Edit Definition and 38 Threads

After editing my post, I can see the information "Last edited: ... ago" there: I have just noticed that my discussion partner (@anuttarasammyak) has also modified his post (its initial version can be seen in the citation above), but I can see no such information there: Without this...

Some time ago I used to scan text from books, edit the text, and then post the text ... often in the middle of my typed input text ... Health worries forced me to cease posting ... Happily i am now returning to posting on the physics forum ... Can someone please help me regarding posting text...

This is not working for me - when I edit one of my posts, the "Insert Quotes" button is not shown. I never noticed this until recently. Maybe it has always been like this, and I just never tried to add a quote in an Edit. Or am I doing something wrong? EDIT: Well that works... Thanks...

Hi everyone I'd like to make a timer that continues to run on the lock screen after the power button is pressed. I thought I could use a foreground notification for this and used code from this page: In particular, I thought I could modify the following lines of code: Notification.Builder...

Cut the stick twice, at locations ##x## and ##y##. Assume ##y>x##. The lengths of the stick are ##x,y-x,1-y##. Assume ##x < y-x \implies y> 2x## and ##x<1-y \implies y < 1-x##. These two boundaries intersect at ##x = 1/3##. Thus the following integral should yield the expected value for ##x##...

Hi PF How to colour the edited formula? Greetings!

Sometimes when I type and edit a post my editing actually overwrites what I have written and other times text is not overwritten but adds extra text. The first case makes editing harder. Is this something I have control over? I apologize if I have not made myself clear. Does it have something to...

According to a trusted source (a textbook, if you must know), the actual Gibbs free energy of an otherwise reversible reaction, becomes lower than expected if the local circumstances makes the reaction effectively irreversible. The circumstances are that neither enough energy, nor a reaction...

Hi Anyone can give me a safe link to reduce the size of .MP4 file ( of cause reduce quality). Also any program to cut and paste .MP4 files...Like editing the video? I saw some when I google, I want to play it safe and get links from here where people have experience with. Thanks Alan

I have a camera that can shoot in 4K video, but trying to edit the footage is very laggy and my computer won't export the footage in 4K. I'd like to upgrade the computer I have instead of buying a whole new one. But I'm not sure what exactly I need to upgrade and what to upgrade it to. My...

Homework Statement:: use google docs to edit equations using the built-in equation editor (cursor positioning) Homework Equations:: https://docs.google.com https://www.physicsforums.com/help/latexhelp/ Problem: enter an equation using Google docs equation editor, the later goal being: to send...

Hi All, I am doing a linear regression in Excel 2007. It is not available within the usual settings so I must. Edit: activate , an add-in called (Duh) Edit' Analysis Toolpak' What seems strange is that I have to install it each time I use it so that it seems to be installed only when the...

In Edit - More Options, the "CANCEL" button is absent. Is closing the tab/window the only way to abort?

Sometimes you realize you made mistakes or wanted to add something more to make your message more transparent in the response you have posted. We can do that using "edit" function. Just that, if the revision concerns something essential (e.g. typo or technical mistakes in equations) for the...

Hi All, I am using MySQL in order to design an ERD (Entity Relation Diagram) , and I can make use of indexes, triggers, etc. but for some reason, the columns tab , which allows me to add data or just edit the tables is disabled. I have searched online without success. Any ideas on how to enable...

Can you give me some links, how to write a physical paper, for instance about theoretical physics. I found a book "Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English" written by Hilary Glasman-Deal, but it is more general, not only for theoretical physics.

I put up a long post late last night. In the light of the day, there are some edits I'd like to make, but the "Edit" button is gone from the bottom. Everywhere I've looked said we have 24 hours to edit, and it's only been 6. I'm definitely logged in as me, because I used my own Content page...

Homework Statement [/B] Find points P,Q which are closest possible with P lying on the line x=8+1t y=8+1t z=7−3t and Q lying on the line x=231−6t y=−10−17t z=71−13t 3. Attempt at solution Hi, I am at loss as to how to do this. I know that from the equations I can get point (8,8,7) and...

update: *edit: solved! I counted everything twice. Homework Statement How many ways are there to seat 10 people, consisting of 5 couples, in a row of seats (10 seats wide) if all couples are to get adjacent seats? The Attempt at a Solution I'm trying to look calculate it...

I'm simulating an ion beam with different charge states passing through two pinholes. I'm using random angles, from an external function, to evaluate the velocity components along the axes and solving the differential equation: O=[0 0 0]'; f = @(t,ys) [ys(4:6); O]...

Excel VBA change (or "edit") links Macro I have a Excel spreadsheet that has several links in it which I need to change to a different computer/user. The links are all the same and to change the source I have to go to "Edit Links" and manually change the location to the specific location on my...

Edit: sorry about the title, it was warped when I pressed Control + z a few times. This is a question about monomials. Homework Statement How do I simplify (2n)4 + 2n4? Homework Equations N/A The Attempt at a Solution The problem I'm having is with the parenthesis. So really I...

Who here writes on wikipedia? What have you written or significantly contributed to?

EDIT: Guys I just need someone to take me under their wing for a little while so I can understand a few things you are saying on the forums. Hey, my name is Charles Bray (14 years old) I currently live in Canberra, Australia. I have a huge urge to lean to astrophysics when I'm older, I love...

Hi everyone, I own a pc with Windows 7 and I need help to organize my files, specially the folders with articles and books. What I want to do is to edit the ‘author’ field. This way I can search books by this parameter if they have common names such as "Quantum Mechanics Vol I" I could do...

Hi. When I write my LaTeX code in this forum, it appears completely distorsionated when I click "Preview Changes" in edit mode. For example: n^2(\rho) = n^2_0\left(1-\alpha^2\rho^2)\right) is shown as a "z" if previously I wrote z. In fact, I don't know if this post will be shown well...

Can someone edit my paper on g-force. I just need you to look for proper terminology usage and if anything needs clearing up. Also if you have any suggestions it'll be greatly appreciated http://rapidshare.com/files/424446844/Math_IA.docx

Matlab GUI: putting several "edit text" inputs in one matrix Hi, I'm making a Matlab GUI that will ultimately send data to a robot. I have about 60 numbers being 6 polynomials of 10 terms. My "edit text"-boxes are currently named motG_RN_0 where the R can also be an S or a T and the N can also...

I am a college student interested in writing as a career. I am particularly interested in autobiographical writing. But before I do that I need to polish my writing skills. I need help in that .

VirtualDub is nice for recording and reasonable for editing but it cannot do the two simultaneously. Or can it? Any free software that can so the two simultaneously, that is, edit an .avi while it is being recorded?

Hi, I have 4 edit control boxes that I need to except the WM_LBUTTONDOWN message to set focus to them when clicked with the mouse. I have the setfocus events working perfectly. I even manipulated the OnOK override event with the "Enter" key to go to the next edit control box when pressed and...

I'm playing in Photoshop with some pictures that I just took. I'm pretty comfortable manipulating histograms with the levels tool, but I couldn't figure out how to fix this one (I was experimenting with spot metering in the photo). So I finally just edited my first photo using...

Homework Statement If a car drives around a race track constructed such that two arcs of radius A=80m and Radius B=40m are joined by two stretches of straight track at a constant speed of 50 m/s, what is the ratio of the tangential accelerations A to B...Meaning asking for the ratio of the...

Whenever we use GUIDE to create a GUI, GUIDE generates an m-file. Now, is it possible for one to use this m-file generated by GUIDE to re-edit the GUI? I mean say I downloaded an m-file from the internet which has a GUI interface. Can I use GUIDE to edit the m-file and "tweak" the interface to...

Im sorry i had to post this a third time but apparently the last 2 didn't go through and i am unable to delete them. Admins, if you would remove them i would appreciate it. Thank you. No worries! Ok i read the religious guidelines and i think this falls under them but if not feel free to...

There are some things that I have said that I wish I wouldn't have. Is there any way to change this?

Can someone edit this... I'm currently working on a book report. I have chosen the book "The Elegant Universe" for by project. I am required to " answer the following questions; what is the book about , who are the characters, what is their motivation, plot complications, what is your personal...

I just started recently to edit pictures I made with Photoshop. Now is there somebody who is a Photoshop-King and can give some good tips to make my pics more intressting ? Is there a good place where I could upload my pics ? Uploaded all my pics on ...