Download this from: http://astronaut.ru/bookcase/prog.htm. click on “программой” unzip the file and run inpu.exe in Dosbox. I used the following command: dosbox -c “mount c: soyuz” -c “c:” -c “inpu” -c “exit” Where soyuz is the directory that holds the files. This software has no mouse support, the arrow keys move the cursor and ENTER selects … Read more
One way that we could get to another planet 500 light-years away without warp drive is a interstellar ram-scoop ship. This would allow us to reach an exoplanet in 12 years ship time. But 500 years would pass on Earth. This could be used to reach the center of the Milky Way Galaxy in 21 … Read more
http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/6c386979-15d5-4878-b7f6-cc15a17f32e2_5.jpg. Crater lake wallpaper. This one is very nice indeed. http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/b76ed5b2-26aa-4408-8808-1e9481cd24fd_5.jpg. Full moon over a Greek township. http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/5a08e8ef-3098-4209-abbe-991e746adf82_5.jpg. Illuminated Alhambra, Andalusia (Spain). http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/2013-win81ga/4305912a-c44c-499a-b211-1b8dcf2253db_5.jpg. Kuala Lumpur at night. http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/2013-win81ga/8ee15352-2ef5-4c41-bca8-1bd38261bde5_5.jpg. Quiraing, Isle of Skye (Scotland, U.K.). http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/8b97cd10-a7f5-46f5-8dc4-727e94ce4aeb_6.jpg. Windmills, Kinderdijk (Netherlands). http://hqdesktop.net/wallpapers/l/1920×1080/17/outer_space_stars_planets_rings_digital_art_1920x1080_16429.jpg. A massive crater on a moon and Saturn in the background. Awesome HD space wallpaper. http://hqscreen.com/wallpapers/l/1920×1080/63/digital_art_outer_space_sea_1920x1080_62719.jpg. … Read more
This command will list all open files, sort them with awk and list the biggest space hogging files. lsof / | awk ‘{if($7 > 1048576) print $7/1048576 "MB" " " $9 }’ | sort -n -u | taillsof / | awk ‘{if($7 > 1048576) print $7/1048576 "MB" " " $9 }’ | sort -n -u … Read more
What are these massive icicles doing on the edges of Saturn`s rings? I thought that the rings were made up of trillions of lumps of ice. I guess the edge of the rings is a solid ring. That would be very cool. I wonder if you could build a base on it. This adds to … Read more
I had a thought today when trying to comprehend the idea of the Matrix and the holographic Universe. I thought that if there is a Matrix that contains the Universe, then it could be a Matrix that contains itself and there is nothing outside it at all. Why create such a device? Just for amusement? … Read more
The International Space Station has migrated all of its computers from Windows XP to Debian GNU/Linux 6.0. This will greatly add to the security of the computers on the ISS and although it requires retraining Cosmonauts in the use of the computers; this will have many benefits in the long run. Linux is more secure … Read more
There is an ambitious plan to send colonists to Mars to begin the conquest of the red planet. I am not sure if this is a good idea, it would take years to get to the red planet and the radiation you would be exposed to on the way is extreme considering the activity of … Read more
After an experiment conducted on Earth microbes that were taken out of permafrost and put into an environment that is a replica of the Martian atmosphere; some of the microbes had survived the exposure to very low oxygen levels and the cold. This means that there could be simple lifeforms on Mars. In the future … Read more
This command used with grep will return information about your computers memory. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ cat /proc/meminfo | grep Total MemTotal: 12219468 kB SwapTotal: 70311928 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB CmaTotal: 0 kB HugePages_Total: 0jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ cat /proc/meminfo | grep Total MemTotal: 12219468 kB SwapTotal: 70311928 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB CmaTotal: 0 kB HugePages_Total: 0 If you want to … Read more
The world record for the highest skydive has been broken with Felix Baumgartner jumping from 128,038 feet or 39.026 kilometers. The previous record; set in 1961 was 102,800 feet; set by Joseph Kittinger. This record will stand for some time before this is broken again. Humans can achieve some incredible things when we set our … Read more
The Universe is a simulation; that is the theory that is taking the scientific world by storm. But how could you simulate the entire Universe with a computer? You would need a computer the size of the Universe to contain the data concerning the spin state of every electron in the Universe as well as … Read more
The Curiosity rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, this is another successful landing for NASA, exploring the Red Planet and bringing to light more of the secrets held by Mars. Life could have existed on the surface of the planet long ago, but the change of the climate has killed off any … Read more
The space race is heating up, there are a few private enterprise spacecraft that have been unveiled and the Moon looks like a likely destination in the future. In the 1980`s we had a more hopeful vision of the future, it did not include terrorism and constant warfare. But with the successful docking of the … Read more
The Ridley Scott movie that has just been released, that is a prequel to the first Alien film is a movie that introduces the moviegoer to the Space Jockeys and the Engineers that supposedly created life on this planet. In the novelization of the Alien move the alien race that landed on the planet were … Read more
The colonization of the planet Mars will not be a quick process despite movies like Red Planet that displayed a terraforming method that used algae to create oxygen in the atmosphere. That could work, but it would not be a very fast process. With the recent announcement of plans for asteroid mining sometime in the … Read more
There is a mission planned to the International Space Station. This mission is planning to carry goods to the space station as the first private enterprise space mission to perform this duty. With the retirement of the space shuttle, private enterprise is one way that the future of space travel will be maintained. The idealistic … Read more
Private enterprise in America have constructed an unmanned space vehicle that is intending to launch into space and dock with the International Space Station making this the first private vehicle that will make the trip. The International Space Station is orbiting the Earth at 19,000 miles an hour and catching up with it must be … Read more
The Space Shuttle has made its last journey across country to the final resting place in a museum. This is a huge shame that America does not have any more interest in having regular expeditions into space, they are instead depending on other countries to carry their satellites into orbit, the heydays of space travel … Read more
Even more useful Linux command-line tips and information How large in total are the contents of a folder? This command will print that for you. This is the total disk usage of all files in the current folder. ubuntu ~ $ sudo du -ackh /usr | tail -n 1 2.7G totalubuntu ~ $ sudo du … Read more