I want to format my Ubuntu and make it as no one used my computer before. Please do not tell me about Disks then format only a portion. Actually I want to format everything and start over again. Please help
I need to format a drive containing an old install of Ubuntu 10.04, to install Vista (not my idea!) Vista setup apparently refuses to format non-FAT32 or NTFS partitions. However, I can't seem to format it from my live CD (Ubuntu 11.04) at all; I keep getting "device is busy" errors. What is the simplest way to format this drive?
I have one script to allow for one user to run. The string calling it from the command line looks like  ./script path/to/folder -a option='value'   When I try to add it to the other commands in Cmnd_Alias line, sudo blames sudoers file for incorrect syntax. How can I set such commands properly? Why did Dumbledore drink the potion in the attempt to get a Horcrux? Children's book with "square triangles" in parallel universe? In the 1960s I read book--an older children's book, I think--which I loved, and still remember, roughly.  I have no idea what the title is or who the author is, and I'm wondering if anyone knows this one:  Scientists had invented a device which they didn't fully understand, and which had puzzling effects.  For example, when a pencil was put into the machine, it disappeared, and then reappeared inside out: The lead was on the outside.  When people went into the machine, they came back dead, having died from fright.  Finally they sent a very open-minded person into the machine.  She was an artist, I think.  She was able to return alive, and described an alternate universe in which geometry was very different.  I distinctly remember that there were supposedly square triangles or four-sided triangles--or was it three-sided squares?  (This is, of course, a literally contradictory claim, but I didn't see the matter as clearly then.)  Thanks! What is the right way to apply an image texture over a glass or plastic material? I am trying to put a label over the transparent plastic bottle, but i was unable to do so, because when i build the bottle material(plastic) and mix it with the diffuse shader(using the label texture), the label gets faded. So the solution i found was to duplicate the bottle and scale a little bit and apply the label material on it. So it looks its the same material, but in reality its one material over the other. How can I make my plastic material be under my label material(image)? Here's how it looks:   Here's my material setting for the plastic bottle:   Thanks in advance. Why is energy in a wave proportional to amplitude squared? I'm a mathematics student trying to grasp some basics about wave propagation. A sentence I find very often in introductive physics textbooks is the following:      In a wave, energy is proportional to amplitude squared.   This is something I would like to understand better in the case of mechanical (linear) waves.  The simplest model is the vibrating string of mass density $\mu$ and tension $T$: here an element of string of rest length $dx$ and vertical displacement $y(x, t)$ possesses a kinetic energy $\frac{1}{2}\mu dx \left( \frac{\partial y}{\partial t}\right)^2$ and a potential elastic energy $\frac{1}{2}T dx \left( \frac{\partial y}{\partial x}\right)^2$. So we have the total energy   $$dE=\frac{1}{2}\mu dx \left( \frac{\partial y}{\partial t}\right)^2+\frac{1}{2}T dx \left( \frac{\partial y}{\partial x}\right)^2,$$  which completely explains the sentence. Can we obtain a similar formula for higher-dimensional waves? How should I modify the above formula for a (simplified model of an) elastic membrane, for example? I would expect something like   $$dE=\text{some constant}\left(\frac{\partial z}{\partial t}\right)^2+\text{some other constant}\left\lvert\nabla z\right\rvert^2,$$  where $z=z(x, y, t)$ is the vertical displacement. Am I right? How to add \part only to TOC? On my y510p, I set Lenovos battery software to "Optimize battery health" while I was in Windows 8.1. I forgot to change it before overwriting that partition with Ubuntu, and now my battery in Ubuntu never charges past 59~60%. I think this is due to something in the BIOS because it persists despite my Windows partition being gone.   I've searched the BIOS but there's no mention of battery anywhere!  I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Show that both mixed partial derivatives exist at the origin but are not equal $$f(x,y) = \begin{cases} \displaystyle \frac{xy(x^2-y^2)}{x^2+y^2} &amp; \text{if } (x,y) \neq (0,0), \\ 0 &amp; \text{if } (x,y) = (0,0). \end{cases}$$ I tried finding both mixed partial derivatives but they ended up being the same for that function. I must be failing to take into account something dealing with the fact that it is piece-wise. I still need to show the mixed partial derivatives exist. How can I do all of this? Show that $\int_0^ \infty \frac{1}{1+x^n} dx= \frac{ \pi /n}{\sin(\pi /n)}$ , where $n$ is a positive integer. What is wrong with this deduction to show that within a multiplet different state has different square angular momentum? I am watching Susskinds's lecture , in which he introduced square angular momentum operator $L^2$, which can be written as $$ L^2=L_z^2+L_-L_++L_z $$ where $$ L_\pm=L_x\pm iL_y $$  Besides, he argued that the spectrum of $L$ can only be $m,m-1,\cdots,-m+1,-m$ in which $m$ is an integer or half-integer. If we denote $|m\rangle$ the eigenvector corresponds to eigenvalue $m$, we have $$ L_\pm|l\rangle=|l\pm 1\rangle\;\text{or}\;0 $$  In the lecture he showed that $L^2|m\rangle=m(m+1)|m\rangle$ for $m$ the highest eigenvalue, by $$ \begin{align*} L^2|m\rangle&amp;=L_z^2|m\rangle+L_-L_+|m\rangle+L_z|m\rangle\\ &amp;=m^2|m\rangle+0+m|m\rangle\\ &amp;=m(m+1)|m\rangle \end{align*} $$  Then he left an exercise to show that for any $-m\leqslant l&lt; m$, we also have $|l\rangle$ is an eigenvector of $L^2$ with eigenvalue $m(m+1)$.  In the lecture, he hinted by showing that it suffices to show that $L^2$ commutes with $L_i$ for $i=x,y,z$, which gives us $$ L^2|m-1\rangle=L^2L_-|m\rangle=L_-L^2|m\rangle=L_-m(m+1)|m\rangle=m(m+1)L_-|m\rangle=m(m-1)|m-1\rangle $$  I believe it is true since I find the   online.   However, my question is that, why the following proof is wrong.  I tried to mimic the proof for $|m\rangle$ to have that  $$ \begin{align*} L^2|k\rangle&amp;=L_z^2|k\rangle+L_-L_+|k\rangle+L_z|k\rangle\\ &amp;=k^2|k\rangle+L_-L_+|k+1\rangle+k|k\rangle\\ &amp;=k^2|k\rangle+|k\rangle+k|k\rangle\\ &amp;=(k^2+k+1)|k\rangle \end{align*} $$  which shows that $|k\rangle$ does not have eigenvalue $m(m+1)$ but $k^2+k+1$ for $k&lt;m$. Given a dictionary like so:  my_map = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}   How can one invert this map to get:  inv_map = {1: 'a', 2: 'b'} Show that a connected metric space is $\epsilon$-chainable for $\epsilon>0$ Show a connected metric space (X,d) is $\epsilon$-chainable for $\epsilon &gt;0$       $\epsilon$-chainable Definition      (X,d) is $\epsilon$-chainable if given any two points $a,b \in X$, $\exists$ a finite set $\{ x_0,x_1,...,x_n\}$ of points in X with $x_0 = a$, $x_n=b$ and $d(x_{n-1},x_n)&lt;\epsilon$, $\forall$ n      Clopen Definition      A set is clopen $iff$ its boundary is empty      Connected Metric Definition      Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space. It is connected $iff$ it has no proper subsets which are clopen      The following are equivalent:         $X$ is connected   The only subsets of $X$ that are clopen are $\emptyset$ and $X$   $\nexists$ non-empty, disjoint, open sets $A$ and $B$ such that $X=A\bigcup B$   $\nexists$ non-empty, disjoint, closed sets $A$ and $B$ such that $X=A\bigcup B$         Theorem      Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, and let $S$ be any subset of $X$. Then $S$ is closed $iff$ $S^c$ is open.     So how would someone show this exactly?  Let the set $A$ be the set of all elements in $(X,d)$ that can be reached from $a\in X$ in a finite number of steps with length less than $\epsilon$.  Does this mean that there should be no isolated points? (an isolated point would be at distance infinity from any other point, or distance zero from itself, since $\epsilon &gt;0$ we don't want this?)  Knowing that $X$ is connected $\implies$the only subsets of X that are clopen are $\emptyset$ and $X$  Also, by construction of A;   A is the set of all $\epsilon$-chains between any element and $a$  And, so $A^c = \emptyset$ if $A$ was $\epsilon$-chainable (because A has to have a path from all elements to a, for this to be true, the complement wouldn't have anything in it)  Leaving only $A$ as the remaining clopen set  Does this make any sense? Or should an alternative be used, and how to formalize it.  Thanks. Issue with particles in blender donut tutorial I have been recently doing the blender donut tutorial and ran into a problem regarding the sprinkle particles. The particles (hair) keep appearing on the underside of the icing. As seen in the image below, most of the hair particles only come out from the bottom of the icing. I tried to readjust the normals but I realised the normals were already correct. (Blue colour donut in image) Someone suggested following through the weight painting part of the tutorial. However, the sprinkles still remain on the underside of the icing. What is the actual problem and how do I solve this?  Particle settings below  Edit: @moonboots Thanks the hair particle problem has been solved. How do I prevent the submersion of the sprinkle particles? How to get status start_date and end_date from status_track table? I have two tables:   things:  +------+----------------+------------+ | id   | current_status | created_at | +------+----------------+------------+ | 7770 | active         | 2016-08-09 | +------+----------------+------------+  thing_status_tract:  +----------+-------------+-----------+---------------------+ | thing_id | status_from | status_to | changed_at          | +----------+-------------+-----------+---------------------+ |     7770 | incomplete  | inactive  | 2016-08-09 16:26:22 | |     7770 | inactive    | active    | 2016-08-10 12:31:04 | +----------+-------------+-----------+---------------------+    I need data in the following form. This table has a status and its corresponding start and end timestamp for a particular thing_id:  +----------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | thing_id | status      | status_start_date   | status_end_date     | +----------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+ |     7770 | incomplete  | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 | 2016-08-09 16:26:22 | |     7770 | inactive    | 2016-08-09 16:26:22 | 2016-08-10 12:31:04 | |     7770 | active      | 2016-08-10 12:31:04 | now()               | +----------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+   How to do that with a SQL query? What to look for in the datasheet when choosing a MOSFET? List all files in all subfolders In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione is in the toilets when Harry and Ron lock in the troll. She lies and says that she went looking for the troll. Why? She could have just said that she was in there because she needed the toilet (she was allowed to be, it's a girls' bathroom) and Harry and Ron came to save her.   Is there a reason she lied? Confirmation that someone is listening to another person's speech When someone is telling you a very long and detailed story he usually wants to hear some "confirmations" (or response) that you are listening to his story. In Russian we often use something like "tak" (which has a meaning of "ok" and "well, proceed further"), "a-ha" or "uh-huh".  What word serves the same purpose in English and American English? Flying Turkish Airlines, what are credit card rules? I have return tickets flying out of SFO on Turkish airlines for the whole family. The credit card I used to book the tickets has since been replaced by the bank with a new card.   In order to board, can I present the new credit card (same name) at the checkin counter, or must I present the original credit card (which is no longer valid and has been discarded)?  By 'discarded' - I mean cut up and thrown away in trash. It was no longer valid, since it was replaced with a new card. So can I use the new card to travel on a booking that was made using the original card?    The new card has a new number; and the ticket was purchased through an agent. do I only get a limited number of at-will powers?