Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time, by Hilary Spurling. Knopf. 480 pages. $35. There are about four hundred named characters in A Dance to the Music of Time, a twelve-novel sequence that ...

RIP "finger": the Unix command "finger" shows if a user is logged in, or else displays their "plan" file, with contact info. It used to be connected to the web, but that turns out to be dangerous.

This guide provides information on preparing production-quality figures and text files. The instructions apply only if your manuscript has been accepted in principle for publication and an editor has ...

GDL is a free/libre/open source incremental compiler compatible with IDL (Interactive Data Language) and to some extent with PV-WAVE. Together with its library routines it serves as a tool for data ...

Background. The GPU cluster has been running for half a year, and you feel that the results are already significant. You realize that the deadline for an upcoming conference is less than a month away, ...

A vital force in European linguistics and literary scholarship in the 1930s, the Prague School opened up the rich field of semiotics and art. The study of art ...