Late 70s - Early 80s Story about an evolving computer virus
1970s: Student creates complex program, forgets about it, and it becomes intelligent and finds him years later
How to import a module given the full path? How can I load a Python module given its full path? Note that the file can be anywhere in the filesystem, as it is a configuration option. My change password interface is not working on java eclipse web application What is the domain of $x^x$ as a real valued function? Consider the function $f(x) = x^x$.  Wolfram alpha tells me that this function's domain is $x : x&gt;0$, $x \in \mathbb{R}$. I can't see why it cannot be defined for a number like $(-2)$. I mean $(-2)^{-2}=0.25$, the same Wolfram Alpha told me. I realize that fractional powers for negative numbers may cause problems, but it could be defined for integers. Thanks for any help. I have developed some custom DAO-like classes to meet some very specialized requirements for my project that is a server-side process that does not run inside any kind of framework.    The solution works great except that every time a new request is made, I open a new connection via MySQLdb.connect.    What is the best "drop in" solution to switch this over to using connection pooling in python?  I am imagining something like the commons DBCP solution for Java.    The process is long running and has many threads that need to make requests, but not all at the same time... specifically they do quite a lot of work before brief bursts of writing out a chunk of their results.  Edited to add: After some more searching I found  which looks decent, but as I'm relatively new to python I guess I just want to make sure I'm not missing a more obvious/more idiomatic/better solution. Photoshop: How to draw a guide with an exact distance from another guide Before drawing, I want to draw all guides for my layout. For example, I have a guide line named A already. After that, I want to have another guide named B  parallel with guide A and at 50px distance from it.   I have three solutions:   Draw line B and by "some way", I can see the current distance directly when I'm drawing, so I can make the distance exactly what I want it to be.  Draw line B. And then I use the Ruler tool to see the distance between the two guides. This method has disadvantages: maybe the ruler line that I draw isn't perpendicular with the guides and I'm not sure when the distance is enough. There are other clever ways, that help me get this job done fast and easily, but that I don't know yet. I think Photoshop should support this feature.   What is the best way to achieve this? Could the granting lag for each badge be added to the FAQ? In my past experiences, I have almost never typeset my manuscripts according to the formats required by the journals to which I would like to submit. I leave my manuscripts as produced by the LaTeX article documentclass.  Recently I am wondering: Would such a behavior generally give handling editors a negative first impression? Chatroom owners can star their own messages I was able to star my own message by pinning it and unpinning it.  Pinning a message adds a star, even to your own messages, but when the pin is removed, the star remains. C++ virtual function from constructor I understand that assuming light is quantized implies that if a lower energy interacts with  metal, it is possible that that quanta will not have enough energy to eject the electron. What prevents two quanta from interacting with the electron at the same time, though, and summing to have enough energy to release the particle. Indeed, what if two separate light rays of the same frequency impact the electron, why can't that free it? Problem with option border of class standalone I tested a MWE given in question . Following the documentation (page 9) I used the class option border={left right bottom top} with left=right=top=0pt and bottom=20pt (20pt only to show the effect here).  With the version 2012/09/15 v1.1b of standalone and the following MWE I get no 20 pt margin at the bottom of my picture.  What is the problem?  MWE:  \documentclass[% % border=1pt   border={0pt 0pt 20pt 0pt} %left right bottom top ]{standalone}% http://ctan.org/pkg/standalone \begin{document} $2^5 = x_5 \times y^8$ \end{document} "Install VMware Tools" greyed out after installing ubuntu 15.04 on vmware player 7.1 "Install VMware Tools" greyed out after installing Ubuntu 15.04 on VMware Player 7.1. I tried checking "No proxy" instead of default "Windows proxy settings" at "File->Preferences->Software updates-> Connection Settings". This did not work either. Is there a way to install VMware Tools? Remap Caps Lock to Ctrl-b How do I install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu? Ethernet indicator in OSX menu bar I am using OSX 10.7  When I move between different ethernet networks (e.g., at work using ethernet on an external display, at home using thunderbolt ethernet), the ethernet does not always connect. However, I don't get immediate feedback. Instead, I connect to wi-fi. However, wi-fi is both slower and less reliable than ethernet. Thus, I'd like to know whether I am connected to ethernet or not. Of course I can go into preferences and network settings to see whether I'm connected to ethernet, but it would be better if there was some form of indicator in the status bar, just as there is for wi-fi. Thus, my question:  Is there a way of getting an indicator of ethernet connectivity in the OSX menu-bar?  Perhaps there is a free application that can do this. In my test class i have the creation of a dummy custom setting and a dummy lead:  Group g1 = new Group(Name='group name', type='Queue');              insert g1;             QueuesObject q1 = new QueueSObject(QueueID = g1.id, SobjectType = 'Lead');              insert q1;       SetOwner__c mycs = SetOwner__c.getValues('standardset');               if(mycs == null) {                               mycs = new SetOwner__c(Name= 'CustomValues');                  mycs.OwnerId__c ='00520000000z3PrAAI';                  mycs.RecordtypeID__c='012L00000004QsrIAE';                  insert mycs;      Lead lead = createNewLead(u2.id);                           insert lead;   ERROR:  MIXED_DML_OPERATION, DML operation on setup object is not permitted after you have updated a non-setup object (or vice versa): SetOwner__c, original object: QueueSobject: []   I get this error because i am trying to perform DML on setup and non-setup objects in the same transaction.  Any solution for this problem? Changing colors of lightning-button How can I change the colors of lightning-button?  I tried doing this in my css:  .my-button {     background-color: #14a6bc;     color: #ffffff; }   and applying that class to my &lt;lightning-button&gt; and removing the variant but I still get the base colors? I am trying to use these examples: MonoTouch.Dialog: How to set limit of number of characters for EntryElement How many edges does an undirected tree with $n$ nodes have? What is "summoning sickness" and how does it affect my creatures? Note: this is intended to be a canonical question about summoning sickness.  "Summoning sickness", broadly, is the rule that stops you from attacking or paying {T} costs with a creature that you just played. But how exactly does it work? How does it interact with other rules and effects?  For example, if I'm trying to figure out how a creature is affected:   Does the status matter (tapped/untapped, face down/face up, etc.)? What if it came into play, but I didn't cast it? What if it's a token? What if it was on the battlefield when my turn started, but it wasn't a creature? What if it stops being a creature? What if it's a creature and also another card type? What if it's a double-faced card that just transformed? What if it changes control? What if it's a copy of another creature? Which of the creature's activated abilities can I use? Are any of its other abilities affected? Can I tap the creature to pay a cost that is not a {T} cost?   (These examples are primarily taken from questions about summoning sickness that have already been asked on the site)