Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Oklahoma earthquakes - M3.8 thrusts are back

Not OK, so it can't be given the old okie discount.  This was a shallow thrust, and will certainly give that Anthony courthouse another shot.

Intensity 5 for an M3.8.  One of the very high ratios.

It's been so quiet here, that I've been writing about everything else under the Sun.  It still should be generally quiet since most of that good frack waste is probably frozen.

I'd really red-card that courthouse.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Linux - Mediawiki on Apache

I am continuing trying to set up a Tor web site.  As you recall, I run a Tor relay on my Linux machine for all those Russians who want to talk about the latest p-killing.  The advantage of having a 'dark' Tor web site is that you don't need a static IP address, and you don't need to register a domain.  Right now, I'm running it stand-alone, since I worry about security.  Until there are millions of Tor relays, running one puts you 'On the List'.

I decided that the best thing to do was to run a wiki, maybe WikiDogea, or WikiQuakea, whatever.  That required some work.  First thing is to get Apache2 running, which is easy with Debian, just install it.  Then test it by going to localhost on your browser.

The mediawiki should be the same, but it isn't.  Installing mediawiki seems to give you nothing.  You have to dig up detailed instructions on getting mysql running, then the instructions on linking the mediawiki files under /var/www/html for the Apache connection.  Then you just go to localhost/mediawiki and you get to install it.

It works great.  A fun family project.  :)

Not so easy:  I did all this on my main Linux machine, but when I went to transfer my knowledge to my little Zotac, I stepped in the pig-pile.  Suffice to say I got it working, but I really went up in my Linux qualifications.  :)

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Earthquake Corruption in Oklahoma

Article

This will divert my Russian readers.  Saying there is corruption in OK is like saying Poutine bags another one.

Local seismic monitoring units cannot make up magnitudes willy-nilly.  The local guy has questionable qualifications.  I would call him more of a Oklahoma-seismologist, rather than a seismologist.  :)

Anyway, the big freeze combined with low oil prices has settled things a bit.  Nothing has reached the all-powerful tipping point of M4.0000000   The true accuracy here is probably plus or minus 0.5