Next: The /dev directory Up: The root filesystem Previous: The root filesystem . The /etc љ directory contains a lot of files. ... See the chapter on init љ for further information. /etc/passwd љ . ... Lists the filesystems mounted automatically at startup by the mount -a command (in /etc/rc љ or equivalent startup file). ... etc/issue љ . ... See the magic љ and file љ manual pages for more information. /etc/motd љ . ... Files executed at login or startup time by the Bourne or C shells. ...

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. Message en route: The phonograph record aboard each of the two Voyager spacecraft holds 115 images, natural and animal sounds, 90 minutes of music from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings from Earth-people in 55 languages. Each record is encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle. Instructions, in symbolic language, explain the origin of the spacecraft and indicate how to play the record. NASA / JPL

According to the # 7.1. of the Acting Statutes/Regulations on the International Astronomy Olympiad there should be an Authorized National Representative (Astronomical) Organization (ANRAO) in every participating state: A national astronomical society, a department (section) of the EAAS or IAU in the state, a leading observatory, an astronomical department of a leading university, a ministry of education or another appropriate competent institution. ...

Learning Astronomy Through Storytelling . That children at different stages of development will derive different meanings from the same story is obvious but worth mentioning. ... If you teach K-2, the central message of the story that you want students to understand is simply that the Moon's shape, as they see it in the sky, varies. ... Children learn that a story has a plot, a setting, characters, a main problem, a crisis point, and a solution. ...

... Current APO Weather . ... Search Site . ... Information for New Users . ... Technical Staff pages . Night Logs and Mailing Lists (maintained by APO) . ... Technical Documents and Database Search . ... Observer's Documentation and Procedures . ... Problem Reporting and APO Technical Documents Database Search . ... APO Drawing/Document Management Procedures . ... APO Technical Documents Database Search . Home Astrophysical Research Consortium . ... Mail Lists (maintained by APO) . ...

... To introduce you to the Python programming language, and its Visual module (VPython), which allows 3D simulation. The computer labs are held in room BOZO 112, not in the usual physics lab. ... This lab will use the Python programming language. ... Click on the Windows button in the bottom left, select "Programs", then the "A-Z" list of programs. ... Later in the course you will need to write your own VPython programs for assessment - this lab is your chance to make sure you can do this. ...

ABSTRACT: Both previous radiomessages for aliens, Arecibo 1974 and Evpatoria 1999 (see http://ebe.allwebco.com/Science for details) were the logical ones and represented the binary stream of FM information, which should be arranged into two-dimensional forms to perceive by eye-like sense-organ. ... So, I suggest to implement the 1st Theremin Concert for Aliens from Arecibo or Evpatoria Radar facility. ... The theremin was invented 80 years ago, in 1920 by Leon Theremin. ...

The pnet, prun, psrv suite of programs . ... pnet -> prun -> psrv -> disc . ... It can forward commands from pnet to psrv and pass back the replies. prun starts the data taking, gets the data from the spectrometer, and passes it via a socket to the psrv program running on the file server. ... There is a psrv task for each prun task (one for each subband on a spectrometer box). prun starts psrv via xinetd by connecting to the well known port address. psrv accepts commands from pnet via prun. ...

... I now want to discuss a completely different use of the internet--for educating the public, for making it aware of the exploration of space by unmanned satellites. What we have produced here is a general qualitative overview of space physics, the kind of material which could fit a freshman course "space physics for poets." ... One option being seriously considered is to try both routes and make this a printed book as well as a web document. ... Electric Currents from Space (+H) . ...

... Educational programs (Russian) . ... Pre-university education . ... Samara State Aerospace University Education Admission Admission procedure . ... The scan copy of documents confirming your previous education (secondary school/high school certificate, master or bachelor degree diploma): original legalized (by Russian Federation embassy) version and translated into Russian language. ... Students having passed the exams should sign the contract at the International department until August,7 . ...

St. Petersburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2011 . ... A. Finkelstein (Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences). ... M. Marov (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences ). ... A. Tutukov (Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences) Stars ? ... A. Rozanov (Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences). ... I. Gurevich (Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences). ...