I was searching in YouTube for a video and I got this error message:

Error 500 Internal Server Error

It was followed by a note stating that monkeys had been dispatched to take care of the problem and a bunch of characters likely describing the problem in monkey language. Well, the monkeys are probably GMT-based because my problem was not solved quickly. So I looked for a solution and came up with this:

Go to the bottom of the YouTube page. Change the language definition from yours (I had Portuguese) to another such as “English (UK)”. It worked wonders for me. Apparently the monkeys can’t speak/understand portuguese queries ;)

PyMOL is a molecular visualisation tool originally developed by Dr. Warren DeLano, which unfortunately passed away about one week ago. It is the most intuitive program of its kind I’ve used, it supports scripting with both its own “language” and Python, and best of all, it’s free and open-source. This is a small guide on how to install PyMOL on Ubuntu. It’s my own contribution to the effort of keeping PyMOL alive even after its founder’s death.

If you’re looking for a(n even) simple(r) method, just apt-get pymol:

sudo apt-get install pymol

If you want the last version though, which is likely NOT to be in the repositories, this is how you do it. Again, PyMOL Wiki has pretty much all the info you need, this is just my own recollection :)

Para mim, o guião devia ter sido sempre assim!

Dragon Ball…Our Herooooooooo!

enfim….

Uma boa razão para não se escrever no MSN e tentar trabalhar ao mesmo tempo :P

joao@muse:~/Desktop/Proposal/Modelling/C3$ eheh
eheh: command not found
joao@muse:~/Desktop/Proposal/Modelling/C3$

 

This is the most stupid bug I have ever seen. And probably in the history of computers!!

After upgrading my Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 (Karmic Koala) my videos (all of them, including my webcam) appeared with a blue hue, also with all video players, Totem, VLC, Xine… That means, that the colors were not normal… everything was blue.

After searching a little bit on the web, trying to find some drivers problems, some XOrg configuration or something similar… and after reinstalling all the gstreamer packages… it results that the both problem and solutions are just stupid. Here is the solution for the problem of blue hue layer on the videos..

Open “Movie Player” and in the “Preferences Menu” go to “Display” and at the bottom of the menu there is a bar which name is HUE!!! set the bar value to “Default” and VOILA!!! What a stupid thing!!!

P.S. – obviously I didn’t find the solution by myself. I found it somewhere in the midle of the Ubuntu Comunity Forum.

É nestes momentos que as saudades apertam :x

Efectivamente, conforme dito pelos dois Joões :), a libelinha voa 15km. Simples e seco mas é.

Os dois meninos encontram-se passado uma hora, portanto a libelinha voa necessariamente uma hora; percorre, assim, 15km sendo que voa a uma velocidade constante de 15km/h.

O matemático John von Neumann (dos mais brilhantes) estava numa festa quando lhe fizeram esta pergunta. Após reflectir durante um bocado, respondeu: “15km”. A pessoa que fez a pergunta ficou perplexa, dizendo que a maioria dos matemáticos tentara resolver o problema começando por determinar quantos km voa a libelinha até encontrar o outro meninno, depois o caminho de volta e assim sucessivamente, sempre calculando percursos cada vez mais curtos.

Ora, isto envolve a resolução de séries infinitas, que requere uma matemática avançada. Von Neumann, em resposta à explicação, disse: “Sim..mas foi assim que eu resolvi.”

Achei engraçada a simplicidade da resposta.

Epá, é um modo de vida. Estou a tentar visualizar como seria se o seguisse.

Hoje à conversa com uma portuguesa aqui de Stanford partilhei a minha ideia de disfarce de Dia das Bruxas. Tinha pensado seriamente em comprar uma abóbora, tirar-lhe o recheio, limpá-la bem limpinha, fazer uma cara medonha, e metê-la cabeça abaixo tipo capacete. Depois vestia-me de negro (até cá tenho a capa de Coimbra por isso…) e lá ia eu de bicho esquisito.

Facto é, deram-me uma sugestão bem mais arrojada. Quiçá talvez um pouco demais :) Happy Halloween!