I want nanoTime() of last 24 hours. long currentDate=System.nanoTime(); how to find nanoTime by subtracting 24 hours? Is it possible to get nanoTime from Date date = new Date()?
Accuracy Vs. Precision  What I would like to know is whether I should use System.currentTimeMillis() or System.nanoTime() when updating my object's positions in my game?  Their change in movement is directly proportional to the elapsed time since the last call and I want to be as precise as possible.  I've read that there are some serious time-resolution issues between different operating systems (namely that Mac / Linux have an almost 1 ms resolution while Windows has a  50ms resolution??).  I'm primarly running my apps on windows and 50ms resolution seems pretty inaccurate.  Are there better options than the two I listed?  Any suggestions / comments?
Global and local variables in R Why is my USB drive showing corrupted data when plugged as an internal SATA drive? I have a 3TB Seagate Backup Plus Desktop USB 3.0 drive, which works fine when in its enclosure, but when I get it off its enclosure and directly plug it as an internal SATA drive, it's just not properly recognized (it works again when used in the enclosure). My systems’s motherboard is an , which has two SATA 6.0 Gb/s and four SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports.  When used as an internal SATA drive Windows 7 asks if I want to format the drive, as if it didn’t have a proper filesystem, and if I use the DISKMGMT.MSC tool (typing that in the start menu) I get completely wrong information about the drive.  It says the drive has 3 partitions (349,31GB of RAW data and two unassigned partitions of 1698,68GB and 746,52GB). This information is plain wrong, since the drive, when used in the USB enclosure, works as a single NTFS partition (2794,52GB). How come it’s shown as 3 partitions without filesystem when connected through SATA?!  Is Seagate using some proprietary way of storing the data when using the drive in its provided USB 3.0 enclosure? I didn’t use any kind of encryption. I just plugged the drive with USB 3.0 and started using it straight away, since it apparently came pre-formatted with an NTFS filesystem. Do we know of any living forms on Earth that could continue to live on Mars? Ubuntu on a USB stick - boot in both BIOS and UEFI modes The following code helps me validate an XML file with an XSD schema.  XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings(); settings.Schemas.Add(null, xsdFilePath); settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema; settings.ValidationEventHandler += new System.Xml.Schema.ValidationEventHandler(settings_ValidationEventHandler); XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument(); document.Load(xmlFilePath); XmlReader rdr = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(document.InnerXml), settings);  while (rdr.Read()) {  } isValid = true;   The ValidationEventHandler also tells me what the errors are, but doesn't tell me on 'where' or 'on which line' they are located. Is there any way to get the line number where the XML fails to be validated? Usernames vs. Real Names I want to create a social network mainly geared towards user-to-user interactions such as commenting and discussion boards. From my observations, I've found that users are more likely to engage in constructive conversations when using their full names as opposed to creating flame wars when hiding behind a username. While the latter still has the possibility to exist using one's real name, it's not as evident considering that the user is bearing his or her identity—either through the site's main registration or through Facebook Connect.  Don't get me wrong I've seen many communities manage to still offer insightful user contributions using usernames. All in all, what are the pros and cons of the two? Walking up/down a level road/street Is walking up/down the road/street applicable if the street is not sloped?  I think I heard something about "with/against the numbering of houses" but I'm not sure if it's correct.  Also, if that were correct, why is walking down the street  than walking up the street? In the Breusch-Godfrey test we use a model  $$ e_t = \varepsilon_t + \beta_1 \varepsilon_{t-1} + \dots+ \beta_p \varepsilon_{t-p}. $$  If we reject the null hypotesis of no serial auotocorrelation of the error, it means that the residuals follow an auto-regressive model of order ($p$).  If I want to avoid this problem, I must add a certain number of lags of the response variable $y$ as regressors in the original model. However, in some cases this method is not useful.   Are there other options to consider? Proving that the general linear group is a differentiable manifold We know that the the general linear group is defined as the set $\{A\in M_n(R): \det A \neq 0\}$. I have a homework on how to prove that it is a smooth manifold. So far my only idea is that we can think of each matrix, say $A$, in that group as an $n^2-$dimensional vector. So i guess that every neighborhood of $A$ is homeomorphic to an open ball in $\mathbb{R}^{n^2}$ (However, i don't know how to prove this.)  Now, I'm asking for help if anyone could give me a hint on how to prove that the general linear group is a smooth manifold since I really don't have an idea on how to do this. (By the way, honestly, I don't really understand what a $C^{\infty}-$smooth structure means which is essential to the definition of a smooth manifold.) Your help will be greatly appreciated. :) I am trying to animate a change in backgroundColor using jQuery on mouseover.  I have checked some example and I seem to have it right, it works with other properties like fontSize, but with backgroundColor I get and "Invalid Property" js error. The element I am working with is a div.  $(".usercontent").mouseover(function() {     $(this).animate({ backgroundColor: "olive" }, "slow"); });   Any ideas? Proof: Show there is set of $n+1$ points in $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that distance between any two distinct points is $1$? Responsive Breakpoints? Twitter Bootstrap uses these break points for responsive design:  Large Display: 1200px Default: 980px Tablet: 768px Mobile: 480px  A client said they are using 1280px for their Large Display breakpoint.  Is there an industry standard for these or are they just made up as we go right now? $3$ never divides $n^2+1$ Problem: Is it true that $3$ never divides $n^2+1$ for every positive integer $n$? Explain.  Explanation: If $n$ is odd, then $n^2+1$ is even. Hence $3$ never divides $n^2+1$, when $n$ is odd.  If $n$ is even, then $n^2+1$ is odd. So $3$ could divide $n^2+1$.  And that is where I am stuck. I try to plug in numbers for $n$ but I want a more general form of showing that $3$ can't divide $n^2+1$ when $n$ is even. Proving that $AB-BA=cI$ for nontrivial $c \in \mathbb{C}$ I have a homework question I can`t solve:  Let $X$ be a normed linear space, $A,B \in B(X)$. Show that there exists no nontrivial $c \in \mathbb{C} $ such that $AB-BA=cI$.  Thanks alot already guys! I seem to have a professor who gives impossible homework problems.  The hint he gave: $A^{n}B-BA^{n}=ncA^{n-1}$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$ Installing TTF fonts in LaTeX One of the annoying aspects of LaTeX is the limited number of fonts that come by default, and the pain involved in making new fonts 'LaTeX' ready. I have a collection of truetype fonts that I'd like to prepare for use, and I definitely want to make sure I have vector versions of these fonts (i.e not type 3/bitmapped versions). Is there a relatively painless way to do this ? When should I upgrade my camera body? Why are hard drives never as large as advertised? From all the hard drives I have bought, they never seem to be as large as the advertised size; from 320 GB down to 290 GB, from 500 GB down to 450 GB, etc. Is there a technical reason for this? Combinatorial proofs: having a difficult time understanding how to write them out Can someone explain how combinatorial proofs work?  I've included an example questions that's been giving me a hard time.  Any insight on the topic would be great.  $$\sum_{k=1}^{n}k{n \choose k} = n2^{n-1}$$  Another one:  $${2n \choose 2} = 2{n \choose 2} + n^2$$  The solution says:  LHS: Pick two people from a pool of n men and n women. RHS: Pick two women, pick two men, and pick one of each.  But I don't see how this applies.  How does $n^2$ show that we're picking "one of each?"  Thanks for the help :) I saw that it has been already reported that also they have earned courious badge but the badge has not been given. but their answers say that they must wait a day and the badge will be awarded.  In my case its 8/5 and it was 5/5 long time ago and I have never received a message telling that I have earned it. its just telling me that the next badge to be awarded is Curious badge.  this is my profile: Is there really no English equivalent to German's “Fachidiot”? There was the following paragraph in the article that came under the title, “GOP and the rise of Anti-knowledge” written by  (October 29, 2015):     “English unfortunately doesn’t have a precise word for the German   “Fachidiot,” a narrowly specialized person accomplished in his own   field but a blithering idiot outside it. In any case, a surgeon is   basically a skilled auto mechanic who is not bothered by the sight of   blood and palpitating organs. We need the surgeon’s skills on pain of   agonizing death, and reward him commensurately but that does not make   him a Voltaire.”    In Japanese we have a word, 専門バカ, of which literal translation is “specialist idiot” meaning exactly same as defined the above - a narrowly specialized person accomplished in his own field but a blithering idiot outside it.  I’m really curious about the absence of short descriptions of the specialist who knows nothing more than his specialty area in English like German “Fachidiot,” and Japanese "専門バカ."  Isn’t there really any short word counterpart to “Fachidiot,” specialist’s ignorance, for instance, in English?  P.S.  I found "narrow-minded specialisit" as a German-to-English translation of "fachidiot" in the web site, Interglot translation dictionary.