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RedHat 6.3 updates

We have an external disk with RedHat 6.3 provided by tech support. We have to work from that base because it has the user ID system configured for the KU HOME domain.  Otherwise, I would dump that and just use … Continue reading

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Fighting through the LaTeX startup hassles

You kids know I’m not a Windows user, so I experience a different set of problems than you usually do. But the WinStat systems can be made to work, and the CRMDA systems can too. You just need to be … Continue reading

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Debian recollection: remember when your laptop could not reboot?

Remember that “I can’t reboot” problem has hit all of the Dell laptop on which I’ve installed Debian Linux 6. The symptom is that the screen froze after initiating a reboot. You might wait forever and it would not change. … Continue reading

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KU’s digicert SMIME email; my memo

Here’s the gist of it: You can sign up through KU for a Digicert certificate to secure email within KU. There’s no excuse anymore for sending secure information in email without encryption. Longer explanation For securing email communications, there are … Continue reading

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R … dot-dot-dot arguments

Working with dot-dot-dot has been a challenge. I would not have understood this post by Gabor Grothenieck in r-help on 2011-10-9, but I do now! And I’m so happy! ” Suppose we wish to call f with the control.list components … Continue reading

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Multiple Imputation: SEM & diagnostics

Here: http://www.statmodel.com/discussion/messages/22/381.html I found this: Bruce A. Cooper posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 – 5:59 pm Thanks, Linda – Here are some references that you may find useful. I haven’t gotten the Statistics in Medicine reference yet, but Don … Continue reading

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Subversion and my course notes/hanouts

I’ve started an SVN archive where I’m going to be putting my source code for handouts and lectures, so if you want the LyX or R files for that stuff, you can have it. But you need to sign up … Continue reading

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Drivel client -> Movable Type -> Word Press? With LaTeX

Here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/latex/ It says you can put in latex code like \(\sum_{i=0}^{i=N}(\frac{1}{N}(x_i – \hat{mu})^2\) I wonder if that works?

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NSF Geoscience Education 2009-12-17

TO: Principal Investigators, Department Chairs, Deans and Directors FROM: Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Associate Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies (RGS) RE: NSF Geoscience Education (GeoEd) NSF 10-512 Date Posted: December 17, 2009 Deadline for internal competition: January 19, 2010 … Continue reading

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LaTeX editing with AucTeX

I don’t like AucTeX very much yet, but I’m trying. Here are things I’ve “found out”. http://emacsworld.blogspot.com/2008/04/cleaning-up-or-deleting-latex.html AucTeX provides a simple interface to clean the files. Hitting C-c C-c and typing ‘Clean’ or ‘Clean All’ deletes the intermediate files associated … Continue reading

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