Sorry, this is all I remember. A story where the end was a hail of micrometeorites all falling to Earth at once which incinerated the atmosphere from the collective heat from their re-entry. I think it was caused by either the moon being blown up or by a comet being destroyed by missiles.  I also think that it was called a "Soft Rain", but searching for a soft rain just gets me a different story about an automated house.  Any help on finding this story would be very much appreciated, this is one that's been on my mind for ages.
I am looking for the title of a novel that I only caught part of on audio. It takes place within our current time frame and deals with the Moon getting struck and fragmented into (initially) 7 pieces by a high-speed asteroid that they called "The Agent".  Within a few weeks of this episode, scientists figure out the the Moon will continue to break down in a cascade reaction over the next couple of years until the planet gets bombarded by so much debris that it sterilizes Earth. The governments of the world frantically start to build a series of ships using swarming concepts to evacuate the planet as much as possible... and that's all I have heard so far.  Thanks for any info.
How do I echo and send console output to a file in a bat script? How do I deal with a compromised server? This is a  about Server Security - Responding to Breach Events (Hacking)   See Also:                  Canonical Version I suspect that one or more of my servers is compromised by a hacker, virus, or other mechanism:   What are my first steps? When I arrive on site should I disconnect the server, preserve "evidence", are there other initial considerations? How do I go about getting services back online? How do I prevent the same thing from happening immediately again? Are there best practices or methodologies for learning from this incident? If I wanted to put a Incident Response Plan together, where would I start? Should this be part of my Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity Planning?   Original Version       2011.01.02 - I'm on my way into work at 9.30 p.m. on a Sunday because our server has been compromised somehow and was resulting in a    attack on our provider. The servers access to the Internet   has been shut down which means over 5-600 of our clients sites are now   down. Now this could be an FTP hack, or some weakness in code   somewhere. I'm not sure till I get there.      How can I track this down quickly? We're in for a whole lot of   litigation if I don't get the server back up ASAP. Any help is   appreciated. We are running Open SUSE 11.0.            2011.01.03 - Thanks to everyone for your help. Luckily I WASN'T the only person responsible for this server, just the nearest. We managed   to resolve this problem, although it may not apply to many others in a   different situation. I'll detail what we did.      We unplugged the server from the net. It was performing (attempting to   perform) a Denial Of Service attack on another server in Indonesia,   and the guilty party was also based there.      We firstly tried to identify where on the server this was coming from,   considering we have over 500 sites on the server, we expected to be   moonlighting for some time. However, with SSH access still, we ran a   command to find all files edited or created in the time the attacks   started. Luckily, the offending file was created over the winter   holidays which meant that not many other files were created on the   server at that time.      We were then able to identify the offending file which was inside the   uploaded images folder within a  website.      After a short cigarette break we concluded that, due to the files   location, it must have been uploaded via a file upload facility that   was inadequetly secured. After some googling, we found that there was   a security vulnerability that allowed files to be uploaded, within the   ZenCart admin panel, for a picture for a record company. (The section   that it never really even used), posting this form just uploaded any   file, it did not check the extension of the file, and didn't even   check to see if the user was logged in.      This meant that any files could be uploaded, including a PHP file for   the attack. We secured the vulnerability with ZenCart on the infected   site, and removed the offending files.      The job was done, and I was home for 2 a.m.            The Moral   - Always apply security patches for ZenCart, or any other CMS system for that matter. As when security updates are released, the whole   world is made aware of the vulnerability.   - Always do backups, and backup your backups.   - Employ or arrange for someone that will be there in times like these. To prevent anyone from relying on a panicy post on Server   Fault. Which tools and technologies are used to build the Stack Exchange Network? Understanding the definition of the order of an entire function in Ahlfors's Complex Analysis Let $f: \mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be an entire function. The order of $f$ is defined by $$\lambda=\limsup_{r \to \infty} \frac{\log \log M(r)}{\log r}, $$ where $$M(r)=\max_{|z|=r} |f(z)| .$$  Ahlfors in his Complex Analysis claims that     "According to this definition $\lambda$ is the smallest number such that       $$M(r)\leq e^{r^{\lambda+\varepsilon}} $$ for any given $\varepsilon &gt; 0$ as soon as $r$ is sufficiently large."   Why is this true?  My attempt:  We know that $$\lambda=\lim_{\rho \to \infty} \sup_{r \geq \rho} \frac{\log \log M(r)}{\log r}. $$  From the definition of the limit we have that for any $\varepsilon&gt;0$, there exists some $\rho_0&gt;0$, such that $$\left\lvert \sup_{r \geq \rho} \frac{\log \log M(r)}{\log r}-\lambda \right\rvert \leq \varepsilon ,$$ for every $\rho \geq \rho_0$. In other words $$\frac{\log \log M(r)}{\log r} \leq \lambda+\varepsilon $$ for every $r \geq \rho_0$. From here it is easy to see that $$M(r)\leq e^{r^{\lambda+\varepsilon}}, $$ for all $r \geq \rho_0$. I cannot see why $\lambda$ is the smallest number with this property.  Thanks in advance. The computed moments of log normal distribution can be found . How to compute them? How is it, that $\sqrt{x^2}$ is not $ x$, but $|x|$? As far as I see, $\sqrt{x^2}$ is not $x$, but $|x|$, meaning the "absolute". I totally get this, because $x^2$ is positive, if $x$ is negative, so $\sqrt{y}$, whether $y = 10^2$ or $y = -10^2$: $y$ is positive.  But then I remember that $\sqrt(x)$ is the same as $x^{1/2}$ and thus, $\sqrt{x^2}$ is the same as $x^{1}$.   So, as far as I get it, $\sqrt{x^2} = x^{2/2}$.  But then, I can cancel $\frac{2}{2}$ to $1$. So: $\sqrt{x^2} = x^1 = x$.  Where does the absolute value in this derivation of the calculation come from?  I get it why its there: Because $(-x)^2 = x^2$, so the radicand is always positive. But from $\sqrt{x^n} = x^{n/2}$ I dont understand how it gets there. Is there way to enable more than 4 GB RAM in 32-bit Windows OS? I upgraded my PC to 4 GB RAM and I get only 3 GB. Windows 7 32-Bit consider that I've 4 GB RAM but didn't use more than 3 GB.  Someone told me that MS Windows 32-bit doesn't support RAM larger than 3 GB.  So please is there any way to make my OS "Windows 7 32-Bit" support more than 3 GB RAM ?  *`Note: I can't move to 64-bit because I've many program doesn't work with a 64-bit OS.  Edit::  I tried what Mr. Wonsungi advised me but whenever I check this option:      Enable support for 4 GB of RAM   I get the following error:      'Cannot access to the registry key   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}.'   There is no "CLSID" in my registry, I don't know why!. What equipment is necessary/preferred for real estate photography? What equipment is necessary for real estate photography, and what is preferred?  I'm starting into real estate photography, and I'm trying to figure out what I need and what I will want to plan on adding to my kit as I go.  I'm thinking especially along the lines of lighting equipment and lenses (focal lengths).  For example, is an ultra-wide actually necessary? Or is a general walk around sufficient. How to do volumetric lighting for a forest scene? How can I add some html to my Mail.app signature? I want to add my company logo and and some juice to my contact information in the signature part in Mail.app. How can I do that with little or no efforts? How did they post process before Photoshop? When a land becomes creature, can you kill it? Some lands have an ability to become a creature, but they usually say they are still a land. If a land is a 3/3 creature and a land, can you target and kill it with a  to send it to the graveyard, or does it remain in play as a land? What is difference between the options "autoclean", "autoremove" and "clean"? The Java documentation says:      It is not possible for two invocations of synchronized methods on the   same object to interleave.   What does this mean for a static method?  Since a static method has no associated object, will the synchronized keyword lock on the class, instead of the object? Do you have tips or a guide how to install Ubuntu in Microsoft Virtual PC?  I have found some (older) information, but I wonder if this is still valid. And it looks very "unfriendly". Left pedal coming loose On my bike, which I just built out of spare parts, the left pedal seems to constantly be coming loose. It seems to come out about 5m every time I ride ~10km.  It's an old cotter pin crank, and the pedal is a left pedal (there's an L stamped into the end of the screw that goes into the crank). The pedal has a crack in one side of the axle compartment, but I don't think that would affect it.  I thought that these pedals had left-hand threads so that the action of pedalling would work to tighten the screw? If so, why would this be happening, and is there anything I can do about it short of replacing the crank and pedal? Recently I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my HP Envy 17t and everything works fine. However, I need to disable the touchscreen input permanently and I tried everything I could found but nothing works.  The closest thing I could manage was to make a shell script that will run at startup (the shell script calls xinput set-prop "Touchscreen Input Name" "Device Enabled" 0 command).   However, this script will not run until I log in. My touchscreen needs to be disabled at the log-in screen.  How can I solve this? I tried modifying the 10-evdev.conf file but all I got is a purple screen and a broken Ubuntu setup. Proper display of fractions Low Quality review queue erroneously showing "Close" instead of "Recommended Close"? I was in the Low Quality Review queue, and the following review confused me:    It's showing eight "Close votes", which should be more than enough to close a question.  I checked the question's , and it wasn't somehow closed, then re-opened in the middle of the review.  So I then checked on each of the users, and noticed that the majority of them are under 3000 reputation, meaning they can only "Recommend Close".    However, all reviews are simply showing as "Close", which is extremely confusing.  Is this a bug, or possibly an undocumented change related to ?    Another recent example: Pandemic, Global Epidemic, Epidemic, Endemic I really want to hear from the experts the definitions of all 4 terms especially whether global epidemic is equivalent to pandemic. Or should this question be directed to the epidemiologist?   Pandemic Global Epidemic Epidemic Endemic   I have Googled the terms and I understand the definition of 1), 3) and 4). In short the definition is based on geographical location and scale of outbreak, Pandemic is an outbreak of disease on a global scale (e.g. HIV). Epidemic is an outbreak of disease on a localised area. Endemic is a disease in a localised area. However, a definition for Global Epidemic is not available online.  Recently, WHO mentioned that "“It is important to put this on the table: this virus(Covid19) may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away,” WHO emergencies expert Mike Ryan told an online briefing." Isn't covid19 considered a pandemic since it is on a global scale and is spreading rapidly?  Another term that I come across often is Global Epidemic. For example in the WHO website, HIV is listed as Global Epidemic. Does that mean Pandemic and Global Epidemic are the same?