Modules in Linux

 lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
st                     68736  0
sr_mod                 42916  0
cdrom                  64784  1 sr_mod
ipv6                  464336  32
apparmor              102332  0
aamatch_pcre           34720  1 apparmor
loop                   41376  0
dm_mod                115288  3
ibmveth                42600  0
sg                     69064  0
ibmvscsic              46952  3
pdc202xx_new           32176  0 [permanent]
sd_mod                 41264  5
scsi_mod              221512  5 st,sr_mod,sg,ibmvscsic,sd_mod

If the module you wanted listed above wasn’t in use, you could unload and load it to refresh:

modproble $modname ; modprobe $modname

Vote in odd years too, and actually figure out what you are voting for

Well I just came from my polling place after having voted on about 13 constitutional amendments. They all sounded great when I read them, but I also had the distinct feeling that I didn’t know what the heck they were really about. Since they are all constitutional amendments, voting yes for any of them would technically mean growing the government since even the most benign would require some sort of money to operate. To add to the confusion, for example, when one of them was talking about wanting to buy land around military bases for expansion, there was probably one specific military base and one specific piece of land in mind. What does the military base land amendment do after it has accomplished it original mission, so to speak? In an attempt to learn more, I got some suggestions for research:

House Research Organization
Texas League of Women Voters