Friday, January 22, 2016
NVidia driver on Sherbert
It has been acting up again. This time, I think (maybe?) I could resolve by adding the kernel parameter “enable_mtrr_cleanup” in GRUB.
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers/Troubleshooting
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Phase space download
Could be very useful. Generic phase space can be used instead of linac head model.
https://www-nds.iaea.org/phsp/phsp.htmlx
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Monte Carlo Software
- EGSnrc / BEAMnrc / DOSXYZnrc
- NRC
- http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/solutions/advisory/egsnrc_index.html
- Latest version 2105
- Unclear. Web page says GNU GPL, but user guide says commercial use requires license
- Geant4 / TOPAS
- CERN / TOPASMC
- https://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/
- http://www.topasmc.org/
- Latest version 2015
- Geant4 has BSD-like license with patent exclusion
- Topas is licensed commercially
- FLUKA
- INFN / CERN
- http://www.fluka.org
- Latest version 2015
- Non-commercial / non-military license; modifications not allowed
- PENELOPE
- University of Barcelona
- http://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/detail/nea-1525
- Latest version 2014
- Distribution limited to NEA data bank countries
- MCNP / MCNPx
- LANL
- https://mcnp.lanl.gov/
- https://mcnpx.lanl.gov/
- Latest version 2014
- Distribution limited by export control regulations
- MCNP 6 mergest MCNPX features back into trunk
- DPM
- Michigan / Catalonia
- https://inte.upc.edu/downloads
- Latest version 2001
- No license file ?
- Related to PENELOPE ?
- EGS4 / MCDOSE
- SLAC / KEK / NRC
- Latest version 1997
- Superceded by EGSnrc
- PEREGRINE
- Program availability unknown
- VMC++
- Program availability unknown
- XVMC
- Program availability unknown
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Refactoring C++
I had some dead time at work between meetings, and I asked myself are there any productivity tools for C++ refactoring that I should look into? The answer is maybe, but only one seems promising.
https://github.com/tuhdo/semantic-refactor
It is based on symantic-mode, included with emacs
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/semantic/
Can’t wait to try it out!
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Academic sites
Sometimes I get spam from ResearchGate. Unfortunately RG also looks very nice. But the spam is unacceptable.
The below blog mentions some alternatives.
http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/openresearchexeter/2013/11/06/74/
- academia.edu
- Have not yet investigated.
- mendelay.com
- Probably good, but I’m more of a zotero guy.
- scholar.google.com
- It is ok. Does not do publishing.
- figshare.com
- Interesting. You can publish citable pre-prints / tech reports here.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Clementine group by album artist
Seems I always forget how to do this. But this is a case of "you're holding it wrong." What Clementine wants is for you to set the compilation tag. If you do that, everything works great.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1996165