These are answers to frequently asked questions on channel #bash on the freenode IRC network. These answers are contributed by the regular members of the channel (originally heiner, and then others including greycat and r00t), and by users like you. If you find something inaccurate or simply misspelled, please feel free to correct it!

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iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with Leopard, Snow Leopard, or Lion. Its focus is on performance, internationalization, and supporting innovative features that make your life better.

The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite (see below). Such a software suite was previously made popular by Netscape and Mozilla, and the SeaMonkey project continues to develop and deliver high-quality updates to this concept. Containing an Internet browser, email & newsgroup client with an included web feed reader, HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools, SeaMonkey is sure to appeal to advanced users, web developers and corporate users.

GNU Data Language (GDL) is a free/libre/open source incremental compiler compatible with IDL and to some extent with PV-WAVE. Together with its library routines it serves as a tool for data analysis and visualization in such disciplines as astronomy, geosciences and medical imaging. GDL is free software licensed under the GPL. GDL is developed by an international team of volunteers led by Marc Schellens - the project's founder

This command acts as a standard Unix filter: it takes a list of FITS file names in input and outputs their headers to stdout. Convenient to browse headers in directories. See fitsort to classify data from a list of FITS headers produced by dfits.

HPC Techreport
A brief introduction to Python (for scientific computing)

We have prepared a comprehensive critically evaluated compilation of the most accurate wavelength measurements for classified lines of neutral neon (Ne I) in its natural isotopic abundance. Data from 19 sources spanning the region 256 Å to 54 931 Å are included. Based on this line list we have derived optimized values for the energy levels of neutral neon. Tabular data for 1595 classified lines and 374 energy levels are provided. In addition to the observed wavelengths, we present revised wavelengths calculated from the optimized energy levels for all lines that have been previously recommended for use as secondary wavelength standards. © 2005 by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the United States. All rights reserved.

This handbook is designed to provide a selection of the most important and frequently used atomic spectroscopic data in an easily accessible format. The compilation includes data for the neutral and singly-ionized atoms of all elements hydrogen through einsteinium (Z = 1-99). The wavelengths, intensities, and spectrum assignments are given in a table for each element, and the data for the approximately 12,000 lines of all elements are also collected into a single table, sorted by wavelength (a "finding list").

The general idea is that we meet up on Twitter at a prearranged day and time and discuss an interesting piece of astronomy research. This will generally take the form of an academic paper, but we could also include some articles too. Everyone’s welcome to participate, whether you’re an expert in the topic or not – as long as you’ve read the paper. We hope that the real-time aspect of Twitter will make it a suitable platform for an online discussion. Check out the Next Meeting page for information about the next meeting, including the paper that we will be discussing.

The maker is a Content Management System (CMS) for websites. the maker is running on your local computer and after you made your changes you are publishing via FTP. All that is required is some webspace with FTP access.

RShot is a Ruby library that takes screenshots of web pages

Sundown is a Markdown parser based on the original code of the Upskirt library by Natacha Porté.

Email Kochgeschirr ist etwas ganz Besonderes. Es verbindet in perfekter Art traditionelle und moderne Kochkultur. Mit Emailgeschirr können Sie gesünder kochen und zugleich alle zeitgemäßen Ansprüchen wie Energiesparen, Induktionskochen und nachhaltiger Lebensweise erfüllen.

When you just have more to say, but don't want to blog it, just 'XLTweet it!'

Im Jahr 1992 gründete sich innerhalb der Astronomischen Gesellschaft ein Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte.
Im Auftrag dieses Arbeitskreises geben nun seit 1998 die bekannten Astronomiehistoriker Wolfgang R. Dick und Jürgen Hamel die Buchreihe Acta Historica Astronomiae heraus (ISSN 1422-8521)
Im Vorwort zum ersten Band dieser Reihe schreiben Dick und Hamel:

"Besonders nach der Einstellung der Zeitschrift Die Sterne fehlt es im deutschsprachigen Raum an Möglichkeiten zur Publikation wissenschaftlicher Aufsätze auf dem Gebiet der Geschichte der Astronomie. In dem nunmehr mit dem ersten Band vorliegenden Acta Historica Astronomiae sollen Bücher und Broschüren verschiedenster Art publiziert werden: Monographien, Sammel- und Tagungsbände, Editionen von Handschriften, Bibliographien und Nachlassverzeichnisse sowie astronomiehistorische Dissertationen. Denkbar sind auch Nachdrucke interessanter historischer Werke."

SoundRepair ist ein kleiner feiner Laden in Berlin Kreuzberg, der schnell und zuverlässig Ihre Geräte repariert.

Laptops, Notebooks, Handys & PDAs mit vorinstalliertem Linux

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) is a public, multiwavelength survey which originally covered two 150 square arcmin fields, centered around the HDF-N (Hubble Deep Field North) and the CDF-S (Chandra Deep Field South). It is a coordinated effort to combine the deepest survey data over the widest wavelength range (from X-ray through radio) from NASA’s Great Observatories (HST, Chandra, Sptizer), ESA’s XMM-Newton, and the largest ground-based observatories, namely ESO-VLT, Keck, Gemini in the optical/nearIR region, VLA in the radio, etc. Observations were designed to promote major advances in following primary science areas:

Strong damped Lyman alpha absorption (DLA) lines seen spectra of distant quasar are believed to arise when the sight line to the quasar goes trough the disc of a galaxy or a proto galaxy. Most of the neutral matter in the universe is contained in these clouds of neutral hydrogen that cause the absorption lines. Hence these DLAs are reservoirs for the formation of stars and galaxies throughout the universe. Despite intensive efforts over more than two decades only few galaxies responsible for the DLAs have been found. The problem is that the galaxies that harbour the neutral clouds are not necessarily bright, and selecting galaxies based on absorption lines could well select different types of galaxies than found in large surveys. If we are to understand how galaxies form out of neutral gas clouds it is essential to locate the galaxies in which DLAs reside.

This thesis explores the use of integral field spectroscopy (IFS) to observe quasars known to have strong absorption lines in their spectra. IFS allows us to obtain a spectrum at many spatial points close to the quasar, thus providing images and spectroscopy simultaneously. From the imaging part, we can directly identify objects, and from the spectroscopy we can calculate the distances to the objects. When the distance of the object found in emission matches the distance to the object that cause the DLA line, we have identified the absorbing galaxy.

Using this technique, we have showed that we can successfully recover a few DLA galaxies known previously from the literature. In a survey aimed to increase the number of DLA galaxies we have identified eight new candidate DLA galaxies. The projected distances from the candidates to the quasar sight lines indicate that the DLA galaxies have sizes similar to local disc galaxies. Hence our results suggest that large discs may be present when the universe was just 2 billion years old. We furthermore find no differences between the sizes of the very distant DLA galaxies and those that are not so distant. The large sizes imply that their neutral hydrogen masses are also similar to those in local galaxies, but we argue that the DLA galaxies are not necessarily as luminous as the present day disc galaxies.

Taking advantage of the three-dimensional view provided by the IFS data, the second part of this thesis investigates extended emission line regions arising in the quasar neighborhood. We find that extended emission line nebulae are common around quasars, and explore the effects that may be the cause. Some quasars are known to be powerful radio emitters while others are not detected at radio wavelengths. We find that significantly larger and brighter emission line nebulae are found around the quasars which have the brightest radio emission, and in particular those that have large radio jets. The existence of the nebulae can be interpreted as an interaction of the radio jet with the surrounding medium, but we can not rule out a scenario where there are density or temperature differences in the surrounding environment. Only for the brightest object, where additional velocity information can be derived from the IFS data, can we argue for an interaction.

In conclusion the use of IFS to search for faint emission lines, both from point sources and extended nebulae provides exciting new results within the scientific areas studied here.

Saving the Empire...an army of Storm Troopers. This zip-front hoodie features a small Storm Trooper in front; an army of Storm Troopers and weapons in back. Leather appliqué pockets and logo on one sleeve and in back. Rib knit sleeve cuffs and hem. 100% cotton

Hier ist nun ein weiterer Blog von Jürgen Allmich zu finden. Kurz nach der ersten Vorstellung des WeTab war ich so begeistert, dass ich mir direkt ein Gerät bestellt hatte. Aller Gerüchte und sich immer wieder ändernder Nachrichten zum Trotz glaube ich an das WeTab und werde auf diesem Blog regelmäßig darüber berichten

Google StreetView, Facebook & Co – Privatsphäre als persönlicher Raum, der sich sicher weiß vor fremden Blicken, ist praktisch tot. Schuld ist das Internet. Datenschutz ist bestenfalls Hinauszögern des Unausweichlichen, schlimmstenfalls ein Kampf gegen Windmühlen. Wichtiger ist die Frage, wie wir unser Leben ohne die Sicherheiten der Privatsphäre lebenswert machen können. Es gab früher Zeiten ohne Privatsphäre, und es wird wieder Zeiten ohne Privatsphäre geben. Bei genauerem Hinsehen wird klar, dass sie ohnehin nicht der lupenreine Wohltäter ist, den Datenschützer gern aus ihr machen. Ihre Auflösung bringt nicht nur Aufgaben, denen wir uns stellen, sondern Chancen, die wir ergreifen sollten. Hierbei will dieses Buch helfen: durch Aufzeigen neuer Lebensführungsstrategien und alter und neuer Vorbilder hierfür

Revolver Maps are interactive visitor globes rendered by the Revolver Engine. Check the widget on the left: Use the buttons or drag to navigate.

This project aims to keep the KDE3.5 computing style alive, as well as polish off any rough edges that were present as of KDE 3.5.10. Along the way, new useful features will be added to keep the environment up-to-date.

Toward that end, significant new enhancements have already been made in areas such as display control, network connectivity, user authentication, and much more!

NOTE: This project is not an official continuation of KDE3.5 by KDE e.V., which will not be creating new releases of the KDE3 series. This is an independent fork using a largely separate developer community.

AV Linux is a custom shop modded and rodded 32bit Linux based Operating System built from a hand-picked selection of available tools including Debian/GNU Linux, the LXDE Desktop Environment and Remastersys. AV Linux is first and foremost a well-rounded OS suited for most common daily computer tasks and runs on most PC's and Intel Macs. On top of this versatile base is a full complement of the best Linux Audio and Video creation software encompassing both open-source excellence and commercial demos.

RetroKingSimon
Hello. :) I'm a 36 year old guy from England, and I like lots of stuff, including retro videogames, movies, and anime. This is the place where I will blabber on about them! At the very least, it will give me an excuse to try games/films that I keep putting off. Hope you like reading it! :)

Software is a cornerstone of science. Without software, twenty-first century science would be impossible. Without better software, science cannot progress.

Abook is a text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt mail client. Abook runs on Linux, FreeBSD and some other UNIXes.

The Woodnotes Guide to the Mutt Email Client

D.E. Neuenschwander: Emmy Noether’s Wonderful Theorem
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2011, 228 pages. Intended for senior undergraduate physics students

A free to download Magazine dedicated to Commodore computers.
Articles and help with production are always wanted please contact me for details

Vereiningung für Jugendarbeit in der Astronomie e.V.

pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries. To compile and use pigz, please read the README file in the source code distribution. You can read the pigz manual page here.

The Endeavour
The blog of John D. Cook

Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is a private operating foundation, building a global network of telescopes for professional research and citizen investigations

a blog about mastering the world's best text editor

This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction . . . all the while sneaking in little nuggets of UNIX® wisdom and lore. It serves as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and a reference and source of knowledge on shell scripting techniques. The exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader participation, under the premise that the only way to really learn scripting is to write scripts.

The Radicale Project is a complete CalDAV calendar server solution. It can store multiple calendars.

Calendars are available for both local and remote access, possibly limited through authentication policies. They can be viewed and edited by calendar clients on mobile phones or computers.

The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system. To that end we provide the command-line driven MacPorts software package under a BSD License, and through it easy access to thousands of ports that greatly simplify the task of compiling and installing open-source software on your Mac.

Have you ever wondered what there is for entertainment in a totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship with a dead but nevertheless eternal president? It sounds like something Eric Idle might ask in a Monty Python sketch and is an idle thought for us, perhaps. Yet for the people of North Korea the list of answers is hardly as endless as their deceased president’s rule. Mangyongdae funfair would certainly feature high on the list. Yet from our perspective it is little more than a rusting death trap.

The Emacs sort-columns Command

EmacsRookie is like a personal diary from Samuel Tonini about his daily adventure with emacs. Fascinated about the power and capabilities of emacs and the community which stand behind this flagship, he decided to create a spot where he will discover these hidden treasures.

Xpra is 'screen for X': it allows you to run X programs, usually on a remote host, direct their display to your local machine, and then to disconnect from these programs and reconnect from the same or another machine, without losing any state.

This site is the unofficial Instagram front-end on the Web made by querying the public resources of the Instagram API.

What is this about? This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction.

Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés. The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite." In other words, dull and uninteresting. We are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them.

Events on the world lines of two theoretical physicists, from the horizon to timelike infinity. A scientifically minded blog with varying amounts of entertainment, distractions, and every day trivialities.

PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online philosophical articles and books by academic philosophers. We monitor journals in many areas of philosophy, as well as archives and personal pages. We also accept articles directly from users, who can provide links or upload copies. Some features require that you sign in first, but creating an account is easy and free

Hi, I'm J. Ben Deaton, a PhD candidate in structural engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Welcome to my professional archive and weblog about engineering, academia, and productivity. You might like to learn a bit about me, take a look around the archives, or get updates by subscribing to the site. Thanks for stopping by.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the scientific results on high-redshift galaxies accumulated during the past ten years. Apart from summarizing and critically discussing the wealth of observational data, the observational methods which made it possible to study these very distant and extremely faint objects are described in detail. Moreover, the technical feasibilities and physical limitations for existing and for future ground-based and space-based telescopes are discussed. Thus, apart from summarizing the knowledge accumulated so far, the book is designed as a tool for planning future observational and instrumental programs and projects.

Ernö Rubiks Zauberwürfel hat seit den 1980er Jahren schon viele Tüftler zu Höchstleistungen angeregt. Nun haben Mike Dobson und David Gilday nach dem CubeStormer wieder einen Roboter konstruiert, den CubeStormer II, der die Lösung schneller findet und zusammendreht als der derzeitige menschliche Weltrekord (5,66 Sekunden). Er ist komplett mit Lego-Elementen gebaut, inklusive vierer Mindstorms NXT-Kits. Das »Hirn« des Roboters ist ein Samsung Galaxy S II mit einem 1,2 GH Dual-Core ARM-Prozessor und dem neuen Android 2.3 Gingerbread Betriebssystem. Die Kommunikation zwischen dem Smartphone und den NXT erfolgt via Bluetooth.

Welcome to ArcadeCab.com- Here you will find information about the construction of MAME cabinets and other arcade-related topics.

The Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) was founded in 1966. At present it is the largest Russian astronomical center for ground-based observations of objects in the Universe.

Sort all the links on the page by their title, URL or popularity. Keep in mind that you need to be logged in to Pinboard to see link popularity.

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Astrobites is a daily literature journal summarizing new astrophysical research posted to astroph. Astrobites is written by graduate students for undergraduates. Read more about our goals.

The PASEO group aims at the development of new data analysis tools in the space imaging domain. Probabilistic approaches are used to model complex datasets (multispectral, multiple sources), and to solve the inverse problems related to their analysis.

PASEO is currently a research group within the MIV team (LSIIT, Illkirch), in close collaboration with the CDS (Strasbourg Observatory), mainly funded by CNRS, ULP and various national and European projects.

This company offers tot their clients management, design and developments of technological projects with scientific goals, software developments and consultancy in astronomical instrumentation.

If you enclose your text in shortstack{...}, you'll get the line breaks

These are some of the Emacs features I use the most on a day to day basis (plus a few tricks).