jakkals

I usually have multiple Bash tabs open in Terminal, and I needed a quick way to see what each tab contained. The following bash script will set the Title of the tab.

  #!/bin/bash
  # Sets the title of the Terminal Window / Tab.
  # title foo => Sets the title of the Terminal Window / Tab to foo. 
  echo -n -e "\033]0;$1\007"

I borrowed this book from the library, but before I finished it I bought it, I liked it that much. In short, I very much agree with this recommendation.

There is also transmission (actually the first one mentioned) "Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet)"--this does not mention liquid droplets at all, which is why I figured it to be airborne.

> It doesn't seem to be an airborn virus, but it does survive on surfaces.

I just read this last night, and from this I had the impression that it is an airborne virus, and that surface spreading is not the main vector:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission...

24 hours later, and I still get the same message from Al Jazeera!

It seems as if NBC (www.nbc.com) is in the same boat.

Hm. I have never heard that meaning of the word previously, and the link I previously provided (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nominal) also did not show that specific meaning (unless I am too blind to see it!). I do find it interesting though that you seem to think that it is commonly used in this sense, so I guess I am not moving in the right technical (aeronautics) circles :-) Thanks for the feedback.

Ah. That explains it. I did not know that meaning of the word, and the explanation I checked at: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nominal only showed the meanings that I was familiar with.

Live and learn, I guess. Thanks frabcus!

Am I the only one who got confused by the first sentence? "The Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station this morning and is performing nominally...".

Is everything fine now, or is it not? "Nominally" in this sense to me means that something is amiss, but reading the rest of the article seems to imply that everything is on track.

Right now, Anathem by Neal Stephenson is my favorite.

I read through the comments before adding my 2 cents. I saw a lot of my favorite books, including a few by Neal Stephenson. But I did not see Anathem. Hmmm...

I also saw a few references to James Clavell's Shogan. Excellent book. But I liked Tai Pan more, and in fact, I would say that this is my second favorite.

Just to add another title that nobody here is likely mention, the first book that I read that blew my mind (admittedly in my very young days) was "When the Lion feeds" by Wilbur Smith.

"The only other US president to receive the honor was Jimmy Carter and he received it for his work after he was president"

Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Price in 1919 (while he was in office).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson

Rats!

Yes, I did indeed mean 1/(x-1). Thanks for the correction.

I like this!

Immediately I can also see that 1/5 + 1/25 + 1/125 + ... = 1/4

To generalize: 1/x + 1/(xx) + 1/(xx*x) + ... = 1(x+1)

'Proved' by looking at a picture :-)

Twitter is available again for me, so yeah, for me it was only down for a few minutes.

As for whether HN is the appropriate forum to "tattle tale" when a well known website is down? Hmmm... Dunno about this one, I just figured it would be newsworthy, sorry if I wasted anybody's time...