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Visual design changes to the review queues How can I set mouse sensitivity, not just mouse acceleration? For example, the square can be described with the equation $|x| + |y| = 1$. So is there a general equation that can describe a regular polygon (in the 2D Cartesian plane?), given the number of sides required?  Using the Wolfram Alpha site, this input gave an almost-square: PolarPlot(0.75 + ArcSin(Sin(2x+Pi/2))/(Sin(2x+Pi/2)*(Pi/4))) (x from 0 to 2Pi)  This input gave an almost-octagon: PolarPlot(0.75 + ArcSin(Sin(4x+Pi/2))/(Sin(4x+Pi/2)*Pi^2)) (x from 0 to 2Pi)  The idea is that as the number of sides in a regular polygon goes to infinity, the regular polygon approaches a circle. Since a circle can be described by an equation, can a regular polygon be described by one too? For our purposes, this is a regular convex polygon (triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon and so on).  It can be assumed that the centre of the regular polygon is at the origin $(0,0)$, and the radius is $1$ unit.  If there's no such equation, can the non-existence be proven? If there are equations, but only for certain polygons (for example, only for $n &lt; 7$ or something), can those equations be provided? How to create a custom UI? I was watching this  on making a custom UI tab using Python, and in the line from bpy.types import Menu, Panel, UIList, I see the names of objects that look like they can all be used to make different UI elements. Does bpy.types contain all the objects that people use when they want to make custom UI elements? Health effect of electromagnetic and acoustic waves on brain function How to extrude and scale with an even offset? root owned program with setuid bit on Ping is a a program owned by root with the user id bit set.  $ ls -l `which ping` -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 35752 Nov  4  2011 /bin/ping   As I understand it, if a user runs the ping process, then the effective user id will change from the real user id (i.e. the user id of the person who launched the process) to the user id root. However when I try this and look at the output of ps to see if the ping process is running as the root user, I still get the real user id showing.  ps -e -o user,ruser,euser,cmd,args | grep ping sashan   sashan   sashan   ping -i 10 -c 1000 www.goog ping -i 10 -c 1000 www.google.com single query to print all the rows whose count is greater than 10 I often read outputs in the terminal that get wrapped as they are too long. Since there is no way that I can modify the printed output, I need to let the Terminal allow for horizontal scrolling.  Is there a modification I can make to the default OS X Terminal to disable line wrapping and allow for horizontal scrolling?  Or do you know another alternative I can use? Why would you not want to rollover a previous employer's 401(k) when changing jobs? Are there any valid reasons to not rollover a former 401(k) when changing jobs?  I have several little ones that I never quite got around to rolling together - with an upcoming job change, should they all be combined into my new employer's retirement plan?  If not, what else might be considered? I have a 32GB iPhone 4 version 4.0.1. I have many photos on my phone, but I have deleted an important photo from my iPhone. How can I get this photo back from my iPhone? MCMC in a frequentist setting I have been trying to get a sense of the different problems in frequentist settings where MCMC is used. I am familiar that MCMC (or Monte Carlo) is used in fitting GLMMs and in maybe Monte Carlo EM algorithms. Are there more frequentist problems where MCMC is used? How does a Support Vector Machine (SVM) work? How to calculate the distribution of the minimum of multiple exponential variables? $X_1$, $X_2$, $X_3$ are independent random variables, each with an exponential distribution, but with means of $2.0, 5.0, 10.0$ respectively. Let $Y$= the smallest or minimum value of these three random variables. Derive and identify the distribution of $Y$. (The distribution function may be useful).    How do I solve this question? Do I plug in each mean to the exponential distribution? I would appreciate it if someone could explain this to me, thanks. Is it acceptable to insult god in a user profile? Like always I hang around in Stack Overflow's chatrooms. Today, someone posted a link to his new "reloaded" user profile.  Along the lines I read in Arabic "god is a pig". So I asked him to remove it:     Me: I have a lot of respect towards you because of your knowledge but what you wrote there in Arabic is offensive. Could you remove it please?   OP: if it were in English, would it be equally offensive?   I will write it in Dutch because you ask it so kindly.   Me: yeah, I mean what's your goal? You're just seeding hatred   OP: It is an experiment.   After that, the user changed it to Dutch.  My question is: are such statements acceptable by Stack Exchange's standards? If not, should I flag one of his posts like stated ? If yes, could you state why?  My answers to possible questions:   This happened on SO, why don't you post it on MSO?   This happened on SO but I think it's applicable to all SE sites.  Why didn't you link the user or the chat conversation?   I want the user to remain anonymous unless he or she chooses to reveal him/her self. I will give the user a link to this question  Why do you care?   I find it offensive, not only to my religion but to any religion that believes in god. I posted this question to know what you guys and girls think about this. I live by the rules, so if it's acceptable by SE then so be it and I won't bother you again.  If you don't like it then move on.   I know that this is not a mosque/church/temple and that swearing  to a certain degree. But I don't see the point in insulting god, a religion or a race in a public profile. More over, it's not even built on arguments. $$ 3x+6y+5z=7 $$ The general solution to this linear Diophantine equation is as described    $$ x = 5k+2l+14 $$ $$ y = -l $$ $$ z = -7-k $$ $$ k,l \in \mathbb{Z} $$  If I plug the original equation into  the solution is: $$ y = 5n+2x+2  $$ $$ z =-6n-3x-1 $$ $$ n \in \mathbb{Z} $$  I can rewrite this as:  $$ x = l $$ $$ y = 5k+2l+2 $$ $$ z = -6k-3l-1 $$ $$ k,l \in \mathbb{Z} $$  However now two equations depend on two variables ($k,l$) and one on one variable $l$. In the first solution one equation depends on two variables and two on one variable.  Questions:  How can I come from a representation like the one from wolfram alpha for the general solution to one where all equations depend on one distinct variable except one equation.  Is there always such a representation? The whole multi-continent aspect of A Song of Ice and Fire seems to be getting out of hand. Do the other continents suffer those long winters?  Can the Others harm the other continents?  In The Lord of the Rings there were other realms than Middle-earth, but Middle-earth was still all of humanity and dwarf population and hobbits.  Sure there are stories like Romeo and Juliet where the only thing that matters is whether those 2 are going have a chance to love.  But in these fantasy / sci-fi stories there's usually danger of world domination by evil.  It's not usually just one continent is going to be a terrible (or impossible) place to live but other civilizations will flourish. Let I and J be ideals of a ring R. Show by example that the set of products {xy | x ∈ I, y ∈ J} need not be an ideal Let I and J be ideals of a ring R. Show by example that the set of products {xy | x ∈ I, y ∈ J} need not be an ideal, but that the set of finite sums of products of elements of I and J is an ideal. This ideal is called the product ideal, and is denoted by IJ.   I want to check if my work on the first part makes any sense. I am not sure if I am picking the right example.  If I let R = Z and I = (2) and J = (3) then I has multiples of 2, and J has multiples of 3  6 will divide the product IJ if we add 2 and 3 though we get 5 in IJ, but I am not sure if 5 Divides IJ. Fast(est) and intuitive ways to look at matrix multiplication? Can we define tension in a string as the reactive force produced in a string being pulled at both ends? In my textbook, the definition of tension was given that  is the reactive force which exists when string is being stretched at its both end. After it there was a case given that to calculate acceleration and tension produced in string while it's attached with different masses at both its ends and passed over a frictionless pulley. First body is being hung and second is placed over horizontal frictionless surface with relatively smaller mass. It is given in my book that there are three forces acting on the body placed on horizontal smooth surface viz., Weight of body, the reaction force to weight and tension in string pulling body towards pulley's wheel. How can there be tension in string according to the definition given my book however there is no acting force (pulling force) on the body that pulls it away from wheel.  There are different definitions for tension. The one in our book is creating problem however second one, that is, " tension describes the pulling force exerted by each end of a string, cable, chain, or similar one-dimensional continuous object " is al right.  Since acceleration is lowered due to Tension then acceleration produced in the body must be given by, $a=\frac{Net-Force}{m}$ $=&gt;$ $a=\frac{m_1g-T}{m_1}$ since $W_1$ $&gt;$ $T$.  If tension in string is the reactive force to the weights pulling the string apart then according to Sir Isaac Newton, $W_1=W_2=T$.