Fragmentation of files
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"In the case of medical diagnostics, there is a cost associated with each medical procedure that provides additional information (blood test, x-ray, etc.)."   Should that end with "etc.).", "etc)." or "etc.)"? How can I easily encrypt a file? On exactly what criteria is the Electorate badge awarded? There is a badge named Electorate which is going to be awarded on "Voted on 600 questions and 25% or more of total votes are on questions". Can somebody explain this to me?  Voted on 600 Question and 25% are on Question? is this  means   Voted on 600 Posts and 25% are on Question  Can't SO place some easy text or Definitions for average users? Which tag is added to the page title? Over at ,    To this end, the tag listed first on a question (sorted by popularity of the tag)  So, what's the basis for tag popularity? Views? It sure as hell isn't number of questions. Best choice between using \\ or leaving space after each paragraph to end the paragraph Is cross-posting wrong (to an external site)? I made a question at Stack Overflow long ago and also posted the same question in a non-Stack Exchange website (Xtreme VB Talk). The question .  According to the answer, I shouldn't have cross-posted between Stack&nbsp;Overflow and XtremeVBTalk, because     it increases the probability that wires will get crossed and everyone will waste time.   But I'm not sure why is that wrong. You see, I simply see Stack&nbsp;Overflow and XtremeVBTalk as two different communities with different users. So posting the question in both sites would just give me more answers. And if I got the answer in one of them, I would report back to the other site and let everyone know (and perhaps someone else would be benefited as well). I really doubt it is a waste of time - the more input, the better. The fact that someone was a user in both websites is simply a coincidence.  I realize that Meta&nbsp;Stack&nbsp;Exchange question  exists, but apparently it involves cross-posting within Stack Exchange sites, but this is about external websites instead.  I also realize that I was told that as "advice" (since my question was not flagged or anything), but well, I am now curious: Why would anyone consider this a bad practice? What is the mechanism behind the slowdown of light/photons in a transparent medium? How can I uninstall software? If I take a sponge and place it in a shallow dish of water (i.e. water level is lower than height of sponge), it absorbs water until the sponge is wet, including a portion of the sponge above the water level. In other words, it seems the sponge pulls some water from the bath up into itself, doing work, and the water gains some gravitational potential energy.  Where does the energy required to do this work come from? My suspicion is that the answer involves physical and/or chemical bonds between the water and the sponge, or possibly the change in the surface area to volume ratio of the water. Show $d_{1}(x_{n},x)\rightarrow{0}$ if and only if $d_{2}(x_{n},x)\rightarrow{0}$. Let $X=(0,\infty)$. Define two metrics on $X$ by   $d_{1}(x,y)=|x-y|$ and   $d_{2}(x,y)=|x-y|+|\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y}|$   for all $x, y \in{X}$.   Let $(x_{n})$ be a sequence in $X$ and $x\in{X}$.   Show  $d_{1}(x_{n},x)\rightarrow{0}$ if and only if $d_{2}(x_{n},x)\rightarrow{0}$.  Note: $d_{1}$ and $d_{2}$ are then said to be equivalent metrics on $X$.  Since $d_{1}$ and $d_{2}$ are equivalent metrics, will it be sufficient to show $c*d_{2}(x,y)\leq{d_{1}(x,y)}\leq{C*d_{2}(x,y)}$?  So far I have the following: $d_{1}(x,y)=|x-y|\leq{|x-y|+|\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y}|}=d_{2}(x,y)$. Therefore, $d_{1}(x,y)\leq{C*d_{2}(x,y)}$ where $C=1$. Is there a $c$ that would satisfy the left-hand side of the inequality?  Any help would be appreciated. (this is not homework) I am using &lt;a&gt; tags for links on a web page. How do I disable the Tab key from selecting either of them? Formatting each part/section/subsection Are there some magic lines to be placed in the preamble that would, like in CSS,  specify how each generic section or subsection in the whole document should be formatted? So I'm trying to prove the following two inequalities: $$\frac{\sqrt{n}}{2} \leq \phi(n) \leq n.$$ The upper bound we get from simply noting that $\phi(n) = n \prod_{p | n}\left( 1 - \frac{1}{p}\right)$ and the fact that $(1 - \frac{1}{p}) \leq 1$. But how can we get the lower bound? I tried using the same expression for $\phi(n)$ but it seems to not really give me the inequality. Can you help? I'm trying to prove that if there are to numbers $n,m$ (natural numbers), and their smallest common multiple is $k$, so that $k = n·i$ and $k = m·j$ for some $i,j$ natural numbers, any common multiple $q$ of $n,m$ is a multiple of $k$, so that there exists a $g$ so that $q=k·g$.  Logically it seems correct, but I can't seem to prove it... Any help? How to use the SSD for caching in Windows without Intel Smart Response? My motherboard is Asus P8B75-M. It doesn't have Intel Smart Response. But recently I bought a SSD. Since I mostly use linux I have Linux installed in it. But can I use it to speed up Windows also? How? I don't have Smart Response... (I run Windows 8.1). The SSD is only 64GB. I have a Toshiba z830 with ubuntu 12.04. I could use without problems the DSL connection (I have no router, only a modem) at home until a couple of days ago:   It stopped to work when while connected with the DSL connection via CiscoVPN (to my workplace), I had to leave the laptop unattended for a while and I guess the laptop tried to go to suspend. When I came back there were many messages on a black screen (sorry, I cannot attach an image because of my low reputation) and the laptop was not responding. I had to reset the it.   After rebooting it, the internet connection didn't work as did before (no browsing, no ssh, no skype, etc) although it says it is connected. I only can browse, etc when I connect to CiscoVPN to the same place where I was connected when it crashed.  When I am physically where I connected via VPN (at work) I can use the wireless, which I am not able to use now anymore since the incident described above.  Some additional information:  martillu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf   domain km.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp   nameserver 10.240.12.134   nameserver 10.240.12.135    martillu@ubuntu:~$ route -n   Kernel IP routing table   Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface   0.0.0.0 61.127.116.199 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0   61.127.116.199 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0   169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 ppp0    martillu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig   eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e8:e0:b7:2f:bc:5a   inet6 addr: fe80::eae0:b7ff:fe2f:bc5a/64 Scope:Link   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1   RX packets:17620 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0   TX packets:13168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000   RX bytes:19452232 (19.4 MB) TX bytes:2568218 (2.5 MB)   Interrupt:20 Memory:c0700000-c0720000    lo Link encap:Local Loopback   inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0   inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host   UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1   RX packets:134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0   TX packets:134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0   collisions:0 txqueuelen:0   RX bytes:36316 (36.3 KB) TX bytes:36316 (36.3 KB)    ppp0 Link encapoint-to-Point Protocol   inet addr:219.167.252.226 P-t-P:61.127.116.199 Mask:255.255.255.255   UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1454 Metric:1   RX packets:17608 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0   TX packets:13129 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0   collisions:0 txqueuelen:3   RX bytes:18993590 (18.9 MB) TX bytes:2221195 (2.2 MB)    wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 9c:b7:0d:d9:21:f3   UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1   RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0   TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000   RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)    I think that: domain km.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp in the resolv.conf may be suspicious, since if I am not connected via CiscoVPN I do not know why it should appear "km.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp" (this is where I connect via VPN). Prove $\gcd(a+b, a-b) = 1$ or $2\,$ if $\,\gcd(a,b) = 1$ I want to show that for $\gcd(a,b) = 1$ $a,b \in Z$   $\gcd(a+b, a-b) = 1$ or $\gcd(a+b, a-b) = 2$ holds.      I think the first step should look something like this:      $d = \gcd(a+b, a-b) = \gcd(2a, a-b)$   From here I tried to proceed with two cases. 1: $a-b$ is even, which leads to $\gcd(a+b, a-b) = 2$ 2: $a-b$ is odd, which leads to $\gcd(a+b, a-b) = 1$  My main problem I think is, that I do not know how I should include $\gcd(a,b) = 1$ in the proof.  Any help is appreciated. Thx in advance. Cherio Woltan I have a friend who is playing with me on a server we've created. Unfortunately, he is on a  Mac whereas I am on a Windows machine. I told him that I should be able to compile and send a .minecraft folder to him so that we can both play. Unfortunately, he can't find his .minecraft folder where it is supposed to be. Is it hidden and how can I unhide it? I understand if you travelling in or to the US, you can lock your luggage using the TSA Luggage Lock. (Immigration is still able to open your luggage using their own special keys)  How about Europe? Especially Heathrow + Charles de Gaulle?    If the TSA Lock is not acceptable in Europe, are there any other alternative precautions I could use instead?  (FYI, information about the ) Choosing Geographical Coordinate System and Projected Coordinate System for India? I want to create spatial data for entire India.  Usually I use WGS84 as GCS and UTM zones for PCS in the places in India, but when I have to create the spatial data for entire India, I get confused which geographical coordinate systems and projected coordinate system will be suitable.  What are suitable ones?