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What is the cost of a function call? Compared to    Simple memory access Disk access Memory access on another computer(on the same network) Disk access on another computer(on the same network)   in C++ on windows. Check for column name in a SqlDataReader object I do not have much experience in table design. My goal is to create one or more product tables that meet the requirements below:   Support many kinds of products (TV, Phone, PC, ...). Each kind of product has a different set of parameters, like:   Phone will have Color, Size, Weight, OS... PC will have CPU, HDD, RAM...  The set of parameters must be dynamic. You can add or edit any parameter you like.   How can I meet these requirements without a separate table for each kind of product? Is it possible to serialize and deserialize a class in C++? Not enough space on /tmp I'm not able to run update manager as I get an error saying that there is not enough free space in the /tmp directory. I've practically cleaned out the tmp directory but the error persists.  here's df-h  /dev/loop0       13G   11G  952M  92% / udev            2.0G  4.0K  2.0G   1% /dev tmpfs           785M  920K  784M   1% /run none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock none            2.0G  584K  2.0G   1% /run/shm /dev/sda6        20G   14G  6.4G  68% /host  overflow        1.0M   16K 1008K   2% /tmp As in the title, I must prove that: If a complex function $f$ is Entire, and there exist $k,R &gt; 0$, $n \in N$ such that $|f(z)| &gt; k|z|^n$ for all $|z| &gt; R$: Then f is a polynomial.  We've already had a similar question with the inequality reversed, and found that it had to be a polynomial with degree less than n. I was able to show that if it was a polynomial, then it had to have degree less than n, but not that it had to be a polynomial in the first place.  Once again, I'm face with the same problem. I assume this time, the degree of the polynomial will have degree greater than or equal to n, but how do I show that such $f$ must be a polynomial?  It's not like I can go through every other possible function there is, can I? I can show it doesn't work for exponentials, for example, but I just can't think of how to show that this ONLY works for a polynomial... How can I achieve the correct garden tap orientation when threading it in? I'm installing an external tap using a wall plate like this one:    And a tap like this one:    This might be a stupid question, but if I screw the tap into the wall plate it will end up at a certain angle. I can install the wall plate with that angle and the tap will end up with the correct orientation (i.e. pointing down). But what if I want to put another tap in later that has its thread cut slightly differently? How do I prevent it ending up upside-down or whatever? Are all the threads cut exactly the same in these taps?  This seems like a stupid design. How to modify the page at admin/structure/types? For QA workstations preparation (Windows-based PCs) our IT department uses typical batch deployment tools. I'm not at all interested in the details of such process, but IT guys ask me:  What typical set of software you need for everyday manual testing tasks? We could include these in our deployment so that you guys could save more time for testing, not for environment prep &amp; tuning.  Sure thing we do test various range of projects, from web applications to standalone solutions, and each application requires its own set of tools for manual testing, e.g.:  Browsers Virtualization utilities DB clients Screens capturing tools FTP clients XML editors etc.  However, and that's for sure - there's a list of tools every QA MUST have installed on its PC, regardless of project types under testing. My area of experience is mostly standalone / complex web apps, that's why my vision on the task is a bit subjective. So, your suggestions of what are tools / software an average QA specialist can't live without will be highly appreciated. 2 assumptions:  Manual testing is a point of interest. Let's limit the list to not more than 15 (better 10) items.  Thanks in advance! How to avoid tripping over UTF-8 BOM when reading files I'm consuming a data feed that has recently added a Unicode BOM header (U+FEFF), and my rake task is now messed up by it.  I can skip the first 3 bytes with file.gets[3..-1] but is there a more elegant way to read files in Ruby which can handle this correctly, whether a BOM is present or not? Story about a trip to a Valley of Sound I read a short story, can’t remember if it was part of a larger narrative or just on its own.  It was about a crew that was taking a bunch of space tourists to a planet that had plants with seeds in glass-like structures that make certain sounds. The main character in this story feels connected to this planet because there’s a Valley of Sound, where there’s a large number of these glass plants that make all sounds imaginable.  People can almost pick out a loved one’s voice for instance. I absolutely love this concept but can’t for the life of me remember what the story/book was called! Why can some holodeck matter leave the holodeck, while other holodeck matter (notably people) cannot? Show discontinuity of $\frac{xy}{x^2+y^2}$ Too many of your edits were rejected, try again in 7 days First time I've got the following message on SO:     Too many of your edits were rejected,   try again in 7 days.   Although, I have made ~50 accepted edits this day.  I'm sure that should outweigh the ~5 rejected edits, right?    My suggestion:  bool allowEdit(USER u) {     if(u.rejected * 5 &gt; u.accepted)         return(false);     else         return(true); }   Think of it this way: if I do a 1000 accepted edits, and mess up on 5 [rejected], does that mean I should get banned for 7 days?    Hmmm... There seems to be a bug; the message only appears when clicking edit from review.  But otherwise, I can't edit , even when going to it from the homepage. Singular to plural noun Many nouns that end in ‑f are made plural by changing the ‑f to ‑v‑ and adding ‑es.  +----------+-----------+ | Singular |   Plural  | +----------+-----------+ |  half    |  halves   | |  leaf    |  leaves   | |  shelf   |  shelves  | +----------+-----------+     But some nouns that end in ‑f are made plural simply by adding ‑s.  +----------+-----------+ | Singular |   Plural  | +----------+-----------+ |  chief   |  chiefs   | |  roof    |  roofs    | |  cliff   |  cliffs   | +----------+-----------+   Some nouns that end in ‑f can be made plural in two ways, either by adding ‑s or ‑ves:   +----------+--------------------+ | Singular |      Plural        | +----------+--------------------+ |  scarf   |  scarfs or scarves | |  hoof    |  hoofs or hooves   | |  dwarf   |  dwarfs or dwarves | |  wharf   |  wharfs or wharves | +----------+--------------------+   Now my question is how to determine whether to use only ‑s or to change the ‑f to ‑v‑ and add ‑es? Access .mat file containing matlab classes in python Is there any way to keep a command from being added to your history? I have a command that I want to keep out of my history file, and I really don't care to have it there when I search the history stored in memory, though that's less of a concern. Is there any way to prevent this, or do I just have to go back and edit my history file.  update: I didn't realize this might be shell-specific. My shell is zsh. You're welcome to answer for other shells so people know how to do this in their shell. How do you make HDDs and partitions mount at startup on Ubuntu?  I always keep my media and data files on separate partitions - one 2tb HDD and a 400 odd gig partition.  I have been trying to swap the default folder location for the home directory to my other drives.  It works when I change the /home/user_name/.config/user-dirs.dirs file to the directories I want, but only until I reboot the system. I am only assuming that the drives not mounting is the problem with it, but it would be helpful either way.  If any one knows another reason for why the directories change back to default each time that would be good also. How to check if a point is inside a rectangle? There is a point $(x,y)$, and a rectangle $a(x_1,y_1),b(x_2,y_2),c(x_3,y_3),d(x_4,y_4)$, how can one check if the point inside the rectangle? How can I completely remove NetworkManager?