From I have found as a layman, the major evidence in support of global warming is the Keeling curve. CO2 measured directly since 1958 and from ice cores for hundreds of years shows an increase from about 270 ppm to over 420 ppm today. What is more troubling is the […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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I wrote vguitar as a ncurses application. So it has a terminal user interface. Running it inside emacs with M-x terminal allows one to copy/cut/print the visible notes using c-j and c-k modes. 00 ========================= O - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - X […]
Sometimes you want to access software that isn’t available on Linux. This seems to happen less frequently nowadays. So, the task is to install virtual box on my linux box, and then install Windows 10 on top of that. apt-get install virtualbox This led to a series of errors: WARNING: […]
The new cosmology could be ushering in a profound religious, moral and ethical consciousness similar to the science of Galileo. In that time, the mere transition from a topocentric to a heliocentric viewpoint was considered blasphemy by the established church. And indeed, cosmology does seem to drive beliefs, an answer […]
What do I mean when I say that “I like to eat meatballs at 1 A.M.“? This statement (or it can be phrased as a question, as in “Do you like to eat meatballs at 1 A.M.?” I like to eat meatballs. I like to eat at 1 A.M. I […]
When I think about infinity, I usually start with a straight line, or an open highway stretching off in the distance to a vanishing point. But to a pioneer, infinity is really about discovering new worlds. You can stop anywhere on that open highway — and there discover a new […]
Press F2 key during bootup for doing hardware tests. Example, your USB device or keyboard is malfunctioning. Press F10 Key during bootup for setting up include choosing Windows or Ubuntu for bootup.
Alvin Toffler wrote a book called “Future Shock” back in 1970 which posited the premise that individuals and society, as a collective whole, was experiencing a psychological syndrome akin to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This had been known to first World War (‘the Great War’) as shell shock, from living […]
So, now, you are at a crossroads. A small town in the middle of the desert, a highway going East to West, a highway going North to South. There are more roads. A storekeeper at the gas station keeps an eye on the traffic. Much of it is familiar faces, […]