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ddd1600 / gist:6516560
Created September 10, 2013 22:18 — forked from djq/gist:2846196
#!/bin/bash
#
# Install Postgres 9.1, PostGIS 2.0 and pgRouting on a clean Ubuntu 12.04 install (64 bit)
# updated to PostGIS 2.0.1
# basics
apt-get install python-software-properties
apt-add-repository ppa:sharpie/for-science # To get GEOS 3.3.3
# install the following pacakages
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ddd1600 / CIKgetter.R
Created October 22, 2012 20:39
get SEC CIK number from ticker symbol
getCIK = function(ticker) {
stopifnot(is.character(ticker))
uri = "http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar"
response = getForm(uri,CIK=ticker,action="getcompany")
html = htmlParse(response)
CIKNode = getNodeSet(html, "//acronym[@title=\"Central Index Key\"][text() = \"CIK\"]")
CIKNodeText = sapply(CIKNode, function(x) xmlValue(getSibling(getSibling(x))))
CIK = sub(" .*","",CIKNodeText)
CIK = sub("^0*","",CIK)
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ddd1600 / PHP Countries Array
Created July 24, 2012 08:14 — forked from DHS/PHP Countries Array
PHP array of all country names
<?php
$countries = array("Afghanistan", "Albania", "Algeria", "American Samoa", "Andorra", "Angola", "Anguilla", "Antarctica", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Argentina", "Armenia", "Aruba", "Australia", "Austria", "Azerbaijan", "Bahamas", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Benin", "Bermuda", "Bhutan", "Bolivia", "Bosnia and Herzegowina", "Botswana", "Bouvet Island", "Brazil", "British Indian Ocean Territory", "Brunei Darussalam", "Bulgaria", "Burkina Faso", "Burundi", "Cambodia", "Cameroon", "Canada", "Cape Verde", "Cayman Islands", "Central African Republic", "Chad", "Chile", "China", "Christmas Island", "Cocos (Keeling) Islands", "Colombia", "Comoros", "Congo", "Congo, the Democratic Republic of the", "Cook Islands", "Costa Rica", "Cote d'Ivoire", "Croatia (Hrvatska)", "Cuba", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Djibouti", "Dominica", "Dominican Republic", "East Timor", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "El Salvador", "Equatorial Guinea", "Eritrea", "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Falkland Island
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ddd1600 / fix_homebrew.rb
Created May 5, 2012 08:17 — forked from rpavlik/fix_homebrew.rb
Fix permissions on /usr/local for Homebrew
#!/usr/bin/ruby
#
# This script fixes /usr/local only.
#
# 6th January 2010:
# Modified the script to just fix, rather than install. - rpavlik
#
# 30th March 2010:
# Added a check to make sure user is in the staff group. This was a problem
# for me, and I think it was due to me migrating my account over several