DNS Resolution fails, and /etc/resolv.conf isn't persistent, how can I force the use of certain DNS servers?
Why is the content of /run/resolvconf/interface/NetworkManager changed every time I reboot?
Frequentism and priors Robby McKilliam says in a comment to  post:     It should be pointed out that, from the frequentists point of view, there is no reason that you can't incorporate the prior knowledge into the model. In this sense, the frequentist view is simpler, you only have a model and some data. There is no need to separate the prior information from the model   Also, , @jbowman says that frequentists use regularization by a cost/penalty function, while bayesians can make this a prior:     Frequentists realized that regularization was good, and use it quite commonly these days - and Bayesian priors can be easily interpreted as regularization.   So, my question is, can frequentists in general incorporate into their models what Bayesians specify as priors? Taking the regularization as an example, is the cost/penalty function really integrated into the model, or is this a purely artificial means of adjusting the solution (as well as making it unique)? I would like to have my whole document showing a blank line (or space) between paragraphs and no indentation. I know how to do it line by line, but is there a way to change that with just one or a few lines at the beginning of the document? Like a package you can install, or a new command? I process all my photos to black and white. Although I use a polariser where possible, I often find myself wanting to drop the luminance of the sky further which I do using a Black and White adjustment layer (in Photoshop). This usually results in a lighter halo following the line of the horizon, where the blues of the sky meet whatever the colour of the land is.  My current solution to this problem is to run a brush along this margin with a colour set to the same as the sky and the blend-mode set to Darken. This effectively paints in the lighter band with the sky colour while not laying down the colour on top of the darker horizon. Whilst this is effective, it is very time consuming.  Is there a better approach to dealing with these halos?  Here is a video that illustrated the Darken solution that I mention: How do I delete Windows after an Ubuntu install? I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to my Dell Dimension 4600 with Windows XP installed.  I now have a neat dual-boot system, but I want to get rid of the XP OS and keep Ubuntu as my only OS.  How do I do this? In ubuntu 11.04 there was a workaround using gconf-editor and setting key /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr/active to false.  However there is no such key in gconf-manager using ubuntu 11.10 (gnome 3). Prove $f(x) = \sqrt x$ is uniformly continuous on $[0,\infty)$ I have seen a proof in   Below shows an alternative proof. Please correct me if im wrong.  Proof:  For any given $\varepsilon &gt;0$,  Let $\delta_1 = \frac{\varepsilon}{2}$, $\forall x,y \in [1,\infty)$ with $|x-y|&lt;\delta_1$  Since $|\sqrt x + \sqrt y|\geq2$  $$|\sqrt x - \sqrt y|  = \frac{|x-y|}{|\sqrt x+\sqrt y|} &lt; |x-y| &lt; \delta_1 = \frac{\varepsilon}{2}$$  Hence, $\sqrt x$ is uniformly continuous on $[1,\infty)$.  $\sqrt x$ is continuous on [0,1] , so $\sqrt x$ is uniformly continuous on [0,1].  So, there exist $\delta_2 &gt; 0$ such that $\forall x,y \in [0,1], |x-y|&lt;\delta_2$, $|\sqrt x -\sqrt y| &lt;\frac{\varepsilon}{2}$  Let $\delta = \min{(\delta_1,\delta_2)}$  $\forall x,y \in [0,\infty)$ with $|x-y|&lt;\delta$,  Case 1: $x,y \in [0,1]$ Proven above as $|x-y| &lt; \frac{\varepsilon}{2} &lt; \varepsilon$  Case 2: $x,y \in [1,\infty)$ Proven above as $|x-y| &lt; \frac{\varepsilon}{2} &lt; \varepsilon$  Case 3: $x \in [0,1] , y \in [1,\infty]$  $$|\sqrt x-\sqrt y| = |\sqrt x -1+1-\sqrt y| \leq |\sqrt x-1| + |\sqrt y -1| &lt; \frac{\varepsilon}{2} + \frac{\varepsilon}{2}= \varepsilon$$  by applying case 1 and case 2. What is the value of $\sum\limits_{i=1}^\infty\dfrac{1}{p_{p_i}}$ where $p_n$ is the nth prime (and so $p_{p_n}$ is the $k$th prime, where $k$ is the $n$th prime) ?  Thus $\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{11}+...=$ ??  How do I efficiently decide if $\sum_{i=1}^\infty\dfrac{1}{p_{p_i}}\gt1$ is true without using a computer ?  I assume this infinite sum is an irrational number. Has this already been proven ? Suppose you have 2 circles that intersect each other in such a way that each circle passes through the other's center. What is the area between the circle(or common area) i.e. area between the centres of the circles? Vertical line for the the right margin in Notepad++ Why is carbon dating limit only 40,000 years? I have read , but it was asked in the context of servers not desktops or notebooks.  If a good amount of RAM is installed on a notebook, say 8 GB, do we still need a swap space? Drawing Roman laurel leaves (SPQR) in TikZ I was trying to get the symbol of the old .  I'm actually interested in the laurel leaves, and not so much in the banner per se.  What I would like to have is something like this (in Tikz, as oppose to simply \includegraphics).  With the possibility to change the stylish A to any other simple roman letter.    I'm a complete newbie with TikZ, and even though I know this question sounds like do this for me, I would really appreciate if someone could at least throw in an sketch where to start. Primary ideals of $\mathbb{Z}$ Let $R=\mathbb{Z}$ I must prove that      In $\mathbb{Z}$ the primary ideals s are precisely the ideals $(p^k)$ where $p$ is a prime number and $n\ge 1$.   $$$$ The definition of primary ideal.     Definition. An ideal $I$ of the ring $R$ is called primary if for all $a,b\in R$ $$(ab\in I\quad\text{and}\quad a\notin I)\Rightarrow b^n\in I, \text{for some positive integer $n$}.$$   Therefore I must prove that      $$(n)\;\text{is primary in}\;\mathbb{Z}\iff n=p^k, k\ge1,p\ge2,\;\text{where}\;p\;\text{is a prime}.$$   Proof ($\Leftarrow$) We suppose that $n=p^k$ for same prime $p$ and $k\ge 1$. Let $a,b\in\mathbb{Z}$ such that $ab\in(p^k)$ and $a\notin (p^k)$. Then $p^k\nmid a$, but $p^k \mid ab$ I no longer know how to proceed.  $(\Rightarrow)$ Let $(n)$ a primary ideal and we suppose for absurd that $n$ is not a power of a prime, then? how could I proceed?  Now, let $ab\in (p^k)$ with $a\notin(p^k)$, then $p^k\mid ab.$ Can I conclude that $p^k\mid b$?   How can I set up the other implication? Thanks Can I use dispensers or droppers to auto-replant crops? Best way to draw matchstick pictures I want to draw various matchstick pictures like this:    or like this    or other figures from:   I want to use TikZ for this and have two questions about this:   How do I get the path decoration with the matchsticks? What's the (syntactically) easiest way to draw pictures like this or how would a TikZ expert do this (to be flexible enough to draw such kind of figures but to have an easy syntax)? How can I design a tree graph with node shapes as this photo? When I went to the review overview on Meta on 08.01.2015, 19:16, it listed two open items in the suggested-edits queue, however when I clicked on the queue, I was told that the queue had been cleared. When I went back to the review overview, however, the edits were there again.  Since the icons for recent reviews had not moved, I suppose that these were still the same two items waiting for review, and since phenomenon lasted for half an hour now, I would rule out  or  to be the reason for this.  After a while, the phenomenon ceased, with one new reviewer popping up in the icon list of recent reviewers.  I had not performed or skipped any suggested-edit review from the queue at that point.    A similar phenomenon occurred for several hours up to 11.04.2015, 11:05: The review overview showed two suggested edits and when I went to the suggested-edits queue, it was cleared. Sometimes, edits that I could review appeared, but two phantom edits remained. On Takodana,      the main characters and various bar patrons can see the planet Hosnian Prime being destroyed by Starkiller Base with their (respective) naked eyes. How did they see this? Is the Hosnian system close enough to see? If it's not very close and they could just see the explosion, how did the light from it reach them so quickly? Probability of 3 people in a room of 30 having the same birthday I have been looking at the birthday problem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem) and I am trying to figure out what the probability of 3 people sharing a birthday in a room of 30 people is. (Instead of 2).  I thought I understood the problem but I guess not since I have no idea how to do it with 3. Cannot find my keyboard layout I'm in Belgium (french part) and I cannot find the proper keyboard layout in Settings > Region and Languages > Input Sources.  the closest I found is the french (AZERTY) one but for the symbols such as ! and _ it's not the same keys...  what can I do to solve it ?  Thank you.