Monthly Archives: July 2023

Computer Boot Repair

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I have used Boot-Repair-Disk a lot. It has saved my computer systems many times, since I do a lot of experimenting on them. The title program, boot-repair, can often fix the boot procedure on Linux systems if that has been messed up. This happens to me more than it should since my computers typically can boot Windows and one or more flavors of Linux. Altering one OS sometimes causes one of the others to be unbootable.

Other programs on the disk are also useful. For example, OS-Uninstaller does exactly what the name suggests. GParted lets you add, move, delete, and resize disk partitions, which I often need to do in preparation for adding a new OS (You need to be careful with this, especially for bootable partitions). The whole disk is actually a standalone Linux system, so with its Linux terminal you can access and work with any of the drives on your system.

Rang Gaeilge, 20ú lá Mí na Iúil 2023

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Duinnín i Lios Dúin Bhearna

Dineen in Lisdoonvarna

Neamhan … a royston crow, a raven; fury, madness; Nemetona, Neid’s wife Dé Néid,a war-goddess, one of the Mór-ríoghna; cf. badhbh, macha … neamhain deagh, sparks of fire …

deagh = dea good, well
ríogha(i)n = ríon Queen; queenly, noble, lady; fair maiden f pl ríonacha
macha Cattle-field, -yard; Herd m
  • Londain
    Thaitin sé riamh leis an Duinnineach dul go Londain ag tabhairt léachta do cheann éigin de chraobhacha Chonradh na Gaeilge sa chathair sin, D’íocadh an Conradh fiacha taistil. Bhíodh deis aige cúpla lá a chaitheamh ag taighdeadh lámhscríbhinní na Gaeilge i leabharlann Mhúsaem na Breataine agus d’fhaigheadh sé deis, ina léacht, a raibh le rá aige, pé ní é, a rá go neamhbhalbh. Bhiodh rud éigin le rá aige, go neamhbhalbh, i gcónai. An oíche seo, ach go háirithe, i gCraobh Putney de Chonradh na Gaeilge, bhí sé chun a raibh i láthair a chur ar an eolas i dtaobh chúrsai canúna.

    London
    Dineen always liked to go to London to give lectures to one of the branches of the Gaelic League in that city. The league paid the travel expenses. He would have the opportunity to spend a few days researching Irish language manuscripts in the library of the British Museum and he would get an opportunity, in his lecture, to say bluntly whatever he had to say. He would always have something to say, frankly. This night, but in particular, in the Putney branch of the Gaelic League, he was to inform those present about matters of dialect.

    léacht lecture f gs léachta
    craobh branch f pl craobhacha
    íoc pay
    fiach debt(s) m npl fiacha
    taisteal travel m gs taistil
    taighd Poke, probe, root, dig; Research, investigate
    taighde research m gs taighde
    lámhscríbhinn manuscript f
    neamhbhalbh Outspoken, forthright, blunt
    canúint Speech, expression; Vernacular, dialect; Accent, mode of pronunciation f gs canúna
    cúrsa course; matter. circumstance m

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Phosphine on Venus again

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Phosphine on Venus: Another Look

Back in 2020 there was a report that Phosphine had been found in the atmosphere of Venus. Since Phosphine can be a sign of life that caused some excitement. I posted about this three times:

  1. Possible Sign of Life on Venus
  2. More about phosphine on Venus
  3. Phosphine on Venus: Not so fast

The last of these was in reference to Re-analysis of the 267-GHz ALMA observations of Venus: No statistically significant detection of phosphine? At the time that seemed like the end of the story.

However, there have been a lot more observations since then and some re-re-analysis of the earlier work, leading to Phosphine Confirmed Deep Within Venus’ Atmosphere, A Possible Sign Of Life. I am looking forward to seeing the technical details.