... It is possible to change the meaning of keywords (to `overload' them), but it can be confusing, primarily because your new commands may not behave the same way that this manual claims. ... If you said box in your macro, then overloaded the keyword, you'd have a macro that called itself. ... Another example is that (when overloaded) lines saves the line numbers used, so that you can write a macro to print the top 10 lines of a file (it's called head ). ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... 2005 September 25 . WMAP Resolves the Universe . Credit: WMAP Science Team , NASA . ... Specifically, present analyses of above WMAP all-sky image indicate that the universe is 13.7 billion years old (accurate to 1 percent), composed of 73 percent dark energy , 23 percent cold dark matter , and only 4 percent atoms , is currently expanding at the rate of 71 km/sec/ Mpc (accurate to 5 percent), underwent episodes of rapid expansion called inflation , and will expand forever . ... About APOD | ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Let Me Be More Clear . ... Post Message | ... However, if I have identified it, how do I know this 'thing' is something that exists versus only thought of as existing? ... However, by me identifying 'red' as 1 (i.e., as I originally did), I am assuming that there is 'red' as something that exists. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... To do this select File in menu bar and then Save As... in drop-down menu. As a result the Saving dialog box will appear. ... To see the list of files with desirable extension in chosen folder define the type of extension with the help of drop-down list File type at the bottom of the dialog box. ... The name of the file will appear in File name dialog box. ... In case you want to save the file with new name type it in the File name dialog box. ... Click on Save button to save the file. ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Wiki Style Examples . Wiki styles | ... PmWiki uses WikiStyles for styling text with color and other attributes. PmWiki 2.0 introduced the ability to control the styling further and to even place styles on blocks. ... In addition, an author can define a style "shortcut" by using the define= property. For example, to define a style of %red% , one can use: . define=mystyle color=red% Here is some %mystyle% red text created using a style shortcut. ...

... Cat s Eye . ... Staring across interstellar space, the alluring Cat's Eye nebula lies three thousand light-years from Earth. ... A star emerges from its natal cloud of gas and dust in this tantalizing portrait of RY Tauri, a small stellar nursery at the edge of the Taurus molecular cloud, a mere 450 light-years away. ... This remarkable telescopic image highlights the deep orange cast of a waning gibbous Moon seen very close to the eastern horizon earlier this week, on September 19. ... September . ...

... Preprocessor Compiler Control . ... This directive includes a file into code. ... include <file> or #include ``file'' . ... As another example if running program on MSDOS machine we want to include file msdos.h otherwise a default.h file. ... This is most often used with programs that translate other languages to C. For example, error messages produced by the C compiler can reference the file name and line numbers of the original source files instead of the intermediate C (translated) source files. ...

Each Apache configuration directive is described using a common format that looks like this: . ... This indicates the format of the directive as it would appear in a configuration file. This syntax is extremely directive-specific, and is described in detail in the directive's definition. ... If the directive has a default value ( i.e. , if you omit it from your configuration entirely, the Apache Web server will behave as though you set it to a particular value), it is described here. ...

... In the above example, the second region uses the global coordinate system (PHYSICAL by default). ... Supported systems include: name description ---- ----------- PHYSICAL pixel coords of original file using LTM/LTV IMAGE pixel coords of current file FK4, B1950 sky coordinate systems FK5, J2000 sky coordinate systems GALACTIC sky coordinate systems ECLIPTIC sky coordinate systems ICRS currently same as J2000 LINEAR linear wcs as defined in file In addition, two mosaic coordinate ...

... SGML . The text/html content type . In this section, we begin the specification of HTML 4.0, starting with the contract between authors, documents, users, and user agents. ... These recommendations are not normative and conformance with this specification does not depend on their realization. ... An HTML document is an SGML document that meets the constraints of this specification. ... A user is a person who interacts with a user agent to view, hear, or otherwise use a rendered HTML document. ...

... Directives | ... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . ... This document describes the terms that are used to describe each Apache configuration directive . ... Configuration files . ... This indicates where in the server's configuration files the directive is legal. ... A directive marked as being valid in this context may be used inside <Directory> , <Location> , <Files> , and <Proxy> containers in the server configuration files, subject to the restrictions outlined in Configuration Sections .htaccess ...

Essay ­ A3002 ­ Cosmology Final copy due September 15th. ... Your first task for Cosmology is to write an approximately 700 word Op-Ed piece on "Why I am studying Cosmology". ... Some Suggestions for Good Writing Write with a point of view. Figure out what you are writing about before you start writing. ... Write with structure: Good writing is not just the use of language. ... 70%-80%: A good essay which is deficient in one or more areas. 60%-70%: An essay which is deficient in several areas ...

... warning . ... For instance, if the PROPOSAL information record is missing the user can add a fake one to the SOSF without this having any effect on the data reduction. corrective action: Continue. ... For a certain exposure in the ODF one of the parameters was not found in the housekeeping data. ... The task has encountered a situation where the same CCD appears to be in more than one data mode. ... The task expected to find one and only one ODF component matching a certain instrument/data mode pair...

Why areNuclear Star Clusters interesting? 1) Many -- if not all ­ nuclear star clusters appear to be young, or at least have a young population of stars. ... 3) If nuclear clusters indeed form in the galaxy center, their impact on the dynamics of stars and gas in the central region of the host galaxy needs to be understood, because it can potentially influence the galaxy morphology. For example, it has been suggested that nuclear clusters can destroy stellar bars and thus form galaxy bulges. ...

... Directives | ... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . ... This document describes the terms that are used to describe each Apache configuration directive . ... Configuration files . ... This indicates where in the server's configuration files the directive is legal. ... A directive marked as being valid in this context may be used inside <Directory> , <Location> , <Files> , and <Proxy> containers in the server configuration files, subject to the restrictions outlined in Configuration Sections .htaccess ...

... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

... VIMOS commissioning#1 is postponed to 4th week of January 2001, but the goal is still to deliver a DFS release by November 15th: the current DFS NOV2000 commissioning schedule is then quite unchanged. This release should contain a new OLAS and OHS running on HP-UX 11, with SYBASE 12. ... About the VIMOS FITS files, it is decided now to split the files on the Instrument Workstation before they are delivered to vcsolac. ... The plan is to have it presented to the Council in December. ...

Variations of total ozone content and lower ozone stratosphere temperature in Antarctic Region during winter-spring period A.V. Grytsai National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv Astronomy and Space Physics Department assen@univ.kiev.ua Data, used in the work work Total ozone: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) measurements during 1979 - 2005 and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) ones for 2006, for http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftpdata.html. ... A long-term TOC decrease is significant. ...

HTML is an application conforming to International Standard ISO 8879 -- Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). ... Every SGML document has three parts: . SGML declaration . ... For example, the SGML declaration in the HTML DTD specifies that the string that opens an end tag is </ and the maximum length of a name is 72 characters. ... Most HTML elements are identified in a document as a start tag, which gives the element name and attributes, followed by the content, followed by the end tag. ...