% type -a sqlite3
sqlite3 is /sw/bin/sqlite3
sqlite3 is /usr/bin/sqlite3

% sqlite3 demo.db3
sqlite> SELECT 1+1;
2
sqlite> .quit

sqlite> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
2008-07-23 22:33:56

sqlite> CREATE TABLE somedata (aNumber INT, aFloat REAL, aString VARCHAR(30));
sqlite> .schema
CREATE TABLE somedata (aNumber INT, aFloat REAL, aString VARCHAR(30));

sqlite> INSERT INTO somedata values (1, 1.001, "a first string");
sqlite> INSERT INTO somedata values (6, 42.000001, "another string");
sqlite> SELECT * FROM somedata;
1|1.001|a first string
6|42.000001|another string

sqlite> .separator ", "
sqlite> .output foo.csv
sqlite> SELECT aFloat, aString FROM somedata;
sqlite> .quit
% cat foo.csv
1.001, a first string
42.000001, another string
% open .output foo.csv

To the best of my understanding the Mac built in VPN will work with
generic PPTP VPNs or a Mac server IPSec VPN.  What we run on campus is a
Juniper SSL VPN.  The Mac's built in VPN software will not connect to
it.  It needs to connect via the web Browser.

Have you ever wanted the ability to hide the Dock and/or the menu bar
on an application-by-application basis? That is, when you launch
iPhoto, the Dock is hidden, when you launch Google Earth both the Dock
and the menu bar are hidden? This can be useful when working on a
smaller screen with a program that requires most of the screen for its
visuals, or if you just find the Dock and menu bar are cluttering your
view of things.
.
While there are a number of third-party programs out that purport to
do just this- ASM and MenuShade come to mind - it's actually quite easy
to do yourself. It just takes a couple of simple edits in one file
within the given application.
...

  % cd ~/Desktop/StickiesCopy.app/Contents
  % emacs -nw  Info.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>LSUIPresentationMode</key>
  <integer>4</integer>
	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
	<string>English</string>
	<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
  ...
</dict>
</plist>

• LSUIPresentationMode 1 - Hides Dock. Dock will appear if mouse moved to where it is located.
• LSUIPresentationMode 2 - Removes Dock.
• LSUIPresentationMode 3 - Removes Menu Bar and Dock.
• LSUIPresentationMode 4 - Hides Menu Bar and Dock. Menu Bar or Dock will appear if mouse moved to where Menu Bar or Dock is located.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has agreed to lift the
designation of some foreign graduate students in oceanography as a
security threat. The designation prevented the students, enrolled at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, many from countries
considered close U.S. allies, from doing certain research work in
harbors. While officials at MIT and other universities have called the
designations absurd, the government didn't lift them until asked to do
so by Rep. Brad Miller, chair of the Investigation and Oversight
Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee. Miller
released various letters on the matter, praising the lifting of the
classification and calling on the government to take steps to avoid
hindering graduate students in similar situations.

The Pentagon has issued a policy statement that contracts for research
with universities should not generally have restrictions on
disseminating research findings unless the research is classified.
...

...
Carrying the 170 workers of Caldive, the global sea drilling company
from Quincy, the live-on construction barge Lone Star Horizon is now
in position for the project. It was towed out Tuesday night for Suez
Energy North America, according to company spokeswoman Carol
Churchill.
.
The site of the terminal - named Neptune - was challenged by the
fishing community, which objected to the loss of fruitful waters to
the energy industry, but then-Gov. Mitt Romney authorized the LNG
terminal on the site in December 2006. He also approved a second
terminal site to the south that has been built and began receiving the
tankers last month.
.
The Neptune site will consist of a buoy system at which the LNG
vessels will moor and discharge natural gas by using onboard
vaporization equipment, according to Suez Energy. The natural gas will
be transported via a 13-mile pipeline connecting to the existing
pipelines through Salem.
...

...
Neptune will implement vessel restrictions, including:
    * Speed restrictions to avoid striking marine mammals and sea turtles;
    * Downward lighting to minimize light attracting sea birds at night; and
    * Vessel shutdowns in the event of a marine mammal sighting.
During construction, two marine mammal observers (MMOs) are on duty on
each construction vessel 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to
visually monitor for the presence of marine mammals and sea
turtles. At night, the MMOs use infrared scanning devices to monitor
for the presence of marine mammals and sea turtles in the construction
area. In addition to visual observations, Neptune has installed a
series of acoustic buoys in the construction area that automatically
monitor for the presence of the endangered North Atlantic right
whale. If a right whale is detected, the MMOs are notified
immediately, and vessels will be placed on heightened alert.
...

...
After receiving instructions for a movement that would have damaged
its wrist, the robotic arm recognized the problem, tried to rectify it
and then shut down before it could damage itself, according to Ray
Arvidson, a co-investigator for the Mars Lander's robotic arm team and
a professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
.
NASA engineers yesterday worked to send new instructions to the Lander
so the robotic arm would come back to life and proceed with a new set
of instructions. The team is now waiting to see whether the code
resolved he problem.
...