a file extension from *.txt to *.text. I tried using the basename command, but I'm having trouble on changing more than one file.  Here's my code:  files=`ls -1 *.txt`  for x in $files do     mv $x "`basename $files .txt`.text" done   I'm getting this error:  basename: too many arguments Try basename --help' for more information Can fresh pasta sheets be used to assemble a lasagne, then left in the fridge overnight before baking? Or will this make them mushy or otherwise degrade them?  I have recently gotten into making fresh pasta, and I want to prep a lasagne the night before. I have done this before with store-bough dried noodles, but I'm not sure if doing this will have a negative effect on fresh, more delicate pasta. I have a large number of zip files that were compressed using the zip command. I would like to recompress them with the -9 flag to improve the compression ratio. Does anyone know if that can be done without manually decompressing and then compressing.  PS. I need to keep them as zip files since they are served to windows users( and as such have white spaces in their names) In Euclidean geometry texts, it is always mentioned that point is undefined, it can only be described. Consider the following definition: "A point is a mathematical object with no shape and size." I do not understand what is the problem with this definition. Please give the detailed reasons. Thanks in advance! I have a bathroom door that is quite loud when operated. And when someone goes to the bathroom at night, it innevatibly wakes someone up (and baby room is just across from the bathroom!) there are 3 components of noise, and I was wondering if there is an alternative to fixing them:   door bangs against the jamb (this is fixed with simple foam bumpers) latch mechanism makes a loud CLUNK when door is pushed closed (I was able to dampen it just a bit by putting foam inside strike plate, but it is still quite loud) lock button also makes a CLUNK when the knob is turned and it is released (this can be battled by replacing with a mechanism that needs to be manually opened [twist instead of push] but it is less convenient, and I would prefer something that automatically unlocks)   Any suggestions as to a knob that has a dampening of the latch and lock button? I have only found one youtube video of my ideal handle, but there is no information on how it works, where to buy it, or anything else: When to use an offset in a Poisson regression? Does anybody know why offset in a Poisson regression is used? What do you achieve by this? How to make text aligned left/center/right in the same line? Very similar to , except for Java.  What is the recommended way of encoding strings for an XML output in Java. The strings might contain characters like "&amp;", "&lt;", etc. How do I copy to the clipboard in JavaScript? What is the best way to copy text to the clipboard (multi-browser)? I have tried: function copyToClipboard(text) {     if (window.clipboardData) { // Internet Explorer         window.clipboardData.setData(&quot;Text&quot;, text);     } else {         unsafeWindow.netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege(&quot;UniversalXPConnect&quot;);         const clipboardHelper = Components.classes[&quot;@mozilla.org/widget/clipboardhelper;1&quot;].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIClipboardHelper);         clipboardHelper.copyString(text);     } }  But in Internet Explorer it gives a syntax error. In Firefox, it says unsafeWindow is not defined. A nice trick without using : Intuitively, $\lim\limits_{t\to -\infty}te^t=0$, since $e^t\to 0$ much faster than $t\to -\infty$.   Is there a way to more rigorously compute this? Writing it as $e^t/(1/t)$ seems resistant to l'Hopital's rule. Output URL of open firefox tabs in terminal I want to create a circuit that can detect audio frequencies and flash RGB LEDs different colors depending on the detected frequency. The frequency range will be from 20 Hz to 12 kHz, after looking at the chart below.   (source: )    So my question is: what circuit design should I choose to make a good frequency detector? I suppose I would need    Preamp for the microphone (is it necessary for the ADC?) Band pass filters (active or passive?) A microcontroller with an onboard ADC that has a sampling rate of at least 24 kHz.   Before I get too excited, are there any circuits out there that already do this? How to prove that a number is irrational What's the default value for an 'object' in java? I'm arriving to the US by air, but departing via land. How do I end form I-94 now that it is only electronic? How does body fat leave your body? So I know that it’s not from tears or sweat because they are composed of mainly water and sodium, it’s not from going poo or pee as poo and pee are made of the parts of food that supply your body with no nutrients and your body also doesn’t “burn body fat” because there is a theory that no matter is ever destroyed so it’s none of those but another thing is it’s not your hair, ear wax, finger nails or anything of that sort because people can lose over 17 pounds in 3 months but you can’t build up that amount of hair , ear wax or whatever else in three months so how does body fat leave your body Possible Duplicate:          I would like to use round parentheses () instead of square brackets [] for citations in a document that I'm working on.   I figured out how to get them in the text using the round option with natbib.  I can't figure out to have the generated bibliography to show () instead of [] when it lists the references.  What do I need to change to fix the way it formats the bibliography? The biggest peeve is sometimes I vote up an answer mid-way through reading it, and the "don't forget to accept" message blocks the remaining text, so I scramble and triple-click it until it closes.  Anyways I frequently scan my question list and search for SO's reminders, ("Consider accepting an answer") so the "don't forget to accept" is wholly unnecessary to some, and there should be a way to disable it. Do you think so too? I've just installed Ubuntu on my Lenovo g460  with Windows 7. I am not able to play any movie or mp3 file. When I click on a file I'm asked to install a plugin. When I click on the install button nothing happens. WOL - Wake On Lan over internet