How to change the width of remote serial console?
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Started new job. Rollover previous employer 401k to new 401k, IRA or Roth IRA? I recently started a new job and have a 401k from my previous employer that I don't know what to do with.  Should I roll it into my new employer's 401k, a traditional IRA or a Roth IRA? BasicTeX - how to identify packages that need to be added after an upgrade I'm using the BasicTeX distribution on OS X and recently upgrade from the 2011 to the 2012 distribution. This forces me to add the packages that I had added over time to the BasixTeX 2011 installation by pulling them from the online repository with tlmgr. Is there a good way to list these packages that are not part of BasicTeX but are part of the complete TeXLive? I'm doing some exercises on Apostol's calculus, on the floor function. Now, he doesn't give an explicit definition of $[x]$, so I'm going with this one:     DEFINITION Given  $x\in \Bbb R$, the integer part of $x$ is the unique $z\in \Bbb Z$ such that $$z\leq x &lt; z+1$$ and we denote it by $[x]$.   Now he asks to prove some basic things about it, such as: if $n\in \Bbb Z$, then $[x+n]=[x]+n$  So I proved it like this: Let $z=[x+n]$ and $z'=[x]$. Then we have that  $$z\leq x+n&lt;z+1$$  $$z'\leq x&lt;z'+1$$  Then $$z'+n\leq x+n&lt;z'+n+1$$  But since $z'$ is an integer, so is $z'+n$. Since $z$ is unique, it must be that $z'+n=z$.  However, this doesn't seem to get me anywhere to prove that  $$\left[ {2x} \right] = \left[ x \right] + \left[ {x + \frac{1}{2}} \right]$$  in and in general that   $$\left[ {nx} \right] = \sum\limits_{k = 0}^{n - 1} {\left[ {x + \frac{k}{n}} \right]} $$  Obviously one could do an informal proof thinking about "the carries", but that's not the idea, let alone how tedious it would be. Maybe there is some easier or clearer characterization of $[x]$ in terms of $x$ to work this out.  Another property is $$[-x]=\begin{cases}-[x]\text{ ; if }x\in \Bbb Z \cr-[x]-1 \text{ ; otherwise}\end{cases}$$  I argue: if $x\in\Bbb Z$, it is clear $[x]=x$. Then $-[x]=-x$, and $-[x]\in \Bbb Z$ so $[-[x]]=-[x]=[-x]$. For the other, I guess one could say:  $$n \leqslant x &lt; n + 1 \Rightarrow  - n - 1 &lt; x \leqslant -n$$  and since $x$ is not an integer, this should be the same as $$ - n - 1 \leqslant -x &lt; -n$$  $$ - n - 1 \leqslant -x &lt; (-n-1)+1$$  So $[-x]=-[x]-1$ Is it possible to set an SSLProtocol in Apache for a single VirtualHost (poodle)? I'm trying to test a patch for the  that involves disabling SSLv3 on my web server. In order to test this on a non-production environment first, I'm setting the SSLProtocol on a VirtualHost for a different test server. My config looks something like this:  &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;     SSLEngine On     SSLProtocol All -SSLv2 -SSLv3     ServerName test.mysite.com     # bunch of other stuff omitted &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;   However even after restarting apache my test site is still claimed to be vulnerable. Is this expected to work? I'm wondering if I have to set it in the global ssl config or whether there's something else subtle that's causing the setting not to take and/or work. Is it true that $0.999999999\ldots=1$? I'm told by smart people that $$0.999999999\ldots=1$$ and I believe them, but is there a proof that explains why this is? "He was telling me that he is going..." vs. "He told me that he is going..." Mathematica envelope for the bottom of a plot, a generic function Terminal command 'login' fails with error message Coming from Mac OS X, there is a possibility for every ordinary user to open Terminal and type in 'login' to change to a different user account.  When I do this with Ubuntu, it provides the following error message:  login: Cannot possibly work without effective root   Is there any way to remedy this?  Which file do I need to edit and with what to enable the use of this command (even for a standard user)? Show that $[0, 1)\times[0, 1)$ is homeomorphic to $[0, 1]\times[0, 1)$ but not to $[0, 1]\times[0, 1]$. When I sketch these spaces it this statement makes sense intuitively because $[0, 1]\times[0, 1]$ is closed and $[0, 1)\times[0, 1)$ and $[0, 1]\times[0, 1)$ are each "missing" part of their boundary which would make them closed. I also know, $[0, 1]\times[0, 1]$ is compact and compact spaces are not homeomorphic to non-compact spaces.   I am having trouble saying this explicitly, as is pretty obvious in the clumsiness of the wording above. How do I modify my PATH so that the changes are available in every Terminal session I want to add a directory to search my search path. I know I have to modify the PATH environment variable. However, I want the change to be permanent, so that it is always in effect, for every Terminal (bash) window I open.  There is an overload of confusing and possibly conflicting information in   I am using Ubuntu 10.04. Suppose I want to add /usr/local/foo to my PATH. Which file (.bashrc, .profile, .bash_login, etc...) should I modify and what should the new line(s) look like? I'm about to start exploring the world of long exposure shots, using my Canon EOS M. The camera has a standard max exposure time of 30 seconds, but in bulb mode I can keep the shutter open indefinitely (using a wireless remote to control the shutter.)  How long can I leave the shutter open without running the risk of prolonged exposure to light damaging my sensor?  For the purposes of this question assume I'm shooting in summer daylight, so that we can go by the worst case. Suppose we have a set $S$ of real numbers. Show that   $$\sum_{s\in S}|s-x| $$   is minimal if $x$ is equal to the median.    This is a sample exam question of one of the exams that I need to take and I don't know how to proceed. How do I recursively grep through compressed archives? I'm trying to find out what modules  in cpan. So I've used  to mirror it. My problem is that I need to iterate through the archives that are downloaded, and grep the files that are in the archives. Can anyone tell me how I might do this? preferably in a way that tells me which file in the archive and what line it's on.  (note: they aren't all tarballs some are zip files) If Newton's third law is true, why can we sink in sand? Newton's third law of motion states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. That is the reason we do not sink into the earth, because when our weight exerts a force on the earth it also exerts an equal and opposite force on us.  But when we stand on quicksand or on fluids we can sink in. How is this possible? Does it not exert an equal and opposite force on us? Or are Newton's laws different in the case of fluids and substances of low densities? How do I send an HTTP request in C# without using System.Net classes? lualatex MWE not working How to stop Gedit, Gvim, Vim, Nano from adding End-of-File newline char? Software to synchronize two directories (local/remote) I need software that would detect changes in directory (A) every 5 seconds or so and upload/delete changed files from/at (B) remote directory.  I found non-commercial software, . I am wondering if there are any commercial alternatives? How would I prove that if an integer $n>2$, then $\bar{z}=z^{n-1}$ has $n+1$ solutions If $n$ is an integer and $n&gt;2$, then $$\bar{z}=z^{n-1}$$ has $n+1$ solutions. Does this have something to do with the rational root theorem? Explain travel times and distances on flight A flight from Los Angeles to ABQ is about 2 hours but is ~670.2 miles  A flight from San Jose to Chicago is 4 hours but is ~1859.0 miles  Can anyone explain why the travel time from San Jose to Chicago is not longer and closer to 5.75 hours?  If the distance increase by 2, shouldn't the time increase by a factor of 2 as well?