... This document is copyright (c) 1999, 2000 Greg O'Keefe. ... The lastest version of this document lives at From Powerup To Bash Prompt as does its companion ``Building a Minimal Linux System from Source Code''. ... For contributing some ``ramblings'' about the kernel deamons. ... added change history . ... add more exercises, perhaps a whole section on larger exercises, like creating a minimal system file by file from a distro install. add makefile hack to bash build instructions - see easter notes. ...

... The source exhibits a mas-scale structure which, according to the USNO multi-epoch monitoring at 2.3 and 8.4 GHz over the period from 1994 July through 1998 April, undergoes considerable changes in the brightness distribution and positions of the major structural features. Our image is qualitatively consistent with the structural pattern of the source. ... We note a difference of ~90 in position angles of secondary components in our image and the 5 GHz VLBI image by Shen et al. 1998). ...

... This example illustrates the use of external files as the source for a layer. This example creates a web page for Nikki's Diner, which is a vegan restaurant that offers tasty daily specials. The web page contains some general information about the diner, and then offers a pop-up menu that lists the days of the week. ... These files contain HTML formatted text that describes the specials for that day. ... LAYER ID="menu" LEFT=50 WIDTH=400 src="specials/sat.htm"> </LAYER> . ...

Pulsar - the neutrone star. ... Its physical properties are greatly changed. ... Naturally after the discovery of pulsar connection with the remains of the supernew star outbursts it was supposed that the pulsars and the neutron stars are the same objects. ... In the external layer of a neutron star, where the substance dense is not so great to break the cores; they may from the hard chip structure, which at the pulsar rotation decreasing is broken the starquake. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

. To make lasting changes to the value of an environment variable: . 1. Use your editor to open the .bash_profile file and add the line: VARNAME= value_of_variable ;export VARNAME . 2. Save the file and leave the editor. 3. Enter the command: source $HOME/.bash_profile . This adds the new value to your working environment. Examples .