Linux Journal Contents #75, July 2000

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Linux Journal Issue #75/July 2000

Focus

Science & Engineering [2] by Marjorie Richardson

Features

Gri: A Language for Scientific Illustration [3] by Dan E. Kelley and Peter S. Galbraith
This scripting language avoids integrating analysis and display capabilities and instead focuses on providing precise and flexible control over the display of technical material.
Tracking Satellites with PREDICT [4] by John A. Magliacane
A look at the development and use of an open-source satellite-tracking and orbital-prediction program.
Detecting Chaos in the Field [5] by Juergen Kahrs
All that is real is reasonable, and all that is reasonable is real. —G.W.F. Hegel, 1770-1831
THOR: A Versatile Commodity Component of Supercomputer Development [6] by Robert A. Davis
CERN continues to use Linux as their OS of choice for modeling and simulation studies.
A GNU/Linux Wristwatch Videophone [7] by Steve Mann
This fully fuctioning prototype, designed and built by Steve Mann in 1998, was demonstrated in 1999, and later used to deliver a videoconference at ISSCC 2000.

Forum

Three-Tier Architecture [8] by Ariel Ortiz Ramirez
Professor Ortiz presents a little of the theory behind the three-tier architecture and shows how it may be applied using Linux, Java and MiniSQL.
cgimodel: CGI Programming Made Easy with Python [9] by Chenna Ramu and Christina Gemuend
Always look on the bright side of life and at a method for debugging CGI programs on the command line.
Mapping Lightning with Linux [10] by Timothy Hamlin
NM Tech studies lightning to determine basic charge structures and learn more about storm morphology.
Using Linux in Embedded and Real-Time Systems [11] by Rick Lehrbaum
When you need an embedded operating system, Linux is a good place to start. Here's why.
Troll Tech Announces Embedded GUI Toolkit [12] by Craig Knudsen
Troll Tech enters the embedded systems market—here's what's happening.
The Montréal 2000 Linux Expo [13] by Marcel Gagné
LJ's French chef visits Montréal April 10-12 for more than the food.

Reviews

Medusa DS9 Security System [14] by Robert Dobozy
Cygwin: For Windows NT [15] by Daniel Lazenby
Understudy [16] by Daniel Allen

Columns

Take Command The System Logging Dæmons, syslogd and klog [17] by Michael A. Schwarz
Take command of your log files by learning to handle those pesky logging dæmons.
Linux Means Business Using Linux at Left Field Productions [18] by David Ashley
One programmer's experiece developing a Gameboy emulator on Linux.
System Administration Getting the NT Out—and the Linux In [19] by David C. Smith
An overview of configuring Linux using Samba to replace the services provided from Windows NT servers.
Kernel Korner Linux System Calls [20] by Moshe Bar
How to use the mechanism provided by the IA32 architecture for handling system calls.
Linley on Linux Voice Recognition Ready for Consumer Devices [21] by Linley Gwennap
Cooking with Linux An Appetite for Discovery [22] by Marcel Gagné
Looking at the skies for stars and aliens can both be done on Linux systems.
At the Forge Press Releases with Mason [23] by Reuven M. Lerner
Focus on Software [24] by David A. Bandel
Embedded Systems News [25] by Rick Lehrbaum

Departments

Letters [26]
upFRONT [27]
Penguin's Progress: Collecting RFCs [28] by Peter H. Salus
Linux for Suits The Message [29] by Doc Searls
Best of Technical Support [30]
New Products [31]

Strictly On-Line

Mastering Algorithms with C [32] by John Kacur
Red Hat Linux 6 for Small Business [33] by Paul Dunne
Low-Bandwidth Communication Tools for Science [34] by Enrique Canessa and Clement Onime
No access to the Internet? Browse the Web via e-mail instead!
Security Technologies for the World Wide Web [35] by Wael Hassan
Getting Started in Computer Consulting [36] by Ralph Krause
Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours [37] by Ralph Krause
Linux Administration A Beginner's Guide [38] by Harvey Friedman
AIPS and Linux: A Historical Reminiscence [39] by Patrick P. Murphy
The Astronomical Image Processing System looks at the sky using the radio wave section of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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[4] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3777
[5] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3914
[6] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3972
[7] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3993
[8] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3508
[9] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3616
[10] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3973
[11] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3980
[12] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4023
[13] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4081
[14] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3811
[15] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3813
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