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New quotes for Wed Jul 17
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Wed Jul 17 01:29:28 1991
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 91 01:28:46 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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eichin (Mark W. Eichin):
>>>In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to undress while standing in
>>>front of a man's picture.
.....
From: flee@cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
Subject: Re: Perl Purity Test, version 1.00
Date: 15 Jul 91 20:36:35 GMT
[ This is posted for a friend, who wishes to remain anonymous. ]
I scored pretty high on the Perl Purity Test, and maybe I'm glad.
Perl is the ugliest tool-for-the-job that I've ever seen.
But here's a question that's not on the test. Have you ever used Perl
to kill a man?
I have. And this makes the whole Perl Purity Test irrelevent.
Whatever my answers to its questions may be, I can't claim I'm a Perl
virgin any more.
It's a long story, and a deeply personal one. I've kept it secret for
months, but it's been eating at my mind, late at night, in dreams and
restless sleep. My therapist says telling the tale helps unburden the
soul, so I thought, why don't I tell it to the net? Ten thousand
listeners should lighten my spirit considerably.
But I don't think I'm ready for that yet. I still flinch inwardly
whenever I see "while(<>)" or "s///eg". Someday, maybe, I'll be able
to look back at everything that's happened, and cry, and even laugh a
little. I haven't cried since, and I haven't written another Perl
script since.
Perl is a trap. Maybe I could have saved his life, but I was too busy
saving my own.
Keep Perl at a respectful distance, or it will devour you.
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fmmoore (Fes-Mike Moore):
I believe in real butter on popcorn. I believe in long walks in the
rain...sad songs at midnight...boysenberry pie, total surrender to the
Communists...and long, warm, sloppy kisses. And if you wanna slap a
label on that, SLAP AWAY!!
--- Opus
(And isn't it real weird when you find out about Central America for the
first time....)
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
The 1991 Computer Bowl, Round 1 questions (answers to r1 and q's from r2
tomorrow):
1. The last two letters in the names of many eary computer companies
were "A-C", as in ILLIAC or ENIAC. What did the letters "A-C" stand
for?
2. How many bits are there in the S-100 bus?
3. A computer language is named after a famous 17th-century French
mathematician. What was his first or given name?
4. Almost 10 years ago, in October 1981, Steve Jobs appeared on the
cover of "Inc Magazine." In that photo, was Jobs wearing a tee shirt, a
bathing suit, or a shirt and jacket?
5. In the 1959 movie "Desk Set", Katherine Hepburn and her staff are
worried they might be replaced by a computer being installed by Spencer
Tracy. What was the name of that computer. Was it the EMORACL, Calla
Lilly One, or UNIVAC?
6. In the 1950s a computer company was the sponsor of a TV quiz show.
Was that computer company IBM, RCA, Burroughs or Remington Rand?
7. The quiz show was a well-known TV program at the time. Was it called
"I've Got A Secret," "What's My Line" or "Beat The Clock"?
8. In the mid 1970s, one of the first real personal computers was
introduced. The computer was named after a destination visited by the
space ship Enterprise on the program "Star Trek." What was the name of
that destination, and that computer. Was it IMSAI, SOL, Altair 8800, or
Apple Two?
9. Whow was the recipient of the first Turing Award? Was it John
McCarthy, Donald Knuth, Edgstra Dijkstra, or Alan Perlis?
10. What does the term "BITNET" stand for?
11. Punch cards were initially developed in 1801 by a textile mill owner
to automoate the patters woven into cloth by his textile loom. Whaw was
the name of the individual who first developed this application?
12. There are mainly two layouts for a computer keyboard---the Querty
Keyboard and the Dvorak Keyboard. However, several of the letters
appear in the same position on both keyboards. How many of the
alphabetic keys appear in the same place on both layouts. Is it two,
four, six, or eight?
13. For another 10 points, can you tell me which are the <n letters>
that are the same on both keyboards?
14. The mouse has become a standard computer input device. Who invented
the mouse?
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marcoman (Marco A. Morales):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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mjdaly (Mark J Daly):
Strat '78 Standings
NY Yankees 19 11 .633
Boston 9 3 1 .750
Pittsburgh 15 12 2.5 .555
Houston 3 3 4 .500
Los Angeles 0 0 4 ---
Texas 6 9 5.5 .400
Baltimore 3 9 7 .250
Montreal 2 10 8 .166
LEADERS
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AVG | SLG | OBA
Cruz, HOU .368 | Murray, BAL .833 | Cruz, HOU .455
Murray, BAL .361 | Scott, BOS .735 | Singleton, BAL .455
Hargrove,TEX .343 | Stargell, PIT .679 | Hargrove, TEX .439
Stargell,PIT .333 | Singleton,BAL .629 | Yastrzemski,BOS .382
Lynn, BOS .320 | Rice, BOS .612 |
HRs | RBIs | Runs | SB - CS
Stargell, PIT 6 | Stargell,PIT 18 | Parker, PIT 27 | Moreno, PIT 8-2
Murray, BAL 5 | Murray, BAL 16 | Stargell, PIT 27 | Bumbry, BAL 4-0
Rice, BOS 4 | Parker, PIT 15 | | Remy, BOS 2-0
Scott,Evans BOS | Scott, BOS 10 | | Cabell, HOU 2-1
Grubb,Harrah TEX 3 | Rice, BOS 9 | | Wills, TEX 2-1
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rei (Cynic):
To stop doing:
telnet *28.8.25*.6 5*95 (numbers removed for YOUR protection)
because it's bad for my UROP, bad for my GRE, bad for my
Assassins' Game, bad for my sleep schedule, etc. etc. etc....
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therese (Therese):
So I'm walking through the desert
and I'm not frightened although it's hot
I have all that I requested
and I do not want what I haven't got
- Sinead O'Connor
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